Hanau (electoral district)

Hanau is located in southern Hesse. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the municipalities of Bruchköbel, Erlensee, Großkrotzenburg, Hammersbach, Hanau, Hasselroth, Langenselbold, Maintal, Neuberg, Nidderau, Niederdorfelden, Rodenbach, Ronneburg, and Schöneck from the Main-Kinzig-Kreis district.

Hanau was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Hesse constituency 14 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1976, it was number 139. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 137. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 181. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 180. From the 2025 election, it has been number 179.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Hanau and the districts of Landkreis Hanau and Gelnhausen. In the 1980 through 2009 elections, it comprised the municipalities of Bad Orb, Biebergemünd, Bruchköbel, Erlensee, Flörsbachtal, Freigericht, Gelnhausen, Großkrotzenburg, Gründau, Hammersbach, Hanau, Hasselroth, Jossgrund, Langenselbold, Linsengericht, Maintal, Neuberg, Nidderau, Niederdorfelden, Rodenbach, Ronneburg, Schöneck, and the Gutsbezirk Spessart area from the Main-Kinzig-Kreis district. It acquired its current borders in the 2013 election.

The constituency was first represented by Jakob Altmaier of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1949 to 1965. He was succeeded by fellow SPD member Gerhard Flämig, who served from 1965 to 1980. Bernd Reuter of the SPD then served a single term from 1980 to 1983. Richard Bayha of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was elected in 1983 and served until 1994, when he was succeeded by party fellow Manfred Kanther for a single term. Bernd Reuter won the constituency for the SPD in 1998 and served one term, followed by Sascha Raabe of the SPD for two terms. Peter Tauber of the CDU won it in 2009 and served a single term. Katja Leikert was elected in 2013 and re-elected in 2017. Lennard Oehl won the constituency for the SPD in 2021.

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{{MMP election box candidate win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Pascal Reddig

|votes = 45,343

|percentage = 32.0

|change = {{increase}} 4.1

|party votes = 40,879

|party percent = 28.7

|party change = {{increase}} 6.2

}}

{{MMP election box incumbent lose|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Lennard Oehl

|votes = 35,907

|percentage = 25.3

|change = {{decrease}} 5.8

|party votes = 26,049

|party percent = 18.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 9.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Dominik Asch

|votes = 27,152

|percentage = 19.1

|change = {{increase}} 8.8

|party votes = 27,407

|party percent = 19.3

|party change = {{increase}} 9.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Mahwish Iftikhar

|votes = 12,133

|percentage = 8.6

|change = {{decrease}} 3.8

|party votes = 15,483

|party percent = 10.9

|party change = {{decrease}} 3.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Matthias Okon

|votes = 10,768

|percentage = 7.6

|change = {{increase}} 4.1

|party votes = 12,169

|party percent = 8.6

|party change = {{increase}} 4.7

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance

|party votes = 7,108

|party percent = 5.0

|party change = New

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Daniel Protzmann

|votes = 5,153

|percentage = 3.6

|change = {{decrease}} 6.5

|party votes = 7,024

|party percent = 4.9

|party change = {{decrease}} 8.3

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection Party

|party votes = 2,071

|party percent = 1.5

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Heiko Becker

|votes = 3,339

|percentage = 2.4

|change = {{decrease}} 0.2

|party votes = 1,714

|party percent = 1.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Volt Germany

|candidate = Andrea Gittens

|votes = 2,100

|percentage = 1.5

|change = New

|party votes = 1,222

|party percent = 0.9

|party change = {{increase}} 0.4

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die PARTEI

|party votes = 733

|party percent = 0.5

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.4

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Bündnis Deutschland

|party votes = 233

|party percent = 0.2

|party change = New

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Party of Humanists

|party votes = 119

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 44

|party percent = <0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,578

|party votes = 1,218

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 141,895

|party votes = 142,255

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 143,473

|percentage = 81.9

|change = {{increase}} 7.3

}}

{{MMP election box majority gain|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|loser = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|votes = 9,436

|percent = 6.7

|change = N/A

}}

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{{MMP election box candidate win|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Lennard Oehl

|votes = 40,291

|percentage = 31.1

|change = {{increase}} 0.7

|party votes = 35,739

|party percent = 27.6

|party change = {{increase}} 4.0

}}

{{MMP election box incumbent lose list|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Katja Leikert

|votes = 36,019

|percentage = 27.8

|change = {{decrease}} 7.5

|party votes = 29,223

|party percent = 22.5

|party change = {{decrease}} 7.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Marcus Bocklet

|votes = 15,995

|percentage = 12.4

|change = {{increase}} 6.3

|party votes = 18,258

|party percent = 14.1

|party change = {{increase}} 5.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Erich Albrecht

|votes = 13,364

|percentage = 10.3

|change = {{decrease}} 2.5

|party votes = 13,257

|party percent = 10.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 3.8

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Henrik Statz

|votes = 13,106

|percentage = 10.1

|change = {{increase}} 3.8

|party votes = 17,158

|party percent = 13.2

|party change = {{increase}} 1.8

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Alexander Kuhne

|votes = 4,462

|percentage = 3.4

|change = {{decrease}} 2.4

|party votes = 4,948

|party percent = 3.8

|party change = {{decrease}} 3.7

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 2,504

|party percent = 1.9

|party change = {{increase}} 0.4

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Christian Clauß

|votes = 3,308

|percentage = 2.6

|change = {{increase}} 1.3

|party votes = 2,180

|party percent = 1.7

|party change = {{increase}} 0.9

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Ralf Haußels

|votes = 1,998

|percentage = 1.5

|change =

|party votes = 1,549

|party percent = 1.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Team Todenhöfer

|party votes = 1,349

|party percent = 1.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die PARTEI

|party votes = 1,186

|party percent = 0.9

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box independent|

|candidate = Peter Rehbein

|votes = 833

|percentage = 0.6

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 555

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Volt Germany

|party votes = 535

|party percent = 0.4

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Partei für Gesundheitsforschung

|party votes = 254

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|party votes = 236

|party percent = 0.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Party of Humanists

|party votes = 177

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 150

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = V-Partei3

|party votes = 140

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Alliance C – Christians for Germany

|party votes = 85

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = German Communist Party

|party votes = 53

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = Bündnis 21

|color = #E71F71

|party votes = 49

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Liberal Conservative Reformers

|party votes = 35

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 32

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 2,036

|party votes = 1,760

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 129,376

|party votes = 129,652

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 131,412

|percentage = 74.6

|change = {{decrease}} 1.1

}}

{{MMP election box majority gain|

|winner = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|loser = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|votes = 4,272

|percent = 3.3

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2017): Hanau[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2017/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-6/wahlkreis-180.html Results for Hanau]

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Katja Leikert

|votes = 46,656

|percentage = 35.3

|change = {{decrease}} 8.9

|party votes = 39,126

|party percent = 29.6

|party change = {{decrease}} 9.7

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Sascha Raabe

|votes = 40,185

|percentage = 30.4

|change = {{decrease}} 6.0

|party votes = 31,150

|party percent = 23.5

|party change = {{decrease}} 5.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Jonny Nedog

|votes = 16,907

|percentage = 12.8

|change =

|party votes = 18,626

|party percent = 14.1

|party change = {{increase}} 8.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Ralf-Rainer Piesold

|votes = 8,418

|percentage = 6.4

|change = {{increase}} 3.9

|party votes = 15,185

|party percent = 11.5

|party change = {{increase}} 6.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Anja Katharina Zeller

|votes = 8,054

|percentage = 6.1

|change = {{increase}} 0.3

|party votes = 11,345

|party percent = 8.6

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.4

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Tobias Huth

|votes = 7,715

|percentage = 5.8

|change = {{increase}} 0.1

|party votes = 10,006

|party percent = 7.6

|party change = {{increase}} 1.4

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 2,008

|party percent = 1.5

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Die PARTEI

|candidate = Gregor Wilkenloh

|votes = 1,905

|percentage = 1.4

|change = {{increase}} 0.6

|party votes = 1,237

|party percent = 0.9

|party change = {{increase}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Bodo Delhey

|votes = 1,679

|percentage = 1.3

|change =

|party votes = 1,024

|party percent = 0.8

|party change = {{increase}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Duancon Bohnert

|votes = 540

|percentage = 0.4

|change = {{decrease}} 1.7

|party votes = 636

|party percent = 0.5

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 568

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.6

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = DM

|party votes = 515

|party percent = 0.4

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = V-Partei³

|color = #99CC33

|party votes = 264

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 240

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Basic Income Alliance

|party votes = 231

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = German Communist Party

|party votes = 72

|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 historic party only|

|party = BüSo

|party votes = 32

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 2,131

|party votes = 1,867

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 132,059

|party votes = 132,323

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 134,190

|percentage = 75.6

|change = {{increase}} 3.3

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|votes = 6,471

|percent = 4.9

|change = {{decrease}} 3.0

}}

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2013): Hanau[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2013/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-6/wahlkreis-180.html Results for Hanau]

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{{MMP election box candidate win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Katja Leikert

|votes = 54,920

|percentage = 44.3

|change = {{increase}} 5.9

|party votes = 48,828

|party percent = 39.2

|party change = {{increase}} 7.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Sascha Raabe

|votes = 45,184

|percentage = 36.4

|change = {{increase}} 1.8

|party votes = 35,650

|party percent = 28.6

|party change = {{increase}} 4.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Angelika Gunkel

|votes = 7,217

|percentage = 5.8

|change = {{decrease}} 1.0

|party votes = 11,183

|party percent = 9.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 2.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Sabine Leidig

|votes = 7,069

|percentage = 5.7

|change = {{decrease}} 1.4

|party votes = 7,630

|party percent = 6.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 2.8

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|party votes = 7,356

|party percent = 5.9

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Anke Kerstin Pfeil

|votes = 3,053

|percentage = 2.5

|change = {{decrease}} 6.3

|party votes = 6,611

|party percent = 5.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 12.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|candidate = Kai Alexander Lanio

|votes = 2,985

|percentage = 2.4

|change =

|party votes = 2,549

|party percent = 2.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Bernd Hilpert

|votes = 2,625

|percentage = 2.1

|change = {{increase}} 0.9

|party votes = 1,899

|party percent = 1.5

|party change = {{increase}} 0.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Die PARTEI

|candidate = Benedikt Manfred Polzer

|votes = 1,048

|percentage = 0.8

|change =

|party votes = 876

|party percent = 0.7

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Free Voters

|party votes = 847

|party percent = 0.7

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = The Republicans (Germany)

|party votes = 687

|party percent = 0.6

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.5

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = PRO

|party votes = 212

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = BüSo

|party votes = 73

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Socialist Equality Party (Germany)

|party votes = 65

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 28

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 4,179

|party votes = 3,786

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 124,101

|party votes = 124,494

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 128,280

|percentage = 72.3

|change = {{decrease}} 0.7

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|votes = 9,736

|percent = 7.9

|change = {{increase}} 2.5

}}

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2009): Hanau[https://web.archive.org/web/20110617081522/http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/de/bundestagswahlen/BTW_BUND_09/ergebnisse/wahlkreisergebnisse/l06/wk180/ Results for Hanau]

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{{MMP election box candidate win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Peter Tauber

|votes = 68,704

|percentage = 39.4

|change = {{decrease}} 3.0

|party votes = 56,834

|party percent = 32.6

|party change = {{decrease}} 2.5

}}

{{MMP election box incumbent lose list|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Sascha Raabe

|votes = 59,413

|percentage = 34.0

|change = {{decrease}} 9.2

|party votes = 42,154

|party percent = 24.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 10.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Conrad Buchholz

|votes = 15,523

|percentage = 8.9

|change = {{increase}} 4.7

|party votes = 30,368

|party percent = 17.4

|party change = {{increase}} 5.7

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Werner Dreibus

|votes = 11,985

|percentage = 6.9

|change = {{increase}} 2.3

|party votes = 15,139

|party percent = 8.7

|party change = {{increase}} 3.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Reiner Bousonville

|votes = 11,572

|percentage = 6.6

|change = {{increase}} 2.9

|party votes = 19,324

|party percent = 11.1

|party change = {{increase}} 1.9

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 3,763

|party percent = 2.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|candidate = Margitta Marcian

|votes = 3,287

|percentage = 1.9

|change =

|party votes = 2,568

|party percent = 1.5

|party change = {{increase}} 0.4

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Daniel Knebel

|votes = 2,289

|percentage = 1.3

|change = {{decrease}} 0.5

|party votes = 2,317

|party percent = 1.3

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Republicans (Germany)

|candidate = Bert-Rüdiger Förster

|votes = 1,764

|percentage = 1.0

|change =

|party votes = 1,689

|party percent = 1.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = BüSo

|party votes = 220

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = German People's Union

|party votes = 142

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 41

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 4,067

|party votes = 4,045

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 174,537

|party votes = 174,559

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 178,604

|percentage = 73.8

|change = {{decrease}} 5.0

}}

{{MMP election box majority gain|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|loser = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|votes = 9,291

|percent = 5.4

|change =

}}

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{{Electoral districts of Hesse}}

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