2011 Rhineland-Palatinate state election

The 2011 Rhineland-Palatinate state election was held on 27 March 2011 to elect the members of the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate. The incumbent Social Democratic Party (SPD) government led by Minister-President Kurt Beck lost its majority. The SPD subsequently formed a coalition with The Greens, and Beck 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| 1,868,187 ! align=right| 100.0 ! align=right| ! align=right| 101 ! align=right| ±0 ! align=right| ! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout ! align=right| ! align=right| 61.8 ! align=right| 3.2 ! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right|
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 * align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD)
 * align=right| 666,817
 * align=right| 35.7
 * align=right| 9.9
 * align=right| 42
 * align=right| 11
 * align=right| 41.6
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 * align=left | Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
 * align=right| 658,474
 * align=right| 35.2
 * align=right| 2.4
 * align=right| 41
 * align=right| 3
 * align=right| 40.6
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 * align=left | Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)
 * align=right| 288,489
 * align=right| 15.4
 * align=right| 10.8
 * align=right| 18
 * align=right| 18
 * align=right| 17.8
 * align=right| 18
 * align=right| 18
 * align=right| 17.8
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 * align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP)
 * align=right| 79,343
 * align=right| 4.2
 * align=right| 3.8
 * align=right| 0
 * align=right| 10
 * align=right| 0
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 * align=left | The Left (Linke)
 * align=right| 56,054
 * align=right| 3.0
 * align=right| 0.4
 * align=right| 0
 * align=right| ±0
 * align=right| 0
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 * align=left | Free Voters (FW)
 * align=right| 43,348
 * align=right| 2.3
 * align=right| 0.7
 * align=right| 0
 * align=right| ±0
 * align=right| 0
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 * align=left | Pirate Party Germany (Piraten)
 * align=right| 29,319
 * align=right| 1.6
 * align=right| New
 * align=right| 0
 * align=right| New
 * align=right| 0
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 * align=left | National Democratic Party (NPD)
 * align=right| 20,586
 * align=right| 1.1
 * align=right| 0.1
 * align=right| 0
 * align=right| ±0
 * align=right| 0
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 * align=left | Others
 * align=right| 25,757
 * align=right| 1.4
 * align=right|
 * align=right| 0
 * align=right| ±0
 * align=right| 0
 * align=right| 25,757
 * align=right| 1.4
 * align=right|
 * align=right| 0
 * align=right| ±0
 * align=right| 0
 * }