200 Mosel/Rhein-Hunsrück
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Mosel/Rhein-Hunsrück in 2017
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
Population	218,900 (2019)
Electorate	171,012 (2021)
Major settlements	Boppard Morbach Simmern
Area	2,287.7 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CDU
Member	Marlon Bröhr
Elected	2021

Mosel/Rhein-Hunsrück 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 Cochem-Zell district, Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district, and the southern part of the Bernkastel-Wittlich district.^[1]

Mosel/Rhein-Hunsrück was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Marlon Bröhr of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).^[2]

Geography

Mosel/Rhein-Hunsrück is located in central Rhineland-Palatinate. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Cochem-Zell and Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis districts as well as, from the Bernkastel-Wittlich district, the municipality of Morbach, the Verbandsgemeinden of Bernkastel-Kues and Thalfang am Erbeskopf, and the municipalities of Burg (Mosel), Enkirch, Irmenach, Lötzbeuren, Starkenburg, and Traben-Trarbach from the Traben-Trarbach Verbandsgemeinde.^[1]

History

Mosel/Rhein-Hunsrück was created in 1949, then known as Cochem. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the 1949 election, it was Rhineland-Palatinate constituency 4 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1976 elections, it was number 151. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 149. In the 2002 election, it was number 203. In the 2005 election, it was number 202. In the 2009 and 2013 elections, it was number 201. Since the 2017 election, it has been number 200.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Cochem, Zell, Simmern, and Bernkastel. In the 1972 through 1998 elections, it comprised the Cochem-Zell district; the Verbandsgemeinden of Kastellaun, Kirchberg, Rheinböllen, and Simmern/Hunsrück from the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district; and the municipality of Morbach and the Verbandsgemeinden of Bernkastel-Kues, Neumagen-Dhron, Thalfang am Erbeskopf, and Traben-Trarbach from the Bernkastel-Wittlich district. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election, although when the former Verbandsgemeinde of Neumagen-Dhron was merged into the Traben-Trarbach Verbandsgemeinde in 2012, its area was not incorporated into the constituency.

Members

The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation. It was first represented by Paul Gibbert from 1949 to 1969. Klaus Bremm then served from 1969 to 1976. He was succeeded by Waltrud Will-Feld, who was representative until 1990. Peter Bleser was elected in 1990 and served until 2021, a total of eight consecutive terms. He was succeeded by Marlon Bröhr in 2021.

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Mosel/Rhein-Hunsrück[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	Marlon Bröhr		45,364	34.3	9.8	38,664	29.0	12.6
	SPD	Michael Maurer		35,570	26.9	1.7	38,015	28.5	5.5
	FDP	Carina Konrad		15,664	11.8	3.1	16,664	12.5	1.3
	Greens	Julian Joswig		12,833	9.7	4.8	12,230	9.2	3.6
	AfD	Harald Bechberger		10,646	8.0	0.1	11,061	8.3	0.7
	FW	Heinz Wößner		7,609	5.7	2.9	5,820	4.4	3.1
	Left						3,725	2.8	3.3
	Tierschutzpartei						1,845	1.4
	dieBasis	Wolfgang Link		2,334	1.8		1,770	1.3
	PARTEI						1,099	0.8	0.1
	Volt	Detlef Barsuhn		1,124	0.8		751	0.6
	Pirates						506	0.4	0.0
	ÖDP	Erik Hofmann		976	0.7	0.1	374	0.3	0.1
	Independent	Hermann Krämer		249	0.2
	Team Todenhöfer						237	0.2
	NPD						124	0.1	0.1
	V-Partei3						123	0.1	0.2
	Humanists						95	0.1
	DiB						89	0.1
	LKR						51	0.0
	MLPD						19	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,348			1,455
Total Valid votes				132,369			133,262
Turnout				134,717	78.7	0.3
	CDU hold		Majority	9,794	7.4	11.5

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Mosel/Rhein-Hunsrück[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 Peter Bleser		58,596	44.1	9.5	55,606	41.6	7.8
	SPD	Ivonne Horbert		33,477	25.2	2.7	30,799	23.0	1.5
	FDP	Carina Konrad		11,544	8.7	5.5	14,924	11.2	4.9
	AfD	Martin Fischer		10,834	8.2		11,996	9.0	4.8
	Left	Alexandra Erikson		7,040	5.3	0.8	8,143	6.1	1.3
	Greens	Ralf Kauer		6,465	4.9	0.8	7,487	5.6	0.1
	FW	Willi Feilen		3,741	2.8	0.3	1,708	1.3	0.1
	PARTEI						1,182	0.9
	ÖDP	Johannes Schneider		1,131	0.9	0.2	491	0.4	0.0
	Pirates						464	0.3	1.5
	V-Partei³						349	0.3
	NPD						306	0.2	0.6
	BGE						217	0.2
	MLPD						32	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,691			1,815
Total Valid votes				132,828			133,704
Turnout				135,519	78.4	4.7
	CDU hold		Majority	25,119	18.9	6.8

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Mosel/Rhein-Hunsrück[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	Y Peter Bleser		67,658	53.6	6.0	62,703	49.4	10.0
	SPD	Anja Bindges		35,146	27.9	4.1	31,202	24.6	3.8
	Left	Martin Krötz		5,647	4.5	2.7	6,139	4.8	3.4
	Greens	Joscha Pullich		5,083	4.0	3.7	7,257	5.7	2.3
	FDP	Werner Wöllstein		3,990	3.2	9.3	7,948	6.3	12.7
	AfD						5,323	4.2
	FW	Wilhelm Feilen		3,918	3.1		1,698	1.3
	Pirates	Markus Weber		2,606	2.1		2,352	1.9	0.3
	NPD	Jens Simon Willi		1,273	1.0	0.2	1,057	0.8	0.1
	ÖDP	Erik Hofmann		830	0.7		477	0.4	0.2
	Party of Reason						318	0.3
	PRO						282	0.2
	REP						160	0.1	0.3
	MLPD						36	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				3,111			2,310
Total Valid votes				126,151			126,952
Turnout				129,262	73.7	1.1
	CDU hold		Majority	32,512	25.7	1.7

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Mosel/Rhein-Hunsrück[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Y Peter Bleser		60,105	47.7	2.4	50,302	39.4	3.0
	SPD	Marcus Heintel		29,859	23.7	9.0	26,447	20.7	9.8
	FDP	Ralf Heinrich Wilhelmi		15,714	12.5	4.9	24,248	19.0	5.3
	Greens	Britta Steck		9,724	7.7	3.7	10,265	8.0	2.4
	Left	Roger Mallmenn		9,035	7.2	2.8	10,568	8.3	3.4
	Pirates						2,023	1.6
	FAMILIE						1,286	1.0	0.1
	NPD	Erich Krames		1,521	1.2	0.0	1,137	0.9	0.1
	REP						485	0.4	0.1
	PBC						386	0.3	0.1
	ÖDP						284	0.2
	DVU						100	0.1
	MLPD						25	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				4,233			2,635
Total Valid votes				125,958			127,556
Turnout				130,191	72.6	7.0
	CDU hold		Majority	30,246	24.0	6.6

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