Siegen-Wittgenstein is an electoral constituency (

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: ''Wahlkreis'') represented in the

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. It elects one member via

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. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 148. It is located in southern

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inha ...

, comprising the district of Siegen-Wittgenstein. Siegen-Wittgenstein was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2009, it has been represented by

Volkmar Klein Volkmar Klein (born 13 January 1960 in Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He is a member of the German Bundestag since 2009 and was a member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia fr ...

of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

Geography

Siegen-Wittgenstein is located in southern

. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Siegen-Wittgenstein district.

History

Siegen-Wittgenstein was created in 1949, then known as ''Siegen-Stadt und -Land – Wittgenstein''. From 1965 through 1976, it was named ''Siegen – Wittgenstein''. From 1980 through 1998, it was named ''Siegen-Wittgenstein I''. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 66 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1976 elections, it was number 125. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 120. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 149. Since 2013, it has been number 148. Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of

Siegen Siegen () is a city in Germany, in the south Westphalian part of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located in the district of Siegen-Wittgenstein in the Arnsberg region. The university town (nearly 20,000 students in the 2018–2019 winter semest ...

as well as the districts of Landkreis Siegen and Wittgenstein. In the 1969 and 1972 elections, it comprised the districts of Siegen and Wittgenstein. In the 1976 election, it was coterminous with the Siegen-Wittgenstein district. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it comprised the Siegen-Wittgenstein district without the municipalities of Freudenberg, Hilchenbach, and Kreuztal. Since the 2002 election, it has again been coterminous with the Siegen-Wittgenstein district.

Members

The constituency was first represented by Theodor Siebel of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1949 to 1961.

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of the

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(SPD) was elected in 1961 and served a single term, before Botho Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein regained it for the CDU in 1965. Schmidt was once again elected in 1969 and served four further terms as representative. Paul Breuer of the CDU was elected in 1983 and served until 1998. Marianne Klappert gained the constituency for the SPD in the 1998 election, and was succeeded in 2002 by fellow party member

Willi Brase Willi Brase (born 10 October 1951 in Petershagen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German politician and member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, SPD. Willi Brase is married with two children and is a Protestant. Brase attended elementary sch ...

. Volkmar Klein of the CDU was elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2013, 2017, and 2021.

Election results

2021 election

2017 election

2013 election

2009 election

References

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