2016 Rhineland-Palatinate state election

The 2016 Rhineland-Palatinate state election was held on 13 March 2016 to elect the members of the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate. It was held on the same day as the Baden-Württemberg state election and Saxony-Anhalt state election. The incumbent coalition government of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and The Greens led by Minister-President Malu Dreyer was defeated. The SPD remained the largest party, and formed a "traffic light coalition" with the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and The Greens. Dreyer was subsequently re-elected as Minister-President.

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

Results
&lt; 2011   2021 &gt; !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left colspan="2" rowspan="2" width=400 |Party !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center colspan="3" |Popular vote !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center colspan="3" |Seats !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right width=60|Votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right width=40|% !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right width=50|+/– !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right width=30|Seats !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right width=30|+/–
 * colspan=7| Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate 2016.svg
 * colspan=7| Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate 2016.svg


 * Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands – SPD || 771,848 || 36.2 || 0.5 || 39 || 3
 * Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands – CDU || 677,507 || 31.8 || 3.4 || 35 || 6
 * Alternative für Deutschland – AfD || 268,628 || 12.6 || 12.6 || 14 || 14
 * Freie Demokratische Partei – FDP || 132,294 || 6.2 || 2.0 || 7 || 7
 * Bündnis 90/Die Grünen || 113,261 || 5.3 || 10.1 || 6 || 12
 * Die Linke || 59,970 || 2.8 || 0.2 || – || –
 * || align=left | Free Voters Rhineland-Palatinate Freie Wähler || 47,924 || 2.2 || 0.1 || – || –
 * Piratenpartei || 16,708 || 0.8 || 0.8 || – || –
 * Allianz für Fortschritt und Aufbruch – ALFA || 13,154 || 0.6 || 0.6 || – || –
 * Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands – NPD || 10,565 || 0.5 || 0.6 || – || –
 * Ökologisch-Demokratische Partei – ÖDP || 8,623 || 0.4 || || – || –
 * Die Republikaner – REP || 5,090 || 0.2 || || – || –
 * || align=left | Die Einheit || 3,105 || 0.1 || 0.1 || – || –
 * || align=left | The Third Way Der III. Weg || 1,944 || 0.1 || 0.1 || – || –
 * bgcolor="white"| || align=left |Other parties|| – || – || – || – || –
 * - style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
 * align="right" colspan="2" | Valid votes
 * 2,130,621
 * 98.6
 * 0.7
 * colspan=2 rowspan=2 color=#BAB9B9|
 * - style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
 * align="right" colspan="2" | Invalid votes
 * 30,885
 * 1.4
 * 0.7
 * - style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
 * align="right" colspan="2" | Totals and voter turnout
 * 2,161,506
 * 70.4
 * 8.6
 *  101 
 * - style="background-color:#BAB9B9"
 * colspan="2" | Electorate
 * 3,071,972
 * 100.0
 * colspan=2|
 * colspan=11 align=left | Source: Landeswahlleiter
 * }
 * 0.7
 * - style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
 * align="right" colspan="2" | Totals and voter turnout
 * 2,161,506
 * 70.4
 * 8.6
 *  101 
 * - style="background-color:#BAB9B9"
 * colspan="2" | Electorate
 * 3,071,972
 * 100.0
 * colspan=2|
 * colspan=11 align=left | Source: Landeswahlleiter
 * }
 * colspan=11 align=left | Source: Landeswahlleiter
 * }
 * }