2016 Rhineland-Palatinate state election

2016 Rhineland-Palatinate state election
13 March 2016
All 101 seats in the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate
51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout2,130,621 (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
Government before election

First Dreyer cabinet
SPD–Green

Government after election

Second Dreyer cabinet
SPD–FDP–Green

The 2016 Rhineland-Palatinate state election to elect the members of the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate was held on 13 March 2016, 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, but carried on with support from the FDP. 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.

Following the 2015 European migrant crisis, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) debuted as third largest party, but at 12.6% not as strong as in the other two state elections.

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