The 2001 Rhineland-Palatinate state election was held on 25 March 2001 to elect the members of the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate. The incumbent coalition government of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) led by Minister-President Kurt Beck retained its majority and continued in office.

Parties The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate. Name Ideology Leader(s) 1996 result Votes (%) Seats SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany Social democracy Kurt Beck 39.8% CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christian democracy Christoph Böhr 38.7% FDP Free Democratic Party Classical liberalism Hans-Artur Bauckhage 8.9% Grüne Alliance 90/The Greens Green politics 6.9%

Opinion polling Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize SPD CDU FDP Grüne Others Lead 2001 state election 25 Mar 2001 – 44.8 35.3 7.8 5.2 6.9 9.5 Infratest dimap 9–14 Mar 2001 1,000 43 35 9 6 7 8 Forschungsgruppe Wahlen 5–8 Mar 2001 1,010 44 36 8 6 6 8 Infratest dimap 19–24 Feb 2001 1,000 44 39 7 5 5 5 Psephos 9–12 Feb 2001 1,004 41 37 9 7 6 4 Forsa 1 Feb 2001 ? 40 37 11 8 4 3 polis 4 Jan 2001 ? 42 39 7 5 7 3 Infratest dimap 20–25 Nov 2000 1,000 43 40 7 5 5 3 Psephos Oct 2000 1,006 41 38 9 6 ? 3 Infratest dimap 18–23 Sep 2000 1,000 40 43 7 5 5 3 Psephos 3–7 Aug 2000 1,002 42 36 10 6 ? 6 Infratest dimap 19–24 Jun 2000 1,000 41 40 10 6 3 1 Psephos 16–20 May 2000 1,002 40 39 10 6 5 1 Infratest dimap 13–19 Mar 2000 1,000 43 36 10 6 5 7 Infratest dimap Dec 1999 ? 36 43 8 6 7 7 Infratest dimap Sep 1999 ? 37 44 8 6 ? 7 Infratest dimap Jul 1999 1,003 37 44 7 7 ? 7 Infratest dimap Mar 1999 ? 40 39 10 6 5 1 Infratest dimap Dec 1998 ? 43 36 8 7 ? 7 Infratest dimap Jun 1998 1,002 44 34 9 6 ? 10 Infratest dimap Mar 1998 ? 46 33 8 6 ? 13 Infratest dimap Dec 1997 1,002 41 36 8 8 ? 5 Infratest dimap Sep 1997 ? 42 35 8 8 ? 7 1996 state election 24 Mar 1996 – 39.8 38.7 8.9 6.9 5.7 1.1

Election result

! colspan="2" | Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD) | align=right| 820,610 | align=right| 44.8 | align=right| 5.0 | align=right| 49 | align=right| 6 | align=right| 48.5 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | align=right| 647,238 | align=right| 35.3 | align=right| 3.4 | align=right| 38 | align=right| 3 | align=right| 37.6 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP) | align=right| 143,427 | align=right| 7.8 | align=right| 1.1 | align=right| 8 | align=right| 2 | align=right| 7.9 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | align=right| 95,567 | align=right| 5.2 | align=right| 1.7 | align=right| 6 | align=right| 1 | align=right| 5.9 |- ! colspan=8| |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Free Voters (FW) | align=right| 46,549 | align=right| 2.5 | align=right| 2.5 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | The Republicans (REP) | align=right| 44,586 | align=right| 2.4 | align=right| 1.1 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Others | align=right| 35,869 | align=right| 2.0 | align=right| | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- ! align=right colspan=2| Total ! align=right| 1,833,846 ! align=right| 100.0 ! align=right| ! align=right| 101 ! align=right| ±0 ! align=right| |- ! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout ! align=right| ! align=right| 62.2 ! align=right| 8.6 ! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right|

Sources The Federal Returning Officer