Lörrach – Müllheim

Lörrach – Müllheim is one of the 299 single member constituencies used for the German parliament, the Bundestag. One of thirty eight districts covering the state of Baden-Württemberg, it covers the whole of the Lörrach district and part of the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district.[1] The constituency elects one representative under the mixed member proportional representation (MMP) system. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 282.

Location of constituency in Baden-Württemberg

The constituency was created as Lörrach for the 1949 election, the first election in West Germany after World War II. It assumed its current name and boundaries for the 1980 election. The current representative is the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) candidate Armin Schuster, who gained the seat in 2009.[2]

Boundaries
Election District number and name Areas covered
1949 11 Lörrach The districts of Lörrach, Säckingen and Müllheim
1953–1961 185 Lörrach
1965–1976 189 Lörrach – Müllheim The districts of Lörrach and Müllheim
1980–1998 186 Lörrach – Müllheim The district of Lörrach; The Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald municipalities of Auggen, Bad Krozingen, Badenweiler, Ballrechten-Dottingen, Buggingen, Eschbach, Hartheim am Rhein, Heitersheim, Müllheim, Münstertal, Neuenburg am Rhein, Staufen im Breisgau and Sulzburg
2002–2005 283 Lörrach – Müllheim
since 2009 282 Lörrach – Müllheim

Election results

2013 election
2013 German federal election: Lörrach - Müllheim[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 Armin Schuster 81,205 50.1% 12.2% 70,888 43.7% 11.5%
SPD Thomas Mengel 39,902 24.6% 7.6% 35,328 21.8% 0.3%
Green Ina-Sophie Rosenthal 19,468 12.0% 1.5% 20,593 12.7% 2.8%
Left Thomas Grein 6,305 3.9% 2.1% 7,856 4.8% 2.2%
AfD Wolfgang Fuhl 5,819 3.6% 3.6% 8,267 5.1% 5.1%
FDP Tilo Levante 3,856 2.4% 8.6% 9,159 5.6% 11.5%
Pirates Max Kehm 3,747 2.3% 2.3% 3,594 2.2% 0.2%
NPD Andreas Boltze 1,741 1.1% 0.3% 1,412 0.9%
Tierschutzpartei   1,393 0.9% 0.1%
FW   738 0.5% 0.5%
PBC   590 0.4% 0.3%
REP   589 0.4% 0.5%
Volksabstimmung   514 0.3%
Pensioners'   457 0.3% 0.3%
ÖDP   410 0.3%
PDV   151 0.1% 0.1%
pro-Deutschland   119 0.1% 0.1%
BIG   70 0.0%
MLPD   50 0.0%
BüSo   24 0.0%
Informal votes 2,298 2,139
Total Valid votes 162,043 162,202
CDU hold Majority 41,303 25.5%

List of district representatives
Election Name Party
1949 Lambert Schill CDU
1953 Lambert Schill CDU
1957 Herbert Wolff CDU
1961 Karl Bühler CDU
1965 Karl Bühler CDU
1969 Heinz Eyrich CDU
1972 Heinz Eyrich CDU
1976 Heinz Eyrich CDU
1980 Wilhelm Jung CDU
1983 Wilhelm Jung CDU
1987 Wilhelm Jung CDU
1990 Ortrun Schätzle CDU
1994 Ortrun Schätzle CDU
1998 Marion Caspers-Merk SPD
2002 Marion Caspers-Merk SPD
2005 Marion Caspers-Merk SPD
2009 Armin Schuster CDU
2013 Armin Schuster CDU

References
  1. Constituency boundaries Archived 2014-07-18 at the Wayback Machine, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 27 June 2014
  2. Wahlkreis 282: Armin Schuster zieht in Bundestag ein, Südkurier, 25 September 2009
  3. https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/en/bundestagswahlen/2013/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-8/wahlkreis-282.html

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