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Ludwigshafen/Frankenthal

Ludwigshafen/Frankenthal 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 207. It is located in southeastern Rhineland-Palatinate, comprising the cities of Ludwigshafen and Frankenthal and the northern part of the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis district.[1]

207 Ludwigshafen/Frankenthal
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Ludwigshafen/Frankenthal in 2017
StateRhineland-Palatinate
Population324,200 (2019)
Electorate210,969 (2021)
Major settlementsLudwigshafen
Frankenthal
Mutterstadt
Area314.7 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
PartySPD
MemberChristian Schreider
Elected2021

Ludwigshafen/Frankenthal was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Christian Schreider of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]

Geography edit

Ludwigshafen/Frankenthal is located in southeastern Rhineland-Palatinate. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent cities of Ludwigshafen and Frankenthal and the municipalities of Bobenheim-Roxheim, Böhl-Iggelheim, Limburgerhof, Mutterstadt, Altrip, and Neuhofen and the Verbandsgemeinden of Dannstadt-Schauernheim, Lambsheim-Heßheim, and Maxdorf from the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis district.[1]

History edit

Ludwigshafen/Frankenthal was created in 1949, then known as Ludwigshafen am Rhein. From 1965 through 1998, it was named Ludwigshafen. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the 1949 election, it was Rhineland-Palatinate constituency 11 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 158. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was number 159. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 157. In the 2002 election, it was number 210. In the 2005 election, it was number 209. In the 2009 and 2013 elections, it was number 208. Since the 2017 election, it has been number 207.

Originally, the constituency comprised the cities of Ludwigshafen and Frankenthal, the district of Landkreis Ludwigshafen, and the district of Landkreis Frankenthal excluding the Amtsgerichtsbezirk of Grünstadt. In the 1965 and 1969 elections, it comprised the city of Ludwigshafen and the Landkreis Ludwigshafen district. In the 1972 through 1998 elections, it comprised the city of Ludwigshafen and the municipalities of Altrip, Böhl-Iggelheim, Limburgerhof, Mutterstadt, and Neuhofen and Verbandsgemeinde of Dannstadt-Schauernheim from the Landkreis Ludwigshafen district. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Election No. Name Borders
1949 11 Ludwigshafen am Rhein
  • Ludwigshafen city
  • Frankenthal city
  • Landkreis Ludwigshafen district
  • Landkreis Frankenthal district (excluding Grünstadt Amtsgerichtsbezirk)
1953 158
1957
1961
1965 159 Ludwigshafen
1969
1972
1976
1980 157
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 210 Ludwigshafen/Frankenthal
2005 209
2009 208
2013
2017 207
2021

Members edit

The constituency was first represented by Friedrich Wilhelm Wagner of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1949 to 1965. Hans Bardens of the SPD served from 1965 to 1983. Manfred Reimann of the SPD was then representative from 1983 to 1990. The constituency was won by then-Chancellor of Germany Helmut Kohl of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in 1990. He was re-elected in 1994. Doris Barnett of the SPD was elected in 1998 and served until 2009. Maria Böhmer won it for the CDU in 2009 and served two terms. Torbjörn Kartes of the CDU was elected in 2017. Christian Schreider was elected for the SPD in 2021.

Election Member Party %
1949 Friedrich Wilhelm Wagner SPD 43.1
1953 43.3
1957 45.2
1961 47.0
1965 Hans Bardens SPD 51.1
1969 54.9
1972 58.9
1976 53.1
1980 54.1
1983 Manfred Reimann SPD 47.7
1987 46.0
1990 Helmut Kohl CDU 44.7
1994 46.0
1998 Doris Barnett SPD 47.9
2002 47.3
2005 43.4
2009 Maria Böhmer CDU 38.4
2013 43.3
2017 Torbjörn Kartes CDU 32.2
2021 Christian Schreider SPD 32.8

Election results edit

2021 election edit

Federal election (2021): Ludwigshafen/Frankenthal[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  Y or  N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
SPD Christian Schreider 50,108 32.8   0.9 45,895 29.9   5.0
CDU  N Torbjörn Kartes 38,193 25.0   7.1 33,726 22.0   8.9
AfD Stefan Scheil 17,740 11.6   2.9 18,075 11.8   3.7
Greens Armin Grau 17,061 11.2   5.7 18,128 11.8   4.5
FDP Michael Goldschmidt 13,688 9.0   1.5 18,421 12.0   1.8
FW Hans Arndt 7,411 4.9   2.2 4,789 3.1   1.6
Left Liborio Ciccarello 4,648 3.0   2.6 4,651 3.0   3.6
Tierschutzpartei   2,771 1.8
dieBasis Alexander Kiesow 1,947 1.3 1,689 1.1
PARTEI   1,308 0.9   0.3
Team Todenhöfer   1,275 0.8
Volt   747 0.5
Pirates   658 0.4   0.2
Independent Martin Schöne 626 0.4
Independent Reiner Bechtel 586 0.4
Independent Bernd Hackel 431 0.3
NPD   253 0.2   0.3
ÖDP   226 0.1   0.1
Humanists   160 0.1
V-Partei3   164 0.1   0.2
DiB   152 0.1
LKR Markus Böhm 193 0.1 102 0.1
MLPD Lieselotte Seiberth 157 0.1   0.2 68 0.0   0.1
Informal votes 2,122 1,653
Total valid votes 152,789 153,258
Turnout 154,911 73.4   1.7
SPD gain from CDU Majority 11,915 7.8

2017 election edit

Federal election (2017): Ludwigshafen/Frankenthal[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  Y or  N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Torbjörn Kartes 51,168 32.1   11.2 49,226 30.9   8.1
SPD Doris Barnett 50,740 31.9   3.7 39,822 25.0   4.6
AfD Marcus Künster 23,109 14.5 24,641 15.5   9.4
FDP Thomas Schell 11,910 7.5   5.0 16,321 10.2   5.0
Left Gerald Unger 8,979 5.6   0.7 10,614 6.7   1.1
Greens Dirk Dreher 8,700 5.5   0.7 11,621 7.3   0.0
FW Hans Arndt 4,163 2.6   0.0 2,418 1.5   0.1
PARTEI   1,796 1.1
Pirates   978 0.6   1.9
NPD   667 0.4   1.0
V-Partei³ 457 0.3
BGE   384 0.2
ÖDP   322 0.2   0.0
MLPD Madeleine Stockert 412 0.3   0.1 190 0.1   0.0
Informal votes 2,686 2,410
Total valid votes 159,181 159,457
Turnout 161,867 75.1   3.7
CDU hold Majority 428 0.2   7.5

2013 election edit

Federal election (2013): Ludwigshafen/Frankenthal[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  Y or  N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU  Y Maria Böhmer 65,746 43.3   4.9 59,425 39.0   6.6
SPD Doris Barnett 54,003 35.6   3.2 45,001 29.5   2.8
Left Gerald Unger 7,476 4.9   3.7 8,538 5.6   4.7
Greens Romeo Franz 7,247 4.8   1.4 11,042 7.2   1.3
AfD   9,224 6.1
Pirates Roman Schmitt 4,179 2.8   0.6 3,878 2.5   0.5
FW Hans Arndt 3,939 2.6 2,162 1.4
FDP Thomas Schell 3,773 2.5   6.1 7,952 5.2   9.6
NPD Heinz Neumann 2,666 1.8   0.6 2,177 1.4   0.2
REP Marco Steigert 2,452 1.6   0.8 1,801 1.2   1.2
Party of Reason 441 0.3
PRO 348 0.2
ÖDP   283 0.2   0.0
MLPD Madeleine Stockert 281 0.2   0.0 148 0.1   0.0
Informal votes 3,243 2,585
Total valid votes 151,762 152,420
Turnout 155,005 71.4   0.8
CDU hold Majority 11,743 7.7   1.8

2009 election edit

Federal election (2009): Ludwigshafen/Frankenthal[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  Y or  N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Maria Böhmer 57,736 38.4   1.3 48,785 32.4   1.4
SPD  N Doris Barnett 48,713 32.4   10.9 40,325 26.8   10.6
Left Kathrin Senger-Schäfer 13,002 8.6   4.1 15,457 10.3   4.5
FDP Ralf Marohn 12,878 8.6   4.1 22,392 14.9   4.4
Greens Bernhard Braun 9,277 6.2   2.6 12,919 8.6   1.6
REP Marco Steigert 3,631 2.4   0.4 3,601 2.4   0.4
Pirates Philipp Scherer 3,188 2.1 3,079 2.0
NPD Ronald Neumann 1,807 1.2   0.3 1,798 1.2   0.3
FAMILIE 1,443 1.0   0.1
ÖDP   319 0.2
PBC 314 0.2   0.1
DVU   158 0.1
MLPD Madeleine Stockert 210 0.1   0.1 121 0.1   0.1
Informal votes 3,013 2,744
Total valid votes 150,442 150,711
Turnout 153,455 70.6   8.0
CDU gain from SPD Majority 9,023 6.0

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Constituency Ludwigshafen/Frankenthal". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. ^ "Results for Ludwigshafen/Frankenthal". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. ^ Results for Ludwigshafen/Frankenthal
  4. ^ Results for Ludwigshafen/Frankenthal
  5. ^ Results for Ludwigshafen/Frankenthal
  6. ^ Results for Ludwigshafen/Frankenthal
Bundestag Vacant
Party list from Rhineland-Palatinate (1982-1990)
Title last held by
Hamburg-Bergedorf 		Constituency represented by the chancellor
(as Ludwigshafen)
1990-1998 		Vacant
Party list from Lower Saxony (1998-2005)
Title next held by
Stralsund – Nordvorpommern – Rügen
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