Offenbach 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 184. It is located in southern Hesse, comprising the city of Offenbach am Main and the western part of the Landkreis Offenbach district.
Offenbach was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Björn Simon of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
Geography Offenbach is located in southern Hesse. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Offenbach am Main and the municipalities of Dietzenbach, Dreieich, Egelsbach, Heusenstamm, Langen (Hessen), Mühlheim am Main, Neu-Isenburg, and Obertshausen from the Landkreis Offenbach district.
History Offenbach was created in 1949, then known as Offenbach/M. It acquired its current name in the 1965 election. In the 1949 election, it was Hesse constituency 19 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1976, it was number 144. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 142. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 186. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 185. From the 2025 election, it has been number 184.
Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Offenbach am Main and the Landkreis Offenbach district. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it comprised the city of Offenbach am Main and the entirety of the Landkreis Offenbach district excluding the municipalities of Dietzenbach, Dreieichenhain, Dudenhofen, Froschhausen, Götzenhain, Hainhausen, Hainstadt, Jügesheim, Klein-Auheim, Klein-Krotzenburg, Klein-Welzheim, Mainflingen, Offenthal, Rembrücken, Seligenstadt, Steinheim am Main, Weiskirchen, and Zellhausen. In the 1976 through 1998 elections, it acquired a configuration very similar to its current borders, but excluding the municipality of Dietzenbach from the Landkreis Offenbach district. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.
Election Name Borders 1949 Offenbach/M Offenbach am Main city Landkreis Offenbach district 1953 144 1957 1961 1965 Offenbach Offenbach am Main city Landkreis Offenbach district (excluding Dietzenbach, Dreieichenhain, Dudenhofen, Froschhausen, Götzenhain, Hainhausen, Hainstadt, Jügesheim, Klein-Auheim, Klein-Krotzenburg, Klein-Welzheim, Mainflingen, Offenthal, Rembrücken, Seligenstadt, Steinheim am Main, Weiskirchen, and Zellhausen municipalities) 1969 1972 1976 Offenbach am Main city Landkreis Offenbach district (only Dreieich, Egelsbach, Heusenstamm, Langen (Hessen), Mühlheim am Main, Neu-Isenburg, and Obertshausen municipalities) 1980 142 1983 1987 1990 1994 1998 2002 186 Offenbach am Main city Landkreis Offenbach district (only Dietzenbach, Dreieich, Egelsbach, Heusenstamm, Langen (Hessen), Mühlheim am Main, Neu-Isenburg, and Obertshausen municipalities) 2005 2009 185 2013 2017 2021 2025 184
Members The constituency was first represented by Harald Koch of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1949 to 1953, followed by Wilhelm Banse of the SPD from 1953 to 1957. Karl Kanka won it for the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in 1957. Horst Schmidt regained it for the SPD in 1961 and served three terms. Manfred Coppik succeeded him in 1972 and was representative until 1983. Klaus Lippold of the CDU then served from 1983 to 1998. Uta Zapf of the SPD was elected in 1998 and held the constituency for two terms, before former member Lippold regained it in 2005. He was succeeded by fellow CDU member Peter Wichtel in 2009, who served until 2017. Björn Simon was elected in 2017 and re-elected in 2021.
Election Member Party % 1949 Harald Koch SPD 37.2 1953 Wilhelm Banse SPD 40.0 1957 Karl Kanka CDU 42.9 1961 Horst Schmidt SPD 45.6 1965 49.1 1969 54.8 1972 Manfred Coppik SPD 54.5 1976 46.9 1980 47.0 1983 Klaus Lippold CDU 48.6 1987 47.6 1990 47.1 1994 47.4 1998 Uta Zapf SPD 43.5 2002 43.4 2005 Klaus Lippold CDU 43.7 2009 Peter Wichtel CDU 40.2 2013 45.5 2017 Björn Simon CDU 35.4 2021 27.8 2025 31.2
Election results
2025 election
2021 election
2017 election
2013 election
2009 election
2005 election
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