Worms is an electoral constituency (
German
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: ''Wahlkreis'') represented in the
Bundestag
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. It elects one member via
first-past-the-post voting
In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast their ...
. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 206. It is located in eastern
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the ...
, comprising the city of
Worms Worms may refer to:
*Worm, an invertebrate animal with a tube-like body and no limbs
Places
*Worms, Germany, a city
**Worms (electoral district)
*Worms, Nebraska, U.S.
*Worms im Veltlintal, the German name for Bormio, Italy
Arts and entertainme ...
, the district of
Alzey-Worms
Alzey-Worms () is a district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is bounded by (from the east and clockwise) the district Groß-Gerau (Hesse), the city of Worms and the districts of Bad Dürkheim, Donnersbergkreis, Bad Kreuznach and Mainz-Bingen. ...
, and southern parts of the
Mainz-Bingen
Mainz-Bingen is a district (''Kreis'') in the east of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Rheingau-Taunus, the district-free cities Wiesbaden and Mainz, the districts Groß-Gerau, Alzey-Worms, Bad Kreuzna ...
district.
Worms was created for the inaugural
1949 federal election. Since 2013, it has been represented by
Jan Metzler of the
Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
Geography
Worms is located in eastern
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the ...
. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Worms, the district of Alzey-Worms, and the ''
Verbandsgemeinden
A Verbandsgemeinde (; plural Verbandsgemeinden) is a low-level administrative unit in the German federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt. A Verbandsgemeinde is typically composed of a small group of villages or towns.
Rhineland ...
'' of
Bodenheim
Bodenheim is a state-recognized tourism municipality (''Fremdenverkehrsgemeinde'') in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Geography
Location
The municipality lies roughly 12 km south of downtown Mainz on the edge of t ...
,
Rhein-Selz Rhein-Selz is a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") in the district Mainz-Bingen in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It takes its name from the two rivers Rhine and Selz. It is situated on the left bank of the Rhine, south of Mainz. It wa ...
, and
Sprendlingen-Gensingen from the Mainz-Bingen district.
History
Worms was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Rhineland-Palatinate constituency 10 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1976 elections, it was number 157. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 155. In the 2002 election, it was number 209. In the 2005 election, it was number 208. In the 2009 and 2013 elections, it was number 207. Since the 2017 election, it has been number 206.
Originally, the constituency comprised the city of Worms, and the districts of Landkreis Worms and Alzey as well as the ''Amtsgerichtsbezirk'' of Oppenheim from the Landkreis Mainz district. In the 1972 through 2013 elections, it comprised the city of Worms, the district of Alzey-Worms, and the ''Verbandsgemeinden'' of Bodenheim,
Guntersblum
Guntersblum is an ''Ortsgemeinde''– a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Frankfurt/Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geogra ...
, and
Nierstein-Oppenheim from the Mainz-Bingen district. It acquired its current borders in the 2017 election.
Members
The constituency has been held by the
Social Democratic Party
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Active parties
For ...
(SPD) during all but two Bundestag terms since its creation. It was first represented by Willy Müller from 1949 to 1969. He was succeeded by Willi Fischer from 1969 to 1980.
Gernot Fischer then served two terms, followed by
Florian Gerster from 1987 to 1994.
Klaus Hagemann was representative from 1994 to 2013. Jan Metzler of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was elected in 2013, and re-elected in 2017 and 2021.
Election results
2021 election
2017 election
2013 election
2009 election
References
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Federal electoral districts in Rhineland-Palatinate
1949 establishments in West Germany
Constituencies established in 1949
Worms, Germany
Alzey-Worms
Mainz-Bingen