1975 Rhineland-Palatinate state election

West German state election 1975 Rhineland-Palatinate state election Rhineland-Palatinate parliamentary no 1971 Rhineland-Palatinate state election 1971 1979 Rhineland-Palatinate state election 1979 All 100 seats of the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate 51 9 March 1975 150x150px Helmut Kohl Christian Democratic Union of Germany 53 seats, 50.0% 55 2 1,143,360 53.9% 3.9% 150x150px Wilhelm Dröscher Social Democratic Party of Germany 44 seats, 40.5% 40 4 817,018 38.5% 2.0% 150x150px Hans-Otto Scholl Free Democratic Party (Germany) 3 seats, 5.9% 5 2 118,762 5.6% 0.3% Minister-President Helmut Kohl Christian Democratic Union of Germany Helmut Kohl Christian Democratic Union of Germany The 1975 Rhineland-Palatinate state election was conducted on 9 March 1975 to elect members to the Landtag, the state legislature of Rhineland-Palatinate, West Germany. Ahead of this election, the state electoral reform on 4 July 1972 reduced the constituencies from six to four: Constituency One (Wahlkreis 1) was centered around Koblenz and elected 26 members. Constituency Two (Wahlkreis 2) was centered around Trier and elected 24 members. Constituency Three (Wahlkreis 3) was centered around Mainz and Ludwigshafen and elected 24 members. Constituency Four (Wahlkreis 4) was centered around Kaiserslautern and elected 26 members. The seats would be allocated with d'Hondt method.Summary of the 9 March 1975 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 |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;" | 1,143,360 | style="text-align:right;" | 53.9 | style="text-align:right;" | +3.9 | style="text-align:right;" | 55 | style="text-align:right;" | +2 |- | style="background-color: Social Democratic Party of Germany" | | style="text-align:left;" | Social Democratic Party | style="text-align:right;" | 817,018 | style="text-align:right;" | 38.5 | style="text-align:right;" | –2.0 | style="text-align:right;" | 40 | style="text-align:right;" | –4 |- | style="background-color: Free Democratic Party (Germany)" | | style="text-align:left;" | Free Democratic Party | style="text-align:right;" | 118,762 | style="text-align:right;" | 5.6 | style="text-align:right;" | –0.3 | style="text-align:right;" | 5 | style="text-align:right;" | +2 |- | style="background-color: National Democratic Party of Germany" | | style="text-align:left;" | National Democratic Party | style="text-align:right;" | 22,942 | style="text-align:right;" | 1.1 | style="text-align:right;" | –1.6 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 |- | style="background-color: German Communist Party" | | style="text-align:left;" | German Communist Party | style="text-align:right;" | 11,101 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.5 | style="text-align:right;" | –0.4 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 |- | style="background-color: Other parties" | | style="text-align:left;" | Others | style="text-align:right;" | 7,298 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.3 | style="text-align:right;" | N/A | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | N/A |- style="background: #E9E9E9" ! style="text-align:left;" colspan=2| Total | 2,120,481 | 100.0 | — | 100 | ±0 |- | colspan=9 style="text-align:left;" | Source: parties-and-elections.de |} 1975 Category:1975 elections in Germany Category:1975 in West Germany Category:20th century in Rhineland-Palatinate Category:March 1975 in Europe