Groß-Gerau (electoral district)

Population275,700 (2019)

Electorate174,082 (2021)

Major settlementsRüsselsheim am Main
Mörfelden-Walldorf
Groß-Gerau

183 Groß-Gerau
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Groß-Gerau in 2025
State	Hesse
Population	275,700 (2019)
Electorate	174,082 (2021)
Major settlements	Rüsselsheim am Main Mörfelden-Walldorf Groß-Gerau
Area	453.0 km²
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Member	Vacant
Elected	2025

Groß-Gerau 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 183. It is located in southern Hesse, comprising the Groß-Gerau district.^[1]

Groß-Gerau was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. From 2021 to 2025, it has been represented by Melanie Wegling of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).^[2]

Groß-Gerau is located in southern Hesse. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Groß-Gerau district.^[1]

History

Groß-Gerau was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Hesse constituency 18 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1976, it was number 143. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 141. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 185. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 184. From the 2025 election, it has been number 183.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Groß-Gerau and Main-Taunus-Kreis. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it comprised the Groß-Gerau district and the modern municipalities of Eppstein, Hofheim am Taunus, Hattersheim am Main, Kriftel, Flörsheim am Main, and Hochheim am Main from the Main-Taunus-Kreis district. In the 1976 through 1998 elections, it comprised the Groß-Gerau district and the municipalities of Hofheim am Taunus, Flörsheim am Main, and Hochheim am Main from the Main-Taunus-Kreis district. Since the 2002 election, it has been coterminous with the Groß-Gerau district.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	18	Groß-Gerau	Groß-Gerau district Main-Taunus-Kreis district
1953	143
1957
1961
1965			Groß-Gerau district Main-Taunus-Kreis district (only Eppstein, Hofheim am Taunus, Hattersheim am Main, Kriftel, Flörsheim am Main, and Hochheim am Main municipalities)
1969
1972
1976			Groß-Gerau district Main-Taunus-Kreis district (only Hofheim am Taunus, Flörsheim am Main, and Hochheim am Main municipalities)
1980	141
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	185		Groß-Gerau district
2005	185
2009	184
2013
2017
2021
2025	183

Members

The constituency was first represented by Ludwig Bergsträsser of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1949 to 1953. He was succeeded by fellow SPD member Hermann Schmitt-Vockenhausen, who served from 1953 to 1980, a total of seven consecutive terms. Norbert Wieczorek of the SPD then served a single term before Otto Zink of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won the constituency in 1983. Former member Wieczorek regained it for the SPD in 1990, but Heinz-Adolf Hörsken returned to the CDU in 1994. Wieczorek won a third non-consecutive term in 1998, and was succeeded by fellow SPD member Gerold Reichenbach in the 2002 election, who served two terms. Franz Josef Jung of the CDU won the constituency in 2009 and served until 2017. Stefan Sauer of the CDU was elected in 2017. Melanie Wegling regained it for the SPD in 2021.

	Member	Party	%
1949	Ludwig Bergsträsser	SPD	38.8
1953	Hermann Schmitt-Vockenhausen	SPD	38.8
1957			43.0
1961			47.6
1965			52.2
1969			53.4
1972			56.7
1976			51.2
1980	Norbert Wieczorek	SPD	50.6
1983	Otto Zink	CDU	46.0
1987	Otto Zink	CDU	43.7
1990	Norbert Wieczorek	SPD	41.8
1994	Heinz-Adolf Hörsken	CDU	42.7
1998	Norbert Wieczorek	SPD	48.3
2002	Gerold Reichenbach	SPD	50.2
2005	Gerold Reichenbach	SPD	47.1
2009	Franz Josef Jung	CDU	36.3
2013	Franz Josef Jung	CDU	42.2
2017	Stefan Sauer	CDU	35.1
2021	Melanie Wegling	SPD	33.5
2025	Vacant^[a]

Election results

2025 election

Federal election (2025): Groß-Gerau^[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	Marcus Kretschmann^[a]		42,181	30.3	2.6	37,903	27.2	5.8
	SPD	N Melanie Wegling		40,121	28.9	4.6	27,978	20.1	9.7
	AfD	Ingeborg Horn-Posmyk		22,817	16.4	7.9	23,606	16.9	8.1
	Greens	Isabel Köhler-Hande		11,195	8.1	3.6	15,832	11.4	3.5
	Left	Jörg Cezanne		12,390	8.9	5.0	13,876	10.0	5.7
	BSW						7,888	5.7	New
	FDP	Stephen Dehler		4,667	3.4	5.1	6,266	4.5	7.3
	Tierschutzpartei						1,940	1.4	0.3
	FW	Rolf Leinz		3,442	2.5	0.2	1,816	1.3	0.6
	Volt	Uwe Lautenschläger		1,896	1.4	New	1,073	0.8	0.4
	PARTEI						816	0.6	0.5
	BD						209	0.1	New
	Humanists						142	0.1	0.0
	MLPD	Anne Fröhlich		290	0.2	0.1	84	0.1	0.0
Informal votes				1,682			1,252
Total valid votes				138,999			139,429
Turnout				140,681	81.6	7.4
	CDU gain from SPD		Majority	2,060	1.4	N/A

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Groß-Gerau^[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	%	±%
	SPD	Melanie Wegling		42,598	33.5	1.1	37,973	29.8	4.4
	CDU	N Stefan Sauer		35,334	27.7	7.4	27,301	21.4	9.1
	Greens	Lars Nitschke		14,890	11.7	4.9	18,928	14.8	4.8
	AfD	Thorsten Blümlein		10,880	8.5	2.8	11,246	8.8	3.3
	FDP	Stephan Dehler		10,726	8.4	2.8	14,999	11.8	2.1
	Left	Jörg Cezanne		5,047	4.0	2.7	5,394	4.2	4.0
	FW	Achim Weidner		3,470	2.7	0.8	2,478	1.9	0.9
	Tierschutzpartei						2,163	1.7	0.6
	Team Todenhöfer						1,998	1.6
	PARTEI	Daniel Weber		2,430	1.9		1,387	1.1	0.2
	dieBasis	Thomas Unverzagt		1,834	1.4		1,462	1.1
	Pirates						545	0.4	0.3
	Volt						469	0.4
	Gesundheitsforschung						214	0.2
	Humanists						175	0.1
	Bündnis C						157	0.1
	NPD						149	0.1	0.2
	V-Partei3						141	0.1	0.1
	ÖDP						137	0.1	0.0
	DKP						92	0.1	0.0
	MLPD	Johannes Rücker		127	0.1	0.1	81	0.1	0.0
	Bündnis 21						56	0.0
	LKR						39	0.0
Informal votes				1,925			1,677
Total valid votes				127,336			127,584
Turnout				129,261	74.3	2.0
	SPD gain from CDU		Majority	7,264	5.8

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Groß-Gerau^[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	Stefan Sauer		45,963	35.1	7.1	39,950	30.5	6.2
	SPD	Jan Deboy		42,342	32.4	5.7	33,318	25.4	5.1
	AfD	Thorsten Blümlein		14,805	11.3		15,943	12.2	6.5
	Greens	Nina Eisenhardt		8,877	6.8	0.9	11,862	9.0	1.6
	Left	Jörg Cezanne		8,729	6.7	0.5	10,755	8.2	2.0
	FDP	Stephan Dehler		7,358	5.6	3.6	12,645	9.6	5.0
	Tierschutzpartei						1,463	1.1
	FW	Jens Hassen		2,507	1.9		1,387	1.1	0.2
	PARTEI						1,192	0.9	0.4
	Pirates						962	0.7	1.7
	NPD						403	0.3	0.8
	DM						386	0.3
	BGE						244	0.2
	V-Partei³						222	0.2
	ÖDP						201	0.2
	MLPD	Matthias Rücker		276	0.2		124	0.1	0.0
	DKP						81	0.1
	BüSo						42	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,461			2,138
Total valid votes				130,857			131,180
Turnout				133,318	76.3	3.1
	CDU hold		Majority	3,621	2.7	1.4

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Groß-Gerau^[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 Franz Josef Jung		52,087	42.2	5.9	45,389	36.7	6.8
	SPD	Gerold Reichenbach		46,942	38.1	2.1	37,781	30.5	2.6
	Greens	Benjamin Weiß		9,502	7.7	1.9	13,129	10.6	1.9
	Left	Jochen Nagel		7,645	6.2	1.4	7,693	6.2	2.6
	AfD						6,939	5.6
	Pirates	Christian Hufgard		4,639	3.8		2,989	2.4	0.2
	FDP	Marcella Giovanna Matthes		2,489	2.0	6.1	5,762	4.7	10.2
	NPD						1,430	1.2	0.2
	FW						1,036	0.8
	PARTEI						643	0.5
	REP						509	0.4	0.5
	PRO						200	0.2
	MLPD						76	0.1	0.0
	SGP						61	0.0
	BüSo						52	0.0	0.1
Informal votes				4,079			3,694
Total valid votes				123,304			123,689
Turnout				127,383	73.2	1.2
	CDU hold		Majority	5,145	4.1	3.8

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Groß-Gerau^[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Franz Josef Jung		45,410	36.3	0.1	37,526	29.9	1.2
	SPD	N Gerold Reichenbach		44,973	36.0	11.1	35,058	28.0	11.3
	Greens	Andrea Graf		12,072	9.7	3.5	15,677	12.5	1.8
	FDP	Andreas Bummel		10,177	8.1	4.4	18,630	14.9	4.2
	Left	Norman Kalteyer		9,449	7.6	3.2	11,103	8.9	3.7
	Pirates						2,772	2.2
	NPD	Andreas Jahn		2,457	2.0	0.1	1,680	1.3	0.0
	Tierschutzpartei						1,463	1.2	0.3
	REP						1,098	0.9	0.2
	Independent	Pasquale Aita		482	0.4
	BüSo						178	0.1	0.1
	DVU						109	0.1
	MLPD						60	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				3,099			2,765
Total valid votes				125,020			125,354
Turnout				128,119	74.4	5.6
	CDU gain from SPD		Majority	437	0.3

2005 election

Federal election (2005):Groß-Gerau^[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	SPD	Y Gerold Reichenbach		62,419	47.1	3.1	52,132	39.2	4.4
	CDU	Gerald Weiß		48,321	36.4	1.3	40,054	30.2	2.1
	Greens	Margareta Wolf		8,100	6.1	1.4	14,261	10.7	0.7
	Left	Gerhard Schulmeyer		5,736	4.3	2.5	6,824	5.1	3.7
	FDP	Andreas Bummel		4,957	3.7	1.6	14,182	10.7	2.9
	NPD	Erwin Bender		2,475	1.9		1,760	1.3	1.0
	REP						1,440	1.1	0.3
	Tierschutzpartei						1,155	0.9	0.2
	GRAUEN						650	0.5	0.3
	PBC	Norbert Lohneis		588	0.4
	SGP						171	0.1
	BüSo						109	0.1	0.0
	MLPD						91	0.1
Informal votes				3,240			3,007
Total valid votes				132,596			132,829
Turnout				135,836	80.0	1.0
	SPD hold		Majority	14,098	10.7

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