1962 North Rhine-Westphalia state election

1962 North Rhine-Westphalia state election
8 July 1962
All 200 seats in the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia
101 seats needed for a majority
Turnout8,188,988 (73.4% 3.2 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Candidate Franz Meyers Heinz Kühn Willi Weyer
Party CDU SPD FDP
Last election 104 seats, 50.5% 81 seats, 39.2% 15 seats, 7.1%
Seats won 96 90 14
Seat change 8 9 1
Popular vote 3,752,116 3,497,179 553,426
Percentage 46.4% 43.3% 6.8%
Swing 4.1 pp 4.1 pp 0.3 pp
Results for the single-member constituencies.
Government before election

First Meyers cabinet
CDU

 Government after election

Second Meyers cabinet
CDU–FDP

The 1962 North Rhine-Westphalia state election was held on 8 July 1962 to elect the 5th Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia. The outgoing government was a majority of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) led by Minister-President Franz Meyers.

The CDU lost its majority with a decline of four percentage points to 46%, but remained the largest party by a small margin. The opposition Social Democratic Party (SPD) saw a corresponding gain of four points and won 43%. The Free Democratic Party (FDP) remained steady on 7%. The CDU subsequently formed a coalition with the FDP, and Franz Meyers continued as Minister-President.

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