Rhineland-Palatinate state election, 2011
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The 2011 Rhineland-Palatinate state election was conducted on 27 March 2011 to elect all 101 members to the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate.[1] It was held by proportional representation with a 5% threshold. State elections were held on the same day in neighbouring Baden-Württemberg.
In the 2006 election, Minister-President Kurt Beck and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) won an outright majority. For the 2011 elections, Christian Baldauf, the current opposition leader, proposed Julia Klöckner to oppose Kurt Beck.
In the election, the SPD suffered large loss, falling by 10% of the vote and winning only one seat more than the Christian Democratic Union. The main winners were Alliance '90/The Greens, who surged to over 15% of the vote, having failed to even break through the 5% threshold in 2006. In 2011, however, the Free Democratic Party failed to break through 5%, and thus lost the 10 seats they'd won in 2006.
Results
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Party | Vote % (change) | Seats (change) | Seat % | |||||||||||
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Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 35.7% | –9.9 | 42 | –11 | 41.6% | |||||||||
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 35.2% | +2.4 | 41 | +3 | 40.6% | |||||||||
Alliance '90/The Greens (Die Grünen) | 15.4% | +10.8 | 18 | +18 | 17.8% | |||||||||
Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 4.2% | –3.8 | 0 | –10 | — | |||||||||
The Left Party (Linke, formerly WASG) | 3.0% | +0.4 | 0 | ±0 | — | |||||||||
Free Voters | 2.3% | +0.7 | 0 | ±0 | — | |||||||||
Pirate Party Germany | 1.6% | +1.6 | 0 | N/A | — | |||||||||
National Democratic Party of Germany | 1.1% | –0.1 | 0 | ±0 | — | |||||||||
Others | 3.1% | +1.2 | 0 | — | — | |||||||||
Total | 101 |
2006 Results
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Party | Party List votes | Vote percentage | Total Seats | Seat percentage |
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Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 799,216 | 45.6% | 53 | 52.5% |
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 574,464 | 32.8% | 38 | 37.6% |
Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 140,824 | 8.0% | 10 | 9.9% |
Alliance '90/The Greens | 81,456 | 4.6% | 0 | 0.0% |
Labour and Social Justice Party (WASG) | 44,661 | 2.5% | 0 | 0.0% |
All Others | 112,410 | 6.5% | 0 | 0.0% |
Totals | 1,753,031 | 100.0% | 101 | 100.0% |
Post-election
Rainer Brüderle announced he is resigning as chairman of Free Democratic Party in Rheinland-Pfalz.[2] He will preside at a special congress of the National Association on 7 May 2011.[2]
References
- ↑ "SPD and Greens set for power in Hamburg". The Local. February 13, 2011. Retrieved February 13, 2011.
- 1 2 "Mappus legt Parteivorsitz nieder". Hamburger Morgenpost (in German). March 28, 2011. Retrieved March 29, 2011.