Lahn-Dill

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171 Lahn-Dill
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Bundestagswahlkreis 171-2025.svg
Lahn-Dill in 2025
State Hesse
Population275,900 (2019)
Electorate206,532 (2021)
Major settlements Wetzlar
Dillenburg
Herborn
Area1,153.2 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
Party SPD
Member Dagmar Schmidt
Elected 2021

Lahn-Dill 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 171. It is located in western Hesse, comprising the Lahn-Dill-Kreis district and a small part of the Gießen district. [1]

Contents

Lahn-Dill was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Dagmar Schmidt of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). [2]

Geography

Lahn-Dill is located in western Hesse. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the Lahn-Dill-Kreis district and the municipalities of Biebertal and Wettenberg from the Gießen district. [1]

History

Lahn-Dill was created in 1949, then known as Wetzlar. It acquired its current name in the 1980 election. In the 1949 election, it was Hesse constituency 7 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1976 elections, it was number 132. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 130. In 2002 and 2005, it was number 174. In the 2009 election, it was number 173. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 172. From the 2025 election, it has been number 171.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Wetzlar and Dillkreis. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it comprised the Lahn-Dill-Kreis district as well as, from the Gießen district, the municipalities of Biebertal and Wettenberg and the Stadtteil of Lützellinden from Gießen municipality. In the 2002 election, it lost the Stadtteil of Lützellinden.

ElectionNo.NameBorders
1949 7Wetzlar
  • Wetzlar district
  • Dillkreis district
1953 132
1957
1961
1965
1969
1972
1976
1980 130Lahn-Dill
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 174
2005
2009 173
2013 172
2017
2021
2025 171

Members

The constituency was first represented by Karl Gaul of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) from 1949 to 1953. Wilhelm Reitz of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was elected in 1953 and served until 1969. He was succeeded by fellow SPD members Helmut Kater until 1976 and Klaus Daubertshäuser until 1983. Christian Lenzer of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was elected in 1983, but former member Daubertshäuser regained the constituency in 1987 and served a further two terms. He was succeeded by fellow party member Erika Lotz in 1994, who served until 2002. Helga Lopez of the SPD served from 2005 to 2009, when Sibylle Pfeiffer of the CDU won the constituency. She was succeeded by Hans-Jürgen Irmer in 2017. Dagmar Schmidt regained it for the SPD in 2021.

ElectionMemberParty %
1949 Karl Gaul FDP 29.8
1953 Wilhelm Reitz SPD 30.6
1957 37.8
1961 45.2
1965 47.8
1969 Helmut Kater SPD 49.9
1972 55.0
1976 Klaus Daubertshäuser SPD 47.2
1980 51.5
1983 Christian Lenzer CDU 47.3
1987 Klaus Daubertshäuser SPD 47.3
1990 45.6
1994 Erika Lotz SPD 44.8
1998 48.5
2002 46.9
2005 Helga Lopez SPD 42.2
2009 Sibylle Pfeiffer CDU 41.6
2013 48.1
2017 Hans-Jürgen Irmer CDU 38.3
2021 Dagmar Schmidt SPD 33.1

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Lahn-Dill [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%±%
SPD Dagmar Schmidt 49,92333.1Increase2.svg 3.344,54629.4Increase2.svg 4.7
CDU Red x.svgN Hans-Jürgen Irmer 45,44130.1Decrease2.svg 8.237,72524.9Decrease2.svg 8.5
AfD Willi Wagner15,81610.5Decrease2.svg 1.217,51311.6Decrease2.svg 2.1
Greens Caroline Krohn13,7549.1Increase2.svg 3.316,95711.2Increase2.svg 4.2
FDP Carsten Seelmeyer12,0608.0Increase2.svg 1.717,32711.4Increase2.svg 1.7
Left Christiane Ohnacker4,7563.1Decrease2.svg 1.55,1023.4Decrease2.svg 3.3
FW Karsten Stahl4,5793.0Increase2.svg 1.93,0512.0Increase2.svg 1.0
Tierschutzpartei  2,2401.5Increase2.svg 0.5
PARTEI Niklas Hartmann2,4171.6Increase2.svg 0.31,6361.1Increase2.svg 0.1
dieBasis Heiko Schuster2,0401.41,9461.3
Team Todenhöfer  7200.5
Bündnis C  5240.3
Pirates  4490.3Decrease2.svg 0.1
Volt  3990.3
NPD  3820.3Decrease2.svg 0.3
Independent Manuel Haunsner2590.2
Gesundheitsforschung  2390.2
ÖDP  2380.2Decrease2.svg 0.1
Humanists  1190.1
V-Partei3  1180.1Steady2.svg 0.0
DKP  740.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Bündnis 21390.0
LKR  390.0
MLPD  170.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes2,3491,984
Total valid votes151,045151,400
Turnout 153,38474.3Steady2.svg 0.0
SPD gain from CDU Majority4,4823.0

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Lahn-Dill [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 Hans-Jürgen Irmer 58,41738.3Decrease2.svg 9.851,12533.5Decrease2.svg 8.3
SPD Dagmar Schmidt 45,37529.7Decrease2.svg 4.737,79424.7Decrease2.svg 5.6
AfD Willi Wagner17,87411.720,93113.7Increase2.svg 7.9
FDP Carsten Seelmeyer9,5906.3Increase2.svg 4.214,8219.7Increase2.svg 5.3
Greens Thorben Sämann8,9095.8Decrease2.svg 0.210,7687.0Decrease2.svg 0.4
Left Tamina Veit7,1164.7Steady2.svg 0.010,2106.7Increase2.svg 1.5
PARTEI Dominic Harapat2,0241.31,4290.9Increase2.svg 0.5
FW Engin Eroglu1,7891.21,5641.0Increase2.svg 0.2
Tierschutzpartei  1,4370.9
NPD Thomas Hantusch7730.5Decrease2.svg 1.58970.6Decrease2.svg 1.0
Independent Hans-Odo Sattler6870.5
Pirates  5340.3Decrease2.svg 1.4
DM3990.3
ÖDP  3610.2
BGE  2340.2
V-Partei³ 1730.1
DKP  530.0
MLPD  400.0Steady2.svg 0.0
BüSo 310.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes2,4482,201
Total valid votes152,554152,801
Turnout 155,00274.3Increase2.svg 4.6
CDU holdMajority13,0428.6Decrease2.svg 5.0

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Lahn-Dill [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 Sibylle Pfeiffer68,66648.1Increase2.svg 6.559,76041.8Increase2.svg 7.1
SPD Dagmar Schmidt 49,21334.5Increase2.svg 1.443,40630.3Increase2.svg 2.5
Greens Priska Hinz8,6476.1Decrease2.svg 1.610,6007.4Decrease2.svg 1.8
AfD  8,3155.8
Left Hans-Horst Knies6,6034.6Decrease2.svg 2.27,4335.2Decrease2.svg 3.2
Pirates Horst Weintraut3,2652.32,5331.8Decrease2.svg 0.3
FDP Wolfgang Berns3,0332.1Decrease2.svg 6.86,3234.4Decrease2.svg 10.1
NPD Thomas Hantusch2,8672.0Steady2.svg 0.02,2531.6Steady2.svg 0.0
FW  1,2500.9
PARTEI  5660.4
Independent Andreas Rentzos5410.4
REP  2880.2Decrease2.svg 0.3
PRO 2130.1
BüSo 630.0Decrease2.svg 0.1
PSG  630.0
MLPD  370.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes4,1083,840
Total valid votes142,835143,103
Turnout 146,94369.7Increase2.svg 0.1
CDU holdMajority19,45313.6Increase2.svg 5.1

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Lahn-Dill [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 Sibylle Pfeiffer60,21441.6Increase2.svg 1.050,39134.7Increase2.svg 0.2
SPD Dagmar Schmidt47,89733.1Decrease2.svg 9.140,48527.9Decrease2.svg 9.4
FDP Wolfgang Berns12,9689.0Increase2.svg 4.421,13714.6Increase2.svg 3.8
Greens Priska Hinz11,0327.6Increase2.svg 3.213,3829.2Increase2.svg 1.7
Left Nerman Göktas9,8156.8Increase2.svg 2.112,1338.4Increase2.svg 2.6
Pirates  2,9722.0
NPD Thorsten Groß2,9222.0Decrease2.svg 0.32,2361.5Decrease2.svg 0.4
Tierschutzpartei  1,4311.0Increase2.svg 0.2
REP  7410.5Decrease2.svg 0.4
BüSo 1470.1Steady2.svg 0.0
DVU  1270.1
MLPD  400.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes3,1042,730
Total valid votes144,848145,222
Turnout 147,95269.6Decrease2.svg 6.1
CDU gain from SPD Majority12,3178.5

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