Trier (electoral district)

Trier is located in western Rhineland-Palatinate. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Trier and the district of Trier-Saarburg.

Trier was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Rhineland-Palatinate constituency 7 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1976 elections, it was number 154. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 152. In the 2002 election, it was number 206. In the 2005 election, it was number 205. In the 2009 and 2013 elections, it was number 204. In the 2017 and 2021 elections, it was number 203. From the 2025 election, it has been number 202.

Originally, the constituency comprised the city of Trier, and the districts of Landkreis Trier and Saarburg. It acquired its current borders in the 1972 election.

The constituency has been held by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) during all but two Bundestag terms since its creation. It was first represented by Heinrich Kemper of the CDU from 1949 to 1957, followed by Alois Zimmer until 1965 and Heinrich Holkenbrink until 1969. Carl-Ludwig Wagner then served from 1969 to 1976. Günther Schartz was representative from 1976 to 1994. Franz Peter Basten served a single term from 1994 to 1998 before Karl Diller won the constituency for the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in 1998. He served two terms. Bernhard Kaster regained it for the CDU in 2005 and served until 2017. Andreas Steier was elected in 2017. Verena Hubertz of the SPD won the constituency in 2021. The seat became vacant as a result of the 2025 election.

Under the new voting system implemented for the 2025 election, although the CSU candidate won the most votes in this constituency, due to the low winning percentage, the constituency seat will remain vacant as not enough second (party) votes were won to be allocated this seat.

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Dominik Sienkiewicz{{efn|name=vacant-2025}}

|votes = 47,841

|percentage = 30.8

|change = {{increase}} 3.1

|party votes = 47,886

|party percent = 30.7

|party change = {{increase}} 7.0

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{{MMP election box incumbent list|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Verena Hubertz

|votes = 47,052

|percentage = 30.3

|change = {{decrease}} 2.7

|party votes = 31,155

|party percent = 20.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 10.3

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Marcel Philipps

|votes = 22,101

|percentage = 14.2

|change = {{increase}} 8.6

|party votes = 24,103

|party percent = 15.5

|party change = {{increase}} 9.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Corinna Rüffer

|votes = 12,834

|percentage = 8.3

|change = {{decrease}} 4.8

|party votes = 19,025

|party percent = 12.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 3.4

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Lin Lindner

|votes = 7,774

|percentage = 5.0

|change = {{increase}} 1.5

|party votes = 11,944

|party percent = 7.7

|party change = {{increase}} 3.7

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Gerd Benzmüller

|votes = 6,151

|percentage = 4.0

|change = {{decrease}} 3.0

|party votes = 7,266

|party percent = 4.7

|party change = {{decrease}} 6.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance

|candidate = Leo Miguez

|votes = 5,358

|percentage = 3.4

|change = New

|party votes = 6,842

|party percent = 4.4

|party change = New

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Niels Becker

|votes = 4,127

|percentage = 2.7

|change = {{decrease}} 2.5

|party votes = 3,192

|party percent = 2.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.6

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection Party

|party votes = 1,717

|party percent = 1.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Volt Germany

|candidate = Loreen Reeman

|votes = 1,559

|percentage = 1.0

|change = {{increase}} 0.3

|party votes = 1,430

|party percent = 0.9

|party change = {{increase}} 0.3

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die PARTEI

|party votes = 819

|party percent = 0.5

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|candidate = Matthias Reimann

|votes = 619

|percentage = 0.4

|change = {{decrease}} 0.1

|party votes = 312

|party percent = 0.2

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Bündnis Deutschland

|party votes = 199

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = New

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 37

|party percent = <0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,442

|party votes = 931

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 155,416

|party votes = 155,927

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 156,858

|percentage = 83.6

|change = {{increase}} 6.4

}}

{{MMP election box majority gain|

|winner = Vacant

|loser = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|votes =

|percent =

|change =

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{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2021): Trier[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2021/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-7/wahlkreis-203.html Results for Trier]

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{{MMP election box candidate win|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Verena Hubertz

|votes = 47,942

|percentage = 33.0

|change = {{decrease}} 0.7

|party votes = 44,123

|party percent = 30.3

|party change = {{increase}} 5.6

}}

{{MMP election box incumbent lose|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Andreas Steier

|votes = 40,299

|percentage = 27.7

|change = {{decrease}} 10.2

|party votes = 34,578

|party percent = 23.7

|party change = {{decrease}} 13.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Corinna Rüffer

|votes = 18,939

|percentage = 13.0

|change = {{increase}} 6.6

|party votes = 22,708

|party percent = 15.6

|party change = {{increase}} 6.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Benjamin Palfner

|votes = 10,135

|percentage = 7.0

|change = {{increase}} 1.7

|party votes = 16,206

|party percent = 11.1

|party change = {{increase}} 1.9

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Otto Hiller von Gaertringen

|votes = 8,230

|percentage = 5.7

|change = {{decrease}} 1.3

|party votes = 9,001

|party percent = 6.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.8

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Sascha Kohlmann

|votes = 7,521

|percentage = 5.2

|change = {{increase}} 4.1

|party votes = 5,379

|party percent = 3.7

|party change = {{increase}} 2.7

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Katrin Werner

|votes = 5,126

|percentage = 3.5

|change = {{decrease}} 3.1

|party votes = 5,712

|party percent = 3.9

|party change = {{decrease}} 4.7

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 2,003

|party percent = 1.4

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Die PARTEI

|candidate = Michael Zeeb

|votes = 2,174

|percentage = 1.5

|change = {{increase}} 0.2

|party votes = 1,507

|party percent = 1.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Filiz Plenter

|votes = 1,730

|percentage = 1.2

|change =

|party votes = 1,678

|party percent = 1.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Volt Germany

|candidate = Bettina Wolff

|votes = 967

|percentage = 0.7

|change =

|party votes = 859

|party percent = 0.6

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box independent|

|candidate = Ingrid Moritz

|votes = 807

|percentage = 0.6

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 538

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|candidate = Paul Lippl

|votes = 657

|percentage = 0.5

|change =

|party votes = 363

|party percent = 0.2

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box local party candidate|

|party = Unabhängige

|color = #FF9900

|candidate = Jens Ahnemüller

|votes = 595

|percentage = 0.4

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Team Todenhöfer

|party votes = 343

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box local party candidate|

|party = DKP

|color = #ED1C24

|candidate = Simon Becker

|votes = 294

|percentage = 0.2

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Party of Humanists

|party votes = 179

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = V-Partei3

|party votes = 144

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Democracy in Motion

|party votes = 116

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|party votes = 114

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Liberal Conservative Reformers

|party votes = 50

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 30

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box independent|

|candidate = Anna Batholomé

|votes = 17

|percentage = 0.0

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,738

|party votes = 1,540

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 145,433

|party votes = 145,631

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 147,171

|percentage = 77.2

|change = {{decrease}} 1.3

}}

{{MMP election box majority gain|

|winner = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|loser = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|votes = 7,643

|percent = 5.3

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2017): Trier[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2017/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-7/wahlkreis-203.html Results for Trier]

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{{MMP election box candidate win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Andreas Steier

|votes = 56,611

|percentage = 37.9

|change = {{decrease}} 10.9

|party votes = 55,882

|party percent = 37.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 6.7

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Katarina Barley

|votes = 50,283

|percentage = 33.7

|change = {{increase}} 2.6

|party votes = 36,950

|party percent = 24.7

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Erwin Ludwig

|votes = 10,414

|percentage = 7.0

|change =

|party votes = 11,926

|party percent = 8.0

|party change = {{increase}} 3.8

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Katrin Werner

|votes = 9,842

|percentage = 6.6

|change = {{increase}} 1.0

|party votes = 12,934

|party percent = 8.6

|party change = {{increase}} 2.4

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Corinna Rüffer

|votes = 9,645

|percentage = 6.5

|change = {{decrease}} 0.5

|party votes = 13,512

|party percent = 9.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Adrian Assenmacher

|votes = 7,910

|percentage = 5.3

|change = {{increase}} 3.4

|party votes = 13,841

|party percent = 9.2

|party change = {{increase}} 4.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Die PARTEI

|candidate = Andrej Soffel

|votes = 1,869

|percentage = 1.3

|change = {{increase}} 0.6

|party votes = 1,590

|party percent = 1.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Stephan Wefelscheid

|votes = 1,617

|percentage = 1.1

|change = {{decrease}} 0.1

|party votes = 1,418

|party percent = 0.9

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box independent|

|candidate = Albert Niesen

|votes = 934

|percentage = 0.6

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 605

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 2.1

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = V-Partei³

|color = #99CC33

|party votes = 361

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 338

|party percent = 0.2

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Basic Income Alliance

|party votes = 245

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Safet Babic

|votes = 213

|percentage = 0.1

|change = {{decrease}} 0.8

|party votes = 242

|party percent = 0.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.6

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 37

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 2,213

|party votes = 1,670

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 149,338

|party votes = 149,881

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 151,551

|percentage = 78.6

|change = {{increase}} 5.8

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|votes = 6,328

|percent = 4.2

|change = {{decrease}} 13.5

}}

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2013): Trier[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2013/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-7/wahlkreis-204.html Results for Trier]

}}

{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Bernhard Kaster

|votes = 67,281

|percentage = 48.8

|change = {{increase}} 3.1

|party votes = 60,909

|party percent = 44.0

|party change = {{increase}} 7.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Katarina Barley

|votes = 42,879

|percentage = 31.1

|change = {{increase}} 5.2

|party votes = 36,410

|party percent = 26.3

|party change = {{increase}} 4.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Corinna Rüffer

|votes = 9,555

|percentage = 6.9

|change = {{decrease}} 3.5

|party votes = 13,157

|party percent = 9.5

|party change = {{decrease}} 2.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Katrin Werner

|votes = 7,687

|percentage = 5.6

|change = {{decrease}} 3.0

|party votes = 8,688

|party percent = 6.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 3.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|candidate = Andreas Brühl

|votes = 3,863

|percentage = 2.8

|change =

|party votes = 3,508

|party percent = 2.5

|party change = {{increase}} 0.7

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Henrick Meine

|votes = 2,656

|percentage = 1.9

|change = {{decrease}} 6.4

|party votes = 6,841

|party percent = 4.9

|party change = {{decrease}} 10.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|party votes = 5,736

|party percent = 4.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Luda Adéle Liebe

|votes = 1,653

|percentage = 1.2

|change =

|party votes = 1,289

|party percent = 0.9

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Safet Babic

|votes = 1,287

|percentage = 0.9

|change = {{steady}} 0.0

|party votes = 1,043

|party percent = 0.8

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box local party candidate|

|color = {{party color|Die PARTEI}}

|party = PARTEI

|candidate = Christian Nicolay

|votes = 952

|percentage = 0.7

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 290

|party percent = 0.2

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = Party of Reason

|color = #005488

|party votes = 268

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = PRO

|party votes = 173

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = The Republicans (Germany)

|party votes = 136

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 76

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 3,321

|party votes = 2,610

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 137,813

|party votes = 138,524

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 141,134

|percentage = 72.8

|change = {{increase}} 0.6

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|votes = 24,402

|percent = 17.7

|change = {{decrease}} 2.1

}}

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2009): Trier[https://web.archive.org/web/20110112080147/http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/de/bundestagswahlen/BTW_BUND_09/ergebnisse/wahlkreisergebnisse/l07/wk204/ Results for Trier]

}}

{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Bernhard Kaster

|votes = 61,594

|percentage = 45.7

|change = {{increase}} 2.6

|party votes = 50,210

|party percent = 36.9

|party change = {{increase}} 0.8

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Manfred Nink

|votes = 34,948

|percentage = 25.9

|change = {{decrease}} 14.7

|party votes = 30,348

|party percent = 22.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 13.9

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Sascha Gottschalk

|votes = 14,109

|percentage = 10.5

|change = {{increase}} 4.9

|party votes = 16,456

|party percent = 12.1

|party change = {{increase}} 3.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Katrin Werner

|votes = 11,583

|percentage = 8.6

|change = {{increase}} 4.2

|party votes = 13,070

|party percent = 9.6

|party change = {{increase}} 3.8

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Per Knöß

|votes = 11,237

|percentage = 8.3

|change = {{increase}} 3.9

|party votes = 20,354

|party percent = 15.0

|party change = {{increase}} 4.5

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 2,483

|party percent = 1.8

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = FAMILIE

|color = orange

|party votes = 1,111

|party percent = 0.8

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Safet Babic

|votes = 1,315

|percentage = 1.0

|change = {{decrease}} 0.1

|party votes = 1,092

|party percent = 0.8

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = The Republicans (Germany)

|party votes = 347

|party percent = 0.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 284

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = PBC

|party votes = 154

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = German People's Union

|party votes = 74

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 27

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 3,552

|party votes = 2,328

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 134,786

|party votes = 136,010

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 138,338

|percentage = 72.2

|change = {{decrease}} 5.4

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|votes = 26,646

|percent = 19.8

|change = {{increase}} 17.3

}}

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