State election in North Rhine-Westphalia in 1962

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(in %)

 %

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

46.4

43.3

6.8

2.0

1.5

CDU

SPD

FDP

DFU ^d

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 1958

 % p

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

-4.1

+4.1

-0.3

+2.0

-1.7

CDU

SPD

FDP

DFU ^d

Otherwise.

Remarks:

^d 1958 the BdD reached 0.00%

   

A total of 200 seats

• SPD : 90
• CDU : 96
• FDP : 14

The state elections in North Rhine-Westphalia in 1962 took place on July 8, 1962. The deputies were elected for the 5th electoral term of the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia .

The CDU lost the absolute majority it had won in 1958. The SPD gained significantly, the FDP lost slightly. The CDU and FDP agreed on a coalition. In the constituent session of the Landtag on July 23, Franz Meyers was re-elected Prime Minister with 109 votes, while Heinz Kühn, the SPD parliamentary group leader, accounted for 87 . Three days later the 7 CDU and 2 FDP ministers were sworn in.

• Eligible voters: 11,156,285
• Voters: 8,188,988
• Turnout: 73.40%
• Valid votes: 8,082,567

Political party	agree completely	Share in%	Electoral kreisbe- tors	Direct MAN date	Seats
CDU	3,752,116	46.42	150	76	96
SPD	3,497,179	43.27	150	74	90
FDP	553.426	6.85	150		14th
DFU	164,333	2.03	150
center	75.291	0.93	82
GDP	34,526	0.43	79
DG	4,917	0.06	24
UAP	426	0.01	3
Individual applicants	353	0.00	2
Total	8,082,567		790	150	200

See also

• Meyer's II cabinet
• List of state electoral districts in North Rhine-Westphalia 1962
• List of members of the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia (5th electoral term)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Minutes of the Landtag session of July 23, 1962 (PDF; 224 kB)
2. ↑ Minutes of the Landtag session of July 26, 1962 (PDF; 983 kB)

source

Publication of the official final result in the Ministerialblatt for the State of North Rhine-Westphalia of August 21, 1962 (PDF; 826 kB)