1991 Rhineland-Palatinate state election
The 1991 Rhineland-Palatinate state election was held on 21 April 1991 to elect the members of the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate. The incumbent coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) led by Minister-President Carl-Ludwig Wagner was defeated, losing its majority. The Social Democratic Party (SPD) moved into first place, forming a coalition with the FDP. SPD leader Rudolf Scharping was subsequently elected as Minister-President.
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All 101 seats of the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate 51 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 2,125,407 (73.9%) 3.1% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parties
The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate.
| Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 1987 result | |||
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| CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands |
Christian democracy | Carl-Ludwig Wagner | 45.1% | 48 / 101 | |
| SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands |
Social democracy | Rudolf Scharping | 38.8% | 40 / 101 | |
| FDP | Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei |
Classical liberalism | 7.3% | 7 / 101 | ||
| Grüne | Alliance 90/The Greens Bündnis 90/Die Grünen |
Green politics | 5.9% | 5 / 101 | ||
Election result
Summary of the 21 April 1991 election results for the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate
| Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | Seats % | |
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| Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 951,695 | 44.8 |  6.0 |
47 | 7 |
46.5 | |
| Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 822,449 | 38.7 | 6.4 |
40 | 8 |
39.6 | |
| Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 146,400 | 6.9 | 0.4 |
7 |  0 |
6.9 | |
| Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | 137,139 | 6.5 | 0.6 |
7 | 2 |
6.9 | |
| The Republicans (REP) | 43,380 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
0 | ±0 | 0 | |
| Others | 24,244 | 1.1 | 0 | ±0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 2,125,407 | 100.0 | 101 | 1 |
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| Voter turnout | 73.9 | 3.1 |
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