Offenbach (electoral district)

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184 Offenbach
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Offenbach in 2025
StateHesse
Population367,100 (2019)
Electorate219,511 (2021)
Major settlementsOffenbach am Main
Dreieich
Langen
Area241.4 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
PartyCDU
MemberBjörn Simon
Elected2017, 2021

Offenbach 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 184. It is located in southern Hesse, comprising the city of Offenbach am Main and the western part of the Landkreis Offenbach district.[1]

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

Geography[edit]

Offenbach is located in southern Hesse. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Offenbach am Main and the municipalities of Dietzenbach, Dreieich, Egelsbach, Heusenstamm, Langen (Hessen), Mühlheim am Main, Neu-Isenburg, and Obertshausen from the Landkreis Offenbach district.[1]

History[edit]

Offenbach was created in 1949, then known as Offenbach/M. It acquired its current name in the 1965 election. In the 1949 election, it was Hesse constituency 19 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1976, it was number 144. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 142. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 186. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 185. From the 2025 election, it has been number 184.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Offenbach am Main and the Landkreis Offenbach district. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it comprised the city of Offenbach am Main and the entirety of the Landkreis Offenbach district excluding 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. In the 1976 through 1998 elections, it acquired a configuration very similar to its current borders, but excluding the municipality of Dietzenbach from the Landkreis Offenbach district. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Election No. Name Borders
1949 19 Offenbach/M
1953 144
1957
1961
1965 Offenbach
  • Offenbach am Main city
  • Landkreis Offenbach district (excluding 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 142
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 186
2005
2009 185
2013
2017
2021
2025 184

Members[edit]

The constituency was first represented by Harald Koch of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1949 to 1953, followed by Wilhelm Banse of the SPD from 1953 to 1957. Karl Kanka won it for the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in 1957. Horst Schmidt regained it for the SPD in 1961 and served three terms. Manfred Coppik succeeded him in 1972 and was representative until 1983. Klaus Lippold of the CDU then served from 1983 to 1998. Uta Zapf of the SPD was elected in 1998 and held the constituency for two terms, before former member Lippold regained it in 2005. He was succeeded by fellow CDU member Peter Wichtel in 2009, who served until 2017. Björn Simon was elected in 2017 and re-elected in 2021.

Election Member Party %
1949 Harald Koch SPD 37.2
1953 Wilhelm Banse SPD 40.0
1957 Karl Kanka CDU 42.9
1961 Horst Schmidt SPD 45.6
1965 49.1
1969 54.8
1972 Manfred Coppik SPD 54.5
1976 46.9
1980 47.0
1983 Klaus Lippold CDU 48.6
1987 47.6
1990 47.1
1994 47.4
1998 Uta Zapf SPD 43.5
2002 43.4
2005 Klaus Lippold CDU 43.7
2009 Peter Wichtel CDU 40.2
2013 45.5
2017 Björn Simon CDU 35.4
2021 27.8

Election results[edit]

2021 election[edit]

Federal election (2021): Offenbach[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 % ±%
CDU Green tickY Björn Simon 43,347 27.8 Decrease 8.5 35,754 22.9 Decrease 7.6
SPD Tuna Firat 41,035 26.4 Increase 1.4 38,799 24.9 Increase 3.5
Greens Wolfgang Strengmann-Kuhn 26,229 16.8 Increase 8.0 27,062 17.4 Increase 7.2
FDP Ernestos Varvaroussis 14,828 9.5 Increase 1.8 20,625 13.2 Increase 0.6
AfD Christin Thüne 11,851 7.6 Decrease 3.6 12,098 7.8 Decrease 4.0
Left Christine Buchholz 7,497 3.8 Decrease 2.9 7,787 5.0 Decrease 3.8
Team Todenhöfer   2,429 1.6
FW Dennis Lehmann 3,733 2.4 Increase 0.5 2,336 1.5 Increase 0.7
Tierschutzpartei   2,242 1.4 Increase 0.4
dieBasis Stefan Billing 2,481 1.6 2,178 1.4
PARTEI Stephanie Birkle 2,029 1.3 1,380 0.9 Decrease 0.1
Volt Felix Kautz 1,534 1.0 1,178 0.8
Pirates Gregory Engels 1,157 0.7 Decrease 0.2 849 0.5 Steady 0.0
Gesundheitsforschung   225 0.1
V-Partei3   183 0.1 Decrease 0.1
Humanists   163 0.1
ÖDP   128 0.1 Decrease 0.1
NPD   127 0.1 Decrease 0.2
Bündnis C   96 0.1
DKP   64 0.0 Steady 0.0
Bündnis 21 47 0.0
LKR   38 0.0
MLPD   26 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 2,331 2,238
Total valid votes 155,721 155,814
Turnout 158,052 72.0 Decrease 2.3
CDU hold Majority 2,312 1.4 Decrease 9.9

2017 election[edit]

Federal election (2017): Offenbach[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 Björn Simon 58,565 36.4 Decrease 9.1 49,302 30.6 Decrease 8.3
SPD Tuna Firat 40,106 24.9 Decrease 6.3 34,519 21.4 Decrease 4.7
AfD Arno Groß 18,047 11.2 19,050 11.8 Increase 6.0
Greens Wolfgang Strengmann-Kuhn 14,246 8.8 Increase 0.7 16,421 10.2 Decrease 0.5
Left Christine Buchholz 12,435 7.7 Increase 1.6 14,261 8.8 Increase 2.2
FDP Karl-Richard Krüger 12,420 7.7 Increase 4.9 20,372 12.6 Increase 6.3
Tierschutzpartei   1,642 1.0
PARTEI   1,564 1.0 Increase 0.4
FW Jürgen Ries 3,056 1.9 Steady 0.0 1,363 0.8 Decrease 0.1
Pirates Gregory Engels 1,586 1.0 Decrease 1.5 945 0.6 Decrease 1.8
NPD   429 0.3 Decrease 0.8
BGE   354 0.2
DM 322 0.2
V-Partei³ 294 0.2
ÖDP   285 0.2
MLPD   77 0.0 Steady 0.0
DKP   56 0.0
BüSo 38 0.0 Steady 0.0
VIOLETTEN Jochem-Frank Kalmbacher 522 0.3
Informal votes 2,597 2,286
Total valid votes 160,983 161,294
Turnout 163,580 74.3 Increase 2.9
CDU hold Majority 18,459 11.5 Decrease 2.8

2013 election[edit]

Federal election (2013): Offenbach[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 Peter Wichtel 69,930 45.5 Increase 5.3 59,905 38.8 Increase 7.0
SPD Dirk Gene Hagelstein 47,984 31.2 Increase 2.5 40,203 26.1 Increase 3.8
Greens Wolfgang Strengmann-Kuhn 12,548 8.2 Decrease 1.7 16,503 10.7 Decrease 2.1
Left Christine Buchholz 9,479 6.2 Decrease 1.3 10,205 6.6 Decrease 2.3
AfD   8,994 5.8
FDP Paul-Gerhard Weiß 4,376 2.8 Decrease 7.4 9,836 6.4 Decrease 12.0
Pirates Vecih Yasaner 3,780 2.5 3,627 2.4 Decrease 0.1
NPD Frank Marschner 2,538 1.7 Increase 0.1 1,663 1.1 Decrease 0.1
FW Jürgen Ries 2,968 1.9 1,461 0.9
PARTEI   839 0.5
REP   626 0.4 Decrease 0.3
PRO 224 0.1
PSG   75 0.0
BüSo 49 0.0 Decrease 0.1
MLPD   40 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 4,637 3,990
Total valid votes 153,603 154,250
Turnout 158,240 71.4 Decrease 0.4
CDU hold Majority 21,946 14.3 Increase 2.9

2009 election[edit]

Federal election (2009): Offenbach[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 Peter Wichtel 62,281 40.2 Decrease 3.5 49,267 31.9 Decrease 4.2
SPD Uta Zapf 44,542 28.8 Decrease 11.2 34,376 22.2 Decrease 9.8
FDP Vera Langer 15,843 10.2 Increase 5.4 28,409 18.4 Increase 5.8
Greens Klaus-Uwe Gerhardt 15,243 9.8 Increase 4.2 19,863 12.8 Increase 2.0
Left Christine Buchholz 11,594 7.5 Increase 3.2 13,813 8.9 Increase 3.8
Pirates   3,835 2.5
Tierschutzpartei Daniela Rinkenberger 2,722 1.8 1,858 1.2 Increase 0.4
NPD Frank Marschner 2,434 1.6 Steady 0.0 1,766 1.1 Steady 0.0
REP   1,068 0.7 Decrease 0.1
Independent Ahmet Kansiz 229 0.1
BüSo 198 0.1 Increase 0.1
DVU   150 0.1
MLPD   41 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 3,969 4,213
Total valid votes 154,888 154,644
Turnout 158,857 71.8 Decrease 5.4
CDU hold Majority 17,739 11.4 Increase 7.7

References[edit]

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