Hersfeld constituency

The Hersfeld constituency was a constituency in Hesse from 1949 to 2002 . Most recently it comprised the district of Hersfeld-Rotenburg , from the district of Fulda the communities Burghaun , Eiterfeld , Hünfeld , Nüsttal and Rasdorf and from the Schwalm-Eder district the communities Felsberg , Guxhagen , Körle , Malsfeld , Melsungen , Morschen and Spangenberg .

For the 2002 elections lost Nordhessen a constituency. The constituency of Hersfeld was dissolved and its area was divided between the constituencies Werra-Meißner - Hersfeld-Rotenburg , Schwalm-Eder and Fulda . The last directly elected member of the constituency was Michael Roth ( SPD ).

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		166.284	100.0	166.284	100.0
Voters		141.025	84.8	141.025	84.8
Invalid votes		2,951	2.1	1,950	1.4
Valid votes		138,074	100.0	139.075	100.0
from that
Helmut Heiderich	CDU	57,435	41.6	54,649	39.3
Berthold Wittich	SPD	65,487	47.4	63.168	45.4
Alexander Abshagen	FDP	4.152	3.0	8,563	6.2
Günther Burckhard	GREEN	6,979	5.1	7,988	5.7
Friedrich Baunack	REP	2,468	1.8	2,558	1.8
Heinz Schneider	PDS	749	0.5	909	0.7
	solidarity	-	-	26th	0.0
Sibylle Möller	THE GRAY	804	0.6	564	0.4
	NATURAL LAW	-	-	195	0.1
	MLPD	-	-	10	0.0
	ÖDP	-	-	180	0.1
	PBC	-	-	265	0.2

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		165.223	100.0	165.223	100.0
Voters		140,480	85.0	140,480	85.0
Invalid votes		3,080	2.2	1,864	1.3
Valid votes		137,400	100.0	138,616	100.0
from that
Wilfried Boehm	CDU	58,320	42.4	55,686	40.2
Berthold Wittich	SPD	63,704	46.4	60,741	43.8
Jens Schwarz	GREEN	5,510	4.0	5,321	3.8
Stefan Feuerstein	FDP	7,507	5.5	12.092	8.7
	THE GRAY	-	-	784	0.6
	REP	-	-	2,299	1.7
Michael Ernst Zülch	NPD	1,841	1.3	1,095	0.8
Brigitte Runte	ÖDP	518	0.4	359	0.3
	PDS	-	-	239	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		161,378	100.0	161,378	100.0
Voters		143.851	89.1	143.851	89.1
Invalid votes		2,852	2.0	1,900	1.3
Valid votes		140,999	100.0	141,951	100.0
from that
Wilfried Boehm	CDU	60,458	42.9	56,280	39.6
Berthold Wittich	SPD	66,287	47.0	63,925	45.0
Heinz Bliss	FDP	5,267	3.7	10,638	7.5
Gerda stake	GREEN	7,531	5.3	9,358	6.6
	WOMEN	-	-	342	0.2
	MLPD	-	-	48	0.0
Franz Knoll	NPD	1,068	0.8	1,097	0.8
	ÖDP	-	-	196	0.1
	Patriots	-	-	67	0.0
Carsten Wilfried Baetzold	PEACE	388	0.3	-	-

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		157.399	100.0	157.399	100.0
Voters		145.969	92.7	145.969	92.7
Invalid votes		2,965	2.0	1,359	0.9
Valid votes		143.004	100.0	144.610	100.0
from that
Wendelin Enders	SPD	73,067	51.1	70,863	49.0
Wilfried Boehm	CDU	59,921	41.9	59,346	41.0
Alfred Schmidt	FDP	7,054	4.9	11,514	8.0
Burghardt Hollstein	DKP	293	0.2	221	0.2
Karl Meyfarth	GREEN	2,669	1.9	2,407	1.7
	EAP	-	-	16	0.0
	KBW	-	-	19th	0.0
	NPD	-	-	199	0.1
	V	-	-	25th	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		154,740	100.0	154,740	100.0
Voters		145,482	94.0	145,482	94.0
Invalid votes		2,790	1.9	1,059	0.7
Valid votes		142,692	100.0	144.423	100.0
from that
Wendelin Enders	SPD	71,791	50.3	70,543	48.8
Wilfried Boehm	CDU	63,754	44.7	63,940	44.3
Dieter Posch	FDP	6,578	4.6	9,103	6.3
	AUD	-	-	68	0.0
	AVP	-	-	12	0.0
Burghardt Hollstein	DKP	569	0.4	379	0.3
	EAP	-	-	15th	0.0
	KPD	-	-	53	0.0
	KBW	-	-	46	0.0
	NPD	-	-	264	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		158.917	100.0	158.917	100.0
Voters		147,342	92.7	147,342	92.7
Invalid votes		2,725	1.8	1,065	0.7
Valid votes		144,617	100.0	146.277	100.0
from that
Wendelin Enders	SPD	79,861	55.2	75,341	51.5
Wilfried Boehm	CDU	58,312	40.3	59,301	40.5
Otto Fischer	FDP	5,326	3.7	10,448	7.1
Martin Ebel	DKP	503	0.3	374	0.3
	EFP	-	-	98	0.1
Hartwig Golf	NPD	615	0.4	715	0.5

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		148.009	100.0	148.009	100.0
Voters		133,135	90.0	133,135	90.0
Invalid votes		2,599	2.0	3,281	2.5
Valid votes		130,536	100.0	129,854	100.0
from that
Wendelin Enders	SPD	67,234	51.5	64,336	49.5
Carl Reinhard	CDU	52,227	40.0	51.003	39.3
Rolf Metz	FDP	5,352	4.1	6,800	5.2
Hans Horn	ADF	626	0.5	585	0.5
	EP	-	-	166	0.1
	GPD	-	-	543	0.4
Hartwig Golf	NPD	5,097	3.9	6,421	4.9

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		148,696	100.0	148,696	100.0
Voters		133,411	89.7	133,411	89.7
Invalid votes		3,150	2.4	4.115	3.1
Valid votes		130.261	100.0	129,296	100.0
from that
Edwin Zerbe	SPD	64,071	49.2	61,935	47.9
Carl Reinhard	CDU	51.209	39.3	49.003	37.9
Hertha Schimmelpfeng	FDP	11,704	9.0	14,420	11.2
	AUD	-	-	104	0.1
Horst-Otmar Henneberg	DFU	1,028	0.8	1,155	0.9
Erich Fuchs	NPD	2,249	1.7	2,679	2.1

Election 1961

Result of the federal election of September
17, 1961
Subject of evidence		First votes		Second votes
Applicants	Political party	number	%	number	%
Eligible voters		114,323	100.0	114,323	100.0
Voters		103.003	90.1	103.003	90.1
Invalid votes		2,929	2.8	4,928	4.8
Valid votes		100,074	100.0	98.075	100.0
from that
Carl Reinhard	CDU	38,930	38.9	36,560	37.3
Ernst Wilhelm Meyer	SPD	43,849	43.8	43.006	43.9
Willy Hild	FDP	12,265	12.3	13.009	13.3
Viktor Aschenbrenner	GDP (DP-BHE)	3,804	3.8	3,962	4.0
Horst-Otmar Henneberg	DFU	1,226	1.2	1,264	1.3
	DRP	-	-	274	0.3

Election 1957

Result of the federal election of September
15, 1957
Subject of evidence		First votes		Second votes
Applicants	Political party	number	%	number	%
Eligible voters		111.064	100.0	111.064	100.0
Voters		100,945	90.9	100,945	90.9
Invalid votes		3,372	3.3	4,846	4.8
Valid votes		97,573	100.0	96,099	100.0
from that
Ernst Wilhelm Meyer	SPD	36,086	37.0	34,984	36.4
Carl Reinhard	CDU	42,347	43.4	40,604	42.3
Max Becker	FDP	8,404	8.6	8,031	8.4
Hans Mick	GB / BHE	4,958	5.1	5,390	5.6
Heinrich Fassbender	DP	4,438	4.5	5,500	5.7
	BdD	-	-	74	0.1
Otto Sexauer	DRP	1,340	1.4	1,516	1.6

Election 1949

Result of the federal election on
August 14, 1949
	Political party	number	%
Eligible voters		112,514	100.0
Voters		93,897	83.5
Invalid votes		3,537	3.8
Valid votes		90,360	100.0
from that
Adolf Arndt	SPD	30,565	33.8
	CDU	16,736	18.5
	FDP	25,582	28.3
	KPD	2,846	3.1
	Non-party	14,631	16.2

Constituency winner

year	Surname	Political party	First votes
1998	Michael Roth	SPD	51.7%
1994	Berthold Wittich	SPD	47.4%
1990	Berthold Wittich	SPD	46.4%
1987	Berthold Wittich	SPD	46.8%
1983	Wilfried Boehm	CDU	47.4%
1980	Wendelin Enders	SPD	51.1%
1976	Wendelin Enders	SPD	50.3%
1972	Wendelin Enders	SPD	55.2%
1969	Wendelin Enders	SPD	51.5%
1965	Edwin Zerbe	SPD	49.2%
1961	Ernst Wilhelm Meyer	SPD	43.8%
1957	Carl Reinhard	CDU	43.4%
1953	Adolf Arndt	SPD	35.1%
1949	Adolf Arndt	SPD	33.8%

Constituency history

choice	Constituency name	area
1949	5 Hersfeld	District of Hersfeld , District of Hünfeld , District of Rotenburg (Fulda)
1953-1961	130 Hersfeld
1965-1976	130 Hersfeld	District of Hersfeld, District of Hünfeld, District of Rotenburg (Fulda), District of Melsungen
1980-1998	128 Hersfeld	District of Hersfeld-Rotenburg, from the district of Fulda the communities Burghaun, Eiterfeld, Hünfeld, Nüsttal and Rasdorf, from the Schwalm-Eder district the communities Felsberg, Guxhagen, Körle, Malsfeld, Melsungen, Morschen and Spangenberg

Web links

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

Individual evidence

^ 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 ]).
^ Final result of the federal election on September 17, 1961 in the state of Hesse on October 2, 1961 . In: State Returning Officer for Hesse (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1961 No. 40 , p. 1186 , 1081 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 4,4 MB ]).
↑ Final result of the federal election on September 15, 1957 in the state of Hesse on October 2, 1957 . In: State Returning Officer for Hesse (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1957 no. 42 , p. 1051 , 1053 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF]).
^ 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 ]).

[1] 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 ]).

[2] 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 ]).

[3] 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 ]).

[4] 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 ]).

[5] 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)

[6] 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 ]).

[7] 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 ]).

[8] 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 ]).

[9] 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 ]).

[10] Final result of the federal election on September 17, 1961 in the state of Hesse on October 2, 1961 . In: State Returning Officer for Hesse (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1961 No. 40 , p. 1186 , 1081 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 4,4 MB ]).

[11] Final result of the federal election on September 15, 1957 in the state of Hesse on October 2, 1957 . In: State Returning Officer for Hesse (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1957 no. 42 , p. 1051 , 1053 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF]).

[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 ]).