SPD North Rhine-Westphalia

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Basis data
Established:	December 15, 1970
Place of establishment:	Dortmund
Chair:	Thomas Kutschaty
Vice chairmen:	Elvan Korkmaz
Secretary general:
Treasurer:
Members:	97,300 (March 2021)
Website:	www.nrwspd.de

SPD Nordrhein-Westfalen is a political party in German state North Rhine-Westphalia and is, with 97,300 members, the biggest state group of Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).

History[]

Minister-President of State North Rhine-Westphalia
Name	Living/Lived	begin	end	picture
Fritz Steinhoff	1897–1969	1956	1958
Heinz Kühn	1912–1992	1966	1978
Johannes Rau	1931–2006	1978	1998
Wolfgang Clement	1940–2020	1998	2002
Peer Steinbrück	* 1947	2002	2005
Hannelore Kraft	* 1961	14 July 2010	2017

Landtagswahlen und Landesregierungen seit 1946

Election results[]

Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia[]

Election	Popular Vote		Seats	+/–	Government
	Votes	%
	1,607,487	32.0 (#2)	64 / 216		CDU–SPD-KPD-DZP
	2,005,312	32.3 (#2)	68 / 215	4	Opposition
	2,387,718	34.5(#2)	76 / 200	8	SPD-FDP-DZP(1956-58)
	3,115,738	39.2 (#2)	81 / 200	5	Opposition
	3,497,179	43.3 (#2)	90 / 200	9	Opposition
	4,226,604	49.5 (#1)	99 / 200	9	SPD-FDP
	3,996,808	46.1 (#2)	94 / 200	5	SPD-FDP
	4,630,995	45.1 (#2)	91 / 200	3	SPD-FDP
	4,756,103	48.4 (#1)	106 / 201	15	SPD majority
	4,942,346	52.1 (#1)	125 / 227	19	SPD majority
1990	4,644,431	50.0 (#1)	122 / 237	3	SPD majority
1995	3,816,639	46.0 (#1)	108 / 221	14	SPD-Greens
2000	3,143,179	42.8 (#1)	102 / 231	6	SPD-Greens
2005	3,058,988	37.1 (#2)	74 / 187	28	Opposition
2010	2,980,311	34.5 (#2)	67 / 181	7	SPD-Greens
2012	3,290,561	39.1 (#1)	99 / 237	32	SPD-Greens
2017	2,919,073	31.2 (#2)	69 / 199	30	Opposition

Structure[]

Regional organizations of SPD state group:{

• Region Westliches Westfalen (Western Westphalia)
• Region Niederrhein (Lower Rhine)
• Region Mittelrhein and (Central Rhine)
• Region Ostwestfalen-Lippe (Eastern Westphalia-Lippe)

The Regions are headgroups of 54 lower state groups (including approx 1,400 Ortsvereine).

Chairman[]

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