1975 North Rhine-Westphalia state election

German state election 1975 North Rhine-Westphalia state election North Rhine-Westphalia parliamentary no 1970 North Rhine-Westphalia state election 1970 1980 North Rhine-Westphalia state election 1980 All 200 seats in the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia 101 4 May 1975 10,358,108 (86.1% 12.6 pp) Heinrich Köppler.jpg 150 150 110 0 30 Heinrich Köppler Christian Democratic Union of Germany 95 seats, 46.3% 95 0 4,828,554 47.1% 0.8 pp Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F023752-0007, Heinz Kühn.jpg 200 150 110 15 50 Heinz Kühn Social Democratic Party of Germany 94 seats, 46.1% 91 3 4,630,995 45.1% 1.0 pp Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F046793-0014, Mainz, FDP-Bundesparteitag, Riemer.jpg 200 150 110 20 45 Horst-Ludwig Riemer Free Democratic Party (Germany) 11 seats, 5.5% 14 3 689,623 6.7% 1.2 pp 1975 North Rhine-Westphalia state election.svg 400px Results for the single-member constituencies. Government Second Kühn cabinet SPD–FDP Government after election Third Kühn cabinet SPD–FDP The 1975 North Rhine-Westphalia state election was held on 4 May 1975 to elect the 8th Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia. The outgoing government was a coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) led by Minister-President Heinz Kühn. The opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU) remained the largest party and improved its lead over the SPD, but failed to win an overall majority. The incumbent coalition retained the 105-seat majority it had won at the previous election, with a net shift of three seats from the SPD to the FDP. Turnout increased dramatically to 86.1%, the highest ever recorded in the state. The SPD–FDP coalition was renewed and Heinz Kühn was re-elected as Minister-President by the Landtag on 4 June.https://www.landtag.nrw.de//portal/WWW/dokumentenarchiv/Dokument/MMP08-2.pdf Minutes of the Landtag session of 28 July 1970 4 June 1975 de Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia Electoral system The Landtag was elected via mixed-member proportional representation. 150 members were elected in single-member constituencies via first-past-the-post voting, and fifty then allocated using compensatory proportional representation. A single ballot was used for both. An electoral threshold of 5% of valid votes is applied to the Landtag; parties that fall below this threshold are ineligible to receive seats. Background 1970 North Rhine-Westphalia state election In the previous election held on 14 June 1970, the CDU returned as the largest party with a narrow one-seat lead over the SPD. The SPD and FDP both suffered losses, but retained a small majority. The governing coalition between the two was subsequently renewed. Parties The table below lists parties represented in the 7th Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia. Name Ideology Leadcandidate 1970 result Votes (%) Seats CDU Christian Democratic Union of GermanyChristlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands Christian democracy Heinrich Köppler 46.3% 95 200 Christian Democratic Union of Germany SPD Social Democratic Party of GermanySozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Social democracy Heinz Kühn 46.1% 94 200 Social Democratic Party of Germany FDP Free Democratic PartyFreie Demokratische Partei Classical liberalism Willi Weyer 5.5% 11 200 Free Democratic Party (Germany) Results #F8F9FA 350 91 Social Democratic Party of Germany 14 Free Democratic Party (Germany) 95 Christian Democratic Union of Germany Con. List Total +/– Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 4828554 +0.72 76 19 95 ±0 Social Democratic Party (SPD) 4630995 –0.93 74 17 91 –3 Free Democratic Party (FDP) 689623 +1.21 0 14 14 +3 German Communist Party (DKP) 54777 –0.36 0 0 0 ±0 National Democratic Party (NPD) 36281 –0.73 0 0 0 ±0 Centre Party (ZENTRUM) 10487 –0.01 0 0 0 ±0 Communist Party of Germany (AO) 7711 New 0 0 0 New Communist Party of Germany/M–L 1731 New 0 0 0 New Independent Workers' Party (UAP) 648 –0.01 0 0 0 ±0 European Labour Party (EAP) 311 New 0 0 0 New Independents 1087 New 0 – 0 New 150 50 200 ±0 95903 12035289 External links https://www.wahlrecht.de/landtage/nordrhein-westfalen.htm Electoral system of North Rhine-Westphalia 17 February 2023 15 May 2022 de Wahlrecht.de References Category:Elections in North Rhine-Westphalia Category:1975 elections in Germany Category:1970s in North Rhine-Westphalia Category:1975 in West Germany Category:May 1975 in Europe