State election in Rhineland-Palatinate 1959
(Votes in%)
%
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
48.4
34.9
9.7
5.1
1.4
0.5
Gains and losses
The state elections in Rhineland-Palatinate in 1959 took place on April 19.
Despite an absolute majority of the CDU prime minister sat Peter Altmaier the since June 1951 existing black-yellow coalition with the FDP continued. Opposition parties in the state parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate were the SPD and the DRP , which just overcame the five percent hurdle. Because of the regional key electoral procedure , she only entered the state parliament with one member ( Hans Schikora ).
Election result
State election on April 19, 1959
Eligible voters: 2,266,778
Voters: 1,749,227 (turnout: 77.17%)
Valid votes: 1,712,354
Invalid votes: 36,873 (2.11%)
| Political party | be right | Share in% |
Seats | Seats 1955 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 829.236 | 48.43 | 52 | 51 |
| SPD | 596.984 | 34.86 | 37 | 37 |
| FDP | 165.937 | 9.69 | 10 | 12 |
| DRP | 87,349 | 5.10 | 1 | |
| BHE | 23,253 | 1.36 | ||
| BdD | 6,613 | 0.39 | ||
| DG | 2,453 | 0.14 | ||
| DLV | 529 | 0.03 | ||
| Total | 1,712,354 | 100 | 100 |
→ List of members of the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament (4th electoral term)
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ April 19, 1959. State elections in Rhineland-Palatinate. (No longer available online.) State Main Archive Koblenz , archived from the original on January 6, 2014 ; Retrieved January 5, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
