Gießen (electoral district)
172 Gießen | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
![]() Gießen in 2025 | |
State | Hesse |
Population | 293,600 (2019) |
Electorate | 217,514 (2021) |
Major settlements | Giessen Pohlheim Alsfeld |
Area | 1,343.3 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 1949 |
Party | SPD |
Member | Felix Döring |
Elected | 2021 |
Gießen 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 172. It is located in central Hesse, comprising the Gießen district and the northwestern part of the Vogelsbergkreis district.[1]
Gießen was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Felix Döring of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]
Geography
[edit]Gießen is located in central Hesse. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Gießen district excluding the municipalities of Biebertal and Wettenberg, as well as the municipalities of Alsfeld, Antrifttal, Feldatal, Gemünden (Felda), Homberg (Ohm), Kirtorf, Mücke, and Romrod from the Vogelsbergkreis district.[1]
History
[edit]Gießen was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Hesse constituency 8 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1976 elections, it was number 133. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 131. In 2002 and 2005, it was number 175. In the 2009 election, it was number 174. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 173. From the 2025 election, it has been number 172.
Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Gießen and the districts of Landkreis Gießen and Alsfeld. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it comprised the entirety of Gießen district as well as the municipalities of Alsfeld, Antrifttal, Feldatal, Gemünden (Felda), Grebenau, Homberg (Ohm), Kirtorf, Mücke, Romrod, Schwalmtal from the Vogelbergskreis district. In the 2002 election, it acquired borders very similar to its current configuration, but including the municipalities of Grebenau, Schotten, and Schwalmtal from Vogelsbergkreis district. It acquired its current borders in the 2013 election.
Election | No. | Name | Borders |
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1949 | 8 | Gießen |
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1953 | 133 | ||
1957 | |||
1961 | |||
1965 | |||
1969 | |||
1972 | |||
1976 | |||
1980 | 130 |
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1983 | |||
1987 | |||
1990 | |||
1994 | |||
1998 | |||
2002 | 175 |
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2005 | |||
2009 | 174 | ||
2013 | 173 |
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2017 | |||
2021 | |||
2025 | 172 |
Members
[edit]The constituency was first represented by Ludwig Schneider of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) from 1949 to 1957. Hans Merten of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was elected in 1957 and served until 1969. He was succeeded by fellow SPD member Erwin Horn. Adolf Roth of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was elected in 1983, but former member Horn regained the constituency in 1987 and served a further three terms. He was succeeded by fellow SPD member Rüdiger Veit in 1998, who served until 2009. Helge Braun of the CDU was elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2013 and 2017. Felix Döring regained the constituency for the SPD in 2021.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1949 | Ludwig Schneider | FDP | 39.5 | |
1953 | 34.1 | |||
1957 | Hans Merten | SPD | 38.3 | |
1961 | 42.4 | |||
1965 | 47.3 | |||
1969 | Erwin Horn | SPD | 49.8 | |
1972 | 53.3 | |||
1976 | 47.4 | |||
1980 | 50.3 | |||
1983 | Adolf Roth | CDU | 47.5 | |
1987 | Erwin Horn | SPD | 43.3 | |
1990 | 41.6 | |||
1994 | 42.3 | |||
1998 | Rüdiger Veit | SPD | 46.4 | |
2002 | 45.3 | |||
2005 | 43.3 | |||
2009 | Helge Braun | CDU | 36.7 | |
2013 | 44.4 | |||
2017 | 35.1 | |||
2021 | Felix Döring | SPD | 30.4 |
Election results
[edit]2021 election
[edit]Federal election (2021): Gießen[3] | |||||||||
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Notes: | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. | ||||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
SPD | Felix Döring | 48,514 | 30.4 | ![]() | 44,046 | 27.6 | ![]() | ||
CDU | ![]() | 47,283 | 29.6 | ![]() | 36,201 | 22.7 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Behzad Borhani | 21,249 | 13.3 | ![]() | 26,109 | 16.3 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Uwe Schulz | 14,496 | 9.1 | ![]() | 14,836 | 9.3 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Dennis Pucher | 12,109 | 7.6 | ![]() | 17,106 | 10.7 | ![]() | ||
Left | Ali Al-Dailami | 6,339 | 4.0 | ![]() | 8,028 | 5.0 | ![]() | ||
FW | Diego Semmler | 4,595 | 2.9 | ![]() | 3,697 | 2.3 | ![]() | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 2,301 | 1.4 | ![]() | ||||||
PARTEI | Darwin Walter | 3,003 | 1.9 | 1,818 | 1.1 | ![]() | |||
dieBasis | Stephan Krüdener | 1,954 | 1.2 | 1,892 | 1.2 | ||||
Volt | 898 | 0.6 | |||||||
Team Todenhöfer | 632 | 0.4 | |||||||
Pirates | 555 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||||||
Bündnis C | 251 | 0.2 | |||||||
ÖDP | 251 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
NPD | 235 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 216 | 0.1 | |||||||
Humanists | 211 | 0.1 | |||||||
V-Partei3 | 177 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
DKP | Henning Mächerle | 233 | 0.1 | ![]() | 117 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||
Bündnis 21 | 50 | 0.0 | |||||||
LKR | 41 | 0.0 | |||||||
MLPD | 34 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,144 | 2,217 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 159,775 | 159,702 | |||||||
Turnout | 161,919 | 74.4 | ![]() | ||||||
SPD gain from CDU | Majority | 1,231 | 0.8 |
2017 election
[edit]Federal election (2017): Gießen[4] | |||||||||
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Notes: | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. | ||||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() | 57,610 | 35.1 | ![]() | 49,518 | 30.1 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Matthias Körner | 46,216 | 28.2 | ![]() | 39,252 | 23.9 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Uwe Schulz | 18,918 | 11.5 | 20,358 | 12.4 | ![]() | |||
Greens | Eva Goldbach | 13,619 | 8.3 | ![]() | 15,898 | 9.7 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Hermann Otto Solms | 12,641 | 7.7 | ![]() | 16,926 | 10.3 | ![]() | ||
Left | Ali Abass Al-Dailami | 10,346 | 6.3 | ![]() | 13,798 | 8.4 | ![]() | ||
FW | Diego Semmler | 3,190 | 1.9 | 2,170 | 1.3 | ![]() | |||
PARTEI | 1,967 | 1.2 | ![]() | ||||||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,572 | 1.0 | |||||||
NPD | Thassilo Hantusch | 603 | 0.4 | ![]() | 751 | 0.5 | ![]() | ||
Pirates | 654 | 0.4 | ![]() | ||||||
ÖDP | 384 | 0.2 | |||||||
Independent | Peter Klis | 376 | 0.2 | ||||||
BGE | 271 | 0.2 | |||||||
V-Partei³ | 268 | 0.2 | |||||||
DM | 254 | 0.2 | |||||||
MLPD | Wanja Lange | 405 | 0.2 | 109 | 0.1 | ![]() | |||
DKP | Henning Mächerle | 234 | 0.1 | 119 | 0.1 | ||||
BüSo | 44 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,463 | 2,308 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 164,158 | 164,313 | |||||||
Turnout | 166,621 | 76.5 | ![]() | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 11,394 | 6.9 | ![]() |
2013 election
[edit]Federal election (2013): Gießen[5] | |||||||||
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Notes: | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. | ||||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() | 67,587 | 44.4 | ![]() | 59,062 | 38.7 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Rüdiger Veit | 54,028 | 35.5 | ![]() | 45,299 | 29.7 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Tom Koenigs | 11,186 | 7.3 | ![]() | 14,759 | 9.7 | ![]() | ||
AfD | 7,444 | 4.9 | |||||||
Left | Ali Abass Al-Dailami | 7,802 | 5.1 | ![]() | 9,928 | 6.5 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Hermann Otto Solms | 4,543 | 3.0 | ![]() | 7,553 | 4.9 | ![]() | ||
Pirates | Sascha Endlicher | 3,949 | 2.6 | 3,268 | 2.1 | ![]() | |||
FW | 1,982 | 1.3 | |||||||
NPD | Volker Sachs | 2,483 | 1.6 | ![]() | 1,977 | 1.3 | ![]() | ||
PARTEI | 759 | 0.5 | |||||||
Independent | Peter Klis | 724 | 0.5 | ||||||
REP | 273 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
PRO | 183 | 0.1 | |||||||
BüSo | 93 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
SGP | 84 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | 59 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 4,350 | 3,929 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 152,302 | 152,723 | |||||||
Turnout | 156,652 | 72.8 | ![]() | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 13,559 | 8.9 | ![]() |
2009 election
[edit]Federal election (2009): Gießen[6] | |||||||||
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Notes: | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. | ||||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Helge Braun | 59,441 | 36.7 | ![]() | 50,276 | 31.0 | ![]() | ||
SPD | ![]() | 55,331 | 34.2 | ![]() | 44,222 | 27.3 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Hermann Otto Solms | 17,928 | 11.1 | ![]() | 25,687 | 15.8 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Tom Koenigs | 14,140 | 8.7 | ![]() | 18,853 | 11.6 | ![]() | ||
Left | Jonas Ahlgrimm | 11,399 | 7.0 | ![]() | 14,605 | 9.0 | ![]() | ||
Pirates | 3,962 | 2.4 | |||||||
NPD | Volker Sachs | 2,328 | 1.4 | ![]() | 1,853 | 1.1 | ![]() | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,528 | 0.9 | ![]() | ||||||
Independent | Peter Klis | 1,253 | 0.8 | ||||||
REP | 701 | 0.4 | ![]() | ||||||
BüSo | 193 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
DVU | 158 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | 46 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 3,848 | 3,584 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 161,820 | 162,084 | |||||||
Turnout | 165,668 | 72.5 | ![]() | ||||||
CDU gain from SPD | Majority | 4,110 | 2.5 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Constituency Gießen". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Results for Gießen". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ Results for Gießen
- ^ Results for Gießen
- ^ Results for Gießen
- ^ Results for Gießen