North Rhine-Westphalia: Poll by YouGov from 12.09.2018

North Rhine-Westphalia: Polling data

This poll is more than 3 months old.
CDU
31.0
-4.0
SPD
24.0
-6.0
AfD
13.0
+4.0
FDP
10.0
+1.0
Grüne
10.0
+4.0
Linke
7.0
-1.0
Others
5.0
+2.0
Development since the last election on 15.05.2022
YouGov – 1049 respondents – 06.09.2018-12.09.2018

Next election: 2027

The next parliamentary election in North Rhine-Westphalia is expected to take place in 2027.

Institute often rates AfD higher

In 40% of election polls, YouGov rates AfD higher than the general election trend of all institutes.

Institute often rates Die Linke higher

In 30% of election polls, YouGov rates Die Linke higher than the general election trend of all institutes.

Election poll results

North Rhine-Westphalia - The latest poll for the Parliamentary Election in North Rhine-Westphalia from YouGov shows the following results: CDU 31%, SPD 24%, AfD 13%, FDP 10%, Grüne 10% and Die Linke 7%. If an election were held in North Rhine-Westphalia this Sunday, AfD might gain the most in voter favorability with +7.6 growth since the last election. Grüne, on the other hand, would lose the most votes (-8.2) in the election barometer compared to the last election result.

Hendrik Wüst is currently governing with a Coalition of the center from Grüne and CDU. With 43.1% of virtual seats, the government could fail to remain in office.

The election survey was collected by YouGov. For this purpose, 1049 persons were asked about their party preference in a period of 6 days (06.09.2018 - 12.09.2018).

Coalition possibilities

181
Majority requires 91 seats
Linke
13
7.2%
SPD
46
25.4%
Grüne
19
10.5%
FDP
19
10.5%
CDU
59
32.6%
AfD
25
13.8%
CDU + SPD
58.0%
CDU + AfD + FDP
56.9%
CDU + Grüne + FDP
53.6%
SPD + Grüne + FDP
46.4%

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Election poll results

This election poll on the parliamentary election in North Rhine-Westphalia was conducted by YouGov. The survey took place between 06.09.2018 and 12.09.2018 among 1049 eligible voters. After this election poll would get CDU 31%, SPD 24%, AfD 13%, FDP 10%, Grüne 10% and Die Linke 7%.

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