title: Groß-Gerau (electoral district)
text: # Groß-Gerau (electoral district)
  
  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 184. It is located in southern Hesse, comprising the Groß-Gerau district.
  
  Groß-Gerau was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Melanie Wegling of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).
  
  ## Geography
  
  Groß-Gerau is located in southern Hesse. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Groß-Gerau district.
  
  ## 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. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 184.
  
  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 |
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  | 1949 | 18 | Groß-Gerau | Groß-Gerau district Main-Taunus-Kreis district |
  | 1953 | 143 | Groß-Gerau | Groß-Gerau district Main-Taunus-Kreis district |
  | 1957 | 143 | Groß-Gerau | Groß-Gerau district Main-Taunus-Kreis district |
  | 1961 | 143 | Groß-Gerau | Groß-Gerau district Main-Taunus-Kreis district |
  | 1965 | 143 | Groß-Gerau | 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 | 143 | Groß-Gerau | Groß-Gerau district Main-Taunus-Kreis district (only Eppstein, Hofheim am Taunus, Hattersheim am Main, Kriftel, Flörsheim am Main, and Hochheim am Main municipalities) |
  | 1972 | 143 | Groß-Gerau | Groß-Gerau district Main-Taunus-Kreis district (only Eppstein, Hofheim am Taunus, Hattersheim am Main, Kriftel, Flörsheim am Main, and Hochheim am Main municipalities) |
  | 1976 | 143 | Groß-Gerau | Groß-Gerau district Main-Taunus-Kreis district (only Hofheim am Taunus, Flörsheim am Main, and Hochheim am Main municipalities) |
  | 1980 | 141 | Groß-Gerau | Groß-Gerau district Main-Taunus-Kreis district (only Hofheim am Taunus, Flörsheim am Main, and Hochheim am Main municipalities) |
  | 1983 | 141 | Groß-Gerau | Groß-Gerau district Main-Taunus-Kreis district (only Hofheim am Taunus, Flörsheim am Main, and Hochheim am Main municipalities) |
  | 1987 | 141 | Groß-Gerau | Groß-Gerau district Main-Taunus-Kreis district (only Hofheim am Taunus, Flörsheim am Main, and Hochheim am Main municipalities) |
  | 1990 | 141 | Groß-Gerau | Groß-Gerau district Main-Taunus-Kreis district (only Hofheim am Taunus, Flörsheim am Main, and Hochheim am Main municipalities) |
  | 1994 | 141 | Groß-Gerau | Groß-Gerau district Main-Taunus-Kreis district (only Hofheim am Taunus, Flörsheim am Main, and Hochheim am Main municipalities) |
  | 1998 | 141 | Groß-Gerau | Groß-Gerau district Main-Taunus-Kreis district (only Hofheim am Taunus, Flörsheim am Main, and Hochheim am Main municipalities) |
  | 2002 | 185 | Groß-Gerau | Groß-Gerau district |
  | 2005 | 185 | Groß-Gerau | Groß-Gerau district |
  | 2009 | 184 | Groß-Gerau | Groß-Gerau district |
  | 2013 | 184 | Groß-Gerau | Groß-Gerau district |
  | 2017 | 184 | Groß-Gerau | Groß-Gerau district |
  | 2021 | 184 | Groß-Gerau | Groß-Gerau district |
  
  ## 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.
  
  | Election | Member | Party | % |
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  | 1949 | Ludwig Bergsträsser | SPD | 38.8 |
  | 1953 | Hermann Schmitt-Vockenhausen | SPD | 38.8 |
  | 1957 | Hermann Schmitt-Vockenhausen | SPD | 43.0 |
  | 1961 | Hermann Schmitt-Vockenhausen | SPD | 47.6 |
  | 1965 | Hermann Schmitt-Vockenhausen | SPD | 52.2 |
  | 1969 | Hermann Schmitt-Vockenhausen | SPD | 53.4 |
  | 1972 | Hermann Schmitt-Vockenhausen | SPD | 56.7 |
  | 1976 | Hermann Schmitt-Vockenhausen | SPD | 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 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### 2021 election
  
  Federal election (2021): Groß-Gerau :
  
  | Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
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  | Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
  | | SPD | Melanie Wegling | Melanie Wegling | 42,598 | 33.5 | 1.1 | 37,973 | 29.8 | 4.4 |
  | | CDU | N Stefan Sauer | N Stefan Sauer | 35,334 | 27.7 | 7.4 | 27,301 | 21.4 | 9.1 |
  | | Greens | Lars Nitschke | Lars Nitschke | 14,890 | 11.7 | 4.9 | 18,928 | 14.8 | 4.8 |
  | | AfD | Thorsten Blümlein | Thorsten Blümlein | 10,880 | 8.5 | 2.8 | 11,246 | 8.8 | 3.3 |
  | | FDP | Stephan Dehler | Stephan Dehler | 10,726 | 8.4 | 2.8 | 14,999 | 11.8 | 2.1 |
  | | Left | Jörg Cezanne | Jörg Cezanne | 5,047 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 5,394 | 4.2 | 4.0 |
  | | FW | Achim Weidner | 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 | Daniel Weber | 2,430 | 1.9 | | 1,387 | 1.1 | 0.2 |
  | | dieBasis | Thomas Unverzagt | 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 | Johannes Rücker | 127 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 81 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
  | | Bündnis 21 | | | | | | 56 | 0.0 | |
  | | LKR | | | | | | 39 | 0.0 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,925 | | | 1,677 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 127,336 | | | 127,584 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 129,261 | 74.3 | 2.0 | | | |
  | | SPD gain from CDU | SPD gain from CDU | Majority | 7,264 | 5.8 | | | | |
  
  ### 2017 election
  
  Federal election (2017): Groß-Gerau :
  
  | Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
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  | Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
  | | CDU | Stefan Sauer | Stefan Sauer | 45,963 | 35.1 | 7.1 | 39,950 | 30.5 | 6.2 |
  | | SPD | Jan Deboy | Jan Deboy | 42,342 | 32.4 | 5.7 | 33,318 | 25.4 | 5.1 |
  | | AfD | Thorsten Blümlein | Thorsten Blümlein | 14,805 | 11.3 | | 15,943 | 12.2 | 6.5 |
  | | Greens | Nina Eisenhardt | Nina Eisenhardt | 8,877 | 6.8 | 0.9 | 11,862 | 9.0 | 1.6 |
  | | Left | Jörg Cezanne | Jörg Cezanne | 8,729 | 6.7 | 0.5 | 10,755 | 8.2 | 2.0 |
  | | FDP | Stephan Dehler | Stephan Dehler | 7,358 | 5.6 | 3.6 | 12,645 | 9.6 | 5.0 |
  | | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,463 | 1.1 | |
  | | FW | Jens Hassen | 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 | Matthias Rücker | 276 | 0.2 | | 124 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
  | | DKP | | | | | | 81 | 0.1 | |
  | | BüSo | | | | | | 42 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,461 | | | 2,138 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 130,857 | | | 131,180 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 133,318 | 76.3 | 3.1 | | | |
  | | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 3,621 | 2.7 | 1.4 | | | |
  
  ### 2013 election
  
  Federal election (2013): Groß-Gerau :
  
  | Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
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  | Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
  | | CDU | Y Franz Josef Jung | Y Franz Josef Jung | 52,087 | 42.2 | 5.9 | 45,389 | 36.7 | 6.8 |
  | | SPD | Gerold Reichenbach | Gerold Reichenbach | 46,942 | 38.1 | 2.1 | 37,781 | 30.5 | 2.6 |
  | | Greens | Benjamin Weiß | Benjamin Weiß | 9,502 | 7.7 | 1.9 | 13,129 | 10.6 | 1.9 |
  | | Left | Jochen Nagel | Jochen Nagel | 7,645 | 6.2 | 1.4 | 7,693 | 6.2 | 2.6 |
  | | AfD | | | | | | 6,939 | 5.6 | |
  | | Pirates | Christian Hufgard | Christian Hufgard | 4,639 | 3.8 | | 2,989 | 2.4 | 0.2 |
  | | FDP | Marcella Giovanna Matthes | 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 |
  | | PSG | | | | | | 61 | 0.0 | |
  | | BüSo | | | | | | 52 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 4,079 | | | 3,694 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 123,304 | | | 123,689 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 127,383 | 73.2 | 1.2 | | | |
  | | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 5,145 | 4.1 | 3.8 | | | |
  
  ### 2009 election
  
  Federal election (2009): Groß-Gerau :
  
  | Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
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  | Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
  | | CDU | Franz Josef Jung | Franz Josef Jung | 45,410 | 36.3 | 0.1 | 37,526 | 29.9 | 1.2 |
  | | SPD | N Gerold Reichenbach | N Gerold Reichenbach | 44,973 | 36.0 | 11.1 | 35,058 | 28.0 | 11.3 |
  | | Greens | Andrea Graf | Andrea Graf | 12,072 | 9.7 | 3.5 | 15,677 | 12.5 | 1.8 |
  | | FDP | Andreas Bummel | Andreas Bummel | 10,177 | 8.1 | 4.4 | 18,630 | 14.9 | 4.2 |
  | | Left | Norman Kalteyer | Norman Kalteyer | 9,449 | 7.6 | 3.2 | 11,103 | 8.9 | 3.7 |
  | | Pirates | | | | | | 2,772 | 2.2 | |
  | | NPD | Andreas Jahn | 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 | Pasquale Aita | 482 | 0.4 | | | | |
  | | BüSo | | | | | | 178 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
  | | DVU | | | | | | 109 | 0.1 | |
  | | MLPD | | | | | | 60 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,099 | | | 2,765 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 125,020 | | | 125,354 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 128,119 | 74.4 | 5.6 | | | |
  | | CDU gain from SPD | CDU gain from SPD | Majority | 437 | 0.3 | | | | |
  