Main-Kinzig – Wetterau II – Schotten
Main-Kinzig – Wetterau II – Schotten is one of the 299 single member constituencies used for the German parliament, the Bundestag. It is one of twenty two districts in the state of Hesse.
Location of constituency in Hesse
The constituency is the Bundestag's newest district.[1] It was created for the 2013 election from parts of the Giessen, Fulda, Hanau and Wetterau constituencies. The first election was won by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) candidate Peter Tauber.
Boundaries
- from Main-Kinzig-Kreis the municipalities of Bad Orb, Bad Soden-Salmünster, Biebergemünd, Birstein, Brachttal, Flörsbachtal, Freigericht, Gelnhausen, Gründau, Jossgrund, Linsengericht, Schlüchtern, Sinntal, Steinau an der Straße and Wächtersbach as well as the unincorporated area of Gutsbezirk Spessart
- from Wetteraukreis the municipalities of Altenstadt, Büdingen, Gedern, Glauburg, Hirzenhain, Kefenrod, Limeshain and Ortenberg
- from Vogelsbergkreis the municipality of Schotten.[2]
Results
2013 election
| Party | Constituency results | List results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % share | +/- | Votes | % share | +/- | ||
| Christian Democratic Union | Peter Tauber | 61,911 | 48.8 | +7.9 | 52,305 | 41.2 | +7.4 | |
| Social Democratic Party of Germany | Bettina Müller | 41,061 | 32.4 | +0.1 | 35,313 | 27.8 | +3.1 | |
| Alliance '90/The Greens | Udo Gernot Weiss | 6,815 | 5.4 | -0.8 | 9,720 | 7.7 | -1.8 | |
| The Left | Andreas Müller | 6,739 | 5.3 | -1.7 | 6,934 | 5.5 | -3.0 | |
| Pirate Party | Reinhard Schaffert | 3,746 | 3.0 | N/A | 2,666 | 2.1 | +0.1 | |
| National Democratic Party of Germany | Daniel Lachmann | 3,538 | 2.8 | +0.5 | 2,662 | 2.1 | +0.1 | |
| Free Democratic Party | Conrad Buchholz | 2,963 | 2.3 | -7.2 | 6,516 | 5.1 | -12.0 | |
| Alternative for Germany | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 8,098 | 6.4 | N/A | |
| Free Voters | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1,325 | 1.0 | N/A | |
| Die PARTEI | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 630 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| The Republicans | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 487 | 0.4 | -0.5 | |
| Others | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 358 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Source:[3]
References
- 32 Wahlkreise für Bundestagswahl werden neu zugeschnitten, Die Welt, 2 May 2012
- Constituency boundaries Archived 2014-03-17 at the Wayback Machine bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 17 March 2014
- 2013 constituency results Archived 2014-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 17 March 2014
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