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All 101 seats in the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate 51 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2021 Rhineland-Palatinate state election was held on 14 March 2021 to elect the 18th Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate.[1] The outgoing government was a "traffic light coalition" of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), Free Democratic Party (FDP), and The Greens led by Minister-President Malu Dreyer.
The SPD won an unexpectedly clear plurality of 35.7% of votes cast, less than one percentage point lower than their 2016 result.[2] The opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU) finished on 27.7%, a decline of four percentage points, its worst result in the state to date. The Greens moved from fifth to third place with 9.3%. Alternative for Germany (AfD) saw the worst losses of any party, falling to 8.3%. The Free Democratic Party recorded a small decline to 5.5% but retained their seats. The Free Voters (FW) entered the Landtag for the first time with 5.4%, marking their third appearance in a state parliament overall, following Bavaria and Brandenburg.[3]
Overall, the incumbent government was returned with an increased majority. After the election, Minister-President Dreyer expressed her desire to renew the outgoing coalition.[4] On 30 April, the SPD, Greens, and FDP came to a coalition agreement.[5] Dreyer was re-elected as Minister-President on 18 May.[6]
- ^ "Mainz Termin für Landtagswahl festgelegt". Südwestrundfunk. 11 February 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "SPD chancellor candidate Scholz open to traffic light in the federal government". Der Spiegel. 15 March 2021.
- ^ "This is how Rhineland-Palatinate voted - current results". Der Spiegel. 15 March 2021.
- ^ "Rhineland-Palatinate: Dreyer wants to continue the traffic light coalition". Mdr.de. 15 March 2021.
- ^ "Red-green-yellow state government traffic light coalition in Rhineland-Palatinate continues". Südwestrundfunk (in German). 30 April 2021. Archived from the original on 29 April 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ "Landtag re-elects Dreyer as Prime Minister". Südwestrundfunk (in German). 18 May 2021. Archived from the original on 19 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.