2017 North Rhine-Westphalia state election


The 2017 North Rhine-Westphalia state election was held on 14 May 2017 to elect the members of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia. The incumbent coalition government of the Social Democratic Party and The Greens led by Minister-President Hannelore Kraft was defeated. The Christian Democratic Union became the largest party and formed a coalition with the Free Democratic Party. CDU leader Armin Laschet was subsequently elected Minister-President.

Parties

The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Opinion polling

Party polling

Minister-President polling

Results

The CDU became the largest party with 33% of the vote. The governing SPD and Greens suffered a 13-point swing between them, the latter losing half their seats. The FDP achieved their best ever result in the state at 12.6%, and AfD debuted at 7.4%. The Pirates collapsed to just 1% of the vote and were ousted from the Landtag. The Left doubled their vote share to 4.9%, but fell just short of the threshold.

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Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands – CDU|| 2,796,683 || 33.0 || 6.7 || 72 || 5

Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands – SPD|| 2,649,205 || 31.2 || 7.9 || 69 || 30

Freie Demokratische Partei – FDP|| 1,065,307 || 12.6 || 4.0 || 28 || 6

Alternative für Deutschland – AfD|| 626,756 || 7.4 || 7.4 || 16 || 16

Bündnis 90/Die Grünen|| 539,062 || 6.4 || 4.9 || 14 || 15

Die Linke|| 415,936 || 4.9 || 2.4 || – || –

Piratenpartei Deutschland|| 80,780 || 1.0 || 6.8 || – || 20