1983 Rhineland-Palatinate state election

West German state election 1983 Rhineland-Palatinate state election Rhineland-Palatinate parliamentary no 1979 Rhineland-Palatinate state election 1979 1987 Rhineland-Palatinate state election 1987 All 100 seats of the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate 51 6 March 1983 90.4% 150x150px Bernhard Vogel Christian Democratic Union of Germany 51 seats, 50.1% 57 6 1,306,090 51.9% 1.8% Hugo Brandt Social Democratic Party of Germany 43 seats, 42.3% 43 0 995,795 39.6% 2.7% Alliance 90/The Greens Did not exist 0 0 113,809 4.5% New party 150x150px Hans-Günther Heinz Free Democratic Party (Germany) 6 seats, 6.4% 0 6 88,289 3.5% 2.9% Minister-President Bernhard Vogel Christian Democratic Union of Germany Bernhard Vogel Christian Democratic Union of Germany The 1983 Rhineland-Palatinate state election was conducted on 6 March 1983 to elect members to the Landtag, the state legislature of Rhineland-Palatinate, West Germany. Summary of the 6 March 1983 Rhineland-Palatinate state Landtag election results |- |colspan=15| center|300px |- ! 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 ± |- | width=5px style="background-color: Christian Democratic Union (Germany)" | | style="text-align:left;" | Christian Democratic Union | style="text-align:right;" | 51.9 | style="text-align:right;" | +1.8 | style="text-align:right;" | 57 | style="text-align:right;" | +6 |- | style="background-color: Social Democratic Party of Germany" | | style="text-align:left;" | Social Democratic Party | style="text-align:right;" | 39.6 | style="text-align:right;" | –2.7 | style="text-align:right;" | 43 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 |- | style="background-color: Alliance '90/The Greens" | | style="text-align:left;" | The Greens | style="text-align:right;" | 4.5 | style="text-align:right;" | N/A | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | N/A |- | style="background-color: Free Democratic Party (Germany)" | | style="text-align:left;" | Free Democratic Party | style="text-align:right;" | 3.5 | style="text-align:right;" | –2.9 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | –6 |- | style="background-color: German Communist Party" | | style="text-align:left;" | German Communist Party | style="text-align:right;" | 0.2 | style="text-align:right;" | –0.2 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 |- | style="background-color: National Democratic Party of Germany" | | style="text-align:left;" | National Democratic Party | style="text-align:right;" | 0.1 | style="text-align:right;" | –0.6 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 |- | style="background-color: Other parties" | | style="text-align:left;" | Others | style="text-align:right;" | 0.1 | style="text-align:right;" | –0.4 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 |- style="background: #E9E9E9" ! style="text-align:left;" colspan=2| Total | 100.0 | — | 100 | ±0 |- | colspan=9 style="text-align:left;" | Source: parties-and-elections.de |} 1983 Category:1983 elections in Germany Category:1983 in West Germany Category:March 1983 in Europe Category:20th century in Rhineland-Palatinate