Hanau (electoral district)

Hanau 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 179. It is located in southern Hesse, comprising the western part of Main-Kinzig-Kreis, including the city of Hanau.

179 Hanau
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Hanau in 2025
State	Hesse
Population	262,000 (2019)
Electorate	176,271 (2021)
Major settlements	Hanau Maintal Nidderau
Area	346.2 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	SPD
Member	Lennard Oehl
Elected	2021

Hanau was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Lennard Oehl of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).

Geography

Hanau is located in southern Hesse. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the municipalities of Bruchköbel, Erlensee, Großkrotzenburg, Hammersbach, Hanau, Hasselroth, Langenselbold, Maintal, Neuberg, Nidderau, Niederdorfelden, Rodenbach, Ronneburg, and Schöneck from the Main-Kinzig-Kreis district.

History

Hanau was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Hesse constituency 14 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1976, it was number 139. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 137. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 181. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 180. From the 2025 election, it has been number 179.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Hanau and the districts of Landkreis Hanau and Gelnhausen. In the 1980 through 2009 elections, it comprised the municipalities of Bad Orb, Biebergemünd, Bruchköbel, Erlensee, Flörsbachtal, Freigericht, Gelnhausen, Großkrotzenburg, Gründau, Hammersbach, Hanau, Hasselroth, Jossgrund, Langenselbold, Linsengericht, Maintal, Neuberg, Nidderau, Niederdorfelden, Rodenbach, Ronneburg, Schöneck, and the Gutsbezirk Spessart area from the Main-Kinzig-Kreis district. It acquired its current borders in the 2013 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	14	Hanau	Hanau city Landkreis Hanau district Gelnhausen district
1953	139
1957
1961
1965
1969
1972
1976
1980	137		Main-Kinzig-Kreis district (only Bad Orb, Biebergemünd, Bruchköbel, Erlensee, Flörsbachtal, Freigericht, Gelnhausen, Großkrotzenburg, Gründau, Hammersbach, Hanau, Hasselroth, Jossgrund, Langenselbold, Linsengericht, Maintal, Neuberg, Nidderau, Niederdorfelden, Rodenbach, Ronneburg, and Schöneck municipalities and the Gutsbezirk Spessart area)
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	181
2005
2009	180
2013			Main-Kinzig-Kreis district (only Bruchköbel, Erlensee, Großkrotzenburg, Hammersbach, Hanau, Hasselroth, Langenselbold, Maintal, Neuberg, Nidderau, Niederdorfelden, Rodenbach, Ronneburg, and Schöneck municipalities)
2017
2021
2025	179

Members

The constituency was first represented by Jakob Altmaier of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1949 to 1965. He was succeeded by fellow SPD member Gerhard Flämig, who served from 1965 to 1980. Bernd Reuter of the SPD then served a single term from 1980 to 1983. Richard Bayha of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was elected in 1983 and served until 1994, when he was succeeded by party fellow Manfred Kanther for a single term. Bernd Reuter won the constituency for the SPD in 1998 and served one term, followed by Sascha Raabe of the SPD for two terms. Peter Tauber of the CDU won it in 2009 and served a single term. Katja Leikert was elected in 2013 and re-elected in 2017. Lennard Oehl won the constituency for the SPD in 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Jakob Altmaier	SPD	31.9
	1953			35.6
	1957			43.5
	1961			45.2
	1965	Gerhard Flämig	SPD	47.8
	1969			51.6
	1972			54.0
	1976			47.2
	1980	Bernd Reuter	SPD	49.1
	1983	Richard Bayha	CDU	44.1
	1987			45.9
	1990			44.2
	1994	Manfred Kanther	CDU	46.9
	1998	Bernd Reuter	SPD	45.1
	2002	Sascha Raabe	SPD	47.3
	2005			43.2
	2009	Peter Tauber	CDU	39.4
	2013	Katja Leikert	CDU	44.3
	2017			35.3
	2021	Lennard Oehl	SPD	31.1

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Hanau
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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	SPD	Lennard Oehl		40,291	31.1	0.7	35,739	27.6	4.0
	CDU	N Katja Leikert		36,019	27.8	7.5	29,223	22.5	7.0
	Greens	Marcus Bocklet		15,995	12.4	6.3	18,258	14.1	5.5
	AfD	Erich Albrecht		13,364	10.3	2.5	13,257	10.2	3.8
	FDP	Henrik Statz		13,106	10.1	3.8	17,158	13.2	1.8
	Left	Alexander Kuhne		4,462	3.4	2.4	4,948	3.8	3.7
	Human Environment Animal Protection						2,504	1.9	0.4
	FW	Christian Clauß		3,308	2.6	1.3	2,180	1.7	0.9
	dieBasis	Ralf Haußels		1,998	1.5		1,549	1.2
	Team Todenhöfer						1,349	1.0
	PARTEI						1,186	0.9	0.0
	Independent	Peter Rehbein		833	0.6
	Pirates						555	0.4	0.0
	Volt						535	0.4
	Gesundheitsforschung						254	0.2
	NPD						236	0.2	0.3
	Humanists						177	0.1
	ÖDP						150	0.1	0.1
	V-Partei3						140	0.1	0.1
	Bündnis C						85	0.1
	DKP						53	0.0	0.0
	Bündnis 21						49	0.0
	LKR						35	0.0
	MLPD						32	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,036			1,760
Total valid votes				129,376			129,652
Turnout				131,412	74.6	1.1
	SPD gain from CDU		Majority	4,272	3.3

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Hanau
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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Y Katja Leikert		46,656	35.3	8.9	39,126	29.6	9.7
	SPD	Sascha Raabe		40,185	30.4	6.0	31,150	23.5	5.1
	AfD	Jonny Nedog		16,907	12.8		18,626	14.1	8.2
	FDP	Ralf-Rainer Piesold		8,418	6.4	3.9	15,185	11.5	6.2
	Greens	Anja Katharina Zeller		8,054	6.1	0.3	11,345	8.6	0.4
	Left	Tobias Huth		7,715	5.8	0.1	10,006	7.6	1.4
	Human Environment Animal Protection						2,008	1.5
	PARTEI	Gregor Wilkenloh		1,905	1.4	0.6	1,237	0.9	0.2
	FW	Bodo Delhey		1,679	1.3		1,024	0.8	0.1
	NPD	Duancon Bohnert		540	0.4	1.7	636	0.5	1.0
	Pirates						568	0.4	1.6
	DM						515	0.4
	V-Partei³						264	0.2
	ÖDP						240	0.2
	BGE						231	0.2
	DKP						72	0.1
	MLPD						58	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						32	0.0	0.1
Informal votes				2,131			1,867
Total valid votes				132,059			132,323
Turnout				134,190	75.6	3.3
	CDU hold		Majority	6,471	4.9	3.0

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Hanau
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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Katja Leikert		54,920	44.3	5.9	48,828	39.2	7.6
	SPD	Sascha Raabe		45,184	36.4	1.8	35,650	28.6	4.0
	Greens	Angelika Gunkel		7,217	5.8	1.0	11,183	9.0	2.2
	Left	Sabine Leidig		7,069	5.7	1.4	7,630	6.1	2.8
	AfD						7,356	5.9
	FDP	Anke Kerstin Pfeil		3,053	2.5	6.3	6,611	5.3	12.1
	Pirates	Kai Alexander Lanio		2,985	2.4		2,549	2.0	0.1
	NPD	Bernd Hilpert		2,625	2.1	0.9	1,899	1.5	0.3
	PARTEI	Benedikt Manfred Polzer		1,048	0.8		876	0.7
	FW						847	0.7
	REP						687	0.6	0.5
	PRO						212	0.2
	BüSo						73	0.1	0.1
	SGP						65	0.1
	MLPD						28	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				4,179			3,786
Total valid votes				124,101			124,494
Turnout				128,280	72.3	0.7
	CDU hold		Majority	9,736	7.9	2.5

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Hanau
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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Peter Tauber		68,704	39.4	3.0	56,834	32.6	2.5
	SPD	N Sascha Raabe		59,413	34.0	9.2	42,154	24.1	10.2
	FDP	Conrad Buchholz		15,523	8.9	4.7	30,368	17.4	5.7
	Left	Werner Dreibus		11,985	6.9	2.3	15,139	8.7	3.2
	Greens	Reiner Bousonville		11,572	6.6	2.9	19,324	11.1	1.9
	Pirates						3,763	2.2
	Human Environment Animal Protection	Margitta Marcian		3,287	1.9		2,568	1.5	0.4
	NPD	Daniel Knebel		2,289	1.3	0.5	2,317	1.3	0.0
	REP	Bert-Rüdiger Förster		1,764	1.0		1,689	1.0	0.2
	BüSo						220	0.1	0.0
	DVU						142	0.1
	MLPD						41	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				4,067			4,045
Total valid votes				174,537			174,559
Turnout				178,604	73.8	5.0
	CDU gain from SPD		Majority	9,291	5.4