SPD North Rhine-Westphalia | |
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| Leader | Thomas Kutschaty |
| Founded | 5 December 1970 |
| Membership (June 2022) | 93,500[1] |
| Ideology | Social democracy Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| National affiliation | Social Democratic Party |
| Colours | Red |
| Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia | 53 / 123 |
| Bundestag delegation | 49 / 155 |
| Website | |
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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 | % | ||||
| 1947 | 1,607,487 | 32.0 (#2) | 64 / 216 |
CDU–SPD-KPD-DZP | |
| 1950 | 2,005,312 | 32.3 (#2) | 68 / 215 |
 4 |
Opposition |
| 1954 | 2,387,718 | 34.5(#2) | 76 / 200 |
8 |
SPD-FDP-DZP(1956-58) |
| 1958 | 3,115,738 | 39.2 (#2) | 81 / 200 |
5 |
Opposition |
| 1962 | 3,497,179 | 43.3 (#2) | 90 / 200 |
9 |
Opposition |
| 1966 | 4,226,604 | 49.5 (#1) | 99 / 200 |
9 |
SPD-FDP |
| 1970 | 3,996,808 | 46.1 (#2) | 94 / 200 |
 5 |
SPD-FDP |
| 1975 | 4,630,995 | 45.1 (#2) | 91 / 200 |
3 |
SPD-FDP |
| 1980 | 4,756,103 | 48.4 (#1) | 106 / 201 |
15 |
SPD majority |
| 1985 | 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 |
| 2022 | 2,092,933 | 26.7 (#2) | 56 / 195 |
13 |
Opposition |
Structure
Regional organizations of SPD state group:{
- Region Westliches Westfalen (Western Westphalia), covering the Regierungsbezirke Arnsberg and Münster
- Region Niederrhein (Lower Rhine), covering the Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf
- Region Mittelrhein (Central Rhine), covering the Regierungsbezirk Cologne
- Region Ostwestfalen-Lippe (Eastern Westphalia-Lippe), covering the Regierungsbezirk Detmold
The Regions are headgroups of 54 lower state groups (Unterbezirke), each covering either a district-free City (Kreisfreie Stadt) or a District (Kreis).
Chairman
| Years | Head |
| 1970–1973 | Heinz Kühn |
| 1973–1977 | Werner Figgen |
| 1977–1998 | Johannes Rau |
| 1998–2002 | Franz Müntefering |
| 2002–2005 | Harald Schartau |
| 2005–2007 | Jochen Dieckmann |
| 2007–2017 | Hannelore Kraft |
| 2017–2018 | Michael Groschek |
| 2018–2021 | Sebastian Hartmann |
| 2021–present | Thomas Kutschaty |
References
- ↑ "Mitgliederzahlen › NRWSPD" (in German). Retrieved 2022-08-15.
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