Offenburg (electoral district)

Federal electoral district of Germany

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

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]

## Geography

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Offenburg is located in western Baden-Württemberg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the Ortenaukreis district excluding the municipalities of 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.[1]

## History

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Offenburg was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Baden constituency 6 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 188. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was number 192. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 188. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 285. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 284.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Offenburg, Lahr, and Kehl. It acquired its current borders in the 1980 election.

Election  | No. | Name  | Borders

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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
2009 | 284
2013
2017
2021
2025

## Members

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The constituency has been held continuously by Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation. It was first represented by Oskar Rümmele from 1949 to 1957, followed by Hans Furler from 1957 to 1972. From 1972 until his death in 2023, it was represented by Wolfgang Schäuble. Schäuble served fourteen consecutive terms as its representative over the course of 51 years, making him the longest-serving parliamentarian in German history.

Election  | Member  | Party  | %

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| 1949 | Oskar Rümmele | CDU | 49.5
1953 | 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

## Election results

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### 2025 election

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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  |

### 2021 election

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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  |

### 2017 election

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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  |

### 2013 election

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Federal election (2013): Offenburg[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 Wolfgang Schäuble | 80,083  | 56.1  |  8.9  | 68,973  | 48.3  |  10.7
| SPD | Elvira Drobinski-Weiß | 28,862  | 20.2  |  0.7  | 27,448  | 19.2  |  1.4
| Greens | Ludwig Kornmeier  | 14,111  | 9.9  |  2.7  | 15,311  | 10.7  |  2.4
| Left | Lars Stern  | 6,083  | 4.3  |  3.1  | 6,762  | 4.7  |  3.0
| AfD | Helmut Schneider  | 5,563  | 3.9  |  | 7,743  | 5.4  |
| FDP | Jan Sachs  | 3,063  | 2.1  |  9.0  | 8,140  | 5.7  |  12.2
| Pirates | Norbert Hense  | 2,836  | 2.0  |  | 3,028  | 2.1  |  0.2
| NPD | Werner-Christian Wöhrle  | 1,471  | 1.0  |  0.5  | 1,318  | 0.9  |  0.2
| Tierschutzpartei |  | 1,244  | 0.9  |  0.2
| FW | Justus Wingert  | 801  | 0.6  |  | 852  | 0.6  |
| ÖDP |  | 350  | 0.2  |  0.1
| REP |  | 334  | 0.2  |  0.4
| Volksabstimmung  |  | 332  | 0.2  |  0.1
| RENTNER  |  | 311  | 0.2  |
| Party of Reason |  | 309  | 0.2  |
| PBC  |  | 218  | 0.2  |  0.2
| PRO |  | 79  | 0.1  |
| MLPD |  | 32  | 0.0  |  0.0
| BIG  |  | 24  | 0.0  |
| BüSo |  | 14  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 2,386  |  |  | 2,437  |  |
Total valid votes | 142,873  |  |  | 142,822  |  |
Turnout | 145,259  | 70.8  |  1.5  |
| CDU hold | Majority | 21,221  | 35.9  |  8.2  |

### 2009 election

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Federal election (2009): Offenburg[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 Wolfgang Schäuble | 65,336  | 47.2  |  3.3  | 52,083  | 37.6  |  3.6
| SPD | Elvira Drobinski-Weiß | 27,052  | 19.5  |  11.6  | 24,662  | 17.8  |  11.5
| Greens | Thomas Marwein  | 17,460  | 12.6  |  5.6  | 18,247  | 13.2  |  3.4
| FDP | Sibylle Laurischk | 15,454  | 11.2  |  6.1  | 24,887  | 17.9  |  6.6
| Left | Andreas Kirchgeßner  | 10,129  | 7.3  |  3.4  | 10,742  | 7.7  |  3.4
| Pirates |  | 2,605  | 1.9  |
| NPD | Jens Keppler  | 2,069  | 1.5  |  0.2  | 1,506  | 1.1  |  0.2
| Tierschutzpartei |  | 974  | 0.7  |
| REP |  | 914  | 0.7  |  0.3
| Independent | Norbert Hense  | 594  | 0.4  |  |
| Volksabstimmung  |  | 453  | 0.3  |
| PBC  |  | 444  | 0.3  |  0.2
| ÖDP |  | 430  | 0.3  |
| DIE VIOLETTEN |  | 417  | 0.3  |
| Independent | Wilhelm Sälinger  | 264  | 0.2  |  |
| Independent | Michael Eckert  | 172  | 0.1  |  |
| DVU |  | 97  | 0.1  |
| ADM  |  | 93  | 0.1  |
| BüSo |  | 75  | 0.1  |  0.0
| MLPD |  | 42  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 3,305  |  |  | 3,164  |  |
Total valid votes | 138,530  |  |  | 138,671  |  |
Turnout | 141,835  | 69.3  |  6.1  |
| CDU hold | Majority | 38,284  | 27.7  |  8.3  |

## References

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1. ^ a b "Constituency Offenburg". Federal Returning Officer.
2. ^ "Results for Offenburg". Federal Returning Officer.
3. ^ https://www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/en/bundestagswahlen/2025/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-8/wahlkreis-284.html
4. ^ Results for Offenburg
5. ^ Results for Offenburg
6. ^ Results for Offenburg
7. ^ Results for Offenburg

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