# Gießen (electoral district)

Gießen 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 172. It is located in central Hesse, comprising the Gießen district and the northwestern part of the Vogelsbergkreis district.
Gießen was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. From 2021 to 2025, it has been represented by Felix Döring of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Since 2025 it is been represented by Frederik Bouffier of the CDU.

## Geography

Gießen is located in central Hesse. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Gießen district excluding the municipalities of Biebertal and Wettenberg, as well as the municipalities of Alsfeld, Antrifttal, Feldatal, Gemünden (Felda), Homberg (Ohm), Kirtorf, Mücke, and Romrod from the Vogelsbergkreis district.

## History

Gießen was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Hesse constituency 8 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1976 elections, it was number 133. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 131. In 2002 and 2005, it was number 175. In the 2009 election, it was number 174. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 173. From the 2025 election, it has been number 172.
Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Gießen and the districts of Landkreis Gießen and Alsfeld. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it comprised the entirety of Gießen district as well as the municipalities of Alsfeld, Antrifttal, Feldatal, Gemünden (Felda), Grebenau, Homberg (Ohm), Kirtorf, Mücke, Romrod, Schwalmtal from the Vogelbergskreis district. In the 2002 election, it acquired borders very similar to its current configuration, but including the municipalities of Grebenau, Schotten, and Schwalmtal from Vogelsbergkreis district. It acquired its current borders in the 2013 election.
| Election | No. | Name | Borders |
| 1949 | 8 | Gießen | Gießen city Landkreis Gießen district Alsfeld district |
| 1953 | 133 | Gießen | Gießen city Landkreis Gießen district Alsfeld district |
| 1957 | 133 | Gießen | Gießen city Landkreis Gießen district Alsfeld district |
| 1961 | 133 | Gießen | Gießen city Landkreis Gießen district Alsfeld district |
| 1965 | 133 | Gießen | Gießen city Landkreis Gießen district Alsfeld district |
| 1969 | 133 | Gießen | Gießen city Landkreis Gießen district Alsfeld district |
| 1972 | 133 | Gießen | Gießen city Landkreis Gießen district Alsfeld district |
| 1976 | 133 | Gießen | Gießen city Landkreis Gießen district Alsfeld district |
| 1980 | 130 | Gießen | Gießen district Vogelsbergkreis district (only Alsfeld, Antrifttal, Feldatal, Gemünden (Felda), Grebenau, Homberg (Ohm), Kirtorf, Mücke, Romrod, and Schwalmtal municipality) |
| 1983 | 130 | Gießen | Gießen district Vogelsbergkreis district (only Alsfeld, Antrifttal, Feldatal, Gemünden (Felda), Grebenau, Homberg (Ohm), Kirtorf, Mücke, Romrod, and Schwalmtal municipality) |
| 1987 | 130 | Gießen | Gießen district Vogelsbergkreis district (only Alsfeld, Antrifttal, Feldatal, Gemünden (Felda), Grebenau, Homberg (Ohm), Kirtorf, Mücke, Romrod, and Schwalmtal municipality) |
| 1990 | 130 | Gießen | Gießen district Vogelsbergkreis district (only Alsfeld, Antrifttal, Feldatal, Gemünden (Felda), Grebenau, Homberg (Ohm), Kirtorf, Mücke, Romrod, and Schwalmtal municipality) |
| 1994 | 130 | Gießen | Gießen district Vogelsbergkreis district (only Alsfeld, Antrifttal, Feldatal, Gemünden (Felda), Grebenau, Homberg (Ohm), Kirtorf, Mücke, Romrod, and Schwalmtal municipality) |
| 1998 | 130 | Gießen | Gießen district Vogelsbergkreis district (only Alsfeld, Antrifttal, Feldatal, Gemünden (Felda), Grebenau, Homberg (Ohm), Kirtorf, Mücke, Romrod, and Schwalmtal municipality) |
| 2002 | 175 | Gießen | Gießen district (excluding Biebertal and Wettenberg municipalities) Vogelsbergkreis district (only Alsfeld, Antrifttal, Feldatal, Gemünden (Felda), Grebenau, Homberg (Ohm), Kirtorf, Mücke, Romrod, Schotten, and Schwalmtal municipalities) |
| 2005 | 175 | Gießen | Gießen district (excluding Biebertal and Wettenberg municipalities) Vogelsbergkreis district (only Alsfeld, Antrifttal, Feldatal, Gemünden (Felda), Grebenau, Homberg (Ohm), Kirtorf, Mücke, Romrod, Schotten, and Schwalmtal municipalities) |
| 2009 | 174 | Gießen | Gießen district (excluding Biebertal and Wettenberg municipalities) Vogelsbergkreis district (only Alsfeld, Antrifttal, Feldatal, Gemünden (Felda), Grebenau, Homberg (Ohm), Kirtorf, Mücke, Romrod, Schotten, and Schwalmtal municipalities) |
| 2013 | 173 | Gießen | Gießen district (excluding Biebertal and Wettenberg municipalities) Vogelsbergkreis district (only Alsfeld, Antrifttal, Feldatal, Gemünden (Felda), Homberg (Ohm), Kirtorf, Mücke, and Romrod municipalities) |
| 2017 | 173 | Gießen | Gießen district (excluding Biebertal and Wettenberg municipalities) Vogelsbergkreis district (only Alsfeld, Antrifttal, Feldatal, Gemünden (Felda), Homberg (Ohm), Kirtorf, Mücke, and Romrod municipalities) |
| 2021 | 173 | Gießen | Gießen district (excluding Biebertal and Wettenberg municipalities) Vogelsbergkreis district (only Alsfeld, Antrifttal, Feldatal, Gemünden (Felda), Homberg (Ohm), Kirtorf, Mücke, and Romrod municipalities) |
| 2025 | 172 | Gießen | Gießen district (excluding Biebertal and Wettenberg municipalities) Vogelsbergkreis district (only Alsfeld, Antrifttal, Feldatal, Gemünden (Felda), Homberg (Ohm), Kirtorf, Mücke, and Romrod municipalities) |

## Members

The constituency was first represented by Ludwig Schneider of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) from 1949 to 1957. Hans Merten [de] of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was elected in 1957 and served until 1969. He was succeeded by fellow SPD member Erwin Horn. Adolf Roth [de] of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was elected in 1983, but former member Horn regained the constituency in 1987 and served a further three terms. He was succeeded by fellow SPD member Rüdiger Veit in 1998, who served until 2009. Helge Braun of the CDU was elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2013 and 2017. Felix Döring regained the constituency for the SPD in 2021.
| Election | Member | Party | % |
| 1949 | Ludwig Schneider [de] | FDP | 39.5 |
| 1953 | Ludwig Schneider [de] | FDP | 34.1 |
| 1957 | Hans Merten [de] | SPD | 38.3 |
| 1961 | Hans Merten [de] | SPD | 42.4 |
| 1965 | Hans Merten [de] | SPD | 47.3 |
| 1969 | Erwin Horn [de] | SPD | 49.8 |
| 1972 | Erwin Horn [de] | SPD | 53.3 |
| 1976 | Erwin Horn [de] | SPD | 47.4 |
| 1980 | Erwin Horn [de] | SPD | 50.3 |
| 1983 | Adolf Roth [de] | CDU | 47.5 |
| 1987 | Erwin Horn [de] | SPD | 43.3 |
| 1990 | Erwin Horn [de] | SPD | 41.6 |
| 1994 | Erwin Horn [de] | SPD | 42.3 |
| 1998 | Rüdiger Veit | SPD | 46.4 |
| 2002 | Rüdiger Veit | SPD | 45.3 |
| 2005 | Rüdiger Veit | SPD | 43.3 |
| 2009 | Helge Braun | CDU | 36.7 |
| 2013 | Helge Braun | CDU | 44.4 |
| 2017 | Helge Braun | CDU | 35.1 |
| 2021 | Felix Döring | SPD | 30.4 |
| 2025 | Frederik Bouffier | CDU | 30.4 |

## Election results
### 2025 election

Federal election (2025): Gießen :
| Notes: | 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. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Frederik Bouffier | Frederik Bouffier | 53,851 | 30.4 | 0.8 | 47,077 | 26.6 | 3.9 |
| | AfD | Robin Jünger | Robin Jünger | 33,549 | 19.0 | 9.9 | 33,917 | 19.1 | 9.8 |
| | SPD | N Felix Döring | N Felix Döring | 49,203 | 27.8 | 2.6 | 33,232 | 18.7 | 8.8 |
| | Greens | Michel Zörb | Michel Zörb | 15,277 | 8.6 | 4.7 | 21,925 | 12.4 | 4.0 |
| | Left | Desiree Becker | Desiree Becker | 12,442 | 7.0 | 3.1 | 17,359 | 9.8 | 4.8 |
| | BSW | | | | | | 7,889 | 4.5 | New |
| | FDP | Dennis Pucher | Dennis Pucher | 4,906 | 2.8 | 4.8 | 7,410 | 4.2 | 6.5 |
| | FW | Björn Feuerbach | Björn Feuerbach | 5,121 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 3,043 | 1.7 | 0.6 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 2,199 | 1.2 | 0.2 |
| | Volt | Monika Pranjic | Monika Pranjic | 2,593 | 1.5 | New | 1,547 | 0.9 | 0.3 |
| | PARTEI | | | | | | 1,079 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| | BD | | | | | | 284 | 0.2 | New |
| | Humanists | | | | | | 210 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 75 | <0.1 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,749 | | | 1,445 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 176,942 | | | 177,246 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 178,691 | 83.1 | 8.6 | | | |
| | CDU gain from SPD | CDU gain from SPD | Majority | 4,648 | 2.6 | N/A | | | |

### 2021 election

Federal election (2021): Gießen :
| Notes: | 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. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | SPD | Felix Döring | Felix Döring | 48,514 | 30.4 | 2.2 | 44,046 | 27.6 | 3.7 |
| | CDU | N Helge Braun | N Helge Braun | 47,283 | 29.6 | 5.5 | 36,201 | 22.7 | 7.5 |
| | Greens | Behzad Borhani | Behzad Borhani | 21,249 | 13.3 | 5.0 | 26,109 | 16.3 | 6.7 |
| | AfD | Uwe Schulz | Uwe Schulz | 14,496 | 9.1 | 2.5 | 14,836 | 9.3 | 3.1 |
| | FDP | Dennis Pucher | Dennis Pucher | 12,109 | 7.6 | 0.1 | 17,106 | 10.7 | 0.4 |
| | Left | Ali Al-Dailami | Ali Al-Dailami | 6,339 | 4.0 | 2.3 | 8,028 | 5.0 | 3.4 |
| | FW | Diego Semmler | Diego Semmler | 4,595 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 3,697 | 2.3 | 1.0 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 2,301 | 1.4 | 0.5 |
| | PARTEI | Darwin Walter | Darwin Walter | 3,003 | 1.9 | | 1,818 | 1.1 | 0.1 |
| | dieBasis | Stephan Krüdener | Stephan Krüdener | 1,954 | 1.2 | | 1,892 | 1.2 | |
| | Volt | | | | | | 898 | 0.6 | |
| | Team Todenhöfer | | | | | | 632 | 0.4 | |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 555 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| | Bündnis C | | | | | | 251 | 0.2 | |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 251 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| | NPD | | | | | | 235 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| | Gesundheitsforschung | | | | | | 216 | 0.1 | |
| | Humanists | | | | | | 211 | 0.1 | |
| | V-Partei3 | | | | | | 177 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| | DKP | Henning Mächerle | Henning Mächerle | 233 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 117 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | Bündnis 21 | | | | | | 50 | 0.0 | |
| | LKR | | | | | | 41 | 0.0 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 34 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,144 | | | 2,217 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 159,775 | | | 159,702 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 161,919 | 74.4 | 2.1 | | | |
| | SPD gain from CDU | SPD gain from CDU | Majority | 1,231 | 0.8 | | | | |

### 2017 election

Federal election (2017): Gießen :
| Notes: | 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. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Y Helge Braun | Y Helge Braun | 57,610 | 35.1 | 9.3 | 49,518 | 30.1 | 8.5 |
| | SPD | Matthias Körner | Matthias Körner | 46,216 | 28.2 | 7.3 | 39,252 | 23.9 | 5.8 |
| | AfD | Uwe Schulz | Uwe Schulz | 18,918 | 11.5 | | 20,358 | 12.4 | 7.5 |
| | Greens | Eva Goldbach | Eva Goldbach | 13,619 | 8.3 | 1.0 | 15,898 | 9.7 | 0.0 |
| | FDP | Hermann Otto Solms | Hermann Otto Solms | 12,641 | 7.7 | 4.7 | 16,926 | 10.3 | 5.4 |
| | Left | Ali Abass Al-Dailami | Ali Abass Al-Dailami | 10,346 | 6.3 | 1.2 | 13,798 | 8.4 | 1.9 |
| | FW | Diego Semmler | Diego Semmler | 3,190 | 1.9 | | 2,170 | 1.3 | 0.0 |
| | PARTEI | | | | | | 1,967 | 1.2 | 0.7 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,572 | 1.0 | |
| | NPD | Thassilo Hantusch | Thassilo Hantusch | 603 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 751 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 654 | 0.4 | 1.7 |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 384 | 0.2 | |
| | Independent | Peter Klis | Peter Klis | 376 | 0.2 | | | | |
| | BGE | | | | | | 271 | 0.2 | |
| | V-Partei³ | | | | | | 268 | 0.2 | |
| | DM | | | | | | 254 | 0.2 | |
| | MLPD | Wanja Lange | Wanja Lange | 405 | 0.2 | | 109 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | DKP | Henning Mächerle | Henning Mächerle | 234 | 0.1 | | 119 | 0.1 | |
| | BüSo | | | | | | 44 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,463 | | | 2,308 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 164,158 | | | 164,313 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 166,621 | 76.5 | 3.7 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 11,394 | 6.9 | 2.0 | | | |

### 2013 election

Federal election (2013): Gießen :
| Notes: | 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. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Y Helge Braun | Y Helge Braun | 67,587 | 44.4 | 7.7 | 59,062 | 38.7 | 7.6 |
| | SPD | Rüdiger Veit | Rüdiger Veit | 54,028 | 35.5 | 1.2 | 45,299 | 29.7 | 2.4 |
| | Greens | Tom Koenigs | Tom Koenigs | 11,186 | 7.3 | 1.5 | 14,759 | 9.7 | 2.1 |
| | AfD | | | | | | 7,444 | 4.9 | |
| | Left | Ali Abass Al-Dailami | Ali Abass Al-Dailami | 7,802 | 5.1 | 1.8 | 9,928 | 6.5 | 2.5 |
| | FDP | Hermann Otto Solms | Hermann Otto Solms | 4,543 | 3.0 | 8.0 | 7,553 | 4.9 | 10.8 |
| | Pirates | Sascha Endlicher | Sascha Endlicher | 3,949 | 2.6 | | 3,268 | 2.1 | 0.3 |
| | FW | | | | | | 1,982 | 1.3 | |
| | NPD | Volker Sachs | Volker Sachs | 2,483 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 1,977 | 1.3 | 0.2 |
| | PARTEI | | | | | | 759 | 0.5 | |
| | Independent | Peter Klis | Peter Klis | 724 | 0.5 | | | | |
| | REP | | | | | | 273 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| | PRO | | | | | | 183 | 0.1 | |
| | BüSo | | | | | | 93 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| | SGP | | | | | | 84 | 0.1 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 59 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 4,350 | | | 3,929 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 152,302 | | | 152,723 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 156,652 | 72.8 | 0.1 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 13,559 | 8.9 | 6.4 | | | |

### 2009 election

Federal election (2009): Gießen :
| Notes: | 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. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Helge Braun | Helge Braun | 59,441 | 36.7 | 1.1 | 50,276 | 31.0 | 1.0 |
| | SPD | N Rüdiger Veit | N Rüdiger Veit | 55,331 | 34.2 | 9.1 | 44,222 | 27.3 | 9.1 |
| | FDP | Hermann Otto Solms | Hermann Otto Solms | 17,928 | 11.1 | 3.9 | 25,687 | 15.8 | 3.5 |
| | Greens | Tom Koenigs | Tom Koenigs | 14,140 | 8.7 | 3.5 | 18,853 | 11.6 | 1.6 |
| | Left | Jonas Ahlgrimm | Jonas Ahlgrimm | 11,399 | 7.0 | 2.3 | 14,605 | 9.0 | 3.2 |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 3,962 | 2.4 | |
| | NPD | Volker Sachs | Volker Sachs | 2,328 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 1,853 | 1.1 | 0.2 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,528 | 0.9 | 0.2 |
| | Independent | Peter Klis | Peter Klis | 1,253 | 0.8 | | | | |
| | REP | | | | | | 701 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| | BüSo | | | | | | 193 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | DVU | | | | | | 158 | 0.1 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 46 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,848 | | | 3,584 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 161,820 | | | 162,084 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 165,668 | 72.5 | 4.8 | | | |
| | CDU gain from SPD | CDU gain from SPD | Majority | 4,110 | 2.5 | | | | |