Worms (electoral district)

Worms 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 206. It is located in eastern Rhineland-Palatinate, comprising the city of Worms, the district of Alzey-Worms, and southern parts of the Mainz-Bingen district.[1]

206 Worms
electoral district
for the Bundestag
Worms in 2017
StateRhineland-Palatinate
Population284,100 (2015)
Electorate213,627 (2017)
Major settlementsWorms
Alzey
Osthofen
Area932.6 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
PartyCDU
MemberJan Metzler
Elected2013, 2017

Worms was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2013, it has been represented by Jan Metzler of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]

Geography

Worms is located in eastern Rhineland-Palatinate. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Worms, the district of Alzey-Worms, and the Verbandsgemeinden of Bodenheim, Rhein-Selz, and Sprendlingen-Gensingen from the Mainz-Bingen district.[1]

History

Worms was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Rhineland-Palatinate constituency 10 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1976 elections, it was number 157. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 155. In the 2002 election, it was number 209. In the 2005 election, it was number 208. In the 2009 and 2013 elections, it was number 207. Since the 2017 election, it has been number 206.

Originally, the constituency comprised the city of Worms, and the districts of Landkreis Worms and Alzey as well as the Amtsgerichtsbezirk of Oppenheim from the Landkreis Mainz district. In the 1972 through 2013 elections, it comprised the city of Worms, the district of Alzey-Worms, and the Verbandsgemeinden of Bodenheim, Guntersblum, and Nierstein-Oppenheim from the Mainz-Bingen district. It acquired its current borders in the 2017 election.

Election No. Name Borders
1949 10 Worms
  • Worms city
  • Landkreis Worms district
  • Alzey district
  • Landkreis Mainz district (only Oppenheim Amtsgerichtsbezirk)
1953 157
1957
1961
1965
1969
1972
1976
1980 155
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 209
2005 208
2009 207
2013
2017 206
2021

Members

The constituency has been held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) during all but two Bundestag terms since its creation. It was first represented by Willy Müller from 1949 to 1969. He was succeeded by Willi Fischer from 1969 to 1980. Gernot Fischer then served two terms, followed by Florian Gerster from 1987 to 1994. Klaus Hagemann was representative from 1994 to 2013. Jan Metzler of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was elected in 2013, and re-elected in 2017.

Election Member Party %
1949 Willy Müller SPD 36.6
1953 38.7
1957 41.0
1961 44.1
1965 44.9
1969 Willi Fischer SPD 47.8
1972 54.8
1976 49.8
1980 Gernot Fischer SPD 51.1
1983 47.2
1987 Florian Gerster SPD 44.9
1990 44.6
1994 Klaus Hagemann SPD 43.7
1998 50.0
2002 49.1
2005 45.8
2009 37.6
2013 Jan Metzler CDU 42.0
2017 41.1

Election results

2017 election
Federal election (2017): Worms[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 Y Jan Metzler 68,685 41.1 0.9 54,721 32.6 6.8
SPD Marcus Held 44,569 26.7 10.3 42,471 25.3 4.5
AfD Matthias Lehmann 18,902 11.3 7.2 21,978 13.1 7.5
Green Thomas Rahner 11,280 6.7 1.1 13,449 8.0 0.3
FDP Manuel Höferlin 10,058 6.0 3.4 17,543 10.5 4.5
Left Sebastian Knopf 8,539 5.1 1.4 10,811 6.4 1.4
FW Iris Peterek 2,687 1.6 0.3 2,045 1.2 0.1
PARTEI   1,623 1.0
Pirates   780 0.5 1.7
ÖDP Jochen Piehl 1,030 0.6 0.2 705 0.4 0.1
Independent Tabitha Elkins 805 0.5
NPD Ricarda Riefling 511 0.3 1.0 644 0.4 1.0
V-Partei³ 471 0.3
BGE   362 0.2
Independent Oksana Bauer 110 0.1
MLPD   62 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 2,617 2,128
Total Valid votes 167,176 167,665
Turnout 169,793 79.5 5.7
CDU hold Majority 24,116 14.4 9.4

2013 election
Federal election (2013): Worms[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 Jan Metzler 61,337 42.0 6.0 57,620 39.4 7.0
SPD Marcus Held 53,948 37.0 0.7 43,670 29.8 2.8
Green Jan Paul Stich 8,111 5.6 1.7 12,267 8.4 1.7
AfD Ursula Bieser 6,316 4.3 8,188 5.6
Left Sebastian Knopf 5,359 3.7 3.4 7,398 5.1 3.3
FDP Manuel Höferlin 3,652 2.5 7.2 8,657 5.9 9.8
Pirates Bernhard Furch 2,728 1.9 3,138 2.1 0.1
NPD Mathias Weyerich 2,080 1.4 0.8 2,116 1.4 0.1
FW Claus Ableiter 1,810 1.2 1,595 1.1
REP   544 0.4 0.7
ÖDP Stephan Krell 634 0.4 497 0.3 0.0
Party of Reason 358 0.2
PRO 269 0.2
MLPD   41 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 2,953 2,570
Total Valid votes 145,975 146,358
Turnout 148,928 73.8 0.8
CDU gain from SPD Majority 7,389 5.0

2009 election
Federal election (2009): Worms[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 % ±%
SPD Y Klaus Hagemann 54,255 37.6 8.2 39,125 27.1 10.9
CDU Ludwig Tauscher 51,892 36.0 1.4 46,831 32.4 1.0
FDP Manuel Höferlin 14,051 9.7 3.6 22,748 15.7 4.2
Green Pia Schellhammer 10,515 7.3 3.4 14,609 10.1 2.9
Left Michael Post 10,218 7.1 2.5 12,098 8.4 3.1
Pirates   2,909 2.0
NPD Rainer Marschall 3,259 2.3 0.0 2,284 1.6 0.4
REP   1,508 1.0 0.0
FAMILIE 1,468 1.0 0.1
ÖDP   425 0.3
PBC 421 0.3 0.1
DVU   137 0.1
MLPD   30 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 3,191 2,788
Total Valid votes 144,190 144,593
Turnout 147,381 72.9 6.5
SPD hold Majority 2,363 1.6 6.9

References
  1. "Constituency Worms". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Worms". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. Results for Worms
  4. Results for Worms
  5. Results for Worms
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