North Rhine-Westphalia state election, 2000
- North Rhine-Westphalia state election, 2000
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North Rhine-Westphalia state election, 2000
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| All 231 seats of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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| Leader |
Wolfgang Clement |
Jürgen Rüttgers |
Jürgen W. Möllemann |
| Party |
SPD |
CDU |
FDP |
| Last election |
108 seats, 46.0% |
89 seats, 37.7% |
no seat, 4.0% |
| Seats won |
102 |
88 |
24 |
| Seat change |
-6 |
-1 |
+24 |
| Popular vote |
3,143,179 |
2,712,176 |
721,558 |
| Percentage |
42.8% |
37.0% |
10.4% |
| Swing |
-3.2% |
-0.7% |
+6.4% |
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Fourth party |
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| Leader |
Bärbel Höhn |
| Party |
Green
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| Last election |
24 seats, 10.0% |
| Seats won |
17 |
| Seat change |
-7 |
| Popular vote |
518,295 |
| Percentage |
7.1% |
| Swing |
-2.9% |
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The North Rhine-Westphalia state election, 2000, was conducted on May 14, 2000, to elect members to the Landtag (state legislature) of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Issues and Campaign
Results
| Party |
Party List votes |
Vote percentage |
Total Seats |
Seat percentage |
| Social Democratic Party (SPD) |
3,143,179 |
42.8% |
102 |
44.2% |
| Christian Democratic Union (CDU) |
2,712,176 |
37.0% |
88 |
38.1% |
| Alliance '90/The Greens |
518,295 |
7.1% |
17 |
7.4% |
| Free Democratic Party (FDP) |
721,558 |
9.8% |
24 |
10.4% |
| Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) |
79,934 |
1.1% |
0 |
0.0% |
| The Republicans |
83,296 |
1.1% |
0 |
0.0% |
| All Others |
77,973 |
1.0% |
0 |
0.0% |
| Totals |
7,336,411 |
100.0% |
231 |
100.0% |
Seat results -- SDP in red, Greens in green, FDP in yellow, CDU in black
Post-election
Wolfgang Clement remained minister-president, governing with an SPD-Green coalition.
Sources
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- North Rhine-Westphalia elections
- 2000 elections in Germany
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