2016 Rhineland-Palatinate State Election Results for DIE LINKE Party

DIE LINKE party's state-level vote share in the 13 March 2016 Rhineland-Palatinate election is mapped at the electoral district level. The data includes percentage point gains and losses compared to the 2011 state election. It is published by the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie and was last updated in June 2024.

Use Cases

• Create thematic maps showing regional support for DIE LINKE party based on state vote percentages.
• Analyze electoral district-level shifts in party support between 2011 and 2016 based on the gains/losses in percentage points.
• Compare the performance of DIE LINKE against other major parties (SPD, CDU, GRÜNEN, FDP, AfD) using the published results.

Strengths

• Provides results for a specific state election on a defined date (13 March 2016).
• Includes comparative data showing change from a previous election (2011).
• Published by a federal German authority (Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie).

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is provided in WMS format, which may require specialized GIS tools for analysis.
• The description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie

Time Range

2016 state election results compared to 2011.

Freshness

Last updated 2024-06-30 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, at the electoral district level.