Groß-Gerau (electoral district)

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183 Groß-Gerau
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Groß-Gerau in 2025
StateHesse
Population275,700 (2019)
Electorate174,082 (2021)
Major settlementsRüsselsheim am Main
Mörfelden-Walldorf
Groß-Gerau
Area453.0 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
PartySPD
MemberMelanie Wegling
Elected2021

Groß-Gerau 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 183. It is located in southern Hesse, comprising the Groß-Gerau district.[1]

Groß-Gerau was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Melanie Wegling of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]

Geography[edit]

Groß-Gerau is located in southern Hesse. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Groß-Gerau district.[1]

History[edit]

Groß-Gerau was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Hesse constituency 18 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1976, it was number 143. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 141. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 185. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 184. From the 2025 election, it has been number 183.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Groß-Gerau and Main-Taunus-Kreis. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it comprised the Groß-Gerau district and the modern municipalities of Eppstein, Hofheim am Taunus, Hattersheim am Main, Kriftel, Flörsheim am Main, and Hochheim am Main from the Main-Taunus-Kreis district. In the 1976 through 1998 elections, it comprised the Groß-Gerau district and the municipalities of Hofheim am Taunus, Flörsheim am Main, and Hochheim am Main from the Main-Taunus-Kreis district. Since the 2002 election, it has been coterminous with the Groß-Gerau district.

Election No. Name Borders
1949 18 Groß-Gerau
1953 143
1957
1961
1965
1969
1972
1976
1980 141
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 185
2005
2009 184
2013
2017
2021
2025 183

Members[edit]

The constituency was first represented by Ludwig Bergsträsser of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1949 to 1953. He was succeeded by fellow SPD member Hermann Schmitt-Vockenhausen, who served from 1953 to 1980, a total of seven consecutive terms. Norbert Wieczorek of the SPD then served a single term before Otto Zink of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won the constituency in 1983. Former member Wieczorek regained it for the SPD in 1990, but Heinz-Adolf Hörsken returned to the CDU in 1994. Wieczorek won a third non-consecutive term in 1998, and was succeeded by fellow SPD member Gerold Reichenbach in the 2002 election, who served two terms. Franz Josef Jung of the CDU won the constituency in 2009 and served until 2017. Stefan Sauer of the CDU was elected in 2017. Melanie Wegling regained it for the SPD in 2021.

Election Member Party %
1949 Ludwig Bergsträsser SPD 38.8
1953 Hermann Schmitt-Vockenhausen SPD 38.8
1957 43.0
1961 47.6
1965 52.2
1969 53.4
1972 56.7
1976 51.2
1980 Norbert Wieczorek SPD 50.6
1983 Otto Zink CDU 46.0
1987 43.7
1990 Norbert Wieczorek SPD 41.8
1994 Heinz-Adolf Hörsken CDU 42.7
1998 Norbert Wieczorek SPD 48.3
2002 Gerold Reichenbach SPD 50.2
2005 47.1
2009 Franz Josef Jung CDU 36.3
2013 42.2
2017 Stefan Sauer CDU 35.1
2021 Melanie Wegling SPD 33.5

Election results[edit]

2021 election[edit]

Federal election (2021): Groß-Gerau[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 % ±%
SPD Melanie Wegling 42,598 33.5 Increase 1.1 37,973 29.8 Increase 4.4
CDU Red XN Stefan Sauer 35,334 27.7 Decrease 7.4 27,301 21.4 Decrease 9.1
Greens Lars Nitschke 14,890 11.7 Increase 4.9 18,928 14.8 Increase 4.8
AfD Thorsten Blümlein 10,880 8.5 Decrease 2.8 11,246 8.8 Decrease 3.3
FDP Stephan Dehler 10,726 8.4 Increase 2.8 14,999 11.8 Increase 2.1
Left Jörg Cezanne 5,047 4.0 Decrease 2.7 5,394 4.2 Decrease 4.0
FW Achim Weidner 3,470 2.7 Increase 0.8 2,478 1.9 Increase 0.9
Tierschutzpartei   2,163 1.7 Increase 0.6
Team Todenhöfer   1,998 1.6
PARTEI Daniel Weber 2,430 1.9 1,387 1.1 Increase 0.2
dieBasis Thomas Unverzagt 1,834 1.4 1,462 1.1
Pirates   545 0.4 Decrease 0.3
Volt   469 0.4
Gesundheitsforschung   214 0.2
Humanists   175 0.1
Bündnis C   157 0.1
NPD   149 0.1 Decrease 0.2
V-Partei3   141 0.1 Decrease 0.1
ÖDP   137 0.1 Steady 0.0
DKP   92 0.1 Steady 0.0
MLPD Johannes Rücker 127 0.1 Decrease 0.1 81 0.1 Steady 0.0
Bündnis 21 56 0.0
LKR   39 0.0
Informal votes 1,925 1,677
Total valid votes 127,336 127,584
Turnout 129,261 74.3 Decrease 2.0
SPD gain from CDU Majority 7,264 5.8

2017 election[edit]

Federal election (2017): Groß-Gerau[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 Stefan Sauer 45,963 35.1 Decrease 7.1 39,950 30.5 Decrease 6.2
SPD Jan Deboy 42,342 32.4 Decrease 5.7 33,318 25.4 Decrease 5.1
AfD Thorsten Blümlein 14,805 11.3 15,943 12.2 Increase 6.5
Greens Nina Eisenhardt 8,877 6.8 Decrease 0.9 11,862 9.0 Decrease 1.6
Left Jörg Cezanne 8,729 6.7 Increase 0.5 10,755 8.2 Increase 2.0
FDP Stephan Dehler 7,358 5.6 Increase 3.6 12,645 9.6 Increase 5.0
Tierschutzpartei   1,463 1.1
FW Jens Hassen 2,507 1.9 1,387 1.1 Increase 0.2
PARTEI   1,192 0.9 Increase 0.4
Pirates   962 0.7 Decrease 1.7
NPD   403 0.3 Decrease 0.8
DM 386 0.3
BGE   244 0.2
V-Partei³ 222 0.2
ÖDP   201 0.2
MLPD Matthias Rücker 276 0.2 124 0.1 Steady 0.0
DKP   81 0.1
BüSo 42 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 2,461 2,138
Total valid votes 130,857 131,180
Turnout 133,318 76.3 Increase 3.1
CDU hold Majority 3,621 2.7 Decrease 1.4

2013 election[edit]

Federal election (2013): Groß-Gerau[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 Franz Josef Jung 52,087 42.2 Increase 5.9 45,389 36.7 Increase 6.8
SPD Gerold Reichenbach 46,942 38.1 Increase 2.1 37,781 30.5 Increase 2.6
Greens Benjamin Weiß 9,502 7.7 Decrease 1.9 13,129 10.6 Decrease 1.9
Left Jochen Nagel 7,645 6.2 Decrease 1.4 7,693 6.2 Decrease 2.6
AfD   6,939 5.6
Pirates Christian Hufgard 4,639 3.8 2,989 2.4 Increase 0.2
FDP Marcella Giovanna Matthes 2,489 2.0 Decrease 6.1 5,762 4.7 Decrease 10.2
NPD   1,430 1.2 Decrease 0.2
FW   1,036 0.8
PARTEI   643 0.5
REP   509 0.4 Decrease 0.5
PRO 200 0.2
MLPD   76 0.1 Steady 0.0
PSG   61 0.0
BüSo 52 0.0 Decrease 0.1
Informal votes 4,079 3,694
Total valid votes 123,304 123,689
Turnout 127,383 73.2 Decrease 1.2
CDU hold Majority 5,145 4.1 Increase 3.8

2009 election[edit]

Federal election (2009): Groß-Gerau[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 Franz Josef Jung 45,410 36.3 Decrease 0.1 37,526 29.9 Decrease 1.2
SPD Red XN Gerold Reichenbach 44,973 36.0 Decrease 11.1 35,058 28.0 Decrease 11.3
Greens Andrea Graf 12,072 9.7 Increase 3.5 15,677 12.5 Increase 1.8
FDP Andreas Bummel 10,177 8.1 Increase 4.4 18,630 14.9 Increase 4.2
Left Norman Kalteyer 9,449 7.6 Increase 3.2 11,103 8.9 Increase 3.7
Pirates   2,772 2.2
NPD Andreas Jahn 2,457 2.0 Increase 0.1 1,680 1.3 Steady 0.0
Tierschutzpartei   1,463 1.2 Increase 0.3
REP   1,098 0.9 Decrease 0.2
Independent Pasquale Aita 482 0.4
BüSo 178 0.1 Increase 0.1
DVU   109 0.1
MLPD   60 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 3,099 2,765
Total valid votes 125,020 125,354
Turnout 128,119 74.4 Decrease 5.6
CDU gain from SPD Majority 437 0.3

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Constituency Groß-Gerau". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. ^ "Results for Groß-Gerau". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. ^ Results for Groß-Gerau
  4. ^ Results for Groß-Gerau
  5. ^ Results for Groß-Gerau
  6. ^ Results for Groß-Gerau

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