Koblenz 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 198. It is located in northern Rhineland-Palatinate, comprising the city of Koblenz, the eastern part of the Mayen-Koblenz district, and the western part of the Rhein-Lahn-Kreis district.
Koblenz was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Josef Oster of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
Geography Koblenz is located in northern Rhineland-Palatinate. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Koblenz, the municipality of Bendorf and the Verbandsgemeinden of Rhein-Mosel, Vallendar, and Weißenthurm from the Mayen-Koblenz district, and, from the Rhein-Lahn-Kreis district, the municipality of Lahnstein, the Verbandsgemeinde of Loreley, and the municipalities of Arzbach, Bad Ems, Becheln, Dausenau, Fachbach, Frücht, Kemmenau, Miellen, and Nievern from the Bad Ems-Nassau Verbandsgemeinde.
History Koblenz was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Rhineland-Palatinate constituency 3 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1976 elections, it was number 150. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 148. In the 2002 election, it was number 202. In the 2005 election, it was number 201. In the 2009 and 2013 elections, it was number 200. In the 2017 and 2021 elections, it was number 199. From the 2025 election, it has been number 198.
Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Koblenz and the districts of Landkreis Koblenz and Sankt Goar. In the 1972 through 1998 elections, it comprised the city of Koblenz, the municipality of Bendorf and the Verbandsgemeinden of Rhens, Untermosel, Vallendar, and Weißenthurm from the Mayen-Koblenz district, and the municipality of Boppard and the Verbandsgemeinden of Emmelshausen and Sankt Goar-Oberwesel from the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election, although in 2014 the Verbandsgemeinde of Rhein-Mosel was created from Rhens and Untermosel, and the Verbandsgemeinde of Loreley absorbed Braubach.
Election Name Borders 1949 Koblenz Koblenz city Landkreis Koblenz district Sankt Goar district 1953 150 1957 1961 1965 1969 1972 Koblenz city Mayen-Koblenz district (only Bendorf municipality and Rhens, Untermosel, Vallendar, and Weißenthurm Verbandsgemeinden) Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district (only Boppard municipality and Emmelshausen and Sankt Goar-Oberwesel Verbandsgemeinden) 1976 1980 148 1983 1987 1990 1994 1998 2002 202 Koblenz city Mayen-Koblenz district (only Bendorf municipality and Rhein-Mosel, Vallendar, and Weißenthurm Verbandsgemeinden) Rhein-Lahn-Kreis district (only Lahnstein municipality and Loreley and Bad Ems-Nassau (only Arzbach, Bad Ems, Becheln, Dausenau, Fachbach, Frücht, Kemmenau, Miellen, and Nievern municipalities) Verbandsgemeinden) 2005 201 2009 200 2013 2017 199 2021 2025 198
Members The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation. It was first represented by Karl Weber from 1949 to 1965. Egon Klepsch then served from 1965 to 1980. He was succeeded by Roswitha Verhülsdonk, who was representative until 1994. Karl-Heinz Scherhag served from 1994 to 2002. Michael Fuchs was representative from 2002 to 2017. Josef Oster succeeded him in 2017 and was re-elected in 2021 and 2025.
Election Member Party % 1949 Karl Weber CDU 57.5 1953 62.1 1957 61.7 1961 56.8 1965 Egon Klepsch CDU 56.8 1969 52.1 1972 49.4 1976 52.3 1980 Roswitha Verhülsdonk CDU 48.4 1983 54.8 1987 50.2 1990 48.8 1994 Karl-Heinz Scherhag CDU 50.1 1998 46.2 2002 Michael Fuchs CDU 44.1 2005 45.4 2009 44.1 2013 48.0 2017 Josef Oster CDU 41.3 2021 31.7 2025 35.7
Election results 2025 election
2021 election
2017 election
2013 election
2009 election
2005 election
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