St. Wendel (electoral district)

Last updated
298 St. Wendel
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Bundestagswahlkreis 298-2025.svg
St. Wendel in 2025
State Saarland
Population212,600 (2019)
Electorate173,074 (2021)
Major settlements Sankt Wendel
Lebach
Ottweiler
Area802.0 km2
Current electoral district
Created1957
Party CDU
Member Roland Theis
Elected 2025

St. Wendel 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 298. It is located in northeastern Saarland, comprising the Sankt Wendel district, the northern part of the Neunkirchen district, and parts of the Saarlouis and Saarbrücken districts. [1]

Contents

St. Wendel was created for the inaugural 1957 federal election after the accession of Saarland to Germany. From 2021 to 2025, it has been represented by Christian Petry of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). [2] Since 2025 it is been represented by Roland Theis of the CDU.

Geography

St. Wendel is located in northeastern Saarland. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the Sankt Wendel district, the Neunkirchen district excluding the Neunkirchen and Spiesen-Elversberg municipalities, the Lebach and Schmelz municipalities from the Saarlouis district, and the Heusweiler municipality from the Saarbrücken district. [1]

History

St. Wendel was created in 1957, then known as Ottweiler – St. Wendel. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it was named Ottweiler. It acquired its current name in the 1976 election. In the 1957 and 1961 elections, it was constituency 246 in the numbering system. In the 1965 through 1998 elections, it was number 247. Since the 2002 election, it has been number 298.

Originally, the constituency comprised the district of Sankt Wendel, the municipalities of Eppelborn, Illingen, Merchweiler, Ottweiler, and Schiffweiler from the Ottweiler district, and the Ämter of Lebach and Schmelz from the Saarlouis district. In the 1976 election, it acquired a configuration very similar to its current borders, but excluding the municipality of Heusweiler from the Saarbrücken district. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

ElectionNo.NameBorders
1957 246Ottweiler – St. Wendel
1961
1965 247Ottweiler
1969
1972
1976 St. Wendel
1980
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 298
2005
2009
2013
2017
2021
2025

Members

The constituency was first represented by Leo Gottesleben  [ de ] of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1957 to 1972, followed by fellow CDU member Werner Zeyer from 1972 to 1980. Johannes Ganz  [ de ] of the CDU was then representative from 1980 to 1990. Hans-Georg Wagner of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was elected in 1990 and served until 2005. He was succeeded by fellow SPD member Rainer Tabillion  [ de ] for one term. Nadine Schön of the CDU was representative from 2009 to 2021. Christian Petry won the constituency for the SPD in 2021.

ElectionMemberParty %
1957 Leo Gottesleben  [ de ] CDU 39.6
1961 55.7
1965 54.0
1969 51.7
1972 Werner Zeyer CDU 48.2
1976 50.9
1980 Johannes Ganz  [ de ] CDU 47.9
1983 51.5
1987 48.1
1990 Hans-Georg Wagner SPD 48.7
1994 51.1
1998 53.1
2002 47.9
2005 Rainer Tabillion  [ de ] SPD 37.8
2009 Nadine Schön CDU 40.1
2013 45.4
2017 41.8
2021 Christian Petry SPD 35.1
2025 Roland Theis CDU 33.9

Election results

2025 election

Federal election (2025): St. Wendel [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 Roland Theis 47,87033.9Increase2.svg 1.842,95830.3Increase2.svg 3.9
SPD Red x.svgN Christian Petry40,40928.6Decrease2.svg 6.531,47022.2Decrease2.svg 15.2
AfD Rüdiger Klesmann29,03320.5Increase2.svg 11.529,39020.7Increase2.svg 11.3
Left Karl-Peter Scheit8,1335.8Increase2.svg 1.58,5836.1Increase2.svg 0.3
BSW  8,1185.7New
FDP Oliver Luksic 5,3633.8Decrease2.svg 4.55,7534.1Decrease2.svg 6.8
Greens Julian Bonenberger5,3413.8Decrease2.svg 0.48,7446.2New
Tierschutzpartei  2,8922.0Decrease2.svg 0.7
FW Michael Schmitt5,1603.7Increase2.svg 1.12,3221.6Decrease2.svg 0.5
Volt  6880.5Steady2.svg 0.0
Pirates  4090.3Decrease2.svg 0.3
BD  3630.3New
MLPD  47<0.1Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes1,8711,443
Total valid votes141,309141,737
Turnout 143,18085.2Increase2.svg 4.4
CDU gain from SPD Majority7,4615.3N/A

2021 election

Federal election (2021): St. Wendel [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 Christian Petry 48,13535.1Increase2.svg 4.851,22937.4Increase2.svg 9.7
CDU Red x.svgN Nadine Schön [a] 43,29832.1Decrease2.svg 9.736,24826.5Decrease2.svg 10.1
AfD Axel Magar12,3469.0Increase2.svg 0.612,9049.4Increase2.svg 0.3
FDP Oliver Luksic 11,3548.3Increase2.svg 3.614,91610.9Increase2.svg 4.0
Left Rosa Maria Grewenig5,7834.2Decrease2.svg 5.67,8875.8Decrease2.svg 5.6
Green Uta Sullenberger5,7394.2Increase2.svg 0.8
Tierschutzpartei  3,8082.8
FW Clemens Werle3,5622.6Increase2.svg 1.02,8812.1Increase2.svg 1.2
PARTEI Denis Schröder3,2612.42,2761.7Increase2.svg 0.5
dieBasis Hans-Theo Both2,2511.62,0941.5
Pirates  7410.5Increase2.svg 0.1
Volt  6930.5
ÖDP Andrea Honecker6210.55950.4
Team Todenhöfer  4080.3
NPD  2930.2Increase2.svg 0.3
MLPD  590.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes2,8282,776
Total valid votes136,980137,032
Turnout 139,80880.8Increase2.svg 1.1
SPD gain from CDU Majority4,2073.0

2017 election

Federal election (2017): St. Wendel [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 Green check.svgY Nadine Schön 57,98741.8Decrease2.svg 3.650,66036.5Decrease2.svg 4.4
SPD Christian Petry 42,12930.4Decrease2.svg 3.138,36827.7Decrease2.svg 2.8
Left Karl-Peter Scheit13,5849.8Increase2.svg 2.115,68611.3Increase2.svg 2.3
AfD Rainer Schorn11,6468.4Increase2.svg 3.612,6279.1Increase2.svg 3.7
FDP Oliver Luksic 6,5174.7Increase2.svg 3.09,5696.9Increase2.svg 3.5
Greens Sören Bund-Becker4,6743.4Increase2.svg 0.56,6624.8Increase2.svg 0.3
PARTEI  1,6321.2
FW Roman Maurer2,2321.61,2610.9Increase2.svg 0.3
Pirates  6480.5Decrease2.svg 2.1
NPD  6460.5Decrease2.svg 1.1
V-Partei³ 3180.2
DM2220.2
BGE  2020.1
PDV 1240.1
MLPD  730.1Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes2,6182,689
Total valid votes138,769138,698
Turnout 141,38779.7Increase2.svg 3.6
CDU holdMajority15,85811.4Decrease2.svg 0.5

2013 election

Federal election (2013): St. Wendel [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 Nadine Schön 60,86545.4Increase2.svg 5.354,91140.9Increase2.svg 6.3
SPD Christian Petry [b] 44,86833.5Increase2.svg 2.640,86130.4Increase2.svg 5.0
Left Dennis Bard10,2477.6Decrease2.svg 8.912,1399.0Decrease2.svg 10.1
AfD Johannes Trampert6,3654.77,2875.4
Greens Iris Langguth3,7932.8Decrease2.svg 1.56,0884.5Decrease2.svg 0.8
Pirates Gerd Rainer Weber  [ de ]3,0352.33,3912.5Increase2.svg 1.2
FDP Oliver Luksic2,2211.7Decrease2.svg 5.24,5143.4Decrease2.svg 7.4
NPD Peter Richter1,9751.5Increase2.svg 0.22,0621.5Increase2.svg 0.4
FAMILIE 1,8581.4Decrease2.svg 0.2
FW  8100.6
PDV Axel Magar6870.5
PRO 2140.2
MLPD  580.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes4,0413,904
Total valid votes134,056134,193
Turnout 138,09776.1Decrease2.svg 1.2
CDU holdMajority15,99711.9Increase2.svg 2.7

2009 election

Federal election (2009): St. Wendel [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 Nadine Müller 55,72740.1Increase2.svg 2.948,37334.6Increase2.svg 1.1
SPD Red x.svgN Rainer Tabillion  [ de ]42,91030.9Decrease2.svg 6.935,50625.4Decrease2.svg 8.1
Left Hans-Kurt Hill  [ de ]22,96516.5Increase2.svg 2.526,77519.2Increase2.svg 2.2
FDP Oliver Luksic 9,4866.8Increase2.svg 3.115,09410.8Increase2.svg 4.0
Greens Iris Langguth6,0584.4Increase2.svg 1.67,5075.4Increase2.svg 0.7
FAMILIE 2,2731.6Decrease2.svg 0.6
Pirates  1,8531.3
NPD Frank Franz1,8351.3Decrease2.svg 0.41,6291.2Decrease2.svg 0.5
RRP6640.5
MLPD  420.0Decrease2.svg 0.1
Informal votes3,8143,079
Total valid votes138,981139,716
Turnout 142,79577.2Decrease2.svg 5.1
CDU gain from SPD Majority12,8179.2

Notes

  1. Schön entered the Bundestag on the CDU list after Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer declined her mandate.
  2. Petry entered the Bundestag on the SPD list after Reinhold Jost resigned from his seat in January 2014.

References

  1. 1 2 "Constituency St. Wendel". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for St. Wendel". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. Results for St. Wendel
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  5. Results for St. Wendel
  6. Results for St. Wendel
  7. Results for St. Wendel