148 Siegen-Wittgenstein
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Siegen-Wittgenstein in 2013
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	276,900 (2019)
Electorate	207,672 (2021)
Major settlements	Siegen Kreuztal Netphen
Area	1,132.9 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CDU
Member	Volkmar Klein
Elected	2009, 2013, 2017, 2021

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 148. It is located in southern North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the district of Siegen-Wittgenstein.^[1]

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]

Geography

Siegen-Wittgenstein is located in southern North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Siegen-Wittgenstein district.^[1]

History

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. Since 2013, it has been number 148.

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.

Members

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.

Election results

2021 election

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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Y Volkmar Klein		54,042	33.6	6.5	42,161	26.2	7.8
	SPD	Luiza Licina-Bode		48,897	30.4	0.2	50,327	31.3	4.8
	Greens	Laura Kraft		16,624	10.3	6.1	17,842	11.1	5.6
	AfD	Henning Zoz		14,424	9.0	0.8	14,709	9.1	1.5
	FDP	Guido Müller		13,586	8.5	1.1	18,597	11.6	0.3
	Left	Ekkard Büdenbender		4,900	3.0	2.9	5,726	3.6	4.3
	Tierschutzpartei						2,099	1.3	0.6
	PARTEI	Tobias Wied		3,385	2.1	0.7	2,043	1.3	0.4
	dieBasis	Hubert Weber		2,215	1.4		2,107	1.3
	FW	Horst Linde		1,868	1.2		1,340	0.8	0.6
	Team Todenhöfer						886	0.6
	Volt	Inka Berg		836	0.5		679	0.4
	Pirates						485	0.3	0.1
	Bündnis C						467	0.3
	ÖDP						358	0.2	0.1
	LIEBE						198	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						182	0.1	0.0
	NPD						166	0.1	0.2
	Humanists						156	0.1	0.0
	LfK						134	0.1
	V-Partei3						103	0.1	0.0
	du.						68	0.0
	PdF						51	0.0
	Independent	Roland Meister		49	0.0
	DKP						47	0.0	0.0
	LKR						36	0.0
	MLPD						24	0.0	0.0
	PSG						7	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,336			1,164
Total Valid votes				160,826			160,998
Turnout				162,162	78.1	1.9
	CDU hold		Majority	5,145	3.2	6.7

2017 election

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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Y Volkmar Klein		64,484	40.1	5.6	54,648	34.0	7.6
	SPD	Heiko Becker		48,560	30.2	6.3	42,551	26.4	5.6
	AfD	Andreas Appelt		15,728	9.8	6.7	17,154	10.7	5.7
	FDP	Hermann Siebdrat		11,742	7.3	5.1	19,125	11.9	7.2
	Left	Sylvia Gabelmann		9,554	5.9	1.5	12,624	7.8	2.1
	Greens	Simon Rock		6,885	4.3	0.8	8,857	5.5	0.9
	PARTEI	Florian Kiel		2,190	1.4		1,442	0.9	0.6
	Tierschutzpartei						1,116	0.7
	ÖDP	Jörn Krause		1,002	0.6		578	0.4	0.2
	Pirates						566	0.4	1.4
	Independent	Dominik Eichbaum		556	0.3
	AD-DEMOKRATEN						492	0.3
	NPD						411	0.3	0.9
	FW						410	0.3	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						145	0.1	0.1
	DM						142	0.1
	V-Partei³						141	0.1
	DiB						131	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						130	0.1
	BGE						122	0.1
	Die Humanisten						93	0.1
	MLPD						41	0.0	0.0
	DKP						33	0.0
	SGP						7	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,605			1,347
Total Valid votes				160,701			160,959
Turnout				162,306	76.2	3.7
	CDU hold		Majority	15,924	9.9	0.6

2013 election

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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Y Volkmar Klein		70,833	45.8	4.2	64,307	41.5	6.7
	SPD	Willi Brase		56,510	36.5	2.6	49,563	32.0	3.1
	Greens	Peter Neuhaus		7,808	5.0		9,937	6.4	2.2
	Left	Peter Schulte		6,891	4.5	3.3	8,920	5.8	2.2
	AfD			4,744	3.1		7,653	4.9
	FDP	Helga Daub		3,383	2.2	7.8	7,327	4.7	10.1
	Pirates	Nils Faerber		2,732	1.8		2,722	1.8	0.4
	NPD			1,856	1.2	0.4	1,759	1.1	0.1
	PARTEI						450	0.3
	BIG						406	0.3
	PRO						312	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						312	0.2	0.1
	ÖDP						286	0.2	0.0
	REP						269	0.2	0.3
	FW						243	0.2
	Nichtwahler						146	0.1
	Party of Reason						101	0.1
	RRP						55	0.0	0.1
	MLPD						41	0.0	0.0
	PSG						35	0.0	0.0
	Die Rechte						30	0.0
	BüSo						22	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,812			1,673
Total Valid votes				154,757			154,896
Turnout				156,569	72.6	0.7
	CDU hold		Majority	14,323	9.3	6.9

2009 election

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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Volkmar Klein		64,217	41.5	0.0	53,999	34.8	1.8
	SPD	N Willi Brase		60,500	39.1	4.4	44,822	28.9	10.2
	FDP	Helga Daub		15,482	10.0	5.1	23,059	14.9	5.4
	Greens						13,385	8.6	2.9
	Left	Peter Schulte		12,009	7.8	4.0	12,362	8.0	2.7
	Pirates						2,044	1.3
	NPD	Stefan Flug		2,399	1.6	0.8	1,910	1.2	0.5
	Tierschutzpartei						920	0.6	0.0
	FAMILIE						755	0.5	0.1
	REP						660	0.4	0.4
	RENTNER						485	0.3
	ÖDP						218	0.1
	RRP						200	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						152	0.1	0.0
	Centre						88	0.1	0.0
	DVU						67	0.0
	BüSo						26	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						22	0.0	0.0
	PSG						22	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,271			1,682
Total Valid votes				154,607			155,196
Turnout				156,878	71.8	6.3
	CDU gain from SPD		Majority	3,717	2.4

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