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Rhineland-Palatinate Parliamentary election in Rhineland-Palatinate: results, seat distribution and coalition options

Election Winner
SPD
45.6 % of votes
Parties in Parliament
3
-1 compared to 2001
Voter Turnout
58.2 %
-4.0 percentage points compared to 2001
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Final official results of the Parliamentary election in Rhineland-Palatinate

The bars show each party's vote share, the chips the swing since the previous election. Results of the Parliamentary election in Rhineland-Palatinate held on March 26, 2006

SPD
45.6
+0.8
CDU
32.8
-2.5
FDP
8.0
+0.2
Grüne
4.6
-0.6
WASG
2.6
+2.6
REP
1.7
-0.7
FW
1.6
-0.9
Heimat
1.2
+0.7
Tier
0.7
-0.2
Graue
0.3
+0.3
PBC
0.3
±0.0
DSP
0.2
+0.2
ÖDP
0.2
-0.1
AGFG
0.1
+0.1
AUFBR.
0.1
+0.1
Government could remain in office

The incumbent governing parties achieved 62.4% of the seats.

Seat distribution after the Parliamentary election in Rhineland-Palatinate

Total seats
101
Majority
51

Parties

  1. SPD 53 52.5%
  2. CDU 38 37.6%
  3. FDP 10 9.9%
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Who governed Rhineland-Palatinate after the election

Election Day 03/26/2006 Government formation 53 days Beck IV 05/18/2006 – 05/18/2011

Beck IV

 May 18, 2006 – May 18, 2011 · 5 years
53 of 101 seats
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Every party in detail: votes, gains and losses

Orientation Party Votes Seats Link
Centre-Left SPD 45.6 % +0.8 53 +4
Centre-Right CDU 32.8 % -2.5 38 ±0
Liberal FDP 8.0 % +0.2 10 +2
Environment & Climate Grüne 4.6 % -0.6 0 -6
Unknown WASG 2.6 % +2.6 0 ±0
Right Republikaner 1.7 % -0.7 0 ±0
Centre-Right Freie Wähler 1.6 % -0.9 0 ±0
Far-Right Die Heimat 1.2 % +0.7 0 ±0
Animal Welfare Tierschutzpartei 0.7 % -0.2 0 ±0
Center Die Grauen – Graue Panther 0.3 % +0.3 0 ±0
Right Partei Bibeltreuer Christen 0.3 % ±0.0 0 ±0
Center Deutsche Seniorenpartei 0.2 % +0.2 0 ±0
Environment & Climate ÖDP 0.2 % -0.1 0 ±0
Transversal Allianz für Gesundheit 0.1 % +0.1 0 ±0
Unknown AUFBRUCH 0.1 % +0.1 0 ±0

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