Saarlouis 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 297. It is located in western Saarland, comprising the Merzig-Wadern district and most of the district of Saarlouis district.[1]
Saarlouis is located in western Saarland. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the Merzig-Wadern district and the Saarlouis district excluding the Lebach and Schmelz municipalities.[1]
Historyedit
Saarlouis was created in 1957, then known as Saarlouis – Merzig. It acquired its current name in the 1965 election. In the 1957 and 1961 elections, it was constituency 245 in the numbering system. In the 1965 through 1998 elections, it was number 246. Since the 2002 election, it has been number 297.
Originally, the constituency comprised the Merzig-Wadern district and the Saarlouis district excluding the Ämter of Bous/Saar, Lebach, Schmelz, and Wadgassen. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it lost the municipality of Schwalbach from the Saarlouis district. In the 1976 through 1998 elections, it acquired a configuration similar to its current borders, but lacking the municipalities of Bous, Ensdorf, Schwalbach, and Wadgassen from the Saarlouis district. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.
The constituency was first represented by Albert Baldauf of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1957 to 1965, followed by fellow CDU member Josef Schmitt from 1965 to 1976. Hans-Werner Müller of the CDU was then representative from 1976 to 1990. Ottmar Schreiner of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was elected in 1990 and served until 2009. Peter Altmaier of the CDU was representative from 2009 to 2021. Heiko Maas won the constituency for the 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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Saarlouis 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 297 It is located in western Saarland comprising the Merzig Wadern district and most of the district of Saarlouis district 1 297 SaarlouisElectoral districtfor the BundestagSaarlouis in 2009StateSaarlandPopulation262 400 2019 Electorate203 279 2021 Major settlementsSaarlouisMerzigDillingenArea893 2 km2Current electoral districtCreated1957PartySPDMemberHeiko MaasElected2021Saarlouis was created for the inaugural 1957 federal election after the accession of Saarland to Germany Since 2021 it has been represented by Heiko Maas 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 ReferencesGeography editSaarlouis is located in western Saarland As of the 2021 federal election it comprises the Merzig Wadern district and the Saarlouis district excluding the Lebach and Schmelz municipalities 1 History editSaarlouis was created in 1957 then known as Saarlouis Merzig It acquired its current name in the 1965 election In the 1957 and 1961 elections it was constituency 245 in the numbering system In the 1965 through 1998 elections it was number 246 Since the 2002 election it has been number 297 Originally the constituency comprised the Merzig Wadern district and the Saarlouis district excluding the Amter of Bous Saar Lebach Schmelz and Wadgassen In the 1965 through 1972 elections it lost the municipality of Schwalbach from the Saarlouis district In the 1976 through 1998 elections it acquired a configuration similar to its current borders but lacking the municipalities of Bous Ensdorf Schwalbach and Wadgassen from the Saarlouis district It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election Election No Name Borders1957 245 Saarlouis Merzig Merzig Wadern district Saarlouis district excluding Bous Saar Lebach Schmelz and Wadgassen Amter 19611965 246 Saarlouis Merzig Wadern district Saarlouis district excluding Schwalbach municipality and Bous Saar Lebach Schmelz and Wadgassen Amter 196919721976 Merzig Wadern district Saarlouis district excluding Bous Ensdorf Lebach Schmelz Schwalbach and Wadgassen municipalities 1980198319871990199419982002 297 Merzig Wadern district Saarlouis district excluding Lebach and Schmelz municipalities 20052009201320172021Members editThe constituency was first represented by Albert Baldauf of the Christian Democratic Union CDU from 1957 to 1965 followed by fellow CDU member Josef Schmitt from 1965 to 1976 Hans Werner Muller of the CDU was then representative from 1976 to 1990 Ottmar Schreiner of the Social Democratic Party SPD was elected in 1990 and served until 2009 Peter Altmaier of the CDU was representative from 2009 to 2021 Heiko Maas won the constituency for the SPD in 2021 Election Member Party 1957 Albert Baldauf CDU 44 41961 58 21965 Josef Schmitt CDU 54 21969 53 41972 48 61976 Hans Werner Muller CDU 50 41980 47 51983 51 21987 45 61990 Ottmar Schreiner SPD 50 01994 49 01998 55 12002 50 62005 40 42009 Peter Altmaier CDU 37 52013 44 52017 38 02021 Heiko Maas SPD 36 7Election results edit2021 election edit Federal election 2021 Saarlouis 3 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 SPD Heiko Maas 57 354 36 7 nbsp 4 7 56 920 36 4 nbsp 9 5CDU nbsp N Peter Altmaier 43 671 28 0 nbsp 10 1 38 085 24 4 nbsp 9 2AfD Carsten Becker 15 111 9 7 nbsp 0 7 15 651 10 0 nbsp 0 2FDP Angelika Hiesserich Peter 12 777 8 2 nbsp 4 3 18 872 12 1 nbsp 4 4Left Dagmar Ensch Engel 8 405 5 4 nbsp 5 5 10 512 6 7 nbsp 6 2Greens Ute Lessel 7 383 4 7 nbsp 1 2 5 nbsp 5 5Tierschutzpartei 4 535 2 9 FW Klaus Hoffmann 4 352 2 8 nbsp 1 9 3 315 2 1 nbsp 1 3PARTEI Sam Schroder 3 853 2 5 nbsp 1 4 2 736 1 8 nbsp 0 6dieBasis Marc Ensch 2 466 1 6 2 221 1 4 Volt 954 0 6 Pirates 860 0 6 nbsp 0 0Team Todenhofer 599 0 4 ODP Philipp Noah Gross 751 0 5 593 0 4 NPD 350 0 2 nbsp 0 3MLPD 76 0 0 nbsp 0 0Informal votes 3 047 2 891Total Valid votes 156 123 156 279Turnout 159 170 78 3 nbsp 1 0SPD gain from CDU Majority 13 683 8 7 nbsp 14 62017 election edit Federal election 2017 Saarlouis 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 nbsp Y Peter Altmaier 60 102 38 0 nbsp 6 4 52 981 33 6 nbsp 6 4SPD Heiko Maas 50 672 32 1 nbsp 3 8 42 476 27 0 nbsp 3 8Left Marilyn Heib 17 142 10 8 nbsp 3 6 20 320 12 9 nbsp 3 9AfD Irene Lienshoft 14 224 9 0 nbsp 4 7 15 506 9 8 nbsp 4 7FDP Kirsten Cortez de Lobao 6 069 3 8 nbsp 2 6 12 059 7 7 nbsp 4 0Greens Markus Tressel 5 532 3 5 nbsp 0 2 8 598 5 5 nbsp 0 2PARTEI Michael Kiefer 1 741 1 1 1 751 1 1FW Uwe Andreas Kammer 1 352 0 9 1 243 0 8 nbsp 0 1Pirates Lea Magdalena Laux 939 0 6 nbsp 1 8 799 0 5 nbsp 2 0NPD 748 0 5 nbsp 1 3V Partei 461 0 3PDV Michael Bienek 242 0 2 201 0 1BGE 197 0 1DM 185 0 2MLPD 80 0 1 nbsp 0 0Informal votes 2 415 2 825Total Valid votes 158 015 157 605Turnout 160 430 77 3 nbsp 4 4CDU hold Majority 9 430 5 9 nbsp 3 72013 election edit Federal election 2013 Saarlouis 7 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 Peter Altmaier 66 694 44 5 nbsp 7 0 60 052 40 1 nbsp 7 7SPD Reinhold Jost 52 303 34 9 nbsp 2 0 46 037 30 7 nbsp 6 5Left Wolfgang Schumacher 10 936 7 3 nbsp 8 3 13 458 9 0 nbsp 10 9AfD Heinrich Adams 6 418 4 3 7 645 5 1Greens Markus Tressel 5 577 3 7 nbsp 1 6 7 873 5 3 nbsp 1 3Pirates Michael Klein 3 652 2 4 3 739 2 5 nbsp 1 1NPD Frank Franz 2 475 1 7 nbsp 0 3 2 610 1 7 nbsp 0 5FDP Wolfgang Krichel 1 872 1 2 nbsp 6 2 5 480 3 7 nbsp 8 9FAMILIE 1 653 1 1 nbsp 0 2FW 1 075 0 7PRO 237 0 2MLPD 71 0 0 nbsp 0 0Informal votes 4 360 4 357Total Valid votes 149 927 149 930Turnout 154 287 72 9 nbsp 1 3CDU hold Majority 14 391 9 6 nbsp 5 02009 election edit Federal election 2009 Saarlouis 8 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 Peter Altmaier 58 297 37 5 nbsp 1 5 50 566 32 4 nbsp 0 5SPD nbsp N Ottmar Schreiner 51 193 32 9 nbsp 7 5 37 749 24 2 nbsp 9 0Left Alfred Pfannebecker 24 244 15 6 nbsp 1 9 31 057 19 9 nbsp 2 0FDP Sebastian Greiber 11 516 7 4 nbsp 3 9 19 643 12 6 nbsp 5 0Greens Claudia Beck 8 342 5 4 nbsp 2 4 10 194 6 5 nbsp 1 2Pirates 2 188 1 4FAMILIE 2 013 1 3 nbsp 0 4NPD Aloys Lehmler 2 025 1 3 nbsp 0 4 1 874 1 2 nbsp 0 5RRP 861 0 6MLPD 48 0 0 nbsp 0 1Informal votes 4 022 3 446Total Valid votes 155 617 156 193Turnout 159 639 74 3 nbsp 5 6CDU gain from SPD Majority 7 104 4 6References edit a b Constituency Saarlouis Federal Returning Officer Results for Saarlouis Federal Returning Officer Ergebnisse Saarlouis Bundeswahlleiter Retrieved 27 September 2021 Anderson Emma 5 August 2021 German Greens must sit out vote in one state during national election Politico Retrieved 27 September 2021 The Greens were disqualified from running on the Saarland state list due to irregularities in the selection of list candidates See Anderson 2021 Results for Saarlouis Results for Saarlouis Results for Saarlouis Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Saarlouis electoral district amp oldid 1164790578, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
