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North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia Parliamentary Election: Results, Seat Distribution, and Coalition Options

Election Winner
CDU
47.1 % of votes
Parties in Parliament
3
±0 compared to 1970
Voter Turnout
86.1 %
+12.6 percentage points compared to 1970
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Final Official Results: North Rhine-Westphalia Parliamentary Election

The bars show each party's vote share, the chips the swing since the previous election. North Rhine-Westphalia Parliamentary Election Results, 4 May 1975

CDU
47.1
+0.8
SPD
45.1
-1.0
FDP
6.7
+1.2
DKP
0.5
-0.4
Heimat
0.4
-0.7
KPD
0.1
+0.1
Zentr.
0.1
±0.0
EAP
< 0.1
±0.0
KPD/ML
< 0.1
±0.0
UAP
< 0.1
±0.0
Government could remain in office

The incumbent governing parties achieved 52.5% of the seats.

Seat Distribution After North Rhine-Westphalia's Parliamentary Election

Total seats
200
Majority
101

Parties

  1. CDU 95 47.5%
  2. SPD 91 45.5%
  3. FDP 14 7.0%
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North Rhine-Westphalia: Coalition Calculator for Landtag Majorities

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Majority 101

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Who Governed North Rhine-Westphalia After the Election?

Election Day 04/05/1975 Government formation 31 days Kühn III 04/06/1975 – 20/09/1978 Rau I 20/09/1978 – 04/06/1980

Kühn III

 4 June 1975 – 20 September 1978 · 3 years 3 months
105 of 200 seats

Rau I

 20 September 1978 – 4 June 1980 · 1 year 8 months
105 of 200 seats
All Elections

Every party in detail: votes, gains and losses

Behind each vote share we also show what percentage of all eligible voters backed a party – non-voters included.

Orientation Party Votes Electorate Seats Link
Centre-Right CDU 47.1 % +0.8 40.6 % 95 ±0
Centre-Left SPD 45.1 % -1.0 38.8 % 91 -3
Liberal FDP 6.7 % +1.2 5.8 % 14 +3
Unknown Deutsche Kommunistische Partei 0.5 % -0.4 0.4 % 0 ±0
Far-Right Die Heimat 0.4 % -0.7 0.3 % 0 ±0
Far-Left KPD 0.1 % +0.1 0.1 % 0 ±0
Centre-Right Zentrum 0.1 % ±0.0 0.1 % 0 ±0
Transversal Europäische Arbeiter-Partei < 0.1 % ±0.0 < 0.1 % 0 ±0
Far-Left KPD/Marxisten-Leninisten < 0.1 % ±0.0 < 0.1 % 0 ±0
Right Unabhängige Arbeiter-Partei < 0.1 % ±0.0 < 0.1 % 0 ±0

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