2016 Rhineland-Palatinate state election


The 2016 Rhineland-Palatinate state election was held on 13 March 2016 to elect the members of the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate. It was held on the same day as the Baden-Württemberg state election and Saxony-Anhalt state election. The incumbent coalition government of the Social Democratic Party and The Greens led by Minister-President Malu Dreyer was defeated. The SPD remained the largest party, and formed a "traffic light coalition" with the Free Democratic Party 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 || – || –

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 || || – || –