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Mannheim is one of the 299 single member constituencies (German: Wahlkreis) used for the German parliament, the Bundestag. The constituency elects one representative under the mixed member proportional representation (MMP) system. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 158.
One of thirty eight districts covering the state of Baden-Württemberg, it is coterminous with the city of Mannheim. The constituency was created for the 1949 election, the first election in West Germany after World War II. It was held by the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) until the 1994 election, when it was gained by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). The SPD regained the seat in 1998, but lost it again to the CDU at the 2009 election. The current representative is Egon Jüttner, who had represented the constituency from 1994 to 1998.
Boundaries
The constituency was created as Mannheim-Stadt in 1949, covering the city of Mannheim. At the 1965 election it was reduced in size and renamed Mannheim I. This included most of the city of Mannheim: the city districts of Innenstadt/Jungbusch, Neckarstadt-West, Neckarstadt-Ost/Wohlgelegen, Sandhofen, Schönau, Waldhof, Käfertal, Vogelstang and Schwetzingerstadt/Oststadt, with the southern parts of the city linked with suburban and rural areas in the Mannheim II constituency. Mannheim I expanded for the 1976 election, gaining the city districts of Feudenheim and Wallstadt. It assumed its current name and boundaries for the 2002 election.