Kaiserslautern (electoral district)

Last updated
208 Kaiserslautern
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Bundestagswahlkreis 208-2025.svg
Kaiserslautern in 2025
State Rhineland-Palatinate
Population298,200 (2019)
Electorate224,701 (2021)
Major settlements Kaiserslautern
Eisenberg
Kirchheimbolanden
Area1,696.2 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
Party SPD
Member Matthias Mieves
Elected 2021

Kaiserslautern 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 208. It is located in southern Rhineland-Palatinate, comprising the city of Kaiserslautern, the Donnersbergkreis district, the Kusel district, and the northeastern part of the Landkreis Kaiserslautern district. [1]

Contents

Kaiserslautern was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2023, it has been represented by Matthias Mieves of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). [2]

Geography

Kaiserslautern is located in southern Rhineland-Palatinate. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Kaiserslautern, the district of Donnersbergkreis, the district of Donnersbergkreis, and the Verbandsgemeinden of Enkenbach-Alsenborn, Otterbach-Otterberg, and Weilerbach. [1]

History

Kaiserslautern was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Rhineland-Palatinate constituency 13 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 160. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was number 161. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 159. In the 2002 election, it was number 212. In the 2005 election, it was number 211. In the 2009 and 2013 elections, it was number 210. In the 2017 and 2021 elections, it was number 209. From the 2025 election, it has been number 208.

Originally, the constituency comprised the city of Kaiserslautern and the districts of Landkreis Kaiserslautern and Kusel. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

ElectionNo.NameBorders
1949 13Kaiserslautern
1953 160
1957
1961
1965 161
1969
1972
1976
1980 159
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 212
2005 211
2009 210
2013
2017 209
2021
2025 208

Members

The constituency has been held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) during all but two Bundestag terms since its creation. It was first represented by Adolf Ludwig of the SPD from 1949 to 1953. August Spies of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was elected in 1953 and served until 1961. Adolf Müller-Emmert regained it for the SPD in 1961 and was representative until 1987, a total of seven consecutive terms. He was succeeded by Rose Götte from 1987 to 1994. Hansjörg Schäfer then served two terms from 1994 to 2002. Gustav Herzog was representative from 2002 to 2021. He was succeeded by Matthias Mieves in 2021.

ElectionMemberParty %
1949 Adolf Ludwig SPD 36.5
1953 August Spies CDU 37.8
1957 42.8
1961 Adolf Müller-Emmert SPD 41.4
1965 46.5
1969 49.4
1972 55.7
1976 50.8
1980 52.6
1983 48.9
1987 Rose Götte SPD 48.7
1990 47.3
1994 Hansjörg Schäfer SPD 47.9
1998 50.9
2002 Gustav Herzog SPD 49.9
2005 44.2
2009 34.6
2013 38.5
2017 33.9
2021 Matthias Mieves SPD 33.9

Election results

2025 election

Federal election (2025): Kaiserslautern [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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
AfD Sebastian Münzenmaier45,15925.5Increase2.svg 13.545,95225.9Increase2.svg 13.5
CDU Frank Burgdörfer42,59124.1Increase2.svg 2.644,23124.9Increase2.svg 5.1
SPD Green check.svgY Matthias Mieves 49,46228.0Decrease2.svg 5.936,50020.5Decrease2.svg 12.0
Greens Lea Siegfried10,0995.7Decrease2.svg 3.014,6248.2Decrease2.svg 2.3
Left Stefan Glander7,3974.2Increase2.svg 0.110,7706.1Increase2.svg 2.3
BSW Alexander Ulrich 7,6294.3New8,8375.0New
FDP Christian Kopp5,1372.9Decrease2.svg 4.26,9733.9Decrease2.svg 6.4
FW Jasmin Awan7,3854.2Decrease2.svg 3.24,6952.6Decrease2.svg 2.2
Tierschutzpartei  2,6491.5Decrease2.svg 0.4
Volt Marvin Ballat1,5700.9Increase2.svg 0.49920.6Increase2.svg 0.1
PARTEI  7970.4Decrease2.svg 0.5
BD Tim Meinhold4530.3New3310.2New
ÖDP  2360.1Steady2.svg 0.0
MLPD  56<0.1Steady2.svg
Informal votes2,3181,557
Total valid votes176,882177,643
Turnout 179,20081.5Increase2.svg 6.2
SPD holdMajority4,3032.5Decrease2.svg 9.9

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Kaiserslautern [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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
SPD Matthias Mieves 56,52333.9Steady2.svg 0.054,46032.5Increase2.svg 4.3
CDU Xaver Jung35,80321.5Decrease2.svg 9.833,22619.8Decrease2.svg 9.3
AfD Marco Staudt20,00212.0Decrease2.svg 0.620,70212.4Decrease2.svg 1.3
Greens Michael Kunte14,5898.7Increase2.svg 3.717,61110.5Increase2.svg 3.8
FW Thomas Lebkücher12,2257.3Increase2.svg 4.58,0424.8Increase2.svg 2.7
FDP Jana Lumbur11,8707.1Increase2.svg 1.717,24210.3Increase2.svg 1.2
Left Alexander Ulrich 6,7534.1Decrease2.svg 3.26,3833.8Decrease2.svg 4.2
Tierschutzpartei Patrick Kühn-Breisch3,1971.93,1681.9
PARTEI Derya Sujana-Şen2,1541.3Decrease2.svg 0.21,6411.0Decrease2.svg 0.3
dieBasis Torsten Friedrichs2,1591.32,0551.2
Pirates  6950.4Decrease2.svg 0.1
Volt Malte Schümann8010.56850.4
Team Todenhöfer  4320.3
Independent Marius Lauer3920.2
The Homeland  2980.2Decrease2.svg 0.3
ÖDP  2530.2Steady2.svg 0.0
Humanists  1710.1
V-Partei3  1420.1Decrease2.svg 0.2
DiB  1210.1
LKR Petra Winkler1540.11010.1
Independent Dirk Hoppe1470.1
MLPD  360.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Independent Dietrich Schwang280.0
Informal votes2,4091,742
Total valid votes166,797167,464
Turnout 169,20675.3Increase2.svg 0.1
SPD holdMajority20,72012.4Increase2.svg 9.8

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Kaiserslautern [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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
SPD Green check.svgY Gustav Herzog 57,48233.9Decrease2.svg 4.647,98628.3Decrease2.svg 4.4
CDU Xaver Jung53,02231.3Decrease2.svg 5.949,40029.1Decrease2.svg 6.8
AfD Stefan Scheil21,37812.623,20613.7Increase2.svg 9.2
Left Alexander Ulrich 12,2777.2Decrease2.svg 0.213,5488.0Increase2.svg 0.4
FDP Achim Oliver Bertram9,2565.5Increase2.svg 3.215,5199.1Increase2.svg 4.6
Greens Paul Bunjes8,6185.1Decrease2.svg 0.211,3606.7Decrease2.svg 0.5
FW Günther Mack4,8202.8Increase2.svg 0.23,5582.1Increase2.svg 0.2
PARTEI Alexander Mühlmann2,5261.52,1871.3
Pirates  9300.5Decrease2.svg 2.1
The Homeland  8110.5Decrease2.svg 1.4
V-Partei³ 5290.3
BGE  3550.2
ÖDP  3430.2Steady2.svg 0.0
MLPD  320.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes2,9372,552
Total valid votes169,379169,764
Turnout 172,31675.2Increase2.svg 5.0
SPD holdMajority4,4602.6Increase2.svg 1.3

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Kaiserslautern [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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
SPD Green check.svgY Gustav Herzog 61,25338.5Increase2.svg 4.052,24232.7Increase2.svg 5.0
CDU Xaver Jung 59,08637.2Increase2.svg 4.357,37635.9Increase2.svg 7.7
Left Alexander Ulrich 11,8137.4Decrease2.svg 6.512,1077.6Decrease2.svg 6.6
Greens Felicitas Flörchinger8,4465.3Decrease2.svg 1.511,4307.1Decrease2.svg 1.6
Pirates Johannes Merkert4,8103.04,2782.7Increase2.svg 0.5
FW Manfred Petry4,1452.63,0311.9
The Homeland Klaus Alfons Gras3,9532.5Decrease2.svg 0.13,0801.9Decrease2.svg 0.1
FDP Christian Kopp3,5842.3Decrease2.svg 7.07,3154.6Decrease2.svg 9.7
AfD  7,1014.4
FAMILIE Anette Sabine Metzger1,8961.2
REP  5800.4Decrease2.svg 0.5
Party of Reason 5350.3
PRO 4150.3
ÖDP  3230.2Decrease2.svg 0.1
MLPD  550.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes4,0243,142
Total valid votes158,986159,868
Turnout 163,01070.2Increase2.svg 0.7
SPD holdMajority2,1671.3Decrease2.svg 0.5

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Kaiserslautern [7]
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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
SPD Green check.svgY Gustav Herzog 55,07034.6Decrease2.svg 9.744,36227.7Decrease2.svg 11.2
CDU Xaver Jung52,31132.8Decrease2.svg 2.545,21228.2Decrease2.svg 1.3
Left Alexander Ulrich 22,20513.9Increase2.svg 5.722,67014.2Increase2.svg 5.4
FDP Brigitta Röthig-Wentz14,7259.2Increase2.svg 4.322,93214.3Increase2.svg 3.9
Greens Dirk Just10,8346.8Increase2.svg 2.513,9368.7Increase2.svg 1.6
Pirates  3,4212.1
The Homeland Sascha Wagner4,1432.6Decrease2.svg 0.23,1972.0Decrease2.svg 0.3
FAMILIE 2,0741.3Decrease2.svg 0.1
REP  1,3730.9Decrease2.svg 0.4
PBC4140.3Decrease2.svg 0.1
ÖDP  4060.3
DVU  1320.1
MLPD  550.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes4,0623,166
Total valid votes159,288160,184
Turnout 163,35069.5Decrease2.svg 7.0
SPD holdMajority2,7591.8Decrease2.svg 7.2

References

  1. 1 2 "Constituency Kaiserslautern". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Kaiserslautern". Federal Returning Officer.
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