Koblenz (electoral district)

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198 Koblenz
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Bundestagswahlkreis 198-2025.svg
Koblenz in 2025
State Rhineland-Palatinate
Population259,800 (2019)
Electorate193,035 (2021)
Major settlements Koblenz
Lahnstein
Bendorf
Area635.8 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
Party CDU
Member Josef Oster
Elected 2017, 2021

Koblenz 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 198. It is located in northern Rhineland-Palatinate, comprising the city of Koblenz, the eastern part of the Mayen-Koblenz district, and the western part of the Rhein-Lahn-Kreis district. [1]

Contents

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

Geography

Koblenz is located in northern Rhineland-Palatinate. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Koblenz, the municipality of Bendorf and the Verbandsgemeinden of Rhein-Mosel, Vallendar, and Weißenthurm from the Mayen-Koblenz district, and, from the Rhein-Lahn-Kreis district, the municipality of Lahnstein, the Verbandsgemeinde of Loreley, and the municipalities of Arzbach, Bad Ems, Becheln, Dausenau, Fachbach, Frücht, Kemmenau, Miellen, and Nievern from the Bad Ems-Nassau Verbandsgemeinde. [1]

History

Koblenz was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Rhineland-Palatinate constituency 3 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1976 elections, it was number 150. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 148. In the 2002 election, it was number 202. In the 2005 election, it was number 201. In the 2009 and 2013 elections, it was number 200. In the 2017 and 2021 elections, it was number 199. From the 2025 election, it has been number 198.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Koblenz and the districts of Landkreis Koblenz and Sankt Goar. In the 1972 through 1998 elections, it comprised the city of Koblenz, the municipality of Bendorf and the Verbandsgemeinden of Rhens, Untermosel, Vallendar, and Weißenthurm from the Mayen-Koblenz district, and the municipality of Boppard and the Verbandsgemeinden of Emmelshausen and Sankt Goar-Oberwesel from the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election, although in 2014 the Verbandsgemeinde of Rhein-Mosel was created from Rhens and Untermosel, and the Verbandsgemeinde of Loreley absorbed Braubach.

ElectionNo.NameBorders
1949 3Koblenz
  • Koblenz city
  • Landkreis Koblenz district
  • Sankt Goar district
1953 150
1957
1961
1965
1969
1972
1976
1980 148
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 202
2005 201
2009 200
2013
2017 199
2021
2025 198

Members

The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation. It was first represented by Karl Weber from 1949 to 1965. Egon Klepsch then served from 1965 to 1980. He was succeeded by Roswitha Verhülsdonk, who was representative until 1994. Karl-Heinz Scherhag served from 1994 to 2002. Michael Fuchs was representative from 2002 to 2017. Josef Oster succeeded him in 2017 and was re-elected in 2021.

ElectionMemberParty %
1949 Karl Weber CDU 57.5
1953 62.1
1957 61.7
1961 56.8
1965 Egon Klepsch CDU 56.8
1969 52.1
1972 49.4
1976 52.3
1980 Roswitha Verhülsdonk CDU 48.4
1983 54.8
1987 50.2
1990 48.8
1994 Karl-Heinz Scherhag CDU 50.1
1998 46.2
2002 Michael Fuchs CDU 44.1
2005 45.4
2009 44.1
2013 48.0
2017 Josef Oster CDU 41.3
2021 31.7

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Koblenz [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 Josef Oster 46,07331.7Decrease2.svg 9.637,95826.0Decrease2.svg 11.8
SPD Thorsten Rudolf43,41629.9Increase2.svg 1.242,81729.3Increase2.svg 5.5
Greens Lena Etzkorn17,98012.4Increase2.svg 6.221,00714.4Increase2.svg 6.5
FDP Markus Wieseler11,1797.7Increase2.svg 1.216,37111.2Increase2.svg 0.4
AfD Carsten Dittmann9,7536.7Decrease2.svg 1.410,4267.1Decrease2.svg 2.0
FW Kathrin Laymann7,0284.8Increase2.svg 3.14,9283.4Increase2.svg 2.3
Left Oliver Antpöhler-Zwiernek4,0542.8Decrease2.svg 2.44,8043.3Decrease2.svg 3.6
Tierschutzpartei  1,8181.2
PARTEI Michael Brüggemann2,3541.6Increase2.svg 0.51,4011.0Decrease2.svg 0.2
dieBasis Mark Schneider1,7581.21,4971.0
Pirates  7250.5Steady2.svg 0.0
Volt Roman Snegur6940.56420.4
Team Todenhöfer  5980.4
ÖDP Carolin Schmidt6140.43190.2Steady2.svg 0.0
Independent Alexandra Sayn4090.3
V-Partei3  1560.1Decrease2.svg 0.1
Humanists  1370.1
DiB  1180.1
NPD  990.1Decrease2.svg 0.1
LKR  560.0
MLPD  260.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes1,8151,224
Total valid votes145,312145,903
Turnout 147,12776.2Decrease2.svg 0.5
CDU holdMajority2,6571.8Decrease2.svg 10.8

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Koblenz [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 Josef Oster 61,59441.3Decrease2.svg 6.756,61637.8Decrease2.svg 7.2
SPD Detlev Pilger 42,77728.7Decrease2.svg 2.135,67923.8Decrease2.svg 3.3
AfD Thomas Damson12,1538.213,7019.2Increase2.svg 4.5
FDP Florian Glock9,7326.5Increase2.svg 3.816,15210.8Increase2.svg 5.4
Greens Patrick Zwiernik9,2736.2Decrease2.svg 1.811,8627.9Increase2.svg 0.2
Left Ulrich Lenz7,6935.2Increase2.svg 0.210,3326.9Increase2.svg 1.7
FW Stefan Scheer2,6231.8Decrease2.svg 0.91,6271.1Decrease2.svg 0.1
PARTEI Andreas Werner Müller1,7231.21,7151.1
Pirates Marieluise Charlotte Salm1,0580.7Decrease2.svg 2.17410.5Decrease2.svg 1.7
Independent Jan-Peter Babnik3830.3
V-Partei³ 3700.2
ÖDP  3020.2Steady2.svg 0.0
NPD  2520.2Decrease2.svg 0.5
BGE  2420.2
MLPD  380.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes2,1441,524
Total valid votes149,009149,629
Turnout 151,15376.7Increase2.svg 4.6
CDU holdMajority18,81712.6Decrease2.svg 4.6

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Koblenz [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 Michael Fuchs 67,04648.0Increase2.svg 3.963,42745.0Increase2.svg 9.0
SPD Detlev Pilger 43,09430.8Increase2.svg 2.838,22127.1Increase2.svg 3.3
Greens Josef Winkler11,1848.0Decrease2.svg 1.710,8537.7Decrease2.svg 2.4
Left Bettina Lau6,9014.9Decrease2.svg 2.47,3585.2Decrease2.svg 3.0
AfD  6,6254.7
Pirates Heiko Müller3,9532.83,0732.2Increase2.svg 0.2
FDP Martin Kaschny3,7722.7Decrease2.svg 6.97,5955.4Decrease2.svg 12.0
FW Stephan Wefelscheid3,7452.71,7141.2
NPD  9380.7Decrease2.svg 0.2
ÖDP  3240.2Steady2.svg 0.0
PRO 2820.2
Party of Reason 2480.2
REP  1760.1Decrease2.svg 0.2
MLPD  290.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes3,1932,025
Total valid votes139,695140,863
Turnout 142,88872.1Increase2.svg 1.5
CDU holdMajority23,95217.2Increase2.svg 1.2

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Koblenz [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 Michael Fuchs 59,85344.1Decrease2.svg 1.349,06536.0Decrease2.svg 2.1
SPD Ursula Mogg38,08028.1Decrease2.svg 11.232,41423.8Decrease2.svg 11.3
Greens Josef Winkler 13,2229.7Increase2.svg 4.313,73210.1Increase2.svg 2.6
FDP Markus Falk13,0849.6Increase2.svg 5.023,67917.4Increase2.svg 5.4
Left Wolfgang Ferner9,9357.3Increase2.svg 3.111,2398.2Increase2.svg 3.4
Pirates  2,6902.0
NPD Sven Lobeck1,4831.1Steady2.svg 0.01,1880.9Decrease2.svg 0.1
FAMILIE 1,1180.8Steady2.svg 0.0
REP  4320.3Decrease2.svg 0.1
ÖDP  3240.2
PBC2270.2Decrease2.svg 0.1
DVU  980.1
MLPD  310.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes3,1332,553
Total valid votes135,657136,237
Turnout 138,79070.6Decrease2.svg 6.9
CDU holdMajority21,77316.0Increase2.svg 9.8

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