1951 Rhineland-Palatinate state election

The 1951 Rhineland-Palatinate state election was conducted on 29 April 1951 to elect members to the Landtag, the state legislature of Rhineland-Palatinate, West Germany.

Ahead of the election, 7 December 1950 state electoral law divided the state into seven constituencies:


 * Constituency One (Wahlkreis 1) encompassed the northern part of Koblenz administrative district around Koblenz and returned 18 members.
 * Constituency Two (Wahlkreis 2) encompassed the southern part of Koblenz administrative district around Bad Kreuznach and returned 12 members.
 * Constituency Three (Wahlkreis 3) encompassed the whole Trier administrative district and returned 14 members.
 * Constituency Four (Wahlkreis 4) encompassed the whole Montabaur administrative district and returned 8 members.
 * Constituency Five (Wahlkreis 5) encompassed the whole Rheinhessen administrative district and returned 13 members.
 * Constituency Six (Wahlkreis 6) encompassed the eastern part of Pfalz administrative district around Ludwigshafen and returned 19 members.
 * Constituency Seven (Wahlkreis 7) encompassed the western part of Pfalz administrative district around Kaiserslautern and returned 16 members.

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;" width=300px colspan=2|Party ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" width=50px |Vote % ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" width=50px |Vote % ± ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" width=50px |Seats ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" width=50px |Seats ± ! style="text-align:left;" colspan=2| Total
 * colspan=15| RP_Landtagswahl_1951.svg
 * colspan=15| RP_Landtagswahl_1951.svg
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 * style="text-align:left;" | Christian Democratic Union
 * style="text-align:right;" | 39.2
 * style="text-align:right;" | –8.0
 * style="text-align:right;" | 43
 * style="text-align:right;" | –5
 * style="background-color: " |
 * style="text-align:left;" | Social Democratic Party
 * style="text-align:right;" | 34.0
 * style="text-align:right;" | –0.3
 * style="text-align:right;" | 38
 * style="text-align:right;" | +4
 * style="background-color: " |
 * style="text-align:left;" | Free Democratic Party
 * style="text-align:right;" | 16.9
 * style="text-align:right;" | +7.1
 * style="text-align:right;" | 19
 * style="text-align:right;" | +8
 * style="background-color: " |
 * style="text-align:left;" | Communist Party of Germany
 * style="text-align:right;" | 4.3
 * style="text-align:right;" | –4.4
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0
 * style="text-align:right;" | –8
 * style="background-color: " |
 * style="text-align:left;" | Deutsche Reichspartei
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0.5
 * style="text-align:right;" | N/A
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0
 * style="text-align:right;" | N/A
 * style="background-color: " |
 * style="text-align:left;" | Others
 * style="text-align:right;" | 5.3
 * style="text-align:right;" | N/A
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0
 * style="text-align:right;" | N/A
 * - style="background: #E9E9E9"
 * style="text-align:left;" | Others
 * style="text-align:right;" | 5.3
 * style="text-align:right;" | N/A
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0
 * style="text-align:right;" | N/A
 * - style="background: #E9E9E9"
 * 100.0
 * 100
 * –1
 * colspan=9 style="text-align:left;" | Source: parties-and-elections.de
 * }
 * colspan=9 style="text-align:left;" | Source: parties-and-elections.de
 * }