Lörrach – Müllheim
Lörrach – Müllheim is one of the 299 single member constituencies used for the German parliament, the Bundestag. One of thirty eight districts covering the state of Baden-Württemberg, it covers the whole of the Lörrach district and part of the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district.[1] The constituency elects one representative under the mixed member proportional representation (MMP) system. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 282.
The constituency was created as Lörrach for the 1949 election, the first election in West Germany after World War II. It assumed its current name and boundaries for the 1980 election. The current representative is the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) candidate Armin Schuster, who gained the seat in 2009.[2]
Boundaries
| Election | District number and name | Areas covered |
|---|---|---|
| 1949 | 11 Lörrach | The districts of Lörrach, Säckingen and Müllheim |
| 1953–1961 | 185 Lörrach | |
| 1965–1976 | 189 Lörrach – Müllheim | The districts of Lörrach and Müllheim |
| 1980–1998 | 186 Lörrach – Müllheim | The district of Lörrach; The Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald municipalities of Auggen, Bad Krozingen, Badenweiler, Ballrechten-Dottingen, Buggingen, Eschbach, Hartheim am Rhein, Heitersheim, Müllheim, Münstertal, Neuenburg am Rhein, Staufen im Breisgau and Sulzburg |
| 2002–2005 | 283 Lörrach – Müllheim | |
| since 2009 | 282 Lörrach – Müllheim |
2013 election result
| Party | Constituency results | List results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % share | +/- | Votes | % share | +/- | ||
| Christian Democratic Union | Armin Schuster | 81,205 | 50.1 | +12.2 | 70,888 | 43.7 | +11.5 | |
| Social Democratic Party of Germany | Thomas Mengel | 39,902 | 24.6 | -7.6 | 35,328 | 21.8 | -0.3 | |
| Alliance '90/The Greens | Ina-Sophie Rosenthal | 19,468 | 12.0 | +1.5 | 20,593 | 12.7 | -2.8 | |
| The Left | Thomas Grein | 6,305 | 3.9 | -2.1 | 7,856 | 4.8 | -2.2 | |
| Alternative for Germany | Wolfgang Fuhl | 5,819 | 3.6 | N/A | 8,267 | 5.1 | N/A | |
| Free Democratic Party | Tilo Levante | 3,856 | 2.4 | -8.6 | 9,159 | 5.6 | -11.5 | |
| Pirate Party | Max Kehm | 3,747 | 2.3 | N/A | 3,594 | 2.2 | +0.2 | |
| National Democratic Party of Germany | Andreas Boltze | 1,741 | 1.1 | -0.3 | 1,412 | 0.9 | -0.0 | |
| Others | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 5,105 | 3.3 | N/A | |
Source:[3]
List of district representatives
| Election | Name | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Lambert Schill | CDU |
| 1953 | Lambert Schill | CDU |
| 1957 | Herbert Wolff | CDU |
| 1961 | Karl Bühler | CDU |
| 1965 | Karl Bühler | CDU |
| 1969 | Heinz Eyrich | CDU |
| 1972 | Heinz Eyrich | CDU |
| 1976 | Heinz Eyrich | CDU |
| 1980 | Wilhelm Jung | CDU |
| 1983 | Wilhelm Jung | CDU |
| 1987 | Wilhelm Jung | CDU |
| 1990 | Ortrun Schätzle | CDU |
| 1994 | Ortrun Schätzle | CDU |
| 1998 | Marion Caspers-Merk | SPD |
| 2002 | Marion Caspers-Merk | SPD |
| 2005 | Marion Caspers-Merk | SPD |
| 2009 | Armin Schuster | CDU |
| 2013 | Armin Schuster | CDU |
References
- ↑ Constituency boundaries, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 27 June 2014
- ↑ Wahlkreis 282: Armin Schuster zieht in Bundestag ein, Südkurier, 25 September 2009
- ↑ 2013 constituency results, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 27 June 2014