2001 Rhineland-Palatinate state election

The 2001 Rhineland-Palatinate state election was held on 25 March 2001 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.

Parties

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

{| class="wikitable"

! rowspan=2 colspan=3| Name

! rowspan=2| Ideology

! rowspan=2| Leader(s)

! colspan=2| 1996 result

! Votes (%)

! Seats

| bgcolor= |

| align=center| SPD

| Social Democratic Party of Germany

| Social democracy

| Kurt Beck

| align=center| 39.8%

| bgcolor= |

| align=center| CDU

| Christian Democratic Union of Germany

| Christian democracy

| Christoph Böhr

| align=center| 38.7%

| bgcolor= |

| align=center| FDP

| Free Democratic Party

| Classical liberalism

| Hans-Artur Bauckhage

| align=center| 8.9%

| bgcolor= |

| align=center| Grüne

| Alliance 90/The Greens

| Green politics

| align=center| 6.9%

Opinion polling

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%;line-height:14px;"

|- style="height:40px;"

! style="width:160px;" rowspan="2"| Polling firm

! style="width:120px;" rowspan="2"| Fieldwork date

! style="width:35px;" rowspan="2"| Sample size

! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| SPD

! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| CDU

! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| FDP

! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| Grüne

! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;" rowspan="2"| Others

! style="width:30px;" rowspan="2"| Lead

! style="background:;"|

|- style="background:#E9E9E9;"

| 2001 state election

| data-sort-value="2001-03-25"| 25 Mar 2001

| –

| | 44.8

| 35.3

| 7.8

| 5.2

| 6.9

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 9.5

| Infratest dimap

| data-sort-value="2001-03-15"| 9–14 Mar 2001

| 1,000

| | 43

| 35

| 9

| 6

| 7

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 8

| Forschungsgruppe Wahlen

| data-sort-value="2001-03-09"| 5–8 Mar 2001

| 1,010

| | 44

| 36

| 8

| 6

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 8

| Infratest dimap

| data-sort-value="2001-03-01"| 19–24 Feb 2001

| 1,000

| | 44

| 39

| 7

| 5

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 5

| Psephos

| data-sort-value="2001-02-20"| 9–12 Feb 2001

| 1,004

| | 41

| 37

| 9

| 7

| 6

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 4

| Forsa

| data-sort-value="2001-02-01"| 1 Feb 2001

| ?

| | 40

| 37

| 11

| 8

| 4

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 3

| polis

| data-sort-value="2001-01-04"| 4 Jan 2001

| ?

| | 42

| 39

| 7

| 5

| 7

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 3

| Infratest dimap

| data-sort-value="2000-11-30"| 20–25 Nov 2000

| 1,000

| | 43

| 40

| 7

| 5

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 3

| Psephos

| data-sort-value="2000-10-27"| Oct 2000

| 1,006

| | 41

| 38

| 9

| 6

| ?

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 3

| Infratest dimap

| data-sort-value="2000-09-28"| 18–23 Sep 2000

| 1,000

| 40

| | 43

| 7

| 5

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 3

| Psephos

| data-sort-value="2000-08-15"| 3–7 Aug 2000

| 1,002

| | 42

| 36

| 10

| 6

| ?

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 6

| Infratest dimap

| data-sort-value="2000-06-29"| 19–24 Jun 2000

| 1,000

| | 41

| 40

| 10

| 6

| 3

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 1

| Psephos

| data-sort-value="2000-05-26"| 16–20 May 2000

| 1,002

| | 40

| 39

| 10

| 6

| 5

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 1

| Infratest dimap

| data-sort-value="2000-03-23"| 13–19 Mar 2000

| 1,000

| | 43

| 36

| 10

| 6

| 5

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 7

| Infratest dimap

| data-sort-value="1999-12-02"| Dec 1999

| ?

| 36

| | 43

| 8

| 6

| 7

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 7

| Infratest dimap

| data-sort-value="1999-09-30"| Sep 1999

| ?

| 37

| | 44

| 8

| 6

| ?

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 7

| Infratest dimap

| data-sort-value="1999-07-08"| Jul 1999

| 1,003

| 37

| | 44

| 7

| ?

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 7

| Infratest dimap

| data-sort-value="1999-03-31"| Mar 1999

| ?

| | 40

| 39

| 10

| 6

| 5

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 1

| Infratest dimap

| data-sort-value="1998-12-10"| Dec 1998

| ?

| | 43

| 36

| 8

| 7

| ?

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 7

| Infratest dimap

| data-sort-value="1998-06-25"| Jun 1998

| 1,002

| | 44

| 34

| 9

| 6

| ?

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 10

| Infratest dimap

| data-sort-value="1998-03-19"| Mar 1998

| ?

| | 46

| 33

| 8

| 6

| ?

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 13

| Infratest dimap

| data-sort-value="1997-12-11"| Dec 1997

| 1,002

| | 41

| 36

| 8

| ?

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 5

| Infratest dimap

| data-sort-value="1997-09-30"| Sep 1997

| ?

| | 42

| 35

| 8

| ?

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 7

|- style="background:#E9E9E9;"

| 1996 state election

| data-sort-value="1996-03-24"| 24 Mar 1996

| –

| | 39.8

| 38.7

| 8.9

| 6.9

| 5.7

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 1.1

Election result

! colspan="2" | Party

! Votes

! %

! +/-

! Seats

! +/-

! Seats %

| bgcolor=|

| align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD)

| align=right| 820,610

| align=right| 44.8

| align=right| 5.0

| align=right| 49

| align=right| 6

| align=right| 48.5

| bgcolor=|

| align=left | Christian Democratic Union (CDU)

| align=right| 647,238

| align=right| 35.3

| align=right| 3.4

| align=right| 38

| align=right| 3

| align=right| 37.6

| bgcolor=|

| align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP)

| align=right| 143,427

| align=right| 7.8

| align=right| 1.1

| align=right| 8

| align=right| 2

| align=right| 7.9

| bgcolor=|

| align=left | Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)

| align=right| 95,567

| align=right| 5.2

| align=right| 1.7

| align=right| 6

| align=right| 1

| align=right| 5.9

! colspan=8|

| bgcolor=|

| align=left | Free Voters (FW)

| align=right| 46,549

| align=right| 2.5

| align=right| 0

| align=right| ±0

| align=right| 0

| bgcolor=|

| align=left | The Republicans (REP)

| align=right| 44,586

| align=right| 2.4

| align=right| 1.1

| align=right| 0

| align=right| ±0

| align=right| 0

| bgcolor=|

| align=left | Others

| align=right| 35,869

| align=right| 2.0

| align=right|

| align=right| 0

| align=right| ±0

| align=right| 0

! align=right colspan=2| Total

! align=right| 1,833,846

! align=right| 100.0

! align=right|

! align=right| 101

! align=right| ±0

! align=right|

! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout

! align=right|

! align=right| 62.2

! align=right| 8.6

! align=right|

Sources

The Federal Returning Officer