Marburg (electoral district)

Marburg 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 171. It is located in northern Hesse, comprising the Marburg-Biedenkopf district.[1]

171 Marburg
electoral district
for the Bundestag
Marburg in 2013
StateHesse
Population245,200 (2015)
Electorate183,296 (2017)
Major settlementsMarburg
Stadtallendorf
Kirchhain
Area1,262.5 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
PartySPD
MemberSören Bartol
Elected2002, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017

Marburg was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2002, it has been represented by Sören Bartol of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]

Geography

Marburg is located in northern Hesse. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Marburg-Biedenkopf district.[1]

History

Marburg was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Hesse constituency 6 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1976 elections, it was number 131. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 129. In 2002 and 2005, it was number 173. In the 2009 election, it was number 172. Since 2013, it has been number 171.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Marburg and the districts of Biedenkopf and Landkreis Marburg. In the 1965 election, it lost the municipality of Schiffelbach from the Landkreis Marburg district. It acquired its current borders in the 1976 election.

Election No. Name Borders
1949 6 Marburg
  • Marburg city
  • Biedenkopf district
  • Landkreis Marburg district
1953 131
1957
1961
1965
  • Marburg city
  • Biedenkopf district
  • Landkreis Marburg district (excluding Schiffelbach municipality)
1969
1972
1976
1980 129
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 173
2005
2009 172
2013 171
2017
2021

Members

The constituency was first represented by Ludwig Preiß from 1949 to 1961. In the 1949 and 1953 elections, he represented by Free Democratic Party (FDP); in 1957, he was elected for the German Party (DP). Gerhard Jahn of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was elected in 1961, but former member Preiß won the constituency in 1965, this time representing the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Jahn was elected again in 1969 and served until 1983. Friedrich Bohl of the CDU was elected in 1983 and was representative until 1994. Brigitte Lange regained the constituency for the SPD in 1994, and served until 2002. Sören Bartol was elected in 2002, and re-elected in 2005, 2009, 2013, and 2017.

Election Member Party %
1949 Ludwig Preiß FDP 36.2
1953 33.6
1957 DP 41.9
1961 Gerhard Jahn SPD 41.5
1965 Ludwig Preiß CDU 44.9
1969 Gerhard Jahn SPD 49.2
1972 53.4
1976 47.3
1980 49.6
1983 Friedrich Bohl CDU 47.6
1987 43.6
1990 42.3
1994 Brigitte Lange SPD 43.1
1998 47.7
2002 Sören Bartol SPD 47.8
2005 47.5
2009 38.9
2013 43.7
2017 35.7

Election results

2017 election
Federal election (2017): Marburg[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 Y Sören Bartol 50,214 35.7 8.0 37,202 26.4 7.0
CDU Stefan Heck 46,888 33.4 6.2 42,377 30.1 6.6
AfD Julian Schmidt 14,378 10.2 16,125 11.5 6.9
Left Elisabeth Kula 11,557 8.2 3.0 14,420 10.2 3.4
Green Rainer Flohrschütz 8,989 6.4 0.5 13,088 9.3 1.2
FDP Hanke Friedrich Bokelmann 6,044 4.3 2.6 12,191 8.7 4.7
PARTEI   1,296 0.9 0.4
Tierschutzpartei   1,148 0.8
FW Daniel Baron 2,005 1.4 950 0.7 0.2
Pirates   527 0.4 1.4
Independent Rainer Schmidtke 491 0.3
NPD   357 0.3 0.6
ÖDP   312 0.2
BGE   297 0.2
DM 180 0.1
V-Partei³ 174 0.1
DKP   64 0.0
MLPD   45 0.0 0.0
BüSo 33 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 1,799 1,579
Total Valid votes 140,566 140,786
Turnout 142,365 77.7 6.8
SPD hold Majority 3,326 2.3 1.8

2013 election
Federal election (2013): Marburg[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 Sören Bartol 55,982 43.7 4.8 42,749 33.4 4.8
CDU Stefan Heck 50,683 39.6 4.0 46,993 36.7 5.7
Green Matthias Knoche 7,595 5.9 1.9 13,443 10.5 2.2
Left Janis Ehling 6,746 5.3 2.9 8,720 6.8 3.1
AfD   5,858 4.6
Pirates Michael Weber 2,581 2.0 2,206 1.7 0.2
FDP Jörg Hartmut Behlen 2,229 1.7 6.5 5,111 4.0 9.1
NPD Alfred Hermann Horst 1,459 1.1 0.1 1,034 0.8 0.2
PARTEI Marcus-Alexander Assmann 727 0.6 645 0.5
FW   593 0.5
REP   313 0.2 0.4
PRO 109 0.1
PSG   62 0.0
BüSo 47 0.0 0.1
MLPD   26 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 2,943 3,036
Total Valid votes 128,002 127,909
Turnout 130,945 70.9 2.2
SPD hold Majority 5,299 4.1 0.8

2009 election
Federal election (2009): Marburg[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 Sören Bartol 51,712 38.9 8.6 38,139 28.7 10.2
CDU Stefan Heck 47,322 35.6 1.0 41,356 31.1 0.8
FDP Jörg Behlen 10,964 8.2 4.4 17,410 13.1 3.7
Left Hans Köster-Sollwedel 10,857 8.2 3.3 13,181 9.9 3.7
Green Matthias Knoche 10,366 7.8 3.8 16,884 12.7 2.6
Pirates   2,625 2.0
NPD Manuel Mann 1,690 1.3 0.2 1,290 1.0 0.1
Tierschutzpartei   1,116 0.8 0.2
REP   843 0.6 0.6
BüSo 151 0.1 0.0
DVU   76 0.1
MLPD   27 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 2,382 2,195
Total Valid votes 132,911 133,098
Turnout 135,293 73.1 5.2
SPD hold Majority 4,390 3.3 7.6

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