St. Wendel (electoral district)

St. Wendel 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 298. It is located in northeastern Saarland, comprising the Sankt Wendel district, the northern part of the Neunkirchen district, and parts of the Saarlouis and Saarbrücken districts.[1]

298 St. Wendel
electoral district
for the Bundestag
St. Wendel in 2009
StateSaarland
Population216,700 (2015)
Electorate177,468 (2017)
Major settlementsSankt Wendel
Lebach
Ottweiler
Area801.7 km2
Current electoral district
Created1957
PartyCDU
MemberNadine Schön
Elected2009, 2013, 2017

St. Wendel was created for the inaugural 1957 federal election after the accession of Saarland to Germany. Since 2009, it has been represented by Nadine Schön of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]

Geography

St. Wendel is located in northeastern Saarland. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the Sankt Wendel district, the Neunkirchen district excluding the Neunkirchen and Spiesen-Elversberg municipalities, the Lebach and Schmelz municipalities from the Saarlouis district, and the Heusweiler municipality from the Saarbrücken district.[1]

History

St. Wendel was created in 1957, then known as Ottweiler – St. Wendel. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it was named Ottweiler. It acquired its current name in the 1976 election. In the 1957 and 1961 elections, it was constituency 246 in the numbering system. In the 1965 through 1998 elections, it was number 247. Since the 2002 election, it has been number 298.

Originally, the constituency comprised the district of Sankt Wendel, the municipalities of Eppelborn, Illingen, Merchweiler, Ottweiler, and Schiffweiler from the Ottweiler district, and the Ämter of Lebach and Schmelz from the Saarlouis district. In the 1976 election, it acquired a configuration very similar to its current borders, but excluding the municipality of Heusweiler from the Saarbrücken district. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Election No. Name Borders
1957 246 Ottweiler – St. Wendel
1961
1965 247 Ottweiler
1969
1972
1976 St. Wendel
1980
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 298
2005
2009
2013
2017
2021

Members

The constituency was first represented by Leo Gottesleben of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1957 to 1972, followed by fellow CDU member Werner Zeyer from 1972 to 1980. Johannes Ganz of the CDU was then representative from 1980 to 1990. Hans Georg Wagner of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was elected in 1990 and served until 2005. He was succeeded by fellow SPD member Rainer Tabillion for one term. Nadine Schön of the CDU has been representative since 2009.

Election Member Party %
1957 Leo Gottesleben CDU 39.6
1961 55.7
1965 54.0
1969 51.7
1972 Werner Zeyer CDU 48.2
1976 50.9
1980 Johannes Ganz CDU 47.9
1983 51.5
1987 48.1
1990 Hans Georg Wagner SPD 48.7
1994 51.1
1998 53.1
2002 47.9
2005 Rainer Tabillion SPD 37.8
2009 Nadine Schön CDU 40.1
2013 45.4
2017 41.8

Election results

2017 election
Federal election (2017): St. Wendel[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 Y Nadine Schön 57,987 41.8 3.6 50,660 36.5 4.4
SPD Christian Petry 42,129 30.4 3.1 38,368 27.7 2.8
Left Karl-Peter Scheit 13,584 9.8 2.1 15,686 11.3 2.3
AfD Rainer Schorn 11,646 8.4 3.6 12,627 9.1 3.7
FDP Oliver Luksic 6,517 4.7 3.0 9,569 6.9 3.5
Green Sören Bund-Becker 4,674 3.4 0.5 6,662 4.8 0.3
PARTEI   1,632 1.2
FW Roman Maurer 2,232 1.6 1,261 0.9 0.3
Pirates   648 0.5 2.1
NPD   646 0.5 1.1
V-Partei³ 318 0.2
DM 222 0.2
BGE   202 0.1
PDV 124 0.1
MLPD   73 0.1 0.0
Informal votes 2,618 2,689
Total Valid votes 138,769 138,698
Turnout 141,387 79.7 3.6
CDU hold Majority 15,858 11.4 0.5

2013 election
Federal election (2013): St. Wendel[4]
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 Nadine Schön 60,865 45.4 5.3 54,911 40.9 6.3
SPD Christian Petry[lower-alpha 1] 44,868 33.5 2.6 40,861 30.4 5.0
Left Dennis Bard 10,247 7.6 8.9 12,139 9.0 10.1
AfD Johannes Trampert 6,365 4.7 7,287 5.4
Green Iris Langguth 3,793 2.8 1.5 6,088 4.5 0.8
Pirates Gerd Rainer Weber 3,035 2.3 3,391 2.5 1.2
FDP Oliver Luksic 2,221 1.7 5.2 4,514 3.4 7.4
NPD Peter Richter 1,975 1.5 0.2 2,062 1.5 0.4
FAMILIE 1,858 1.4 0.2
FW   810 0.6
PDV Axel Magar 687 0.5
PRO 214 0.2
MLPD   58 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 4,041 3,904
Total Valid votes 134,056 134,193
Turnout 138,097 76.1 1.2
CDU hold Majority 15,997 11.9 2.7

2009 election
Federal election (2009): St. Wendel[5]
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 Nadine Müller 55,727 40.1 2.9 48,373 34.6 1.1
SPD N Rainer Tabillion 42,910 30.9 6.9 35,506 25.4 8.1
Left Hans-Kurt Hill 22,965 16.5 2.5 26,775 19.2 2.2
FDP Oliver Luksic 9,486 6.8 3.1 15,094 10.8 4.0
Green Iris Langguth 6,058 4.4 1.6 7,507 5.4 0.7
FAMILIE 2,273 1.6 0.6
Pirates   1,853 1.3
NPD Frank Franz 1,835 1.3 0.4 1,629 1.2 0.5
RRP 664 0.5
MLPD   42 0.0 0.1
Informal votes 3,814 3,079
Total Valid votes 138,981 139,716
Turnout 142,795 77.2 5.1
CDU gain from SPD Majority 12,817 9.2

Notes
  1. Petry entered the Bundestag on the SPD list after the death of Reinhold Jost in January 2014.

References
  1. "Constituency St. Wendel". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for St. Wendel". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. Results for St. Wendel
  4. Results for St. Wendel
  5. Results for St. Wendel
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