Siegen-Wittgenstein (electoral district)

Siegen-Wittgenstein is one of the 299 single member constituencies (German: Wahlkreis) used for the German parliament, the Bundestag. One of sixty four constituencies in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, it is coterminous with the Siegen-Wittgenstein district. The constituency elects one representative under the mixed member proportional representation (MMP) system. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 148.

Siegen-Wittgenstein in North Rhine-Westphalia

The constituency has existed in various forms since the 1949 election, the first election in West Germany after World War II. Since its creation, it has been a marginal constituency, won by both the main political parties of Germany, the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). The current representative is Volkmar Klein of the CDU, who gained the constituency from the SPD at the 2009 election.

Boundaries

The constituency was created in 1949 as Siegen-Stadt und Land – Wittgenstein containing the city and district of Siegen and the district of Wittgenstein. For the 1980 election, the constituency lost the municipalities of Freudenberg, Hilchenbach and Kreuztal and was renamed Siegen-Wittgenstein I. It was restored to its previous boundaries and name for the 2002 election.[1]

2013 result

2013 election
Party Constituency results List results
Candidate Votes % share +/- Votes % share +/-
Christian Democratic Union Volkmar Klein 70,833 45.8 +4.2 64,307 41.5 +6.7
Social Democratic Party of Germany Willi Brase 56,510 36.5 -2.6 49,563 32.0 +3.1
Alliance '90/The Greens Peter Neuhaus 7,808 5.0 N/A 9,397 6.4 -2.2
The Left Peter Schulte 6,891 4.5 -3.3 8920 5.8 -2.2
Alternative for Germany Wolfgang Sonneborn 4,744 3.1 N/A 7,653 4.9 N/A
Free Democratic Party Helga Daub 3,383 2.2 -7.8 7,327 4.7 -10.1
Pirate Party Nils Faerber 2,732 1.8 N/A 2,722 1.8 +0.4
National Democratic Party of Germany Timo Pradel 1,856 1.2 -0.4 1,759 1.1 -0.1
Others N/A N/A N/A N/A 2,708 1.8 N/A

Source:[2]

List of district representatives
Election Name Party
1949 Theodor Siebel CDU
1953 Theodor Siebel CDU
1957 Theodor Siebel CDU
1961 Hermann Schmidt SPD
1965 Botho Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein CDU
1969 Hermann Schmidt SPD
1972 Hermann Schmidt SPD
1976 Hermann Schmidt SPD
1980 Hermann Schmidt SPD
1983 Paul Breuer CDU
1987 Paul Breuer CDU
1990 Paul Breuer CDU
1994 Paul Breuer CDU
1998 Marianne Klappert SPD
2002 Willi Brase SPD
2005 Willi Brase SPD
2009 Volkmar Klein CDU
2013 Volkmar Klein CDU
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References
  1. Constituency boundaries, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 1 March 2014
  2. 2013 constituency results, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 1 March 2014

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