Homburg 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 299. It is located in southeastern Saarland, comprising the Saarpfalz-Kreis district and parts of the Neunkirchen and Saarbrücken districts.[1]
299 Homburg | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
![]() Homburg in 2025 | |
State | Saarland |
Population | 240,500 (2019) |
Electorate | 185,941 (2021) |
Major settlements | Neunkirchen Homburg Sankt Ingbert |
Area | 550.2 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 1957 |
Party | SPD |
Member | Esra Limbacher |
Elected | 2021 |
Homburg was created for the inaugural 1957 federal election after the accession of Saarland to Germany. Since 2021, it has been represented by Esra Limbacher of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).[2]
Geography
editHomburg is located in southeastern Saarland. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the Saarpfalz-Kreis district, the municipalities of Neunkirchen and Spiesen-Elversberg from the Neunkirchen district, and the municipalities of Friedrichsthal, Quierschied, and Sulzbach from the Saarbrücken district.[1]
History
editHomburg was created in 1957, then known as Homburg – St. Ingbert. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it was named St. Ingbert. It acquired its current name in the 1976 election. In the 1957 and 1961 elections, it was constituency 247 in the numbering system. In the 1965 through 1998 elections, it was number 248. Since the 2002 election, it has been number 299.
Originally, the constituency comprised the Homburg district, the St. Ingbert district, and the municipality of Neunkirchen and Amt of Spiesen from Ottweiler district. In the 1976 through 1998 elections, it comprised the Saarpfalz-Kreis district and the municipalities of Neunkirchen and Spiesen-Elversberg from the Neunkirchen district. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.
Election | No. | Name | Borders |
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1957 | 247 | Homburg – St. Ingbert |
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1965 | 248 | St. Ingbert | |
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1976 | Homburg |
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1990 | |||
1994 | |||
1998 | |||
2002 | 299 |
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2009 | |||
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2021 | |||
2025 |
Members
editThe constituency was first represented by Kurt Conrad of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1957 to 1961. It was won by Johann Klein of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in 1961. Werner Wilhelm regained it for the SPD in 1969 and served until 1980. He was succeeded by fellow SPD member Lothar Fischer from 1980 to 2002. Astrid Klug of the SPD was representative from 2002 to 2009. Alexander Funk of the CDU was elected in 2009 and served until 2017. He was succeeded by party fellow Markus Uhl in 2017. Esra Limbacher won the constituency for the SPD in 2021.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1957 | Kurt Conrad | SPD | 31.6 | |
1961 | Johann Klein | CDU | 46.3 | |
1965 | 44.5 | |||
1969 | Werner Wilhelm | SPD | 44.3 | |
1972 | 52.4 | |||
1976 | 49.1 | |||
1980 | Lothar Fischer | SPD | 51.7 | |
1983 | 47.9 | |||
1987 | 47.4 | |||
1990 | 52.4 | |||
1994 | 50.6 | |||
1998 | 54.7 | |||
2002 | Astrid Klug | SPD | 50.4 | |
2005 | 40.1 | |||
2009 | Alexander Funk | CDU | 33.4 | |
2013 | 39.8 | |||
2017 | Markus Uhl | CDU | 33.6 | |
2021 | Esra Limbacher | SPD | 36.6 |
Election results
edit2021 election
editFederal election (2021): Homburg[3] | |||||||||
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Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
SPD | Esra Limbacher | 51,091 | 36.6 | 5.2 | 52,091 | 37.2 | 9.6 | ||
CDU | Markus Uhl[a] | 36,472 | 26.1 | 7.4 | 32,004 | 22.9 | 8.2 | ||
AfD | Christian Wirth | 16,210 | 11.6 | 0.6 | 16,068 | 11.5 | 0.2 | ||
FDP | Ralf Armbrüster | 11,015 | 7.9 | 2.7 | 15,719 | 11.2 | 3.5 | ||
Left | Florian Spaniol | 7,312 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 9,247 | 6.6 | 5.8 | ||
Green | Maria Luise Herber | 6,826 | 4.9 | 0.1 | |||||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 4,045 | 2.9 | |||||||
FW | Axel Kammerer | 4,418 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 3,359 | 2.4 | 1.5 | ||
PARTEI | Evelyne Görlinger | 3,287 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 2,202 | 1.6 | 0.3 | ||
dieBasis | Ute Weisang | 2,086 | 1.5 | 1,878 | 1.3 | ||||
Volt | 847 | 0.6 | |||||||
Pirates | 809 | 0.6 | 0.1 | ||||||
ÖDP | Claus Jacob | 895 | 0.6 | 645 | 0.5 | ||||
Team Todenhöfer | 526 | 0.4 | |||||||
NPD | 362 | 0.3 | 0.3 | ||||||
MLPD | 81 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,676 | 2,405 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 139,612 | 139,883 | |||||||
Turnout | 142,288 | 76.5 | 0.6 | ||||||
SPD gain from CDU | Majority | 14,619 | 10.5 |
2017 election
editFederal election (2017): Homburg[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Markus Uhl | 48,102 | 33.6 | 6.2 | 44,538 | 31.0 | 5.6 | ||
SPD | Esra Limbacher | 45,022 | 31.4 | 6.2 | 39,729 | 27.7 | 4.2 | ||
AfD | Daniel Schütte | 15,767 | 11.0 | 6.4 | 16,745 | 11.7 | 6.1 | ||
Left | Walter Kappmeier | 15,724 | 11.0 | 1.9 | 17,773 | 12.4 | 2.2 | ||
FDP | Peter Habel | 7,369 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 11,096 | 7.7 | 3.9 | ||
Greens | Marc Piazolo | 7,128 | 5.0 | 1.4 | 8,109 | 5.6 | 0.5 | ||
PARTEI | Johannes Rösner | 2,209 | 1.5 | 1,760 | 1.2 | ||||
FW | Axel Kammerer | 1,783 | 1.2 | 1,273 | 0.9 | 0.2 | |||
NPD | 779 | 0.5 | 1.2 | ||||||
Pirates | 648 | 0.5 | 2.0 | ||||||
V-Partei³ | 382 | 0.3 | |||||||
DM | 253 | 0.2 | |||||||
BGE | 210 | 0.1 | |||||||
PDV | 121 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | Helmut Bohn-Klein | 217 | 0.2 | 109 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |||
Informal votes | 2,671 | 2,467 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 143,321 | 143,525 | |||||||
Turnout | 145,992 | 75.9 | 3.9 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 3,080 | 2.2 | 0.0 |
2013 election
editFederal election (2013): Homburg[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Alexander Funk | 55,250 | 39.8 | 6.4 | 50,892 | 36.6 | 7.5 | ||
SPD | David Lindemann | 52,266 | 37.6 | 6.7 | 44,365 | 31.9 | 6.5 | ||
Left | Yvonne Ploetz | 12,592 | 9.1 | 10.3 | 14,180 | 10.2 | 11.5 | ||
AfD | Karsten Sturm | 6,443 | 4.6 | 7,784 | 5.6 | ||||
Greens | Markus Schmitt | 4,954 | 3.6 | 1.0 | 7,127 | 5.1 | 1.2 | ||
Pirates | Andreas Guckert | 3,289 | 2.4 | 3,453 | 2.5 | 1.1 | |||
NPD | Niels Kandar | 2,231 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 2,437 | 1.8 | 0.3 | ||
FDP | Thorsten Eich | 1,890 | 1.4 | 5.9 | 5,266 | 3.8 | 8.0 | ||
FAMILIE | 2,378 | 1.7 | 0.4 | ||||||
FW | 930 | 0.7 | |||||||
PRO | 218 | 0.2 | |||||||
MLPD | 72 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 3,729 | 3,542 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 138,915 | 139,102 | |||||||
Turnout | 142,644 | 72.0 | 1.0 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 2,984 | 2.2 | 0.3 |
2009 election
editFederal election (2009): Homburg[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Alexander Funk | 48,092 | 33.4 | 0.7 | 42,033 | 29.1 | 0.3 | ||
SPD | Astrid Klug[b] | 44,500 | 30.9 | 9.2 | 36,681 | 25.4 | 8.9 | ||
Left | Ralf Reinstädtler | 27,933 | 19.4 | 4.0 | 31,382 | 21.7 | 3.6 | ||
FDP | Christian Schmitt | 10,508 | 7.3 | 3.9 | 17,039 | 11.8 | 4.3 | ||
Greens | Winfried Anslinger | 6,575 | 4.6 | 1.8 | 9,164 | 6.3 | 0.6 | ||
FAMILIE | Heinz Dabrock | 4,102 | 2.9 | 0.5 | 3,030 | 2.1 | 0.6 | ||
NPD | Bernd Ehrreich | 2,206 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 2,159 | 1.5 | 0.6 | ||
Pirates | 2,043 | 1.4 | |||||||
RRP | 797 | 0.6 | |||||||
MLPD | 50 | 0.0 | 0.1 | ||||||
Informal votes | 3,131 | 2,669 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 143,916 | 144,378 | |||||||
Turnout | 147,047 | 73.0 | 5.8 | ||||||
CDU gain from SPD | Majority | 3,592 | 2.5 |
Notes
edit- ^ Uhl entered the Bundestag on the CDU list after Peter Altmaier declined his mandate.
- ^ Klug entered the Bundestag on the SPD list after the death of Ottmar Schreiner in April 2013.
References
edit- ^ a b "Constituency Homburg". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Results for Homburg". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ Results for Homburg
- ^ Results for Homburg
- ^ Results for Homburg
- ^ Results for Homburg