Mosel/Rhein-Hunsrück

Mosel/Rhein-Hunsrück is one of the 299 single member constituencies (German: Wahlkreis) used for the German parliament, the Bundestag. It is one of fifteen districts covering the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The constituency elects one representative under the mixed member proportional representation (MMP) system. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 201. It consists the whole of the counties of Cochem-Zell and Rhein-Hunsrück and, from the county of Bernkastel-Wittlich, the municipalities of Morbach, Bernkastel-Kues, Thalfang am Erbeskopf and Traben-Trarbach.[1]

Mosel/Rhein-Hunsrück in North Rhine-Westphalia

The constituency was created for the 1980 election, replacing the Cochem electoral district. All elections since its creation have been won by the Christian Democratic Union. Peter Bleser has been the representative since the 1990 election.[2]

2013 election result
Party Constituency results List results
Candidate Votes % share +/- Votes % share +/-
Christian Democratic Union Peter Bleser 67,658 53.6 +6.0 62,703 49.4 +10.0
Social Democratic Party of Germany Anja Bindges 35,146 27.9 +4.1 31,202 24.6 +3.8
The Left Martin Krötz 5,647 4.5 -2.7 6,139 4.8 -3.4
Alliance '90/The Greens Joscha Pullich 5,083 4.0 -3.7 7,257 5.7 -2.3
Free Democratic Party Werner Wöllstein 3,990 3.2 -9.3 7,948 6.3 -12.7
Free Voters Wilhelm Feilen 3,918 3.1 N/A 1,698 1.3 N/A
Pirate Party Markus Weber 2,606 2.1 N/A 2,352 1.9 +0.3
National Democratic Party of Germany Jens Simon Willi 1,273 1.0 -0.2 1,057 0.8 -0.1
Ecological Democratic Party Erik Hofmann 830 0.7 N/A 477 0.4 +0.2
Alternative for Germany N/A N/A N/A N/A 5,323 4.2 N/A
Others N/A N/A N/A N/A 796 0.6 N/A

Source:[3]

List of district representatives
Election Name Party
1980 Waltrud Will-Feld CDU
1983 Waltrud Will-Feld CDU
1987 Waltrud Will-Feld CDU
1990 Peter Bleser CDU
1994 Peter Bleser CDU
1998 Peter Bleser CDU
2002 Peter Bleser CDU
2005 Peter Bleser CDU
2009 Peter Bleser CDU
2013 Peter Bleser CDU

References
  1. Constituency boundaries, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 3 July 2014
  2. Bleser: Absolute Mehrheit im Wahlkreis geholt, Rhein Zeitung, 22 September 2013
  3. 2013 constituency results, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 3 July 2014

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