181 Frankfurt am Main I
Electoral district for theBundestag
Frankfurt am Main I in 2025
State	Hesse
Population	380,100 (2019)
Electorate	201,216 (2021)
Major settlements	Frankfurt am Main (partial)
Area	85.1 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Member	Vacant
Elected	2025

Frankfurt am Main I is an electoral constituency (German:Wahlkreis) represented in theBundestag. It elects one member viafirst-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 181. It is located in southernHesse, comprising the western part of the city ofFrankfurt am Main.^[1]

Frankfurt am Main I was created for the inaugural1949 federal election. From 2021 to 2025, it has been represented byArmand Zorn of theSocial Democratic Party (SPD).^[2]

Frankfurt am Main I is located in southernHesse. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises theOrtsbezirke ofInnenstadt I,Innenstadt II,West (excludingSchwanheimOrtsteil),Mitte-West,Nord-West, andMitte-Nord from the independent city of Frankfurt am Main.^[1]

Frankfurt am Main I was created in 1949, then known asFrankfurt/M I. From 1965 through 1972, it was namedFrankfurt I. In the 1976 election, it was namedFrankfurt (Main) I – Main-Taunus. From 1980 through 1998, it was namedFrankfurt am Main I – Main-Taunus. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the 1949 election, it was Hesse constituency 15 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1976, it was number 140. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 138. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 183. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 182. From the 2025 election, it has been number 181.

Originally, the constituency comprised theStadtbezirke of Oberrad, Sachsenhausen, Niederrad, Goldstein, Schwanheim, Griesheim, Nied, Höchst, Sindlingen, Zeilsheim, Unterliederbach, and Sossenheim from the city of Frankfurt am Main. In the 1976 through 1998 elections, it comprised theStadtbezirke of Rödelheim, Hausen, Praunheim, Schwanheim, Goldstein-West, Griesheim, Nied, Höchst, Sindlingen, Zeilsheim, Unterliederbach, and Sossenheim from the city of Frankfurt am Main, as well as the municipalities ofBad Soden,Eschborn,Hattersheim,Kriftel,Liederbach,Schwalbach am Taunus, andSulzbach (Taunus) from theMain-Taunus-Kreis district. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

The constituency was first represented byHermann Brill of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1949 to 1953, followed byPeter Horn of theChristian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1953 to 1961.Georg Leber regained it for the SPD in 1965 and served until 1976, when he was succeeded byKarsten Voigt.Heinz Riesenhuber of the CDU won the constituency in 1983 and was representative until 2002.Gudrun Schaich-Walch was elected for the SPD in 2002 and served a single term, followed by fellow SPD memberGregor Amann in 2005.Matthias Zimmer was elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2013 and 2017. Armand Zorn won the constituency for the SPD in 2021.

Federal election (2025): Frankfurt am Main I[3]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. AY orN denotes status of anyincumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Yannick Schwander[a]		41,232	26.0	4.3	37,384	23.5	5.5
	Greens	Deborah Düring		25,758	16.2	2.5	28,697	18.0	5.5
	SPD	NArmand Zorn		40,832	25.7	3.3	27,190	17.1	5.5
	Left	Janine Wissler		20,329	12.8	4.1	24,476	15.4	8.2
	AfD	Jörn Bauer		17,067	10.8	5.2	17,092	10.7	5.3
	FDP	Frank Maiwald		7,418	4.7	6.7	10,541	6.6	8.2
	BSW						8,274	5.2	New
	Volt	Mariana Haramus		2,517	1.6	0.3	1,892	1.2	0.0
	Tierschutzpartei						1,370	0.9	0.3
	FW	Marcel Stilger		1,465	0.9	0.5	856	0.5	0.3
	PARTEI	Macimilian Klöckner		1,693	1.1	New	801	0.5	0.5
	BD						190	0.1	New
	Humanists						156	0.1	0.0
	MLPD	Nuran Çakmaklı-Kraft		323	0.2	0.1	103	0.1	0.0
Informal votes				1,547			1,159
Total valid votes				158,634			159,022
Turnout				160,181	78.7	6.7
	CDUgain fromSPD		Majority	400	0.3	N/A

Federal election (2021): Frankfurt am Main I[4]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. AY orN denotes status of anyincumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	SPD	Armand Zorn		41,604	29.0	1.9	32,499	22.6	1.8
	CDU	Axel Kaufmann		31,163	21.7	8.8	25,915	18.0	8.0
	Greens	Deborah Düring		26,922	18.8	7.9	33,821	23.5	9.9
	FDP	Frank Maiwald		16,369	11.4	2.2	21,361	14.9	0.9
	Left	Janine Wissler		12,562	8.8	1.0	10,384	7.2	4.8
	AfD	Patrick Schenk		7,909	5.5	3.5	7,846	5.5	3.9
	Team Todenhöfer						2,496	1.7
	Volt	Maximilian Zänker		2,685	1.9		1,734	1.2
	Tierschutzpartei						1,716	1.2	0.2
	FW	Eric Pärisch		2,094	1.5	0.5	1,184	0.8	0.3
	dieBasis	Martin Heipertz		2,052	1.4		1,597	1.1
	PARTEI						1,389	1.0	0.3
	Pirates						645	0.4	0.0
	Humanists						210	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						179	0.1
	V-Partei3						168	0.1	0.1
	Bündnis C						133	0.1
	NPD						125	0.1	0.1
	ÖDP						118	0.1	0.1
	DKP						97	0.1	0.0
	MLPD	Karsten Wappelt		143	0.1	0.0	72	0.1	0.0
	LKR						39	0.0
	Bündnis 21						35	0.0
Informal votes				1,507			1,247
Total valid votes				143,503			143,763
Turnout				145,010	72.1	0.4
	SPDgain fromCDU		Majority	10,441	7.3

Federal election (2017): Frankfurt am Main I[5]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. AY orN denotes status of anyincumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	YMatthias Zimmer		43,663	30.5	9.6	37,221	26.0	7.5
	SPD	Oliver Strank		38,704	27.1	6.0	29,743	20.8	6.1
	Greens	Jessica Purkhardt		15,596	10.9	1.0	19,475	13.6	0.3
	Left	Achim Kessler		13,934	9.7	1.9	17,179	12.0	3.1
	FDP	Nicola Beer		13,185	9.2	6.1	19,989	14.0	6.9
	AfD	Horst Reschke		12,892	9.0		13,342	9.3	4.0
	PARTEI	Nico Wehnemann		2,493	1.7	1.0	1,755	1.2	0.6
	Tierschutzpartei						1,399	1.0
	FW	Michael Weingärtner		1,307	0.9	0.3	725	0.5	0.2
	Pirates	Pawel Borodan		969	0.7	1.7	692	0.5	1.9
	BGE						331	0.2
	DM						325	0.2
	NPD						315	0.2	0.5
	ÖDP						266	0.2
	V-Partei³						252	0.2
	MLPD	Corinna Koske-Jones		209	0.1		134	0.1	0.1
	SGP	Marianne Arens		97	0.1
	DKP						53	0.0
	BüSo						31	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,792			1,614
Total valid votes				143,049			143,227
Turnout				144,841	72.5	4.1
	CDUhold		Majority	4,959	3.4	3.8

Federal election (2013): Frankfurt am Main I[6]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. AY orN denotes status of anyincumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	YMatthias Zimmer		52,427	40.2	4.9	43,883	33.5	5.9
	SPD	Gregor Amann		43,124	33.0	3.0	35,106	26.8	4.5
	Greens	Angela Anne Hanisch		12,875	9.9	2.2	17,398	13.3	2.5
	Left	Margarete Wiemer		10,280	7.9	1.4	11,684	8.9	2.2
	FDP	Hans-Joachim Otto		4,125	3.2	6.7	9,209	7.0	10.4
	AfD						6,983	5.3
	Pirates	Thorsten Wirth		3,066	2.3		3,117	2.4	0.2
	FW	Rainer Drephal		1,586	1.2		904	0.7
	NPD	Martin Patrick Baumgart		1,148	0.9	0.1	949	0.7	0.2
	PARTEI	Nico Wehnemann		939	0.7		869	0.7
	REP	Frank-Michael Homa		772	0.6	0.1	450	0.3	0.3
	PRO						133	0.1
	BüSo	Ilja Bertold Karpowski		177	0.1	0.1	85	0.1	0.1
	SGP						62	0.0
	MLPD						56	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				3,056			2,687
Total valid votes				130,519			130,888
Turnout				133,575	68.3	1.4
	CDUhold		Majority	9,303	7.2	2.1

Federal election (2009): Frankfurt am Main I[7]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. AY orN denotes status of anyincumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Matthias Zimmer		45,866	35.2	2.1	36,031	27.6	1.9
	SPD	N Gregor Amann		39,147	30.1	9.7	29,107	22.3	8.7
	Greens	Martina Feldmayer		15,701	12.1	2.5	20,645	15.8	0.3
	FDP	Hans-Joachim Otto		12,876	9.9	4.2	22,761	17.5	4.6
	Left	Margarete Wiemer		12,031	9.2	3.4	14,551	11.2	4.1
	Pirates						3,355	2.6
	Tierschutzpartei	Julia Reichel		1,879	1.4		1,415	1.1	0.1
	NPD	Günter Ulrich		1,327	1.0	0.8	1,266	1.0	0.3
	REP	Matthias Ottmar		862	0.7		824	0.6	0.2
	BüSo	Rainer Apel		353	0.3		210	0.2	0.1
	MLPD	Veit-Harald Müller		170	0.1		92	0.1	0.0
	DVU						81	0.1
Informal votes				2,217			2,091
Total valid votes				130,212			130,338
Turnout				132,429	69.7	4.5
	CDUgain fromSPD		Majority	6,719	5.1

Federal election (2005):Frankfurt am Main I[8]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. AY orN denotes status of anyincumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	SPD	Gregor Amann		52,850	39.8	4.5	41,413	31.1	3.8
	CDU	Markus Frank		49,510	37.3	1.4	39,377	29.5	4.0
	Greens	Ulrike Gauderer		12,650	9.5	0.5	20,739	15.6	2.0
	Left	Hans-Joachim Viehl		7,783	5.9	4.0	9,357	7.0	4.5
	FDP	Hans-Joachim Otto		7,783	5.9	4.0	9,357	7.0	4.5
	NPD	Werner Bargon		2,408	1.8	1.2	1,636	1.2	0.8
	Tierschutzpartei						1,328	1.0	0.3
	REP						1,044	0.8	0.1
	GRAUEN						938	0.7	0.5
	BüSo						121	0.1	0.0
	MLPD						108	0.1	0.0
	SGP						95	0.1
Informal votes				3,059			2,502
Total valid votes				132,804			133,361
Turnout				135,863	74.2	1.6
	SPDhold		Majority	3,340	2.5

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