| Election Name: | 2001 Rhineland-Palatinate state election |
| Country: | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1996 Rhineland-Palatinate state election |
| Previous Year: | 1996 |
| Next Election: | 2006 Rhineland-Palatinate state election |
| Next Year: | 2006 |
| Seats For Election: | All 101 seats of the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate |
| Majority Seats: | 51 |
| Election Date: | 25 March 2001 |
| Turnout: | 1,833,846 (62.2%) 8.6% |
| Leader1: | Kurt Beck |
| Party1: | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
| Last Election1: | 43 seats, 39.8% |
| Seats1: | 49 |
| Seat Change1: | 6 |
| Popular Vote1: | 820,610 |
| Percentage1: | 44.7% |
| Swing1: | 5.0% |
| Leader2: | Christoph Böhr |
| Party2: | Christian Democratic Union of Germany |
| Seats2: | 38 |
| Seat Change2: | 3 |
| Popular Vote2: | 647,238 |
| Percentage2: | 35.3% |
| Swing2: | 3.4% |
| Leader4: | Hans-Artur Bauckhage |
| Party4: | Free Democratic Party (Germany) |
| Last Election4: | 10 seats, 8.9% |
| Seats4: | 8 |
| Seat Change4: | 2 |
| Popular Vote4: | 143,427 |
| Percentage4: | 7.8% |
| Swing4: | 1.1% |
| Party5: | Alliance 90/The Greens |
| Last Election5: | 7 seats, 6.9% |
| Seats5: | 6 |
| Seat Change5: | 1 |
| Popular Vote5: | 95,567 |
| Percentage5: | 5.2% |
| Swing5: | 1.7% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Minister-President | |
| Before Election: | Kurt Beck |
| Before Party: | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
| After Election: | Kurt Beck |
| After Party: | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
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.
The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate.
| Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 1996 result | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes (%) | Seats | |||||||
| bgcolor= | SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | Social democracy | Kurt Beck | 39.8% | |||
| bgcolor= | CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | Christian democracy | Christoph Böhr | 38.7% | |||
| bgcolor= | FDP | Free Democratic Party | Classical liberalism | Hans-Artur Bauckhage | 8.9% | |||
| bgcolor= | Grüne | Alliance 90/The Greens | Green politics | 6.9% | ||||
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | SPD | CDU | FDP | Grüne | Others | Lead | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 state election | data-sort-value="2001-03-25" | 25 Mar 2001 | – | 44.8 | 35.3 | 7.8 | 5.2 | 6.9 | 9.5 | ||
| Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="2001-03-15" | 9–14 Mar 2001 | 1,000 | 43 | 35 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
| Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | data-sort-value="2001-03-09" | 5–8 Mar 2001 | 1,010 | 44 | 36 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 8 | ||
| Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="2001-03-01" | 19–24 Feb 2001 | 1,000 | 44 | 39 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Psephos | data-sort-value="2001-02-20" | 9–12 Feb 2001 | 1,004 | 41 | 37 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 4 | ||
| Forsa | data-sort-value="2001-02-01" | 1 Feb 2001 | ? | 40 | 37 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | ||
| polis | data-sort-value="2001-01-04" | 4 Jan 2001 | ? | 42 | 39 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="2000-11-30" | 20–25 Nov 2000 | 1,000 | 43 | 40 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Psephos | data-sort-value="2000-10-27" | Oct 2000 | 1,006 | 41 | 38 | 9 | 6 | ? | 3 | ||
| Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="2000-09-28" | 18–23 Sep 2000 | 1,000 | 40 | 43 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Psephos | data-sort-value="2000-08-15" | 3–7 Aug 2000 | 1,002 | 42 | 36 | 10 | 6 | ? | 6 | ||
| Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="2000-06-29" | 19–24 Jun 2000 | 1,000 | 41 | 40 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Psephos | data-sort-value="2000-05-26" | 16–20 May 2000 | 1,002 | 40 | 39 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="2000-03-23" | 13–19 Mar 2000 | 1,000 | 43 | 36 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 7 | ||
| Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="1999-12-02" | Dec 1999 | ? | 36 | 43 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | ||
| Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="1999-09-30" | Sep 1999 | ? | 37 | 44 | 8 | 6 | ? | 7 | ||
| Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="1999-07-08" | Jul 1999 | 1,003 | 37 | 44 | 7 | 7 | ? | 7 | ||
| Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="1999-03-31" | Mar 1999 | ? | 40 | 39 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="1998-12-10" | Dec 1998 | ? | 43 | 36 | 8 | 7 | ? | 7 | ||
| Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="1998-06-25" | Jun 1998 | 1,002 | 44 | 34 | 9 | 6 | ? | 10 | ||
| Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="1998-03-19" | Mar 1998 | ? | 46 | 33 | 8 | 6 | ? | 13 | ||
| Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="1997-12-11" | Dec 1997 | 1,002 | 41 | 36 | 8 | 8 | ? | 5 | ||
| Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="1997-09-30" | Sep 1997 | ? | 42 | 35 | 8 | 8 | ? | 7 | ||
| 1996 state election | data-sort-value="1996-03-24" | 24 Mar 1996 | – | 39.8 | 38.7 | 8.9 | 6.9 | 5.7 | 1.1 |
|-! 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| |}