State election in North Rhine-Westphalia:What is important today
- After the state elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, the parties are discussing possible consequences for federal politics and the question of which coalition will govern there in the future.
- The press conferences of the top representatives of the parties can be seen here in the live stream from 11 a.m.
- In North Rhine-Westphalia, Prime Minister Wüst’s CDU won the election with 35.7 percent of the vote.
- The SPD comes to 26.7 percent, the Greens improve significantly to 18.2 percent. FDP and AfD move into the state parliament, the left fail at the five percent hurdle.
- Possible alliances are black-green, a traffic light or a grand coalition. Red-Green does not have a majority.
By SZ authors
The most important developments in the state elections in North Rhine-Westphalia at a glance: