Wiesbaden (electoral district)

178 Wiesbaden
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Wiesbaden in 2025
State	Hesse
Population	278,500 (2019)
Electorate	186,735 (2021)
Major settlements	Wiesbaden
Area	203.9 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CDU
Member	Stefan Korbach
Elected	2025

Wiesbaden 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 178. It is located in southwestern Hesse, comprising the city of Wiesbaden. ^[1]

Wiesbaden was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. From 2017 to 2025, it has been represented by Ingmar Jung of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). ^[2] Since 2025 it is been represented by Stefan Korbach of the CDU.

Geography

Wiesbaden is located in southwestern Hesse. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the independent city of Wiesbaden. ^[1]

History

Wiesbaden was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Hesse constituency 13 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1976, it was number 138. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 136. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 180. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 179. From the 2025 election, it has been number 178. Its borders have not changed since its creation.

Members

The constituency was first represented by Victor-Emanuel Preusker of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) from 1949 to 1957. Elisabeth Schwarzhaupt of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was elected in 1957. Karl Wittrock of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) won it in 1961, and was succeeded in 1965 by fellow party member Karl-Walter Fritz. Horst Krockert of the SPD then served from 1969 to 1980. Rudi Schmitt of the SPD was representative for a single term from 1980 to 1983 before Hannelore Rönsch won the constituency for the CDU. Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul regained it for the SPD in 1998 and served until 2009. Kristina Schröder of the CDU was then representative from 2009 to 2017. Ingmar Jung of the CDU was elected in 2017.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Victor-Emanuel Preusker	FDP	36.4
	1953			32.4
	1957	Elisabeth Schwarzhaupt	CDU	43.5
	1961	Karl Wittrock	SPD	39.1
	1965	Karl-Walter Fritz	SPD	45.3
	1969	Horst Krockert	SPD	50.5
	1972			52.4
	1976			46.0
	1980	Rudi Schmitt	SPD	48.5
	1983	Hannelore Rönsch	CDU	46.6
	1987			46.1
	1990			43.2
	1994			45.0
	1998	Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul	SPD	44.2
	2002			47.3
	2005			44.1
	2009	Kristina Schröder	CDU	40.8
	2013			43.6
	2017	Ingmar Jung	CDU	34.3
	2021			26.3

Election results

2025 election

Federal election (2025): Wiesbaden [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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Stefan Korbach		44,994	30.7	4.4	39,189	26.6	5.5
	SPD	Nadine Ruf		32,698	22.3	3.5	25,711	17.5	7.4
	Greens	Panagio Garcia		21,876	14.9	4.3	23,494	16.0	3.9
	AfD	Erich Heidkamp		20,405	13.9	7.1	20,737	14.1	7.0
	Left	Daniel Winter		15,412	10.5	5.6	16,942	11.5	6.5
	FDP	Lucas Schwalbach		5,944	4.1	6.3	8,234	5.6	8.5
	BSW						7,249	4.9	New
	Volt	Daniel Weber		3,115	2.1	0.7	1,772	1.2	0.2
	Tierschutzpartei						1,506	1.0	0.2
	FW	Eike Kreft		2,316	1.6	0.4	1,244	0.8	0.2
	PARTEI						692	0.5	0.3
	BD						203	0.1	New
	Humanists						173	0.1	0.1
	MLPD						61	<0.1	0.0
Informal votes				1,431			984
Total valid votes				146,760			147,207
Turnout				148,191	79.7	6.7
	CDU hold		Majority	12,296	8.4	7.9

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Wiesbaden [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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Y Ingmar Jung		35,375	26.3	8.0	28,523	21.1	7.8
	SPD	Nadine Ruf		34,750	25.8	2.7	33,546	24.9	3.7
	Greens	Uta Brehm		25,811	19.2	10.2	26,818	19.9	8.1
	FDP	Lucas Schwalbach		13,995	10.4	3.4	18,947	14.0	0.7
	AfD	Erich Heidkamp		9,192	6.8	3.6	9,588	7.1	4.1
	Left	Daniel Winter		6,652	4.9	2.7	7,128	5.3	4.2
	dieBasis	Ulrike Fröhlich		2,327	1.7		1,911	1.4
	Tierschutzpartei						1,651	1.2	0.4
	Volt	Samater Liban		1,904	1.4		1,324	1.0
	FW	Andre Wittmann		1,602	1.2	0.1	1,411	1.0	0.4
	Team Todenhöfer						1,367	1.0
	PARTEI	Lukas Haker		1,559	1.2	0.3	1,049	0.8	0.2
	Pirates	Yasmin Schulze		742	0.6	0.1	525	0.4	0.0
	Humanists	Felicitas Klings		472	0.3		252	0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung						152	0.1
	ÖDP						139	0.1	0.1
	V-Partei3						135	0.1	0.1
	BüSo	Alexander Hartmann		123	0.1
	Bündnis C						112	0.1
	The Homeland						104	0.1	0.1
	LKR	Lucien Peter		103	0.1		81	0.1
	DKP						35	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						34	0.0	0.0
	Bündnis 21						34	0.0
Informal votes				1,607			1,348
Total valid votes				134,607			134,866
Turnout				136,214	72.9	0.9
	CDU hold		Majority	625	0.5	5.3

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Wiesbaden [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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Ingmar Jung		47,309	34.3	9.3	40,022	29.0	9.7
	SPD	Simon Rottloff		39,396	28.6	6.4	29,247	21.2	6.6
	AfD	Michael Goebel		14,417	10.4	6.5	15,496	11.2	6.2
	Greens	Felix Möller		12,321	8.9	1.4	16,286	11.8	0.1
	Left	Adrian Gabriel		10,558	7.7	2.9	13,160	9.5	3.6
	FDP	Lucas Schwalbach		9,693	7.0	4.5	18,400	13.3	6.5
	PARTEI	Alexander Gürtler		1,963	1.4		1,360	1.0	0.6
	Tierschutzpartei						1,196	0.9
	FW	Hans-Georg Kroll		1,467	1.1		943	0.7	0.2
	Pirates	Gunnar Langer		841	0.6	1.1	578	0.4	1.5
	BGE						341	0.2
	ÖDP						297	0.2
	DM						273	0.2
	V-Partei³						253	0.2
	The Homeland						222	0.2	0.5
	MLPD						75	0.1	0.0
	BüSo						54	0.0	0.1
	DKP						26	0.0
Informal votes				1,810			1,546
Total valid votes				137,965			138,229
Turnout				139,775	73.8	4.0
	CDU hold		Majority	7,913	5.7	2.9

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Wiesbaden [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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Y Kristina Schröder		56,466	43.6	2.8	50,187	38.7	7.6
	SPD	Simon Rottloff		45,311	35.0	2.3	36,041	27.8	4.2
	Greens	Andreas Romppel		9,784	7.5	0.8	15,133	11.7	2.5
	Left	Manuela Schon		6,097	4.7	2.2	7,668	5.9	2.7
	AfD	Frank Mario Zaleski		5,176	4.0		6,550	5.1
	FDP	Dagmar Döring		3,296	2.5	6.9	8,801	6.8	10.9
	Pirates	Tobias Elsenmüller		2,224	1.7		2,531	2.0	0.2
	The Homeland	Daniel Knebel		941	0.7	0.4	865	0.7	0.1
	FW						665	0.5
	PARTEI						525	0.4
	REP						352	0.3	0.5
	BüSo	Alexander Hartmann		335	0.3	0.2	151	0.1	0.1
	PRO						124	0.1
	MLPD						52	0.0	0.0
	SGP						38	0.0
Informal votes				2,705			2,652
Total valid votes				129,630			129,683
Turnout				132,335	69.8	1.4
	CDU hold		Majority	11,155	8.6	0.4

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Wiesbaden [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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Kristina Köhler		53,416	40.8	0.4	40,831	31.1	1.0
	SPD	N Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul		42,751	32.6	11.4	30,892	23.5	9.1
	FDP	Wolfgang Gerhardt		12,350	9.4	5.1	23,194	17.7	4.4
	Greens	Gabriele Schuchalter-Eicke		10,970	8.4	3.7	18,560	14.1	0.8
	Left	Jörg Jungmann		9,016	6.9	2.9	11,333	8.6	3.5
	Pirates						2,839	2.2
	The Homeland	Stefan Jagsch		1,516	1.2	0.2	1,070	0.8	0.1
	REP						1,049	0.8	0.2
	Tierschutzpartei						1,005	0.8	0.1
	BüSo	Alexander Hartmann		588	0.4	0.0	269	0.2	0.0
	Independent	Hartmut Schrader		444	0.3
	DVU						125	0.1
	MLPD						37	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,374			2,221
Total valid votes				131,051			131,204
Turnout				133,425	71.2	4.4
	CDU gain from SPD		Majority	10,665	8.2

References

1. "Constituency Wiesbaden". Federal Returning Officer.
2. "Results for Wiesbaden". Federal Returning Officer.
3. Results for Wiesbaden
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7. Results for Wiesbaden