Kreuznach (electoral district)

200 Kreuznach
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Kreuznach in 2025
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
Population	239,300 (2019)
Electorate	182,380 (2021)
Major settlements	Bad Kreuznach Idar-Oberstein Kirn
Area	1,640.7 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	SPD
Member	Joe Weingarten
Elected	2021

Kreuznach 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 200. It is located in central Rhineland-Palatinate, comprising the districts of Bad Kreuznach and Birkenfeld.

Kreuznach was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2013, it has been represented by Joe Weingarten of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).

Geography

Kreuznach is located in central Rhineland-Palatinate. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the districts of Bad Kreuznach and Birkenfeld.

History

Kreuznach was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Rhineland-Palatinate constituency 5 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1976 elections, it was number 152. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 150. In the 2002 election, it was number 204. In the 2005 election, it was number 203. In the 2009 and 2013 elections, it was number 202. In the 2017 and 2021 elections, it was number 201. From the 2025 election, it has been number 200. Its borders have not changed since its creation.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	5	Kreuznach	Bad Kreuznach district Birkenfeld district
1953	152
1957
1961
1965
1969
1972
1976
1980	150
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	204
2005	203
2009	202
2013
2017	201
2021
2025	200

Members

The constituency was first represented by Hugo Mayer of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1949 to 1957. Wilhelm Dröscher of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was elected in 1957 and served until 1972. He was succeeded by fellow SPD member Conrad Ahlers until 1980. Günther Leonhart, also of the SPD, then served from 1980 to 1990. Fritz Rudolf Körper retained the constituency for the SPD in the 1990 election, and was representative until 2005. Julia Klöckner won it for the CDU in 2005 and was re-elected in 2009. Antje Lezius of the CDU was elected in 2013 and re-elected in 2017. Joe Weingarten won the constituency for the SPD in 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Hugo Mayer	CDU	34.3
	1953			41.2
	1957	Wilhelm Dröscher	SPD	38.3
	1961			44.0
	1965			51.9
	1969			51.0
	1972	Conrad Ahlers	SPD	52.5
	1976			44.9
	1980	Günther Leonhart	SPD	47.1
	1983			46.9
	1987			46.3
	1990	Fritz Rudolf Körper	SPD	45.2
	1994			44.8
	1998			47.0
	2002			47.1
	2005	Julia Klöckner	CDU	43.0
	2009			47.0
	2013	Antje Lezius	CDU	41.4
	2017			37.0
	2021	Joe Weingarten	SPD	33.0

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Kreuznach
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	%	±%
	SPD	Joe Weingarten		44,976	33.0	1.6	44,259	32.4	5.0
	CDU	Julia Klöckner		39,589	29.1	7.9	33,433	24.5	9.7
	AfD	Nicole Höchst		12,972	9.5	1.3	13,510	9.9	1.8
	Greens	Christoph Benze		9,958	7.3	2.4	12,903	9.4	3.2
	FDP	Marvin Griesbach		9,753	7.2	0.4	15,704	11.5	1.6
	FW	Rouven Hebel		7,648	5.6	3.0	4,616	3.4	2.0
	Left	Bianca Steimle		4,294	3.2	2.4	4,454	3.3	3.6
	Tierschutzpartei						2,054	1.5
	dieBasis	Stefan Viehl		1,997	1.5		1,930	1.4
	PARTEI	Fabian Krug		1,837	1.3		1,182	0.9	0.1
	ÖDP	Eva Eisenhardt-Borsche		1,718	1.3	0.4	537	0.4	0.0
	Volt	Ron-David Röder		771	0.6		608	0.4
	Pirates						497	0.4	0.0
	Independent	Doris Vollmer		362	0.3
	Team Todenhöfer						339	0.2
	NPD						178	0.1	0.1
	Humanists						115	0.1
	V-Partei3						112	0.1	0.1
	LKR	Stephan Schlitz		226	0.2		105	0.1
	DiB						92	0.1
	MLPD						30	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,008			1,451
Total valid votes				136,101			136,658
Turnout				138,109	75.7	0.2
	SPD gain from CDU		Majority	5,387	3.9

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Kreuznach
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 Antje Lezius		50,975	37.0	4.4	47,189	34.1	6.9
	SPD	Joe Weingarten		43,373	31.5	6.2	37,906	27.4	3.9
	AfD	Nicole Höchst		14,914	10.8		16,198	11.7	7.0
	FDP	Lothar Ackermann		9,342	6.8	3.9	13,654	9.9	4.3
	Left	Manuela Holz		7,610	5.5	0.3	9,493	6.9	1.1
	Greens	Christiane Wayand		6,750	4.9	0.5	8,629	6.2	0.1
	FW	Herbert Drumm		3,629	2.6	1.4	1,910	1.4	0.0
	PARTEI						1,316	1.0
	ÖDP	Leander Hahn		1,201	0.9		492	0.4	0.2
	Pirates						487	0.4	1.5
	NPD						366	0.3	0.8
	V-Partei³						318	0.2
	BGE						222	0.2
	MLPD						31	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,114			1,697
Total valid votes				137,794			138,211
Turnout				139,908	75.6	5.0
	CDU hold		Majority	7,602	5.5	1.7

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Kreuznach
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	Antje Lezius		53,324	41.4	5.6	53,335	41.1	8.0
	SPD	Fritz Rudolf Körper		48,521	37.6	9.0	40,708	31.4	4.6
	Left	Wolfgang Kleudgen		6,688	5.2	3.7	7,485	5.8	5.1
	Greens	Stefan Boxler		5,733	4.4	2.3	8,221	6.3	2.1
	FW	Bernhard Alscher		5,194	4.0		1,745	1.3
	FDP	Klaus-Jürgen Friedrich		3,767	2.9	3.8	7,236	5.6	10.6
	AfD						6,180	4.8
	Pirates	Claudia Frick		2,996	2.3		2,394	1.8	0.3
	NPD	Markus Walter		1,772	1.4	0.0	1,434	1.1	0.1
	Independent	Franz Jansen		895	0.7
	PRO						288	0.2
	Party of Reason						283	0.2
	ÖDP						253	0.2	0.0
	REP						210	0.2	0.3
	MLPD						32	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				3,409			2,495
Total valid votes				128,890			129,804
Turnout				132,299	70.6	0.7
	CDU hold		Majority	4,803	3.8	14.5

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Kreuznach
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 Julia Klöckner		61,167	47.0	4.0	43,300	33.1	0.5
	SPD	Fritz Rudolf Körper		37,332	28.7	13.0	34,984	26.8	11.8
	Left	Tanja Krauth		11,579	8.9	4.2	14,197	10.9	4.9
	Greens	Stephanie Otto		8,768	6.7	2.9	11,065	8.5	1.9
	FDP	Walter Jung		8,684	6.7	2.1	21,190	16.2	4.4
	Pirates						2,030	1.6
	NPD	Holger Deubel		1,798	1.4	0.2	1,560	1.2	0.3
	FAMILIE						1,158	0.9	0.1
	Independent	Franz Jansen		801	0.6
	REP						547	0.4	0.2
	ÖDP						260	0.2
	PBC						248	0.2	0.1
	DVU						158	0.1
	MLPD						36	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				3,062			2,458
Total valid votes				130,129			130,733
Turnout				133,191	69.9	7.1
	CDU hold		Majority	23,835	18.3	17.0