1996 Rhineland-Palatinate state election

The 1996 Rhineland-Palatinate state election was held on 24 March 1996 to elect the members of the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate. The incumbent coalition government of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) led by Minister-President Kurt Beck retained its majority and continued in office.

Parties
The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Election result
! colspan="2" | Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % ! colspan=8| ! align=right colspan=2| Total ! align=right| 2,063,726 ! align=right| 100.0 ! align=right| ! align=right| 101 ! align=right| ±0 ! align=right| ! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout ! align=right| ! align=right| 70.8 ! align=right| 3.1 ! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right|
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 * align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD)
 * align=right| 821,539
 * align=right| 39.8
 * align=right| 5.0
 * align=right| 43
 * align=right| 4
 * align=right| 42.6
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 * align=left | Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
 * align=right| 798,166
 * align=right| 38.7
 * align=right| 0.0
 * align=right| 41
 * align=right| 1
 * align=right| 40.6
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 * align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP)
 * align=right| 184,426
 * align=right| 8.9
 * align=right| 2.0
 * align=right| 10
 * align=right| 3
 * align=right| 9.9
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 * align=left | Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)
 * align=right| 142,665
 * align=right| 6.9
 * align=right| 0.4
 * align=right| 7
 * align=right| 0
 * align=right| 6.9
 * align=right| 0.4
 * align=right| 7
 * align=right| 0
 * align=right| 6.9
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 * align=left | The Republicans (REP)
 * align=right| 71,499
 * align=right| 3.5
 * align=right| 1.4
 * align=right| 0
 * align=right| ±0
 * align=right| 0
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 * align=left | Others
 * align=right| 45,431
 * align=right| 2.2
 * align=right|
 * align=right| 0
 * align=right| ±0
 * align=right| 0
 * align=right| ±0
 * align=right| 0
 * }