Neustadt – Speyer 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 207. It is located in southeastern

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, comprising the cities of

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and

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, the district of

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, and the southern part of the

Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis The Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis () is a district (''Kreis'') in the east of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) the district-free city Worms, Germany, Worms, the district Bergstraße (district), Bergstraße, dis ...

district. Neustadt – Speyer was created for the 1965 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Johannes Steiniger of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

Geography

Neustadt – Speyer is located in southeastern

. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent cities of Neustadt an der Weinstraße and Speyer, the district of Bad Dürkheim, and the municipalities of

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, Otterstadt, and Waldsee and the ''

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'' of Römerberg-Dudenhofen from the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis district.

History

Neustadt – Speyer was created in 1965. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was constituency 160 in the numbering system. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 158. In the 2002 election, it was number 211. In the 2005 election, it was number 210. In the 2009 and 2013 elections, it was number 209. In the 2017 and 2021 elections, it was number 208. From the 2025 election, it has been number 207. Originally, the constituency comprised the cities of Neustadt an der Weinstraße and Speyer and the districts of Landkreis Neustadt an der Weinstraße and Landkreis Speyer. In the 1972 through 1998 elections, it comprised the cities of Neustadt an der Weinstraße and Speyer, the municipalities of

and

Haßloch Haßloch () is a municipality in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Unlike most municipalities in the district, it does not belong to any '' Verbandsgemeinde'' – a type of collective municipality. It lies near the Man ...

and the ''Verbandsgemeinden'' of Deidesheim, Freinsheim, Lambrecht (Pfalz), and Wachenheim from the Bad Dürkheim district, and the municipalities of

Römerberg Römerberg is a municipality in the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the left bank of the Rhine, approximately southwest of Speyer Speyer (, older spelling ; ; ), historically known in English as Spire ...

and

and the ''Verbandsgemeinden'' of Dudenhofen and Rheinauen from the Landkreis Ludwigshafen district. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Members

The constituency has been held by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) during all but one Bundestag term since its creation. It was first represented by Bernhard Vogel from 1965 to 1969, followed by Georg Gölter until 1972. Peter Büchner of the

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(SPD) was elected in 1972 and served a single term. Former member Gölter regained the constituency in 1976. He was succeeded by Theo Magin in 1980, who served until 1994. Norbert Schindler was representative from 1994 to 2017. Johannes Steiniger was elected in 2017 and re-elected in 2021 and 2025.

Election results

2025 election

2021 election

2017 election

2013 election

2009 election

Notes

References

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