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.
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All 237 seats of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia 119 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 9,291,974 (71.8%) 3.4% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parties
The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 1985 result | |||
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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 % | |
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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 |
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