Main-Taunus constituency

Constituency 181: Main-Taunus
Country	Germany
state	Hesse
Constituency number	181
Eligible voters	197.291
voter turnout	81.4%
Election date	September 24, 2017
Constituency representative
Surname	Norbert Altenkamp
Political party	CDU
Voting share	41.9%

The constituency Main-Taunus (constituency 181) is a Bundestag constituency in Hesse . The constituency includes the Main-Taunus district and the cities and communities of Königstein im Taunus , Kronberg im Taunus and Steinbach (Taunus) from the Hochtaunus district . The constituency was newly established in this form for the 2002 Bundestag election and is considered a CDU stronghold.

Election 2017

The 2017 Bundestag election will take place on Sunday, September 24, 2017. In Hessen , 20 parties applied with their state list. The Alliance of German Democrats withdrew their application. The violet one was rejected by the state election committee because the required two thousand signatures for support were not presented. Thus 18 parties apply with their state lists in Hesse. A total of 353 applicants are running on the state lists, less than a third (114) of them women.

Preliminary result of the federal election on
September 24, 2017
Subject of Proof		First- be right		Second- be right
Applicants	Political party	number	%	number	%
Eligible voters		197.291	100	197.291	100
Voters		160,646	81.4	160,646	81.4
Invalid votes		2.120	1.3	1,786	1.1
Valid vote		158,526	98.7	158,860	98.9
from that
Norbert Altenkamp	CDU	66,490	41.9	54,905	34.6
Ilya-Kristin Seewald	SPD	34,529	21.8	28,789	18.1
Kordula Schulz ash	GREEN	14,458	9.1	16,752	10.5
Ingo from Seemen	THE LEFT	7,886	5	9,503	6th
Gernot Laude	AfD	15,319	9.7	16,395	10.3
Bettina Stark-Watzinger	FDP	17,224	10.9	26,570	16.7
	PIRATES	-	-	561	0.4
	NPD	-	-	337	0.2
Josef Voege	FREE VOTERS	2,620	1.7	1,292	0.8
	The party	-	-	1,168	0.7
	Busy	-	-	31	0
	MLPD	-	-	33	0
	UBI	-	-	215	0.1
	DKP	-	-	24	0
	DM	-	-	222	0.1
	ÖDP	-	-	340	0.2
	Animal welfare party	-	-	1,499	0.9
	V party³	-	-	224	0.1

Election 2013

Bundestag election 2013 - WK Main-Taunus

(in %)

%

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

43.8

22.5

9.9

8.6

6.9

4.2

1.8

0.8

0.7

0.4

Gains and losses

compared to 2009

% p

8th

6th

4th

2

0

-2

-4

-6

-8th

-10

-12

-14

+6.7

+3.3

-2.0

-13.1

+6.9

-1.5

-0.3

+0.8

± 0.0

+0.4

Result of the federal election on
September 22, 2013
Subject of evidence		First votes		Second votes
Applicants	Political party	number	%	number	%
Eligible voters		196.605	100.0	196.605	100.0
Voters		155.145	78.9	155.145	78.9
Invalid votes		4,078	2.6	3.226	2.1
Valid votes		151.067	100.0	151.919	100.0
from that
Heinz Riesenhuber	CDU	79,353	52.5	66,598	43.8
Dieter Falk	SPD	40,927	27.1	34,156	22.5
Bettina Stark-Watzinger	FDP	6,472	4.3	13,100	8.6
Kordula Schulz ash	GREEN	12,453	8.2	15,057	9.9
Fritz-Walter Hornung	THE LEFT	6,355	4.2	6,406	4.2
Frank Hubertus Schäfer	PIRATES	3,729	2.5	2,773	1.8
Nikolaus Bexha	NPD	1,778	1.2	1.003	0.7
	REP	-	-	285	0.2
	BüSo	-	-	53	0.0
	MLPD	-	-	35	0.0
	AfD	-	-	10,470	6.9
	per Germany	-	-	159	0.1
	FREE VOTERS	-	-	1,212	0.8
	The party	-	-	549	0.4
	PSG	-	-	63	0.0

Election 2009

Result of the federal election on
September 27, 2009
Subject of evidence		First votes		Second votes
Applicants	Political party	number	%	number	%
Eligible voters		195.505	100.0	195.505	100.0
Voters		155,748	79.7	155,748	79.7
Invalid votes		2,821	1.8	2,322	1.5
Valid votes		152.927	100.0	153,426	100.0
from that
Nicole Ritter	SPD	36,629	24.0	29,515	19.2
Heinz Riesenhuber	CDU	72,680	47.5	56,989	37.1
Bettina Stark-Watzinger	FDP	18,588	12.2	33,225	21.7
Wolfgang Strengmann-Kuhn	GREEN	15,618	10.2	18,258	11.9
Fritz-Walter Hornung	THE LEFT	7,718	5.0	8,699	5.7
Thomas Gorr	NPD	1,694	1.1	1,140	0.7
	REP	-	-	701	0.5
	The animal welfare party	-	-	1,437	0.9
	BüSo	-	-	165	0.1
	MLPD	-	-	30th	0.0
	DVU	-	-	110	0.1
	PIRATES	-	-	3.157	2.1

Election 2005

Result of the federal election on
September 18, 2005
Subject of evidence		First votes		Second votes
Applicants	Political party	number	%	number	%
Eligible voters		193,679	100.0	193,679	100.0
Voters		161,332	83.3	161,332	83.3
Invalid votes		2,967	1.8	2,581	1.6
Valid votes		158.365	100.0	158,751	100.0
from that
Gerrit Richter	SPD	50,418	31.8	43,337	27.3
Heinz Riesenhuber	CDU	80,848	51.1	63,644	40.1
Anna Lührmann	GREEN	11,988	7.6	15,828	10.0
Fritz-Wilhelm Kruger	FDP	8,411	5.3	26,019	16.4
Beate Ullrich-Graf	The left.	4,806	3.0	5,736	3.6
	REP	-	-	958	0.6
	The animal welfare party	-	-	1,061	0.7
Günter Seiffert	NPD	1,894	1.2	1,198	0.8
	GRAY	-	-	710	0.4
	BüSo	-	-	114	0.1
	MLPD	-	-	35	0.0
	PSG	-	-	111	0.1

Election 2002

Result of the federal election on
September 22, 2002
Subject of evidence		First votes		Second votes
Applicants	Political party	number	%	number	%
Eligible voters		193,631	100.0	193,631	100.0
Voters		163,517	84.4	163,517	84.4
Invalid votes		2,943	1.8	2,370	1.4
Valid votes		160,574	100.0	161.147	100.0
from that
Klaus Wiesehügel	SPD	57,260	35.7	50,469	31.3
Heinz Riesenhuber	CDU	79,928	49.8	69,288	43.0
Anna Lührmann	GREEN	11,422	7.1	18,572	11.5
Fritz-Wilhelm Kruger	FDP	10,232	6.4	17,388	10.8
	REP	-	-	1.006	0.6
Stefan Marx	PDS	1,732	1.1	1,654	1.0
	The animal welfare party	-	-	802	0.5
	NPD	-	-	368	0.2
	GRAY	-	-	288	0.2
	PBC	-	-	153	0.1
	CM	-	-	96	0.1
	ödp	-	-	145	0.1
	BüSo	-	-	47	0.0
	Schill	-	-	871	0.5

Previous MPs

year	Surname	Political party	First votes
2017	Norbert Altenkamp	CDU	41.9%
2013	Heinz Riesenhuber	CDU	52.2%
2013	Kordula Schulz ash	B90 / greens	Country list
2009	Heinz Riesenhuber	CDU	47.5%
2009	Wolfgang Strengmann-Kuhn	B90 / greens	Country list
2005	Heinz Riesenhuber	CDU	51.1%
2005	Anna Lührmann	B90 / greens	Country list
2002	Heinz Riesenhuber	CDU	49.8%
2002	Anna Lührmann	B90 / greens	Country list

Constituency history

choice	Constituency name	area
2002-2005	182 Main-Taunus	Main-Taunus-Kreis and from the Hochtaunuskreis the communities Königstein im Taunus, Kronberg im Taunus and Steinbach (Taunus)
2009–	181 Main-Taunus

The Main-Taunus constituency was newly established for the 2002 federal election. Before that, the area of today's constituency was from 1949 to 1961 part of the federal constituency of Groß-Gerau . Between 1965 and 1998 , the Main-Taunus district was divided into the constituencies Groß-Gerau (southern municipalities), Hochtaunus (northern municipalities) and Frankfurt am Main I - Main-Taunus (eastern municipalities, from 1976 ) .

Individual evidence

↑ Constituency division ( Memento of May 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
^ Frankfurter Neue Presse: Hessen: 18 parties with state lists for the federal election | Frankfurter Neue Presse . ( fnp.de [accessed on July 29, 2017]). Hessen: 18 parties with state lists for the federal election | Frankfurter Neue Presse ( Memento from July 29, 2017 in the Internet Archive )

↑ PM 2 - Bundestag election 2017 . In: Elections in Hesse . July 27, 2017 ( hessen.de [accessed July 29, 2017]).

↑ 2017 Bundestag election in Hesse. Retrieved September 24, 2017 .

^ Result of the 2013 federal election in constituency 181 ( memento from July 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on the homepage of the state returning officer for Hesse

↑ Nominations for the Bundestag election on September 22, 2013 (ZIP, 668 kB)

↑ Result in Bundestag constituency 181 - Main-Taunus ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the homepage of the State Returning Officer for Hesse@1@ 2

↑ Nominations for the Bundestag election on September 27, 2009 (ZIP, 288 kB)

^ Result of the 2005 Bundestag election in constituency 182 ( memento from July 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on the homepage of the State Returning Officer for Hesse

↑ Nominations for the federal election on September 18, 2005 in Hesse (ZIP, 414 kB)

^ Final result of the Bundestag election on September 22, 2002 in the state of Hesse on September 22, 2002 . In: State Returning Officer for Hesse (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 2002 No. 42 , p. 4008 , 1000 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.5 MB ]).

↑ Nominations for the Bundestag election on September 22, 2002 in Hesse (ZIP, 352 kB)

↑ ^a ^b Sixteenth Act to Amend the Federal Election Act of April 27, 2001 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 701 )

↑ ^a ^b Eighteenth Act to Amend the Federal Election Act of March 17, 2008 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 316 )

↑ ^a ^b Twentieth Act to Amend the Federal Election Act of April 12, 2012 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 518 )

Web links

Structural data of the constituency on the homepage of the Federal Returning Officer

[1] Constituency division ( Memento of May 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

[2] Frankfurter Neue Presse: Hessen: 18 parties with state lists for the federal election | Frankfurter Neue Presse . ( fnp.de [accessed on July 29, 2017]). Hessen: 18 parties with state lists for the federal election | Frankfurter Neue Presse ( Memento from July 29, 2017 in the Internet Archive )

[3] PM 2 - Bundestag election 2017 . In: Elections in Hesse . July 27, 2017 ( hessen.de [accessed July 29, 2017]).

[4] 2017 Bundestag election in Hesse. Retrieved September 24, 2017 .

[5] Result of the 2013 federal election in constituency 181 ( memento from July 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on the homepage of the state returning officer for Hesse

[6] Nominations for the Bundestag election on September 22, 2013 (ZIP, 668 kB)

[7] Result in Bundestag constituency 181 - Main-Taunus ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the homepage of the State Returning Officer for Hesse@1@ 2

[8] Nominations for the Bundestag election on September 27, 2009 (ZIP, 288 kB)

[9] Result of the 2005 Bundestag election in constituency 182 ( memento from July 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on the homepage of the State Returning Officer for Hesse

[10] Nominations for the federal election on September 18, 2005 in Hesse (ZIP, 414 kB)

[11] Final result of the Bundestag election on September 22, 2002 in the state of Hesse on September 22, 2002 . In: State Returning Officer for Hesse (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 2002 No. 42 , p. 4008 , 1000 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.5 MB ]).

[12] Nominations for the Bundestag election on September 22, 2002 in Hesse (ZIP, 352 kB)

['01-13] Sixteenth Act to Amend the Federal Election Act of April 27, 2001 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 701 )

['08-14] Eighteenth Act to Amend the Federal Election Act of March 17, 2008 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 316 )

['12-15] Twentieth Act to Amend the Federal Election Act of April 12, 2012 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 518 )