298 St. Wendel | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
State | Saarland |
Population | 212,600 (2019) |
Electorate | 173,074 (2021) |
Major settlements | Sankt Wendel Lebach Ottweiler |
Area | 802.0 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 1957 |
Party | SPD |
Member | Christian Petry |
Elected | 2021 |
St. Wendel 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 298. It is located in northeastern Saarland, comprising the Sankt Wendel district, the northern part of the Neunkirchen district, and parts of the Saarlouis and Saarbrücken districts.[1]
St. Wendel was created for the inaugural 1957 federal election after the accession of Saarland to Germany. Since 2021, it has been represented by Christian Petry of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]