Κρατιδιακές εκλογές της Βόρειας Ρηνανίας-Βεστφαλίας (2012): Διαφορά μεταξύ των αναθεωρήσεων

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==Background==

The [[Red-green alliance|Red-Green coalition]] fell one seat short of a governing majority in the [[North Rhine-Westphalia state election, 2010|previous election]].<ref name=DissolutionLocal>{{cite news|title=Biggest German state heads for early election|url=http://www.thelocal.de/politics/20120314-41343.html|accessdate=14 March 2012|newspaper=[[The Local]]|date=14 March 2012}}</ref> The Landtag was dissolved after the government failed to pass the budget on 14 March 2012.<ref name=DissolutionLocal/><ref name=DissolutionDW>{{cite news|last=von Hellfeld|first=Matthias|title=Budget bungle forces snap state election|url=http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,15810093,00.html|accessdate=15 March 2012|newspaper=[[Deutsche Welle]]|date=15 March 2012}}</ref> All 3 opposition parties voted against the budget.<ref name=DissolutionDW/> The coalition were expecting the [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|Free Democrats]] to abstain from voting on the budget and this would have allowed the Red-Green coalition to continue governing.<ref>{{cite news|title=North Rhine-Westphalia Faces Snap Election|url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,821308,00.html|accessdate=14 March 2012|newspaper=[[Spiegel Online]]|date=14 March 2012}}</ref>

 

 

The following opinion polls have been conducted during the campaign:

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Analysts on ''election.de'' forecast the proportion of the 128 [[first-past-the-post]] seats (the other 53 being elected using party lists) after the next election. These seats traditionally have been held by either [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]] or [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]].

 

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Some pollsters also included the question on locals preference on the next Minister-President:

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| style="text-align:left;" |[[YouGov]]<ref>{{Internetquelle|url=http://www.bild.de/regional/hamburg/landtag-schleswig-holstein/kubicki-rettet-fdp-im-landtag-24012852.bild.html|titel=Neue Umfrage: Liberale auch in NRW drin|datum=2012-05-07|zugriff=2012-05-07|kommentar=Repräsentative Umfrage des Instituts YouGov im Auftrag der "Bild-Zeitung"|hrsg=BILD}}</ref>

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