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.
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 |
References
- ↑ Constituency boundaries, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 1 March 2014
- ↑ 2013 constituency results, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 1 March 2014