Mosel/Rhein-Hunsrück

Mosel/Rhein-Hunsrück 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 200. It is located in central Rhineland-Palatinate, comprising the Cochem-Zell district, Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district, and the southern part of the Bernkastel-Wittlich district.[1]

200 Mosel/Rhein-Hunsrück
electoral district
for the Bundestag
Mosel/Rhein-Hunsrück in 2017
StateRhineland-Palatinate
Population219,500 (2015)
Electorate172,876 (2017)
Major settlementsBoppard
Morbach
Simmern
Area2,287.6 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
PartyCDU
MemberPeter Bleser
Elected1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017

Mosel/Rhein-Hunsrück was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 1990, it has been represented by Peter Bleser of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]

Geography

Mosel/Rhein-Hunsrück is located in central Rhineland-Palatinate. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Cochem-Zell and Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis districts as well as, from the Bernkastel-Wittlich district, the municipality of Morbach, the Verbandsgemeinden of Bernkastel-Kues and Thalfang am Erbeskopf, and the municipalities of Burg (Mosel), Enkirch, Irmenach, Lötzbeuren, Starkenburg, and Traben-Trarbach from the Traben-Trarbach Verbandsgemeinde.[1]

History

Mosel/Rhein-Hunsrück was created in 1949, then known as Cochem. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the 1949 election, it was Rhineland-Palatinate constituency 4 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1976 elections, it was number 151. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 149. In the 2002 election, it was number 203. In the 2005 election, it was number 202. In the 2009 and 2013 elections, it was number 201. Since the 2017 election, it has been number 200.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Cochem, Zell, Simmern, and Bernkastel. In the 1972 through 1998 elections, it comprised the Cochem-Zell district; the Verbandsgemeinden of Kastellaun, Kirchberg, Rheinböllen, and Simmern/Hunsrück from the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district; and the municipality of Morbach and the Verbandsgemeinden of Bernkastel-Kues, Neumagen-Dhron, Thalfang am Erbeskopf, and Traben-Trarbach from the Bernkastel-Wittlich district. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election, although when the former Verbandsgemeinde of Neumagen-Dhron was merged into the Traben-Trarbach Verbandsgemeinde in 2012, its area was not incorporated into the constituency.

Election No. Name Borders
1949 4 Cochem
  • Cochem district
  • Zell district
  • Simmern district
  • Bernkastel district
1953 151
1957
1961
1965
1969
1972
1976
1980 149
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 203 Mosel/Rhein-Hunsrück
2005 202
2009 201
2013
2017 200
2021

Members

The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation. It was first represented by Paul Gibbert from 1949 to 1969. Klaus Bremm then served from 1969 to 1976. He was succeeded by Waltrud Will-Feld, who was representative until 1990. Peter Bleser was elected in 1990, and re-elected in 1994, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2009, 2013, and 2017.

Election Member Party %
1949 Paul Gibbert CDU 66.6
1953 67.2
1957 65.4
1961 60.7
1965 63.5
1969 Klaus Bremm CDU 58.0
1972 58.1
1976 Waltrud Will-Feld CDU 60.5
1980 57.5
1983 61.4
1987 55.6
1990 Peter Bleser CDU 53.0
1994 53.6
1998 49.7
2002 48.8
2005 50.1
2009 47.7
2013 53.6
2017 44.1

Election results

2017 election
Federal election (2017): Mosel/Rhein-Hunsrück[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 Peter Bleser 58,596 44.1 9.5 55,606 41.6 7.8
SPD Ivonne Horbert 33,477 25.2 2.7 30,799 23.0 1.5
FDP Carina Konrad 11,544 8.7 5.5 14,924 11.2 4.9
AfD Martin Fischer 10,834 8.2 11,996 9.0 4.8
Left Alexandra Erikson 7,040 5.3 0.8 8,143 6.1 1.3
Green Ralf Kauer 6,465 4.9 0.8 7,487 5.6 0.1
FW Willi Feilen 3,741 2.8 0.3 1,708 1.3 0.1
PARTEI   1,182 0.9
ÖDP Johannes Schneider 1,131 0.9 0.2 491 0.4 0.0
Pirates   464 0.3 1.5
V-Partei³ 349 0.3
NPD   306 0.2 0.6
BGE   217 0.2
MLPD   32 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 2,691 1,815
Total Valid votes 132,828 133,704
Turnout 135,519 78.4 4.7
CDU hold Majority 25,119 18.9 6.8

2013 election
Federal election (2013): Mosel/Rhein-Hunsrück[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 Peter Bleser 67,658 53.6 6.0 62,703 49.4 10.0
SPD Anja Bindges 35,146 27.9 4.1 31,202 24.6 3.8
Left Martin Krötz 5,647 4.5 2.7 6,139 4.8 3.4
Green Joscha Pullich 5,083 4.0 3.7 7,257 5.7 2.3
FDP Werner Wöllstein 3,990 3.2 9.3 7,948 6.3 12.7
AfD   5,323 4.2
FW Wilhelm Feilen 3,918 3.1 1,698 1.3
Pirates Markus Weber 2,606 2.1 2,352 1.9 0.3
NPD Jens Simon Willi 1,273 1.0 0.2 1,057 0.8 0.1
ÖDP Erik Hofmann 830 0.7 477 0.4 0.2
Party of Reason 318 0.3
PRO 282 0.2
REP   160 0.1 0.3
MLPD   36 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 3,111 2,310
Total Valid votes 126,151 126,952
Turnout 129,262 73.7 1.1
CDU hold Majority 32,512 25.7 1.7

2009 election
Federal election (2009): Mosel/Rhein-Hunsrück[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 Peter Bleser 60,105 47.7 2.4 50,302 39.4 3.0
SPD Marcus Heintel 29,859 23.7 9.0 26,447 20.7 9.8
FDP Ralf Heinrich Wilhelmi 15,714 12.5 4.9 24,248 19.0 5.3
Green Britta Steck 9,724 7.7 3.7 10,265 8.0 2.4
Left Roger Mallmenn 9,035 7.2 2.8 10,568 8.3 3.4
Pirates   2,023 1.6
FAMILIE 1,286 1.0 0.1
NPD Erich Krames 1,521 1.2 0.0 1,137 0.9 0.1
REP   485 0.4 0.1
PBC 386 0.3 0.1
ÖDP   284 0.2
DVU   100 0.1
MLPD   25 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 4,233 2,635
Total Valid votes 125,958 127,556
Turnout 130,191 72.6 7.0
CDU hold Majority 30,246 24.0 6.6

References
  1. "Constituency Mosel/Rhein-Hunsrück". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Mosel/Rhein-Hunsrück". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. Results for Mosel/Rhein-Hunsrück
  4. Results for Mosel/Rhein-Hunsrück
  5. Results for Mosel/Rhein-Hunsrück
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.