1996 Rhineland-Palatinate state election

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1996 Rhineland-Palatinate state election
Flag of Rhineland-Palatinate.svg
  1991 24 March 1996 2001  

All 101 seats of the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate
51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout2,064,726 (70.8%)
Decrease2.svg 3.1%
 First partySecond party
  Kurt Beck.jpg
Leader Kurt Beck Johannes Gerster
Party SPD CDU
Last election47 seats, 44.8%40 seats, 38.7%
Seats won4341
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 4Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote821,539798,166
Percentage39.8%38.7%
SwingDecrease2.svg 5.0%Steady2.svg 0.0%

 Third partyFourth party
 
Party FDP Greens
Last election7 seats, 6.9%7 seats, 6.5%
Seats won107
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 3Steady2.svg 0
Popular vote184,426142,665
Percentage8.9%6.9%
SwingIncrease2.svg 2.0%Increase2.svg 0.4%

1996 Rhineland-Palatinate state election.svg
Results for the single-member constituencies

Minister-President before election

Kurt Beck
SPD

Elected Minister-President

Kurt Beck
SPD

The 1996 Rhineland-Palatinate state election was held on 24 March 1996 to elect the members of the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate. The incumbent coalition government of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) led by Minister-President Kurt Beck retained its majority and continued in office.

Parties

The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate.

NameIdeologyLeader(s)1991 result
Votes (%)Seats
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands
Social democracy Kurt Beck 44.8%
47 / 101
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands
Christian democracy Johannes Gerster38.7%
40 / 101
FDP Free Democratic Party
Freie Demokratische Partei
Classical liberalism Hans-Artur Bauckhage 6.9%
7 / 101
Grüne Alliance 90/The Greens
Bündnis 90/Die Grünen
Green politics 6.5%
7 / 101

Election result

Summary of the 24 March 1996 election results for the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate
RP Landtagswahl 1996.svg
PartyVotes %+/-Seats+/-Seats %
Social Democratic Party (SPD)821,53939.8Decrease2.svg5.043Decrease2.svg442.6
Christian Democratic Union (CDU)798,16638.7Steady2.svg0.041Increase2.svg140.6
Free Democratic Party (FDP)184,4268.9Increase2.svg2.010Increase2.svg39.9
Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)142,6656.9Increase2.svg0.47Steady2.svg06.9
The Republicans (REP)71,4993.5Increase2.svg1.40±00
Others45,4312.20±00
Total2,063,726100.0101±0
Voter turnout70.8Decrease2.svg3.1
Popular Vote
SPD
39.81%
CDU
38.68%
FDP
8.94%
B'90/GRÜNE
6.91%
REP
3.46%
Other
2.20%
Landtag seats
SPD
42.57%
CDU
40.59%
FDP
9.90%
B'90/GRÜNE
6.93%

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