2017 North Rhine-Westphalia state election
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An election was held on 14 May 2017 to elect members to the Landtag (state legislature) of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
The incumbent government at time of the election was the SPD–Green administration of Minister-President Hannelore Kraft. The main opposition consisted of the CDU, led by Armin Laschet since 2014, and the FDP led by Christian Lindner. Following the election, the CDU and FDP formed a coalition government with Armin Laschet becoming the new Minister-President. The SPD went into the opposition.[1][2]
Opinion polls
Poll source[3] | Publication date | SPD | CDU | Greens | FDP | Pirates | The Left | AfD | Other |
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Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | 11 May 2017 | 31% | 32% | 6.5% | 13.5% | – | 6% | 6.5% | 4.5% |
YouGov | 11 May 2017 | 30% | 31% | 7% | 9% | 2% | 8% | 9% | 4% |
Civey | 11 May 2017 | 32.5% | 31.6% | 6.4% | 12.6% | – | 5.7% | 6.4% | 4.8% |
INSA | 9 May 2017 | 33% | 30% | 7% | 13% | – | 5% | 7% | 5% |
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | 5 May 2017 | 32% | 32% | 7.5% | 12% | – | 6% | 6% | 4.5% |
Infratest dimap | 4 May 2017 | 32% | 31% | 7% | 13% | – | 5% | 8% | 4% |
Forsa | 28 April 2017 | 35% | 29% | 6% | 12% | – | 6% | 7% | 5% |
YouGov | 25 April 2017 | 36% | 27% | 6% | 7% | 2% | 8% | 11% | 3% |
Infratest dimap | 23 April 2017 | 34% | 34% | 6% | 10% | – | 5% | 8% | 3% |
INSA | 11 April 2017 | 37% | 28% | 6% | 10% | – | 5% | 10% | 4% |
Infratest dimap | 19 March 2017 | 37% | 30% | 6% | 9% | – | 5% | 9% | 4% |
Forsa | 15 March 2017 | 40% | 26% | 6% | 11% | – | 5% | 7% | 5% |
INSA | 5 March 2017 | 38% | 27% | 7% | 10% | – | 4% | 11% | 3% |
Infratest dimap | 19 February 2017 | 37% | 30% | 7% | 7% | – | 6% | 10% | 3% |
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | 10 February 2017 | 36% | 32% | 7% | 8% | – | 5% | 9% | 3% |
YouGov | 27 January 2017 | 31% | 31% | 11% | 7% | 1% | 5% | 12% | 2% |
Emnid | 21 January 2017 | 32% | 30% | 10% | 8% | – | 7% | 10% | 3% |
Infratest dimap | 30 October 2016 | 32% | 32% | 12% | 7% | – | 5% | 9% | 3% |
YouGov | 15 September 2016 | 34% | 28% | 10% | 9% | – | 5% | 11% | 3% |
Mentefactum | 11 September 2016 | 31% | 27% | 11% | 8% | – | 5% | 13% | 3% |
Infratest dimap | 22 May 2016 | 31% | 31% | 10% | 8% | – | 6% | 12% | 2% |
INSA | 29 April 2016 | 29% | 32% | 13% | 7.5% | – | 5.5% | 9% | 4% |
Infratest dimap | 21 February 2016 | 31% | 33% | 9% | 7% | – | 7% | 10% | 3% |
Infratest dimap | 13 December 2015 | 34% | 35% | 10% | 6% | – | 5% | 5% | 5% |
Forsa | 2 December 2015 | 39% | 29% | 10% | 7% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 4% |
YouGov | 26 November 2015 | 34% | 30% | 11% | 5% | 1% | 5% | 9% | 5% |
Infratest dimap | 7 September 2015 | 34% | 36% | 11% | 5% | – | 6% | 3% | 5% |
Infratest dimap | 21 June 2015 | 36% | 35% | 10% | 6% | 1% | 5% | 4% | 3% |
Forsa | 2 June 2015 | 36% | 32% | 11% | 9% | – | 4% | 3% | 5% |
INSA | 27 May 2015 | 34% | 38% | 12% | 6% | 1% | 6% | 2% | 1% |
YouGov | 18 December 2014 | 34% | 35% | 12% | 4% | 2% | 4% | 7% | 2% |
Infratest dimap | 7 December 2014 | 35% | 36% | 10% | 5% | 1% | 5% | 5% | 3% |
Forsa | 14 November 2014 | 36% | 33% | 10% | 4% | 2% | 5% | 6% | – |
Forsa | 2 September 2014 | 39% | 32% | 10% | 5% | 3% | 4% | 4% | – |
Infratest dimap | 11 May 2014 | 37% | 36% | 10% | 5% | 2% | 5% | 3% | 2% |
YouGov | 11 December 2013 | 38% | 34% | 10% | 4% | – | 5% | – | – |
Infratest dimap | 8 December 2013 | 37% | 38% | 8% | 4% | 3% | 5% | 3% | 2% |
Infratest dimap | 19 September 2013 | 38% | 35% | 11% | 4% | 2% | 4% | – | – |
Infratest dimap | 7 September 2013 | 40% | 36% | 9% | 4% | 3% | 4% | 2% | 2% |
Infratest dimap | 26 May 2013 | 39% | 35% | 14% | 4% | 2% | 3% | – | 3% |
YouGov | 25 April 2013 | 42% | 31% | 12% | 6% | 2% | 3% | – | 4% |
Infratest dimap | 16 December 2012 | 40% | 32% | 12% | 5% | 4% | 4% | – | 3% |
YouGov | 27 September 2012 | 39% | 30% | 13% | 5% | 5% | 4% | – | 4% |
YouGov | 13 June 2012 | 38% | 29% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 3% | – | – |
2012 election | 13 May 2012 | 39.1% | 26.3% | 11.3% | 8.6% | 7.8% | 2.5% | – | 4.4% |
Leadership polls | |||
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Poll source | Publication date | Hannelore Kraft (SPD) | Armin Laschet (CDU) |
YouGov | 27 January 2017 | 46% | 16% |
Mentefactum | 11 September 2016 | 55% | 30% |
Infratest dimap | 22 May 2016 | 58% | 28% |
Infratest dimap | 13 December 2015 | 61% | 21% |
Forsa | 2 December 2015 | 63% | 18% |
YouGov | 26 November 2015 | 50% | 15% |
Infratest dimap | 21 June 2015 | 64% | 17% |
YouGov | 18 December 2014 | 48% | 19% |
Infratest dimap | 7 December 2014 | 59% | 18% |
Infratest dimap | 11 May 2014 | 61% | 18% |
Results
CDU became the largest party, whereas the ruling SPD and Greens lost votes. The Pirates were ousted from the Landtag, whereas the AfD gained parliamentary representation. FDP got their best result in history. Die Linke narrowly failed to get parliamentary representation. Voter turnout was higher than in the previous election.
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Party | Popular vote | Seats | ||||||||
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Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | ||||||
Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands – CDU |
2,796,683 | 33.0 | ![]() |
72 | ![]() | |||||
Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands – SPD |
2,649,205 | 31.2 | ![]() |
69 | ![]() | |||||
Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei – FDP |
1,065,307 | 12.6 | ![]() |
28 | ![]() | |||||
Alternative for Germany Alternative für Deutschland – AfD |
626,756 | 7.4 | ![]() |
16 | ![]() | |||||
Alliance '90/The Greens Bündnis 90/Die Grünen |
539,062 | 6.4 | ![]() |
14 | ![]() | |||||
The Left Die Linke |
415,936 | 4.9 | ![]() |
– | – | |||||
Pirate Party Piratenpartei Deutschland |
80,780 | 1.0 | ![]() |
– | ![]() | |||||
Valid votes | 8,487,373 | 99.0% | ![]() |
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Invalid votes | 89,808 | 1.0% | ![]() | |||||||
Totals and voter turnout | 8,577,221 | 65.2% | ![]() |
199 | ![]() | |||||
Electorate | 13,164,887 | 100.00 | — | |||||||
Source: Die Landeswahlleiterin des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen |
References
- ^ "CDU und FDP einigen sich auf Koalitionsvertrag". WDR (in German). Retrieved 17 June 2017.
- ^ Krug, Christian. "Martin Schulz's SPD shut out in North Rhine Westphalia". Politico EU.
- ^ "Sonntagsfrage – Nordrhein-Westfalen (Wahlumfrage, Wahlumfragen)". Wahlrecht.de. Retrieved 19 February 2017.