2011 Rhineland-Palatinate state election

The 2011 Rhineland-Palatinate state election was held on 27 March 2011 to elect the members of the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate. The incumbent Social Democratic Party (SPD) government led by Minister-President Kurt Beck lost its majority. The SPD subsequently formed a coalition with The Greens, and Beck continued in office.

Parties

The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Opinion polling

Election result

|- |colspan=8| |- ! colspan="2" | Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD) | align=right| 666,817 | align=right| 35.7 | align=right| 9.9 | align=right| 42 | align=right| 11 | align=right| 41.6 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | align=right| 658,474 | align=right| 35.2 | align=right| 2.4 | align=right| 41 | align=right| 3 | align=right| 40.6 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | align=right| 288,489 | align=right| 15.4 | align=right| 10.8 | align=right| 18 | align=right| 18 | align=right| 17.8 |- ! colspan=8| |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP) | align=right| 79,343 | align=right| 4.2 | align=right| 3.8 | align=right| 0 | align=right| 10 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | The Left (Linke) | align=right| 56,054 | align=right| 3.0 | align=right| 0.4 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Free Voters (FW) | align=right| 43,348 | align=right| 2.3 | align=right| 0.7 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Pirate Party Germany (Piraten) | align=right| 29,319 | align=right| 1.6 | align=right| New | align=right| 0 | align=right| New | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | National Democratic Party (NPD) | align=right| 20,586 | align=right| 1.1 | align=right| 0.1 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Others | align=right| 25,757 | align=right| 1.4 | align=right| | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- ! align=right colspan=2| Total ! align=right| 1,868,187 ! align=right| 100.0 ! align=right| ! align=right| 101 ! align=right| ±0 ! align=right| |- ! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout ! align=right| ! align=right| 61.8 ! align=right| 3.2 ! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right|

Notes

References

• Rhineland-Palatinate State Statistics Office