Neuwied (electoral district)

196 Neuwied
196 Neuwied
Electoral district; for the Bundestag
	Neuwied in 2025
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
Population	311,600 (2019)
Electorate	236,097 (2025)
Major settlements	Neuwied; Betzdorf
Area	1,269.4 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CDU
Member	Ellen Demuth
Elected	2025

StateRhineland-Palatinate

Population311,600 (2019)

Electorate236,097 (2025)

Major settlementsNeuwied
Betzdorf

Neuwied 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 196. It is located in northern Rhineland-Palatinate, comprising the districts of Neuwied and Altenkirchen.^[1]

Neuwied was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2025, it has been represented by Ellen Demuth of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).^[2]

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Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	1	Altenkirchen (Westerwald)	Altenkirchen district Neuwied district
1953	148
1957
1961
1965		Neuwied
1969
1972
1976
1980	146
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	200
2005	199
2009	198
2013	198
2017	197
2021	197
2025	196

	Member	Party	%
1949	Franz-Josef Wuermeling	CDU	53.6
1953			56.2
1957			57.6
1961			53.1
1965			54.3
1969	Walter Hallstein	CDU	51.2
1972	Klaus Immer	SPD	46.9
1976	Heinz Schwarz	CDU	50.4
1980			46.7
1983			53.7
1987			49.0
1990	Ulrich Schmalz	CDU	47.8
1994	Ulrich Schmalz	CDU	46.9
1998	Ludwig Eich	SPD	45.5
2002	Sabine Bätzing	SPD	44.9
2005	Sabine Bätzing	SPD	44.3
2009	Erwin Rüddel	CDU	39.2
2013			46.9
2017			43.2
2021			31.9
2025	Ellen Demuth	CDU	35.6

Federal election (2025): Neuwied^[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	Ellen Demuth		68,501	35.6	3.7	62,297	32.3	5.5
	AfD	Andreas Bleck		40,363	21.0	11.6	41,996	21.7	12.0
	SPD	Jan Hellinghausen		42,315	22.0	8.2	35,679	18.5	11.5
	Greens	Thorben Thieme		11,919	6.2	3.0	15,674	8.1	2.4
	Left	Julia Eudenbach		9,691	5.0	2.3	11,694	6.1	3.1
	BSW	Nalan Özcan		6,443	3.3	New	8,986	4.7	New
	FDP	Sandra Weeser		6,858	3.6	5.3	8,488	4.4	7.1
	FW	Carsten Zeuch		4,345	2.3	2.2	3,234	1.7	1.6
	Tierschutzpartei						2,373	1.2	0.2
	Volt	René Krämer		1,955	1.0	New	1,178	0.6	0.3
	PARTEI						911	0.5	0.5
	BD						299	0.2	New
	ÖDP						239	0.1	0.0
	MLPD						52	<0.1	0.0
Informal votes				1,937			1,227
Total valid votes				192,390			193,100
Turnout				194,327	82.3	5.9
	CDU hold		Majority	26,186	13.6	11.9

Federal election (2021): Neuwied^[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 Erwin Rüddel		57,430	31.9	11.2	48,338	26.8	11.4
	SPD	Martin Diedenhofen		54,320	30.2	1.6	54,018	30.0	4.6
	AfD	Andreas Bleck		16,810	9.4	0.2	17,504	9.7	1.1
	Greens	Kevin Lenz		16,559	9.2	3.9	18,930	10.5	4.5
	FDP	Sandra Weeser		15,931	8.9	2.7	20,751	11.5	1.4
	FW	Marianne Altgeld		8,032	4.5	2.6	5,860	3.3	2.1
	Left	Jochen Bülow		5,005	2.8	2.6	5,417	3.0	3.3
	Tierschutzpartei						2,546	1.4
	PARTEI	Christian Link		2,776	1.5		1,746	1.0	0.1
	dieBasis	Klaus Asbach		2,177	1.2		2,286	1.3
	Team Todenhöfer						692	0.4
	Pirates						701	0.4	0.0
	Independent	Norbert Schmitt		545	0.3
	Volt						540	0.3
	ÖDP						245	0.1	0.1
	NPD						214	0.1	0.1
	Independent	Markus Erdmann		194	0.1
	Humanists						153	0.1
	V-Partei3						152	0.1	0.1
	DiB						99	0.1
	LKR						70	0.0
	MLPD						31	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,058			1,544
Total valid votes				179,779			180,293
Turnout				181,837	76.4	0.5
	CDU hold		Majority	3,110	1.7	12.8

Federal election (2017): Neuwied^[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 Erwin Rüddel		76,933	43.2	3.7	68,357	38.2	7.4
	SPD	Martin Diedenhofen		50,996	28.6	8.6	45,447	25.4	3.2
	AfD	Andreas Bleck		16,954	9.5		19,273	10.8	5.6
	FDP	Sandra Weeser		10,898	6.1	3.8	18,071	10.1	5.4
	Left	Jochen Bülow		9,521	5.3	0.8	11,338	6.3	1.1
	Greens	Anna Neuhof		9,449	5.3	1.3	10,738	6.0	0.2
	FW	Sascha Müller		3,285	1.8	0.0	1,982	1.1	0.1
	PARTEI						1,495	0.8
	Pirates						726	0.4	1.5
	NPD						480	0.3	0.7
	V-Partei³						396	0.2
	ÖDP						374	0.2	0.0
	BGE						297	0.2
	MLPD	Johann-Albrecht Rommel		169	0.1		86	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				3,402			2,547
Total valid votes				178,205			179,060
Turnout				181,607	75.9	3.7
	CDU hold		Majority	25,937	14.6	5.0

Neuwied (electoral district)

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196 Neuwied
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Neuwied in 2025
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
Population	311,600 (2019)
Electorate	236,097 (2025)
Major settlements	Neuwied Betzdorf
Area	1,269.4 km²
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CDU
Member	Ellen Demuth
Elected	2025

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