State election in Rhineland-Palatinate 2006
The state elections in Rhineland-Palatinate 2006 took place on March 26th, at the same time as the state elections in Baden-Württemberg and Saxony-Anhalt and the local elections in Hesse . The election winner was the SPD , which from then on could govern alone with an absolute majority.
Starting position
A social liberal coalition made up of the SPD and FDP has ruled Rhineland-Palatinate since 1991, with Kurt Beck (SPD) as Prime Minister since 1994 .
Election campaign
There were 14 parties and an electoral association to choose from.
Top candidates
Prime Minister Kurt Beck ran as the SPD's top candidate . The CDU's top candidate was Christoph Böhr , who was elected at a special party conference in Bad Kreuznach with 335 of 434 votes and 88 against. Deputy Prime Minister Hans-Artur Bauckhage stood for the FDP, while the Greens nominated their parliamentary group leader Ise Thomas . Founding member Norbert Kepp joined the WASG .
Coalition statements
Before the election, the FDP announced that it would continue the social-liberal coalition with the SPD. The SPD ruled out - quite unusual - a cooperation with the Greens.
Survey
In the polls before the election, the SPD was 35 to 43%, always below the actual result of 45.6%. The CDU, on the other hand, lagged behind the polls (34 to 43%) with 32.8%. In all surveys (values between 5 and 8%), the Greens were forecast to return to the Landtag, which they missed with 4.6%. The polls of the FDP agreed with 8 to 11% for the most part with the actual result.
Election result
The election to the 15th state parliament led to the following result (final result):
- Eligible voters: 3,075,577
- Voters: 1,791,072
- Turnout: 58.2%
- Valid first votes: 1,732,408
- Valid second votes: 1,753,110
| First votes absolutely |
Share in% |
Second votes absolutely |
Share in% |
Direct mandates |
List mandates |
Total seats |
Difference to 2001 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPD | 750.380 | 43.35 | 799.377 | 45.60 | 33 | 20th | 53 | +4 |
| CDU | 668,637 | 38.62 | 574,329 | 32.76 | 18th | 20th | 38 | 0 |
| FDP | 134,746 | 7.78 | 140.865 | 8.03 | - | 10 | 10 | +2 |
| GREEN | 86,260 | 4.98 | 81,411 | 4.64 | - | - | - | -6 |
| WASG | 47,379 | 2.74 | 44,826 | 2.56 | - | - | - | - |
| REP | 20,856 | 1.20 | 29,919 | 1.71 | - | - | - | - |
| FWG | 13,760 | 0.79 | 27,652 | 1.58 | - | - | - | - |
| NPD | - | - | 21,056 | 1.20 | - | - | - | - |
| Animal welfare | 1,176 | 0.07 | 12,827 | 0.73 | - | - | - | - |
| GRAY | - | - | 5,727 | 0.33 | - | - | - | - |
| PBC | 2.172 | 0.13 | 4,942 | 0.28 | - | - | - | - |
| ödp | 5,814 | 0.34 | 3,844 | 0.22 | - | - | - | - |
| DSP | - | - | 3,347 | 0.19 | - | - | - | - |
| AGFG | - | - | 1,833 | 0.10 | - | - | - | - |
| START | - | - | 1,155 | 0.07 | - | - | - | - |
→ List of members of the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament (15th electoral term)
Although the CDU did not suffer any heavy losses (–2.5 percentage points) and the SPD and FDP only gained slightly with +0.9% and +0.2% respectively, the SPD achieved an absolute majority and was henceforth able to form a sole government. The Greens missed re-entry into the state parliament with 4.6% with losses of 0.6 percentage points. Christoph Böhr, the top candidate of the CDU, resigned on election day due to the poor election result. Although the SPD had won an absolute majority, it offered the FDP talks to continue the coalition, which however, due to the clear election result, did not accept it. The Beck IV cabinet , the first sole SPD government in Rhineland-Palatinate, then held office until the state elections in 2011.
After the election
For the first time in the history of Rhineland-Palatinate, the SPD was able to rule alone, as it received an absolute majority of the seats.
The FDP rejected the SPD's offer to continue the social-liberal coalition, despite the absolute majority of the SPD; she went into opposition.
The CDU top candidate Christoph Böhr resigned his political office in view of the historically worst election result of the CDU in a state election in Rhineland-Palatinate; he later retired from politics.
See also
Web links
Footnotes
- ^ A b The State Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: 2006 election results: State result. (No longer available online.) In: LWL RLP. Archived from the original on May 7, 2010 ; Retrieved July 14, 2010 . 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.
- ↑ State election campaign 2006: Rhineland-Palatinate: CDU elects Böhr as the top candidate. (No longer available online.) In: RP ONLINE. Formerly in the original ; Retrieved July 14, 2010 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Top candidates in Rhineland-Palatinate - continuity is the key. In: sueddeutsche.de. Retrieved July 14, 2010 .
- ^ FDP in Rhineland-Palatinate for continuation of the coalition with the SPD. In: dradio.de. Retrieved July 14, 2010 .
- ↑ Rhineland-Palatinate: King Kurt misses the Liberals. In: SPIEGEL ONLINE. Retrieved July 14, 2010 .
- ↑ Sunday Question - Rhineland-Palatinate. Retrieved July 14, 2010 .
- ^ State election 2006 in Rhineland-Palatinate on March 26, 2006. In: Wahlrecht-News. Retrieved July 14, 2010 .
- ^ Rhineland-Palatinate: Böhr resigns after a bitter defeat. In: FAZ.NET. Retrieved July 14, 2010 .
- ^ Rhineland-Palatinate: Liberals leave coalition with the SPD. In: SPIEGEL ONLINE. Retrieved July 14, 2010 .
- ↑ Rhineland-Palatinate: Beck can rule alone. Spiegel Online , March 26, 2006, accessed June 20, 2017 .
- ↑ FAZ.net March 27, 2006: Böhr resigns after a bitter defeat
