5 Kiel | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
State | Schleswig-Holstein |
Population | 268,800 (2019) |
Electorate | 202,482 (2021) |
Major settlements | Kiel |
Area | 143.0 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 1949 |
Party | SPD |
Member | Mathias Stein |
Elected | 2017, 2021 |
Kiel 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 5. It is located in central Schleswig-Holstein, comprising the city of Kiel.[1]
Kiel was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Mathias Stein of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]