Offenbach (electoral district)
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Dreieich
Langen
| 184 Offenbach | |
|---|---|
| Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
 Offenbach in 2025 | |
| State | Hesse |
| Population | 367,100 (2019) |
| Electorate | 219,511 (2021) |
| Major settlements | Offenbach am Main Dreieich Langen |
| Area | 241.4 km2 |
| Current electoral district | |
| Created | 1949 |
| Party | CDU |
| Member | Björn Simon |
| Elected | 2017, 2021, 2025 |
Offenbach 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 184. It is located in southern Hesse, comprising the city of Offenbach am Main and the western part of the Landkreis Offenbach district.[1]
Offenbach was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Björn Simon of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]
Offenbach is located in southern Hesse. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Offenbach am Main and the municipalities of Dietzenbach, Dreieich, Egelsbach, Heusenstamm, Langen (Hessen), Mühlheim am Main, Neu-Isenburg, and Obertshausen from the Landkreis Offenbach district.[1]
History
Offenbach was created in 1949, then known as Offenbach/M. It acquired its current name in the 1965 election. In the 1949 election, it was Hesse constituency 19 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1976, it was number 144. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 142. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 186. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 185. From the 2025 election, it has been number 184.
Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Offenbach am Main and the Landkreis Offenbach district. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it comprised the city of Offenbach am Main and the entirety of the Landkreis Offenbach district excluding the municipalities of Dietzenbach, Dreieichenhain, Dudenhofen, Froschhausen, Götzenhain, Hainhausen, Hainstadt, Jügesheim, Klein-Auheim, Klein-Krotzenburg, Klein-Welzheim, Mainflingen, Offenthal, Rembrücken, Seligenstadt, Steinheim am Main, Weiskirchen, and Zellhausen. In the 1976 through 1998 elections, it acquired a configuration very similar to its current borders, but excluding the municipality of Dietzenbach from the Landkreis Offenbach district. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.
| Election | No. | Name | Borders |
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| 1949 | 19 | Offenbach/M |
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| 1953 | 144 | ||
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| 1965 | Offenbach |
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| 1980 | 142 | ||
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| 2002 | 186 |
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| 2005 | |||
| 2009 | 185 | ||
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| 2021 | |||
| 2025 | 184 |
