Kassel (electoral district)

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 168. It is located in northern Hesse, comprising the city of Kassel and surrounding parts of the Landkreis Kassel district.[1]

168 Kassel
electoral district
for the Bundestag
Kassel in 2013
StateHesse
Population299,300 (2015)
Electorate222,451 (2017)
Major settlementsKassel
Area357.6 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
PartySPD
MemberTimon Gremmels
Elected2017

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

Kassel 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

Kassel 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. Since 2013, it has been number 168.

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
1949 2 Kassel
1953 127
1957
1961
1965
  • Kassel city
  • Landkreis Kassel district (only Frommershausen, Heckershausen, Ihringshausen, Knickhagen, Mönchehof, Niedervellmar, Obervellmar, Rothwesten, Simmershausen, Wahnhausen, Ahnatal-Weimar, and Wilhelmshausen municipalities)
1969
1972
1976
1980 125
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 170
2005
2009 169
2013 168
2017
2021

Members

The 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.

Election Member Party %
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

Election results

2017 election
Federal election (2017): Kassel[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 % ±%
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
Green 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[lower-alpha 1] 9,759 5.9 3.9 15,046 9.1 5.1
Tierschutzpartei   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
Federal election (2013): Kassel[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 % ±%
SPD Y 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
Green 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
PSG   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
Federal election (2009): Kassel[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 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
Green 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
Tierschutzpartei   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
  1. Nölke entered the Bundestag on the FDP list after the resignation of Stefan Ruppert in April 2020.

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