2011 Rhineland-Palatinate state election

2011 Rhineland-Palatinate state election
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All 101 seats of the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate
51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout1,868,187 (61.8%)
Increase 3.2%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Kurt Beck Julia Klöckner
Party SPD CDU
Last election 53 seats, 45.6% 38 seats, 32.8%
Seats won 42 41
Seat change Decrease 11 Increase 3
Popular vote 666,817 658,474
Percentage 35.7% 35.2%
Swing Decrease 9.9% Increase 2.4%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Eveline Lemke
Daniel Köbler 		Herbert Mertin
Party Greens FDP
Last election 0 seats, 4.6% 8.0%
Seats won 18 0
Seat change Increase 18 Decrease 10
Popular vote 288,489 79,343
Percentage 15.4% 4.2%
Swing Increase 10.8% Decrease 3.8%
Results for the single-member constituencies
Minister-President before election

Kurt Beck
SPD

Elected Minister-President

Kurt Beck
SPD

The 2011 Rhineland-Palatinate state election was held on 27 March 2011 to elect the members of the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate. The incumbent Social Democratic Party (SPD) government led by Minister-President Kurt Beck lost its majority. The SPD subsequently formed a coalition with The Greens, and Beck continued in office.[1]

  1. ^ "SPD and Greens set for power in Hamburg". The Local. February 13, 2011. Retrieved February 13, 2011.