Südpfalz is located in southern Rhineland-Palatinate. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Landau and the districts of Germersheim and Südliche Weinstraße.[1]
Historyedit
Südpfalz was created in 1965, then known as Landau. It acquired its current name in the 1987 election. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was constituency 163 in the numbering system. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 161. In the 2002 election, it was number 214. In the 2005 election, it was number 213. In the 2009 and 2013 elections, it was number 212. Since the 2017 election, it has been number 211.
Originally, the constituency comprised the city of Landau, and the districts of Landkreis Landau, Germersheim, and Bergzabern. In the 1972 and 1976 elections, it comprised the city of Landau, and the districts of Landau-Bad Bergzabern and Germersheim. It acquired its current borders in the 1980 election.
The constituency has been held by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) during all but one Bundestag term since its creation. It was first represented by Albert Leicht from 1965 to 1980. Heiner Geißler served from 1980 to 2002. Ralf Göbel was then representative from 2002 to 2009. Thomas Gebhart was elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2013 and 2017. Thomas Hitschler won the constituency for the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in 2021.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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Sudpfalz 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 211 It is located in southern Rhineland Palatinate comprising the city of Landau and the districts of Germersheim and Sudliche Weinstrasse 1 211 SudpfalzElectoral districtfor the BundestagSudpfalz in 2017StateRhineland PalatinatePopulation286 400 2019 Electorate217 000 2021 Major settlementsLandauGermersheimWorth am RheinArea1 186 2 km2Current electoral districtCreated1965PartySPDMemberThomas HitschlerElected2021Sudpfalz was created for the 1965 federal election Since 2021 it has been represented by Thomas Hitschler of the Social Democratic Party SPD 2 Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Members 4 Election results 4 1 2021 election 4 2 2017 election 4 3 2013 election 4 4 2009 election 5 Notes 6 ReferencesGeography editSudpfalz is located in southern Rhineland Palatinate As of the 2021 federal election it comprises the independent city of Landau and the districts of Germersheim and Sudliche Weinstrasse 1 History editSudpfalz was created in 1965 then known as Landau It acquired its current name in the 1987 election In the 1965 through 1976 elections it was constituency 163 in the numbering system In the 1980 through 1998 elections it was number 161 In the 2002 election it was number 214 In the 2005 election it was number 213 In the 2009 and 2013 elections it was number 212 Since the 2017 election it has been number 211 Originally the constituency comprised the city of Landau and the districts of Landkreis Landau Germersheim and Bergzabern In the 1972 and 1976 elections it comprised the city of Landau and the districts of Landau Bad Bergzabern and Germersheim It acquired its current borders in the 1980 election Election No Name Borders1965 163 Landau Landau city Landkreis Landau district Germersheim district Bergzabern district19691972 Landau city Landau Bad Bergzabern district Germersheim district19761980 161 Landau city Germersheim district Sudliche Weinstrasse district19831987 Sudpfalz1990199419982002 2142005 2132009 21220132017 2112021Members editThe constituency has been held by the Christian Democratic Union CDU during all but one Bundestag term since its creation It was first represented by Albert Leicht from 1965 to 1980 Heiner Geissler served from 1980 to 2002 Ralf Gobel was then representative from 2002 to 2009 Thomas Gebhart was elected in 2009 and re elected in 2013 and 2017 Thomas Hitschler won the constituency for the Social Democratic Party SPD in 2021 Election Member Party 1965 Albert Leicht CDU 51 91969 52 01972 49 31976 53 51980 Heiner Geissler CDU 50 01983 55 71987 49 61990 49 61994 50 91998 47 12002 Ralf Gobel CDU 43 52005 43 22009 Thomas Gebhart CDU 40 72013 48 82017 40 32021 Thomas Hitschler SPD 28 2Election results edit2021 election edit Federal election 2021 Sudpfalz 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 nbsp Y or nbsp N denotes status of any incumbent win or lose respectively Party Candidate Votes Party votes SPD Thomas Hitschler 47 901 28 2 nbsp 2 2 47 028 27 7 nbsp 5 8CDU nbsp N Thomas Gebhart 47 860 28 2 nbsp 12 1 39 421 23 2 nbsp 11 6Greens Tobias Lindner 19 058 11 2 nbsp 3 3 22 882 13 5 nbsp 4 8FDP Volker Wissing 17 011 10 0 nbsp 4 0 21 120 12 4 nbsp 2 1AfD Bernd Schattner 16 658 9 8 nbsp 2 5 17 702 10 4 nbsp 3 2FW Steffen Weiss 6 388 3 8 nbsp 1 1 5 493 3 2 nbsp 1 6Left Tobias Schreiner 5 222 3 1 nbsp 1 6 5 598 3 3 nbsp 3 1Tierschutzpartei Bernd Kriebel 3 019 1 8 3 098 1 8dieBasis Jacqueline Sharma 2 388 1 4 2 389 1 4PARTEI Lukas Rammefanger 1 923 1 1 1 515 0 9 nbsp 0 1Volt Alexandra Barsuhn 829 0 5 779 0 5Team Todenhofer 665 0 4Pirates 659 0 4 nbsp 0 1ODP Sven Leuthner 582 0 3 471 0 3 nbsp 0 0Independent Erdal Koccu 362 0 2Independent Cyrus Mobasheri 225 0 1NPD 218 0 1 nbsp 0 2Independent Holger Volger 206 0 1V Partei3 194 0 1 nbsp 0 2DiB 182 0 1Humanists 151 0 1LKR 73 0 0MLPD 38 0 0 nbsp 0 0Informal votes 1 627 1 583Total valid votes 169 632 169 676Turnout 171 259 78 9 nbsp 0 3SPD gain from CDU Majority 41 0 02017 election edit Federal election 2017 Sudpfalz 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 nbsp Y or nbsp N denotes status of any incumbent win or lose respectively Party Candidate Votes Party votes CDU nbsp Y Thomas Gebhart 68 588 40 3 nbsp 8 5 59 309 34 8 nbsp 7 9SPD Thomas Hitschler 44 224 26 0 nbsp 2 0 37 293 21 9 nbsp 4 1AfD Heiko Wildberg 20 932 12 3 23 191 13 6 nbsp 8 7Greens Tobias Lindner 13 500 7 9 nbsp 0 8 14 788 8 7 nbsp 0 2FDP Mario Brandenburg 10 209 6 0 nbsp 2 0 17 560 10 3 nbsp 4 1Left Simon Georg Bludovsky 8 018 4 7 nbsp 0 6 10 975 6 4 nbsp 1 6FW Bernd Liessfeld 4 540 2 7 nbsp 0 6 2 814 1 7 nbsp 0 3PARTEI 1 706 1 0Pirates 796 0 5 nbsp 2 2NPD 537 0 3 nbsp 0 9V Partei 520 0 3ODP 462 0 3 nbsp 0 2BGE 391 0 2MLPD 65 0 0 nbsp 0 0Informal votes 2 358 1 962Total valid votes 170 011 170 407Turnout 172 369 79 2 nbsp 5 8CDU hold Majority 24 364 14 3 nbsp 6 52013 election edit Federal election 2013 Sudpfalz 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 nbsp Y or nbsp N denotes status of any incumbent win or lose respectively Party Candidate Votes Party votes CDU nbsp Y Thomas Gebhart 75 748 48 8 nbsp 8 2 66 523 42 7 nbsp 8 4SPD Thomas Hitschler 43 385 28 0 nbsp 0 2 40 537 26 0 nbsp 3 3Greens Tobias Lindner 11 064 7 1 nbsp 2 1 13 172 8 5 nbsp 1 8Left Sebastian Frech 6 308 4 1 nbsp 3 1 7 538 4 8 nbsp 3 7FDP Volker Wissing 6 217 4 0 nbsp 8 7 9 677 6 2 nbsp 10 9AfD 7 584 4 9Pirates Kim Julia Orth 4 608 3 0 4 091 2 6 nbsp 0 5FW Franz Alois Pietruska 3 159 2 0 2 166 1 4NPD Klaus Armstroff 2 082 1 3 nbsp 0 8 1 833 1 2 nbsp 0 3REP Frank Herbert Karl Kohler 1 605 1 0 1 233 0 8 nbsp 0 5ODP Rudiger John 940 0 6 660 0 4 nbsp 0 0Party of Reason 410 0 3PRO 349 0 2MLPD 71 0 0 nbsp 0 0Informal votes 3 545 2 817Total valid votes 155 116 155 844Turnout 158 661 73 4 nbsp 0 5CDU hold Majority 32 363 20 8 nbsp 7 82009 election edit Federal election 2009 Sudpfalz 6 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 nbsp Y or nbsp N denotes status of any incumbent win or lose respectively Party Candidate Votes Party votes CDU Thomas Gebhart 61 994 40 7 nbsp 2 6 52 517 34 3 nbsp 2 9SPD Heinz Schmitt 42 287 27 7 nbsp 9 9 34 790 22 7 nbsp 9 9FDP Volker Wissing 19 431 12 7 nbsp 6 5 26 201 17 1 nbsp 5 0Greens Tobias Lindner a 12 637 8 3 nbsp 3 5 15 635 10 2 nbsp 2 3Left Ernst Jakob Kuntz 10 926 7 2 nbsp 3 3 13 137 8 6 nbsp 3 7Pirates 3 322 2 2NPD Karlheinz Pfirrmann 3 230 2 1 nbsp 0 8 2 272 1 5 nbsp 0 2REP 1 980 1 3 nbsp 0 8FAMILIE 1 889 1 2 nbsp 0 1Independent Edeltraud Dietert 1 197 0 8Independent Wolfgang Berger 728 0 5ODP 609 0 4PBC 575 0 4 nbsp 0 1DVU 134 0 1MLPD 59 0 0 nbsp 0 1Informal votes 3 719 3 029Total valid votes 152 430 153 120Turnout 156 149 72 9 nbsp 7 0CDU hold Majority 19 707 13 0 nbsp 7 3Notes edit Lindner entered the Bundestag on the Greens list after the resignation of Ulrike Hofken in June 2011 References edit a b Constituency Sudpfalz Federal Returning Officer Results for Sudpfalz Federal Returning Officer Results for Sudpfalz Results for Sudpfalz Results for Sudpfalz Results for Sudpfalz Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sudpfalz amp oldid 1164790754, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
