The 1971 Rhineland-Palatinate state election was conducted on 21 March 1971 to elect members to the Landtag, the state legislature of Rhineland-Palatinate, West Germany.
This election was the only one held with six constituencies under the 7 July 1970 state electoral law:
All seats would be distributed via Hare method.
Party | Vote % | Vote % ± | Seats | Seats ± | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Christian Democratic Union | 50.0 | +3.3 | 53 | +4 | ||||||||||
Social Democratic Party | 40.5 | +3.7 | 44 | +5 | ||||||||||
Free Democratic Party | 5.9 | –2.4 | 3 | –5 | ||||||||||
National Democratic Party | 2.7 | –4.2 | 0 | –4 | ||||||||||
German Communist Party | 0.9 | N/A | 0 | N/A | ||||||||||
Total | 100.0 | — | 100 | ±0 | ||||||||||
Source: parties-and-elections.de |
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