Mainz (electoral district)

Mainz is one of the 299 single member constituencies used for the German parliament, the Bundestag. One of fifteen districts covering the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, it consists of the city of Mainz and the neighbouring areas.

Location of constituency in Rhineland-Palatinate

The constituency was created for the 1949 election, the first election in West Germany after World War II. The constituency was held by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) until the 1969 election, when it was gained by the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). The CDU regained the seat at the 1983 election holding it until an SPD gain in 1998. The current representative, Ursula Groden-Kranich succeeded Ute Granold, for the CDU at the 2013 election, holding the seat in 2017.

Boundaries


2017 election
Candidate[2] Party Votes in % Votes in %
Ursula Groden-Kranich CDU 35.7 % 32.7 %
Carsten Kühl SPD 28.0 % 22.0 %
David Dietz FDP 6.9 % 11.3 %
Tabea Rößner Bündnis 90/Die Grünen 10.8 % 13.1 %
Martin Malcherek Die Linke 6.5 % 8.5 %
René Pickhardt Piratenpartei 0.7 % 0.6 %
Sebastian Münzenmaier AFD 7.3 % 8.2 %
Bernd Föhr Die Partei 1.5 % 1.2 %
Wilhelm Schild ÖDP 1.2 % 0.9 %
Bernhard Heck BÜRGERKANDIDATEN – für Gemeinwohl und Volksentscheid 0.2 % —
Jim Preuß Neue Liberale 0.1 % —
Gerhard Wenderoth Freie Wähler 1.1 % 0.7 %

2009 result
Party Constituency results List results
Candidate Votes % share +/- Votes % share +/-
Christian Democratic Union Ute Granold 68,081 36.3 -2.9 61,777 32.8 -1.2
Social Democratic Party of Germany Michael Hartmann 57,338 30.6 -10.4 43,203 23.0 -10.4
Alliance '90/The Greens Tabea Rößner 23,696 12.6 +6.9 29,475 15.8 +3.8
Free Democratic Party Rainer Brüderle 22,054 11.8 +3.1 29,045 15.4 +2.5
The Left Karl Voßkühler 10,737 5.7 +2.0 13,922 7.4 +2.8
Ecological Democratic Party Felix Leinen 2,384 1.3 N/A 1,305 0.7 N/A
National Democratic Party of Germany Ingo Helge 2,043 1.1 -0.1 1,153 0.6 -0.2
The Violets Erwin Schott 822 0.4 N/A N/A N/A N/A
BüSo 304 0.2 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Pirate Party N/A N/A N/A N/A 4,553 2.4 N/A
The Republicans N/A N/A N/A N/A 2,265 1.2 -0.0
Family Party of Germany N/A N/A N/A N/A 1,035 0.5 -0.3
Others 375 0.2 N/A

Source:[3]

References
  1. Constituency boundaries Archived 2013-07-28 at the Wayback Machine, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 7 July 2013
  2. Öffentliche Bekanntmachung des Wahlkreisleiters, abgerufen am 4. August 2017.
  3. 2009 constituency results, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 7 July 2013

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