Kassel 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 167. It is located in northern Hesse, comprising the city of Kassel and surrounding parts of the Landkreis Kassel district.[1]
167 Kassel | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
State | Hesse |
Population | 304,800 (2019) |
Electorate | 218,474 (2021) |
Major settlements | Kassel |
Area | 357.6 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 1949 |
Party | SPD |
Member | Timon Gremmels |
Elected | 2017, 2021 |
Kassel was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Timon Gremmels of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]
Geography
editKassel is located in northern Hesse. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Kassel and the municipalities of Ahnatal, Espenau, Fuldabrück, Fuldatal, Helsa, Kaufungen, Lohfelden, Nieste, Niestetal, Söhrewald, and Vellmar from the Landkreis Kassel district.[1]
History
editKassel was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Hesse constituency 2 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1976, it was number 127. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 125. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 170. In the 2009 election, it was number 169. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 168. From the 2025 election, it has been number 167.
Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Kassel and the Landkreis Kassel district. In the 1965 and 1969 elections, it comprised the city of Kassel and the municipalities of Frommershausen, Heckershausen, Ihringshausen, Knickhagen, Mönchehof, Niedervellmar, Obervellmar, Rothwesten, Simmershausen, Wahnhausen, Ahnatal-Weimar, and Wilhelmshausen from Landkreis Kassel. In the 1972 through 1998 elections, it comprised the city of Kassel and the municipalities of Ahnatal, Espenau, Fuldatal, and Vellmar from Landkreis Kassel. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.
Election | No. | Name | Borders |
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1949 | 2 | Kassel |
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1953 | 127 | ||
1957 | |||
1961 | |||
1965 |
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1969 | |||
1972 | |||
1976 | |||
1980 | 125 | ||
1983 | |||
1987 | |||
1990 | |||
1994 | |||
1998 | |||
2002 | 170 | ||
2005 | |||
2009 | 169 | ||
2013 | 168 | ||
2017 | |||
2021 | |||
2025 | 167 |
Members
editThe constituency has been held continuously by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) since its creation. It was first represented by Georg-August Zinn from 1949 until his resignation in 1951 to become Minister-President of Hesse. He was succeeded by Ludwig Preller after a by-election. Holger Börner was elected in 1957 and served until 1976, when he resigned to become Minister-President of Hesse. Horst Peter was then representative from 1980 to 1994. Gerhard Rübenkönig was elected in 1994 and served until 2005. Former Minister-President of Hesse Hans Eichel then served a single term, before being succeeded by Ulrike Gottschalck in 2009. She was representative until 2017. Timon Gremmels was elected in the 2017 election and re-elected in 2021.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1949 | Georg-August Zinn | SPD | 42.3 | |
1951 | Ludwig Preller | SPD | 55.1 | |
1953 | 43.8 | |||
1957 | Holger Börner | SPD | 49.2 | |
1961 | 51.6 | |||
1965 | 52.1 | |||
1969 | 56.9 | |||
1972 | 60.1 | |||
1976 | 53.7 | |||
1980 | Horst Peter | SPD | 53.3 | |
1983 | 51.4 | |||
1987 | 47.7 | |||
1990 | 46.9 | |||
1994 | Gerhard Rübenkönig | SPD | 41.5 | |
1998 | 48.4 | |||
2002 | 49.3 | |||
2005 | Hans Eichel | SPD | 50.5 | |
2009 | Ulrike Gottschalck | SPD | 38.0 | |
2013 | 40.0 | |||
2017 | Timon Gremmels | SPD | 35.6 | |
2021 | 36.1 |
Election results
edit2021 election
editFederal election (2021): Kassel[3] | |||||||||
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Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
SPD | Timon Gremmels | 57,919 | 36.1 | 0.5 | 51,812 | 32.2 | 3.9 | ||
CDU | Michael Aufenanger | 32,765 | 20.4 | 6.5 | 28,183 | 17.5 | 7.7 | ||
Greens | Boris Mijatović | 27,744 | 17.3 | 7.9 | 30,348 | 18.9 | 7.4 | ||
FDP | Matthias Nölke | 12,966 | 8.1 | 2.2 | 16,448 | 10.2 | 1.1 | ||
AfD | Sibylle Johst | 11,348 | 7.1 | 2.9 | 12,141 | 7.5 | 2.9 | ||
Left | Stephanie Schury | 9,357 | 5.8 | 2.9 | 10,518 | 6.5 | 4.8 | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 2,346 | 1.5 | 0.5 | ||||||
PARTEI | Franz Czisch | 2,876 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 1,673 | 1.0 | 0.1 | ||
FW | Michael Scheffler | 2,563 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 1,824 | 1.1 | 0.5 | ||
dieBasis | Stefan Fydrich | 2,012 | 1.3 | 1,854 | 1.2 | ||||
Team Todenhöfer | 1,159 | 0.7 | |||||||
Pirates | 694 | 0.4 | 0.0 | ||||||
Volt | 442 | 0.3 | |||||||
Independent | Cornelius Sayyed El-Fayoumy | 416 | 0.3 | ||||||
Bündnis C | Wolfgang Peuckert | 299 | 0.2 | 217 | 0.1 | ||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 215 | 0.1 | |||||||
Humanists | 180 | 0.1 | |||||||
ÖDP | 175 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
V-Partei3 | 156 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
NPD | 143 | 0.1 | 0.2 | ||||||
MLPD | Klaus Bremer | 244 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 133 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||
DKP | 89 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
Independent | Stephan Mascher | 87 | 0.1 | ||||||
Bündnis 21 | 48 | 0.0 | |||||||
LKR | 31 | 0.0 | |||||||
Informal votes | 2,213 | 1,980 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 160,596 | 160,829 | |||||||
Turnout | 162,809 | 74.5 | 0.9 | ||||||
SPD hold | Majority | 25,154 | 15.7 | 7.0 |
2017 election
editFederal election (2017): Kassel[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
SPD | Timon Gremmels | 58,759 | 35.6 | 4.4 | 46,769 | 28.3 | 5.7 | ||
CDU | Norbert Wett | 44,425 | 26.9 | 8.3 | 41,736 | 25.2 | 5.7 | ||
AfD | Manfred Günther Ernst Leopold Mattis | 16,501 | 10.0 | 17,288 | 10.5 | 5.4 | |||
Greens | Boris Mijatovic | 15,466 | 9.4 | 1.3 | 18,935 | 11.4 | 1.3 | ||
Left | Torsten Felstehausen | 14,472 | 8.8 | 0.4 | 18,677 | 11.3 | 2.5 | ||
FDP | Matthias Nölke[a] | 9,759 | 5.9 | 3.9 | 15,046 | 9.1 | 5.1 | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,590 | 1.0 | |||||||
PARTEI | Jan Schuster | 2,180 | 1.3 | 1,589 | 1.0 | 0.5 | |||
FW | Helmut Peter Heinz Paul | 1,311 | 0.8 | 1,003 | 0.6 | 0.1 | |||
Pirates | Robin Geddert | 1,222 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 794 | 0.5 | 1.8 | ||
Independent | Susanne Anita Holbein | 566 | 0.3 | ||||||
BGE | 488 | 0.3 | |||||||
NPD | 417 | 0.3 | 0.5 | ||||||
DM | 360 | 0.2 | |||||||
ÖDP | 224 | 0.1 | |||||||
V-Partei³ | 215 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | Michaela Elisabeth Theresia Jakob | 313 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 184 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||
Independent | Eva-Maria Gent | 304 | 0.2 | ||||||
DKP | 59 | 0.0 | |||||||
BüSo | 29 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,577 | 2,452 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 165,278 | 165,403 | |||||||
Turnout | 167,855 | 75.5 | 3.9 | ||||||
SPD hold | Majority | 14,334 | 8.7 | 3.9 |
2013 election
editFederal election (2013): Kassel[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
SPD | Ulrike Gottschalck | 62,178 | 40.0 | 2.0 | 53,232 | 34.0 | 2.8 | ||
CDU | Norbert Wett | 54,674 | 35.2 | 4.8 | 48,361 | 30.9 | 5.4 | ||
Greens | Nicole Maisch | 16,559 | 10.7 | 1.6 | 19,884 | 12.7 | 2.1 | ||
Left | Kai Manuel Boeddinghaus | 13,066 | 8.4 | 1.5 | 13,680 | 8.7 | 2.5 | ||
AfD | 7,977 | 5.1 | |||||||
Pirates | Volker Berkhout | 4,624 | 3.0 | 3,575 | 2.3 | 0.0 | |||
FDP | Matthias Nölke | 3,192 | 2.1 | 5.7 | 6,259 | 4.0 | 8.6 | ||
NPD | 1,218 | 0.8 | 0.0 | ||||||
Independent | Herbert Wolfgang Dirk Stolte | 845 | 0.5 | ||||||
FW | 839 | 0.5 | |||||||
PARTEI | 796 | 0.5 | |||||||
REP | 198 | 0.1 | 0.2 | ||||||
PRO | 155 | 0.1 | |||||||
SGP | 89 | 0.1 | |||||||
BüSo | 51 | 0.0 | 0.1 | ||||||
MLPD | Joachim Karl Ludolf Gärtner | 325 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 165 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 5,232 | 4,216 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 155,463 | 156,479 | |||||||
Turnout | 160,695 | 71.6 | 0.8 | ||||||
SPD hold | Majority | 7,504 | 4.8 | 2.8 |
2009 election
editFederal election (2009): Kassel[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
SPD | Ulrike Gottschalck | 59,621 | 38.0 | 12.5 | 49,114 | 31.3 | 12.6 | ||
CDU | Jürgen Gehb | 47,643 | 30.4 | 0.2 | 40,134 | 25.5 | 1.0 | ||
Greens | Nicole Maisch | 19,246 | 12.3 | 4.5 | 23,320 | 14.8 | 3.0 | ||
Left | Norbert Domes | 15,453 | 9.9 | 4.1 | 17,656 | 11.2 | 4.5 | ||
FDP | Mechthild Dyckmans | 12,188 | 7.8 | 3.8 | 19,820 | 12.6 | 4.4 | ||
Pirates | 3,523 | 2.2 | |||||||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,374 | 0.9 | 0.3 | ||||||
NPD | Martin Radtke | 1,594 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 1,275 | 0.8 | 0.1 | ||
Independent | Olaf Petersen | 715 | 0.5 | ||||||
REP | 470 | 0.3 | 0.2 | ||||||
MLPD | Barbara Meyer | 319 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 173 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||
BüSo | 159 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
DVU | 112 | 0.1 | |||||||
Informal votes | 4,254 | 3,903 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 156,779 | 157,130 | |||||||
Turnout | 161,033 | 72.3 | 6.1 | ||||||
SPD hold | Majority | 11,978 | 7.6 | 12.3 |
Notes
edit- ^ Nölke entered the Bundestag on the FDP list after the resignation of Stefan Ruppert in April 2020.
References
edit- ^ a b "Constituency Kassel". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Results for Kassel". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ Results for Kassel
- ^ Results for Kassel
- ^ Results for Kassel
- ^ Results for Kassel