2027 North Rhine-Westphalia state election

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2027 North Rhine-Westphalia state election
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All 195 seats in the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia
98 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party CDU SPD Greens
Last election76 seats, 35.7%56 seats, 26.7%39 seats, 18.2%

 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Party FDP AfD
Last election12 seats, 5.9%12 seats, 5.4%

Government before election

Second Wüst cabinet
CDU-Green

Government after election

TBD

The 2027 North Rhine-Westphalia state election will be held in 2027 to elect the 19th Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia. [1]

Contents

Opinion polls

Polling firmFieldwork dateSample

size

CDU SPD Grüne FDP AfD Linke BSW OthersLead
Forsa 5–14 Mar 20241,50237161641324821
Infratest dimap 30 Oct–2 Nov 20231,1613518185141017
Wahlkreisprognose 27 Aug–2 Sep 20231,10033.519.516.54.5182614
Infratest dimap 12–15 Jun 20231,1593222166153610
Forsa 29 May–7 Jun 20231,5063721145133716
INSA 24 Apr–2 May 20231,000362217793614
Forsa 27–28 Mar 20231,005382017584818
Forsa 23–31 Jan 20231,006362218583814
Wahlkreisprognose 7–11 Nov 20221,4003124.5195.512.51.567.5
Infratest dimap 17–20 Oct 20221,1853223225999
Forsa 21–26 Sep 20221,511362120593615
INSA 15–22 Aug 20221,000362221753614
Wahlkreisprognose 27–30 Jun 20221,0403727.515.566269.5
Forsa 16 May 20221,008362521552611
2022 state election 15 May 202235.726.718.25.95.42.15.79.0

Minister-President polling

Polling firmFieldwork dateSample
size
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Unsure
Lead
Wüst
CDU
Philipp
SPD
Post
SPD
Kutschaty
SPD
Neubaur
Grüne
Vincentz
AfD
Wahlkreisprognose 27 Aug – 2 Sep 20231,100402110101919
401813131622
43292814
46262820
Wahlkreisprognose 7–11 Nov 20221,4003520182715
Forsa 21–26 Sep 20221,5113114104517

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References

  1. "Termin für Landtagswahl in Nordrhein-Westfalen steht fest | Land.NRW". www.land.nrw. Retrieved 2022-06-04.

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