State elections of North Rhine-Westphalia of 1962

Elections to the North Rhine-Westphalia Parliament of 1962 were held on 8 July 1962.

The CDU lost its absolute majority obtained in 1958. The SPD increased its voting significantly, the FDP lost slightly. The CDU and the FDP agreed on a coalition. At the Parliament's opening session on July 23, Franz Meyers was elected with 109 votes as prime minister, while 87 votes were cast in support of SPD Heinz Kühn's parliamentary group chairman.Three days later, the cabinet was formed, made up of 7 CDU ministers and 2 FDP ministers. Results

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