1971 Rhineland-Palatinate state election
The 1971 Rhineland-Palatinate state election was conducted on 21 March 1971 to elect members to the Landtag, the state legislature of Rhineland-Palatinate, West Germany.
This election was the only one held with six constituencies under the 7 July 1970 state electoral law:
- Constituency One (Wahlkreis 1) centered around Neuwied elected 15 members.
- Constituency Two (Wahlkreis 2) centered around Koblenz, elected 22 members.
- Constituency Three (Wahlkreis 3) centered around Trier elected 15 members.
- Constituency Four (Wahlkreis 4) centered around Mainz elected 14 members.
- Constituency Five (Wahlkreis 5) centered around Ludwigshafen elected 21 members.
- Constituency Six (Wahlkreis 6) centered around Kaiserslautern elected 15 members.
All seats would be distributed via Hare method.
Party | Vote % | Vote % ± | Seats | Seats ± | ||||||||||
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Christian Democratic Union | 50.0 | +3.3 | 53 | +4 | ||||||||||
Social Democratic Party | 40.5 | +3.7 | 44 | +5 | ||||||||||
Free Democratic Party | 5.9 | –2.4 | 3 | –5 | ||||||||||
National Democratic Party | 2.7 | –4.2 | 0 | –4 | ||||||||||
German Communist Party | 0.9 | N/A | 0 | N/A | ||||||||||
Total | 100.0 | — | 100 | ±0 | ||||||||||
Source: parties-and-elections.de |
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- Elections and referendums in Germany
- Bavarian Landtag elections in the Weimar Republic
- Elections in the Free State of Prussia
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