Homburg (electoral district)

Homburg is one of the 299 single member constituencies used for the German parliament, the Bundestag. One of four districts covering the state of Saarland, it covers the county of Saarpfalz-Kreis, the town of Neunkirchen, the municipality of Friedrichsthal and the towns of Quierschied and Spiesen-Elversberg.[1]

Location of constituency in Saarland

The constituency was created for the 1976 election, replacing the former St. Ingbert constituency. It was held by the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) until the 2009 election, when the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) candidate Alexander Funk gained it. He secured another narrow victory in the 2013 election.

Boundaries

When first created, the Homburg constituency consisted of the county of Saarpfalz-Kreis and the towns of Neunkirchen and Spiesen-Elversberg. Saarland, like all German regions, had its representation in the Bundestag reduced for the 2002 election as part of an overall reduction of constituencies. As a result, Homburg expanded to include Friedrichsthal and Quierschied, which had been part of the abolished Saarbrücken II constituency.

Results

2013 election
Party Constituency results[2] List results
Candidate Votes % share +/- Votes % share +/-
Christian Democratic Union Alexander Funk 55,250 39.8 +6.4 50,892 36.6 +7.5
Social Democratic Party of Germany David Lindemann 52,266 37.6 +6.7 44,365 31.9 +6.5
The Left Yvonne Ploetz 12,592 9.1 -10.3 14,180 10.2 -11.5
Alternative for Germany Karsten Sturm 6,443 4.6 N/A 7,784 5.6 N/A
Alliance '90/The Greens Markus Schmitt 4,954 3.6 -1.0 7,127 5.1 -1.2
Pirate Party Andreas Guckert 3,289 2.4 N/A 3,453 2.5 +1.1
National Democratic Party of Germany Niels Kandar 2,231 1.6 +0.1 2,437 1.8 +0.3
Free Democratic Party Thorsten Eich 1,890 1.4 -5.9 5,266 3.8 -8.0
Family Party of Germany N/A N/A N/A N/A 2,378 1.7 -0.4
Free Voters N/A N/A N/A 930 0.7 N/A
Pro Germany Citizens' Movement N/A N/A N/A N/A 218 0.2 N/A
Marxist–Leninist Party of Germany N/A N/A N/A N/A 72 0.1 +0.0

List of district representatives
Election Name Party
1976 Werner Wilhelm SPD
1980 Lothar Fischer SPD
1983 Lothar Fischer SPD
1987 Lothar Fischer SPD
1990 Lothar Fischer SPD
1994 Lothar Fischer SPD
1998 Lothar Fischer SPD
2002 Astrid Klug SPD
2005 Astrid Klug SPD
2009 Alexander Funk CDU
2013 Alexander Funk CDU
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References
  1. Constituency boundaries, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 1 May 2015
  2. Constituency results, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 1 May 2015

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