Reactions of the top candidates from Wüst and Kuchaty to the outcome of the election
The CDU top candidate Hendrik Wüst says in a first reaction:
“The people have clearly made us the strongest force. That is the mandate to form and lead a future government.”
CDU top candidate Hendrik Wüst
His challenger from the SPD, Thomas Kutschaty, explains:
“Even if the CDU is ahead of us: the social democracy in North Rhine-Westphalia is also ready for a state government here.”
SPD top candidate Thomas Kuchaty
This is how the seats are distributed in the Düsseldorf state parliament
The distribution of seats in the Düsseldorf state parliament looks like this according to the extrapolation from 10:55 p.m.: 76 seats for the CDU, 57 seats for the SPD, 38 for the Greens and 12 each for the FDP and for the AfD. CDU and Greens could forge a coalition and would get 114 votes together. An alliance of SPD, Greens and FDP would also be possible – according to the extrapolation, they get 107 votes.
Where the voters went
According to an extrapolation from 7:37 p.m., the SPD loses 310,000 votes to non-voters, 260,000 votes to the Greens and 30,000 votes to the CDU. At the same time, she benefits from 60,000 votes from the FDP camp. The Union itself loses 190,000 votes to non-voters and 140,000 to the Greens. In addition to votes from the SPD and CDU camps, the Greens also benefited from 100,000 votes from the FDP camp. The AfD benefited from 20,000 votes from the FDP camp, but at the same time lost 20,000 votes to the CDU and 160,000 votes to non-voters. The FDP lost the most votes to the CDU – namely 260,000.