North Rhine-Westphalia state elections: These are current forecasts and projections
Created: 05/13/2022, 16:48
By: Max Schaefer
The CDU and SPD are hoping for the office of Prime Minister.
When will forecasts and projections for the state elections in North Rhine-Westphalia come out?
North Rhine-Westphalia decides on a new state parliament.
The CDU and SPD hope to be able to appoint the prime minister in the future.
When will the forecasts and projections for the state elections in North Rhine-Westphalia be available?
Düsseldorf – After the state elections are before the state elections: on May 15, 2022, the people of North Rhine-Westphalia will vote for a new state parliament.
A week earlier, the CDU had won a clear victory in Schleswig-Holstein.
Nevertheless, SPD party leader Lars Klingbeil is confident of victory.
"I'm also quite sure that Thomas Kutschaty will ultimately become the next prime minister in North Rhine-Westphalia," explained Klingbeil on Monday (May 9, 2022).
He attributed the defeat in Schleswig-Holstein to a state-specific constellation.
State elections in North Rhine-Westphalia: when will forecasts and projections come out?
The polls before the NRW elections confirm Klingbeil's optimism.
According to a ZDF survey from May 6, 2022 shortly before the election, the SPD is only two percentage points behind the CDU (30 percent) with 28 percent.
Due to the strong performance of the Greens (18 percent), a red-green coalition is currently also possible.
Mathematically, this is more likely than an alliance between the Union and the Greens.
State elections in North Rhine-Westphalia | |
election day | May 15, 2022 |
Opening hours of the polling stations | 8 a.m. to 6 p.m |
First prognosis | 6 p.m |
extrapolations | from about 6.30 p.m |
After the election victory in Schleswig-Holstein, the CDU, just leading in the polls, sees a tailwind ahead of the state elections in North Rhine-Westphalia.
“The CDU people’s party is fully there.
And people also appreciate good government work that ensures more security, a modern economy and secure jobs," said North Rhine-Westphalia's acting Prime Minister Hendrik Wüst (CDU) on Monday (May 9, 2022).
State elections in North Rhine-Westphalia: How meaningful are the forecasts and projections?
The parties and their top candidates have until 6 p.m. on election Sunday at the latest to convince the voters.
The polling stations close at this time and all ballot papers, whether filled out in the conventional way at the polling station or in advance by postal vote, must be handed in.
SPD candidate Thomas Kutschaty (left) or CDU candidate Hendrik Wüst: who will win the state elections in North Rhine-Westphalia?
Forecasts and extrapolations on election night provide the answer.
(Archive images) © Oliver Berg/dpa
From 6 p.m. the first forecasts and projections for the state elections in North Rhine-Westphalia will also be published.
The forecasts are based on so-called exit polls, i.e. anonymous surveys in front of representative polling stations.
The results of the extrapolations, on the other hand, include the first counted constituencies, which are extrapolated to the whole of North Rhine-Westphalia.
As the evening progresses, they become more and more meaningful and come closer and closer to the actual results.
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State elections in North Rhine-Westphalia: third election in 2022
The state elections in North Rhine-Westphalia can be followed on TV and in the live stream.
It is already the third of four state elections in 2022. Before that, the SPD was able to win an absolute majority in the Saarland election.
The CDU, on the other hand, recorded a clear victory in the state elections in Schleswig-Holstein.
The Lower Saxony elections will follow on October 9th.
(Max Schäfer with dpa)
