2000 North Rhine-Westphalia state election

The 2000 North Rhine-Westphalia state election was held on 14 May 2000 to elect the members of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia. The incumbent coalition government of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and The Greens was returned with a reduced majority. Minister-President Wolfgang Clement continued in office.

2000 North Rhine-Westphalia state election
14 May 2000
All 231 seats of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia
116 seats needed for a majority
Turnout7,336,411 (56.7%)
7.3%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Wolfgang Clement Jürgen Rüttgers
Party SPD CDU
Last election 108 seats, 46.0% 89 seats, 37.7%
Seats won 102 88
Seat change 6 1
Popular vote 3,143,179 2,712,176
Percentage 42.8% 37.0%
Swing 3.2% 0.7%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Jürgen W. Möllemann Bärbel Höhn
Party FDP Green
Last election 0 seats, 4.0% 24 seats, 10.0%
Seats won 24 17
Seat change 24 7
Popular vote 721,558 518,295
Percentage 9.8% 7.1%
Swing 5.8% 2.9%
Minister-President before election

Wolfgang Clement
SPD

 Elected Minister-President

Wolfgang Clement
SPD

Parties

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

Name Ideology Leader(s) 1995 result
Votes (%) Seats
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands		 Social democracy Wolfgang Clement 46.0%
108 / 221
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands		 Christian democracy Jürgen Rüttgers 37.7%
89 / 221
Grüne Alliance 90/The Greens
Bündnis 90/Die Grünen		 Green politics Bärbel Höhn 10.0%
24 / 221

Opinion polling
Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size		 SPD CDU Grüne FDP Others Lead
2000 state election 14 May 2000 – 42.8 37.0 7.1 8.9 3.3 5.8
Infratest dimap 8 May 2000 ? 45 38 7 7 3 7
Infratest dimap 5 May 2000 ? 45 39 6 6 4 6
Emnid 26 Apr 2000 ? 41 40 7 7 5 1
Forsa 19 Apr 2000 ? 46 38 6 6 4 8
Infratest dimap 12 Apr 2000 ? 46 33 7 8 6 13
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen 3–6 Apr 2000 1,004 46 38 6 6 4 8
Infratest dimap 5 Mar 2000 ? 47 32 7 9 5 15
Infratest dimap 16 Jan 2000 ? 45 37 7 6 5 8
Forsa 9 Dec 1999 ? 39 46 7 4 4 7
Emnid 6 Sep 1999 ? 42 43 6 4 5 1
Forsa 3 Jun 1999 ? 44 41 6 4 5 3
Psephos 23 Mar 1999 ? 44 40 8 5 3 4
Psephos 3 Sep 1998 ? 51 34 8 4 3 17
Psephos 28 May 1998 ? 50 33 9 4 4 17
1995 state election 14 May 1995 – 46.0 37.7 10.0 4.0 2.3 8.3

Election result

Summary of the 14 May 2000 election results for the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia

Party Votes % +/- Seats +/- Seats %
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 3,143,179 42.8 3.2 102 6 44.2
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 2,712,176 37.0 0.7 88 1 38.1
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 721,558 9.8 5.8 24 24 10.4
Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) 518,295 7.1 2.9 17 7 7.4
The Republicans (REP) 83,296 1.1 0.3 0 ±0 0
Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) 79,934 1.1 1.1 0 ±0 0
Others 77,973 1.1 0 ±0 0
Total 7,336,411 100.0 231 10
Voter turnout 56.7 7.3
Popular Vote
SPD
 
 42.84%
CDU
 
 36.97%
FDP
 
 9.84%
B'90/GRÜNE
 
 7.06%
Other
 
 3.29%
Landtag seats
SPD
 
 44.16%
CDU
 
 38.10%
FDP
 
 10.39%
B'90/GRÜNE
 
 7.36%

Sources
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