Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia
State parliament
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| June 2022 | A coalition government of the CDU and the Greens was formed, supporting the cabinet of Minister-President Hendrik Wüst. |
| May 15 2022 | The most recent state election for the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia was held. |
| June 1 2017 | André Kuper (CDU) becomes parliament president, succeeding Carina Gödecke |
| 2012 | State election resulted in a major shift: SPD won 99 seats, marking their first largest vote percentage in 12 years, and formed a legislative majority with the Greens under Minister-President Hannelore Kraft. |
| 2012 | End of the continuous period of overhang seats in parliamentary elections. |
| May 31 2012 | Carina Gödecke (SPD) becomes parliament president, succeeding Eckhard Uhlenberg |
| March 14 2012 | Parliament was dissolved for the first time by a majority vote of its members. |
| 2010 | CDU suffered significant electoral losses but remained a strong parliamentary force. |
| 2010 | An exception to the overhang seats trend, with the parliamentary election not producing additional seats beyond the minimum. |
| July 14 2010 | Hannelore Kraft was elected as Minister-President in the second round of voting, another rare instance of a Minister-President not being elected in the first vote. |
| July 13 2010 | Eckhard Uhlenberg (CDU) becomes parliament president, succeeding Edgar Moron |
| June 10 2010 | Edgar Moron (SPD) becomes parliament president, succeeding Regina van Dinther |
| May 2010 | North Rhine-Westphalia introduced a second vote in its electoral system, allowing voters to cast votes separately for district candidates and party lists. This change addressed previous disadvantages for smaller parties like the Left Party and Ecological Democratic Party that could not field candidates in all districts. |
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