Pirmasens (electoral district)

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210 Pirmasens
electoral district
for the Bundestag
File:Bundestagswahlkreis 210-2017.svg
Pirmasens in 2017
State Rhineland-Palatinate
Population 222,700 (2019)
Electorate 174,093 (2021)
Major settlements Pirmasens
Zweibrücken
Landstuhl
Area 1,388.1 km2
Current electoral district
Created 1949
Party SPD
Member Angelika Glöckner
Elected 2021

Pirmasens 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 210. It is located in southern Rhineland-Palatinate, comprising the cities of Pirmasens and Zweibrücken, the Südwestpfalz district, and the southwestern part of the Landkreis Kaiserslautern district.[1]

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

Geography

Pirmasens is located in southern Rhineland-Palatinate. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent cities of Pirmasens and Zweibrücken, the district of Südwestpfalz, and the Verbandsgemeinden of Bruchmühlbach-Miesau, Landstuhl, and Ramstein-Miesenbach from the Landkreis Kaiserslautern district.[1]

History

Pirmasens was created in 1949, then known as Zweibrücken. It acquired its current name in the 1965 election. In the 1949 election, it was Rhineland-Palatinate constituency 14 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 161. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was number 162. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 160. In the 2002 election, it was number 213. In the 2005 election, it was number 212. In the 2009 and 2013 elections, it was number 211. Since the 2017 election, it has been number 210.

Originally, the constituency comprised the cities of Pirmasens and Zweibrücken and the districts of Landkreis Pirmasens, Landkreis Zweibrücken, and Bergzabern. In the 1965 and 1969 elections, it comprised the cities of Pirmasens and Zweibrücken and the districts of Landkreis Pirmasens and Landkreis Zweibrücken. In the 1972 through 1998 elections, it comprised the cities of Pirmasens and Zweibrücken and the Landkreis Pirmasens district. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Election No. Name Borders
1949 14 Zweibrücken
  • Pirmasens city
  • Zweibrücken city
  • Landkreis Pirmasens district
  • Landkreis Zweibrücken district
  • Bergzabern district
1953 161
1957
1961
1965 162 Pirmasens
1969
1972
1976
1980 160
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 213
2005 212
2009 211
2013
2017 210
2021

Members

The constituency has been held by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) during all but one Bundestag term since its creation. It was first represented by Josef Becker from 1949 to 1972. Werner Marx served from 1972 to 1987, followed by Klaus-Dieter Uelhoff until 1998. Lydia Westrich of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was elected in 1998 and served a single term. Anita Schäfer was elected in 2002, and re-elected in 2005, 2009, 2013, and 2017. Angelika Glöckner won the constituency for the SPD in 2021.

Election Member Party  %
1949 Josef Becker CDU 46.6
1953 49.0
1957 52.1
1961 46.4
1965 48.6
1969 47.1
1972 Werner Marx CDU 47.2
1976 51.6
1980 49.8
1983 53.8
1987 Klaus-Dieter Uelhoff CDU 49.2
1990 46.3
1994 44.9
1998 Lydia Westrich SPD 45.7
2002 Anita Schäfer CDU 45.1
2005 42.4
2009 39.4
2013 45.9
2017 36.8
2021 Angelika Glöckner SPD 30.4

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Pirmasens[3]

Notes: Green 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.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party Votes % ±%
SPD Angelika Glöckner 39,711 30.4 Increase 1.7 38,261 29.3 Increase 4.6
CDU Florian Bilic 39,236 30.1 Decrease 6.8 33,507 25.6 Decrease 10.1
AfD Ferdinand L. Weber 16,512 12.7 Decrease 0.2 17,178 13.1 Decrease 0.9
FDP Erike Watson 9,895 7.6 Increase 0.9 14,374 11.0 Increase 2.1
style="background-color: Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Alliance 90/The Greens|Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/shortname]] Susanne Bendig 7,891 6.0 Increase 1.8 9,877 7.6 Increase 2.9
style="background-color: Template:Free Voters/meta/color; width: 5px;" | FW Roswitha Jeckel 5,990 4.6 Increase 2.0 4,935 3.8 Increase 2.0
Left Frank Eschrich 3,678 2.8 Decrease 3.2 4,207 3.2 Decrease 3.9
Tierschutzpartei Barbara Schwarz 3,271 2.5 3,325 2.5
[[Die PARTEI|Template:Die PARTEI/meta/shortname]] Marc-Oliver Riedinger 1,999 1.5 Increase 0.1 1,496 1.1 Steady 0.0
style="background-color: Template:Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany|Template:Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany/meta/shortname]] Klaus Dietrich 1,654 1.3 1,584 1.2
Pirates   489 0.4 Decrease 0.1
style="background-color: Template:Volt Germany/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Volt Germany|Template:Volt Germany/meta/shortname]] Andreas Winkler 466 0.4 425 0.3
NPD   286 0.2 Decrease 0.4
style="background-color: Template:Team Todenhöfer/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Team Todenhöfer|Template:Team Todenhöfer/meta/shortname]]   221 0.2
Independent Verena Hofmann 163 0.1
[[Ecological Democratic Party|Template:Ecological Democratic Party/meta/shortname]]   154 0.1 Decrease 0.1
style="background-color: Template:V-Partei3/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[V-Partei3|Template:V-Partei3/meta/shortname]]   114 0.1 Decrease 0.2
style="background-color: Template:Party of Humanists/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Party of Humanists|Template:Party of Humanists/meta/shortname]]   105 0.1
style="background-color: Template:Democracy in Motion/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Democracy in Motion|Template:Democracy in Motion/meta/shortname]]   107 0.1
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Conservative Reformers/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Liberal Conservative Reformers|Template:Liberal Conservative Reformers/meta/shortname]]   48 0.0
style="background-color: Template:Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany|Template:Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany/meta/shortname]]   30 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 2,004 1,747
Total Valid votes 130,466 130,723
Turnout 132,470 76.1 Increase 0.1
SPD gain from CDU Majority 475 0.3

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Pirmasens[4]

Notes: Green 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.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party Votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Anita Schäfer 48,719 36.8 Decrease 9.0 47,455 35.8 Decrease 7.9
SPD Angelika Glöckner 38,028 28.8 Decrease 3.5 32,794 24.7 Decrease 3.2
AfD Ferdinand Ludwig Weber 16,989 12.8 18,652 14.1 Increase 9.7
FDP Sebastian Schäfer 8,846 6.7 Increase 3.9 11,803 8.9 Increase 3.8
Left Brigitte Freihold 8,019 6.1 Increase 0.1 9,511 7.2 Increase 0.7
style="background-color: Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Alliance 90/The Greens|Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/shortname]] Felix Schmidt 5,544 4.2 Increase 0.1 6,156 4.6 Decrease 0.1
style="background-color: Template:Free Voters/meta/color; width: 5px;" | FW Martin Eichert 3,430 2.6 Decrease 0.3 2,388 1.8 Increase 0.2
[[Die PARTEI|Template:Die PARTEI/meta/shortname]] Aaron Bastian Schmidt 1,889 1.4 1,573 1.2
NPD Markus Walter 771 0.6 Decrease 1.4 833 0.6 Decrease 1.1
Pirates   628 0.5 Decrease 2.0
V-Partei³ 391 0.3
[[Ecological Democratic Party|Template:Ecological Democratic Party/meta/shortname]]   264 0.2 Steady 0.0
[[Basic Income Alliance|Template:Basic Income Alliance/meta/shortname]]   223 0.2
style="background-color: Template:Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany|Template:Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany/meta/shortname]]   45 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 2,830 2,349
Total Valid votes 132,235 132,716
Turnout 135,065 76.0 Increase 4.7
CDU hold Majority 10,691 8.0 Decrease 5.7

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Pirmasens[5]

Notes: Green 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.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party Votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Anita Schäfer 57,201 45.9 Increase 6.5 54,877 43.7 Increase 9.2
SPD Angelika Glöckner[lower-alpha 1] 40,180 32.2 Increase 5.2 35,108 28.0 Increase 5.3
Left Frank Eschrich 7,486 6.0 Decrease 6.6 8,172 6.5 Decrease 6.8
style="background-color: Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Alliance 90/The Greens|Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/shortname]] Felix Schmidt 5,059 4.1 Decrease 2.9 5,960 4.7 Decrease 1.9
style="background-color: Template:Free Voters/meta/color; width: 5px;" | FW Martin Eichert 3,625 2.9 2,046 1.6
FDP Steven Wink 3,446 2.8 Decrease 8.4 6,344 5.1 Decrease 10.3
AfD   5,461 4.3
Pirates Birgit Wenzel 3,326 2.7 3,061 2.4 Increase 0.4
NPD Ricarda Riefling 2,429 1.9 Decrease 0.9 2,178 1.7 Decrease 0.2
REP Heinz Karl Hinkel 1,916 1.5 1,313 1.0 Decrease 0.3
Party of Reason 483 0.4
PRO 282 0.2
[[Ecological Democratic Party|Template:Ecological Democratic Party/meta/shortname]]   267 0.2 Decrease 0.1
style="background-color: Template:Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany|Template:Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany/meta/shortname]]   42 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 4,085 3,159
Total Valid votes 124,668 125,594
Turnout 128,753 71.3 Increase 0.2
CDU hold Majority 17,021 13.7 Increase 1.4

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Pirmasens[6]

Notes: Green 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.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party Votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Anita Schäfer 50,035 39.4 Decrease 3.0 44,143 34.5 Decrease 2.4
SPD Sabine Wilhelm 34,342 27.1 Decrease 9.5 28,982 22.7 Decrease 9.7
Left Frank Eschrich 15,989 12.6 Increase 4.4 16,977 13.3 Increase 4.7
FDP Heinz-Walter Roth 14,105 11.1 Increase 4.9 19,605 15.3 Increase 4.7
style="background-color: Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Alliance 90/The Greens|Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/shortname]] Fred Konrad 8,840 7.0 Increase 3.7 8,528 6.7 Increase 1.6
Pirates   2,561 2.0
NPD Markus Walter 3,598 2.8 Decrease 0.4 2,533 2.0 Decrease 0.2
FAMILIE 1,945 1.5 Decrease 0.1
REP   1,662 1.3 Decrease 0.8
[[Ecological Democratic Party|Template:Ecological Democratic Party/meta/shortname]]   391 0.3
PBC 387 0.3 Decrease 0.1
DVU   114 0.1
style="background-color: Template:Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany|Template:Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany/meta/shortname]]   32 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 4,156 3,205
Total Valid votes 126,909 127,860
Turnout 131,065 71.1 Decrease 6.8
CDU hold Majority 15,963 12.3 Increase 6.5

Notes

  1. ↑ Glöckner entered the Bundestag on the SPD list after the resignation of Sabine Bätzing-Lichtenthäler in November 2014.

References

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  3. ↑ Results for Pirmasens
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