Trier (electoral district)

Constituency for the German Bundestag

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]

## Geography

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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

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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

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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
2017 | 203
2021
2025 | 202

## Members

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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.

Election  | Member  | Party  | %

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| 1949 | Heinrich Kemper | CDU | 64.8
1953 | 67.2
| 1957 | Alois Zimmer | CDU | 66.9
1961 | 62.0
| 1965 | Heinrich Holkenbrink | CDU | 61.0
| 1969 | Carl-Ludwig Wagner | CDU | 57.3
1972 | 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 | 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

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### 2025 election

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Under the new voting system implemented for the 2025 election, although the CSU 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

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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

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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

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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

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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  |

## Notes

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1. ^ a b Dominik Sienkiewicz (CDU) won with 30.8% but seat remained vacant due to insufficient second votes cover.

## References

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1. ^ a b "Constituency Trier". Federal Returning Officer.
2. ^ https://www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/en/bundestagswahlen/2025/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-7/wahlkreis-202.html
3. ^ Results for Trier
4. ^ Results for Trier
5. ^ Results for Trier
6. ^ Results for Trier
7. ^ Results for Trier

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