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.
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All 231 seats of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia 116 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 7,336,411 (56.7%) 7.3% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parties
The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia.
| Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 1995 result | |||
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| 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 |
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| 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 % | |
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| 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 |
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| Voter turnout | 56.7 | 7.3 |
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Sources
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| Local elections |
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