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Clear difference: SPD top candidate Thomas Kutschaty (left) achieved a historically weak result, CDU Prime Minister Wüst can probably continue to govern
Photo: Marius Becker / dpa
Another success for the CDU, another historically poor result for the SPD: In North Rhine-Westphalia, the provisional final result of the state elections has been determined.
With the exception of the CDU and the Greens, all other parties had to accept significant losses.
Prime Minister Hendrik Wüst 's
Christian Democrats
increased their result to 35.7 percent of the second votes.
Compared to the last state election in 2017, they gained 2.7 percentage points.
According to the state returning officer, the SPD
was again the second strongest
with 26.7 percent.
The Social Democrats dropped significantly: The result for the party with top candidate Thomas Kutschaty means a loss of 4.5 percentage points compared to the previous election - and the worst post-war result for the party in North Rhine-Westphalia.
The
Greens
recorded the largest increases .
With top candidate Mona Neubaur, they received 18.2 percent of the votes, an increase of 11.8 percentage points.
In all likelihood, the party will now co-govern as a very strong junior partner in the next governing coalition in Düsseldorf.
The
Liberals
around top candidate Joachim Stamp, currently Minister for Family Affairs in North Rhine-Westphalia, suffered the greatest loss of all parties and only just made it back into the state parliament with 5.9 percent (minus 6.7 percentage points).
It is also clear that the previous black-yellow coalition no longer has a majority.
The AfD
is also tight, but definitely back in the state parliament
.
The party got 5.4 percent, down 2 percentage points from the previous election.
The
left
, on the other hand, again missed entry into the parliament of the most populous federal state.
With only 2.1 percent, the party clearly failed at the five percent hurdle and lost 2.8 percentage points compared to the previous state election.
Low turnout
Voter turnout fell to an all-time low.
Compared to the state election in 2017, it fell by 9.6 percentage points to 55.5 percent nationwide.
The previous negative record in the history of North Rhine-Westphalia was 56.7 percent in 2000.
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