Ahrweiler (electoral district)
50°24′52″N 7°07′44″E / 50.414417°N 7.128816°E
197 Ahrweiler | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
![]() Ahrweiler in 2025 | |
State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
Population | 250,200 (2019) |
Electorate | 195,109 (2021) |
Major settlements | Andernach Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler Mayen |
Area | 1,337.3 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 1949 |
Party | CDU |
Member | Mechthild Heil |
Elected | 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021 |
Ahrweiler 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 197. It is located in northern Rhineland-Palatinate, comprising the Ahrweiler district and the western part of the Mayen-Koblenz district.[1]
Ahrweiler was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2009, it has been represented by Mechthild Heil of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]
Geography
[edit]Ahrweiler is located in northern Rhineland-Palatinate. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the district of Ahrweiler as well as the municipalities of Andernach and Mayen and the Verbandsgemeinden of Maifeld, Mendig, Pellenz, and Vordereifel from the district of Mayen-Koblenz.[1]
History
[edit]Ahrweiler was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Rhineland-Palatinate constituency 2 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1976 elections, it was number 149. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 147. In the 2002 election, it was number 201. In the 2005 election, it was number 200. In the 2009 and 2013 elections, it was number 199. In the 2017 and 2021 elections, it was number 198. From the 2025 election, it has been number 197.
Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Ahrweiler and Mayen. It acquired its current borders in the 1972 election, although the Verbandsgemeinden of Pellenz and Vordereifel were known as Andernach-Land and Mayen-Land, respectively, until 2002.
Election | No. | Name | Borders |
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1949 | 2 | Ahrweiler |
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1953 | 149 | ||
1957 | |||
1961 | |||
1965 | |||
1969 | |||
1972 |
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1976 | |||
1980 | 147 | ||
1983 | |||
1987 | |||
1990 | |||
1994 | |||
1998 | |||
2002 | 201 | ||
2005 | 200 | ||
2009 | 199 | ||
2013 | |||
2017 | 198 | ||
2021 | |||
2025 | 197 |
Members
[edit]The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation. It was first represented by Johann Junglas from 1949 to 1953, followed by Otto Lenz until 1957. Johann Peter Josten served from 1957 to 1980. He was succeeded by Karl Deres, who was representative until 1994. Wilhelm Josef Sebastian served from 1994 to 2009. Mechthild Heil was elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2013, 2017, and 2021.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1949 | Johann Junglas | CDU | 67.9 | |
1953 | Otto Lenz | CDU | 71.8 | |
1957 | Johann Peter Josten | CDU | 73.9 | |
1961 | 69.0 | |||
1965 | 67.4 | |||
1969 | 62.0 | |||
1972 | 57.8 | |||
1976 | 60.0 | |||
1980 | Karl Deres | CDU | 56.4 | |
1983 | 62.8 | |||
1987 | 57.6 | |||
1990 | 54.2 | |||
1994 | Wilhelm Josef Sebastian | CDU | 52.9 | |
1998 | 48.3 | |||
2002 | 48.3 | |||
2005 | 49.6 | |||
2009 | Mechthild Heil | CDU | 45.5 | |
2013 | 55.5 | |||
2017 | 42.8 | |||
2021 | 34.3 |
Election results
[edit]2021 election
[edit]Federal election (2021): Ahrweiler[3] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
50,281 | 34.3 | ![]() |
41,942 | 28.5 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Christoph Schmitt | 44,325 | 30.2 | ![]() |
42,303 | 28.8 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Martin Schmitt | 15,553 | 10.6 | ![]() |
17,685 | 12.0 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Jannick Simon | 12,124 | 8.3 | ![]() |
17,484 | 11.9 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Rüdiger Nothnick | 10,823 | 7.4 | ![]() |
11,322 | 7.7 | ![]() | ||
FW | Stefan Mies | 6,942 | 4.7 | 4,908 | 3.3 | ![]() | |||
Left | Aziz Aldemir | 3,537 | 2.4 | ![]() |
3,851 | 2.6 | ![]() | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 2,021 | 1.4 | |||||||
dieBasis | Franz-Gerhard Hoyer | 1,878 | 1.3 | 1,613 | 1.1 | ||||
PARTEI | 1,208 | 0.8 | ![]() | ||||||
Pirates | 673 | 0.5 | ![]() | ||||||
Team Todenhöfer | 609 | 0.1 | |||||||
Volt | 557 | 0.4 | |||||||
ÖDP | Brigitte Doege | 686 | 0.5 | 331 | 0.2 | ![]() | |||
Independent | Alina Mandel | 456 | 0.3 | ||||||
NPD | 145 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
V-Partei3 | 124 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Humanists | 116 | 0.1 | |||||||
DiB | 107 | 0.1 | |||||||
LKR | 62 | 0.0 | |||||||
MLPD | 26 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,861 | 1,379 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 146,605 | 147,087 | |||||||
Turnout | 148,466 | 76.1 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 5,956 | 4.1 | ![]() |
2017 election
[edit]Federal election (2017): Ahrweiler[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
64,006 | 42.8 | ![]() |
60,937 | 40.6 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Andrea Nahles | 40,944 | 27.4 | ![]() |
34,113 | 22.7 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Kathrin Koch | 13,105 | 8.8 | 14,437 | 9.6 | ![]() | |||
FDP | Christina Steinhausen | 12,981 | 8.7 | ![]() |
17,397 | 11.6 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Martin Schmitt | 8,616 | 5.8 | ![]() |
10,059 | 6.7 | ![]() | ||
Left | Marion Morassi | 6,790 | 4.5 | ![]() |
8,519 | 5.7 | ![]() | ||
Independent | Siegfried Verdonk | 1,885 | 1.3 | ||||||
PARTEI | 1,297 | 0.9 | |||||||
FW | 1,134 | 0.8 | ![]() | ||||||
Pirates | Axel Ritter | 1,268 | 0.8 | ![]() |
623 | 0.4 | ![]() | ||
NPD | 415 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||||||
V-Partei³ | 387 | 0.3 | |||||||
ÖDP | 367 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
BGE | 267 | 0.2 | |||||||
MLPD | 37 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,992 | 1,598 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 149,595 | 149,989 | |||||||
Turnout | 151,587 | 77.5 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 23,062 | 15.4 | ![]() |
2013 election
[edit]Federal election (2013): Ahrweiler[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
77,379 | 55.5 | ![]() |
68,680 | 48.8 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Andrea Nahles | 39,071 | 28.0 | ![]() |
34,660 | 24.6 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Klaus Meurer | 7,813 | 5.6 | ![]() |
9,287 | 6.6 | ![]() | ||
AfD | 7,328 | 5.2 | |||||||
Left | Marion Morassi | 6,221 | 4.5 | ![]() |
6,569 | 4.7 | ![]() | ||
Pirates | Gernot Reipen | 4,255 | 3.1 | 2,920 | 2.1 | ![]() | |||
FDP | Michael Salzmann | 3,313 | 2.4 | ![]() |
7,897 | 5.6 | ![]() | ||
NPD | 1,067 | 0.8 | ![]() | ||||||
FW | 929 | 0.7 | |||||||
ÖDP | Rainer Hilgert | 1,439 | 1.0 | 555 | 0.4 | ![]() | |||
PRO | 261 | 0.2 | |||||||
Party of Reason | 261 | 0.2 | |||||||
REP | 212 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
MLPD | 34 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 3,103 | 1,934 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 139,491 | 140,660 | |||||||
Turnout | 142,594 | 73.1 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 38,308 | 27.5 | ![]() |
2009 election
[edit]Federal election (2009): Ahrweiler[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Mechthild Heil | 62,145 | 45.5 | ![]() |
54,737 | 39.9 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Andrea Nahles | 33,987 | 24.9 | ![]() |
28,973 | 21.1 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Christina Theresa Steinheuer | 20,470 | 15.0 | ![]() |
25,933 | 18.9 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Frank Bliss | 10,094 | 7.4 | ![]() |
11,622 | 8.5 | ![]() | ||
Left | Gert Winkelmeier | 8,310 | 6.1 | ![]() |
10,171 | 7.4 | ![]() | ||
Pirates | 2,204 | 1.6 | |||||||
NPD | Hans-Robert Klug | 1,527 | 1.1 | ![]() |
1,192 | 0.9 | ![]() | ||
FAMILIE | 1,123 | 0.8 | ![]() | ||||||
REP | 409 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||||||
ÖDP | 397 | 0.3 | |||||||
PBC | 288 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
DVU | 79 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | 31 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,813 | 2,187 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 136,533 | 137,159 | |||||||
Turnout | 139,346 | 71.2 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 28,158 | 20.6 | ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Constituency Ahrweiler". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Results for Ahrweiler". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ Results for Ahrweiler
- ^ Results for Ahrweiler
- ^ Results for Ahrweiler
- ^ Results for Ahrweiler