- Source: 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 (SPD) and The Greens led by Minister-President Hannelore Kraft was defeated. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) became the largest party and formed a coalition with the Free Democratic Party (FDP). CDU leader Armin Laschet was subsequently elected Minister-President.
This election was the last election in which an incumbent Minister-President was defeated until the 2022 Saarland state election.
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.
References
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- 2017 North Rhine-Westphalia state election
- Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia
- 2022 North Rhine-Westphalia state election
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- Politics of North Rhine-Westphalia
- 2012 North Rhine-Westphalia state election
- Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia
- Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia
- North Rhine-Westphalia Police
- The Left North Rhine-Westphalia
