Neustadt – Speyer

Neustadt – Speyer 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 208. It is located in southeastern Rhineland-Palatinate, comprising the cities of Neustadt an der Weinstraße and Speyer, the district of Bad Dürkheim, and the southern part of the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis district.[1]

208 Neustadt – Speyer
electoral district
for the Bundestag
Neustadt – Speyer in 2017
StateRhineland-Palatinate
Population285,500 (2015)
Electorate220,550 (2017)
Major settlementsNeustadt an der Weinstraße
Speyer
Schifferstadt
Area866.0 km2
Current electoral district
Created1965
PartyCDU
MemberJohannes Steiniger
Elected2017

Neustadt – Speyer was created for the 1965 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Johannes Steiniger of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]

Geography

Neustadt – Speyer is located in southeastern Rhineland-Palatinate. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent cities of Neustadt an der Weinstraße and Speyer, the district of Bad Dürkheim, and the municipalities of Schifferstadt, Otterstadt, and Waldsee and the Verbandsgemeinde of Römerberg-Dudenhofen from the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis district.[1]

History

Neustadt – Speyer was created in 1965. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was constituency 160 in the numbering system. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 158. In the 2002 election, it was number 211. In the 2005 election, it was number 210. In the 2009 and 2013 elections, it was number 209. Since the 2017 election, it has been number 208.

Originally, the constituency comprised the cities of Neustadt an der Weinstraße and Speyer and the districts of Landkreis Neustadt an der Weinstraße and Landkreis Speyer. In the 1972 through 1998 elections, it comprised the cities of Neustadt an der Weinstraße and Speyer, the municipalities of Bad Dürkheim and Haßloch and the Verbandsgemeinden of Deidesheim, Freinsheim, Lambrecht (Pfalz), and Wachenheim from the Bad Dürkheim district, and the municipalities of Römerberg and Schifferstadt and the Verbandsgemeinden of Dudenhofen and Rheinauen from the Landkreis Ludwigshafen district. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Election No. Name Borders
1965 160 Neustadt – Speyer
1969
1972
1976
1980 158
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 211
2005 210
2009 209
2013
2017 208
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 Bernhard Vogel from 1965 to 1969, followed by Georg Gölter until 1972. Peter Büchner of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was elected in 1972 and served a single term. Former member Gölter regained the constituency in 1976. He was succeeded by Theo Magin in 1980, who served until 1994. Norbert Schindler was representative from 1994 to 2017. Johannes Steiniger was elected in 2017.

Election Member Party %
1965 Bernhard Vogel CDU 48.1
1969 Georg Gölter CDU 48.0
1972 Peter Büchner SPD 47.8
1976 Georg Gölter CDU 50.6
1980 Theo Magin CDU 46.6
1983 53.0
1987 49.5
1990 48.6
1994 Norbert Schindler CDU 49.8
1998 46.3
2002 44.2
2005 44.8
2009 44.6
2013 47.9
2017 Johannes Steiniger CDU 40.0

Election results

2017 election
Federal election (2017): Neustadt – Speyer[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Johannes Steiniger 69,504 40.0 7.9 61,407 35.2 8.4
SPD Isabel Mackensen[lower-alpha 1] 44,032 25.3 3.3 37,894 21.7 4.1
AfD Wolfgang Kräher 20,593 11.9 22,070 12.7 7.7
Green Misbah Khan 13,156 7.6 0.5 15,389 8.8 0.3
FDP Markus Dürr 11,734 6.8 4.1 19,251 11.0 5.3
Left Maximilian Keck 8,207 4.7 0.2 10,537 6.0 1.2
FW Marion Schleicher-Frank 5,929 3.4 0.6 3,683 2.1 0.4
PARTEI   1,539 0.9
Pirates   774 0.4 1.8
NPD   559 0.3 0.8
V-Partei³ 475 0.3
ÖDP   363 0.2 0.1
BGE   329 0.2
New Liberals Thomas Cohnen 305 0.2
Independent Shanna Nuss 261 0.2
MLPD   67 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 2,704 2,088
Total Valid votes 173,721 174,337
Turnout 176,425 80.0 5.0
CDU hold Majority 25,472 14.7 4.6

2013 election
Federal election (2013): Neustadt – Speyer[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Y Norbert Schindler 77,345 47.9 3.2 71,072 43.7 7.7
SPD Heike-Maria Mrosek-Handwerk 46,217 28.6 3.4 41,982 25.8 3.4
Green Jutta Paulus 13,054 8.1 0.5 13,915 8.5 1.7
Left Wolfgang Förster 7,244 4.5 3.3 7,871 4.8 3.5
FW Marion Schleicher-Frank 4,528 2.8 2,835 1.7
FDP Hartmut Lardon 4,355 2.7 6.6 9,337 5.7 11.0
AfD   7,995 4.9
Pirates Vincent Thenhart 4,189 2.6 3,660 2.2 0.4
NPD Dörthe Armstroff 2,728 1.7 0.0 1,778 1.1 0.1
FAMILIE Mark Anthony von Garnier 1,099 0.7 1.3
REP   943 0.6 0.6
Party of Reason Georg Semmler 811 0.5 611 0.4
ÖDP   427 0.3 0.0
PRO 332 0.2
MLPD   45 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 3,865 2,632
Total Valid votes 161,570 162,803
Turnout 165,435 75.0 0.7
CDU hold Majority 31,128 19.3 0.1

2009 election
Federal election (2009): Neustadt – Speyer[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Y Norbert Schindler 71,481 44.6 0.2 57,953 36.0 1.6
SPD Wolfgang Ressmann 40,404 25.2 12.9 36,117 22.4 10.7
FDP Hartmut Lardon 14,870 9.3 4.7 26,987 16.7 5.1
Green Frank Peters 13,748 8.6 3.8 16,485 10.2 2.1
Left Stefanie Beck 12,546 7.8 4.0 13,486 8.4 3.5
Pirates   3,030 1.9
FAMILIE Margarete Nickel 3,140 2.0 2,217 1.4 0.2
NPD Dörthe Armstroff 2,710 1.7 0.7 1,935 1.2 0.2
REP   1,918 1.2 0.8
Independent Viktor Kunz 1,283 0.8
PBC 453 0.3 0.2
ÖDP   426 0.3
DVU   116 0.1
MLPD   44 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 3,870 2,884
Total Valid votes 160,182 161,168
Turnout 164,052 74.2 6.6
CDU hold Majority 31,077 19.4 12.7

Notes
  1. Mackensen entered the Bundestag on the SPD list after the resignation of Katarina Barley in July 2019.

References
  1. "Constituency Neustadt – Speyer". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Neustadt – Speyer". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. Results for Neustadt – Speyer
  4. Results for Neustadt – Speyer
  5. Results for Neustadt – Speyer
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