1951 Rhineland-Palatinate state election

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Ballot paper Rhineland-Palatinate state election, 1951

The 1951 Rhineland-Palatinate state election was conducted on 29 April 1951 to elect members to the Landtag, the state legislature of Rhineland-Palatinate, West Germany.

Ahead of the election, 7 December 1950 state electoral law divided the state into seven consituencies:

Summary of the 29 April 1951 Rhineland-Palatinate state Landtag election results
RP Landtagswahl 1951.svg
PartyVote %Vote % ±SeatsSeats ±
Christian Democratic Union 39.2–8.043–5
Social Democratic Party 34.0–0.338+4
Free Democratic Party 16.9+7.119+8
Communist Party of Germany 4.3–4.40–8
Deutsche Reichspartei 0.5N/A0N/A
Others5.3N/A0N/A
Total100.0100–1
Source: parties-and-elections.de


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