2016 Rhineland-Palatinate state election

2016 Rhineland-Palatinate state election

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All 101 seats in the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate 51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	2,130,621 (70.4%) 8.6%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Malu Dreyer Julia Klöckner Uwe Junge Party SPD CDU AfD Last election 42 seats, 35.7% 41 seats, 35.2% Did not exist Seats won 39 35 14 Seat change 3 6 14 Popular vote 771,848 677,507 268,628 Percentage 36.2% 31.8% 12.6% Swing 0.5% 3.4% New party   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Volker Wissing Eveline Lemke Party FDP Greens Last election 0 seats, 4.2% 18 seats, 15.4% Seats won 7 6 Seat change 7 12 Popular vote 132,294 113,261 Percentage 6.2% 5.3% Swing 2.0% 10.1%
Results for the single-member constituencies
Minister-President before election Malu Dreyer SPD Elected Minister-President Malu Dreyer SPD

The 2016 Rhineland-Palatinate state election was held on 13 March 2016 to elect the members of the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate. It was held on the same day as the Baden-Württemberg state election and Saxony-Anhalt state election. The incumbent coalition government of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and The Greens led by Minister-President Malu Dreyer was defeated. The SPD remained the largest party, and formed a "traffic light coalition" with the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and The Greens. Dreyer was subsequently re-elected as Minister-President.^[1]