North Rhine-Westphalia state election, 2010

North Rhine-Westphalia state election 2010

2005 ← May 9, 2010 (2010-05-09) → 2012

All 181 seats in the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia 91 seats needed for a majority Turnout 59.3%   First party Second party Third party   Leader Jürgen Rüttgers Hannelore Kraft Sylvia Löhrmann Party CDU SPD Green Last election 44.8% 37.1% 6.2% Seats before 89 74 12 Seats won 67 67 23 Seat change 22 7 11 Popular vote 2,681,700 2,675,818 941,162 Percentage 34.6% 34.5% 12.1% Swing 10.3% 2.6% 5.9%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Andreas Pinkwart Bärbel Beuermann Party FDP Left Last election 6.2% 0.9% Seats before 12 0 Seats won 13 11 Seat change 1 11 Popular vote 522,229 435,627 Percentage 6.7% 5.6% Swing 0.6% 4.7%

First votes in the electoral districts.   CDU   SPD

Minister-President before election Jürgen Rüttgers CDU Elected Minister-President Hannelore Kraft SPD

Jürgen Rüttgers
CDU

Hannelore Kraft
SPD

The North Rhine-Westphalia state election, 2010, was an election held on May 9, 2010, to elect members to the Landtag (state legislature) of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The incumbent government at the election was the Christian Democrat (CDU)–FDP administration of Minister-President Jürgen Rüttgers. The biggest opposition party was the Social Democratic Party, led by Hannelore Kraft since 2005.

As the election was held in Germany's most populous state, it was seen as a test of the federal government's performance after seven months in office. The federal government, also a CDU-FDP coalition, was accused of being indecisive as the two coalition partners had different aims. As the Bundesrat (upper house) is made up of representatives from the states, the federal government risked losing its narrow majority in that house.

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