Wetterau I

Wetterau I 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 177. It is located in central Hesse, comprising most of the Wetteraukreis district.[1]

177 Wetterau I
electoral district
for the Bundestag
Wetterau I in 2013
StateHesse
Population237,700 (2015)
Electorate176,435 (2017)
Major settlementsBad Vilbel
Bad Nauheim
Friedberg
Area745.9 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
PartyCDU
MemberVacant
ElectedN/A

Wetterau I was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since March 2020, the constituency has been vacant. It was last represented by Oswin Veith of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 2013 to 2020.[2]

Geography

Wetterau I is located in central Hesse. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Wetteraukreis district excluding the municipalities of Altenstadt, Büdingen, Gedern, Glauburg, Hirzenhain, Kefenrod, Limeshain, and Ortenberg.[1]

History

Wetterau I was created in 1949, then known as Friedberg. In the 1976 through 2009 elections, it was named Wetterau. It acquired its current name in the 2013 election. In the 1949 election, it was Hesse constituency 11 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1976, it was number 136. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 134. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 178. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 177.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Büdingen and Friedberg. From 1976 through 1998, it was coterminous with the Wetteraukreis district. In the 2002 through 2009 elections, it comprised the Wetteraukreis district and the municipalities of Bad Soden-Salmünster, Brachttal, and Wächtersbach from the Main-Kinzig-Kreis district. It acquired its current borders in the 2013 election.

Election No. Name Borders
1949 11 Friedberg
  • Büdingen district
  • Friedberg district
1953 136
1957
1961
1965
1969
1972 Obertaunuskreis (Hochtaunuskreis)
1976 Wetterau
1980 134
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 178
2005
2009 177
2013 Wetterau
2017
2021

Members

The constituency was first represented by Wilhelm Knothe of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1949 until his death in 1952. Fellow party member Kurt Moosdorf won the subsequent by-election, but Willi Richter replaced him as SPD candidate and representative in the 1953 federal election. Richter was succeeded by Lucie Beyer in 1957. Georg Schlaga then served from 1969 to 1983. Christian Schwarz-Schilling of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was elected in 1983 and was representative until 1998. Nina Hauer won the constituency for the SPD in 1998 and served three terms. Lucia Puttrich of the CDU was then representative from 2009 to 2013. Oswin Veith was elected in 2013 and re-elected in 2017. He resigned in March 2020 to become chairman of Oberhessische Versorgungsbetriebe (OVAG).

Election Member Party %
1949 Wilhelm Knothe SPD 33.1
1952 Kurt Moosdorf SPD
1953 Willi Richter SPD 37.3
1957 Lucie Beyer SPD 41.1
1961 47.1
1965 49.8
1969 Georg Schlaga SPD 51.3
1972 53.8
1976 47.8
1980 49.6
1983 Christian Schwarz-Schilling CDU 44.2
1987 45.3
1990 44.2
1994 46.3
1998 Nina Hauer SPD 46.3
2002 46.4
2005 43.3
2009 Lucia Puttrich CDU 41.0
2013 Oswin Veith CDU 47.1
2017 36.4

Election results

2017 election
Federal election (2017): Wetterau I[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 Oswin Veith 49,891 36.4 10.6 43,951 32.0 8.9
SPD Natalie Pawlik 39,773 29.0 2.9 31,152 22.7 4.7
AfD Klaus Herrmann 14,987 10.9 15,895 11.6 5.6
Green Kathrin Anders 11,368 8.3 0.9 13,002 9.5 0.1
FDP Peter Heidt[lower-alpha 1] 11,047 8.1 5.3 17,462 12.7 6.8
Left Julian Simon Eder 6,719 4.9 0.1 9,249 6.7 1.6
Tierschutzpartei   1,632 1.2
FW Thorsten Schwellnus 2,417 1.8 0.1 1,299 0.9 0.2
PARTEI   1,199 0.9 0.4
NPD Stefan Jagsch 719 0.5 1.3 811 0.6 0.9
Pirates   544 0.4 1.6
DM 249 0.2
V-Partei³ 239 0.2
BGE   233 0.2
ÖDP   229 0.2
BüSo 27 0.0 0.1
MLPD   24 0.0 0.0
DKP   23 0.0
Informal votes 1,932 1,633
Total Valid votes 136,921 137,220
Turnout 138,853 78.7 3.6
CDU hold Majority 10,118 7.4 7.8

2013 election
Federal election (2013): Wetterau I[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 Oswin Veith 60,118 47.1 5.7 52,419 40.9 7.4
SPD Stefan Lux 40,805 31.9 1.0 34,937 27.3 2.7
Green Antje Gesinn 9,497 7.4 0.1 11,991 9.4 2.1
AfD   7,608 5.9
Left Gabriele Faulhaber 6,174 4.8 1.0 6,615 5.2 2.1
FDP Natascha Colette Baumann 3,527 2.8 6.4 7,586 5.9 12.0
Pirates Marc Stephan Weitz 2,863 2.2 2,535 2.0 0.1
FW Rebecca Scholz 2,422 1.9 1,440 1.1
NPD Stefan Jagsch 2,364 1.9 0.0 1,860 1.5 0.3
PARTEI   604 0.5
REP   194 0.2 0.1
PRO 170 0.1
BüSo 110 0.1 0.0
PSG   57 0.0
MLPD   23 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 3,710 3,331
Total Valid votes 127,770 128,149
Turnout 131,480 75.1 0.6
CDU hold Majority 19,313 15.2 7.3

2009 election
Federal election (2009): Wetterau[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 Lucia Puttrich 73,702 41.0 0.9 60,038 33.4 1.2
SPD N Nina Hauer 59,420 33.1 10.2 45,085 25.1 9.6
FDP Achim Güssgen 16,284 9.1 4.9 31,612 17.6 5.1
Green Christian Kolb 12,425 6.9 3.0 19,242 10.7 1.6
Left Gabriele Faulhaber 11,116 6.2 2.2 13,681 7.6 2.6
Pirates   3,623 2.0
NPD Daniel Lachmann 3,792 2.1 0.1 3,426 1.9 0.1
Tierschutzpartei Christa Rust 2,631 1.5 2,069 1.2 0.3
REP   677 0.4 0.3
Independent Manuel Hachenburger 328 0.2
BüSo 182 0.1 0.0
DVU   138 0.1
MLPD   45 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 4,122 4,002
Total Valid votes 179,698 179,818
Turnout 183,820 74.5 4.2
CDU gain from SPD Majority 14,282 7.9

Notes
  1. Heidt entered the Bundestag on the FDP list after the resignation of Nicola Beer in July 2019.

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