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The 1991 Rhineland-Palatinate state election was held on 21 April 1991 to elect the members of the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate. The incumbent
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, align=left , Social Democratic Party (SPD)
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, align= 46.5
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, align=left , Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
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, align= 38.7
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, align= 39.6
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coalition government
A coalition government is a form of government in which political parties cooperate to form a government. The usual reason for such an arrangement is that no single party has achieved an absolute majority after an election, an atypical outcome in ...
of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party Free Democratic Party is the name of several political parties around the world. It usually designates a party ideologically based on liberalism.
Current parties with that name include:
*Free Democratic Party (Germany), a liberal political party in ...
(FDP) led by Minister-President Carl-Ludwig Wagner
Carl-Ludwig Wagner (9 January 1930 – 27 July 2012) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union.
Wagner was born in Düsseldorf, but later lived in Eitelsbach, a part of Trier. After his Abitur 1949 in Trier he studied law at ...
was defeated, losing its majority. The Social Democratic Party (SPD) moved into first place, forming a coalition with the FDP. SPD leader Rudolf Scharping was subsequently elected as Minister-President.
Parties
The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate.Election result
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, align=left , Social Democratic Party (SPD)
, align= 951,695
, align= 44.8
, align= 6.0
, align= 47
, align= 7
, align= 46.5
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, bgcolor=,
, align=left , Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
, align= 822,449
, align= 38.7
, align= 6.4
, align= 40
, align= 8
, align= 39.6
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, align=left , Free Democratic Party Free Democratic Party is the name of several political parties around the world. It usually designates a party ideologically based on liberalism.
Current parties with that name include:
*Free Democratic Party (Germany), a liberal political party in ...
(FDP)
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, align= 6.9
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, align= 7
, align= 0
, align= 6.9
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, align=left , Alliance 90/The Greens
Alliance 90/The Greens (german: Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, ), often simply referred to as the Greens ( ), is a Green politics, green List of political parties in Germany, political party in Germany. It was formed in 1993 as the merger of The Greens ...
(Grüne)
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, align=left , The Republicans (REP)
, align= 43,380
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, align=left , Others
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1991
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1991 elections in Germany
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