1979 Rhineland-Palatinate state election

The 1979 Rhineland-Palatinate state election was conducted on 18 March 1979 to elect members to the Landtag, the state legislature of Rhineland-Palatinate, West Germany.

! 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
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 * colspan=15| RP_Landtagswahl_1979.svg
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 * style="text-align:left;" | Christian Democratic Union
 * style="text-align:right;" | 50.1
 * style="text-align:right;" | –3.8
 * style="text-align:right;" | 51
 * style="text-align:right;" | –4
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 * style="text-align:left;" | Social Democratic Party
 * style="text-align:right;" | 42.3
 * style="text-align:right;" | +3.8
 * style="text-align:right;" | 43
 * style="text-align:right;" | +3
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 * style="text-align:left;" | Free Democratic Party
 * style="text-align:right;" | 6.4
 * style="text-align:right;" | +0.8
 * style="text-align:right;" | 6
 * style="text-align:right;" | +1
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 * style="text-align:left;" | National Democratic Party
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0.7
 * style="text-align:right;" | –0.4
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0
 * style="text-align:right;" | ±0
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 * style="text-align:left;" | German Communist Party
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0.4
 * style="text-align:right;" | –0.1
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0
 * style="text-align:right;" | ±0
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 * style="text-align:left;" | Others
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0.5
 * style="text-align:right;" | +0.2
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0
 * style="text-align:right;" | ±0
 * - style="background: #E9E9E9"
 * style="text-align:left;" | Others
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0.5
 * style="text-align:right;" | +0.2
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0
 * style="text-align:right;" | ±0
 * - 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
 * }