Offenbach (electoral district)

Offenbach is one of the 299 single member constituencies used for the German parliament, the Bundestag. One of twenty two districts covering the state of Hesse, it is centred on the town of Offenbach am Main and also includes most of Offenbach county in the towns of Dietzenbach, Dreieich, Egelsbach, Heusenstamm, Langen, Mühlheim am Main, Neu-Isenburg and Obertshausen.[1] The constituency elects one representative under the mixed member proportional representation (MMP) system. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 185.

Location of constituency in Hesse

The constituency was created for the 1949 election, the first election in West Germany after World War II. Originally referred to by the Roman numeral XIX, it was renamed Offenbach am Main for the 1953 election, before assuming its current name for the 1965 election. Until the 1983 election, most contests in the district had been won by the Social Democratic Party of Germany. Since 1983, most elections have been won by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who have held the district since 2005 election. The current representative is Peter Wichtel,[2] who was first elected at the 2009 general election.

2013 election
Party Constituency results List results
Candidate Votes % share +/- Votes % share +/-
Christian Democratic Union Peter Wichtel 69,930 45.5 +5.3 59,905 38.8 +7.0
Social Democratic Party of Germany Dirk Hagelstein 47,984 31.2 +2.5 40,203 26.1 +3.8
Alliance '90/The Greens Wolfgang Strengmann-Kuhn 12,548 8.2 -1.7 16,503 10.7 -2.1
The Left Christine Buchholz 9,479 6.2 -1.3 10,205 6.6 -2.3
Free Democratic Party Paul-Gerhard Weiss 4,376 2.8 -7.4 9,836 6.4 -12.0
Pirate Party Vecih Yasaner 3,780 2.5 N/A 3,627 2.4 -0.1
National Democratic Party of Germany Frank Marschner 2,538 1.7 +0.1 1,663 1.1 -0.1
Free Voters Jürgen Ries 2,968 1.9 N/A 1,461 0.9 N/A
Alternative for Germany N/A N/A N/A N/A 8,994 5.8 N/A
Die PARTEI N/A N/A N/A N/A 839 0.5 N/A
Republicans N/A N/A N/A N/A 626 0.4 -0.3
Others N/A N/A N/A N/A 388 0.2 N/A

Source:[3]

List of district representatives
Election Name Party
1949 Harald Koch SPD
1953 Wilhelm Banse SPD
1957 Karl Kanka CDU
1961 Horst Schmidt SPD
1965 Horst Schmidt SPD
1969 Horst Schmidt SPD
1972 Manfred Coppik SPD
1976 Manfred Coppik SPD
1980 Manfred Coppik SPD
1983 Klaus Lippold CDU
1987 Klaus Lippold CDU
1990 Klaus Lippold CDU
1994 Klaus Lippold CDU
1998 Uta Zapf SPD
2002 Uta Zapf SPD
2005 Klaus Lippold CDU
2009 Peter Wichtel CDU
2013 Peter Wichtel CDU
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References
  1. constituency boundaries, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 10 July 2016
  2. CDU-Mann in der Diskussion, Frankfurter Rundschau 17 October 2012
  3. 2013 constituency results, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 15 July 2016

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