Fulda (electoral district)

Fulda is located in eastern Hesse. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Fulda district, as well as the Vogelsbergkreis district excluding the municipalities of Alsfeld, Antrifttal, Feldatal, Gemünden (Felda), Homberg (Ohm), Kirtorf, Mücke, and Romrod.

Fulda was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Hesse constituency 9 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1976 elections, it was number 134. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 132. In 2002 and 2005, it was number 176. In the 2009 election, it was number 175. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 174. From the 2025 election, it has been number 173.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Fulda and the districts of Landkreis Fulda, Lauterbach, and Schlüchtern. In the 1976 election, it comprised the district of Fulda excluding the municipalities of Burghaun, Eiterfeld, Hünfeld, Nüsttal, and Rasdorf; the municipalities of Bad Soden-Salmünster, Birstein, Brachttal, Schlüchtern, Sinntal, Steinau, Wächtersbach, Züntersbach, and the Gutsbezirk Spessart area from the Main-Kinzig-Kreis district; and the municipalities of Freiensteinau, Grebenhain, Herbstein, Lauterbach, Lautertal, Schlitz, Schotten, Ulrichstein, and Wartenberg from the Vogelsbergkreis district. In the 2002 election, it acquired borders very similar to its current configuration, but including the municipalities of Birstein, Schlüchtern, Sinntal, and Steinau an der Straße from Main-Kinzig-Kreis district, and the municipality of Schwalmtal from Vogelsbergkreis district. It acquired its current borders in the 2013 election.

Due to Fulda area being strongly Catholic, the constituency is considered a Christian Democratic Union (CDU) safe seat and has been held continuously by the party since its creation. It was first represented by Anton Sabel from 1949 to 1957, followed by Hermann Götz from 1957 to 1976. Alfred Dregger then served from 1976 to 1998, when he was succeeded by Martin Hohmann. Hohmann was expelled from the CDU group in 2003 for antisemitic comments, and served as an independent for the rest of his term. Michael Brand was elected in 2005, and re-elected in 2009, 2013, 2017, and 2021.

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Michael Brand

|votes = 75,039

|percentage = 43.3

|change = {{increase}} 5.2

|party votes = 65,247

|party percent = 37.6

|party change = {{increase}} 6.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Pierre Lamely

|votes = 39,789

|percentage = 22.9

|change = {{increase}} 7.8

|party votes = 40,952

|party percent = 23.6

|party change = {{increase}} 10.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Christine Fischer

|votes = 23,675

|percentage = 13.6

|change = {{decrease}} 8.1

|party votes = 22,299

|party percent = 12.8

|party change = {{decrease}} 9.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Marie-Louise Puls

|votes = 11,460

|percentage = 6.6

|change = {{decrease}} 2.0

|party votes = 13,195

|party percent = 7.6

|party change = {{decrease}} 2.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Steven Lorenz

|votes = 7,254

|percentage = 4.2

|change = {{increase}} 1.3

|party votes = 9,085

|party percent = 5.2

|party change = {{increase}} 2.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Wilhelm Hartmann

|votes = 6,101

|percentage = 3.5

|change = {{increase}} 0.8

|party votes = 3,951

|party percent = 2.3

|party change = {{increase}} 0.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Philipp Kratzer

|votes = 5,969

|percentage = 3.4

|change = {{decrease}} 5.2

|party votes = 8,517

|party percent = 4.9

|party change = {{decrease}} 7.8

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection Party

|party votes = 1,649

|party percent = 0.9

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Volt Germany

|candidate = Justin Auth

|votes = 1,901

|percentage = 1.1

|change = New

|party votes = 1,262

|party percent = 0.7

|party change = {{increase}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Die PARTEI

|candidate = Sabastian Künemund

|votes = 1,608

|percentage = 0.9

|change = New

|party votes = 789

|party percent = 0.5

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.4

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Bündnis Deutschland

|candidate = Michael Heilmann

|votes = 700

|percentage = 0.4

|change = New

|party votes = 356

|party percent = 0.2

|party change = New

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Party of Humanists

|party votes = 115

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 22

|party percent = <0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,471

|party votes = 1,285

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 173,496

|party votes = 173,682

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 174,967

|percentage = 84.7

|change = {{increase}} 6.3

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|loser =

|votes = 35,250

|percent = 20.4

|change = {{increase}} 4.1

}}

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Michael Brand

|votes = 61,573

|percentage = 38.1

|change = {{decrease}} 7.1

|party votes = 50,312

|party percent = 31.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 7.8

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Birgit Kömpel

|votes = 35,168

|percentage = 21.8

|change = {{increase}} 1.6

|party votes = 36,343

|party percent = 22.5

|party change = {{increase}} 4.4

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Martin Hohmann

|votes = 24,508

|percentage = 15.2

|change = {{decrease}} 2.4

|party votes = 21,443

|party percent = 13.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 2.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Jürgen Lenders

|votes = 13,894

|percentage = 8.6

|change = {{increase}} 3.3

|party votes = 20,528

|party percent = 12.7

|party change = {{increase}} 1.9

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Gabriela Zimmermann

|votes = 13,833

|percentage = 8.6

|change = {{increase}} 3.0

|party votes = 16,324

|party percent = 10.1

|party change = {{increase}} 3.4

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Nuha Sharif-Ali

|votes = 4,648

|percentage = 2.9

|change = {{decrease}} 1.9

|party votes = 4,447

|party percent = 2.8

|party change = {{decrease}} 3.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Peter Klug

|votes = 4,442

|percentage = 2.7

|change = {{increase}} 1.7

|party votes = 3,136

|party percent = 1.9

|party change = {{increase}} 1.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Petra Herchenröder

|votes = 2,619

|percentage = 1.6

|change =

|party votes = 2,458

|party percent = 1.5

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 2,007

|party percent = 1.2

|party change = {{increase}} 0.4

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die PARTEI

|party votes = 1,326

|party percent = 0.8

|party change = {{increase}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Volt Germany

|party votes = 961

|party percent = 0.6

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box independent|

|candidate = Eva Hemm

|votes = 520

|percentage = 0.3

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance C – Christians for Germany

|candidate = Peter Schäfer von Reetnitz

|votes = 460

|percentage = 0.3

|change =

|party votes = 468

|party percent = 0.3

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 442

|party percent = 0.3

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Team Todenhöfer

|party votes = 399

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|party votes = 239

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Partei für Gesundheitsforschung

|party votes = 231

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 189

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = V-Partei3

|party votes = 151

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Party of Humanists

|party votes = 130

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = Bündnis 21

|color = #E71F71

|party votes = 71

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Liberal Conservative Reformers

|party votes = 51

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = German Communist Party

|party votes = 28

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 20

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,895

|party votes = 1,856

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 161,665

|party votes = 161,704

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 163,560

|percentage = 78.4

|change = {{increase}} 1.3

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|loser =

|votes = 26,405

|percent = 16.3

|change = {{decrease}} 8.7

}}

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|title=Federal election (2017): Fulda[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2017/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-6/wahlkreis-174.html Results for Fulda]

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Michael Brand

|votes = 71,946

|percentage = 45.2

|change = {{decrease}} 13.2

|party votes = 61,811

|party percent = 39.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 12.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Birgit Kömpel

|votes = 32,150

|percentage = 20.2

|change = {{decrease}} 4.8

|party votes = 28,745

|party percent = 18.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 4.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Martin Hohmann

|votes = 27,990

|percentage = 17.6

|change =

|party votes = 25,145

|party percent = 15.8

|party change = {{increase}} 10.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Walter Michael Rammler

|votes = 8,874

|percentage = 5.6

|change = {{increase}} 0.1

|party votes = 10,593

|party percent = 6.7

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Sibylle von Brunn

|votes = 8,437

|percentage = 5.3

|change = {{increase}} 2.9

|party votes = 17,122

|party percent = 10.8

|party change = {{increase}} 5.9

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Nick Papak Amoozegar

|votes = 7,669

|percentage = 4.8

|change = {{increase}} 0.2

|party votes = 9,266

|party percent = 5.8

|party change = {{increase}} 1.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 1,318

|party percent = 0.8

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die PARTEI

|party votes = 1,189

|party percent = 0.7

|party change = {{increase}} 0.4

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Michael Hans Krebühl

|votes = 1,657

|percentage = 1.0

|change =

|party votes = 1,178

|party percent = 0.7

|party change = {{increase}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Martin Kohlhepp

|votes = 576

|percentage = 0.4

|change = {{decrease}} 1.6

|party votes = 663

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 427

|party percent = 0.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.5

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 346

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = DM

|party votes = 295

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Basic Income Alliance

|party votes = 277

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = V-Partei³

|color = #99CC33

|party votes = 216

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 36

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = German Communist Party

|party votes = 30

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = BüSo

|party votes = 25

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 2,682

|party votes = 3,299

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 159,299

|party votes = 158,682

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 161,981

|percentage = 77.1

|change = {{increase}} 3.8

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|votes = 30,796

|percent = 25.0

|change = {{decrease}} 8.3

}}

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2013): Fulda[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2013/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-6/wahlkreis-174.html Results for Fulda]

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Michael Brand

|votes = 87,263

|percentage = 58.3

|change = {{increase}} 7.6

|party votes = 76,778

|party percent = 51.1

|party change = {{increase}} 9.4

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Birgit Kömpel

|votes = 37,352

|percentage = 25.0

|change = {{increase}} 1.7

|party votes = 33,218

|party percent = 22.1

|party change = {{increase}} 2.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Hildegard Scheu

|votes = 8,125

|percentage = 5.4

|change = {{decrease}} 1.9

|party votes = 10,058

|party percent = 6.7

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.9

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Wolfgang Lörcher

|votes = 6,869

|percentage = 4.6

|change = {{decrease}} 2.1

|party votes = 6,900

|party percent = 4.6

|party change = {{decrease}} 3.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|party votes = 8,711

|party percent = 5.8

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Mario Klotzsche

|votes = 3,605

|percentage = 2.4

|change = {{decrease}} 7.6

|party votes = 7,313

|party percent = 4.9

|party change = {{decrease}} 12.8

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|candidate = Herbert Rusche

|votes = 3,390

|percentage = 2.3

|change =

|party votes = 2,715

|party percent = 1.8

|party change = {{increase}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Hans-Joachim Bosold

|votes = 2,992

|percentage = 2.0

|change = {{increase}} 0.1

|party votes = 2,190

|party percent = 1.5

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Free Voters

|party votes = 1,033

|party percent = 0.7

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die PARTEI

|party votes = 578

|party percent = 0.4

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = The Republicans (Germany)

|party votes = 414

|party percent = 0.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = PRO

|party votes = 162

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Socialist Equality Party (Germany)

|party votes = 71

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = BüSo

|party votes = 64

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 25

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 4,429

|party votes = 3,795

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 149,596

|party votes = 150,320

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 154,025

|percentage = 73.4

|change = {{decrease}} 0.9

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|votes = 49,911

|percent = 33.3

|change = {{increase}} 7.4

}}

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2009): Fulda[https://web.archive.org/web/20110617081318/http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/de/bundestagswahlen/BTW_BUND_09/ergebnisse/wahlkreisergebnisse/l06/wk175/ Results for Fulda]

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Michael Brand

|votes = 86,084

|percentage = 49.8

|change = {{increase}} 10.7

|party votes = 70,740

|party percent = 40.8

|party change = {{decrease}} 2.7

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Claudia Blum

|votes = 41,388

|percentage = 23.9

|change = {{decrease}} 5.8

|party votes = 34,783

|party percent = 20.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 10.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Mario Klotzsche

|votes = 17,415

|percentage = 10.1

|change = {{increase}} 7.0

|party votes = 30,594

|party percent = 17.6

|party change = {{increase}} 7.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Ernst Sporer

|votes = 12,556

|percentage = 7.3

|change = {{increase}} 4.4

|party votes = 14,727

|party percent = 8.5

|party change = {{increase}} 2.4

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Wolfgang Lörcher

|votes = 11,923

|percentage = 6.9

|change = {{increase}} 4.2

|party votes = 13,377

|party percent = 7.7

|party change = {{increase}} 2.9

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 3,034

|party percent = 1.7

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Hans-Joachim Bosold

|votes = 3,591

|percentage = 2.1

|change = {{increase}} 1.0

|party votes = 2,722

|party percent = 1.6

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 1,599

|party percent = 0.9

|party change = {{increase}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = The Republicans (Germany)

|party votes = 1,337

|party percent = 0.8

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.6

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = BüSo

|party votes = 221

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = German People's Union

|party votes = 186

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 58

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 4,081

|party votes = 3,660

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 172,957

|party votes = 173,378

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 177,038

|percentage = 73.8

|change = {{decrease}} 5.3

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|votes = 44,696

|percent = 25.9

|change = {{increase}} 16.5

}}

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