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
Turnout	9,291,974 (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%