Siegen-Wittgenstein is located in southern North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Siegen-Wittgenstein district.[1]
Historyedit
Siegen-Wittgenstein was created in 1949, then known as Siegen-Stadt und -Land – Wittgenstein. From 1965 through 1976, it was named Siegen – Wittgenstein. From 1980 through 1998, it was named Siegen-Wittgenstein I. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 66 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1976 elections, it was number 125. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 120. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 149. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 148. From the 2025 election, it has been number 147.
Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Siegen as well as the districts of Landkreis Siegen and Wittgenstein. In the 1969 and 1972 elections, it comprised the districts of Siegen and Wittgenstein. In the 1976 election, it was coterminous with the Siegen-Wittgenstein district. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it comprised the Siegen-Wittgenstein district without the municipalities of Freudenberg, Hilchenbach, and Kreuztal. Since the 2002 election, it has again been coterminous with the Siegen-Wittgenstein district.
The constituency was first represented by Theodor Siebel of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1949 to 1961. Hermann Schmidt of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was elected in 1961 and served a single term, before Botho Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein regained it for the CDU in 1965. Schmidt was once again elected in 1969 and served four further terms as representative. Paul Breuer of the CDU was elected in 1983 and served until 1998. Marianne Klappert gained the constituency for the SPD in the 1998 election, and was succeeded in 2002 by fellow party member Willi Brase. Volkmar Klein of the CDU was elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2013, 2017, and 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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Siegen Wittgenstein 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 147 It is located in southern North Rhine Westphalia comprising the district of Siegen Wittgenstein 1 147 Siegen WittgensteinElectoral districtfor the BundestagSiegen Wittgenstein in 2025StateNorth Rhine WestphaliaPopulation276 900 2019 Electorate207 672 2021 Major settlementsSiegenKreuztalNetphenArea1 132 9 km2Current electoral districtCreated1949PartyCDUMemberVolkmar KleinElected2009 2013 2017 2021 Siegen Wittgenstein was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election Since 2009 it has been represented by Volkmar Klein of the Christian Democratic Union CDU 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 editSiegen Wittgenstein is located in southern North Rhine Westphalia As of the 2021 federal election it is coterminous with the Siegen Wittgenstein district 1 History editSiegen Wittgenstein was created in 1949 then known as Siegen Stadt und Land Wittgenstein From 1965 through 1976 it was named Siegen Wittgenstein From 1980 through 1998 it was named Siegen Wittgenstein I It acquired its current name in the 2002 election In the 1949 election it was North Rhine Westphalia constituency 66 in the numbering system In the 1953 through 1976 elections it was number 125 From 1980 through 1998 it was number 120 From 2002 through 2009 it was number 149 In the 2013 through 2021 elections it was number 148 From the 2025 election it has been number 147 Originally the constituency comprised the independent city of Siegen as well as the districts of Landkreis Siegen and Wittgenstein In the 1969 and 1972 elections it comprised the districts of Siegen and Wittgenstein In the 1976 election it was coterminous with the Siegen Wittgenstein district In the 1980 through 1998 elections it comprised the Siegen Wittgenstein district without the municipalities of Freudenberg Hilchenbach and Kreuztal Since the 2002 election it has again been coterminous with the Siegen Wittgenstein district Election No Name Borders 1949 66 Siegen Stadt und Land Wittgenstein Siegen city Landkreis Siegen district Wittgenstein district 1953 125 1957 1961 1965 Siegen Wittgenstein 1969 Siegen district Wittgenstein district 1972 1976 Siegen Wittgenstein district 1980 120 Siegen Wittgenstein I Siegen Wittgenstein district excluding Freudenberg Hilchenbach and Kreuztal municipalities 1983 1987 1990 1994 1998 2002 149 Siegen Wittgenstein Siegen Wittgenstein district 2005 2009 2013 148 2017 2021 2025 147Members editThe constituency was first represented by Theodor Siebel of the Christian Democratic Union CDU from 1949 to 1961 Hermann Schmidt of the Social Democratic Party SPD was elected in 1961 and served a single term before Botho Prinz zu Sayn Wittgenstein Hohenstein regained it for the CDU in 1965 Schmidt was once again elected in 1969 and served four further terms as representative Paul Breuer of the CDU was elected in 1983 and served until 1998 Marianne Klappert gained the constituency for the SPD in the 1998 election and was succeeded in 2002 by fellow party member Willi Brase Volkmar Klein of the CDU was elected in 2009 and re elected in 2013 2017 and 2021 Election Member Party 1949 Theodor Siebel CDU 38 0 1953 46 2 1957 51 4 1961 Hermann Schmidt SPD 41 6 1965 Botho Prinz zu Sayn Wittgenstein Hohenstein CDU 46 2 1969 Hermann Schmidt SPD 49 7 1972 54 0 1976 48 4 1980 49 5 1983 Paul Breuer CDU 50 6 1987 45 8 1990 45 6 1994 44 1 1998 Marianne Klappert SPD 46 4 2002 Willi Brase SPD 44 3 2005 43 6 2009 Volkmar Klein CDU 41 5 2013 45 8 2017 40 1 2021 33 6Election results edit2021 election edit Federal election 2021 Siegen Wittgenstein 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 CDU nbsp Y Volkmar Klein 54 042 33 6 nbsp 6 5 42 161 26 2 nbsp 7 8 SPD Luiza Licina Bode 48 897 30 4 nbsp 0 2 50 327 31 3 nbsp 4 8 Greens Laura Kraft 16 624 10 3 nbsp 6 1 17 842 11 1 nbsp 5 6 AfD Henning Zoz 14 424 9 0 nbsp 0 8 14 709 9 1 nbsp 1 5 FDP Guido Muller 13 586 8 5 nbsp 1 1 18 597 11 6 nbsp 0 3 Left Ekkard Budenbender 4 900 3 0 nbsp 2 9 5 726 3 6 nbsp 4 3 Tierschutzpartei 2 099 1 3 nbsp 0 6 PARTEI Tobias Wied 3 385 2 1 nbsp 0 7 2 043 1 3 nbsp 0 4 dieBasis Hubert Weber 2 215 1 4 2 107 1 3 FW Horst Linde 1 868 1 2 1 340 0 8 nbsp 0 6 Team Todenhofer 886 0 6 Volt Inka Berg 836 0 5 679 0 4 Pirates 485 0 3 nbsp 0 1 Bundnis C 467 0 3 ODP 358 0 2 nbsp 0 1 LIEBE 198 0 1 Gesundheitsforschung 182 0 1 nbsp 0 0 NPD 166 0 1 nbsp 0 2 Humanists 156 0 1 nbsp 0 0 LfK 134 0 1 V Partei3 103 0 1 nbsp 0 0 du 68 0 0 PdF 51 0 0 Independent Roland Meister 49 0 0 DKP 47 0 0 nbsp 0 0 LKR 36 0 0 MLPD 24 0 0 nbsp 0 0 PSG 7 0 0 nbsp 0 0 Informal votes 1 336 1 164 Total valid votes 160 826 160 998 Turnout 162 162 78 1 nbsp 1 9 CDU hold Majority 5 145 3 2 nbsp 6 7 2017 election edit Federal election 2017 Siegen Wittgenstein 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 Volkmar Klein 64 484 40 1 nbsp 5 6 54 648 34 0 nbsp 7 6 SPD Heiko Becker 48 560 30 2 nbsp 6 3 42 551 26 4 nbsp 5 6 AfD Andreas Appelt 15 728 9 8 nbsp 6 7 17 154 10 7 nbsp 5 7 FDP Hermann Siebdrat 11 742 7 3 nbsp 5 1 19 125 11 9 nbsp 7 2 Left Sylvia Gabelmann 9 554 5 9 nbsp 1 5 12 624 7 8 nbsp 2 1 Greens Simon Rock 6 885 4 3 nbsp 0 8 8 857 5 5 nbsp 0 9 PARTEI Florian Kiel 2 190 1 4 1 442 0 9 nbsp 0 6 Tierschutzpartei 1 116 0 7 ODP Jorn Krause 1 002 0 6 578 0 4 nbsp 0 2 Pirates 566 0 4 nbsp 1 4 Independent Dominik Eichbaum 556 0 3 AD DEMOKRATEN 492 0 3 NPD 411 0 3 nbsp 0 9 FW 410 0 3 nbsp 0 1 Volksabstimmung 145 0 1 nbsp 0 1 DM 142 0 1 V Partei 141 0 1 DiB 131 0 1 Gesundheitsforschung 130 0 1 BGE 122 0 1 Die Humanisten 93 0 1 MLPD 41 0 0 nbsp 0 0 DKP 33 0 0 SGP 7 0 0 nbsp 0 0 Informal votes 1 605 1 347 Total valid votes 160 701 160 959 Turnout 162 306 76 2 nbsp 3 7 CDU hold Majority 15 924 9 9 nbsp 0 6 2013 election edit Federal election 2013 Siegen Wittgenstein 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 Volkmar Klein 70 833 45 8 nbsp 4 2 64 307 41 5 nbsp 6 7 SPD Willi Brase 56 510 36 5 nbsp 2 6 49 563 32 0 nbsp 3 1 Greens Peter Neuhaus 7 808 5 0 9 937 6 4 nbsp 2 2 Left Peter Schulte 6 891 4 5 nbsp 3 3 8 920 5 8 nbsp 2 2 AfD 4 744 3 1 7 653 4 9 FDP Helga Daub 3 383 2 2 nbsp 7 8 7 327 4 7 nbsp 10 1 Pirates Nils Faerber 2 732 1 8 2 722 1 8 nbsp 0 4 NPD 1 856 1 2 nbsp 0 4 1 759 1 1 nbsp 0 1 PARTEI 450 0 3 BIG 406 0 3 PRO 312 0 2 Volksabstimmung 312 0 2 nbsp 0 1 ODP 286 0 2 nbsp 0 0 REP 269 0 2 nbsp 0 3 FW 243 0 2 Nichtwahler 146 0 1 Party of Reason 101 0 1 RRP 55 0 0 nbsp 0 1 MLPD 41 0 0 nbsp 0 0 PSG 35 0 0 nbsp 0 0 Die Rechte 30 0 0 BuSo 22 0 0 nbsp 0 0 Informal votes 1 812 1 673 Total valid votes 154 757 154 896 Turnout 156 569 72 6 nbsp 0 7 CDU hold Majority 14 323 9 3 nbsp 6 9 2009 election edit Federal election 2009 Siegen Wittgenstein 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 Volkmar Klein 64 217 41 5 nbsp 0 0 53 999 34 8 nbsp 1 8 SPD nbsp N Willi Brase 60 500 39 1 nbsp 4 4 44 822 28 9 nbsp 10 2 FDP Helga Daub 15 482 10 0 nbsp 5 1 23 059 14 9 nbsp 5 4 Greens 13 385 8 6 nbsp 2 9 Left Peter Schulte 12 009 7 8 nbsp 4 0 12 362 8 0 nbsp 2 7 Pirates 2 044 1 3 NPD Stefan Flug 2 399 1 6 nbsp 0 8 1 910 1 2 nbsp 0 5 Tierschutzpartei 920 0 6 nbsp 0 0 FAMILIE 755 0 5 nbsp 0 1 REP 660 0 4 nbsp 0 4 RENTNER 485 0 3 ODP 218 0 1 RRP 200 0 1 Volksabstimmung 152 0 1 nbsp 0 0 Centre 88 0 1 nbsp 0 0 DVU 67 0 0 BuSo 26 0 0 nbsp 0 0 MLPD 22 0 0 nbsp 0 0 PSG 22 0 0 nbsp 0 0 Informal votes 2 271 1 682 Total valid votes 154 607 155 196 Turnout 156 878 71 8 nbsp 6 3 CDU gain from SPD Majority 3 717 2 4References edit a b Constituency Siegen Wittgenstein Federal Returning Officer Results for Siegen Wittgenstein Federal 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