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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

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Alexander Schweitzer

Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate

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Party Strength in Landtag

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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
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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State Election Results Maps

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Constituencies in the Landtag

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Constituencies in the Bundestag

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No Constituency Member[2] 2021 Voters 2017 2013 2009 2005 2002 1998 1994 1990
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

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References

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  1. ^ "Welcome to Rhineland-Palatinate". rlp.de. 18 May 1947. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  2. ^ https://www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/bundestagswahlen/2021/wahlkreiseinteilung.html