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The North Rhine-Westphalia state election 2012 was a snap election held on 13 May 2012 to elect members to the Landtag of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia after the former Landtag was dissolved on 14 March 2012. The red-green minority government led by Minister-President Hannelore Kraft was returned with a 19 seat majority and were able to continue governing the state.The opposition consisted of the CDU led by Norbert Röttgen since 2010 the FDP and The Left.
