Homburg (electoral district)

Homburg 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 299. It is located in southeastern Saarland, comprising the Saarpfalz-Kreis district and parts of the Neunkirchen and Saarbrücken districts.

299 Homburg
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Homburg in 2025
State	Saarland
Population	240,500 (2019)
Electorate	185,941 (2021)
Major settlements	Neunkirchen Homburg Sankt Ingbert
Area	550.2 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1957
Party	SPD
Member	Esra Limbacher
Elected	2021

Homburg was created for the inaugural 1957 federal election after the accession of Saarland to Germany. Since 2021, it has been represented by Esra Limbacher of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).

Geography

Homburg is located in southeastern Saarland. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the Saarpfalz-Kreis district, the municipalities of Neunkirchen and Spiesen-Elversberg from the Neunkirchen district, and the municipalities of Friedrichsthal, Quierschied, and Sulzbach from the Saarbrücken district.

History

Homburg was created in 1957, then known as Homburg – St. Ingbert. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it was named St. Ingbert. It acquired its current name in the 1976 election. In the 1957 and 1961 elections, it was constituency 247 in the numbering system. In the 1965 through 1998 elections, it was number 248. Since the 2002 election, it has been number 299.

Originally, the constituency comprised the Homburg district, the St. Ingbert district, and the municipality of Neunkirchen and Amt of Spiesen from Ottweiler district. In the 1976 through 1998 elections, it comprised the Saarpfalz-Kreis district and the municipalities of Neunkirchen and Spiesen-Elversberg from the Neunkirchen district. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1957	247	Homburg – St. Ingbert	Homburg district St. Ingbert district Ottweiler district (only Neunkirchen municipality and Spiesen Amt)
1961
1965	248	St. Ingbert
1969
1972
1976		Homburg	Saarpfalz-Kreis district Neunkirchen district (only Neunkirchen and Spiesen-Elversberg municipalities)
1980
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	299		Saarpfalz-Kreis district Neunkirchen district (only Neunkirchen and Spiesen-Elversberg municipalities) Saarbrücken district (only Friedrichsthal, Quierschied, and Sulzbach municipalities)
2005
2009
2013
2017
2021
2025

Members

The constituency was first represented by Kurt Conrad of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1957 to 1961. It was won by Johann Klein of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in 1961. Werner Wilhelm regained it for the SPD in 1969 and served until 1980. He was succeeded by fellow SPD member Lothar Fischer from 1980 to 2002. Astrid Klug of the SPD was representative from 2002 to 2009. Alexander Funk of the CDU was elected in 2009 and served until 2017. He was succeeded by party fellow Markus Uhl in 2017. Esra Limbacher won the constituency for the SPD in 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1957	Kurt Conrad	SPD	31.6
	1961	Johann Klein	CDU	46.3
	1965			44.5
	1969	Werner Wilhelm	SPD	44.3
	1972			52.4
	1976			49.1
	1980	Lothar Fischer	SPD	51.7
	1983			47.9
	1987			47.4
	1990			52.4
	1994			50.6
	1998			54.7
	2002	Astrid Klug	SPD	50.4
	2005			40.1
	2009	Alexander Funk	CDU	33.4
	2013			39.8
	2017	Markus Uhl	CDU	33.6
	2021	Esra Limbacher	SPD	36.6

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Homburg
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	Esra Limbacher		51,091	36.6	5.2	52,091	37.2	9.6
	CDU	N Markus Uhl		36,472	26.1	7.4	32,004	22.9	8.2
	AfD	Christian Wirth		16,210	11.6	0.6	16,068	11.5	0.2
	FDP	Ralf Armbrüster		11,015	7.9	2.7	15,719	11.2	3.5
	Left	Florian Spaniol		7,312	5.2	5.7	9,247	6.6	5.8
	Green	Maria Luise Herber		6,826	4.9	0.1
	Tierschutzpartei						4,045	2.9
	FW	Axel Kammerer		4,418	3.2	1.9	3,359	2.4	1.5
	PARTEI	Evelyne Görlinger		3,287	2.4	0.8	2,202	1.6	0.3
	dieBasis	Ute Weisang		2,086	1.5		1,878	1.3
	Volt						847	0.6
	Pirates						809	0.6	0.1
	ÖDP	Claus Jacob		895	0.6		645	0.5
	Team Todenhöfer						526	0.4
	NPD						362	0.3	0.3
	MLPD						81	0.1	0.0
Informal votes				2,676			2,405
Total valid votes				139,612			139,883
Turnout				142,288	76.5	0.6
	SPD gain from CDU		Majority	14,619	10.5

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Homburg
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	Markus Uhl		48,102	33.6	6.2	44,538	31.0	5.6
	SPD	Esra Limbacher		45,022	31.4	6.2	39,729	27.7	4.2
	AfD	Daniel Schütte		15,767	11.0	6.4	16,745	11.7	6.1
	Left	Walter Kappmeier		15,724	11.0	1.9	17,773	12.4	2.2
	FDP	Peter Habel		7,369	5.1	3.8	11,096	7.7	3.9
	Greens	Marc Piazolo		7,128	5.0	1.4	8,109	5.6	0.5
	PARTEI	Johannes Rösner		2,209	1.5		1,760	1.2
	FW	Axel Kammerer		1,783	1.2		1,273	0.9	0.2
	NPD						779	0.5	1.2
	Pirates						648	0.5	2.0
	V-Partei³						382	0.3
	DM						253	0.2
	BGE						210	0.1
	PDV						121	0.1
	MLPD	Helmut Bohn-Klein		217	0.2		109	0.1	0.0
Informal votes				2,671			2,467
Total valid votes				143,321			143,525
Turnout				145,992	75.9	3.9
	CDU hold		Majority	3,080	2.2	0.0

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Homburg
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 Alexander Funk		55,250	39.8	6.4	50,892	36.6	7.5
	SPD	David Lindemann		52,266	37.6	6.7	44,365	31.9	6.5
	Left	Yvonne Ploetz		12,592	9.1	10.3	14,180	10.2	11.5
	AfD	Karsten Sturm		6,443	4.6		7,784	5.6
	Greens	Markus Schmitt		4,954	3.6	1.0	7,127	5.1	1.2
	Pirates	Andreas Guckert		3,289	2.4		3,453	2.5	1.1
	NPD	Niels Kandar		2,231	1.6	0.1	2,437	1.8	0.3
	FDP	Thorsten Eich		1,890	1.4	5.9	5,266	3.8	8.0
	FAMILIE						2,378	1.7	0.4
	FW						930	0.7
	PRO						218	0.2
	MLPD						72	0.1	0.0
Informal votes				3,729			3,542
Total valid votes				138,915			139,102
Turnout				142,644	72.0	1.0
	CDU hold		Majority	2,984	2.2	0.3

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Homburg
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	Alexander Funk		48,092	33.4	0.7	42,033	29.1	0.3
	SPD	N Astrid Klug		44,500	30.9	9.2	36,681	25.4	8.9
	Left	Ralf Reinstädtler		27,933	19.4	4.0	31,382	21.7	3.6
	FDP	Christian Schmitt		10,508	7.3	3.9	17,039	11.8	4.3
	Greens	Winfried Anslinger		6,575	4.6	1.8	9,164	6.3	0.6
	FAMILIE	Heinz Dabrock		4,102	2.9	0.5	3,030	2.1	0.6
	NPD	Bernd Ehrreich		2,206	1.5	0.5	2,159	1.5	0.6
	Pirates						2,043	1.4
	RRP						797	0.6
	MLPD						50	0.0	0.1
Informal votes				3,131			2,669
Total valid votes				143,916			144,378
Turnout				147,047	73.0	5.8
	CDU gain from SPD		Majority	3,592	2.5