Odenwald (electoral district)

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186 Odenwald
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Odenwald in 2025
StateHesse
Population323,500 (2019)
Electorate233,901 (2021)
Major settlementsRodgau
Rödermark
Seligenstadt
Area1,115.1 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
PartySPD
MemberJens Zimmermann
Elected2021

Odenwald 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 186. It is located in southern Hesse, comprising the district of Odenwaldkreis and eastern parts of the districts of Darmstadt-Dieburg and Landkreis Offenbach.[1]

Odenwald was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Jens Zimmermann of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]

Geography[edit]

Odenwald is located in southern Hesse. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Odenwaldkreis district as well as the municipalities of Babenhausen, Dieburg, Fischbachtal, Groß-Bieberau, Groß-Umstadt, Groß-Zimmern, Otzberg, Reinheim, and Schaafheim from the Darmstadt-Dieburg district and the municipalities of Hainburg, Mainhausen, Rodgau, Rödermark, and Seligenstadt from the Landkreis Offenbach district.[1]

History[edit]

Odenwald was created in 1949, then known as Dieburg. It acquired its current name in the 1980 election. In the 1949 election, it was Hesse constituency 21 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1976, it was number 146. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 144. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 188. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 187. From the 2025 election, it has been number 186.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Dieburg and Erbach. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it comprised the districts of Dieburg and Erbach as well as the municipalities of Dietzenbach, Dreieichenhain, Dudenhofen, Froschhausen, Götzenhain, Hainhausen, Hainstadt, Jügesheim, Klein-Auheim, Klein-Krotzenburg, Klein-Welzheim, Mainflingen, Offenthal, Rembrücken, Seligenstadt, Steinheim am Main, Weiskirchen, and Zellhausen from the Landkreis Offenbach district. In the 1976 through 1994 elections, it acquired a configuration very similar to its current borders, but including the municipalities of Dietzenbach from the Landkreis Offenbach district and Eppertshausen and Münster (Hessen) from the Darmstadt-Dieburg district. In the 1994 election, it lost the municipality of Dietzenbach. In the 2002 election, it lost the municipalities of Eppertshausen and Münster (Hessen).

Election No. Name Borders
1949 21 Dieburg
  • Dieburg district
  • Erbach district
1953 146
1957
1961
1965
  • Dieburg district
  • Erbach district
  • Landkreis Offenbach district (only Dietzenbach, Dreieichenhain, Dudenhofen, Froschhausen, Götzenhain, Hainhausen, Hainstadt, Jügesheim, Klein-Auheim, Klein-Krotzenburg, Klein-Welzheim, Mainflingen, Offenthal, Rembrücken, Seligenstadt, Steinheim am Main, Weiskirchen, and Zellhausen municipalities)
1969
1972
1976
1980 144 Odenwald
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 188
2005
2009 187
2013
2017
2021
2025 186

Members[edit]

The constituency was first represented by Heinrich Ritzel of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1949 to 1965. He was succeeded by fellow SPD member Willi Bäuerle from 1965 to 1976. Heinrich Klein of the SPD then served two terms as representative before Alexander Warrikoff of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won the constituency in 1983. He served until 1994, and was succeeded by Wolfgang Steiger for a single term. Adelheid D. Tröscher was elected for the SPD in 1998 and served until 2002, followed by fellow SPD member Erika Ober until 2005. Patricia Lips was elected in 2005, and re-elected in 2009, 2013, and 2017. Jens Zimmermann won the constituency for the SPD in 2021.

Election Member Party %
1949 Heinrich Ritzel SPD 36.6
1953 39.9
1957 45.3
1961 47.2
1965 Willi Bäuerle SPD 47.5
1969 50.5
1972 53.0
1976 Heinrich Klein SPD 46.9
1980 49.3
1983 Alexander Warrikoff CDU 49.4
1987 45.7
1990 44.7
1994 Wolfgang Steiger CDU 45.5
1998 Adelheid D. Tröscher SPD 44.9
2002 Erika Ober SPD 45.6
2005 Patricia Lips CDU 42.0
2009 40.4
2013 46.9
2017 36.1
2021 Jens Zimmermann SPD 32.3

Election results[edit]

2021 election[edit]

Federal election (2021): Odenwald[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 tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
SPD Jens Zimmermann 57,172 32.3 Increase 3.3 49,518 28.0 Increase 4.6
CDU Red XN Patricia Lips 49,367 27.9 Decrease 8.2 42,857 24.2 Decrease 8.5
Greens Philip Krämer 21,630 12.2 Increase 4.4 24,694 13.9 Increase 5.1
FDP Mathias Zeuner 17,110 9.7 Increase 2.5 22,433 12.7 Increase 1.7
AfD Rüdiger Hashagen 14,963 8.5 Decrease 3.3 15,983 9.0 Decrease 3.2
Left Marlene Wenzl 5,991 3.4 Decrease 2.7 6,333 3.6 Decrease 3.8
FW Laura Schulz 5,003 2.8 Increase 1.4 3,322 1.9 Increase 1.0
Tierschutzpartei   3,213 1.8 Increase 0.7
dieBasis Werner Krebs 3,699 2.1 3,171 1.8
PARTEI   1,545 0.9 Steady 0.0
Volt Kim Pfaff 1,602 0.9 948 0.5
Team Todenhöfer   846 0.5
Pirates   727 0.4 Steady 0.0
Gesundheitsforschung   289 0.2
Independent Dieter Stein 273 0.2
ÖDP   202 0.1 Decrease 0.1
NPD   198 0.1 Decrease 0.2
Bündnis C   196 0.1
V-Partei3   187 0.1 Decrease 0.1
Humanists   155 0.1
DKP   131 0.1 Steady 0.0
Bündnis 21 65 0.0
MLPD   57 0.0 Steady 0.0
LKR   56 0.0
Informal votes 3,020 2,704
Total valid votes 176,810 177,126
Turnout 179,830 76.9 Decrease 2.0
SPD gain from CDU Majority 7,805 4.4

2017 election[edit]

Federal election (2017): Odenwald[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 tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Patricia Lips 65,654 36.1 Decrease 10.8 59,635 32.7 Decrease 8.1
SPD Jens Zimmermann 52,761 29.0 Decrease 4.6 42,516 23.3 Decrease 4.7
AfD Robert Rankl 21,347 11.7 22,258 12.2 Increase 6.5
Greens Frank Diefenbach 14,181 7.8 Increase 0.9 16,084 8.8 Decrease 0.2
FDP Milena Scinardo 13,139 7.2 Increase 4.6 19,948 10.9 Increase 5.7
Left Kristin Hügelschäfer 11,138 6.1 Increase 1.1 13,433 7.4 Increase 1.9
Tierschutzpartei   2,091 1.1
PARTEI   1,587 0.9 Increase 0.4
FW Heinz Schumacher 2,651 1.5 1,514 0.8 Increase 0.1
Independent Harald Frenzel 960 0.5
Pirates   833 0.5 Decrease 1.9
NPD   624 0.3 Decrease 0.8
DM 409 0.2
ÖDP   379 0.2
V-Partei³ 343 0.2
BGE   293 0.2
DKP   135 0.1
MLPD   117 0.1 Steady 0.0
BüSo 30 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 3,143 2,745
Total valid votes 181,831 182,229
Turnout 184,974 78.9 Increase 3.3
CDU hold Majority 12,893 7.1 Decrease 6.2

2013 election[edit]

Federal election (2013): Odenwald[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 tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Patricia Lips 80,323 46.9 Increase 6.5 70,211 40.9 Increase 7.9
SPD Jens Zimmermann 57,586 33.6 Increase 4.0 48,252 28.1 Increase 3.2
Greens Felix Möller 11,854 6.9 Decrease 2.5 15,560 9.1 Decrease 2.2
AfD   9,864 5.7
Left Martin Deistler 8,621 5.0 Decrease 1.7 9,459 5.5 Decrease 2.3
Pirates Michael Breukel 5,279 3.1 4,034 2.3 Steady 0.0
FDP Heinrich Leonhard Kolb 4,581 2.7 Decrease 8.1 8,964 5.2 Decrease 12.1
NPD Manfred Hönig 3,006 1.8 Increase 0.5 2,035 1.2 Increase 0.1
FW   1,307 0.8
PARTEI   833 0.5
REP   764 0.4 Decrease 0.6
PRO 289 0.2
BüSo 101 0.1 Decrease 0.1
PSG   83 0.0
MLPD   76 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 6,023 5,441
Total valid votes 171,250 171,832
Turnout 177,273 75.6 Increase 0.4
CDU hold Majority 22,737 13.3 Increase 2.5

2009 election[edit]

Federal election (2009): Odenwald[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 tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Patricia Lips 69,191 40.4 Decrease 1.6 56,677 33.0 Decrease 2.6
SPD Detlev Blitz 50,797 29.6 Decrease 12.3 42,756 24.9 Decrease 9.7
FDP Heinrich Leonhard Kolb 18,409 10.7 Increase 5.6 29,697 17.3 Increase 5.6
Greens Thomas Rehahn 16,215 9.5 Increase 4.6 19,379 11.3 Increase 1.8
Left Sabine Leidig 11,574 6.8 Increase 2.8 13,403 7.8 Increase 3.0
Pirates   4,098 2.4
NPD Georg Hartmann 2,183 1.3 Decrease 0.3 1,907 1.1 Decrease 0.1
Tierschutzpartei   1,765 1.0 Increase 0.1
REP Frederik Poetsch 1,772 1.0 1,723 1.0 Steady 0.0
Independent Heinz Schumacher 822 0.5
Independent Michael Merkel 459 0.4
BüSo 228 0.1 Steady 0.0
DVU   137 0.1
MLPD   79 0.1 Decrease 0.1
Informal votes 5,386 4,959
Total valid votes 171,422 171,849
Turnout 176,808 75.3 Decrease 4.9
CDU hold Majority 18,394 10.8 Increase 10.7

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Constituency Odenwald". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. ^ "Results for Odenwald". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. ^ Results for Odenwald
  4. ^ Results for Odenwald
  5. ^ Results for Odenwald
  6. ^ Results for Odenwald

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