Offenbach (electoral district)

Last updated
184 Offenbach
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Bundestagswahlkreis 184-2025.svg
Offenbach in 2025
State Hesse
Population367,100 (2019)
Electorate219,511 (2021)
Major settlements Offenbach am Main
Dreieich
Langen
Area241.4 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
Party CDU
Member Björn Simon
Elected 2017, 2021, 2025

Offenbach 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 184. It is located in southern Hesse, comprising the city of Offenbach am Main and the western part of the Landkreis Offenbach district. [1]

Contents

Offenbach was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Björn Simon of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). [2]

Geography

Offenbach is located in southern Hesse. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Offenbach am Main and the municipalities of Dietzenbach, Dreieich, Egelsbach, Heusenstamm, Langen (Hessen), Mühlheim am Main, Neu-Isenburg, and Obertshausen from the Landkreis Offenbach district. [1]

History

Offenbach was created in 1949, then known as Offenbach/M. It acquired its current name in the 1965 election. In the 1949 election, it was Hesse constituency 19 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1976, it was number 144. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 142. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 186. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 185. From the 2025 election, it has been number 184.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Offenbach am Main and the Landkreis Offenbach district. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it comprised the city of Offenbach am Main and the entirety of the Landkreis Offenbach district excluding the municipalities of Dietzenbach, Dreieichenhain, Dudenhofen, Froschhausen, Götzenhain, Hainhausen, Hainstadt, Jügesheim, Klein-Auheim, Klein-Krotzenburg, Klein-Welzheim, Mainflingen, Offenthal, Rembrücken, Seligenstadt, Steinheim am Main, Weiskirchen, and Zellhausen. In the 1976 through 1998 elections, it acquired a configuration very similar to its current borders, but excluding the municipality of Dietzenbach from the Landkreis Offenbach district. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

ElectionNo.NameBorders
1949 19Offenbach/M
1953 144
1957
1961
1965 Offenbach
  • Offenbach am Main city
  • Landkreis Offenbach district (excluding Dietzenbach, Dreieichenhain, Dudenhofen, Froschhausen, Götzenhain, Hainhausen, Hainstadt, Jügesheim, Klein-Auheim, Klein-Krotzenburg, Klein-Welzheim, Mainflingen, Offenthal, Rembrücken, Seligenstadt, Steinheim am Main, Weiskirchen, and Zellhausen municipalities)
1969
1972
1976
1980 142
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 186
2005
2009 185
2013
2017
2021
2025 184

Members

The constituency was first represented by Harald Koch of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1949 to 1953, followed by Wilhelm Banse of the SPD from 1953 to 1957. Karl Kanka won it for the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in 1957. Horst Schmidt regained it for the SPD in 1961 and served three terms. Manfred Coppik succeeded him in 1972 and was representative until 1983. Klaus Lippold of the CDU then served from 1983 to 1998. Uta Zapf of the SPD was elected in 1998 and held the constituency for two terms, before former member Lippold regained it in 2005. He was succeeded by fellow CDU member Peter Wichtel in 2009, who served until 2017. Björn Simon was elected in 2017 and re-elected in 2021.

ElectionMemberParty %
1949 Harald Koch SPD 37.2
1953 Wilhelm Banse SPD 40.0
1957 Karl Kanka CDU 42.9
1961 Horst Schmidt SPD 45.6
1965 49.1
1969 54.8
1972 Manfred Coppik SPD 54.5
1976 46.9
1980 47.0
1983 Klaus Lippold CDU 48.6
1987 47.6
1990 47.1
1994 47.4
1998 Uta Zapf SPD 43.5
2002 43.4
2005 Klaus Lippold CDU 43.7
2009 Peter Wichtel CDU 40.2
2013 45.5
2017 Björn Simon CDU 35.4
2021 27.8

Election results

2025 election

Federal election (2025): Offenbach [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%±%
CDU Green check.svgY Björn Simon 53,81231.2Increase2.svg 3.447,97427.7Increase2.svg 4.8
SPD Laura Wolf38,38322.2Decrease2.svg 4.130,17817.4Decrease2.svg 7.5
AfD Peter Lutz26,30015.2Increase2.svg 7.626,23215.2Increase2.svg 7.4
Greens Tarek al-Wazir25,41614.7Decrease2.svg 2.122,64613.1Decrease2.svg 4.3
Left Magdalena Depta-Wollenhaupt17,84210.3Increase2.svg 5.519,89311.5Increase2.svg 6.5
BSW  9,7695.6New
FDP Ernestos Varvaroussis6,6063.8Decrease2.svg 5.79,3605.4Decrease2.svg 7.8
Tierschutzpartei  2,2181.3Decrease2.svg 0.2
FW Lukas Mengel4,1592.4Steady2.svg 0.01,8391.1Decrease2.svg 0.4
Volt  1,5390.9Increase2.svg 0.1
PARTEI  8580.5Decrease2.svg 0.4
BD  2430.1New
Humanists  1470.1Steady2.svg 0.0
MLPD  67<0.1Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes1,8521,407
Total valid votes172,516172,963
Turnout 174,37079.9Increase2.svg 7.9
CDU holdMajority15,4299.0Increase2.svg 7.6

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Offenbach [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%±%
CDU Green check.svgY Björn Simon 43,34727.8Decrease2.svg 8.535,75422.9Decrease2.svg 7.6
SPD Tuna Firat41,03526.4Increase2.svg 1.438,79924.9Increase2.svg 3.5
Greens Wolfgang Strengmann-Kuhn 26,22916.8Increase2.svg 8.027,06217.4Increase2.svg 7.2
FDP Ernestos Varvaroussis14,8289.5Increase2.svg 1.820,62513.2Increase2.svg 0.6
AfD Christin Thüne11,8517.6Decrease2.svg 3.612,0987.8Decrease2.svg 4.0
Left Christine Buchholz 7,4973.8Decrease2.svg 2.97,7875.0Decrease2.svg 3.8
Team Todenhöfer  2,4291.6
FW Dennis Lehmann3,7332.4Increase2.svg 0.52,3361.5Increase2.svg 0.7
Tierschutzpartei  2,2421.4Increase2.svg 0.4
dieBasis Stefan Billing2,4811.62,1781.4
PARTEI Stephanie Birkle2,0291.31,3800.9Decrease2.svg 0.1
Volt Felix Kautz1,5341.01,1780.8
Pirates Gregory Engels1,1570.7Decrease2.svg 0.28490.5Steady2.svg 0.0
Gesundheitsforschung  2250.1
V-Partei3  1830.1Decrease2.svg 0.1
Humanists  1630.1
ÖDP  1280.1Decrease2.svg 0.1
The Homeland  1270.1Decrease2.svg 0.2
Bündnis C  960.1
DKP  640.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Bündnis 21470.0
LKR  380.0
MLPD  260.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes2,3312,238
Total valid votes155,721155,814
Turnout 158,05272.0Decrease2.svg 2.3
CDU holdMajority2,3121.4Decrease2.svg 9.9

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Offenbach [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%±%
CDU Björn Simon 58,56536.4Decrease2.svg 9.149,30230.6Decrease2.svg 8.3
SPD Tuna Firat40,10624.9Decrease2.svg 6.334,51921.4Decrease2.svg 4.7
AfD Arno Groß18,04711.219,05011.8Increase2.svg 6.0
Greens Wolfgang Strengmann-Kuhn 14,2468.8Increase2.svg 0.716,42110.2Decrease2.svg 0.5
Left Christine Buchholz 12,4357.7Increase2.svg 1.614,2618.8Increase2.svg 2.2
FDP Karl-Richard Krüger12,4207.7Increase2.svg 4.920,37212.6Increase2.svg 6.3
Tierschutzpartei  1,6421.0
PARTEI  1,5641.0Increase2.svg 0.4
FW Jürgen Ries3,0561.9Steady2.svg 0.01,3630.8Decrease2.svg 0.1
Pirates Gregory Engels1,5861.0Decrease2.svg 1.59450.6Decrease2.svg 1.8
The Homeland  4290.3Decrease2.svg 0.8
BGE  3540.2
DM3220.2
V-Partei³ 2940.2
ÖDP  2850.2
MLPD  770.0Steady2.svg 0.0
DKP  560.0
BüSo 380.0Steady2.svg 0.0
VIOLETTEN Jochem-Frank Kalmbacher5220.3
Informal votes2,5972,286
Total valid votes160,983161,294
Turnout 163,58074.3Increase2.svg 2.9
CDU holdMajority18,45911.5Decrease2.svg 2.8

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Offenbach [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%±%
CDU Green check.svgY Peter Wichtel69,93045.5Increase2.svg 5.359,90538.8Increase2.svg 7.0
SPD Dirk Gene Hagelstein47,98431.2Increase2.svg 2.540,20326.1Increase2.svg 3.8
Greens Wolfgang Strengmann-Kuhn 12,5488.2Decrease2.svg 1.716,50310.7Decrease2.svg 2.1
Left Christine Buchholz 9,4796.2Decrease2.svg 1.310,2056.6Decrease2.svg 2.3
AfD  8,9945.8
FDP Paul-Gerhard Weiß4,3762.8Decrease2.svg 7.49,8366.4Decrease2.svg 12.0
Pirates Vecih Yasaner3,7802.53,6272.4Decrease2.svg 0.1
The Homeland Frank Marschner2,5381.7Increase2.svg 0.11,6631.1Decrease2.svg 0.1
FW Jürgen Ries2,9681.91,4610.9
PARTEI  8390.5
REP  6260.4Decrease2.svg 0.3
PRO 2240.1
SGP  750.0
BüSo 490.0Decrease2.svg 0.1
MLPD  400.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes4,6373,990
Total valid votes153,603154,250
Turnout 158,24071.4Decrease2.svg 0.4
CDU holdMajority21,94614.3Increase2.svg 2.9

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Offenbach [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%±%
CDU Peter Wichtel62,28140.2Decrease2.svg 3.549,26731.9Decrease2.svg 4.2
SPD Uta Zapf 44,54228.8Decrease2.svg 11.234,37622.2Decrease2.svg 9.8
FDP Vera Langer15,84310.2Increase2.svg 5.428,40918.4Increase2.svg 5.8
Greens Klaus-Uwe Gerhardt15,2439.8Increase2.svg 4.219,86312.8Increase2.svg 2.0
Left Christine Buchholz 11,5947.5Increase2.svg 3.213,8138.9Increase2.svg 3.8
Pirates  3,8352.5
Tierschutzpartei Daniela Rinkenberger2,7221.81,8581.2Increase2.svg 0.4
The Homeland Frank Marschner2,4341.6Steady2.svg 0.01,7661.1Steady2.svg 0.0
REP  1,0680.7Decrease2.svg 0.1
Independent Ahmet Kansiz2290.1
BüSo 1980.1Increase2.svg 0.1
DVU  1500.1
MLPD  410.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes3,9694,213
Total valid votes154,888154,644
Turnout 158,85771.8Decrease2.svg 5.4
CDU holdMajority17,73911.4Increase2.svg 7.7

References

  1. 1 2 "Constituency Offenbach". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Offenbach". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. Results for Offenbach
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