Frankfurt am Main I (electoral district)

181 Frankfurt am Main I
181 Frankfurt am Main I
Electoral district; for the Bundestag
	Frankfurt am Main I in 2025
State	Hesse
Population	380,100 (2019)
Electorate	201,216 (2021)
Major settlements	Frankfurt am Main (partial)
Area	85.1 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	SPD
Member	Armand Zorn
Elected	2021

Last updated April 27, 2024

Frankfurt am Main I 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 181. It is located in southern Hesse, comprising the western part of the city of Frankfurt am Main.^[1]

Geography

Frankfurt am Main I is located in southern Hesse. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the Ortsbezirke of Innenstadt I, Innenstadt II, West (excluding Schwanheim Ortsteil), Mitte-West, Nord-West, and Mitte-Nord from the independent city of Frankfurt am Main.^[1]

History

Frankfurt am Main I was created in 1949, then known as Frankfurt/M I. From 1965 through 1972, it was named Frankfurt I. In the 1976 election, it was named Frankfurt (Main) I – Main-Taunus. From 1980 through 1998, it was named Frankfurt am Main I – Main-Taunus. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the 1949 election, it was Hesse constituency 15 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1976, it was number 140. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 138. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 183. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 182. From the 2025 election, it has been number 181.

Originally, the constituency comprised the Stadtbezirke of Oberrad, Sachsenhausen, Niederrad, Goldstein, Schwanheim, Griesheim, Nied, Höchst, Sindlingen, Zeilsheim, Unterliederbach, and Sossenheim from the city of Frankfurt am Main. In the 1976 through 1998 elections, it comprised the Stadtbezirke of Rödelheim, Hausen, Praunheim, Schwanheim, Goldstein-West, Griesheim, Nied, Höchst, Sindlingen, Zeilsheim, Unterliederbach, and Sossenheim from the city of Frankfurt am Main, as well as the municipalities of Bad Soden, Eschborn, Hattersheim, Kriftel, Liederbach, Schwalbach am Taunus, and Sulzbach (Taunus) from the Main-Taunus-Kreis district. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	15	Frankfurt/M I	Frankfurt am Main city (only Oberrad, Sachsenhausen, Niederrad, Goldstein, Schwanheim, Griesheim, Nied, Höchst, Sindlingen, Zeilsheim, Unterliederbach, and Sossenheim Stadtbezirke)
1953	140
1957
1961
1965		Frankfurt I
1969
1972
1976		Frankfurt (Main) I – Main-Taunus	Frankfurt am Main city (only Rödelheim, Hausen, Praunheim, Schwanheim, Goldstein-West, Griesheim, Nied, Höchst, Sindlingen, Zeilsheim, Unterliederbach, and Sossenheim Stadtbezirke) Main-Taunus-Kreis district (only Bad Soden, Eschborn, Hattersheim, Kriftel, Liederbach, Schwalbach am Taunus, and Sulzbach (Taunus) municipalities)
1980	138	Frankfurt am Main I – Main-Taunus
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	183	Frankfurt am Main I	Frankfurt am Main city (only Innenstadt I, Innenstadt II, West (excluding Schwanheim Ortsteil), Mitte-West, Nord-West, and Mitte-Nord Ortsbezirke)
2005	183
2009	182
2013
2017
2021
2025	181

Members

The constituency was first represented by Hermann Brill of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1949 to 1953, followed by Peter Horn of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1953 to 1961. Georg Leber regained it for the SPD in 1965 and served until 1976, when he was succeeded by Karsten Voigt. Heinz Riesenhuber of the CDU won the constituency in 1983 and was representative until 2002. Gudrun Schaich-Walch was elected for the SPD in 2002 and served a single term, followed by fellow SPD member Gregor Amann in 2005. Matthias Zimmer was elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2013 and 2017. Armand Zorn won the constituency for the SPD in 2021.

	Member	Party	%
1949	Hermann Brill	SPD	38.7
1953	Peter Horn	CDU	37.7
1957	Peter Horn	CDU	42.5
1961	Georg Leber	SPD	45.4
1965			48.3
1969			55.3
1972			54.8
1976	Karsten Voigt	SPD	44.3
1980	Karsten Voigt	SPD	46.6
1983	Heinz Riesenhuber	CDU	48.8
1987			48.5
1990			48.6
1994			50.1
1998			44.0
2002	Gudrun Schaich-Walch	SPD	44.3
2005	Gregor Amann	SPD	39.8
2009	Matthias Zimmer	CDU	35.2
2013			40.2
2017			30.6
2021	Armand Zorn	SPD	29.0

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Frankfurt am Main I^[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	%	±%
	SPD	Armand Zorn		41,604	29.0	1.9	32,499	22.6	1.8
	CDU	Axel Kaufmann		31,163	21.7	8.8	25,915	18.0	8.0
	Greens	Deborah Düring		26,922	18.8	7.9	33,821	23.5	9.9
	FDP	Frank Maiwald		16,369	11.4	2.2	21,361	14.9	0.9
	Left	Janine Wissler		12,562	8.8	1.0	10,384	7.2	4.8
	AfD	Patrick Schenk		7,909	5.5	3.5	7,846	5.5	3.9
	Team Todenhöfer						2,496	1.7
	Volt	Maximilian Zänker		2,685	1.9		1,734	1.2
	Tierschutzpartei						1,716	1.2	0.2
	FW	Eric Pärisch		2,094	1.5	0.5	1,184	0.8	0.3
	dieBasis	Martin Heipertz		2,052	1.4		1,597	1.1
	PARTEI						1,389	1.0	0.3
	Pirates						645	0.4	0.0
	Humanists						210	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						179	0.1
	V-Partei3						168	0.1	0.1
	Bündnis C						133	0.1
	NPD						125	0.1	0.1
	ÖDP						118	0.1	0.1
	DKP						97	0.1	0.0
	MLPD	Karsten Wappelt		143	0.1	0.0	72	0.1	0.0
	LKR						39	0.0
	Bündnis 21						35	0.0
Informal votes				1,507			1,247
Total valid votes				143,503			143,763
Turnout				145,010	72.1	0.4
	SPD gain from CDU		Majority	10,441	7.3

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Frankfurt am Main I^[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 Matthias Zimmer		43,663	30.5	9.6	37,221	26.0	7.5
	SPD	Oliver Strank		38,704	27.1	6.0	29,743	20.8	6.1
	Greens	Jessica Purkhardt		15,596	10.9	1.0	19,475	13.6	0.3
	Left	Achim Kessler		13,934	9.7	1.9	17,179	12.0	3.1
	FDP	Nicola Beer		13,185	9.2	6.1	19,989	14.0	6.9
	AfD	Horst Reschke		12,892	9.0		13,342	9.3	4.0
	PARTEI	Nico Wehnemann		2,493	1.7	1.0	1,755	1.2	0.6
	Tierschutzpartei						1,399	1.0
	FW	Michael Weingärtner		1,307	0.9	0.3	725	0.5	0.2
	Pirates	Pawel Borodan		969	0.7	1.7	692	0.5	1.9
	BGE						331	0.2
	DM						325	0.2
	NPD						315	0.2	0.5
	ÖDP						266	0.2
	V-Partei³						252	0.2
	MLPD	Corinna Koske-Jones		209	0.1		134	0.1	0.1
	SGP	Marianne Arens		97	0.1
	DKP						53	0.0
	BüSo						31	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,792			1,614
Total valid votes				143,049			143,227
Turnout				144,841	72.5	4.1
	CDU hold		Majority	4,959	3.4	3.8

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Frankfurt am Main I^[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	Y Matthias Zimmer		52,427	40.2	4.9	43,883	33.5	5.9
	SPD	Gregor Amann		43,124	33.0	3.0	35,106	26.8	4.5
	Greens	Angela Anne Hanisch		12,875	9.9	2.2	17,398	13.3	2.5
	Left	Margarete Wiemer		10,280	7.9	1.4	11,684	8.9	2.2
	FDP	Hans-Joachim Otto		4,125	3.2	6.7	9,209	7.0	10.4
	AfD						6,983	5.3
	Pirates	Thorsten Wirth		3,066	2.3		3,117	2.4	0.2
	FW	Rainer Drephal		1,586	1.2		904	0.7
	NPD	Martin Patrick Baumgart		1,148	0.9	0.1	949	0.7	0.2
	PARTEI	Nico Wehnemann		939	0.7		869	0.7
	REP	Frank-Michael Homa		772	0.6	0.1	450	0.3	0.3
	PRO						133	0.1
	BüSo	Ilja Bertold Karpowski		177	0.1	0.1	85	0.1	0.1
	PSG						62	0.0
	MLPD						56	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				3,056			2,687
Total valid votes				130,519			130,888
Turnout				133,575	68.3	1.4
	CDU hold		Majority	9,303	7.2	2.1

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Frankfurt am Main I^[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	Matthias Zimmer		45,866	35.2	2.1	36,031	27.6	1.9
	SPD	N Gregor Amann		39,147	30.1	9.7	29,107	22.3	8.7
	Greens	Martina Feldmayer		15,701	12.1	2.5	20,645	15.8	0.3
	FDP	Hans-Joachim Otto		12,876	9.9	4.2	22,761	17.5	4.6
	Left	Margarete Wiemer		12,031	9.2	3.4	14,551	11.2	4.1
	Pirates						3,355	2.6
	Tierschutzpartei	Julia Reichel		1,879	1.4		1,415	1.1	0.1
	NPD	Günter Ulrich		1,327	1.0	0.8	1,266	1.0	0.3
	REP	Matthias Ottmar		862	0.7		824	0.6	0.2
	BüSo	Rainer Apel		353	0.3		210	0.2	0.1
	MLPD	Veit-Harald Müller		170	0.1		92	0.1	0.0
	DVU						81	0.1
Informal votes				2,217			2,091
Total valid votes				130,212			130,338
Turnout				132,429	69.7	4.5
	CDU gain from SPD		Majority	6,719	5.1

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References

1 2 "Constituency Frankfurt am Main I". Federal Returning Officer.
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v t e Electoral districts of Hesse in the German Bundestag
Current	Waldeck Kassel Werra-Meißner – Hersfeld-Rotenburg Schwalm-Eder Marburg Lahn-Dill Gießen Fulda Main-Kinzig – Wetterau II – Schotten Hochtaunus Wetterau I Rheingau-Taunus – Limburg Wiesbaden Hanau Main-Taunus Frankfurt am Main I Frankfurt am Main II Groß-Gerau Offenbach Darmstadt Odenwald Bergstraße
Other states	Baden-Württemberg Bavaria‎ Berlin Brandenburg‎ Bremen Hamburg‎ Lower Saxony Mecklenburg-Vorpommern North Rhine-Westphalia Rhineland-Palatinate‎ Saarland Saxony Saxony-Anhalt‎ Schleswig-Holstein‎ Thuringia‎
See also	List of Bundestag constituencies Elections in Germany

181 Frankfurt am Main I
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Frankfurt am Main I in 2025
State	Hesse
Population	380,100 (2019)
Electorate	201,216 (2021)
Major settlements	Frankfurt am Main (partial)
Area	85.1 km²
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	SPD
Member	Armand Zorn
Elected	2021