Wetterau I

Wetterau I is located in central Hesse. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Wetteraukreis district excluding the municipalities of Altenstadt, Büdingen, Gedern, Glauburg, Hirzenhain, Kefenrod, Limeshain, and Ortenberg.

Wetterau I was created in 1949, then known as Friedberg. In the 1976 through 2009 elections, it was named Wetterau. It acquired its current name in the 2013 election. In the 1949 election, it was Hesse constituency 11 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1976, it was number 136. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 134. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 178. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 177. From the 2025 election, it has been number 176.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Büdingen and Friedberg. From 1976 through 1998, it was coterminous with the Wetteraukreis district. In the 2002 through 2009 elections, it comprised the Wetteraukreis district and the municipalities of Bad Soden-Salmünster, Brachttal, and Wächtersbach from the Main-Kinzig-Kreis district. It acquired its current borders in the 2013 election.

The constituency was first represented by Wilhelm Knothe of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1949 until his death in 1952. Fellow party member Kurt Moosdorf won the subsequent by-election, but Willi Richter replaced him as SPD candidate and representative in the 1953 federal election. Richter was succeeded by Lucie Beyer in 1957. Georg Schlaga then served from 1969 to 1983. Christian Schwarz-Schilling of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was elected in 1983 and was representative until 1998. Nina Hauer won the constituency for the SPD in 1998 and served three terms. Lucia Puttrich of the CDU was then representative from 2009 to 2013. Oswin Veith was elected in 2013 and re-elected in 2017. He resigned in March 2020 to become chairman of Oberhessische Versorgungsbetriebe (OVAG). Natalie Pawlik was elected for the SPD in 2021.

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|title=Federal election (2025): Wetterau I[https://bundeswahlleiterin.de/en/bundestagswahlen/2025/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-6/wahlkreis-176.html. Results for Wetterau I]

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{{MMP election box candidate win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Thomas Pauls

|votes = 49,929

|percentage = 33.7

|change = {{increase}} 5.3

|party votes = 45,704

|party percent = 30.7

|party change = {{increase}} 7.1

}}

{{MMP election box incumbent list|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Natalie Pawlik

|votes = 38,192

|percentage = 25.7

|change = {{decrease}} 3.9

|party votes = 26,144

|party percent = 17.6

|party change = {{decrease}} 8.6

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Klaus Hermann

|votes = 25,930

|percentage = 17.5

|change = {{increase}} 9.2

|party votes = 25,828

|party percent = 17.4

|party change = {{increase}} 8.9

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Joshua Edel

|votes = 14,407

|percentage = 9.7

|change = {{decrease}} 4.2

|party votes = 19,686

|party percent = 13.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 2.7

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Lukas Freiberger

|votes = 7,726

|percentage = 5.2

|change = {{increase}} 2.4

|party votes = 10,598

|party percent = 7.1

|party change = {{increase}} 3.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Peter Heidt

|votes = 5,766

|percentage = 3.9

|change = {{decrease}} 7.1

|party votes = 7,963

|party percent = 5.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 8.5

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance

|party votes = 5,714

|party percent = 3.8

|party change = New

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Cenk Gönül

|votes = 3,830

|percentage = 2.6

|change = {{decrease}} 0.5

|party votes = 2,377

|party percent = 1.6

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.4

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection Party

|party votes = 1,990

|party percent = 1.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Volt Germany

|candidate = Markus Maienschein

|votes = 2,575

|percentage = 1.7

|change = New

|party votes = 1,425

|party percent = 1.0

|party change = {{increase}} 0.6

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die PARTEI

|party votes = 824

|party percent = 0.6

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Bündnis Deutschland

|party votes = 221

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = New

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Party of Humanists

|party votes = 130

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 29

|party percent = <0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,442

|party votes = 1,164

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 148,355

|party votes = 148,633

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 149,797

|percentage = 84.7

|change = {{increase}} 6.1

}}

{{MMP election box majority gain|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|loser = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|votes = 11,737

|percent = 8.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2021): Wetterau I[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2021/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-6/wahlkreis-177.html Results for Wetterau I]

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{{MMP election box candidate win|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Natalie Pawlik

|votes = 40,618

|percentage = 29.7

|change = {{increase}} 0.6

|party votes = 35,909

|party percent = 26.2

|party change = {{increase}} 3.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Armin Häuser

|votes = 38,807

|percentage = 28.3

|change = {{decrease}} 8.1

|party votes = 32,419

|party percent = 23.6

|party change = {{decrease}} 8.4

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Michaela Colletti

|votes = 18,996

|percentage = 13.9

|change = {{increase}} 5.6

|party votes = 21,917

|party percent = 16.0

|party change = {{increase}} 6.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Peter Heidt

|votes = 15,000

|percentage = 11.0

|change = {{increase}} 2.9

|party votes = 19,043

|party percent = 13.9

|party change = {{increase}} 1.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Andreas Lichert

|votes = 11,318

|percentage = 8.3

|change = {{decrease}} 2.7

|party votes = 11,680

|party percent = 8.5

|party change = {{decrease}} 3.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Cenk Gönül

|votes = 4,238

|percentage = 3.1

|change = {{increase}} 1.3

|party votes = 2,812

|party percent = 2.0

|party change = {{increase}} 1.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Julian Eder

|votes = 3,904

|percentage = 2.9

|change = {{decrease}} 2.1

|party votes = 4,905

|party percent = 3.6

|party change = {{decrease}} 3.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 2,255

|party percent = 1.6

|party change = {{increase}} 0.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Eva Rosen

|votes = 2,411

|percentage = 1.8

|change =

|party votes = 1,915

|party percent = 1.4

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die PARTEI

|party votes = 1,153

|party percent = 0.8

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|candidate = Stephan Flindt

|votes = 1,633

|percentage = 1.2

|change =

|party votes = 771

|party percent = 0.6

|party change = {{increase}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Team Todenhöfer

|party votes = 637

|party percent = 0.5

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Volt Germany

|party votes = 559

|party percent = 0.4

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|party votes = 352

|party percent = 0.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Partei für Gesundheitsforschung

|party votes = 230

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = V-Partei3

|party votes = 162

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 145

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Party of Humanists

|party votes = 139

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Alliance C – Christians for Germany

|party votes = 114

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = Bündnis 21

|color = #E71F71

|party votes = 50

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Liberal Conservative Reformers

|party votes = 39

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = German Communist Party

|party votes = 29

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 22

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 2,010

|party votes = 1,678

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 136,925

|party votes = 137,257

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 138,935

|percentage = 78.5

|change = {{decrease}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box majority gain|

|winner = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|loser = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|votes = 1,811

|percent = 1.4

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2017): Wetterau I[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2017/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-6/wahlkreis-177.html Results for Wetterau I]

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Oswin Veith

|votes = 49,891

|percentage = 36.4

|change = {{decrease}} 10.6

|party votes = 43,951

|party percent = 32.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 8.9

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Natalie Pawlik

|votes = 39,773

|percentage = 29.0

|change = {{decrease}} 2.9

|party votes = 31,152

|party percent = 22.7

|party change = {{decrease}} 4.7

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Klaus Herrmann

|votes = 14,987

|percentage = 10.9

|change =

|party votes = 15,895

|party percent = 11.6

|party change = {{increase}} 5.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Kathrin Anders

|votes = 11,368

|percentage = 8.3

|change = {{increase}} 0.9

|party votes = 13,002

|party percent = 9.5

|party change = {{increase}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Peter Heidt{{efn|Heidt entered the Bundestag on the FDP list after the resignation of Nicola Beer in July 2019.}}

|votes = 11,047

|percentage = 8.1

|change = {{increase}} 5.3

|party votes = 17,462

|party percent = 12.7

|party change = {{increase}} 6.8

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Julian Simon Eder

|votes = 6,719

|percentage = 4.9

|change = {{increase}} 0.1

|party votes = 9,249

|party percent = 6.7

|party change = {{increase}} 1.6

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 1,632

|party percent = 1.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Thorsten Schwellnus

|votes = 2,417

|percentage = 1.8

|change = {{decrease}} 0.1

|party votes = 1,299

|party percent = 0.9

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die PARTEI

|party votes = 1,199

|party percent = 0.9

|party change = {{increase}} 0.4

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Stefan Jagsch

|votes = 719

|percentage = 0.5

|change = {{decrease}} 1.3

|party votes = 811

|party percent = 0.6

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.9

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 544

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.6

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = DM

|party votes = 249

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = V-Partei³

|color = #99CC33

|party votes = 239

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Basic Income Alliance

|party votes = 233

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 229

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = BüSo

|party votes = 27

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 24

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = German Communist Party

|party votes = 23

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,932

|party votes = 1,633

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 136,921

|party votes = 137,220

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 138,853

|percentage = 78.7

|change = {{increase}} 3.6

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|votes = 10,118

|percent = 7.4

|change = {{decrease}} 7.8

}}

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2013): Wetterau I[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2013/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-6/wahlkreis-177.html Results for Wetterau I]

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{{MMP election box candidate win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Oswin Veith

|votes = 60,118

|percentage = 47.1

|change = {{increase}} 5.7

|party votes = 52,419

|party percent = 40.9

|party change = {{increase}} 7.4

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Stefan Lux

|votes = 40,805

|percentage = 31.9

|change = {{decrease}} 1.0

|party votes = 34,937

|party percent = 27.3

|party change = {{increase}} 2.7

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Antje Gesinn

|votes = 9,497

|percentage = 7.4

|change = {{increase}} 0.1

|party votes = 11,991

|party percent = 9.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 2.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|party votes = 7,608

|party percent = 5.9

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Gabriele Faulhaber

|votes = 6,174

|percentage = 4.8

|change = {{decrease}} 1.0

|party votes = 6,615

|party percent = 5.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 2.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Natascha Colette Baumann

|votes = 3,527

|percentage = 2.8

|change = {{decrease}} 6.4

|party votes = 7,586

|party percent = 5.9

|party change = {{decrease}} 12.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|candidate = Marc Stephan Weitz

|votes = 2,863

|percentage = 2.2

|change =

|party votes = 2,535

|party percent = 2.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Rebecca Scholz

|votes = 2,422

|percentage = 1.9

|change =

|party votes = 1,440

|party percent = 1.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Stefan Jagsch

|votes = 2,364

|percentage = 1.9

|change = {{steady}} 0.0

|party votes = 1,860

|party percent = 1.5

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die PARTEI

|party votes = 604

|party percent = 0.5

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = The Republicans (Germany)

|party votes = 194

|party percent = 0.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = PRO

|party votes = 170

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = BüSo

|party votes = 110

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Socialist Equality Party (Germany)

|party votes = 57

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 23

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 3,710

|party votes = 3,331

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 127,770

|party votes = 128,149

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 131,480

|percentage = 75.1

|change = {{decrease}} 0.6

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|votes = 19,313

|percent = 15.2

|change = {{increase}} 7.3

}}

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2009): Wetterau[https://web.archive.org/web/20110617081027/http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/de/bundestagswahlen/BTW_BUND_09/ergebnisse/wahlkreisergebnisse/l06/wk177/ Results for Wetterau]

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{{MMP election box candidate win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Lucia Puttrich

|votes = 73,702

|percentage = 41.0

|change = {{decrease}} 0.9

|party votes = 60,038

|party percent = 33.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.2

}}

{{MMP election box incumbent lose|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Nina Hauer

|votes = 59,420

|percentage = 33.1

|change = {{decrease}} 10.2

|party votes = 45,085

|party percent = 25.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 9.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Achim Güssgen

|votes = 16,284

|percentage = 9.1

|change = {{increase}} 4.9

|party votes = 31,612

|party percent = 17.6

|party change = {{increase}} 5.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Christian Kolb

|votes = 12,425

|percentage = 6.9

|change = {{increase}} 3.0

|party votes = 19,242

|party percent = 10.7

|party change = {{increase}} 1.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Gabriele Faulhaber

|votes = 11,116

|percentage = 6.2

|change = {{increase}} 2.2

|party votes = 13,681

|party percent = 7.6

|party change = {{increase}} 2.6

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 3,623

|party percent = 2.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Daniel Lachmann

|votes = 3,792

|percentage = 2.1

|change = {{decrease}} 0.1

|party votes = 3,426

|party percent = 1.9

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|candidate = Christa Rust

|votes = 2,631

|percentage = 1.5

|change =

|party votes = 2,069

|party percent = 1.2

|party change = {{increase}} 0.3

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = The Republicans (Germany)

|party votes = 677

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3

}}

{{MMP election box independent|

|candidate = Manuel Hachenburger

|votes = 328

|percentage = 0.2

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = BüSo

|party votes = 182

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = German People's Union

|party votes = 138

|party percent = 0.1

|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 = 4,122

|party votes = 4,002

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 179,698

|party votes = 179,818

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 183,820

|percentage = 74.5

|change = {{decrease}} 4.2

}}

{{MMP election box majority gain|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|loser = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|votes = 14,282

|percent = 7.9

|change =

}}

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{{Electoral districts of Hesse}}

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