Groß-Gerau 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 183. It is located in southern Hesse, comprising the Groß-Gerau district.
Groß-Gerau was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. From 2021 to 2025, it was represented by Melanie Wegling of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).
Geography Groß-Gerau is located in southern Hesse. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Groß-Gerau district.
History Groß-Gerau was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Hesse constituency 18 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1976, it was number 143. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 141. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 185. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 184. From the 2025 election, it has been number 183.
Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Groß-Gerau and Main-Taunus-Kreis. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it comprised the Groß-Gerau district and the modern municipalities of Eppstein, Hofheim am Taunus, Hattersheim am Main, Kriftel, Flörsheim am Main, and Hochheim am Main from the Main-Taunus-Kreis district. In the 1976 through 1998 elections, it comprised the Groß-Gerau district and the municipalities of Hofheim am Taunus, Flörsheim am Main, and Hochheim am Main from the Main-Taunus-Kreis district. Since the 2002 election, it has been coterminous with the Groß-Gerau district.
Election Name Borders 1949 Groß-Gerau Groß-Gerau district Main-Taunus-Kreis district 1953 143 1957 1961 1965 Groß-Gerau district Main-Taunus-Kreis district (only Eppstein, Hofheim am Taunus, Hattersheim am Main, Kriftel, Flörsheim am Main, and Hochheim am Main municipalities) 1969 1972 1976 Groß-Gerau district Main-Taunus-Kreis district (only Hofheim am Taunus, Flörsheim am Main, and Hochheim am Main municipalities) 1980 141 1983 1987 1990 1994 1998 2002 185 Groß-Gerau district 2005 2009 184 2013 2017 2021 2025 183
Members The constituency was first represented by Ludwig Bergsträsser of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1949 to 1953. He was succeeded by fellow SPD member Hermann Schmitt-Vockenhausen, who served from 1953 to 1980, a total of seven consecutive terms. Norbert Wieczorek of the SPD then served a single term before Otto Zink of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won the constituency in 1983. Former member Wieczorek regained it for the SPD in 1990, but Heinz-Adolf Hörsken returned to the CDU in 1994. Wieczorek won a third non-consecutive term in 1998, and was succeeded by fellow SPD member Gerold Reichenbach in the 2002 election, who served two terms. Franz Josef Jung of the CDU won the constituency in 2009 and served until 2017. Stefan Sauer of the CDU was elected in 2017. Melanie Wegling regained it for the SPD in 2021.
Election Member Party % 1949 Ludwig Bergsträsser SPD 38.8 1953 Hermann Schmitt-Vockenhausen SPD 38.8 1957 43.0 1961 47.6 1965 52.2 1969 53.4 1972 56.7 1976 51.2 1980 Norbert Wieczorek SPD 50.6 1983 Otto Zink CDU 46.0 1987 43.7 1990 Norbert Wieczorek SPD 41.8 1994 Heinz-Adolf Hörsken CDU 42.7 1998 Norbert Wieczorek SPD 48.3 2002 Gerold Reichenbach SPD 50.2 2005 47.1 2009 Franz Josef Jung CDU 36.3 2013 42.2 2017 Stefan Sauer CDU 35.1 2021 Melanie Wegling SPD 33.5 2025Vacant
Election results
2025 election
2021 election
2017 election
2013 election
2009 election
2005 election
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