1996 Rhineland-Palatinate state election
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.
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All 101 seats of the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate 51 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 2,064,726 (70.8%) 3.1% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parties
The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate.
| Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 1991 result | |||
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| 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 Gerster | 38.7% | 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
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| Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | Seats % | |
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| Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 821,539 | 39.8 | 5.0 |
43 | 4 |
42.6 | |
| Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 798,166 | 38.7 |  0.0 |
41 |  1 |
40.6 | |
| Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 184,426 | 8.9 | 2.0 |
10 | 3 |
9.9 | |
| Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | 142,665 | 6.9 | 0.4 |
7 | 0 |
6.9 | |
| The Republicans (REP) | 71,499 | 3.5 | 1.4 |
0 | ±0 | 0 | |
| Others | 45,431 | 2.2 | 0 | ±0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 2,063,726 | 100.0 | 101 | ±0 | |||
| Voter turnout | 70.8 | 3.1 |
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