Main-Taunus
180 Main-Taunus | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
![]() Main-Taunus in 2025 | |
State | Hesse |
Population | 284,200 (2019) |
Electorate | 195,514 (2021) |
Major settlements | Hofheim Kelkheim Hattersheim am Main |
Area | 270.6 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 2002 |
Party | CDU |
Member | Norbert Altenkamp |
Elected | 2017, 2021 |
Main-Taunus 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 180. It is located in southern Hesse, comprising the Main-Taunus-Kreis district and small parts of the Hochtaunuskreis district.[1]
Main-Taunus was created for the 2002 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Norbert Altenkamp of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]
Geography
[edit]Main-Taunus is located in southern Hesse. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Main-Taunus-Kreis district as well as the municipalities of Königstein im Taunus, Kronberg im Taunus, and Steinbach (Taunus) from the Hochtaunuskreis district.[1]
History
[edit]Main-Taunus was created in 2002. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was constituency 182 in the numbering system. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 181. From the 2025 election, it has been number 180. Its borders have not changed since its creation.
Mitglieder
[edit]The constituency was first represented by Heinz Riesenhuber of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 2002 to 2005 to 2017. Norbert Altenkamp of the CDU was elected in 2017.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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2002 | Heinz Riesenhuber | CDU | 49.8 | |
2005 | 51.1 | |||
2009 | 47.5 | |||
2013 | 52.2 | |||
2017 | Norbert Altenkamp | CDU | 41.9 | |
2021 | 33.3 |
Election results
[edit]2021 election
[edit]Federal election (2021): Main-Taunus[3] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
51,985 | 33.3 | ![]() |
42,260 | 27.0 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Ilja-Kristin Seewald | 35,493 | 22.8 | ![]() |
34,468 | 22.1 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Kordula Schulz-Asche | 26,373 | 16.9 | ![]() |
26,771 | 17.1 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Bettina Stark-Watzinger | 20,295 | 13.0 | ![]() |
26,335 | 16.9 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Gerhard Bergmann | 10,588 | 6.8 | ![]() |
10,427 | 6.7 | ![]() | ||
Left | Paul Laslop | 4,272 | 2.7 | ![]() |
4,708 | 3.0 | ![]() | ||
FW | Frank Bergmann | 4,179 | 2.7 | ![]() |
2,471 | 1.6 | ![]() | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 2,042 | 1.3 | ![]() | ||||||
dieBasis | 1,871 | 1.2 | |||||||
PARTEI | Florian Sauer | 2,751 | 1.8 | 1,253 | 0.8 | ![]() | |||
Team Todenhöfer | 1,143 | 0.7 | |||||||
Volt | 1,012 | 0.6 | |||||||
Pirates | 510 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 209 | 0.1 | |||||||
ÖDP | 163 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Humanists | 154 | 0.1 | |||||||
V-Partei3 | 135 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
NPD | 116 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Bündnis C | 93 | 0.1 | |||||||
Bündnis 21 | 56 | 0.0 | |||||||
LKR | 34 | 0.0 | |||||||
MLPD | 31 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
DKP | 19 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,782 | 1,437 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 155,936 | 156,281 | |||||||
Turnout | 157,718 | 80.7 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 16,492 | 10.5 | ![]() |
2017 election
[edit]Federal election (2017): Main-Taunus[4] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Norbert Altenkamp | 66,490 | 41.9 | ![]() |
54,902 | 34.6 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Ilja-Kristin Seewald | 34,527 | 21.8 | ![]() |
28,786 | 18.1 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Bettina Stark-Watzinger | 17,224 | 10.9 | ![]() |
26,571 | 16.7 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Gernot Laude | 15,319 | 9.7 | 16,395 | 10.3 | ![]() | |||
Greens | Kordula Schulz-Asche | 14,458 | 9.1 | ![]() |
16,752 | 10.5 | ![]() | ||
Left | Ingo von Seemen | 7,887 | 5.0 | ![]() |
9,504 | 6.0 | ![]() | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,500 | 0.9 | |||||||
FW | Josef Voege | 2,620 | 1.7 | 1,293 | 0.8 | ![]() | |||
PARTEI | 1,173 | 0.7 | ![]() | ||||||
Pirates | 561 | 0.4 | ![]() | ||||||
ÖDP | 340 | 0.2 | |||||||
NPD | 337 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
V-Partei³ | 224 | 0.1 | |||||||
DM | 222 | 0.1 | |||||||
BGE | 216 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | 33 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
BüSo | 26 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
DKP | 24 | 0.0 | |||||||
Informal votes | 2,122 | 1,788 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 158,525 | 158,859 | |||||||
Turnout | 160,647 | 81.4 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 21,963 | 20.1 | ![]() |
2013 election
[edit]Federal election (2013): Main-Taunus[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
79,353 | 52.5 | ![]() |
66,598 | 43.8 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Dieter Falk | 40,927 | 27.1 | ![]() |
34,156 | 22.5 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Kordula Schulz-Asche | 12,453 | 8.2 | ![]() |
15,057 | 9.9 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Bettina Stark-Watzinger | 6,472 | 4.3 | ![]() |
13,100 | 8.6 | ![]() | ||
AfD | 10,470 | 6.9 | |||||||
Left | Fritz-Walter Hornung | 6,355 | 4.2 | ![]() |
6,406 | 4.2 | ![]() | ||
Pirates | Frank Hubertus Schäfer | 3,729 | 2.5 | 2,773 | 1.8 | ![]() | |||
FW | 1,212 | 0.8 | |||||||
NPD | Nikolaus Bexha | 1,778 | 1.2 | ![]() |
1,003 | 0.8 | ![]() | ||
PARTEI | 549 | 0.4 | |||||||
REP | 285 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
PRO | 159 | 0.1 | |||||||
SGP | 63 | 0.0 | |||||||
BüSo | 53 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
MLPD | 35 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 4,078 | 3,226 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 151,067 | 151,919 | |||||||
Turnout | 155,145 | 78.9 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 38,426 | 25.4 | ![]() |
2009 election
[edit]Federal election (2009): Main-Taunus[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
72,680 | 47.5 | ![]() |
56,989 | 37.1 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Nicole Ritter | 36,629 | 24.0 | ![]() |
29,515 | 19.2 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Bettina Stark-Watzinger | 18,588 | 12.2 | ![]() |
33,225 | 21.7 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Wolfgang Strengmann-Kuhn | 15,618 | 10.2 | ![]() |
18,258 | 11.9 | ![]() | ||
Left | Fritz-Walter Hornung | 7,718 | 5.0 | ![]() |
8,699 | 5.7 | ![]() | ||
Pirates | 3,157 | 2.1 | |||||||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,437 | 0.9 | ![]() | ||||||
NPD | Thomas Gorr | 1,694 | 1.1 | ![]() |
1,140 | 0.7 | ![]() | ||
REP | 701 | 0.5 | ![]() | ||||||
BüSo | 165 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
DVU | 110 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | 30 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,821 | 2,322 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 152,927 | 153,426 | |||||||
Turnout | 155,748 | 79.7 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 36,051 | 23.5 | ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Constituency Main-Taunus". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Results for Main-Taunus". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ Results for Main-Taunus
- ^ Results for Main-Taunus
- ^ Results for Main-Taunus
- ^ Results for Main-Taunus