2011 Rhineland-Palatinate state election

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]

2011 Rhineland-Palatinate state election
27 March 2011
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%
Minister-President before election

Kurt Beck
SPD

 Elected Minister-President

Kurt Beck
SPD

Parties

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

Name Ideology Leader(s) 2006 result
Votes (%) Seats
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands		 Social democracy Kurt Beck 45.6%
53 / 101
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands		 Christian democracy Julia Klöckner 32.8%
38 / 101
FDP Free Democratic Party
Freie Demokratische Partei		 Classical liberalism Herbert Mertin 8.0%
10 / 101

Opinion polling
Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size		 SPD CDU FDP Grüne Linke Others Lead
2011 state election 27 Mar 2011 – 35.7 35.2 4.2 15.4 3.0 6.4 0.5
Emnid 18–24 Mar 2011 1,000 38 35 5 13 4 5 3
Emnid 11–17 Mar 2011 1,000 37 34 6 14 4 5 3
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen 15–17 Mar 2011 1,300 37 35 5 13 4 6 2
Infratest dimap 14–17 Mar 2011 1,250 36 36 5 13 4 6 Tie
Psephos 8–11 Mar 2011 1,003 40 35 5 10 4 6 5
Emnid 4–10 Mar 2011 1,000 39 34 6 10 5 6 5
Infratest dimap 4–7 Mar 2011 1,000 38 36 7 10 5 4 2
Emnid 24 Feb–1 Mar 2011 1,000 40 34 5 11 5 5 6
Emnid 18–24 Feb 2011 1,001 38 36 5 12 5 4 2
Emnid 11–17 Feb 2011 1,001 38 35 5 12 5 5 3
Infratest dimap 11–14 Feb 2011 1,000 38 36 5 12 4 5 2
Emnid 4–10 Feb 2011 1,002 40 34 4 13 5 4 6
Emnid 31 Jan–3 Feb 2011 1,001 38 36 4 13 5 6 2
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen 31 Jan–2 Feb 2011 1,060 37 35 5 13 4 6 2
Infratest dimap 21–24 Jan 2011 1,001 37 37 5 13 5 3 Tie
Emnid 1–15 Dec 2010 1,002 39 37 4 11 4 5 2
Psephos 6–11 Dec 2010 1,001 41 35 5 10 5  ? 6
Infratest dimap 3–6 Dec 2010 1,000 35 35 5 16 5 4 Tie
Infratest dimap 17–20 Sep 2010 1,000 36 34 4 16 5 5 2
Psephos 6–10 Sep 2010 1,002 42 34 6 8 5 5 8
Psephos 11–17 Jun 2010 1,007 41 33 8 7 5 6 7
Infratest dimap 16–19 Apr 2010 1,000 35 37 8 11 5 4 2
Psephos 9–13 Mar 2010 1,005 39 34 10 7 5 5 5
Infratest dimap 8–11 Dec 2009 1,003 36 36 11 7 3 6 Tie
Infratest dimap 4–7 Dec 2009 1,000 32 38 10 9 6 5 6
Infratest dimap 11–14 Sep 2009 1,000 33 35 13 7 7 5 2
Psephos 9–14 Sep 2009 1,003 36 33 14 7 6 5 3
Psephos 16–20 Jun 2009 1,000 38 31 13 7 5 6 7
Infratest dimap 22–25 May 2009 1,000 36 36 12 7 5 4 Tie
Psephos 11–17 Mar 2009 1,003 38 32 13 8 4 5 6
Psephos 4–10 Dec 2008 1,003 41 34 11 6 5 3 7
Infratest dimap 4–8 Dec 2008 1,000 36 35 12 8 5 4 1
polis+sinus 29 Oct–15 Nov 2008 1,512 39 35 11 7 4 4 4
Infratest dimap 15–16 Sep 2008 1,000 38 38 9 6 5 4 Tie
Psephos 2–9 Sep 2008 1,439 38 35 11 5 7 4 3
Infratest dimap 29 Aug–2 Sep 2008 1,000 36 38 10 6 6 4 2
Psephos 9–12 Jun 2008 1,004 37 36 11 6 7 3 1
Infratest dimap 8–9 Apr 2008 1,000 37 37 9 7 6 4 Tie
Infratest dimap 11–12 Mar 2008 1,000 39 37 8 7 7 2 2
Psephos 1–7 Mar 2008 1,001 40 34 10 6 5  ? 6
Psephos 8–13 Dec 2007 1,003 42 33 10 4.5 5.5 5 9
Infratest dimap 5–10 Dec 2007 1,000 42 37 8 6 4 3 5
Psephos 11–15 Sep 2007 1,003 43 33 9 5 – 10 10
Forsa 6–28 Aug 2007 1,061 40 34 8 5 6 7 6
Infratest dimap 20–23 Jul 2007 1,000 43 36 6 6 5 4 7
Psephos 7–11 May 2007 1,006 44 32 10 6 3 5 12
Forsa 26 Apr 2007  ? 43 31 9 6 4 7 12
Infratest dimap 20–23 Apr 2007 1,000 43 33 8 7 3 6 10
Forsa 20 Feb–20 Mar 2007 1,006 45 29 9 6 4 7 16
Psephos 5–9 Mar 2007 1,001 46 31 8 6 3 6 15
Psephos 11–16 Dec 2006 1,002 45 31 10 5 2 7 14
Infratest dimap 8–11 Dec 2006 1,000 43 31 11 7 2 6 12
Psephos 11–14 Sep 2006 1,004 46 31 9 5 4 5 15
Forsa 9–15 Aug 2006 1,001 46 26 10 6 5 7 20
Infratest dimap 10–11 Jul 2006 1,000 46 31 9 6 3 5 15
Infratest dimap 15–16 May 2006 1,000 43 31 11 5 2 8 12
2006 state election 26 Mar 2006 – 45.6 32.8 8.0 4.6 2.6 6.4 12.8

Election result
Summary of the 27 March 2011 election results for the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate
Party Votes  % +/- Seats +/- Seats %
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 666,817 35.7 Decrease9.9 42 Decrease11 41.6
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 658,474 35.2 Increase2.4 41 Increase3 40.6
Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) 288,489 15.4 Increase10.8 18 Increase18 17.8
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 79,343 4.2 Decrease3.8 0 Decrease10 0
The Left (Linke) 56,054 3.0 Increase0.4[lower-alpha 1] 0 ±0[lower-alpha 2] 0
Free Voters (FW) 43,348 2.3 Increase0.7 0 ±0 0
Pirate Party Germany (Piraten) 29,319 1.6 New 0 New 0
National Democratic Party (NPD) 20,586 1.1 Decrease0.1 0 ±0 0
Others 25,757 1.4 0 ±0 0
Total 1,868,187 100.0 101 ±0
Voter turnout 61.8 Increase3.2
Popular Vote
SPD
 
 35.69%
CDU
 
 35.25%
B'90/GRÜNE
 
 15.44%
FDP
 
 4.25%
DIE LINKE
 
 3.00%
Other
 
 6.37%
Landtag seats
SPD
 
 41.58%
CDU
 
 40.59%
B'90/GRÜNE
 
 17.82%

Notes
  1. Compared to results for WASG (2.6%).
  2. Compared to results for WASG (2.6%).

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