Offenburg (electoral district)

284 Offenburg
284 Offenburg
Electoral district; for the Bundestag
	Offenburg in 2025
State	Baden-Württemberg
Population	278,400 (2019)
Electorate	204,663 (2025)
Major settlements	Offenburg; Achern; Oberkirch
Area	1,094.4 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CDU
member	Johannes Rothenberger
Elected	2025

StateBaden-Württemberg

Population278,400 (2019)

Electorate204,663 (2025)

Major settlementsOffenburg
Achern
Oberkirch

Offenburg 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 284. It is located in western Baden-Württemberg, comprising the northern part of the Ortenaukreis district.^[1]

Offenburg was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. From 1972 until his death in 2023, it was represented by Wolfgang Schäuble of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).^[2]

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Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	6	Offenburg	Offenburg district Lahr district Kehl district
1953	188
1957
1961
1965	192
1969
1972
1976
1980	188		Ortenaukreis district (excluding Ettenheim, Fischerbach, Friesenheim, Haslach im Kinzigtal, Hofstetten, Kappel-Grafenhausen, Kippenheim, Lahr/Schwarzwald, Mahlberg, Meißenheim, Mühlenbach, Ringsheim, Rust, Schuttertal, Schwanau, Seelbach, Steinach, Gutach (Schwarzwaldbahn), Hausach, Hornberg, Oberwolfach, and Wolfach municipalities)
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	285
2005	285
2009	284
2013
2017
2021
2025

	Member	Party	%
1949	Oskar Rümmele	CDU	49.5
1953	Oskar Rümmele	CDU	58.9
1957	Hans Furler	CDU	58.5
1961			52.9
1965			56.8
1969			56.9
1972	Wolfgang Schäuble	CDU	53.3
1976			55.3
1980			55.7
1983			62.4
1987			58.6
1990			64.3
1994			58.3
1998			52.6
2002			52.9
2005			50.5
2009			47.2
2013			56.0
2017			48.1
2021			34.9
2025	Johannes Rothenberger	CDU	38.2

Federal election (2025): Offenburg^[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	Johannes Rothenberger		63,491	38.2	3.3	56,002	33.6	7.7
	AfD	Taras Maygutiak		34,411	20.7	11.8	36,359	21.8	11.9
	SPD	Dirk Flacke		21,577	13.0	5.7	22,195	13.3	8.0
	Greens	Dr. Ann-Margret Amui-Vedel		20,488	12.3	1.7	18,512	11.1	3.8
	Left	Amelie Anouk Vollmer		8,988	5.4	2.7	9,490	5.7	2.8
	FW	Adolf Huber		7,685	4.6	0.8	3,182	1.9	0.5
	FDP	Martin Gaßner-Herz		7,405	4.5	6.3	8,781	5.3	9.4
	BSW						7,523	4.5
	APT						1,564	0.9	0.5
	Volt	Lukas Michael Klussmann		2,141	1.3		1,164	0.7	0.4
	dieBasis						718	0.4	3.1
	PARTEI						683	0.4	0.5
	ÖDP						261	0.2
	Bündnis C						183	0.1
	BD						155	0.1
	MLPD						29	0.0
Informal votes				1,709			1,094
Total valid votes				166,186			166,801
Turnout				167,895	82.0	5.9
	CDU hold		Majority	29,080	17.5	1.3

Federal election (2021): Offenburg^[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 Wolfgang Schäuble		54,148	34.9	13.2	40,210	25.9	11.2
	SPD	Matthias Katsch		29,003	18.7	1.4	33,043	21.3	4.8
	Greens	Thomas Zawalski		21,717	14.0	1.4	23,083	14.9	1.1
	FDP	Martin Gaßner-Herz		16,692	10.8	4.5	22,799	14.7	3.7
	AfD	Taras Maygutiak		13,876	8.9	1.4	15,320	9.9	1.7
	dieBasis	Peter Cleiß		6,955	4.5		5,471	3.5
	FW	Adolf Huber		5,881	3.8		3,729	2.4	1.6
	Left	Simon Bärmann		4,254	2.7	2.6	4,423	2.8	2.6
	Tierschutzpartei						2,290	1.5	0.5
	PARTEI	Cornelius Lötsch		2,627	1.7		1,465	0.9	0.3
	Team Todenhöfer						867	0.6
	Pirates						580	0.4	0.0
	Volt						441	0.3
	ÖDP						288	0.2	0.1
	Bürgerbewegung						230	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						221	0.1
	Bündnis C						173	0.1
	NPD						146	0.1	0.1
	DiB						139	0.1	0.0
	Humanists						139	0.1
	Bündnis 21						62	0.0
	LKR						43	0.0
	MLPD						19	0.0	0.0
	DKP						19	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,623			1,576
Total valid votes				155,153			155,200
Turnout				156,776	76.1	0.4
	CDU hold		Majority	25,145	16.2	14.6

Federal election (2017): Offenburg^[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 Wolfgang Schäuble		73,935	48.1	7.9	57,033	37.1	11.2
	SPD	Elvira Drobinski-Weiß		26,532	17.3	2.9	25,406	16.5	2.7
	Greens	Norbert Großklaus		19,383	12.6	2.7	21,220	13.8	3.1
	AfD	Taras Maygutiak		15,899	10.4	6.5	17,800	11.6	6.2
	FDP	Trutz-Ulrich Stephani		9,593	6.2	4.1	16,940	11.0	5.3
	Left	Karin Binder		8,264	5.4	1.1	8,411	5.5	0.7
	Tierschutzpartei						1,449	0.9	0.1
	FW						1,301	0.8	0.3
	PARTEI						959	0.6
	Pirates						651	0.4	1.7
	Tierschutzallianz						395	0.3
	ÖDP						380	0.2	0.0
	NPD						358	0.2	0.7
	DM						342	0.2
	V-Partei³						247	0.2
	BGE						239	0.2
	Menschliche Welt						233	0.2
	DiB						174	0.1
	DIE RECHTE						49	0.0
	MLPD						35	0.0	0.0
	DKP						27	0.0
Informal votes				2,118			2,075
Total valid votes				153,606			153,649
Turnout				155,724	75.8	4.9
	CDU hold		Majority	47,403	30.8	5.0

Offenburg (electoral district)

History

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2025 election

2021 election

2017 election

2013 election

2009 election

2005 election

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284 Offenburg
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Offenburg in 2025
State	Baden-Württemberg
Population	278,400 (2019)
Electorate	204,663 (2025)
Major settlements	Offenburg Achern Oberkirch
Area	1,094.4 km²
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CDU
member	Johannes Rothenberger
Elected	2025

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