Bundestag constituency Werra-Meißner

The Bundestag constituency Werra-Meißner was a constituency in Hesse from 1976 to 2002 . Most recently, it included the Werra-Meißner district and, from the Kassel district, the municipalities of Baunatal , Fuldabrück , Helsa , Kaufungen , Lohfelden , Nieste , Niestetal , Schauenburg and Söhrewald . From 1949 to 1976 the constituency was called Eschwege .

For the 2002 elections lost Nordhessen a constituency. The Werra-Meißner constituency was dissolved and its area was divided between the Werra-Meißner - Hersfeld-Rotenburg and Kassel constituencies. The constituency was always won by candidates from the SPD , most recently by Joachim Tappe .

Election 1998

Result of the federal election on
September 27, 1998
Subject of evidence		First votes		Second votes
Applicants	Political party	number	%	number	%
Eligible voters		166,526	100.0	166,526	100.0
Voters		145.125	87.1	145.125	87.1
Invalid votes		2.117	1.5	1.961	1.4
Valid votes		143.008	100.0	143.164	100.0
from that
Lothar Winter	CDU	43,067	30.1	38,604	27.0
Joachim Tappe	SPD	83,300	58.2	78,786	55.0
Matthias Berninger	GREEN	6,692	4.7	8,554	6.0
Gernot Müller	FDP	3,260	2.3	8,536	6.0
Claudia Fittkow	PDS	1,422	1.0	1,745	1.2
	APPD	-	-	86	0.1
	BüSo	-	-	24	0.0
Volker Paul Vey	BFB - the offensive	1,271	0.9	874	0.6
	Chance 2000	-	-	74	0.1
	CM	-	-	47	0.0
	DVU	-	-	1,015	0.7
Willi Schnurbusch	GRAY	393	0.3	292	0.2
Siegfried Schülbe	REP	3,009	2.1	2,422	1.7
	THE WOMEN	-	-	97	0.1
	Per DM	-	-	1,125	0.8
	The animal welfare party	-	-	433	0.3
	NPD	-	-	133	0.1
Manfred Gundlach	NATURAL LAW	380	0.3	143	0.1
	ödp	-	-	50	0.0
	PBC	-	-	105	0.1
	PSG	-	-	19th	0.0
Hans-Jürgen Spinn	Individual applicants	214	0.1	-	-

Election 1994

Result of the federal election on
October 16, 1994
Subject of evidence		First votes		Second votes
Applicants	Political party	number	%	number	%
Eligible voters		166.351	100.0	166.351	100.0
Voters		140.784	84.6	140.784	84.6
Invalid votes		1,900	1.3	1,768	1.3
Valid votes		138,884	100.0	139.016	100.0
from that
Lothar Winter	CDU	49,366	35.5	46,807	33.7
Joachim Tappe	SPD	73,564	53.0	70,403	50.6
Heiko Behnke	FDP	4,095	2.9	8,535	6.1
Matthias Berninger	GREEN	8,422	6.1	9,103	6.5
Siegfried Schülbe	REP	1,888	1.4	1,872	1.3
Andreas Heine	PDS	946	0.7	1.102	0.8
	solidarity	-	-	26th	0.0
	THE GRAY	-	-	482	0.3
Manfred Gundlach	NATURAL LAW	603	0.4	368	0.3
	MLPD	-	-	21st	0.0
	ÖDP	-	-	115	0.1
	PBC	-	-	182	0.1

Election 1990

Result of the federal election on
December 2, 1990
Subject of evidence		First votes		Second votes
Applicants	Political party	number	%	number	%
Eligible voters		166.991	100.0	166.991	100.0
Voters		141,554	84.8	141,554	84.8
Invalid votes		1,948	1.4	1,437	1.0
Valid votes		139.606	100.0	140.117	100.0
from that
Ursula Maria Lehr	CDU	47,639	34.1	45,920	32.8
Joachim Tappe	SPD	75,124	53.8	71,289	50.9
Editha-Freya Klier	GREEN	6,951	5.0	6,195	4.4
Hans-Joachim Kroeschell	FDP	8,748	6.3	12,590	9.0
	THE GRAY	-	-	883	0.6
	REP	-	-	2,106	1.5
Stephan Eckardt	NPD	1,144	0.8	490	0.3
	ÖDP	-	-	301	0.2
	PDS	-	-	343	0.2

Election 1987

Result of the federal election on
January 25, 1987
Subject of evidence		First votes		Second votes
Applicants	Political party	number	%	number	%
Eligible voters		161,929	100.0	161,929	100.0
Voters		144,320	89.1	144,320	89.1
Invalid votes		2.138	1.5	1,510	1.0
Valid votes		142.182	100.0	142,810	100.0
from that
Dieter Weirich	CDU	49,975	35.1	46,637	32.7
Albert Nehm	SPD	77,196	54.3	74,991	52.5
Hans-Joachim Kroeschel	FDP	5,714	4.0	9,884	6.9
Corinna Bartholomew's scythe	GREEN	8,533	6.0	10,074	7.1
	WOMEN	-	-	322	0.2
	MLPD	-	-	46	0.0
	NPD	-	-	575	0.4
	ÖDP	-	-	194	0.1
Ralf-Helge Kesting	Patriots	169	0.1	87	0.1
Ulrike Ute Born-Strauss	PEACE	595	0.4	-	-

Election 1980

Result of the federal election on
October 5, 1980
Subject of evidence		First votes		Second votes
Applicants	Political party	number	%	number	%
Eligible voters		155,765	100.0	155,765	100.0
Voters		143,832	92.3	143,832	92.3
Invalid votes		1,904	1.3	1,137	0.8
Valid votes		141,928	100.0	142,695	100.0
from that
Albert Nehm	SPD	82,541	58.2	80.924	56.7
Dieter Weirich	CDU	47,374	33.4	46,332	32.5
Hans Werner Berndt	FDP	8,894	6.3	12,717	8.9
Nikolaus Damm	DKP	342	0.2	240	0.2
Gerhard Beyer	GREEN	2,730	1.9	2,266	1.6
	EAP	-	-	20th	0.0
Wolfgang Borm	KBW	47	0.0	30th	0.0
	NPD	-	-	145	0.1
	V	-	-	21st	0.0

Election 1976

Result of the federal election on
October 3, 1976
Subject of evidence		First votes		Second votes
Applicants	Political party	number	%	number	%
Eligible voters		150.063	100.0	150.063	100.0
Voters		141.085	94.0	141.085	94.0
Invalid votes		1,943	1.4	1,049	0.7
Valid votes		139.142	100.0	140.036	100.0
from that
Egon Höhmann	SPD	80,824	58.1	79.710	56.9
Erich Mende	CDU	49,275	35.4	50.002	35.7
Hartmut Heinscher	FDP	8,240	5.9	9,367	6.7
	AUD	-	-	66	0.0
	AVP	-	-	18th	0.0
Peter Funk	DKP	803	0.6	467	0.3
	EAP	-	-	24	0.0
	KPD	-	-	87	0.1
	KBW	-	-	56	0.0
	NPD	-	-	239	0.2

1972 election

Result of the federal election of
November 19, 1972
Subject of evidence		First votes		Second votes
Applicants	Political party	number	%	number	%
Eligible voters		140.024	100.0	140.024	100.0
Voters		131.203	93.7	131.203	93.7
Invalid votes		1,292	1.0	730	0.6
Valid votes		129,911	100.0	130,473	100.0
from that
Egon Höhmann	SPD	83.221	64.1	78,984	60.5
Erich Mende	CDU	39,938	30.7	40,837	31.3
Heinz Bliss	FDP	6.117	4.7	9,665	7.4
Wolfgang Peter Hart	DKP	635	0.5	463	0.4
	EFP	-	-	110	0.1
	NPD	-	-	414	0.3

Election 1969

Result of the federal election
on September 28, 1969
Subject of evidence		First votes		Second votes
Applicants	Political party	number	%	number	%
Eligible voters		128,732	100.0	128,732	100.0
Voters		117,327	91.1	117,327	91.1
Invalid votes		2,672	2.3	2.011	1.7
Valid votes		114,655	100.0	115.316	100.0
from that
Egon Höhmann	SPD	69,680	60.8	67,485	58.5
Wilfried Boehm	CDU	34,332	29.9	34,834	30.2
Heinz Bliss	FDP	5,851	5.1	6,426	5.6
Liselotte Günther	ADF	827	0.7	804	0.7
	EP	-	-	116	0.1
	GPD	-	-	972	0.8
Eva-Maria von Wolzüge	NPD	3,965	3.5	4,679	4.1

Election 1965

Result of the federal election on
September 19, 1965
Subject of evidence		First votes		Second votes
Applicants	Political party	number	%	number	%
Eligible voters		126,373	100.0	126,373	100.0
Voters		115.060	91.0	115.060	91.0
Invalid votes		3,601	3.1	2,901	2.5
Valid votes		111,459	100.0	112.159	100.0
from that
Egon Höhmann	SPD	64,298	57.7	63.172	56.3
Albert Feller	CDU	31,120	27.9	31,780	28.3
Fritz Walter	FDP	12,760	11.4	13,508	12.0
	AUD	-	-	96	0.1
Wilhelm von Elbwart	DFU	1,183	1.1	1,275	1.1
Karl Fritz	NPD	2,098	1.9	2,328	2.1

Election 1949

Result of the federal election on
August 14, 1949
	Political party	number	%
Eligible voters		120,772	100.0
Voters		102,362	84.8
Invalid votes		4,800	4.7
Valid votes		97,562	100.0
from that
Rudolf Freidhof	SPD	34,685	35.6
	CDU	10,420	10.7
	FDP	29,583	30.3
	KPD	5,170	5.3
	Non-party	17,704	18.1

Constituency winner

year	Surname	Political party	First votes
1998	Joachim Tappe	SPD	58.2%
1994	Joachim Tappe	SPD	53.0%
1990	Joachim Tappe	SPD	53.8%
1987	Albert Nehm	SPD	54.3%
1983	Albert Nehm	SPD	54.0%
1980	Albert Nehm	SPD	58.2%
1976	Egon Höhmann	SPD	58.1%
1972	Egon Höhmann	SPD	64.1%
1969	Egon Höhmann	SPD	60.8%
1965	Egon Höhmann	SPD	57.7%
1961	Egon Höhmann	SPD	50.1%
1957	Egon Höhmann	SPD	44.4%
1953	Rudolf Freidhof	SPD	39.8%
1949	Rudolf Freidhof	SPD	35.6%

Constituency history

choice	Constituency name	area
1949	3 Eschwege	District of Eschwege , District of Witzenhausen , District of Melsungen
1953-1961	128 Eschwege
1965-1972	128 Eschwege	District of Eschwege, District of Witzenhausen, District of Kassel (eastern part)
1976	128 Werra-Meissner	Werra-Meißner-Kreis, from the Kassel district the communities Baunatal, Fuldabrück, Helsa, Kaufungen, Lohfelden, Nieste, Niestetal, Schauenburg and Söhrewald
1980-1998	126 Werra-Meissner

Individual evidence

^ Final result of the federal election on September 27, 1998 in the state of Hesse on October 14, 1998 . In: State Returning Officer for Hesse (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1998 No. 43 , p. 3285 , 1779 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1,3 MB ]).
^ District election proposals for the 1998 Bundestag election in constituency 126 Werra-Meißner ( Memento from November 11, 1999 in the Internet Archive )
^ Final result of the federal election on October 16, 1994 in the state of Hesse on November 2, 1994 . In: State Returning Officer for Hesse (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1994 No. 46 , p. 3405 , 1088 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 8.7 MB ]).
^ Final result of the Bundestag election on December 2, 1990 in the state of Hesse on December 18, 1990 . In: State Returning Officer for Hesse (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1991 No. 3 , p. 184 , 73 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 10.3 MB ]).
^ Final result of the Bundestag election on January 25, 1987 in the State of Hesse on February 9, 1987 . In: State Returning Officer for Hesse (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1987 No. 7 , p. 355 , 163 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5,8 MB ]).
^ Final result of the federal election on October 5, 1980 in the state of Hesse on October 22, 1980 . In: State Returning Officer for Hesse (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1980 No. 44 , p. 2069 , 1225 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5.1 MB ]).
^ Result of the election to the 9th German Bundestag on October 5, 1980 according to constituencies ( Memento of October 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (CSV, 41 kB)
^ Final result of the Bundestag election on October 3, 1976 in the state of Hesse on October 20, 1976 . In: State Returning Officer for Hesse (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1976 No. 44 , p. 1961 , 1425 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5.4 MB ]).
^ Final result of the federal election on November 19, 1972 in the state of Hesse on December 5, 1972 . In: State Returning Officer for Hesse (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1972 No. 51 , p. 2158 , 1545 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.1 MB ]).
^ Final result of the federal election on September 28, 1969 in the state of Hesse on October 15, 1969 . In: State Returning Officer for Hesse (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1969 No. 43 , p. 1780 , 1480 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5.5 MB ]).
^ Final result of the federal election on September 19, 1965 in the state of Hesse on October 12, 1965 . In: State Returning Officer for Hesse (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1965 no. 43 , p. 1251 , 1053 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 2.8 MB ]).
^ Result of the election to the 1st German Bundestag on August 14, 1949 by constituency ( Memento from October 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (CSV, 25 kB)
↑ Overall result in the state of Hesse for the first Bundestag of the Federal Republic of Germany on August 14, 1949 from August 25, 1949 . In: State Returning Officer for Hesse (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1949 no. 35 , p. 353 , 558 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1,2 MB ]).

Web links

Results of the federal elections. Federal Returning Officer, 2005, accessed January 12, 2009 .

[1] Final result of the federal election on September 27, 1998 in the state of Hesse on October 14, 1998 . In: State Returning Officer for Hesse (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1998 No. 43 , p. 3285 , 1779 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1,3 MB ]).

[2] District election proposals for the 1998 Bundestag election in constituency 126 Werra-Meißner ( Memento from November 11, 1999 in the Internet Archive )

[3] Final result of the federal election on October 16, 1994 in the state of Hesse on November 2, 1994 . In: State Returning Officer for Hesse (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1994 No. 46 , p. 3405 , 1088 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 8.7 MB ]).

[4] Final result of the Bundestag election on December 2, 1990 in the state of Hesse on December 18, 1990 . In: State Returning Officer for Hesse (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1991 No. 3 , p. 184 , 73 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 10.3 MB ]).

[5] Final result of the Bundestag election on January 25, 1987 in the State of Hesse on February 9, 1987 . In: State Returning Officer for Hesse (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1987 No. 7 , p. 355 , 163 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5,8 MB ]).

[6] Final result of the federal election on October 5, 1980 in the state of Hesse on October 22, 1980 . In: State Returning Officer for Hesse (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1980 No. 44 , p. 2069 , 1225 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5.1 MB ]).

[7] Result of the election to the 9th German Bundestag on October 5, 1980 according to constituencies ( Memento of October 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (CSV, 41 kB)

[8] Final result of the Bundestag election on October 3, 1976 in the state of Hesse on October 20, 1976 . In: State Returning Officer for Hesse (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1976 No. 44 , p. 1961 , 1425 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5.4 MB ]).

[9] Final result of the federal election on November 19, 1972 in the state of Hesse on December 5, 1972 . In: State Returning Officer for Hesse (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1972 No. 51 , p. 2158 , 1545 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.1 MB ]).

[10] Final result of the federal election on September 28, 1969 in the state of Hesse on October 15, 1969 . In: State Returning Officer for Hesse (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1969 No. 43 , p. 1780 , 1480 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5.5 MB ]).

[11] Final result of the federal election on September 19, 1965 in the state of Hesse on October 12, 1965 . In: State Returning Officer for Hesse (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1965 no. 43 , p. 1251 , 1053 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 2.8 MB ]).

[12] Result of the election to the 1st German Bundestag on August 14, 1949 by constituency ( Memento from October 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (CSV, 25 kB)

[13] Overall result in the state of Hesse for the first Bundestag of the Federal Republic of Germany on August 14, 1949 from August 25, 1949 . In: State Returning Officer for Hesse (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1949 no. 35 , p. 353 , 558 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1,2 MB ]).