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North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, regional election 2027

Polling day . Counted by State Returning Officer of North Rhine-Westphalia. Times are Berlin time; hover for UTC.

30 Apr – 21 May 2027

Final result window, derived from the last election. Treat as final after Berlin time.

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im.nrw/endgueltiges-ergebnis-der-landtagswahl-2022-festgestellt-0

Count stages State Parliament (Landtag), 181 seats

25 Apr2 May9 May16 May23 May
Election-night count
25–26 AprElection-night count: Sun 25 Apr, 18:00 → Mon 26 Apr, 01:59, precedent.
Final result
30 Apr – 21 MayFinal result: Fri 30 Apr, 00:00 → Fri 21 May, 23:59, precedent.
announced set by law or the authorityprecedent from the last electionestimate our estimateBerlin time. Polls close in 208 days.
Stage windows and their sources 2 stages, each cited
  1. Election-night count
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    The state government set polling day as Sunday 25 Apr 2027 by cabinet decision of 24 Feb 2026 (Ministry of the Interior page "Landtagswahl 2027 am 25. April 2027": "Die Landesregierung von Nordrhein-Westfalen hat mit Kabinettsbeschluss vom 24. Februar 2026 den Wahltag ... auf Sonntag, den 25. April 2027, festgesetzt."). Legal basis: Landeswahlgesetz (LWahlG) § 7(1): "Der Wahltag wird durch die Landesregierung festgesetzt." A GV. NRW. reference for the decision was not found. Polls are open 08:00-18:00 (LWahlG § 7(2)); 18:00 CEST = 16:00 UTC. 2022 precedent: the State Returning Officer announced the preliminary result on election night, 15 May 2022 (Ministry's 2022 page: "15.05.2022 Vorläufiges Ergebnis"), and the final determination on 30 May confirmed "Die in der Wahlnacht ermittelte Sitzverteilung". The hour was not found; the window closes at 01:59 CEST on Monday 26 Apr 2027, an estimate. This is the preliminary count, not the official result. Seats: 181 is the base number (§ 14(2)), with 128 constituencies (§ 13(1)); overhang and balancing seats raise it (§ 33(5)); the Landtag elected in 2022 has 195 members (6 overhang, 8 balancing).
    Replaced on the live page by the final result from .
  2. Final result
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    The Landeswahlausschuss determines how many seats each party receives and which list candidates are elected (LWahlG § 33(7)); the State Returning Officer publishes the result for the state (§ 34). No statutory deadline for the committee's meeting was found in the LWahlG; the Landeswahlordnung was not checked. 2022 precedent: the committee determined the final official result on 30 May 2022, 15 days after the 15 May vote (Ministry's 2022 page: "30.05.2022 Amtliches Endergebnis"; State Returning Officer press release). On the same interval the 2027 determination would fall around Monday 10 May 2027. The opening (Friday 30 Apr 2027, 00:00 CEST) is an ESTIMATED floor; the window closes at the end of Friday 21 May 2027, CEST, 26 days after polling day and 11 days past the 2022 interval. Challenges go through the Landtag's election scrutiny, which does not delay the determination, so there is no court-validation stage.
Results sources 10 pages, 1 can answer a results question
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wahlergebnisse.nrwresults-liveemb homeno (site root: cannot answer a results question)not checked yet
wahlergebnisse.nrw/landtagswahlen/2022/index.shtmlsee-alsootherno (election page without a results marker)not checked yet
wahlergebnisse.nrw/landtagswahlen/2022/LW22_Heft_3.pdfsee-alsootherno (election page without a results marker)not checked yet
im.nrw/endgueltiges-ergebnis-der-landtagswahl-2022-festgestellt-0see-alsorace resultsyesnot checked yet
im.nrw/landtagswahl-2022see-alsootherno (election page without a results marker)not checked yet
im.nrw/vorlaeufiges-amtliches-wahlergebnissee-alsoresults indexno (results section without an election code)not checked yet
im.nrw/landtagswahl-2027-am-25-april-2027timetableotherno (election page without a results marker)not checked yet
recht.nrw.de/system/files/pdf/state-law-and-regulations/2026/02/18/936dad/2026-02-19-gesetz-ueber-die-wahl-zum-landtag-des-l.pdftimetableotherno (election page without a results marker)not checked yet
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landtagswahl_in_Nordrhein-Westfalen_2027see-alsootherno (election page without a results marker)not checked yet
im.nrw/themen/beteiligung/wahlen/landtagswahlenauthority-homeotherno (no election or results marker)not checked yet

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Provenance: researcher agent 2026-09-30: im.nrw (2027 election page with the cabinet decision of 24 Feb 2026; 2022 election page; 2022 preliminary and final result releases); Landeswahlgesetz NRW §§ 7, 13, 14, 33, 34 (recht.nrw.de, version from 19 Feb 2026); wahlergebnisse.nrw (2022 final results, Heft 3). (CC BY 4.0 (Election Index)). Last verified 2026-09-30.

Questions and answers

When is the North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, regional election 2027?
Polling day is 2027-04-25 (officially set).
When will the final result of the State Parliament (Landtag) race be official?
Expected between 2027-04-29T22:00:00Z and 2027-05-21T21:59:59Z (UTC), confidence precedent. The Landeswahlausschuss determines how many seats each party receives and which list candidates are elected (LWahlG § 33(7)); the State Returning Officer publishes the result for the state (§ 34). No statutory deadline for the committee's meeting was found in the LWahlG; the Landeswahlordnung was not checked. 2022 precedent: the committee determined the final official result on 30 May 2022, 15 days after the 15 May vote (Ministry's 2022 page: "30.05.2022 Amtliches Endergebnis"; State Returning Officer press release). On the same interval the 2027 determination would fall around Monday 10 May 2027. The opening (Friday 30 Apr 2027, 00:00 CEST) is an ESTIMATED floor; the window closes at the end of Friday 21 May 2027, CEST, 26 days after polling day and 11 days past the 2022 interval. Challenges go through the Landtag's election scrutiny, which does not delay the determination, so there is no court-validation stage.
Where are the official State Parliament (Landtag) results?
https://www.im.nrw/endgueltiges-ergebnis-der-landtagswahl-2022-festgestellt-0