Eleven candidates fight for the Bundestag in the Pirmasens constituency!

Eleven candidates fight for the Bundestag in the Pirmasens constituency!

On February 23, important Bundestag elections are scheduled in the Pirmasens constituency. Eleven direct candidates submitted their application documents to apply for a place in the Bundestag. The application deadline ended on Monday evening, and the election committee will decide on the approval of the applicants on Friday morning. Already known faces such as Angelika Glöckner from the SPD and Florian Bilic from the CDU will compete again. This information comes from Rheinpfalz .

The list of candidates also includes Dominik Fey (Greens) from Ramstein, Iris Nieland (AfD) from Altleiningen, Anne Oberle (FDP) from Zweibrücken, Daniel Melzel (left) from Pirmasens and Peter Kalmes (Alliance Sahra Wagenknecht) from Clausen. In addition, Jens Specht (Free Voters) from Trippstadt, Barbara Schwarz (Animal Welfare Party) from Dahn, Dieter Eger (the party) from Zweibrücken and Heinz Berta (Alliance Germany) from several. Nine of the eleven candidates have their place of residence in constituency 209, while Iris Nieland live in the district of Bad Dürkheim and Heinz Berta 30 kilometers from Bonn in the north of Rhineland-Palatinate.

constituency Pirmasens in detail

The constituency of Pirmasens covers several important areas, including the district of Southwest Palatinate as well as the cities of Pirmasens and Zweibrücken. The south of the Kaiserslautern district, including the Bruchmühlbach-Miesau, Landstuhl and Ramstein-Miesenbach municipalities, is also part of it. In the past, the turnout in the Pirmasens constituency was high, with 75.9 % in 2021 and 76 % in 2017.

In the Bundestag election 2021, Angelika Glöckner was able to win a direct mandate for the Pirmasens constituency, and received 39,622 votes (30.4 %). Florian Bilić from the CDU followed closely behind with 39,181 votes (30.1 %). The AfD received 16,462 votes (12.6 %), while the FDP took the other places with 9,874 votes (7.6 %) and the Greens with 7,866 votes (6 %). These details are according to Welt documented.

results of the past elections

The past choice showed an exciting head-to-head race, which also reflects the voter numbers of the second votes. The SPD received a total of 38,171 second votes (29.3 %) in Pirmasens, while the CDU recorded 33,453 votes (25.6 %). The AfD came to 17,129 votes (13.1 %), followed by the FDP with 14,353 votes (11 %), and the Greens with 9,852 votes (7.6 %).

The numbers show a dynamic political landscape in the constituency of Pirmasens, which is shaped by the latest developments and the large number of candidates. For detailed information on the elections of the past elections, readers can be found on Access SPIEGEL