2026 Rhineland-Palatinate state election

2026 Rhineland-Palatinate state election

2026
All 101 seats in the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate 51 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party SPD CDU Greens Last election 39 seats, 35.7% 31 seats, 27.7% 10 seats, 9.3%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party AfD FDP FW Last election 9 seats, 8.3% 6 seats, 5.5% 6 seats, 5.4%
Government before election Third Dreyer cabinet SPD–Green–FDP Government after election TBD

The Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate.

The 2026 Rhineland-Palatinate state election will be held in 2026 to elect the 19th Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Background

In the 2021 state elections, the SPD, led by Prime Minister Malu Dreyer, was the strongest with 35.7 percent. The CDU achieved its poor result in Rhineland-Palatinate with 27.7 percent. The Greens were again the third strongest force with gains of 9.3 percent.

The AfD became the fourth strongest force in the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament with losses of 8.3 percent. The FDP reached 5.5 percent. The Free Voters made it into the state parliament for the first time with 5.4 percent.

Even before the election, all three parties in the traffic light coalition had campaigned for it to continue. The balance of power within the alliance changed, since the Greens were now the second strongest party instead of the FDP.

The SPD invited the Greens and FDP to exploratory talks the day after the election. Almost eight weeks after the election, the SPD, Greens and FDP agreed to continue their previous coalition.

In the constituent session of the state parliament on May 18, 2021, Malu Dreyer was re-elected Prime Minister and the Third Dreyer cabinet was sworn in.

Opinion polls

Graphical summary

Local regression of polls conducted.

Party polling

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	SPD	CDU	Grüne	AfD	FDP	FW	Linke	BSW	Others	Lead
Infratest dimap	11 Jul 2024	1,165	21	31	10	12	5	7	–	5	9	10
European Parliament election	9 Jun 2024	–	17.5	30.7	9.3	14.7	5.9	–	1.7	4.7	15.5	13.2
Infratest dimap	15–20 Feb 2024	1,157	22	31	10	15	4	7	–	4	7	9
Wahlkreisprognose	2–11 Dec 2023	1,237	26	27	8.5	20	3.5	7.5	1.5	–	6	1
Infratest dimap	25–30 Oct 2023	1,048	22	31	12	17	5	5	–	–	8	9
Infratest dimap	13–18 Jul 2023	1,156	25	31	11	16	5	6	–	–	6	6
INSA	8–15 May 2023	1,000	28	27	11	14	6	5	2	–	7	1
Infratest dimap	27–28 Mar 2023	1,180	28	29	14	12	5	4	–	–	7	1
Wahlkreisprognose	14–21 Mar 2023	1,000	29	25	11	16	5	6.5	2	–	5.5	4
Infratest dimap	9–13 Dec 2022	1,166	28	29	15	11	5	4	–	–	7	1
INSA	7–14 Nov 2022	1,000	28	28	13	13	5	5	2	–	6	Tie
Wahlkreisprognose	14–17 Oct 2022	1,023	26	25.5	10	15	7	6.5	2	–	8	0.5
Infratest dimap	26–27 Sep 2022	1,183	27	27	14	12	8	4	–	–	8	Tie
Wahlkreisprognose	2–10 Jul 2022	1,209	34.5	26.5	14	6.5	5	6.5	2	–	5	8
Wahlkreisprognose	11–18 May 2022	1,042	37	23.5	13	5	8	6	2	–	5.5	13.5
Wahlkreisprognose	21–28 Mar 2022	1,002	39	24	7	6	8	7	2	–	7	15
Infratest dimap	4–8 Mar 2022	1,158	34	26	11	7	9	5	–	–	8	8
Infratest dimap	19–23 Nov 2021	1,172	34	21	12	8	11	6	–	–	8	13
Wahlkreisprognose	1–9 Nov 2021	1,100	41	20	9.5	8	7.5	8	1.5	–	4.5	21
2021 federal election	26 Sep 2021	–	29.4	24.7	12.6	9.2	11.7	3.6	3.3	–	5.6	4.7
Infratest dimap	2–7 Sep 2021	1,160	40	23	9	8	6	5	3	–	6	17
Infratest dimap	9–13 Jul 2021	1,153	38	24	9	8	6	6	3	–	6	3
2021 state election	14 Mar 2021	–	35.7	27.7	9.3	8.3	5.5	5.4	2.5	–	5.7	8.0