Pirmasens is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the Bundestag. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 209. It is located in southern Rhineland-Palatinate, comprising the cities of Pirmasens and Zweibrücken, the Südwestpfalz district, and the southwestern part of the Landkreis Kaiserslautern district.
Pirmasens was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2025, it has been represented by Florian Bilic of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU).
Geography Pirmasens is located in southern Rhineland-Palatinate. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent cities of Pirmasens and Zweibrücken, the district of Südwestpfalz, and the Verbandsgemeinden of Bruchmühlbach-Miesau, Landstuhl, and Ramstein-Miesenbach from the Landkreis Kaiserslautern district.
History Pirmasens was created in 1949, then known as Zweibrücken. It acquired its current name in the 1965 election. In the 1949 election, it was Rhineland-Palatinate constituency 14 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 161. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was number 162. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 160. In the 2002 election, it was number 213. In the 2005 election, it was number 212. In the 2009 and 2013 elections, it was number 211. In the 2017 and 2021 elections, it was number 210. From the 2025 election, it has been number 209.
Originally, the constituency comprised the cities of Pirmasens and Zweibrücken and the districts of Landkreis Pirmasens, Landkreis Zweibrücken, and Bergzabern. In the 1965 and 1969 elections, it comprised the cities of Pirmasens and Zweibrücken and the districts of Landkreis Pirmasens and Landkreis Zweibrücken. In the 1972 through 1998 elections, it comprised the cities of Pirmasens and Zweibrücken and the Landkreis Pirmasens district. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.
Election Name Borders 1949 Zweibrücken Pirmasens city Zweibrücken city Landkreis Pirmasens district Landkreis Zweibrücken district Bergzabern district 1953 161 1957 1961 1965 162 Pirmasens Pirmasens city Zweibrücken city Landkreis Pirmasens district Landkreis Zweibrücken district 1969 1972 Pirmasens city Zweibrücken city Landkreis Pirmasens district 1976 1980 160 1983 1987 1990 1994 1998 2002 213 Pirmasens city Zweibrücken city Südwestpfalz district Landkreis Kaiserslautern district (only Bruchmühlbach-Miesau, Landstuhl, and Ramstein-Miesenbach Verbandsgemeinden) 2005 212 2009 211 2013 2017 210 2021 2025 209
Members 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 Josef Becker from 1949 to 1972. Werner Marx served from 1972 to 1987, followed by Klaus-Dieter Uelhoff until 1998. Lydia Westrich of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was elected in 1998 and served a single term. Anita Schäfer was elected in 2002, and re-elected in 2005, 2009, 2013, and 2017. Angelika Glöckner won the constituency for the SPD in 2021, but was succeeded by Florian Bilic of the CDU in 2025.
Election Member Party % 1949 Josef Becker CDU 46.6 1953 49.0 1957 52.1 1961 46.4 1965 48.6 1969 47.1 1972 Werner Marx CDU 47.2 1976 51.6 1980 49.8 1983 53.8 1987 Klaus-Dieter Uelhoff CDU 49.2 1990 46.3 1994 44.9 1998 Lydia Westrich SPD 45.7 2002 Anita Schäfer CDU 45.1 2005 42.4 2009 39.4 2013 45.9 2017 36.8 2021 Angelika Glöckner SPD 30.4 2025 Florian Bilic CDU 33.3
Election results
2025 election
2021 election
2017 election
2013 election
2009 election
2005 election
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