1990 North Rhine-Westphalia state election

The 1990 North Rhine-Westphalia state election was held on 13 May 1990 to elect the members of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia. The incumbent Social Democratic Party (SPD) government led by Minister-President Johannes Rau retained its majority and continued in office.

1990 North Rhine-Westphalia state election
13 May 1990
All 237 seats of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia
119 seats needed for a majority
Turnout9,291,974 (71.8%)
3.4%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Johannes Rau Norbert Blüm
Party SPD CDU
Last election 125 seats, 52.1% 88 seats, 36.5%
Seats won 122 89
Seat change 3 1
Popular vote 4,644,431 3,409,953
Percentage 50.0% 36.7%
Swing 2.1% 0.2%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Achim Rohde Bärbel Höhn
Party FDP Green
Last election 14 seats, 6.0% 0 seats, 4.6%
Seats won 14 12
Seat change 0 12
Popular vote 535,656 469,098
Percentage 5.8% 5.0%
Swing 0.2% 0.4%
Minister-President before election

Johannes Rau
SPD

 Elected Minister-President

Johannes Rau
SPD

Parties

The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Name Ideology Leader(s) 1985 result
Votes (%) Seats
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands		 Social democracy Johannes Rau 55.1%
125 / 227
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands		 Christian democracy Norbert Blüm 36.5%
88 / 227
FDP Free Democratic Party
Freie Demokratische Partei		 Classical liberalism Achim Rohde 6.0%
14 / 227

Election result

Summary of the 13 May 1990 election results for the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia

Party Votes % +/- Seats +/- Seats %
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 4,644,431 50.0 2.1 122 3 51.5
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 3,409,953 36.7 0.2 89 1 37.6
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 535,656 5.8 0.2 14 0 5.9
Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) 469,098 5.0 0.4 12 12 5.1
The Republicans (REP) 171,867 1.8 1.8 0 ±0 0
Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP) 46,650 0.5 0.5 0 ±0 0
Others 14,319 0.2 0 ±0 0
Total 9,291,974 100.0 237 10
Voter turnout 72.8 3.4
Popular Vote
SPD
 
 49.98%
CDU
 
 36.70%
FDP
 
 5.76%
B'90/GRÜNE
 
 5.05%
Other
 
 2.51%
Landtag seats
SPD
 
 51.48%
CDU
 
 37.55%
FDP
 
 5.91%
B'90/GRÜNE
 
 5.06%
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