Bitburg (electoral district)
201 Bitburg | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
![]() Bitburg in 2025 | |
State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
Population | 217,800 (2019) |
Electorate | 163,493 (2021) |
Major settlements | Wittlich Bitburg Daun |
Area | 3,102.3 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 1949 |
Party | CDU |
Member | Patrick Schnieder |
Elected | 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021 |
Bitburg 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 201. It is located in northwestern Rhineland-Palatinate, comprising the Bitburg-Prüm district, Vulkaneifel district, and the northern part of the Bernkastel-Wittlich district.[1]
Bitburg was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2009, it has been represented by Patrick Schnieder of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]
Geography
[edit]Bitburg is located in northwestern Rhineland-Palatinate. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Bitburg-Prüm and Vulkaneifel districts as well as, from the Bernkastel-Wittlich district, the municipality of Wittlich, the Verbandsgemeinde of Wittlich-Land, and the municipalities of Bausendorf, Bengel, Diefenbach, Flußbach, Hontheim, Kinderbeuern, Kinheim, Kröv, Reil, and Willwerscheid from the Traben-Trarbach Verbandsgemeinde.[1]
History
[edit]Bitburg was created in 1949, then known as Prüm. It acquired its current name in the 1965 election. In the 1949 election, it was Rhineland-Palatinate constituency 6 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1976 elections, it was number 153. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 151. In the 2002 election, it was number 205. In the 2005 election, it was number 204. In the 2009 and 2013 elections, it was number 203. In the 2017 and 2021 elections, it was number 202. From the 2025 election, it has been number 201.
Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Bitburg, Prüm, Daun, and Wittlich. It acquired its current borders in the 1965 election, although when the former Verbandsgemeinde of Kröv-Bausendorf was merged into the Traben-Trarbach Verbandsgemeinde in 2014, only its area remained in the constituency.
Election | No. | Name | Borders |
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1949 | 6 | Prüm |
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1953 | 153 | ||
1957 | |||
1961 | |||
1965 | Bitburg |
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1969 | |||
1972 | |||
1976 | |||
1980 | 151 | ||
1983 | |||
1987 | |||
1990 | |||
1994 | |||
1998 | |||
2002 | 205 | ||
2005 | 204 | ||
2009 | 203 | ||
2013 | |||
2017 | 202 | ||
2021 | |||
2025 | 201 |
Members
[edit]The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation. It was first represented by Matthias Joseph Mehs from 1949 to 1953, followed by Hans Richarts from 1953 to 1972. Alois Mertes then served from 1972 to 1987. Peter Rauen was representative from 1987 to 2009. Patrick Schnieder was elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2013, 2017, and 2021.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1949 | Matthias Joseph Mehs | CDU | 80.2 | |
1953 | Hans Richarts | CDU | 79.6 | |
1957 | 79.6 | |||
1961 | 76.5 | |||
1965 | 74.9 | |||
1969 | 68.5 | |||
1972 | Alois Mertes | CDU | 66.6 | |
1976 | 69.7 | |||
1980 | 65.2 | |||
1983 | 69.9 | |||
1987 | Peter Rauen | CDU | 60.9 | |
1990 | 57.2 | |||
1994 | 57.1 | |||
1998 | 52.2 | |||
2002 | 52.3 | |||
2005 | 49.0 | |||
2009 | Patrick Schnieder | CDU | 46.1 | |
2013 | 56.0 | |||
2017 | 51.2 | |||
2021 | 37.8 |
Election results
[edit]2021 election
[edit]Federal election (2021): Bitburg[3] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
46,340 | 37.8 | ![]() |
37,086 | 30.1 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Lena Werner | 33,632 | 27.4 | ![]() |
34,343 | 27.9 | ![]() | ||
FW | Petra Fischer | 10,566 | 8.6 | ![]() |
8,460 | 6.9 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Ralf Berlingen | 9,011 | 7.4 | ![]() |
13,997 | 11.4 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Dorothea Hafner | 8,512 | 6.9 | 11,411 | 9.3 | ![]() | |||
AfD | Beate Härig-Dickersbach | 7,947 | 6.5 | ![]() |
8,794 | 7.1 | ![]() | ||
Left | Manuel Eppers | 2,875 | 2.3 | ![]() |
3,265 | 2.7 | ![]() | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,473 | 1.2 | |||||||
PARTEI | Markus Riebschläger | 1,619 | 1.3 | 1,038 | 0.8 | ![]() | |||
dieBasis | Christoph Lutz | 1,436 | 1.2 | 1,434 | 1.2 | ||||
Volt | 409 | 0.3 | |||||||
Pirates | 364 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||||||
ÖDP | Clemens Ruhl | 659 | 0.5 | ![]() |
356 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||
Team Todenhöfer | 234 | 0.2 | |||||||
NPD | 107 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Humanists | 80 | 0.1 | |||||||
DiB | 77 | 0.1 | |||||||
V-Partei3 | 70 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
LKR | 44 | 0.0 | |||||||
MLPD | 12 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,852 | 1,395 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 122,597 | 123,054 | |||||||
Turnout | 124,449 | 76.1 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 12,708 | 10.4 | ![]() |
2017 election
[edit]Federal election (2017): Bitburg[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
63,719 | 51.2 | ![]() |
55,591 | 44.5 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Jan Pauls | 32,017 | 25.7 | ![]() |
27,255 | 21.8 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Beate Härig-Dickersbach | 8,840 | 7.1 | 10,058 | 8.0 | ![]() | |||
FDP | Jürgen Krämer | 8,703 | 7.0 | ![]() |
12,888 | 10.3 | ![]() | ||
Greens | 7,710 | 6.2 | ![]() | ||||||
Left | Katharina Penkert | 6,786 | 5.5 | ![]() |
7,433 | 5.9 | ![]() | ||
FW | Henning Wunderlich | 2,927 | 2.4 | ![]() |
1,627 | 1.3 | ![]() | ||
PARTEI | 952 | 0.8 | |||||||
ÖDP | Erik Hofmann | 1,390 | 1.1 | ![]() |
477 | 0.4 | ![]() | ||
Pirates | 377 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||||||
V-Partei³ | 242 | 0.2 | |||||||
NPD | 232 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
BGE | 182 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | 24 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,497 | 1,831 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 124,382 | 125,048 | |||||||
Turnout | 126,879 | 77.1 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 31,702 | 25.5 | ![]() |
2013 election
[edit]Federal election (2013): Bitburg[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
65,252 | 56.0 | ![]() |
61,192 | 52.2 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Jens Jenssen | 30,613 | 26.3 | ![]() |
26,189 | 22.3 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Alice Endres | 5,775 | 5.0 | ![]() |
7,165 | 6.1 | ![]() | ||
Left | Ali Damar | 3,867 | 3.3 | ![]() |
5,134 | 4.4 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Marco Weber | 3,807 | 3.3 | ![]() |
7,136 | 6.1 | ![]() | ||
AfD | 4,264 | 3.6 | |||||||
FW | Johannes Mans | 2,875 | 2.5 | 1,925 | 1.6 | ||||
Pirates | Stefan Trös | 2,068 | 1.8 | 2,159 | 1.8 | ![]() | |||
NPD | Erich Wilhelm Krames | 1,063 | 0.9 | ![]() |
904 | 0.8 | ![]() | ||
Party of Reason | Rainer Hoffmann | 843 | 0.7 | 550 | 0.5 | ||||
ÖDP | Heide Weidemann | 429 | 0.4 | 305 | 0.3 | ![]() | |||
PRO | 176 | 0.2 | |||||||
REP | 135 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
MLPD | 33 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,706 | 2,031 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 116,592 | 117,267 | |||||||
Turnout | 119,298 | 71.7 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 34,639 | 29.7 | ![]() |
2009 election
[edit]Federal election (2009): Bitburg[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Patrick Schnieder | 53,705 | 46.1 | ![]() |
48,270 | 41.0 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Elke Leonhard | 28,042 | 24.1 | ![]() |
22,419 | 19.1 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Edmund Geisen | 16,213 | 13.9 | ![]() |
22,500 | 19.1 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Ulrike Höfken | 9,274 | 8.0 | ![]() |
9,922 | 8.4 | ![]() | ||
Left | Hanna Bettina Stratmann | 8,043 | 6.9 | ![]() |
9,642 | 8.2 | ![]() | ||
Pirates | 1,717 | 1.5 | |||||||
FAMILIE | 1,237 | 1.1 | ![]() | ||||||
NPD | Mario Winter | 1,295 | 1.1 | ![]() |
1,021 | 0.9 | ![]() | ||
REP | 354 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||||||
ÖDP | 266 | 0.2 | |||||||
PBC | 149 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
DVU | 92 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | 22 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 3,429 | 2,390 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 116,572 | 117,611 | |||||||
Turnout | 120,001 | 71.3 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 25,663 | 22.0 | ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Constituency Bitburg". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Results for Bitburg". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ Results for Bitburg
- ^ Results for Bitburg
- ^ Results for Bitburg
- ^ Results for Bitburg