Worms (electoral district)

Worms 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 205. It is located in eastern Rhineland-Palatinate, comprising the city of Worms, the district of Alzey-Worms, and southern parts of the Mainz-Bingen district.^[1]

205 Worms
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Worms in 2025
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
Population	289,700 (2019)
Electorate	212,943 (2021)
Major settlements	Worms Alzey Osthofen
Area	932.6 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CDU
Member	Jan Metzler
Elected	2013, 2017, 2021

Worms was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2013, it has been represented by Jan Metzler of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).^[2]

Geography

Worms is located in eastern Rhineland-Palatinate. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Worms, the district of Alzey-Worms, and the Verbandsgemeinden of Bodenheim, Rhein-Selz, and Sprendlingen-Gensingen from the Mainz-Bingen district.^[1]

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. In the 2017 and 2021 elections, it was number 206. From the 2025 election, it has been number 205.

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, and Nierstein-Oppenheim from the Mainz-Bingen district. It acquired its current borders in the 2017 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	10	Worms	Worms city Landkreis Worms district Alzey district Landkreis Mainz district (only Oppenheim Amtsgerichtsbezirk)
1953	157
1957
1961
1965
1969
1972			Worms city Alzey-Worms district Mainz-Bingen district (only Bodenheim, Guntersblum, and Nierstein-Oppenheim Verbandsgemeinden)
1976
1980	155
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	209
2005	208
2009	207
2013
2017	206		Worms city Alzey-Worms district Mainz-Bingen district (only Bodenheim, Rhein-Selz, and Sprendlingen-Gensingen Verbandsgemeinden)
2021
2025	205

Members

The constituency has been held by the Social Democratic Party (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		Member	Party	%
	1949	Willy Müller	SPD	36.6
	1953			38.7
	1957			41.0
	1961			44.1
	1965			44.9
	1969	Willi Fischer	SPD	47.8
	1972			54.8
	1976			49.8
	1980	Gernot Fischer	SPD	51.1
	1983			47.2
	1987	Florian Gerster	SPD	44.9
	1990			44.6
	1994	Klaus Hagemann	SPD	43.7
	1998			50.0
	2002			49.1
	2005			45.8
	2009			37.6
	2013	Jan Metzler	CDU	42.0
	2017			41.1
	2021			32.2

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Worms[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	Y Jan Metzler		52,827	32.2	8.9	37,548	22.8	9.9
	SPD	David Maier		49,748	30.3	3.6	49,656	30.1	4.8
	AfD	Carsten Propp		16,043	9.8	1.5	17,033	10.3	2.8
	Greens	Christian Engelke		15,949	9.7	3.0	20,799	12.6	4.6
	FDP	Manuel Höferlin		12,966	7.9	1.9	20,095	12.2	1.7
	FW	Danniene Wete		5,762	3.5	1.9	4,749	2.9	1.7
	Left	Anja Läwen		5,070	3.1	2.0	5,068	3.1	3.4
	Human Environment Animal Protection						2,612	1.6
	dieBasis	David Hess		3,134	1.9		2,302	1.4
	PARTEI						1,214	0.7	0.2
	Volt	Marius Müller		1,367	0.8		926	0.6
	Pirates						890	0.5	0.1
	Team Todenhöfer						627	0.4
	ÖDP	Marcus Eschborn		726	0.4	0.2	456	0.3	0.1
	Independent	Chiara Pohl		553	0.3
	NPD						264	0.2	0.2
	Humanists						186	0.1
	V-Partei3						167	0.1	0.2
	DiB						109	0.1
	LKR						86	0.1
	MLPD						35	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,491			1,814
Total valid votes				164,145			164,822
Turnout				166,636	78.3	1.2
	CDU hold		Majority	3,079	1.9	12.5

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Worms[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 Jan Metzler		68,685	41.1	0.9	54,721	32.6	6.8
	SPD	Marcus Held		44,569	26.7	10.3	42,471	25.3	4.5
	AfD	Matthias Lehmann		18,902	11.3	7.2	21,978	13.1	7.5
	Greens	Thomas Rahner		11,280	6.7	1.1	13,449	8.0	0.3
	FDP	Manuel Höferlin		10,058	6.0	3.4	17,543	10.5	4.5
	Left	Sebastian Knopf		8,539	5.1	1.4	10,811	6.4	1.4
	FW	Iris Peterek		2,687	1.6	0.3	2,045	1.2	0.1
	PARTEI						1,623	1.0
	Pirates						780	0.5	1.7
	ÖDP	Jochen Piehl		1,030	0.6	0.2	705	0.4	0.1
	Independent	Tabitha Elkins		805	0.5
	NPD	Ricarda Riefling		511	0.3	1.0	644	0.4	1.0
	V-Partei³						471	0.3
	BGE						362	0.2
	Independent	Oksana Bauer		110	0.1
	MLPD						62	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,617			2,128
Total valid votes				167,176			167,665
Turnout				169,793	79.5	5.7
	CDU hold		Majority	24,116	14.4	9.4

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Worms[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	Jan Metzler		61,337	42.0	6.0	57,620	39.4	7.0
	SPD	Marcus Held		53,948	37.0	0.7	43,670	29.8	2.8
	Greens	Jan Paul Stich		8,111	5.6	1.7	12,267	8.4	1.7
	AfD	Ursula Bieser		6,316	4.3		8,188	5.6
	Left	Sebastian Knopf		5,359	3.7	3.4	7,398	5.1	3.3
	FDP	Manuel Höferlin		3,652	2.5	7.2	8,657	5.9	9.8
	Pirates	Bernhard Furch		2,728	1.9		3,138	2.1	0.1
	NPD	Mathias Weyerich		2,080	1.4	0.8	2,116	1.4	0.1
	FW	Claus Ableiter		1,810	1.2		1,595	1.1
	REP						544	0.4	0.7
	ÖDP	Stephan Krell		634	0.4		497	0.3	0.0
	Party of Reason						358	0.2
	PRO						269	0.2
	MLPD						41	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,953			2,570
Total valid votes				145,975			146,358
Turnout				148,928	73.8	0.8
	CDU gain from SPD		Majority	7,389	5.0

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Worms[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	%	±%
	SPD	Y Klaus Hagemann		54,255	37.6	8.2	39,125	27.1	10.9
	CDU	Ludwig Tauscher		51,892	36.0	1.4	46,831	32.4	1.0
	FDP	Manuel Höferlin		14,051	9.7	3.6	22,748	15.7	4.2
	Greens	Pia Schellhammer		10,515	7.3	3.4	14,609	10.1	2.9
	Left	Michael Post		10,218	7.1	2.5	12,098	8.4	3.1
	Pirates						2,909	2.0
	NPD	Rainer Marschall		3,259	2.3	0.0	2,284	1.6	0.4
	REP						1,508	1.0	0.0
	FAMILIE						1,468	1.0	0.1
	ÖDP						425	0.3
	PBC						421	0.3	0.1
	DVU						137	0.1
	MLPD						30	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				3,191			2,788
Total valid votes				144,190			144,593
Turnout				147,381	72.9	6.5
	SPD hold		Majority	2,363	1.6	6.9

References

1. "Constituency Worms". Federal Returning Officer.
2. "Results for Worms". Federal Returning Officer.
3. Results for Worms
4. Results for Worms
5. Results for Worms
6. Results for Worms