Offenburg (electoral district)

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284 Offenburg
electoral district
for the Bundestag
File:BWahlkreis 284.svg
Offenburg in 2009
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 Wolfgang Schäuble
Elected 1972, 1976, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021

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. Since 1972, it has been represented by Wolfgang Schäuble of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]

Geography

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

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
1949 6 Offenburg
  • Offenburg district
  • Lahr district
  • Kehl district
1953 188
1957
1961
1965 192
1969
1972
1976
1980 188
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 285
2005
2009 284
2013
2017
2021

Members

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. Since 1972, it has been represented by Wolfgang Schäuble. Schäuble has served fourteen consecutive terms as representative over the course of 49 years, making him the longest-serving parliamentarian in German history.

Election Member Party  %
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

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Offenburg[3]

Notes: Green 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.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party Votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Wolfgang Schäuble 54,148 34.9 Decrease 13.2 40,210 25.9 Decrease 11.2
SPD Matthias Katsch 29,003 18.7 Increase 1.4 33,043 21.3 Increase 4.8
style="background-color: Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Alliance 90/The Greens|Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/shortname]] Thomas Zawalski 21,717 14.0 Increase 1.4 23,083 14.9 Increase 1.1
FDP Martin Gaßner-Herz 16,692 10.8 Increase 4.5 22,799 14.7 Increase 3.7
AfD Taras Maygutiak 13,876 8.9 Decrease 1.4 15,320 9.9 Decrease 1.7
style="background-color: Template:Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany|Template:Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany/meta/shortname]] Peter Cleiß 6,955 4.5 5,471 3.5
style="background-color: Template:Free Voters/meta/color; width: 5px;" | FW Adolf Huber 5,881 3.8 3,729 2.4 Increase 1.6
Left Simon Bärmann 4,254 2.7 Decrease 2.6 4,423 2.8 Decrease 2.6
Tierschutzpartei   2,290 1.5 Increase 0.5
[[Die PARTEI|Template:Die PARTEI/meta/shortname]] Cornelius Lötsch 2,627 1.7 1,465 0.9 Increase 0.3
style="background-color: Template:Team Todenhöfer/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Team Todenhöfer|Template:Team Todenhöfer/meta/shortname]]   867 0.6
Pirates   580 0.4 Steady 0.0
style="background-color: Template:Volt Germany/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Volt Germany|Template:Volt Germany/meta/shortname]]   441 0.3
[[Ecological Democratic Party|Template:Ecological Democratic Party/meta/shortname]]   288 0.2 Decrease 0.1
Bürgerbewegung 230 0.1
style="background-color: Template:Partei für Gesundheitsforschung/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Partei für Gesundheitsforschung|Template:Partei für Gesundheitsforschung/meta/shortname]]   221 0.1
style="background-color: Template:Alliance C – Christians for Germany/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Alliance C – Christians for Germany|Template:Alliance C – Christians for Germany/meta/shortname]]   173 0.1
NPD   146 0.1 Decrease 0.1
style="background-color: Template:Democracy in Motion/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Democracy in Motion|Template:Democracy in Motion/meta/shortname]]   139 0.1 Steady 0.0
style="background-color: Template:Party of Humanists/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Party of Humanists|Template:Party of Humanists/meta/shortname]]   139 0.1
Bündnis 21 62 0.0
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Conservative Reformers/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Liberal Conservative Reformers|Template:Liberal Conservative Reformers/meta/shortname]]   43 0.0
style="background-color: Template:Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany|Template:Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany/meta/shortname]]   19 0.0 Steady 0.0
[[German Communist Party|Template:German Communist Party/meta/shortname]]   19 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 1,623 1,576
Total Valid votes 155,153 155,200
Turnout 156,776 76.1 Increase 0.4
CDU hold Majority 25,145 16.2 Decrease 14.6

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Offenburg[4]

Notes: Green 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.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party Votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Wolfgang Schäuble 73,935 48.1 Decrease 7.9 57,033 37.1 Decrease 11.2
SPD Elvira Drobinski-Weiß 26,532 17.3 Decrease 2.9 25,406 16.5 Decrease 2.7
style="background-color: Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Alliance 90/The Greens|Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/shortname]] Norbert Großklaus 19,383 12.6 Increase 2.7 21,220 13.8 Increase 3.1
AfD Taras Maygutiak 15,899 10.4 Increase 6.5 17,800 11.6 Increase 6.2
FDP Trutz-Ulrich Stephani 9,593 6.2 Increase 4.1 16,940 11.0 Increase 5.3
Left Karin Binder 8,264 5.4 Increase 1.1 8,411 5.5 Increase 0.7
Tierschutzpartei   1,449 0.9 Increase 0.1
style="background-color: Template:Free Voters/meta/color; width: 5px;" | FW   1,301 0.8 Increase 0.3
[[Die PARTEI|Template:Die PARTEI/meta/shortname]]   959 0.6
Pirates   651 0.4 Decrease 1.7
Tierschutzallianz 395 0.3
[[Ecological Democratic Party|Template:Ecological Democratic Party/meta/shortname]]   380 0.2 Steady 0.0
NPD   358 0.2 Decrease 0.7
DM 342 0.2
V-Partei³ 247 0.2
[[Basic Income Alliance|Template:Basic Income Alliance/meta/shortname]]   239 0.2
Menschliche Welt 233 0.2
DiB 174 0.1
DIE RECHTE 49 0.0
style="background-color: Template:Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany|Template:Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany/meta/shortname]]   35 0.0 Steady 0.0
[[German Communist Party|Template:German Communist Party/meta/shortname]]   27 0.0
Informal votes 2,118 2,075
Total Valid votes 153,606 153,649
Turnout 155,724 75.8 Increase 4.9
CDU hold Majority 47,403 30.8 Decrease 5.0

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Offenburg[5]

Notes: Green 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.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party Votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Wolfgang Schäuble 80,083 56.1 Increase 8.9 68,973 48.3 Increase 10.7
SPD Elvira Drobinski-Weiß 28,862 20.2 Increase 0.7 27,448 19.2 Increase 1.4
style="background-color: Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Alliance 90/The Greens|Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/shortname]] Ludwig Kornmeier 14,111 9.9 Decrease 2.7 15,311 10.7 Decrease 2.4
Left Lars Stern 6,083 4.3 Decrease 3.1 6,762 4.7 Decrease 3.0
AfD Helmut Schneider 5,563 3.9 7,743 5.4
FDP Jan Sachs 3,063 2.1 Decrease 9.0 8,140 5.7 Decrease 12.2
Pirates Norbert Hense 2,836 2.0 3,028 2.1 Increase 0.2
NPD Werner-Christian Wöhrle 1,471 1.0 Decrease 0.5 1,318 0.9 Decrease 0.2
Tierschutzpartei   1,244 0.9 Increase 0.2
style="background-color: Template:Free Voters/meta/color; width: 5px;" | FW Justus Wingert 801 0.6 852 0.6
[[Ecological Democratic Party|Template:Ecological Democratic Party/meta/shortname]]   350 0.2 Decrease 0.1
REP   334 0.2 Decrease 0.4
Volksabstimmung 332 0.2 Decrease 0.1
RENTNER 311 0.2
Party of Reason 309 0.2
PBC 218 0.2 Decrease 0.2
PRO 79 0.1
style="background-color: Template:Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany|Template:Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany/meta/shortname]]   32 0.0 Steady 0.0
BIG 24 0.0
BüSo 14 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 2,386 2,437
Total Valid votes 142,873 142,822
Turnout 145,259 70.8 Increase 1.5
CDU hold Majority 21,221 35.9 Increase 8.2

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Offenburg[6]

Notes: Green 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.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party Votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Wolfgang Schäuble 65,336 47.2 Decrease 3.3 52,083 37.6 Decrease 3.6
SPD Elvira Drobinski-Weiß 27,052 19.5 Decrease 11.6 24,662 17.8 Decrease 11.5
style="background-color: Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Alliance 90/The Greens|Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/shortname]] Thomas Marwein 17,460 12.6 Increase 5.6 18,247 13.2 Increase 3.4
FDP Sibylle Laurischk 15,454 11.2 Increase 6.1 24,887 17.9 Increase 6.6
Left Andreas Kirchgeßner 10,129 7.3 Increase 3.4 10,742 7.7 Increase 3.4
Pirates   2,605 1.9
NPD Jens Keppler 2,069 1.5 Decrease 0.2 1,506 1.1 Decrease 0.2
Tierschutzpartei   974 0.7
REP   914 0.7 Decrease 0.3
Independent Norbert Hense 594 0.4
Volksabstimmung 453 0.3
PBC 444 0.3 Decrease 0.2
[[Ecological Democratic Party|Template:Ecological Democratic Party/meta/shortname]]   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 Steady 0.0
style="background-color: Template:Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany|Template:Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany/meta/shortname]]   42 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 3,305 3,164
Total Valid votes 138,530 138,671
Turnout 141,835 69.3 Decrease 6.1
CDU hold Majority 38,284 27.7 Increase 8.3

References

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