Mainz (electoral district)
204 Mainz | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
![]() Mainz in 2025 | |
State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
Population | 353,600 (2019) |
Electorate | 249,630 (2021) |
Major settlements | Mainz Ingelheim am Rhein Bingen am Rhein |
Area | 467.3 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 1949 |
Party | SPD |
Member | Daniel Baldy |
Elected | 2021 |
Mainz 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 204. It is located in eastern Rhineland-Palatinate, comprising the city of Mainz and the northern part of the Mainz-Bingen district.[1]
Mainz was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Daniel Baldy of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]
Geography
[edit]Mainz is located in eastern Rhineland-Palatinate. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Mainz as well as the municipalities of Bingen am Rhein, Budenheim, and Ingelheim am Rhein and the Verbandsgemeinden of Gau-Algesheim, Nieder-Olm, and Rhein-Nahe from the Mainz-Bingen district.[1]
History
[edit]Mainz was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Rhineland-Palatinate constituency 9 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1976 elections, it was number 156. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 154. In the 2002 election, it was number 208. In the 2005 election, it was number 207. In the 2009 and 2013 elections, it was number 206. In the 2017 and 2021 elections, it was number 205. From the 2025 election, it has been number 204.
Originally, the constituency comprised the city of Mainz and the districts of Bingen and Landkreis Mainz excluding the Amtsgerichtsbezirk of Oppenheim. In the 1972 through 2013 elections, it acquired a configuration very similar to its current borders, but including the Verbandsgemeinde of Sprendlingen-Gensingen. It acquired its current borders in the 2017 election.
Election | No. | Name | Borders |
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1949 | 9 | Mainz |
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1953 | 156 | ||
1957 | |||
1961 | |||
1965 | |||
1969 | |||
1972 |
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1976 | |||
1980 | 154 | ||
1983 | |||
1987 | |||
1990 | |||
1994 | |||
1998 | |||
2002 | 208 | ||
2005 | 207 | ||
2009 | 206 | ||
2013 | |||
2017 | 205 |
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2021 | |||
2025 | 204 |
Mitglieder
[edit]The constituency was first represented by Joseph Schmitt of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1949 to 1953, followed by Josef Schlick from 1953 to 1965. Josef Hofmann then served a single term. Hugo Brandt of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was elected in 1969 and served until 1983. Johannes Gerster of the CDU won the constituency in 1983 and was representative until 1994. Hans-Otto Wilhelm then served a single term. Eckhart Pick of the SPD was elected in 1998 and served until 2002, when he was succeeded by Michael Hartmann. Ute Granold of the CDU was representative from 2009 to 2013. Ursula Groden-Kranich was elected in 2013 and re-elected in 2017. Daniel Baldy won the constituency for the SPD in 2021.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1949 | Joseph Schmitt | CDU | 39.3 | |
1953 | Josef Schlick | CDU | 44.6 | |
1957 | 48.0 | |||
1961 | 43.6 | |||
1965 | Josef Hofmann | CDU | 44.5 | |
1969 | Hugo Brandt | SPD | 46.4 | |
1972 | 52.3 | |||
1976 | 46.0 | |||
1980 | 46.6 | |||
1983 | Johannes Gerster | CDU | 49.0 | |
1987 | 45.1 | |||
1990 | 43.1 | |||
1994 | Hans-Otto Wilhelm | CDU | 41.2 | |
1998 | Eckhart Pick | SPD | 43.6 | |
2002 | Michael Hartmann | SPD | 41.2 | |
2005 | 40.9 | |||
2009 | Ute Granold | CDU | 36.3 | |
2013 | Ursula Groden-Kranich | CDU | 40.1 | |
2017 | 35.7 | |||
2021 | Daniel Baldy | SPD | 24.9 |
Election results
[edit]2021 election
[edit]Federal election (2021): Mainz[3] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
SPD | Daniel Baldy | 49,878 | 24.9 | ![]() |
53,889 | 26.8 | ![]() | ||
CDU | ![]() |
47,153 | 23.6 | ![]() |
42,659 | 21.2 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Tabea Rößner | 37,319 | 18.7 | ![]() |
46,183 | 22.9 | ![]() | ||
Left | Gerhard Trabert | 24,863 | 12.4 | ![]() |
9,418 | 4.7 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Klaus Sartorius | 14,408 | 7.2 | ![]() |
23,178 | 11.5 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Sebastian Münzenmaier | 10,360 | 5.2 | ![]() |
10,833 | 5.4 | ![]() | ||
FW | Gerhard Wenderoth | 4,751 | 2.4 | ![]() |
3,605 | 1.8 | ![]() | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 2,025 | 1.0 | |||||||
Volt | Florian Köhler-Langes | 2,133 | 1.1 | 1,741 | 0.9 | ||||
dieBasis | Jörg Heuser | 2,093 | 1.0 | 1,979 | 1.0 | ||||
PARTEI | Daniela Zaun | 1,841 | 0.9 | ![]() |
1,600 | 0.8 | ![]() | ||
Team Todenhöfer | 1,255 | 0.6 | |||||||
ÖDP | Michael Ruf | 1,444 | 0.7 | ![]() |
1,029 | 0.5 | ![]() | ||
Independent | Sebastian Seiffert | 1,396 | 0.7 | ||||||
Pirates | Bodo Noeske | 1,118 | 0.6 | ![]() |
970 | 0.5 | ![]() | ||
Independent | Markus Heil | 758 | 0.4 | ||||||
Humanists | David Kaufmann | 486 | 0.2 | 320 | 0.2 | ||||
V-Partei3 | 219 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
DiB | 171 | 0.1 | |||||||
NPD | 109 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
LKR | 67 | 0.0 | |||||||
MLPD | 38 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,669 | 1,382 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 200,001 | 201,288 | |||||||
Turnout | 202,670 | 81.2 | ![]() |
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SPD gain from CDU | Majority | 2,725 | 1.3 |
2017 election
[edit]Federal election (2017): Mainz[4] | |||||||||
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Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
71,535 | 35.7 | ![]() |
65,713 | 32.7 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Carsten Kühl | 56,184 | 28.0 | ![]() |
44,203 | 22.0 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Tabea Rößner | 21,685 | 10.8 | ![]() |
26,415 | 13.1 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Sebastian Münzenmaier | 14,542 | 7.3 | 16,535 | 8.2 | ![]() | |||
FDP | David Dietz | 13,813 | 6.9 | ![]() |
22,608 | 11.3 | ![]() | ||
Left | Martin Malcherek | 12,904 | 6.4 | ![]() |
17,148 | 8.5 | ![]() | ||
PARTEI | Bernd Föhr | 2,963 | 1.5 | 2,486 | 1.2 | ||||
ÖDP | Wilhelm Schild | 2,355 | 1.2 | ![]() |
1,755 | 0.9 | ![]() | ||
FW | Gerhard Wenderoth | 2,111 | 1.1 | ![]() |
1,506 | 0.7 | ![]() | ||
Pirates | René Pickhardt | 1,504 | 0.8 | ![]() |
1,195 | 0.6 | ![]() | ||
V-Partei³ | 512 | 0.3 | |||||||
Independent | Bernhard Heck | 486 | 0.2 | ||||||
BGE | 481 | 0.2 | |||||||
NPD | 260 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
New Liberals | Jim Preuß | 237 | 0.1 | ||||||
MLPD | 62 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,215 | 1,655 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 200,319 | 200,879 | |||||||
Turnout | 202,534 | 81.3 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 15,351 | 7.7 | ![]() |
2013 election
[edit]Federal election (2013): Mainz[5] | |||||||||
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Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Ursula Groden-Kranich | 77,285 | 40.1 | ![]() |
74,392 | 38.4 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Michael Hartmann | 67,169 | 34.9 | ![]() |
51,614 | 26.7 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Tabea Rößner | 19,339 | 10.0 | ![]() |
25,339 | 13.1 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Rainer Brüderle | 9,633 | 5.0 | ![]() |
12,688 | 6.6 | ![]() | ||
Left | Kathrin Senger-Schäfer | 8,359 | 4.3 | ![]() |
10,652 | 5.5 | ![]() | ||
AfD | 8,815 | 4.6 | |||||||
Pirates | Britta Werner | 5,164 | 2.7 | 4,799 | 2.5 | ![]() | |||
FW | Gerhard Wenderoth | 2,609 | 1.4 | 1,422 | 0.7 | ||||
ÖDP | Wilhelm Schild | 1,819 | 0.9 | ![]() |
1,314 | 0.7 | ![]() | ||
NPD | 1,060 | 0.5 | ![]() | ||||||
REP | 561 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||||||
Party of Reason | Patrick Wybranietz | 830 | 0.4 | 486 | 0.3 | ||||
PRO | 339 | 0.2 | |||||||
BüSo | Barbara Spahn | 286 | 0.1 | ![]() |
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MLPD | 72 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 3,583 | 2,523 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 192,493 | 193,553 | |||||||
Turnout | 196,076 | 76.5 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 10,116 | 5.2 | ![]() |
2009 election
[edit]Federal election (2009): Mainz[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Ute Granold | 68,081 | 36.3 | ![]() |
61,777 | 32.8 | ![]() | ||
SPD | ![]() |
57,338 | 30.6 | ![]() |
43,303 | 23.0 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Tabea Rößner | 23,696 | 12.6 | ![]() |
29,745 | 15.8 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Rainer Brüderle | 22,054 | 11.8 | ![]() |
29,045 | 15.4 | ![]() | ||
Left | Karl Voßkühler | 10,737 | 5.7 | ![]() |
13,922 | 7.4 | ![]() | ||
Pirates | 4,553 | 2.4 | |||||||
REP | 2,265 | 1.2 | ![]() | ||||||
ÖDP | Felix Leinen | 2,384 | 1.3 | 1,305 | 0.7 | ||||
NPD | Ingo Helge | 2,043 | 1.1 | ![]() |
1,153 | 0.6 | ![]() | ||
FAMILIE | 1,035 | 0.5 | ![]() | ||||||
DIE VIOLETTEN | Erwin Schott | 833 | 0.4 | ||||||
BüSo | Christian Huth | 304 | 0.2 | ||||||
PBC | 245 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
DVU | 96 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | 34 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 3,627 | 2,619 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 187,470 | 188,478 | |||||||
Turnout | 191,097 | 75.9 | ![]() |
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CDU gain from SPD | Majority | 10,743 | 5.7 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Constituency Mainz". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Results for Mainz". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ Results for Mainz
- ^ Results for Mainz
- ^ Results for Mainz
- ^ Results for Mainz