2022 North Rhine-Westphalia state election

The 2022 North Rhine-Westphalia state election was held on 15 May 2022 to elect the 18th Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia. The outgoing government (First Wüst cabinet) was a coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) led by Minister-President Hendrik Wüst.

2022 North Rhine-Westphalia state election
15 May 2022
All 195 seats in the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia
98 seats needed for a majority
Turnout7,201,210 (55.5% 9.6pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Candidate Hendrik Wüst Thomas Kutschaty Mona Neubaur
Party CDU SPD Greens
Last election 72 seats, 33.0% 69 seats, 31.2% 14 seats, 6.4%
Seats won 76 56 39
Seat change 4 13 25
Popular vote 2,552,276 1,905,002 1,299,821
Percentage 35.7% 26.7% 18.2%
Swing 2.8pp 4.6pp 11.8pp
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Candidate Joachim Stamp Markus Wagner
Party FDP AfD
Last election 28 seats, 12.6% 16 seats, 7.4%
Seats won 12 12
Seat change 16 4
Popular vote 418,460 388,768
Percentage 5.9% 5.4%
Swing 6.7pp 1.9pp
Map of the election, showing the winner of each single-member district and the distribution of list seats.
Government before election

First Wüst cabinet
CDU–FDP

 Government after election

Second Wüst cabinet
CDU-Green

The CDU remained the largest party with 36% of votes, a small increase from 2017, while the opposition Social Democratic Party (SPD) declined to 27%. The Greens almost tripled their vote share to 18%. The FDP fell sharply to 6%, and the Alternative for Germany (AfD) slipped to 5%. Overall, the incumbent coalition lost its majority, though the opposition SPD and Greens also fell short of victory.

After the election, CDU formed a coalition with the Greens. This was the first time the two parties had worked together on the state level in North Rhine-Westphalia. Hendrik Wüst was re-elected as Minister-President on 28 June, and his cabinet was sworn in the next day.

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