Frankfurt am Main II 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 182. It is located in southern Hesse, comprising the eastern part of the city of Frankfurt am Main.[1]
182 Frankfurt am Main II | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
State | Hesse |
Population | 383,200 (2019) |
Electorate | 227,207 (2021) |
Major settlements | Frankfurt am Main (partial) |
Area | 163.2 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 1949 |
Party | GRÜNE |
Member | Omid Nouripour |
Elected | 2021 |
Frankfurt am Main II was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Omid Nouripour of the Alliance 90/The Greens.[2]
Geography
editFrankfurt am Main II is located in southern Hesse. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the Ortsbezirke of Innenstadt III, Bornheim/Ostend, Süd, West (only Schwanheim Ortsteil), Nord-Ost, Ost, Kalbach-Riedberg, Nieder-Erlenbach, Harheim, Nieder-Eschbach, and Bergen-Enkheim from the independent city of Frankfurt am Main.[1]
History
editFrankfurt am Main II was created in 1949, then known as Frankfurt/M II. From 1965 through 1972, it was named Frankfurt II. In the 1976 election, it was named Frankfurt (Main) II. It acquired its current name in the 1980 election. In the 1949 election, it was Hesse constituency 16 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1976, it was number 141. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 139. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 184. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 183. From the 2025 election, it has been number 182.
Originally, the constituency comprised the Stadtbezirke of Innenstadt, Gutleutviertel, Gallusviertel, Rebstock, Westend, Bockenheim, Rödelheim, Hausen, Praunheim, Heddernheim, Ginnheim, Eschersheim, and Niederursel from the city of Frankfurt am Main. In the 1976 through 1998 elections, it comprised the Stadtbezirke of Innenstadt, Gutleutviertel, Gallusviertel, Westend, Bockenheim, Heddernheim, Ginnheim, Eschersheim, Niederursel, Sachsenhausen, Niederrad, Goldstein-Ost, Altstadt, Bahnhofsviertel, Kalbach, and Dornbusch-West from the city of Frankfurt am Main. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.
Election | No. | Name | Borders |
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1949 | 16 | Frankfurt/M II |
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1953 | 141 | ||
1957 | |||
1961 | |||
1965 | Frankfurt II | ||
1969 | |||
1972 | |||
1976 | Frankfurt (Main) II |
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1980 | 139 | Frankfurt am Main II | |
1983 | |||
1987 | |||
1990 | |||
1994 | |||
1998 | |||
2002 | 184 |
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2005 | |||
2009 | 183 | ||
2013 | |||
2017 | |||
2021 | |||
2025 | 182 |
Members
editThe constituency was first represented by Willi Birkelbach of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1949 to 1953, followed by Walter Leiske of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1953 to 1961. Former member Birkelbach won it back and served another term from 1961 to 1965. Brigitte Freyh of the SPD was then representative from 1965 to 1972, when she was succeeded by party fellow Fred Zander. Karl Becker of the CDU was representative for one term from 1976 to 1980, when former member Zander regained it for the SPD. Becker was then elected in 1983 and re-elected in 1987. Joachim Gres succeeded him in 1990 for two terms. Gudrun Schaich-Walch won the constituency for the SPD in 1998 and served one term; Rita Streb-Hesse held it for the SPD in 2002. Erika Steinbach of the CDU was representative from 2005 to 2017. Bettina Wiesmann of the CDU was elected in 2017. Omid Nouripour won the constituency for the Greens in 2021.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1949 | Willi Birkelbach | SPD | 39.3 | |
1953 | Walter Leiske | CDU | 39.3 | |
1957 | 45.7 | |||
1961 | Willi Birkelbach | SPD | 42.6 | |
1965 | Brigitte Freyh | SPD | 45.8 | |
1969 | 52.1 | |||
1972 | Fred Zander | SPD | 51.8 | |
1976 | Karl Becker | CDU | 45.3 | |
1980 | Fred Zander | SPD | 44.4 | |
1983 | Karl Becker | CDU | 48.1 | |
1987 | 45.6 | |||
1990 | Joachim Gres | CDU | 43.4 | |
1994 | 45.3 | |||
1998 | Gudrun Schaich-Walch | SPD | 41.7 | |
2002 | Rita Streb-Hesse | SPD | 35.6 | |
2005 | Erika Steinbach | CDU | 37.3 | |
2009 | 35.8 | |||
2013 | 36.3 | |||
2017 | Bettina Wiesmann | CDU | 32.4 | |
2021 | Omid Nouripour | GRÜNE | 29.0 |
Election results
edit2021 election
editFederal election (2021): Frankfurt am Main II[3] | |||||||||
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Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Greens | Omid Nouripour | 50,230 | 29.0 | 15.5 | 44,370 | 25.6 | 10.1 | ||
SPD | Kaweh Mansoori | 40,431 | 23.3 | 2.6 | 38,777 | 22.3 | 2.7 | ||
CDU | Bettina Wiesmann | 38,995 | 22.5 | 9.9 | 31,660 | 18.2 | 8.5 | ||
FDP | Thorsten Lieb | 19,766 | 11.4 | 3.3 | 25,530 | 14.7 | 0.5 | ||
Left | Achim Kessler | 10,629 | 6.1 | 3.0 | 11,901 | 6.9 | 4.9 | ||
AfD | Joana Cotar | 7,990 | 4.6 | 3.0 | 8,188 | 4.7 | 3.3 | ||
Volt | 2,674 | 1.5 | |||||||
Team Todenhöfer | 1,965 | 1.1 | |||||||
dieBasis | Konstantinos Marketakis | 2,547 | 1.5 | 1,923 | 1.1 | ||||
Tierschutzpartei | 1,754 | 1.0 | 0.1 | ||||||
PARTEI | 1,565 | 0.9 | 0.3 | ||||||
FW | Dieter Breidt | 2,478 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1,512 | 0.9 | 0.4 | ||
Pirates | 686 | 0.4 | 0.0 | ||||||
V-Partei3 | 201 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 190 | 0.1 | |||||||
Humanists | 190 | 0.1 | |||||||
Bündnis C | 134 | 0.1 | |||||||
ÖDP | 128 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||
DKP | 87 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
NPD | 76 | 0.0 | 0.1 | ||||||
LKR | 56 | 0.0 | |||||||
MLPD | Tufan Aydin | 186 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 48 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
Bündnis 21 | 36 | 0.0 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,752 | 1,353 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 173,252 | 173,651 | |||||||
Turnout | 175,004 | 77.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Greens gain from CDU | Majority | 9,799 | 5.7 |
2017 election
editFederal election (2017): Frankfurt am Main II[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Bettina Wiesmann | 55,221 | 32.4 | 3.9 | 45,731 | 26.8 | 7.1 | ||
SPD | Ulli Nissen | 44,240 | 25.9 | 4.5 | 33,511 | 19.6 | 6.7 | ||
Greens | Omid Nouripour | 23,026 | 13.5 | 0.0 | 26,415 | 15.5 | 0.1 | ||
Left | Monika Brigitte Cristann | 15,523 | 9.1 | 3.0 | 20,059 | 11.7 | 3.6 | ||
FDP | Katharina Schreiner | 13,877 | 8.1 | 4.7 | 24,336 | 14.3 | 7.3 | ||
AfD | Steffen Reichmann | 13,033 | 7.6 | 4.4 | 13,737 | 8.0 | 3.2 | ||
PARTEI | Leo Fischer | 3,221 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 2,065 | 1.2 | 0.6 | ||
Tierschutzpartei | 1,577 | 0.9 | |||||||
Pirates | Sebastian Alscher | 1,226 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 762 | 0.4 | 1.7 | ||
FW | Karlheinz Grabmann | 1,026 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 736 | 0.4 | 0.2 | ||
BGE | 435 | 0.3 | |||||||
V-Partei³ | 364 | 0.2 | |||||||
ÖDP | 295 | 0.2 | |||||||
NPD | 265 | 0.2 | 0.4 | ||||||
DM | 250 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | Bernadette Leidinger-Beierle | 176 | 0.1 | 114 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |||
DKP | 91 | 0.1 | |||||||
BüSo | 30 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,824 | 1,620 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 170,569 | 170,773 | |||||||
Turnout | 172,393 | 77.0 | 4.1 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 10,981 | 6.5 | 0.7 |
2013 election
editFederal election (2013): Frankfurt am Main II[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Erika Steinbach | 57,004 | 36.3 | 0.6 | 53,198 | 33.9 | 6.0 | ||
SPD | Ulli Nissen | 47,854 | 30.5 | 1.2 | 41,360 | 26.3 | 4.8 | ||
Greens | Omid Nouripour | 21,184 | 13.5 | 1.7 | 24,165 | 15.4 | 2.9 | ||
Left | Wolfgang Gehrcke | 9,547 | 6.1 | 1.7 | 12,778 | 8.1 | 1.8 | ||
FDP | Christoph Schnurr | 5,434 | 3.5 | 5.9 | 10,979 | 7.0 | 10.5 | ||
AfD | Erich Heinrich Heidkamp | 5,155 | 3.3 | 7,669 | 4.9 | ||||
Independent | Michael Paris | 4,682 | 3.0 | ||||||
Pirates | Christian Bethke | 2,858 | 1.8 | 3,426 | 2.2 | 0.2 | |||
PARTEI | Leo Fischer | 1,155 | 0.7 | 1,006 | 0.6 | ||||
NPD | Günter Reinhard Ulrich | 1,015 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 930 | 0.6 | 0.2 | ||
FW | Kai-Sören Kehrmann | 988 | 0.6 | 932 | 0.6 | ||||
REP | 235 | 0.1 | 0.3 | ||||||
PRO | 125 | 0.1 | |||||||
BüSo | Klaus Fimmen | 101 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 87 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||
SGP | 69 | 0.0 | |||||||
MLPD | 54 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,937 | 2,901 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 156,977 | 157,013 | |||||||
Turnout | 159,914 | 72.9 | 0.9 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 9,150 | 5.8 | 0.7 |
2009 election
editFederal election (2009): Frankfurt am Main II[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Erika Steinbach | 55,027 | 35.8 | 1.5 | 43,089 | 27.9 | 1.2 | ||
SPD | Ulli Nissen | 45,074 | 29.3 | 4.5 | 33,243 | 21.5 | 8.3 | ||
Greens | Omid Nouripour | 23,403 | 15.2 | 3.5 | 28,225 | 18.3 | 0.8 | ||
FDP | Christoph Schnurr | 14,336 | 9.3 | 5.0 | 27,031 | 17.5 | 3.7 | ||
Left | Wolfgang Gehrcke | 11,998 | 7.8 | 3.1 | 15,397 | 10.0 | 3.5 | ||
Pirates | 3,722 | 2.4 | |||||||
Tierschutzpartei | Friederike Prüll | 2,077 | 1.3 | 1,503 | 1.0 | 0.1 | |||
NPD | Jörg Krebs | 1,546 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1,183 | 0.8 | 0.1 | ||
REP | 651 | 0.4 | 0.2 | ||||||
BüSo | Klaus Fimmen | 416 | 0.3 | 190 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |||
DVU | 102 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | 62 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,671 | 2,150 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 153,877 | 154,398 | |||||||
Turnout | 156,548 | 73.8 | 3.5 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 9,953 | 6.5 | 2.9 |
References
edit- ^ a b "Constituency Frankfurt am Main II". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Results for Frankfurt am Main II". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ Results for Frankfurt am Main II
- ^ Results for Frankfurt am Main II
- ^ Results for Frankfurt am Main II
- ^ Results for Frankfurt am Main II