2027 North Rhine-Westphalia state election explained

Election Name:2027 North Rhine-Westphalia state election
Country:North Rhine-Westphalia
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2022 North Rhine-Westphalia state election
Previous Year:2022
Next Year:Next
Seats For Election:All 195 seats in the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia
Majority Seats:98
Election Date:2027
Party1:Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Last Election1:76 seats, 35.7%
Party2:Social Democratic Party of Germany
Last Election2:56 seats, 26.7%
Party3:Alliance 90/The Greens
Last Election3:39 seats, 18.2%
Party4:Free Democratic Party (Germany)
Last Election4:12 seats, 5.9%
Party5:Alternative for Germany
Last Election5:12 seats, 5.4%
Government
Before Election:Second Wüst cabinet
Before Party:CDU-Green
Posttitle:Government after election

The 2027 North Rhine-Westphalia state election will be held in 2027 to elect the 19th Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia.[1]

Opinion polls

Polling firmFieldwork dateSamplesizeCDUSPDGrüneFDPAfDLinkeBSWOthersLead
Forsa5–14 Mar 20241,50237161641324821
Infratest dimap30 Oct–2 Nov 20231,1613518185141017
Wahlkreisprognosedata-sort-value="2023-09-02" 27 Aug–2 Sep 20231,10033.519.516.54.5182614
Infratest dimapdata-sort-value="2023-06-15" 12–15 Jun 20231,1593222166153610
Forsadata-sort-value="2023-06-07" 29 May–7 Jun 20231,5063721145133716
INSAdata-sort-value="2022-08-22" 24 Apr–2 May 20231,000362217793614
Forsadata-sort-value="2023-03-28" 27–28 Mar 20231,005382017584818
Forsadata-sort-value="2023-01-31" 23–31 Jan 20231,006362218583814
Wahlkreisprognosedata-sort-value="2022-11-11" 7–11 Nov 20221,4003124.5195.512.51.567.5
Infratest dimapdata-sort-value="2022-10-20" 17–20 Oct 20221,1853223225999
Forsadata-sort-value="2022-09-26" 21–26 Sep 20221,511362120593615
INSAdata-sort-value="2022-08-22" 15–22 Aug 20221,000362221753614
Wahlkreisprognosedata-sort-value="2022-06-30" 27–30 Jun 20221,0403727.515.566269.5
Forsadata-sort-value="2022-05-16" 16 May 20221,008362521552611
2022 state electiondata-sort-value="2021-03-14" 15 May 202235.726.718.25.95.42.15.79.0

Minister-President polling

Polling firmFieldwork dateSample
size
None/
Unsure
Lead

CDU

SPD

SPD

SPD

AfD
Wahlkreisprognose27 Aug – 2 Sep 20231,100402110101919
401813131622
43292814
46262820
Wahlkreisprognose1,4003520182715
Forsa1,5113114104517

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Termin für Landtagswahl in Nordrhein-Westfalen steht fest Land.NRW . 2022-06-04 . www.land.nrw.