17th legislative term2016–2021

Effective: 1st November 2017

RHINELAND PALATINATE LANDTAGElectoral district 1

1 Betzdorf / Kirchen (Sieg) 2 Altenkirchen (Westerwald) 3 Linz am Rhein / Rengsdorf 4 Neuwied 5 Bad Marienberg (Westerwald) / Westerburg 6 Montabaur 7 Diez / Nassau 8 Koblenz / Lahnstein 9 Koblenz 10 Bendorf / Weißenthurm 11 Andernach 12 Mayen 13 Remagen / Sinzig 14 Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler

Electoral district 215 Cochem-Zell 16 Rhein-Hunsrück 17 Bad Kreuznach 18 Kirn / Bad Sobernheim 19 Birkenfeld 20 Vulkaneifel 21 Bitburg-Prüm 22 Wittlich 23 Bernkastel-Kues / Morbach /

Kirchberg (Hunsrück) 24 Trier / Schweich 25 Trier 26 Konz / Saarburg

Electoral district 327 Mainz I 28 Mainz II 29 Bingen am Rhein 30 Ingelheim am Rhein 31 Rhein-Selz / Wonnegau 32 Worms 33 Alzey 34 Frankenthal (Pfalz) 35 Ludwigshafen am Rhein I 36 Ludwigshafen am Rhein II 37 Mutterstadt 38 Speyer

Electoral district 439 Donnersberg 40 Kusel 41 Bad Dürkheim 42 Neustadt an der Weinstraße 43 Kaiserslautern I 44 Kaiserslautern II 45 Kaiserslautern-Land 46 Zweibrücken 47 Pirmasens-Land 48 Pirmasens 49 Südliche Weinstraße 50 Landau in der Pfalz 51 Germersheim

Constituency deputiesby party

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30

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Elections to the 17th LandtagThe 17th Landtag (state parliament) was elected on 13th March 2016 for a five-year term. The SPD gained 36.2 % of the votes cast, the CDU 31.8 %, the AfD 12.6%, the FDP 6.2 %, Alliance 90/The Greens 5.3 % and the remaining parties totalled 7.8 %. This meant that the 101 seats in the Landtag were distributed as follows: SPD 39, CDU 35, AfD 14, FDP 7 and BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN 6 seats. The Rhineland Palatinate is divided, for electoral purposes, into four districts with a total of 51 consti-tuencies. The electoral system gives every voter in the federal state a first vote and a second vote. In the 51 constituencies the first vote (the constituency vote) is a direct vote for a spe-cific candidate. The second vote (list vote) is for a party, so that the other 50 deputies are decided by the total number of votes received by each party.

Results for the 2016 elections to the Landtag

ImpressumEditor: The President of the Rhineland Palatinate Landtag – Communications Department, Platz der Mainzer Republik 1, 55116 Mainz.Telephone: +496131 208-2563, fax: +496131 208-2263, www.landtag.rlp.de3rd edition November 2017

ContactsParliamentary group of SPD Telephone: 208-3225 Fax: 208-4225Parliamentary group of CDU Telephone: 208-3309 Fax: 208-4309Parliamentary group of AfD Telephone: 208-3752 Fax: 208-4752Parliamentary group of FDP Telephone: 208-3019 Fax: 208-4022Parliamentary group of The Greens Telephone: 208-3130 Fax: 208-4131

Constituency votes List votes Number % Number % Total voters 3.071.972 3.071.972Turnout 2.161.506 70,4 2.161.506 70,4Invalid votes 55.461 2,6 30.885 1,4Valid votes 2.106.045 97,4 2.130.621 98,6SPD 759.264 36,0 771.848 36,2CDU 733.764 34,8 677.507 31,8AfD 147.699 7,0 268.628 12,6FDP 143.850 6,8 132.294 6,2Alliance 90/The Greens 135.722 6,4 113.261 5,3Others 185.746 8,9 167.083 7,8The rounding-off effect means that the percentages do not in every case add up to 100 %.

CDUSPD FDPAfD The Greens All other parties

36,2 %31,8 %

5,3 %6,2 %

12,6 %7,8 %

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The tasks of the LandtagThe Landtag has various functions, including the task of elec-ting the state prime minister, the president of the court of au-ditors and the ombudsman. In addition to this elective function the Landtag also has a legislative function. That is, it must deliberate on and pass laws for the federal state.

One specific right of the Landtag is the right to adopt a budget. In doing so the deputies decide whether and in what amount funds are to be set aside for specified purposes. Of increasing importance is their role as a check on the state government, since the government is required to be accountable to them at all times.

The Landtag's function as a public forum is of central signi-ficance. In contrast to the government and the administrative organs, the Landtag deliberates and decides in public session, thus enabling ordinary citizens to form an opinion on the mat-ters dealt with in parliament.

Budget and finance committeeCommittee on public accountsCommittee for home affairs, sport and regional plan-ning (home affairs committee)Committee for social policy and employment (social policy committee)Committee for health, care and demographyEducation committeeCommittee for science, advan-ced training and cultureCommittee for economic affairs and transportCommittee for agriculture and vinicultureJustice committeeCommittee for environment, energy, nutrition and forestryCommittee for family, youth matters, integration and consumer protectionCommittee for media, digital in-frastructure and network policyCommittee for European affairs and One WorldCommittee for non-discrimina-tion and advancement of womenPetitions committeePenal institutions commission

Interim committeeCommittee for the scrutiny of elections Commission formed under Article 10 GG (Basic Law)Parliamentary control commissionData privacy commissionEnquete commission 17/1“tourism”

Ombudsman and state police

commissionerCommissioner for

data privacy and freedom

of information

The work of the committeesPresident of the LandtagExecutive boardCouncil of Elders

RHINELAND PALATINATE LANDTAGParliamentary groups

The organisation of the LandtagThe primary organ of the Landtag is its meeting in plenary session, i.e. the general assembly of all 101 members, or de-puties, of the Landtag. It is convened about 25 times per year.

There are also 15 specialist committees. The budget and fi-nance committee, the economic affairs committee and the social policy committee are three examples. The committees meet in a total of around 150 sessions, as compared with the 25 plenary sessions of the Landtag.

The president of the Landtag represents the parliament in public and is responsible for the management of procedural matters, i.e. he (or she) chairs its plenary sessions. The presi-dent and two vice-presidents form the executive board whose functions include, for example, the appointment and dismissal of Landtag employees.

The Council of Elders, which is composed of the three (vice-)presidents and 12 other deputies, convenes regularly one week before each plenary session in order to discuss the Landtag's agenda and lay down speaking times.

The executive board is currently made up of Landtag presi-dent Hendrik Hering (SPD), centre, and the two vice-presi-dents: Hans-Josef Bracht (CDU), left, and Barbara Schleicher-Rothmund (SPD).

The parliamentary groups in the LandtagThe members of the parliament, who belong to the same party, are forming a parliamentary group. Five such parliamen-tary groups are represented in the present 17th legislative term: the SPD with 39 deputies, the CDU with 35, the AfD with 14, the FDP with 7 and Alliance 90/The Greens with 6 deputies.

The state constitution requires the parliamentary groups to play their part in discharging the tasks of the Landtag, in par-ticular by coordinating the various parliamentary activities. They decide who will represent the party in which committee and may nominate candidates for elected office. In weekly meetings and working parties the members of the parliamen-tary groups develop and coordinate parliamentary initiatives, prepare for plenary and committee sessions and decide who will speak for the party in parliament and how it will vote. The parliamentary groups are entitled to reasonable facilities such as offices, the scope of which is determined by the act regula-ting parliamentary groups.

Julia KlöcknerChairwoman of CDU parliamentary group

Alexander SchweitzerChairman of SPD parliamentary group

Dr. Bernhard BraunChairman of The Greens parliamentary group

Uwe JungeChairman of AfD par-liamentary group

Cornelia Willius-Senzer Chairwoman of FDP parliamentary group

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Dr. Peter Enders WK 2Simone Huth-Haage GerdSchreiner AnkeBeilstein

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Dr. Anna

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Jaqueline

Rauschkolb

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Heike

Scharfenberger

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Nico

Steinbach

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Johannes

Klomann

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Nina

Klinkel

AndreasRahmWK 43

Gabriele Wieland WK 6

Horst Gies

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RalfSeekatz BernhardHenter

ArnoldSchmitt

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Heijo

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Hendrik

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DorisAhnen

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Sabine Bätzing-

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Schnieder WK 20

DirkHerber WK 42

Dr. Christoph Gensch WK 46Reinhard Oelbermann WK 38 Michael

Wäschenbach WK 1 Johannes

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