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. Opinion polling 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 2001 Rhineland-Palatinate March 2001 events in Europe