The 1951 Rhineland-Palatinate state election was conducted on 29 April 1951 to elect members to the Landtag, the state legislature of Rhineland-Palatinate, West Germany.
Ahead of the election, 7 December 1950 state electoral law divided the state into seven constituencies:
- Constituency One (Wahlkreis 1) encompassed the northern part of Koblenz administrative district around Koblenz and returned 18 members.
- Constituency Two (Wahlkreis 2) encompassed the southern part of Koblenz administrative district around Bad Kreuznach and returned 12 members.
- Constituency Three (Wahlkreis 3) encompassed the whole Trier administrative district and returned 14 members.
- Constituency Four (Wahlkreis 4) encompassed the whole Montabaur administrative district and returned 8 members.
- Constituency Five (Wahlkreis 5) encompassed the whole Rheinhessen administrative district and returned 13 members.
- Constituency Six (Wahlkreis 6) encompassed the eastern part of Pfalz administrative district around Ludwigshafen and returned 19 members.
- Constituency Seven (Wahlkreis 7) encompassed the western part of Pfalz administrative district around Kaiserslautern and returned 16 members.
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| Party | Vote % | Vote % ± | Seats | Seats ± | ||||||||||
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| Christian Democratic Union | 39.2 | –8.0 | 43 | –5 | ||||||||||
| Social Democratic Party | 34.0 | –0.3 | 38 | +4 | ||||||||||
| Free Democratic Party | 16.9 | +7.1 | 19 | +8 | ||||||||||
| Communist Party of Germany | 4.3 | –4.4 | 0 | –8 | ||||||||||
| Deutsche Reichspartei | 0.5 | N/A | 0 | N/A | ||||||||||
| Others | 5.3 | N/A | 0 | N/A | ||||||||||
| Total | 100.0 | — | 100 | –1 | ||||||||||
| Source: parties-and-elections.de | ||||||||||||||
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