1947 Rhineland-Palatinate state election

West German state election The 1947 Rhineland-Palatinate state election was conducted on 18 May 1947 to elect members to the Landtag, the state legislature of Rhineland-Palatinate, Allied-occupied Germany. For this election, the administrative districts (Regierungsbezirk) served as constituencies, with Koblenz district electing 31, Montabaur 8, Rheinhessen 13, Trier 13 and Pfalz 35 members. Summary of the 18 May 1947 Rhineland-Palatinate state Landtag election results |- |colspan=15| center|300px |- ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;" width=325px colspan=2|Party ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" width=75px |Vote % ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" width=75px |Seats |- | width=5px style="background-color: Christian Democratic Union (Germany)" | | style="text-align:left;" | Christian Democratic Union | style="text-align:right;" | 47.2 | style="text-align:right;" | 48 |- | style="background-color: Social Democratic Party of Germany" | | style="text-align:left;" | Social Democratic Party | style="text-align:right;" | 34.3 | style="text-align:right;" | 34 |- | style="background-color: Free Democratic Party (Germany)" | | style="text-align:left;" | Free Democratic Party | style="text-align:right;" | 9.8 | style="text-align:right;" | 11 |- | style="background-color: Communist Party of Germany" | | style="text-align:left;" | Communist Party of Germany | style="text-align:right;" | 8.7 | style="text-align:right;" | 8 |- style="background: #E9E9E9" ! style="text-align:left;" colspan=2| Total | style="text-align:right;" | 100.0 | 101 |- | colspan=5 style="text-align:left;" | Source: parties-and-elections.de |} 1947 Category:1947 elections in Germany Category:20th century in Rhineland-Palatinate Category:May 1947 in Europe