2012 Rhinean presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Rhinea on 24 May and 7 June 2012. Incumbent President Frank-Walter Steinmeier of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was re-elected for a second term, defeating Christian Union candidate Thomas de Maizière.
==Results==
Summary of the election results
Candidate	Candidate 	Party 	1st round 	1st round	2nd round 	2nd round
Candidate	Candidate 	Party 	Votes 	% 	Votes 	%
 	Frank-Walter Steinmeier	Social Democratic Party	22,140,692	35.57 	31,306,277	52.10
 	Thomas de Maizière 	Christian Union 	20,569,106	33.04 	28,783,940	47.90
 	Mark Rutte 	Centre Party 	9,849,775 	15.82 	Eliminated	Eliminated
 	Geert Wilders 	Patriotic Front 	3,496,624 	5.62 	Eliminated	Eliminated
 	Jan van Aken 	The Left 	2,580,119 	4.14 	Eliminated	Eliminated
 	Jürgen Trittin 	The Greens 	1,899,500 	3.05 	Eliminated	Eliminated
 	Kees van der Staaij 	Alliance 	417,325 	0.67 	Eliminated	Eliminated
 	Hubert Aiwanger 	Free Voters 	294,001 	0.47 	Eliminated	Eliminated
Category:Rhinea
Category:Elections