Kassel (electoral district)
Kassel 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 167. It is located in northern Hesse, comprising the city of Kassel and surrounding parts of the Landkreis Kassel district.
Kassel was created for the inaugural 1949 [West German federal election|1949 federal election]. Since 2017, it has been represented by Timon Gremmels of the Social [Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party].
Geography
Kassel is located in northern Hesse. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Kassel and the municipalities of Ahnatal, Espenau, Fuldabrück, Fuldatal, Helsa, Kaufungen, Lohfelden, Nieste, Niestetal, Söhrewald, and Vellmar from the Landkreis Kassel district.History
Kassel was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Hesse constituency 2 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1976, it was number 127. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 125. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 170. In the 2009 election, it was number 169. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 168. From the 2025 election, it has been number 167.Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Kassel and the Landkreis Kassel district. In the 1965 and 1969 elections, it comprised the city of Kassel and the municipalities of Frommershausen, Heckershausen, Ihringshausen, Knickhagen, Mönchehof, Niedervellmar, Obervellmar, Rothwesten, Simmershausen, Wahnhausen, Ahnatal-Weimar, and Wilhelmshausen from Landkreis Kassel. In the 1972 through 1998 elections, it comprised the city of Kassel and the municipalities of Ahnatal, Espenau, Fuldatal, and Vellmar from Landkreis Kassel. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.
| Election | Name | Borders | |
| German federal election|1949] | Kassel |
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| 1953 | 127 | Kassel | |
| 1957 | 127 | Kassel | |
| 1961 | 127 | Kassel | |
| 1965 | 127 | Kassel | |
| 1969 | 127 | Kassel | |
| 1972 | 127 | Kassel | |
| 1976 | 127 | Kassel | |
| 1980 | 125 | Kassel | |
| 1983 | 125 | Kassel | |
| 1987 | 125 | Kassel | |
| 1990 | 125 | Kassel | |
| 1994 | 125 | Kassel | |
| 1998 | 125 | Kassel | |
| 2002 | 170 | Kassel | |
| 2005 | 170 | Kassel | |
| 2009 | 169 | Kassel | |
| 2013 | 168 | Kassel | |
| 2017 | 168 | Kassel | |
| 2021 | 168 | Kassel | |
| 2025 | 167 | Kassel |