Neustadt – Speyer

Neustadt – Speyer is located in southeastern Rhineland-Palatinate. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent cities of Neustadt an der Weinstraße and Speyer, the district of Bad Dürkheim, and the municipalities of Schifferstadt, Otterstadt, and Waldsee and the Verbandsgemeinde of Römerberg-Dudenhofen from the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis district.

Neustadt – Speyer was created in 1965. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was constituency 160 in the numbering system. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 158. In the 2002 election, it was number 211. In the 2005 election, it was number 210. In the 2009 and 2013 elections, it was number 209. In the 2017 and 2021 elections, it was number 208. From the 2025 election, it has been number 207.

Originally, the constituency comprised the cities of Neustadt an der Weinstraße and Speyer and the districts of Landkreis Neustadt an der Weinstraße and Landkreis Speyer. In the 1972 through 1998 elections, it comprised the cities of Neustadt an der Weinstraße and Speyer, the municipalities of Bad Dürkheim and Haßloch and the Verbandsgemeinden of Deidesheim, Freinsheim, Lambrecht (Pfalz), and Wachenheim from the Bad Dürkheim district, and the municipalities of Römerberg and Schifferstadt and the Verbandsgemeinden of Dudenhofen and Rheinauen from the Landkreis Ludwigshafen district. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

The constituency has been held by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) during all but one Bundestag term since its creation. It was first represented by Bernhard Vogel from 1965 to 1969, followed by Georg Gölter until 1972. Peter Büchner of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was elected in 1972 and served a single term. Former member Gölter regained the constituency in 1976. He was succeeded by Theo Magin in 1980, who served until 1994. Norbert Schindler was representative from 1994 to 2017. Johannes Steiniger was elected in 2017 and re-elected in 2021 and 2025.

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Johannes Steiniger

|votes = 62,618

|percentage = 34.7

|change = {{increase}} 4.5

|party votes = 54,948

|party percent = 30.4

|party change = {{increase}} 6.4

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|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Thomas Stephan

|votes = 35,239

|percentage = 19.5

|change = {{increase}} 9.5

|party votes = 36,881

|party percent = 20.4

|party change = {{increase}} 10.2

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{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Isabel Mackensen-Geis

|votes = 39,588

|percentage = 21.9

|change = {{decrease}} 6.1

|party votes = 32,815

|party percent = 18.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 9.2

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{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Misbah Khan

|votes = 16,908

|percentage = 9.4

|change = {{decrease}} 2.8

|party votes = 21,329

|party percent = 11.8

|party change = {{decrease}} 2.1

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = David Koch

|votes = 7,117

|percentage = 3.9

|change = {{increase}} 1.3

|party votes = 10,071

|party percent = 5.6

|party change = {{increase}} 2.7

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Biance Hofmann

|votes = 5,580

|percentage = 3.1

|change = {{decrease}} 5.4

|party votes = 8,796

|party percent = 4.9

|party change = {{decrease}} 7.8

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance

|candidate = Fritz Weilacher

|votes = 5,540

|percentage = 3.1

|change = New

|party votes = 7,376

|party percent = 4.1

|party change = New

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Michael Priwe

|votes = 4,902

|percentage = 2.7

|change = {{decrease}} 2.9

|party votes = 3,506

|party percent = 1.9

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.8

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection Party

|party votes = 2,260

|party percent = 1.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Volt Germany

|candidate = Sascha Ruffer

|votes = 2,507

|percentage = 1.4

|change = {{increase}} 0.7

|party votes = 1,657

|party percent = 0.9

|party change = {{increase}} 0.4

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die PARTEI

|party votes = 717

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Bündnis Deutschland

|candidate = Elke Hirt-Neumann

|votes = 472

|percentage = 0.3

|change = New

|party votes = 325

|party percent = 0.2

|party change = New

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 221

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 28

|party percent = <0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

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{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,700

|party votes = 1,241

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{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 180,471

|party votes = 180,930

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{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 182,171

|percentage = 83.9

|change = {{increase}} 4.7

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{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|loser =

|votes = 23,030

|percent = 12.8

|change = {{increase}} 10.7

}}

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Johannes Steiniger

|votes = 51,770

|percentage = 30.2

|change = {{decrease}} 9.8

|party votes = 41,322

|party percent = 24.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 11.2

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Isabel Mackensen-Geis

|votes = 48,158

|percentage = 28.1

|change = {{increase}} 2.7

|party votes = 47,121

|party percent = 27.3

|party change = {{increase}} 5.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Hannah Heller

|votes = 20,869

|percentage = 12.2

|change = {{increase}} 4.6

|party votes = 23,949

|party percent = 13.9

|party change = {{increase}} 5.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Thomas Stephan

|votes = 17,204

|percentage = 10.0

|change = {{decrease}} 1.8

|party votes = 17,499

|party percent = 10.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 2.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Bianca Hofmann

|votes = 14,624

|percentage = 8.5

|change = {{increase}} 1.8

|party votes = 21,823

|party percent = 12.7

|party change = {{increase}} 1.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Stefan Krumm-Dudenhausen

|votes = 9,698

|percentage = 5.6

|change = {{increase}} 2.2

|party votes = 6,380

|party percent = 3.7

|party change = {{increase}} 1.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Stefan Huber-Aydemir

|votes = 4,535

|percentage = 2.6

|change = {{decrease}} 2.1

|party votes = 4,880

|party percent = 2.8

|party change = {{decrease}} 3.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 2,576

|party percent = 1.5

|party change =

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Jürgen Schwerdt

|votes = 2,722

|percentage = 1.6

|change =

|party votes = 2,413

|party percent = 1.4

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die PARTEI

|party votes = 1,232

|party percent = 0.7

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Volt Germany

|candidate = Sebastian Sklubal

|votes = 1,268

|percentage = 0.7

|change =

|party votes = 937

|party percent = 0.5

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box independent|

|candidate = Jonas Wittner

|votes = 802

|percentage = 0.5

|change =

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 577

|party percent = 0.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Team Todenhöfer

|party votes = 512

|party percent = 0.3

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 324

|party percent = 0.2

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = V-Partei3

|party votes = 182

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Party of Humanists

|party votes = 178

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|party votes = 177

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Democracy in Motion

|party votes = 152

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Liberal Conservative Reformers

|party votes = 62

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 26

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 2,178

|party votes = 1,506

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{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 171,650

|party votes = 172,322

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 173,828

|percentage = 79.2

|change = {{decrease}} 0.8

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|loser =

|votes = 3,612

|percent = 2.1

|change = {{decrease}} 12.5

}}

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|title=Federal election (2017): Neustadt – Speyer[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2017/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-7/wahlkreis-208.html Results for Neustadt – Speyer]

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{{MMP election box candidate win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Johannes Steiniger

|votes = 69,504

|percentage = 40.0

|change = {{decrease}} 7.9

|party votes = 61,407

|party percent = 35.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 8.4

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Isabel Mackensen{{efn|Mackensen entered the Bundestag on the SPD list after the resignation of Katarina Barley in July 2019.}}

|votes = 44,032

|percentage = 25.3

|change = {{decrease}} 3.3

|party votes = 37,894

|party percent = 21.7

|party change = {{decrease}} 4.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Wolfgang Kräher

|votes = 20,593

|percentage = 11.9

|change =

|party votes = 22,070

|party percent = 12.7

|party change = {{increase}} 7.7

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Misbah Khan

|votes = 13,156

|percentage = 7.6

|change = {{decrease}} 0.5

|party votes = 15,389

|party percent = 8.8

|party change = {{increase}} 0.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Markus Dürr

|votes = 11,734

|percentage = 6.8

|change = {{increase}} 4.1

|party votes = 19,251

|party percent = 11.0

|party change = {{increase}} 5.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Maximilian Keck

|votes = 8,207

|percentage = 4.7

|change = {{increase}} 0.2

|party votes = 10,537

|party percent = 6.0

|party change = {{increase}} 1.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Marion Schleicher-Frank

|votes = 5,929

|percentage = 3.4

|change = {{increase}} 0.6

|party votes = 3,683

|party percent = 2.1

|party change = {{increase}} 0.4

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die PARTEI

|party votes = 1,539

|party percent = 0.9

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 774

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.8

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|party votes = 559

|party percent = 0.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.8

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = V-Partei³

|color = #99CC33

|party votes = 475

|party percent = 0.3

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 363

|party percent = 0.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Basic Income Alliance

|party votes = 329

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box local party candidate|

|color = {{party color|New Liberals (Germany)}}

|party = New Liberals

|candidate = Thomas Cohnen

|votes = 305

|percentage = 0.2

|change =

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{{MMP election box independent|

|candidate = Shanna Nuss

|votes = 261

|percentage = 0.2

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 67

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 2,704

|party votes = 2,088

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 173,721

|party votes = 174,337

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 176,425

|percentage = 80.0

|change = {{increase}} 5.0

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|votes = 25,472

|percent = 14.7

|change = {{decrease}} 4.6

}}

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2013): Neustadt – Speyer[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2013/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-7/wahlkreis-209.html Results for Neustadt – Speyer]

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Norbert Schindler

|votes = 77,345

|percentage = 47.9

|change = {{increase}} 3.2

|party votes = 71,072

|party percent = 43.7

|party change = {{increase}} 7.7

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Heike-Maria Mrosek-Handwerk

|votes = 46,217

|percentage = 28.6

|change = {{increase}} 3.4

|party votes = 41,982

|party percent = 25.8

|party change = {{increase}} 3.4

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Jutta Paulus

|votes = 13,054

|percentage = 8.1

|change = {{decrease}} 0.5

|party votes = 13,915

|party percent = 8.5

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.7

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Wolfgang Förster

|votes = 7,244

|percentage = 4.5

|change = {{decrease}} 3.3

|party votes = 7,871

|party percent = 4.8

|party change = {{decrease}} 3.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Marion Schleicher-Frank

|votes = 4,528

|percentage = 2.8

|change =

|party votes = 2,835

|party percent = 1.7

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Hartmut Lardon

|votes = 4,355

|percentage = 2.7

|change = {{decrease}} 6.6

|party votes = 9,337

|party percent = 5.7

|party change = {{decrease}} 11.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|party votes = 7,995

|party percent = 4.9

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|candidate = Vincent Thenhart

|votes = 4,189

|percentage = 2.6

|change =

|party votes = 3,660

|party percent = 2.2

|party change = {{increase}} 0.4

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Dörthe Armstroff

|votes = 2,728

|percentage = 1.7

|change = {{steady}} 0.0

|party votes = 1,778

|party percent = 1.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box local party candidate|

|party = FAMILIE

|color = orange

|candidate = Mark Anthony von Garnier

|votes = 1,099

|percentage = 0.7

|change = {{decrease}} 1.3

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = The Republicans (Germany)

|party votes = 943

|party percent = 0.6

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.6

}}

{{MMP election box historic party candidate|

|party = Party of Reason

|color = #005488

|candidate = Georg Semmler

|votes = 811

|percentage = 0.5

|change =

|party votes = 611

|party percent = 0.4

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 427

|party percent = 0.3

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = PRO

|party votes = 332

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 45

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 3,865

|party votes = 2,632

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 161,570

|party votes = 162,803

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 165,435

|percentage = 75.0

|change = {{increase}} 0.7

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|votes = 31,128

|percent = 19.3

|change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

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|title=Federal election (2009): Neustadt – Speyer[https://web.archive.org/web/20110112080347/http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/de/bundestagswahlen/BTW_BUND_09/ergebnisse/wahlkreisergebnisse/l07/wk209/ Results for Neustadt – Speyer]

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Norbert Schindler

|votes = 71,481

|percentage = 44.6

|change = {{decrease}} 0.2

|party votes = 57,953

|party percent = 36.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Wolfgang Ressmann

|votes = 40,404

|percentage = 25.2

|change = {{decrease}} 12.9

|party votes = 36,117

|party percent = 22.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 10.7

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Hartmut Lardon

|votes = 14,870

|percentage = 9.3

|change = {{increase}} 4.7

|party votes = 26,987

|party percent = 16.7

|party change = {{increase}} 5.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Frank Peters

|votes = 13,748

|percentage = 8.6

|change = {{increase}} 3.8

|party votes = 16,485

|party percent = 10.2

|party change = {{increase}} 2.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Stefanie Beck

|votes = 12,546

|percentage = 7.8

|change = {{increase}} 4.0

|party votes = 13,486

|party percent = 8.4

|party change = {{increase}} 3.5

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 3,030

|party percent = 1.9

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party candidate|

|party = FAMILIE

|color = orange

|candidate = Margarete Nickel

|votes = 3,140

|percentage = 2.0

|change =

|party votes = 2,217

|party percent = 1.4

|party change = {{increase}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Dörthe Armstroff

|votes = 2,710

|percentage = 1.7

|change = {{increase}} 0.7

|party votes = 1,935

|party percent = 1.2

|party change = {{increase}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = The Republicans (Germany)

|party votes = 1,918

|party percent = 1.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.8

}}

{{MMP election box independent|

|candidate = Viktor Kunz

|votes = 1,283

|percentage = 0.8

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = PBC

|party votes = 453

|party percent = 0.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 426

|party percent = 0.3

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = German People's Union

|party votes = 116

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 44

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 3,870

|party votes = 2,884

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 160,182

|party votes = 161,168

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 164,052

|percentage = 74.2

|change = {{decrease}} 6.6

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|votes = 31,077

|percent = 19.4

|change = {{increase}} 12.7

}}

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