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The 2016 Rhineland-Palatinate state election was held on 13 March 2016 to elect the members of the
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''Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands'' – SPD, , 771,848 , , 36.2 , , 0.5 , , 39 , , 3 , - ,
''Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands'' – CDU, , 677,507 , , 31.8 , , 3.4 , , 35 , , 6 , - ,
''Alternative für Deutschland'' – AfD, , 268,628 , , 12.6 , , 12.6 , , 14 , , 14 , - ,
''Freie Demokratische Partei'' – FDP, , 132,294 , , 6.2 , , 2.0 , , 7 , , 7 , - ,
''Bündnis 90/Die Grünen'', , 113,261 , , 5.3 , , 10.1 , , 6 , , 12 , - ,
''Die Linke'', , 59,970 , , 2.8 , , 0.2 , , – , , – , - , , , align=left , Free Voters Rhineland-Palatinate
''Freie Wähler'', , 47,924 , , 2.2 , , 0.1 , , – , , – , - ,
''Piratenpartei'', , 16,708 , , 0.8 , , 0.8 , , – , , – , - ,
''Allianz für Fortschritt und Aufbruch'' – ALFA, , 13,154 , , 0.6 , , 0.6 , , – , , – , - ,
''Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands'' – NPD, , 10,565 , , 0.5 , , 0.6 , , – , , – , - ,
''Ökologisch-Demokratische Partei'' – ÖDP, , 8,623 , , 0.4 , , , , – , , – , - ,
''Die Republikaner'' – REP, , 5,090 , , 0.2 , , , , – , , – , - , , , align=left ,
''Die Einheit'', , 3,105 , , 0.1 , , 0.1 , , – , , – , - , , , align=left , The Third Way
''Der III. Weg'', , 1,944 , , 0.1 , , 0.1 , , – , , – , - , bgcolor="white", , , align=left , Other parties, , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , align="right" colspan="2" , ''Valid votes'' , ''2,130,621'' , ''98.6'' , ''0.7'' , colspan=2 rowspan=2 color=#BAB9B9, , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , align="right" colspan="2" , ''Invalid votes'' , ''30,885'' , ''1.4'' , ''0.7'' , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , align="right" colspan="2" , Totals and voter turnout , 2,161,506 , 70.4 , 8.6 , 101 , – , - style="background-color:#BAB9B9" , colspan="2" , Electorate , 3,071,972 , 100.0 , — , colspan=2, , - , colspan=11 align=left , Source: Landeswahlleiter
Rhineland-Palatinate Electoral Office
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Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate
The Rhineland-Palatinate Landtag is the state diet of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Article 79, Section 1 of the Rhineland-Palatinate constitution provides: "The Landtag is the supreme organ of political decision-making, el ...
. It was held on the same day as the Baden-Württemberg state election and Saxony-Anhalt state election. The incumbent coalition government
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of the Social Democratic Party
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(SPD) and The Greens The Greens or Greens may refer to:
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led by Minister-President
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Malu Dreyer
Marie-Luise "Malu" Dreyer (born 6 February 1961) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has served as the 8th and current Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate since 13 January 2013. She is the first woman to hold th ...
was defeated. The SPD remained the largest party, and formed a "traffic light coalition
In German politics, a traffic light coalition (german: Ampelkoalition) is a coalition government of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and Alliance 90/The Greens. It is named after the parties' tra ...
" with the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and The Greens. Dreyer was subsequently re-elected as Minister-President.
Parties
The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate.Opinion polling
Results
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, ''Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands'' – SPD, , 771,848 , , 36.2 , , 0.5 , , 39 , , 3 , - ,
''Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands'' – CDU, , 677,507 , , 31.8 , , 3.4 , , 35 , , 6 , - ,
''Alternative für Deutschland'' – AfD, , 268,628 , , 12.6 , , 12.6 , , 14 , , 14 , - ,
''Freie Demokratische Partei'' – FDP, , 132,294 , , 6.2 , , 2.0 , , 7 , , 7 , - ,
''Bündnis 90/Die Grünen'', , 113,261 , , 5.3 , , 10.1 , , 6 , , 12 , - ,
''Die Linke'', , 59,970 , , 2.8 , , 0.2 , , – , , – , - , , , align=left , Free Voters Rhineland-Palatinate
''Freie Wähler'', , 47,924 , , 2.2 , , 0.1 , , – , , – , - ,
''Piratenpartei'', , 16,708 , , 0.8 , , 0.8 , , – , , – , - ,
''Allianz für Fortschritt und Aufbruch'' – ALFA, , 13,154 , , 0.6 , , 0.6 , , – , , – , - ,
''Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands'' – NPD, , 10,565 , , 0.5 , , 0.6 , , – , , – , - ,
''Ökologisch-Demokratische Partei'' – ÖDP, , 8,623 , , 0.4 , , , , – , , – , - ,
''Die Republikaner'' – REP, , 5,090 , , 0.2 , , , , – , , – , - , , , align=left ,
''Die Einheit'', , 3,105 , , 0.1 , , 0.1 , , – , , – , - , , , align=left , The Third Way
''Der III. Weg'', , 1,944 , , 0.1 , , 0.1 , , – , , – , - , bgcolor="white", , , align=left , Other parties, , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , align="right" colspan="2" , ''Valid votes'' , ''2,130,621'' , ''98.6'' , ''0.7'' , colspan=2 rowspan=2 color=#BAB9B9, , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , align="right" colspan="2" , ''Invalid votes'' , ''30,885'' , ''1.4'' , ''0.7'' , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , align="right" colspan="2" , Totals and voter turnout , 2,161,506 , 70.4 , 8.6 , 101 , – , - style="background-color:#BAB9B9" , colspan="2" , Electorate , 3,071,972 , 100.0 , — , colspan=2, , - , colspan=11 align=left , Source: Landeswahlleiter
References
External links
Rhineland-Palatinate Electoral Office
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2016
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