179 Wiesbaden
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Wiesbaden in 2013
StateHesse
Population278,500 (2019)
Electorate186,735 (2021)
Major settlementsWiesbaden
Area203.9 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
PartyCDU
MemberIngmar Jung
Elected2017, 2021

Wiesbaden is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the Bundestag. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 179. It is located in southwestern Hesse, comprising the city of Wiesbaden.[1]

Wiesbaden was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Ingmar Jung of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]

Geography

Wiesbaden is located in southwestern Hesse. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the independent city of Wiesbaden.[1]

History

Wiesbaden was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Hesse constituency 13 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1976, it was number 138. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 136. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 180. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 179. Its borders have not changed since its creation.

Members

The constituency was first represented by Victor-Emanuel Preusker of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) from 1949 to 1957. Elisabeth Schwarzhaupt of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was elected in 1957. Karl Wittrock of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) won it in 1961, and was succeeded in 1965 by fellow party member Karl-Walter Fritz. Horst Krockert of the SPD then served from 1969 to 1980. Rudi Schmitt of the SPD was representative for a single term from 1980 to 1983 before Hannelore Rönsch won the constituency for the CDU. Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul regained it for the SPD in 1998 and served until 2009. Kristina Schröder of the CDU was then representative from 2009 to 2017. Ingmar Jung of the CDU was elected in 2017.

Election Member Party  %
1949 Victor-Emanuel Preusker FDP 36.4
1953 32.4
1957 Elisabeth Schwarzhaupt CDU 43.5
1961 Karl Wittrock SPD 39.1
1965 Karl-Walter Fritz SPD 45.3
1969 Horst Krockert SPD 50.5
1972 52.4
1976 46.0
1980 Rudi Schmitt SPD 48.5
1983 Hannelore Rönsch CDU 46.6
1987 46.1
1990 43.2
1994 45.0
1998 Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul SPD 44.2
2002 47.3
2005 44.1
2009 Kristina Schröder CDU 40.8
2013 43.6
2017 Ingmar Jung CDU 34.3
2021 26.3

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Wiesbaden[3]
Notes:

Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Ingmar Jung 35,375 26.3 Decrease 8.0 28,523 21.1 Decrease 7.8
SPD Nadine Ruf 34,750 25.8 Decrease 2.7 33,546 24.9 Increase 3.7
Greens Uta Brehm 25,811 19.2 Increase 10.2 26,818 19.9 Increase 8.1
FDP Lucas Schwalbach 13,995 10.4 Increase 3.4 18,947 14.0 Increase 0.7
AfD Erich Heidkamp 9,192 6.8 Decrease 3.6 9,588 7.1 Decrease 4.1
Left Daniel Winter 6,652 4.9 Decrease 2.7 7,128 5.3 Decrease 4.2
dieBasis Ulrike Fröhlich 2,327 1.7 1,911 1.4
Tierschutzpartei   1,651 1.2 Increase 0.4
Volt Samater Liban 1,904 1.4 1,324 1.0
FW Andre Wittmann 1,602 1.2 Increase 0.1 1,411 1.0 Increase 0.4
Team Todenhöfer   1,367 1.0
PARTEI Lukas Haker 1,559 1.2 Decrease 0.3 1,049 0.8 Decrease 0.2
Pirates Yasmin Schulze 742 0.6 Decrease 0.1 525 0.4 Steady 0.0
Humanists Felicitas Klings 472 0.3 252 0.2
Gesundheitsforschung   152 0.1
ÖDP   139 0.1 Decrease 0.1
V-Partei3   135 0.1 Decrease 0.1
BüSo Alexander Hartmann 123 0.1
Bündnis C   112 0.1
NPD   104 0.1 Decrease 0.1
LKR Lucien Peter 103 0.1 81 0.1
DKP   35 0.0 Steady 0.0
MLPD   34 0.0 Steady 0.0
Bündnis 21 34 0.0
Informal votes 1,607 1,348
Total Valid votes 134,607 134,866
Turnout 136,214 72.9 Decrease 0.9
CDU hold Majority 625 0.5 Decrease 5.3

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Wiesbaden[4]
Notes:

Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Ingmar Jung 47,309 34.3 Decrease 9.3 40,022 29.0 Decrease 9.7
SPD Simon Rottloff 39,396 28.6 Decrease 6.4 29,247 21.2 Decrease 6.6
AfD Michael Goebel 14,417 10.4 Increase 6.5 15,496 11.2 Increase 6.2
Greens Felix Möller 12,321 8.9 Increase 1.4 16,286 11.8 Increase 0.1
Left Adrian Gabriel 10,558 7.7 Increase 2.9 13,160 9.5 Increase 3.6
FDP Lucas Schwalbach 9,693 7.0 Increase 4.5 18,400 13.3 Increase 6.5
PARTEI Alexander Gürtler 1,963 1.4 1,360 1.0 Increase 0.6
Tierschutzpartei   1,196 0.9
FW Hans-Georg Kroll 1,467 1.1 943 0.7 Increase 0.2
Pirates Gunnar Langer 841 0.6 Decrease 1.1 578 0.4 Decrease 1.5
BGE   341 0.2
ÖDP   297 0.2
DM 273 0.2
V-Partei³ 253 0.2
NPD   222 0.2 Decrease 0.5
MLPD   75 0.1 Steady 0.0
BüSo 54 0.0 Decrease 0.1
DKP   26 0.0
Informal votes 1,810 1,546
Total Valid votes 137,965 138,229
Turnout 139,775 73.8 Increase 4.0
CDU hold Majority 7,913 5.7 Decrease 2.9

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Wiesbaden[5]
Notes:

Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Kristina Schröder 56,466 43.6 Increase 2.8 50,187 38.7 Increase 7.6
SPD Simon Rottloff 45,311 35.0 Increase 2.3 36,041 27.8 Increase 4.2
Greens Andreas Romppel 9,784 7.5 Decrease 0.8 15,133 11.7 Decrease 2.5
Left Manuela Schon 6,097 4.7 Decrease 2.2 7,668 5.9 Decrease 2.7
AfD Frank Mario Zaleski 5,176 4.0 6,550 5.1
FDP Dagmar Döring 3,296 2.5 Decrease 6.9 8,801 6.8 Decrease 10.9
Pirates Tobias Elsenmüller 2,224 1.7 2,531 2.0 Decrease 0.2
NPD Daniel Knebel 941 0.7 Decrease 0.4 865 0.7 Decrease 0.1
FW   665 0.5
PARTEI   525 0.4
REP   352 0.3 Decrease 0.5
BüSo Alexander Hartmann 335 0.3 Decrease 0.2 151 0.1 Decrease 0.1
PRO 124 0.1
MLPD   52 0.0 Steady 0.0
PSG   38 0.0
Informal votes 2,705 2,652
Total Valid votes 129,630 129,683
Turnout 132,335 69.8 Decrease 1.4
CDU hold Majority 11,155 8.6 Increase 0.4

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Wiesbaden[6]
Notes:

Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Kristina Köhler 53,416 40.8 Decrease 0.4 40,831 31.1 Decrease 1.0
SPD Red XN Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul 42,751 32.6 Decrease 11.4 30,892 23.5 Decrease 9.1
FDP Wolfgang Gerhardt 12,350 9.4 Increase 5.1 23,194 17.7 Increase 4.4
Greens Gabriele Schuchalter-Eicke 10,970 8.4 Increase 3.7 18,560 14.1 Increase 0.8
Left Jörg Jungmann 9,016 6.9 Increase 2.9 11,333 8.6 Increase 3.5
Pirates   2,839 2.2
NPD Stefan Jagsch 1,516 1.2 Decrease 0.2 1,070 0.8 Decrease 0.1
REP   1,049 0.8 Decrease 0.2
Tierschutzpartei   1,005 0.8 Increase 0.1
BüSo Alexander Hartmann 588 0.4 Steady 0.0 269 0.2 Steady 0.0
Independent Hartmut Schrader 444 0.3
DVU   125 0.1
MLPD   37 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 2,374 2,221
Total Valid votes 131,051 131,204
Turnout 133,425 71.2 Decrease 4.4
CDU gain from SPD Majority 10,665 8.2

References

  1. 1 2 "Constituency Wiesbaden". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Wiesbaden". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. Results for Wiesbaden
  4. Results for Wiesbaden
  5. Results for Wiesbaden
  6. Results for Wiesbaden

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