Offenburg (electoral district)
284 Offenburg | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
![]() Offenburg in 2025 | |
State | Baden-Württemberg |
Population | 278,400 (2019) |
Electorate | 205,893 (2021) |
Major settlements | Offenburg Achern Oberkirch |
Area | 1,094.4 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 1949 |
Party | CDU |
Member | Vacant |
Offenburg 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 284. It is located in western Baden-Württemberg, comprising the northern part of the Ortenaukreis district.[1]
Offenburg was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. From 1972 until his death in 2023, it was represented by Wolfgang Schäuble of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]
Geography
[edit]Offenburg is located in western Baden-Württemberg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the Ortenaukreis district excluding the municipalities of Ettenheim, Fischerbach, Friesenheim, Haslach im Kinzigtal, Hofstetten, Kappel-Grafenhausen, Kippenheim, Lahr/Schwarzwald, Mahlberg, Meißenheim, Mühlenbach, Ringsheim, Rust, Schuttertal, Schwanau, Seelbach, Steinach, Gutach (Schwarzwaldbahn), Hausach, Hornberg, Oberwolfach, and Wolfach.[1]
History
[edit]Offenburg was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Baden constituency 6 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 188. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was number 192. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 188. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 285. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 284.
Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Offenburg, Lahr, and Kehl. It acquired its current borders in the 1980 election.
Election | No. | Name | Borders |
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1949 | 6 | Offenburg |
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1953 | 188 | ||
1957 | |||
1961 | |||
1965 | 192 | ||
1969 | |||
1972 | |||
1976 | |||
1980 | 188 |
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1983 | |||
1987 | |||
1990 | |||
1994 | |||
1998 | |||
2002 | 285 | ||
2005 | |||
2009 | 284 | ||
2013 | |||
2017 | |||
2021 | |||
2025 |
Members
[edit]The constituency has been held continuously by Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation. It was first represented by Oskar Rümmele from 1949 to 1957, followed by Hans Furler from 1957 to 1972. From 1972 until his death in 2023, it was represented by Wolfgang Schäuble. Schäuble served fourteen consecutive terms as its representative over the course of 51 years, making him the longest-serving parliamentarian in German history.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1949 | Oskar Rümmele | CDU | 49.5 | |
1953 | 58.9 | |||
1957 | Hans Furler | CDU | 58.5 | |
1961 | 52.9 | |||
1965 | 56.8 | |||
1969 | 56.9 | |||
1972 | Wolfgang Schäuble | CDU | 53.3 | |
1976 | 55.3 | |||
1980 | 55.7 | |||
1983 | 62.4 | |||
1987 | 58.6 | |||
1990 | 64.3 | |||
1994 | 58.3 | |||
1998 | 52.6 | |||
2002 | 52.9 | |||
2005 | 50.5 | |||
2009 | 47.2 | |||
2013 | 56.0 | |||
2017 | 48.1 | |||
2021 | 34.9 |
Election results
[edit]2021 election
[edit]Federal election (2021): Offenburg[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 | ![]() |
54,148 | 34.9 | ![]() |
40,210 | 25.9 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Matthias Katsch | 29,003 | 18.7 | ![]() |
33,043 | 21.3 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Thomas Zawalski | 21,717 | 14.0 | ![]() |
23,083 | 14.9 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Martin Gaßner-Herz | 16,692 | 10.8 | ![]() |
22,799 | 14.7 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Taras Maygutiak | 13,876 | 8.9 | ![]() |
15,320 | 9.9 | ![]() | ||
dieBasis | Peter Cleiß | 6,955 | 4.5 | 5,471 | 3.5 | ||||
FW | Adolf Huber | 5,881 | 3.8 | 3,729 | 2.4 | ![]() | |||
Left | Simon Bärmann | 4,254 | 2.7 | ![]() |
4,423 | 2.8 | ![]() | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 2,290 | 1.5 | ![]() | ||||||
PARTEI | Cornelius Lötsch | 2,627 | 1.7 | 1,465 | 0.9 | ![]() | |||
Team Todenhöfer | 867 | 0.6 | |||||||
Pirates | 580 | 0.4 | ![]() | ||||||
Volt | 441 | 0.3 | |||||||
ÖDP | 288 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
Bürgerbewegung | 230 | 0.1 | |||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 221 | 0.1 | |||||||
Bündnis C | 173 | 0.1 | |||||||
NPD | 146 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
DiB | 139 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Humanists | 139 | 0.1 | |||||||
Bündnis 21 | 62 | 0.0 | |||||||
LKR | 43 | 0.0 | |||||||
MLPD | 19 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
DKP | 19 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,623 | 1,576 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 155,153 | 155,200 | |||||||
Turnout | 156,776 | 76.1 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 25,145 | 16.2 | ![]() |
2017 election
[edit]Federal election (2017): Offenburg[4] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
73,935 | 48.1 | ![]() |
57,033 | 37.1 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Elvira Drobinski-Weiß | 26,532 | 17.3 | ![]() |
25,406 | 16.5 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Norbert Großklaus | 19,383 | 12.6 | ![]() |
21,220 | 13.8 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Taras Maygutiak | 15,899 | 10.4 | ![]() |
17,800 | 11.6 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Trutz-Ulrich Stephani | 9,593 | 6.2 | ![]() |
16,940 | 11.0 | ![]() | ||
Left | Karin Binder | 8,264 | 5.4 | ![]() |
8,411 | 5.5 | ![]() | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,449 | 0.9 | ![]() | ||||||
FW | 1,301 | 0.8 | ![]() | ||||||
PARTEI | 959 | 0.6 | |||||||
Pirates | 651 | 0.4 | ![]() | ||||||
Tierschutzallianz | 395 | 0.3 | |||||||
ÖDP | 380 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
NPD | 358 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
DM | 342 | 0.2 | |||||||
V-Partei³ | 247 | 0.2 | |||||||
BGE | 239 | 0.2 | |||||||
Menschliche Welt | 233 | 0.2 | |||||||
DiB | 174 | 0.1 | |||||||
DIE RECHTE | 49 | 0.0 | |||||||
MLPD | 35 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
DKP | 27 | 0.0 | |||||||
Informal votes | 2,118 | 2,075 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 153,606 | 153,649 | |||||||
Turnout | 155,724 | 75.8 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 47,403 | 30.8 | ![]() |
2013 election
[edit]Federal election (2013): Offenburg[5] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
80,083 | 56.1 | ![]() |
68,973 | 48.3 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Elvira Drobinski-Weiß | 28,862 | 20.2 | ![]() |
27,448 | 19.2 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Ludwig Kornmeier | 14,111 | 9.9 | ![]() |
15,311 | 10.7 | ![]() | ||
Left | Lars Stern | 6,083 | 4.3 | ![]() |
6,762 | 4.7 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Helmut Schneider | 5,563 | 3.9 | 7,743 | 5.4 | ||||
FDP | Jan Sachs | 3,063 | 2.1 | ![]() |
8,140 | 5.7 | ![]() | ||
Pirates | Norbert Hense | 2,836 | 2.0 | 3,028 | 2.1 | ![]() | |||
NPD | Werner-Christian Wöhrle | 1,471 | 1.0 | ![]() |
1,318 | 0.9 | ![]() | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,244 | 0.9 | ![]() | ||||||
FW | Justus Wingert | 801 | 0.6 | 852 | 0.6 | ||||
ÖDP | 350 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
REP | 334 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
Volksabstimmung | 332 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
RENTNER | 311 | 0.2 | |||||||
Party of Reason | 309 | 0.2 | |||||||
PBC | 218 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
PRO | 79 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | 32 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
BIG | 24 | 0.0 | |||||||
BüSo | 14 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,386 | 2,437 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 142,873 | 142,822 | |||||||
Turnout | 145,259 | 70.8 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 21,221 | 35.9 | ![]() |
2009 election
[edit]Federal election (2009): Offenburg[6] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
65,336 | 47.2 | ![]() |
52,083 | 37.6 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Elvira Drobinski-Weiß | 27,052 | 19.5 | ![]() |
24,662 | 17.8 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Thomas Marwein | 17,460 | 12.6 | ![]() |
18,247 | 13.2 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Sibylle Laurischk | 15,454 | 11.2 | ![]() |
24,887 | 17.9 | ![]() | ||
Left | Andreas Kirchgeßner | 10,129 | 7.3 | ![]() |
10,742 | 7.7 | ![]() | ||
Pirates | 2,605 | 1.9 | |||||||
NPD | Jens Keppler | 2,069 | 1.5 | ![]() |
1,506 | 1.1 | ![]() | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 974 | 0.7 | |||||||
REP | 914 | 0.7 | ![]() | ||||||
Independent | Norbert Hense | 594 | 0.4 | ||||||
Volksabstimmung | 453 | 0.3 | |||||||
PBC | 444 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||||||
ÖDP | 430 | 0.3 | |||||||
DIE VIOLETTEN | 417 | 0.3 | |||||||
Independent | Wilhelm Sälinger | 264 | 0.2 | ||||||
Independent | Michael Eckert | 172 | 0.1 | ||||||
DVU | 97 | 0.1 | |||||||
ADM | 93 | 0.1 | |||||||
BüSo | 75 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
MLPD | 42 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 3,305 | 3,164 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 138,530 | 138,671 | |||||||
Turnout | 141,835 | 69.3 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 38,284 | 27.7 | ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Constituency Offenburg". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Results for Offenburg". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ Results for Offenburg
- ^ Results for Offenburg
- ^ Results for Offenburg
- ^ Results for Offenburg