1971 Rhineland-Palatinate state election

The 1971 Rhineland-Palatinate state election was conducted on 21 March 1971 to elect members to the Landtag, the state legislature of Rhineland-Palatinate, West Germany.

This election was the only one held with six constituencies under the 7 July 1970 state electoral law:


 * Constituency One (Wahlkreis 1) centered around Neuwied elected 15 members.
 * Constituency Two (Wahlkreis 2) centered around Koblenz, elected 22 members.
 * Constituency Three (Wahlkreis 3) centered around Trier elected 15 members.
 * Constituency Four (Wahlkreis 4) centered around Mainz elected 14 members.
 * Constituency Five (Wahlkreis 5) centered around Ludwigshafen elected 21 members.
 * Constituency Six (Wahlkreis 6) centered around Kaiserslautern elected 15 members.

All seats would be distributed via Hare method. ! 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_1971.svg
 * colspan=15| RP_Landtagswahl_1971.svg
 * width=5px style="background-color: " |
 * style="text-align:left;" | Christian Democratic Union
 * style="text-align:right;" | 50.0
 * style="text-align:right;" | +3.3
 * style="text-align:right;" | 53
 * style="text-align:right;" | +4
 * style="background-color: " |
 * style="text-align:left;" | Social Democratic Party
 * style="text-align:right;" | 40.5
 * style="text-align:right;" | +3.7
 * style="text-align:right;" | 44
 * style="text-align:right;" | +5
 * style="background-color: " |
 * style="text-align:left;" | Free Democratic Party
 * style="text-align:right;" | 5.9
 * style="text-align:right;" | –2.4
 * style="text-align:right;" | 3
 * style="text-align:right;" | –5
 * style="background-color: " |
 * style="text-align:left;" | National Democratic Party
 * style="text-align:right;" | 2.7
 * style="text-align:right;" | –4.2
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0
 * style="text-align:right;" | –4
 * style="background-color: " |
 * style="text-align:left;" | German Communist Party
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0.9
 * style="text-align:right;" | N/A
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0
 * style="text-align:right;" | N/A
 * - style="background: #E9E9E9"
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0.9
 * style="text-align:right;" | N/A
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0
 * style="text-align:right;" | N/A
 * - style="background: #E9E9E9"
 * 100.0
 * 100
 * ±0
 * colspan=9 style="text-align:left;" | Source: parties-and-elections.de
 * }
 * colspan=9 style="text-align:left;" | Source: parties-and-elections.de
 * }