Politics of Rhineland-Palatinate
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The politics of Rhineland-Palatinate takes place within a framework of a federal parliamentary representative democratic republic, where the Federal Government of Germany exercises sovereign rights with certain powers reserved to the states of Germany including Rhineland-Palatinate. The state has a multi-party system where the two main parties are the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the center-left Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).
Every five years, all Germans residing in the State over the age of 18 elect the members of the Rhineland-Palatinate Landtag. This regional parliament or legislature then elects the Minister-President and confirms the cabinet members. Rhineland-Palatinate is the only German Bundesland to have a cabinet minister for winegrowing (ministry of economy, traffic, agriculture and winegrowing)
List of Minister-presidents of Rhineland-Palatinate
[edit]- June 13, 1947 - July 9, 1947: Wilhelm Boden, CDU
- 1947 - 1969: Peter Altmeier, CDU
- 1969 - 1976: Helmut Kohl, CDU
- 1976 - 1988: Bernhard Vogel, CDU
- 1988 - 1991: Carl-Ludwig Wagner, CDU
- 1991 - 1994: Rudolf Scharping, SPD
- 1994 - 2013: Kurt Beck, SPD
- 2013 - 2024 Malu Dreyer, SPD[1]
- 2024 - incumbent: Alexander Schweitzer, SPD
Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate
[edit]Party Strength in Landtag
[edit]A darkened box under a party in any given year denotes that the party had either not yet been founded, or the party had become defunct, by the date of that election.
Election year | Total seats |
Seats won | ||||||
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CDU | SPD | FDP | Grüne | AfD | Other | |||
1947 | 101 | 48 | 34 | 11 | 8 [a] | |||
1951 | 100 | 43 | 38 | 19 | ||||
1955 | 100 | 51 | 36 | 13 | ||||
1959 | 100 | 52 | 37 | 10 | 1 [b] | |||
1963 | 100 | 46 | 43 | 11 | ||||
1967 | 100 | 49 | 39 | 8 | 4 [c] | |||
1971 | 100 | 53 | 44 | 3 | ||||
1975 | 100 | 55 | 40 | 5 | ||||
1979 | 100 | 51 | 43 | 6 | ||||
1983 | 100 | 57 | 43 | |||||
1987 | 100 | 48 | 40 | 7 | 5 | |||
1991 | 101 | 40 | 47 | 7 | 7 | |||
1996 | 101 | 41 | 43 | 10 | 7 | |||
2001 | 101 | 38 | 49 | 8 | 6 | |||
2006 | 101 | 38 | 53 | 10 | ||||
2011 | 101 | 41 | 42 | 18 | ||||
2016 | 101 | 35 | 39 | 7 | 6 | 14 | ||
2021 | 101 | 31 | 39 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 6 [d] |
State Landtag Compositions
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1st Landtag, following 1947 election
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2nd Landtag, following 1951 election
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3rd Landtag, following 1955 election
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4th Landtag, following 1959 election
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5th Landtag, following 1963 election
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6th Landtag, following 1967 election
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7th Landtag, following 1971 election
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8th Landtag, following 1975 election
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9th Landtag, following 1979 election
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10th Landtag, following 1983 election
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11th Landtag, following 1987 election
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12th Landtag, following 1991 election
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13th Landtag, following 1996 election
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14th Landtag, following 2001 election
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15th Landtag, following 2006 election
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16th Landtag, following 2011 election
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17th Landtag, following 2016 election
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18th Landtag, following 2021 election
State Election Results Maps
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1991 Rhineland-Palatinate state election, Red is SPD, Black is CDU
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1996 Rhineland-Palatinate state election, Red is SPD, Black is CDU
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2001 Rhineland-Palatinate state election, Red is SPD, Black is CDU
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2006 Rhineland-Palatinate state election, Red is SPD, Black is CDU
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2011 Rhineland-Palatinate state election, Red is SPD, Black is CDU
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2016 Rhineland-Palatinate state election, Red is SPD, Black is CDU
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2021 Rhineland-Palatinate state election, Red is SPD, Black is CDU
Constituencies in the Landtag
[edit]- Betzdorf/Kirchen (Sieg) (01)
- Altenkirchen (Westerwald) (02)
- Linz am Rhein/Rengsdorf (03)
- Neuwied (04)
- Bad Marienberg (Westerwald)/Westerburg (05)
- Montabaur (06)
- Diez/Nassau (07)
- Koblenz/Lahnstein (08)
- Koblenz (09)
- Bendorf/Weißsenthurm (10)
- Andernach (11)
- Mayen (12)
- Remagen/Sinzig (13)
- Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler (14)
- Cochem-Zell (15)
- Rhein-Hunsrück (16)
- Bad Kreuznach (17)
- Kirn-Bad Sobernheim (18)
- Birkenfeld (19)
- Vulkaneifel (20)
- Bitburg-Prüm (21)
- Wittlich (22)
- Bernkastel-Keus/Morbach/Kirchberg (Hunsrück) (23)
- Trier/Schweich (24)
- Trier (25)
- Konz/Saarburg (26)
- Mainz I (27)
- Mainz II (28)
- Mainz III (29)
- Bingen am Rhein (30)
- Ingelheim am Rhein (31)
- Rhein-Selz/Wonnegau (32)
- Worms (33)
- Alzey (34)
- Frankenthal (Pfalz) (35)
- Ludwigshafen am Rhein I (36)
- Ludwigshafen am Rhein II (37)
- Mutterstadt (38)
- Speyer (39)
- Donnersberg (40)
- Kusel (41)
- Bad Dürkheim (42)
- Neustadt an der Weinstraße (43)
- Kaiserslautern I (44)
- Kaiserslautern II (45)
- Kaiserslautern-Land (46)
- Zweibrücken (47)
- Pirmasens (48)
- Südliche Weinstraße (49)
- Landau in der Pfalz (50)
- Germersheim (51)
- Wörth am Rhein (52)
Constituencies in the Bundestag
[edit]No | Constituency | Member[2] | 2021 | Voters | 2017 | 2013 | 2009 | 2005 | 2002 | 1998 | 1994 | 1990 | |
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196 | Neuwied | Erwin Rüddel | CDU | 238,118 | CDU | CDU | CDU | SPD | SPD | SPD | CDU | CDU | |
197 | Ahrweiler | Mechthild Heil | CDU | 195,109 | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | |
198 | Koblenz | Josef Oster | CDU | 193,035 | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | |
199 | Mosel/Rhein-Hunsrück | Marlon Bröhr | CDU | 171,012 | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | |
200 | Kreuznach | Joe Weingarten | SPD | 182,380 | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | |
201 | Bitburg | Patrick Schnieder | CDU | 163,493 | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | |
202 | Trier | Verena Hubertz | SPD | 190,530 | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | SPD | SPD | CDU | CDU | |
203 | Montabaur | Tanja Machalet | SPD | 210,816 | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | SPD | CDU | CDU | |
204 | Mainz | Daniel Baldy | SPD | 249,630 | CDU | CDU | CDU | SPD | SPD | SPD | CDU | CDU | |
205 | Worms | Jan Metzler | CDU | 212,943 | CDU | CDU | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | |
206 | Ludwigshafen/Frankenthal | Christian Schreider | SPD | 210,969 | CDU | CDU | CDU | SPD | SPD | SPD | CDU | CDU | |
207 | Neustadt – Speyer | Johannes Steiniger | CDU | 219,416 | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | |
208 | Kaiserslautern | Matthias Mieves | SPD | 224,701 | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | |
209 | Pirmasens | Angelika Glöckner | SPD | 174,093 | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | SPD | CDU | CDU | |
210 | Südpfalz | Thomas Hitschler | SPD | 217,000 | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU |
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Welcome to Rhineland-Palatinate". rlp.de. 18 May 1947. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ https://www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/bundestagswahlen/2021/wahlkreiseinteilung.html