Frankfurt am Main II

Frankfurt am Main II is an electoral constituency 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 182. It is located in southern Hesse, comprising the eastern part of the city of Frankfurt am Main.
Frankfurt am Main II was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. From 2021 to 2025, it has been represented by Omid Nouripour of the Alliance 90/The Greens.

Geography

Frankfurt am Main II is located in southern Hesse. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the Ortsbezirke of Innenstadt III, Bornheim/Ostend, Süd, West, Nord-Ost, Ost, Kalbach-Riedberg, Nieder-Erlenbach, Harheim, Nieder-Eschbach, and Bergen-Enkheim from the independent city of Frankfurt am Main.

History

Frankfurt am Main II was created in 1949, then known as Frankfurt/M II. From 1965 through 1972, it was named Frankfurt II. In the 1976 election, it was named Frankfurt II. It acquired its current name in the 1980 election. In the 1949 election, it was Hesse constituency 16 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1976, it was number 141. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 139. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 184. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 183. From the 2025 election, it has been number 182.
Originally, the constituency comprised the Stadtbezirke of Innenstadt, Gutleutviertel, Gallusviertel, Rebstock, Westend, Bockenheim, Rödelheim, Hausen, Praunheim, Heddernheim, Ginnheim, Eschersheim, and Niederursel from the city of Frankfurt am Main. In the 1976 through 1998 elections, it comprised the Stadtbezirke of Innenstadt, Gutleutviertel, Gallusviertel, Westend, Bockenheim, Heddernheim, Ginnheim, Eschersheim, Niederursel, Sachsenhausen, Niederrad, Goldstein-Ost, Altstadt, Bahnhofsviertel, Kalbach, and Dornbusch-West from the city of Frankfurt am Main. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Election		Name	Borders
1949		Frankfurt/M II	Frankfurt am Main city
1953	141	Frankfurt/M II	Frankfurt am Main city
1957	141	Frankfurt/M II	Frankfurt am Main city
1961	141	Frankfurt/M II	Frankfurt am Main city
1965	141	Frankfurt II	Frankfurt am Main city
1969	141	Frankfurt II	Frankfurt am Main city
1972	141	Frankfurt II	Frankfurt am Main city
1976	141	Frankfurt II	Frankfurt am Main city
1980	139	Frankfurt am Main II	Frankfurt am Main city
1983	139	Frankfurt am Main II	Frankfurt am Main city
1987	139	Frankfurt am Main II	Frankfurt am Main city
1990	139	Frankfurt am Main II	Frankfurt am Main city
1994	139	Frankfurt am Main II	Frankfurt am Main city
1998	139	Frankfurt am Main II	Frankfurt am Main city
2002	184	Frankfurt am Main II	Frankfurt am Main city
2005	184	Frankfurt am Main II	Frankfurt am Main city
2009	183	Frankfurt am Main II	Frankfurt am Main city
2013	183	Frankfurt am Main II	Frankfurt am Main city
2017	183	Frankfurt am Main II	Frankfurt am Main city
2021	183	Frankfurt am Main II	Frankfurt am Main city
2025	182	Frankfurt am Main II	Frankfurt am Main city

Members

The constituency was first represented by Willi Birkelbach of the Social Democratic Party from 1949 to 1953, followed by Walter Leiske of the Christian Democratic Union from 1953 to 1961. Former member Birkelbach won it back and served another term from 1961 to 1965. Brigitte Freyh of the SPD was then representative from 1965 to 1972, when she was succeeded by party fellow Fred Zander. Karl Becker of the CDU was representative for one term from 1976 to 1980, when former member Zander regained it for the SPD. Becker was then elected in 1983 and re-elected in 1987. Joachim Gres succeeded him in 1990 for two terms. Gudrun Schaich-Walch won the constituency for the SPD in 1998 and served one term; Rita Streb-Hesse held it for the SPD in 2002. Erika Steinbach of the CDU was representative from 2005 to 2017. Bettina Wiesmann of the CDU was elected in 2017. Omid Nouripour won the constituency for the Greens in 2021.