Trier (electoral district)

Population260,900 (2019)

Electorate187,536 (2025)

202 Trier
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Trier in 2025
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
Population	260,900 (2019)
Electorate	187,536 (2025)
Major settlements	Trier Konz Schweich
Area	1,219.3 km²
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Member	Vacant
Elected	2025

Trier 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 202. It is located in western Rhineland-Palatinate, comprising the city of Trier and the district of Trier-Saarburg.^[1]

Trier was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Whilst the Christian Democratic Union won the plurality in the 2025 election, under the new voting system, their candidate did not actually win a seat in the Bundestag. This was due to the distribution of seats won by the CDU being decided by the first (direct) vote percentage of each winning CDU candidate, determining who took the seats. As the CDU candidate got a low vote of 30.4%, the seat will remain vacant throughout the 21st Bundestag.^[2]

Trier is located in western Rhineland-Palatinate. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Trier and the district of Trier-Saarburg.^[1]

History

Trier was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Rhineland-Palatinate constituency 7 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1976 elections, it was number 154. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 152. In the 2002 election, it was number 206. In the 2005 election, it was number 205. In the 2009 and 2013 elections, it was number 204. In the 2017 and 2021 elections, it was number 203. From the 2025 election, it has been number 202.

Originally, the constituency comprised the city of Trier, and the districts of Landkreis Trier and Saarburg. It acquired its current borders in the 1972 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	7	Trier	Trier city Landkreis Trier district Saarburg district
1953	154
1957
1961
1965
1969
1972			Trier city Trier-Saarburg district
1976
1980	152
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	206
2005	205
2009	204
2013	204
2017	203
2021	203
2025	202

Members

The constituency has been held by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) during all but two Bundestag terms since its creation. It was first represented by Heinrich Kemper of the CDU from 1949 to 1957, followed by Alois Zimmer until 1965 and Heinrich Holkenbrink until 1969. Carl-Ludwig Wagner then served from 1969 to 1976. Günther Schartz was representative from 1976 to 1994. Franz Peter Basten served a single term from 1994 to 1998 before Karl Diller won the constituency for the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in 1998. He served two terms. Bernhard Kaster regained it for the CDU in 2005 and served until 2017. Andreas Steier was elected in 2017. Verena Hubertz of the SPD won the constituency in 2021. The seat became vacant as a result of the 2025 election.

	Member	Party	%
1949	Heinrich Kemper	CDU	64.8
1953	Heinrich Kemper	CDU	67.2
1957	Alois Zimmer	CDU	66.9
1961	Alois Zimmer	CDU	62.0
1965	Heinrich Holkenbrink	CDU	61.0
1969	Carl-Ludwig Wagner	CDU	57.3
1972	Carl-Ludwig Wagner	CDU	52.8
1976	Günther Schartz	CDU	56.2
1980			51.9
1983			57.3
1987			52.0
1990			49.1
1994	Franz Peter Basten	CDU	47.6
1998	Karl Diller	SPD	45.2
2002	Karl Diller	SPD	43.7
2005	Bernhard Kaster	CDU	43.1
2009			45.7
2013			48.8
2017	Andreas Steier	CDU	37.9
2021	Verena Hubertz	SPD	33.0
2025	Vacant^[a]

Election results

2025 election

Under the new voting system implemented for the 2025 election, although the CDU candidate won the most votes in this constituency, due to the low winning percentage, the constituency seat will remain vacant as not enough second (party) votes were won to be allocated this seat.

Federal election (2025): Trier^[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	Dominik Sienkiewicz^[a]		47,841	30.8	3.1	47,886	30.7	7.0
	SPD	N Verena Hubertz		47,052	30.3	2.7	31,155	20.0	10.3
	AfD	Marcel Philipps		22,101	14.2	8.6	24,103	15.5	9.3
	Greens	Corinna Rüffer		12,834	8.3	4.8	19,025	12.2	3.4
	Left	Lin Lindner		7,774	5.0	1.5	11,944	7.7	3.7
	FDP	Gerd Benzmüller		6,151	4.0	3.0	7,266	4.7	6.5
	BSW	Leo Miguez		5,358	3.4	New	6,842	4.4	New
	FW	Niels Becker		4,127	2.7	2.5	3,192	2.0	1.6
	Tierschutzpartei						1,717	1.1	0.3
	Volt	Loreen Reeman		1,559	1.0	0.3	1,430	0.9	0.3
	PARTEI						819	0.5	0.5
	ÖDP	Matthias Reimann		619	0.4	0.1	312	0.2	0.0
	BD						199	0.1	New
	MLPD						37	<0.1	0.0
Informal votes				1,442			931
Total valid votes				155,416			155,927
Turnout				156,858	83.6	6.4
	Vacant gain from SPD		Majority

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Trier^[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	Verena Hubertz		47,942	33.0	0.7	44,123	30.3	5.6
	CDU	N Andreas Steier		40,299	27.7	10.2	34,578	23.7	13.5
	Greens	Corinna Rüffer		18,939	13.0	6.6	22,708	15.6	6.6
	FDP	Benjamin Palfner		10,135	7.0	1.7	16,206	11.1	1.9
	AfD	Otto Hiller von Gaertringen		8,230	5.7	1.3	9,001	6.2	1.8
	FW	Sascha Kohlmann		7,521	5.2	4.1	5,379	3.7	2.7
	Left	Katrin Werner		5,126	3.5	3.1	5,712	3.9	4.7
	Tierschutzpartei						2,003	1.4
	PARTEI	Michael Zeeb		2,174	1.5	0.2	1,507	1.0	0.0
	dieBasis	Filiz Plenter		1,730	1.2		1,678	1.1
	Volt	Bettina Wolff		967	0.7		859	0.6
	Independent	Ingrid Moritz		807	0.6
	Pirates						538	0.4	0.0
	ÖDP	Paul Lippl		657	0.5		363	0.2	0.0
	Unabhängige	Jens Ahnemüller		595	0.4
	Team Todenhöfer						343	0.2
	DKP	Simon Becker		294	0.2
	Humanists						179	0.1
	V-Partei3						144	0.1	0.1
	DiB						116	0.1
	NPD						114	0.1	0.1
	LKR						50	0.0
	MLPD						30	0.0	0.0
	Independent	Anna Batholomé		17	0.0
Informal votes				1,738			1,540
Total valid votes				145,433			145,631
Turnout				147,171	77.2	1.3
	SPD gain from CDU		Majority	7,643	5.3

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Trier^[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	Andreas Steier		56,611	37.9	10.9	55,882	37.3	6.7
	SPD	Katarina Barley		50,283	33.7	2.6	36,950	24.7	1.6
	AfD	Erwin Ludwig		10,414	7.0		11,926	8.0	3.8
	Left	Katrin Werner		9,842	6.6	1.0	12,934	8.6	2.4
	Greens	Corinna Rüffer		9,645	6.5	0.5	13,512	9.0	0.5
	FDP	Adrian Assenmacher		7,910	5.3	3.4	13,841	9.2	4.3
	PARTEI	Andrej Soffel		1,869	1.3	0.6	1,590	1.1
	FW	Stephan Wefelscheid		1,617	1.1	0.1	1,418	0.9	0.0
	Independent	Albert Niesen		934	0.6
	Pirates						605	0.4	2.1
	V-Partei³						361	0.2
	ÖDP						338	0.2	0.0
	BGE						245	0.2
	NPD	Safet Babic		213	0.1	0.8	242	0.2	0.6
	MLPD						37	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,213			1,670
Total valid votes				149,338			149,881
Turnout				151,551	78.6	5.8
	CDU hold		Majority	6,328	4.2	13.5

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Trier^[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 Bernhard Kaster		67,281	48.8	3.1	60,909	44.0	7.0
	SPD	Katarina Barley		42,879	31.1	5.2	36,410	26.3	4.0
	Greens	Corinna Rüffer		9,555	6.9	3.5	13,157	9.5	2.6
	Left	Katrin Werner		7,687	5.6	3.0	8,688	6.3	3.3
	Pirates	Andreas Brühl		3,863	2.8		3,508	2.5	0.7
	FDP	Henrick Meine		2,656	1.9	6.4	6,841	4.9	10.1
	AfD						5,736	4.1
	FW	Luda Adéle Liebe		1,653	1.2		1,289	0.9
	NPD	Safet Babic		1,287	0.9	0.0	1,043	0.8	0.1
	PARTEI	Christian Nicolay		952	0.7
	ÖDP						290	0.2	0.0
	Party of Reason						268	0.2
	PRO						173	0.1
	REP						136	0.1	0.2
	MLPD						76	0.1	0.0
Informal votes				3,321			2,610
Total valid votes				137,813			138,524
Turnout				141,134	72.8	0.6
	CDU hold		Majority	24,402	17.7	2.1

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Trier^[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	Y Bernhard Kaster		61,594	45.7	2.6	50,210	36.9	0.8
	SPD	Manfred Nink		34,948	25.9	14.7	30,348	22.3	13.9
	Greens	Sascha Gottschalk		14,109	10.5	4.9	16,456	12.1	3.2
	Left	Katrin Werner		11,583	8.6	4.2	13,070	9.6	3.8
	FDP	Per Knöß		11,237	8.3	3.9	20,354	15.0	4.5
	Pirates						2,483	1.8
	FAMILIE						1,111	0.8	0.1
	NPD	Safet Babic		1,315	1.0	0.1	1,092	0.8	0.2
	REP						347	0.3	0.2
	ÖDP						284	0.2
	PBC						154	0.1	0.1
	DVU						74	0.1
	MLPD						27	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				3,552			2,328
Total valid votes				134,786			136,010
Turnout				138,338	72.2	5.4
	CDU hold		Majority	26,646	19.8	17.3

2005 election

Federal election (2005):Trier^[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	%	±%
	CDU	Bernhard Kaster		60,422	43.1	1.8	50,775	36.1	2.5
	SPD	N Karl Diller		56,943	40.6	3.0	50,891	36.2	3.8
	Greens	Corinna Rüffer		7,863	5.6	0.6	12,467	8.9	0.9
	FDP	Christoph Pitsch		6,210	4.4	1.0	14,752	10.5	2.1
	Left	Albert Schtschepik		6,141	4.4	3.4	8,133	5.8	4.8
	NPD	Safet Babic		1,561	1.1	0.4	1,478	1.1	0.5
	Familie						1,297	0.9
	Independent	David Weiss		1,016	0.7
	REP						605	0.4	0.0
	PBC						243	0.2	0.0
	MLPD						82	0.1
Informal votes				3,725			3,158
Total valid votes				140,156			140,723
Turnout				143,881	77.6	1.6
	CDU gain from SPD		Majority	3,479	2.5

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