{
  "data": {
    "id": "germany-north-rhine-westphalia-2027",
    "country": "DE",
    "country_name": "Germany",
    "level": "regional",
    "subdivision": "DE-NW",
    "subdivision_name": "North Rhine-Westphalia",
    "date": "2027-04-25",
    "date_status": "declared",
    "kind": "regional",
    "conditional": null,
    "timezone": "Europe/Berlin",
    "status": "scheduled",
    "last_verified_at": "2026-09-30T12:00:00Z",
    "stale": false,
    "stale_reason": null,
    "provenance": {
      "from": "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).",
      "licence": "CC BY 4.0 (Election Index)"
    },
    "url": "https://electionindex.org/election/germany-north-rhine-westphalia-2027",
    "races": [
      {
        "id": "landtag",
        "key": "germany-north-rhine-westphalia-2027/landtag",
        "name": "State Parliament (Landtag)",
        "body": "subnational-legislature",
        "seats": 181,
        "polls_close_utc": "2027-04-25T16:00:00Z",
        "authority": {
          "id": "de-nw-lwl",
          "name": "State Returning Officer of North Rhine-Westphalia",
          "name_local": "Landeswahlleiter Nordrhein-Westfalen",
          "role": "ministry",
          "homepage": "https://www.im.nrw/themen/beteiligung/wahlen/landtagswahlen",
          "results_index": "https://www.wahlergebnisse.nrw/",
          "open_data": null
        },
        "status": "scheduled",
        "expected_stage_now": null,
        "observed": false,
        "final_observed": null,
        "final_expected": {
          "from": "2027-04-29T22:00:00Z",
          "by": "2027-05-21T21:59:59Z",
          "confidence": "precedent",
          "basis": "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."
        },
        "stages": [
          {
            "stage": "election-night",
            "from": "2027-04-25T16:00:00Z",
            "by": "2027-04-25T23:59:59Z",
            "replacedAt": "2027-04-29T22:00:00Z",
            "confidence": "precedent",
            "citation": "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).",
            "source": null,
            "observedAt": null,
            "observedSource": null
          },
          {
            "stage": "final-result",
            "from": "2027-04-29T22:00:00Z",
            "by": "2027-05-21T21:59:59Z",
            "replacedAt": null,
            "confidence": "precedent",
            "citation": "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.",
            "source": null,
            "observedAt": null,
            "observedSource": null
          }
        ],
        "sources": [
          {
            "url": "https://www.wahlergebnisse.nrw/",
            "role": "results-live",
            "kind": "emb_home",
            "kindReason": "site root: cannot answer a results question",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "IT.NRW election results site, where the 2022 Landtag results were published (redirects to its index). No 2027 results URL is published yet and none is predicted.",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.wahlergebnisse.nrw/landtagswahlen/2022/index.shtml",
            "role": "see-also",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "2022 precedent: \"Endgültige Ergebnisse zur Landtagswahl 2022 in NRW\" (constituency seats CDU 76, SPD 45, GRÜNE 7), with Heft 3 \"Endgültige Ergebnisse\".",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.wahlergebnisse.nrw/landtagswahlen/2022/LW22_Heft_3.pdf",
            "role": "see-also",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "IT.NRW Heft 3, final results of the 15 May 2022 election, table 8 (seat calculation): the base number is 181 seats; because the CDU won more constituency seats (76) than its proportional share, a raised base of 195 applied (§ 33(5) LWahlG).",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.im.nrw/endgueltiges-ergebnis-der-landtagswahl-2022-festgestellt-0",
            "role": "see-also",
            "kind": "race_results",
            "kindReason": "election code and results marker",
            "resolvable": true,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "2022 precedent, State Returning Officer press release: \"Der Landeswahlausschuss hat heute das endgültige amtliche Ergebnis der Landtagswahl am 15. Mai 2022 festgestellt\"; the seat distribution found on election night, with 6 overhang and 8 balancing seats, was unchanged; 195 seats in total. The release carries no date; the Ministry's 2022 election page lists \"30.05.2022 Amtliches Endergebnis\".",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.im.nrw/landtagswahl-2022",
            "role": "see-also",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Ministry of the Interior 2022 election page: \"15.05.2022 Vorläufiges Ergebnis\" and \"30.05.2022 Amtliches Endergebnis\".",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.im.nrw/vorlaeufiges-amtliches-wahlergebnis",
            "role": "see-also",
            "kind": "results_index",
            "kindReason": "results section without an election code",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "2022 precedent: \"Der Landeswahlleiter hat das vorläufige Ergebnis der Landtagswahl in Nordrhein-Westfalen am 15. Mai 2022 verkündet\" (page dated 16 May 2022; no time given).",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.im.nrw/landtagswahl-2027-am-25-april-2027",
            "role": "timetable",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Ministry of the Interior (seat of the State Returning Officer): cabinet decision of 24 Feb 2026 setting polling day as Sunday 25 Apr 2027.",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://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.pdf",
            "role": "timetable",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Landeswahlgesetz NRW, version in force from 19 Feb 2026 (last amended 3 Feb 2026, GV. NRW. S. 141), official legal portal: § 7 (government sets polling day; \"Die Wahlzeit dauert von 8 bis 18 Uhr\"), § 13(1) 128 constituencies, § 14(2) \"Der Berechnung der Sitzzahlen wird eine Gesamtzahl von 181 Sitzen zugrunde gelegt\", § 33 seat allocation, § 33(7) the Landeswahlausschuss determines seats and list members elected, § 34 publication.",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landtagswahl_in_Nordrhein-Westfalen_2027",
            "role": "see-also",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.im.nrw/themen/beteiligung/wahlen/landtagswahlen",
            "role": "authority-home",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "no election or results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "authority",
            "check": null
          }
        ],
        "page_activity": [],
        "government": null,
        "results": [],
        "url": "https://electionindex.org/election/germany-north-rhine-westphalia-2027#landtag"
      }
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "dataset_version": "2026-09-29.e560cf70",
    "built_at": "2026-09-29T23:24:24Z",
    "generated_at": "2026-09-30T00:54:43.984Z",
    "licence": "CC BY 4.0: credit \"Election Index (electionindex.org)\" and link to https://electionindex.org",
    "docs": "https://electionindex.org/docs"
  }
}