North Rhine-Westphalia state election, 2012[1][2]

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All 237 seats of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia
119 seats needed for a majority
Turnout59.6%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Hannelore Kraft Norbert Röttgen Sylvia Löhrmann
Party SPD CDU Greens
Last election 67 seats, 34.5% 67 seats, 34.6% 23 seats, 12.1%
Seats before 67 67 23
Seats won 99 67 29
Seat change Increase32 Steady Increase6
Popular vote 3,050,160 2,050,633 884,136
Percentage 39.1% 26.3% 11.3%
Swing Increase4.6% Decrease8.3% Decrease0.8%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Christian Lindner Joachim Paul Katharina Schwabedissen
Party FDP Pirates Left
Last election 13 seats, 6.7% 0 seats, 1.6% 11 seats, 5.6%
Seats before 13 0 11
Seats won 22 20 0
Seat change Increase9 Increase20 Decrease11
Popular vote 669,971 608,957 194,539
Percentage 8.6% 7.8% 2.5%
Swing Increase1.9% Increase6.2% Decrease3.1%

First votes in the electoral districts.
  CDU
  SPD

Minister-President before election

Hannelore Kraft
SPD

Minister-President designate

Hannelore Kraft
SPD