# Odenwald (electoral district)

49°46′53.594″N 8°56′48.034″E﻿ / ﻿49.78155389°N 8.94667611°E﻿ / 49.78155389; 8.94667611Odenwald 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 186. It is located in southern Hesse, comprising the district of Odenwaldkreis and eastern parts of the districts of Darmstadt-Dieburg and Landkreis Offenbach.
Odenwald was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. From 2021 to 2025, it has been represented by Jens Zimmermann of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Since 2025 it is been represented by Patricia Lips of the CDU.

## Geography

Odenwald is located in southern Hesse. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Odenwaldkreis district as well as the municipalities of Babenhausen, Dieburg, Fischbachtal, Groß-Bieberau, Groß-Umstadt, Groß-Zimmern, Otzberg, Reinheim, and Schaafheim from the Darmstadt-Dieburg district and the municipalities of Hainburg, Mainhausen, Rodgau, Rödermark, and Seligenstadt from the Landkreis Offenbach district.

## History

Odenwald was created in 1949, then known as Dieburg. It acquired its current name in the 1980 election. In the 1949 election, it was Hesse constituency 21 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1976, it was number 146. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 144. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 188. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 187. From the 2025 election, it has been number 186.
Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Dieburg and Erbach. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it comprised the districts of Dieburg and Erbach as well as the municipalities of Dietzenbach, Dreieichenhain, Dudenhofen, Froschhausen, Götzenhain, Hainhausen, Hainstadt, Jügesheim, Klein-Auheim, Klein-Krotzenburg, Klein-Welzheim, Mainflingen, Offenthal, Rembrücken, Seligenstadt, Steinheim am Main, Weiskirchen, and Zellhausen from the Landkreis Offenbach district. In the 1976 through 1994 elections, it acquired a configuration very similar to its current borders, but including the municipalities of Dietzenbach from the Landkreis Offenbach district and Eppertshausen and Münster (Hessen) from the Darmstadt-Dieburg district. In the 1994 election, it lost the municipality of Dietzenbach. In the 2002 election, it lost the municipalities of Eppertshausen and Münster (Hessen).
| Election | No. | Name | Borders |
| 1949 | 21 | Dieburg | Dieburg district Erbach district |
| 1953 | 146 | Dieburg | Dieburg district Erbach district |
| 1957 | 146 | Dieburg | Dieburg district Erbach district |
| 1961 | 146 | Dieburg | Dieburg district Erbach district |
| 1965 | 146 | Dieburg | Dieburg district Erbach district Landkreis Offenbach district (only Dietzenbach, Dreieichenhain, Dudenhofen, Froschhausen, Götzenhain, Hainhausen, Hainstadt, Jügesheim, Klein-Auheim, Klein-Krotzenburg, Klein-Welzheim, Mainflingen, Offenthal, Rembrücken, Seligenstadt, Steinheim am Main, Weiskirchen, and Zellhausen municipalities) |
| 1969 | 146 | Dieburg | Dieburg district Erbach district Landkreis Offenbach district (only Dietzenbach, Dreieichenhain, Dudenhofen, Froschhausen, Götzenhain, Hainhausen, Hainstadt, Jügesheim, Klein-Auheim, Klein-Krotzenburg, Klein-Welzheim, Mainflingen, Offenthal, Rembrücken, Seligenstadt, Steinheim am Main, Weiskirchen, and Zellhausen municipalities) |
| 1972 | 146 | Dieburg | Dieburg district Erbach district Landkreis Offenbach district (only Dietzenbach, Dreieichenhain, Dudenhofen, Froschhausen, Götzenhain, Hainhausen, Hainstadt, Jügesheim, Klein-Auheim, Klein-Krotzenburg, Klein-Welzheim, Mainflingen, Offenthal, Rembrücken, Seligenstadt, Steinheim am Main, Weiskirchen, and Zellhausen municipalities) |
| 1976 | 146 | Dieburg | Odenwaldkreis district Darmstadt-Dieburg district (only Babenhausen, Dieburg, Eppertshausen, Fischbachtal, Groß-Bieberau, Groß-Umstadt, Groß-Zimmern, Münster (Hessen), Otzberg, Reinheim, and Schaafheim municipalities) Landkreis Offenbach district (only Dietzenbach, Hainburg, Mainhausen, Rodgau, Rödermark, and Seligenstadt municipalities) |
| 1980 | 144 | Odenwald | Odenwaldkreis district Darmstadt-Dieburg district (only Babenhausen, Dieburg, Eppertshausen, Fischbachtal, Groß-Bieberau, Groß-Umstadt, Groß-Zimmern, Münster (Hessen), Otzberg, Reinheim, and Schaafheim municipalities) Landkreis Offenbach district (only Dietzenbach, Hainburg, Mainhausen, Rodgau, Rödermark, and Seligenstadt municipalities) |
| 1983 | 144 | Odenwald | Odenwaldkreis district Darmstadt-Dieburg district (only Babenhausen, Dieburg, Eppertshausen, Fischbachtal, Groß-Bieberau, Groß-Umstadt, Groß-Zimmern, Münster (Hessen), Otzberg, Reinheim, and Schaafheim municipalities) Landkreis Offenbach district (only Dietzenbach, Hainburg, Mainhausen, Rodgau, Rödermark, and Seligenstadt municipalities) |
| 1987 | 144 | Odenwald | Odenwaldkreis district Darmstadt-Dieburg district (only Babenhausen, Dieburg, Eppertshausen, Fischbachtal, Groß-Bieberau, Groß-Umstadt, Groß-Zimmern, Münster (Hessen), Otzberg, Reinheim, and Schaafheim municipalities) Landkreis Offenbach district (only Dietzenbach, Hainburg, Mainhausen, Rodgau, Rödermark, and Seligenstadt municipalities) |
| 1990 | 144 | Odenwald | Odenwaldkreis district Darmstadt-Dieburg district (only Babenhausen, Dieburg, Eppertshausen, Fischbachtal, Groß-Bieberau, Groß-Umstadt, Groß-Zimmern, Münster (Hessen), Otzberg, Reinheim, and Schaafheim municipalities) Landkreis Offenbach district (only Dietzenbach, Hainburg, Mainhausen, Rodgau, Rödermark, and Seligenstadt municipalities) |
| 1994 | 144 | Odenwald | Odenwaldkreis district Darmstadt-Dieburg district (only Babenhausen, Dieburg, Eppertshausen, Fischbachtal, Groß-Bieberau, Groß-Umstadt, Groß-Zimmern, Münster (Hessen), Otzberg, Reinheim, and Schaafheim municipalities) Landkreis Offenbach district (only Hainburg, Mainhausen, Rodgau, Rödermark, and Seligenstadt municipalities) |
| 1998 | 144 | Odenwald | Odenwaldkreis district Darmstadt-Dieburg district (only Babenhausen, Dieburg, Eppertshausen, Fischbachtal, Groß-Bieberau, Groß-Umstadt, Groß-Zimmern, Münster (Hessen), Otzberg, Reinheim, and Schaafheim municipalities) Landkreis Offenbach district (only Hainburg, Mainhausen, Rodgau, Rödermark, and Seligenstadt municipalities) |
| 2002 | 188 | Odenwald | Odenwaldkreis district Darmstadt-Dieburg district (only Babenhausen, Dieburg, Fischbachtal, Groß-Bieberau, Groß-Umstadt, Groß-Zimmern, Otzberg, Reinheim, and Schaafheim municipalities) Landkreis Offenbach district (only Hainburg, Mainhausen, Rodgau, Rödermark, and Seligenstadt municipalities) |
| 2005 | 188 | Odenwald | Odenwaldkreis district Darmstadt-Dieburg district (only Babenhausen, Dieburg, Fischbachtal, Groß-Bieberau, Groß-Umstadt, Groß-Zimmern, Otzberg, Reinheim, and Schaafheim municipalities) Landkreis Offenbach district (only Hainburg, Mainhausen, Rodgau, Rödermark, and Seligenstadt municipalities) |
| 2009 | 187 | Odenwald | Odenwaldkreis district Darmstadt-Dieburg district (only Babenhausen, Dieburg, Fischbachtal, Groß-Bieberau, Groß-Umstadt, Groß-Zimmern, Otzberg, Reinheim, and Schaafheim municipalities) Landkreis Offenbach district (only Hainburg, Mainhausen, Rodgau, Rödermark, and Seligenstadt municipalities) |
| 2013 | 187 | Odenwald | Odenwaldkreis district Darmstadt-Dieburg district (only Babenhausen, Dieburg, Fischbachtal, Groß-Bieberau, Groß-Umstadt, Groß-Zimmern, Otzberg, Reinheim, and Schaafheim municipalities) Landkreis Offenbach district (only Hainburg, Mainhausen, Rodgau, Rödermark, and Seligenstadt municipalities) |
| 2017 | 187 | Odenwald | Odenwaldkreis district Darmstadt-Dieburg district (only Babenhausen, Dieburg, Fischbachtal, Groß-Bieberau, Groß-Umstadt, Groß-Zimmern, Otzberg, Reinheim, and Schaafheim municipalities) Landkreis Offenbach district (only Hainburg, Mainhausen, Rodgau, Rödermark, and Seligenstadt municipalities) |
| 2021 | 187 | Odenwald | Odenwaldkreis district Darmstadt-Dieburg district (only Babenhausen, Dieburg, Fischbachtal, Groß-Bieberau, Groß-Umstadt, Groß-Zimmern, Otzberg, Reinheim, and Schaafheim municipalities) Landkreis Offenbach district (only Hainburg, Mainhausen, Rodgau, Rödermark, and Seligenstadt municipalities) |
| 2025 | 186 | Odenwald | Odenwaldkreis district Darmstadt-Dieburg district (only Babenhausen, Dieburg, Fischbachtal, Groß-Bieberau, Groß-Umstadt, Groß-Zimmern, Otzberg, Reinheim, and Schaafheim municipalities) Landkreis Offenbach district (only Hainburg, Mainhausen, Rodgau, Rödermark, and Seligenstadt municipalities) |

## Members

The constituency was first represented by Heinrich Ritzel of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1949 to 1965. He was succeeded by fellow SPD member Willi Bäuerle from 1965 to 1976. Heinrich Klein of the SPD then served two terms as representative before Alexander Warrikoff of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won the constituency in 1983. He served until 1994, and was succeeded by Wolfgang Steiger for a single term. Adelheid D. Tröscher was elected for the SPD in 1998 and served until 2002, followed by fellow SPD member Erika Ober until 2005. Patricia Lips was elected in 2005, and re-elected in 2009, 2013, and 2017. Jens Zimmermann won the constituency for the SPD in 2021.
| Election | Member | Party | % |
| 1949 | Heinrich Ritzel | SPD | 36.6 |
| 1953 | Heinrich Ritzel | SPD | 39.9 |
| 1957 | Heinrich Ritzel | SPD | 45.3 |
| 1961 | Heinrich Ritzel | SPD | 47.2 |
| 1965 | Willi Bäuerle | SPD | 47.5 |
| 1969 | Willi Bäuerle | SPD | 50.5 |
| 1972 | Willi Bäuerle | SPD | 53.0 |
| 1976 | Heinrich Klein | SPD | 46.9 |
| 1980 | Heinrich Klein | SPD | 49.3 |
| 1983 | Alexander Warrikoff | CDU | 49.4 |
| 1987 | Alexander Warrikoff | CDU | 45.7 |
| 1990 | Alexander Warrikoff | CDU | 44.7 |
| 1994 | Wolfgang Steiger | CDU | 45.5 |
| 1998 | Adelheid D. Tröscher | SPD | 44.9 |
| 2002 | Erika Ober | SPD | 45.6 |
| 2005 | Patricia Lips | CDU | 42.0 |
| 2009 | Patricia Lips | CDU | 40.4 |
| 2013 | Patricia Lips | CDU | 46.9 |
| 2017 | Patricia Lips | CDU | 36.1 |
| 2021 | Jens Zimmermann | SPD | 32.3 |
| 2025 | Patricia Lips | CDU | 34.0 |

## Election results
### 2025 election

Federal election (2025): Odenwald :
| 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 | Patricia Lips | Patricia Lips | 65,469 | 34.0 | 6.1 | 59,337 | 30.7 | 6.5 |
| | AfD | Helmut Klezl | Helmut Klezl | 35,565 | 18.5 | 10.0 | 36,239 | 18.8 | 9.7 |
| | SPD | N Jens Zimmermann | N Jens Zimmermann | 47,730 | 24.8 | 7.6 | 35,037 | 18.1 | 9.8 |
| | Greens | Boris Wilfert | Boris Wilfert | 17,328 | 9.0 | 3.2 | 21,757 | 11.3 | 2.7 |
| | Left | Christian Wallerer | Christian Wallerer | 11,705 | 6.1 | 2.7 | 13,739 | 7.1 | 3.5 |
| | FDP | Mathias Zeuner | Mathias Zeuner | 6,825 | 3.5 | 6.1 | 9,539 | 4.9 | 7.7 |
| | BSW | | | | | | 8,679 | 4.4 | New |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 2,982 | 1.5 | 0.3 |
| | FW | Laura Schulz | Laura Schulz | 5,264 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 2,736 | 1.4 | 0.5 |
| | Volt | Thomas Ponier-Kröhl | Thomas Ponier-Kröhl | 2,746 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 1,738 | 0.9 | 0.4 |
| | PARTEI | | | | | | 1,022 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| | BD | | | | | | 302 | 0.2 | New |
| | Humanists | | | | | | 143 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 66 | <0.1 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,196 | | | 1,612 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 162,632 | | | 163,216 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 194,828 | 84.5 | 7.6 | | | |
| | CDU gain from SPD | CDU gain from SPD | Majority | 17,739 | 9.2 | N/A | | | |

### 2021 election

Federal election (2021): Odenwald :
| 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 | Jens Zimmermann | Jens Zimmermann | 57,172 | 32.3 | 3.3 | 49,518 | 28.0 | 4.6 |
| | CDU | N Patricia Lips | N Patricia Lips | 49,367 | 27.9 | 8.2 | 42,857 | 24.2 | 8.5 |
| | Greens | Philip Krämer | Philip Krämer | 21,630 | 12.2 | 4.4 | 24,694 | 13.9 | 5.1 |
| | FDP | Mathias Zeuner | Mathias Zeuner | 17,110 | 9.7 | 2.5 | 22,433 | 12.7 | 1.7 |
| | AfD | Rüdiger Hashagen | Rüdiger Hashagen | 14,963 | 8.5 | 3.3 | 15,983 | 9.0 | 3.2 |
| | Left | Marlene Wenzl | Marlene Wenzl | 5,991 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 6,333 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
| | FW | Laura Schulz | Laura Schulz | 5,003 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 3,322 | 1.9 | 1.0 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 3,213 | 1.8 | 0.7 |
| | dieBasis | Werner Krebs | Werner Krebs | 3,699 | 2.1 | | 3,171 | 1.8 | |
| | PARTEI | | | | | | 1,545 | 0.9 | 0.0 |
| | Volt | Kim Pfaff | Kim Pfaff | 1,602 | 0.9 | | 948 | 0.5 | |
| | Team Todenhöfer | | | | | | 846 | 0.5 | |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 727 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| | Gesundheitsforschung | | | | | | 289 | 0.2 | |
| | Independent | Dieter Stein | Dieter Stein | 273 | 0.2 | | | | |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 202 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| | NPD | | | | | | 198 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| | Bündnis C | | | | | | 196 | 0.1 | |
| | V-Partei3 | | | | | | 187 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| | Humanists | | | | | | 155 | 0.1 | |
| | DKP | | | | | | 131 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | Bündnis 21 | | | | | | 65 | 0.0 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 57 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | LKR | | | | | | 56 | 0.0 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,020 | | | 2,704 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 176,810 | | | 177,126 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 179,830 | 76.9 | 2.0 | | | |
| | SPD gain from CDU | SPD gain from CDU | Majority | 7,805 | 4.4 | | | | |

### 2017 election

Federal election (2017): Odenwald :
| 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 Patricia Lips | Y Patricia Lips | 65,654 | 36.1 | 10.8 | 59,635 | 32.7 | 8.1 |
| | SPD | Jens Zimmermann | Jens Zimmermann | 52,761 | 29.0 | 4.6 | 42,516 | 23.3 | 4.7 |
| | AfD | Robert Rankl | Robert Rankl | 21,347 | 11.7 | | 22,258 | 12.2 | 6.5 |
| | Greens | Frank Diefenbach | Frank Diefenbach | 14,181 | 7.8 | 0.9 | 16,084 | 8.8 | 0.2 |
| | FDP | Milena Scinardo | Milena Scinardo | 13,139 | 7.2 | 4.6 | 19,948 | 10.9 | 5.7 |
| | Left | Kristin Hügelschäfer | Kristin Hügelschäfer | 11,138 | 6.1 | 1.1 | 13,433 | 7.4 | 1.9 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 2,091 | 1.1 | |
| | PARTEI | | | | | | 1,587 | 0.9 | 0.4 |
| | FW | Heinz Schumacher | Heinz Schumacher | 2,651 | 1.5 | | 1,514 | 0.8 | 0.1 |
| | Independent | Harald Frenzel | Harald Frenzel | 960 | 0.5 | | | | |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 833 | 0.5 | 1.9 |
| | NPD | | | | | | 624 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| | DM | | | | | | 409 | 0.2 | |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 379 | 0.2 | |
| | V-Partei³ | | | | | | 343 | 0.2 | |
| | BGE | | | | | | 293 | 0.2 | |
| | DKP | | | | | | 135 | 0.1 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 117 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | BüSo | | | | | | 30 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,143 | | | 2,745 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 181,831 | | | 182,229 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 184,974 | 78.9 | 3.3 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 12,893 | 7.1 | 6.2 | | | |

### 2013 election

Federal election (2013): Odenwald :
| 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 Patricia Lips | Y Patricia Lips | 80,323 | 46.9 | 6.5 | 70,211 | 40.9 | 7.9 |
| | SPD | Jens Zimmermann | Jens Zimmermann | 57,586 | 33.6 | 4.0 | 48,252 | 28.1 | 3.2 |
| | Greens | Felix Möller | Felix Möller | 11,854 | 6.9 | 2.5 | 15,560 | 9.1 | 2.2 |
| | AfD | | | | | | 9,864 | 5.7 | |
| | Left | Martin Deistler | Martin Deistler | 8,621 | 5.0 | 1.7 | 9,459 | 5.5 | 2.3 |
| | Pirates | Michael Breukel | Michael Breukel | 5,279 | 3.1 | | 4,034 | 2.3 | 0.0 |
| | FDP | Heinrich Leonhard Kolb | Heinrich Leonhard Kolb | 4,581 | 2.7 | 8.1 | 8,964 | 5.2 | 12.1 |
| | NPD | Manfred Hönig | Manfred Hönig | 3,006 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 2,035 | 1.2 | 0.1 |
| | FW | | | | | | 1,307 | 0.8 | |
| | PARTEI | | | | | | 833 | 0.5 | |
| | REP | | | | | | 764 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
| | PRO | | | | | | 289 | 0.2 | |
| | BüSo | | | | | | 101 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| | SGP | | | | | | 83 | 0.0 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 76 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 6,023 | | | 5,441 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 171,250 | | | 171,832 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 177,273 | 75.6 | 0.4 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 22,737 | 13.3 | 2.5 | | | |

### 2009 election

Federal election (2009): Odenwald :
| 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 Patricia Lips | Y Patricia Lips | 69,191 | 40.4 | 1.6 | 56,677 | 33.0 | 2.6 |
| | SPD | Detlev Blitz | Detlev Blitz | 50,797 | 29.6 | 12.3 | 42,756 | 24.9 | 9.7 |
| | FDP | Heinrich Leonhard Kolb | Heinrich Leonhard Kolb | 18,409 | 10.7 | 5.6 | 29,697 | 17.3 | 5.6 |
| | Greens | Thomas Rehahn | Thomas Rehahn | 16,215 | 9.5 | 4.6 | 19,379 | 11.3 | 1.8 |
| | Left | Sabine Leidig | Sabine Leidig | 11,574 | 6.8 | 2.8 | 13,403 | 7.8 | 3.0 |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 4,098 | 2.4 | |
| | NPD | Georg Hartmann | Georg Hartmann | 2,183 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 1,907 | 1.1 | 0.1 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,765 | 1.0 | 0.1 |
| | REP | Frederik Poetsch | Frederik Poetsch | 1,772 | 1.0 | | 1,723 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Heinz Schumacher | Heinz Schumacher | 822 | 0.5 | | | | |
| | Independent | Michael Merkel | Michael Merkel | 459 | 0.4 | | | | |
| | BüSo | | | | | | 228 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | DVU | | | | | | 137 | 0.1 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 79 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 5,386 | | | 4,959 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 171,422 | | | 171,849 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 176,808 | 75.3 | 4.9 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 18,394 | 10.8 | 10.7 | | | |