Waldeck (electoral district)
Location of constituency in Baden-Württemberg
Waldeck is one of the 299 single member constituencies used for the German parliament, the Bundestag. One of twenty two districts covering the state of Hesse, it covers the northern part of the state.
The constituency was created for the 1949 election, the first election in West Germany after World War II. The constituency was won by the Free Democratic Party in its first two elections in 1949 and 1953, but has been won by the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) since the 1957 general election. The current MP is Ullrich Messmer, who was first elected at the 2009 general election.
Boundaries
| Election(s) | District name and number | Areas covered |
|---|---|---|
| 1949 | 1 Waldeck | Waldeck district, Hofgeismar district, Wolfhagen district |
| 1953–1976 | 126 Waldeck | |
| 1980–1998 | 124 Waldeck | From the Waldeck-Frankenberg district: Bad Arolsen, Bad Wildungen, Diemelsee, Diemelstadt, Edertal, Korbach, Lichtenfels, Twistetal, Volkmarsen, Waldeck and Willingen; from the Kassel district: Bad Emstal, Bad Karlshafen, Breuna, Calden, Grebenstein, Habichtswald, Hofgeismar, Immenhausen, Liebenau, Naumburg, Oberweser, Reinhardshagen, Trendelburg, Wahlsburg, Wolfhagen, Zierenberg and Reinhardswald |
| 2002–2005 | 169 Waldeck | From the Waldeck-Frankenberg district: Bad Arolsen, Bad Wildungen, Diemelsee, Diemelstadt, Edertal, Korbach, Lichtenfels, Twistetal, Volkmarsen, Waldeck and Willingen; from the Kassel district: Bad Emstal, Bad Karlshafen, Baunatal, Breuna, Calden, Grebenstein, Habichtswald, Hofgeismar, Immenhausen, Liebenau, Naumburg, Oberweser, Reinhardshagen, Schauenburg, Trendelburg, Wahlsburg, Wolfhagen, Zierenberg and Reinhardswald |
| 2009 | 168 Waldeck | |
| from 2013 | 167 Waldeck |
Results
2009 election
| Party | Constituency results | List results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % share | +/- | Votes | % share | +/- | ||
| Social Democratic Party of Germany | Ullrich Messmer | 51,737 | 37.8 | -12.5 | 45,343 | 33.0 | -11.1 | |
| Christian Democratic Union | Thomas Viesehon | 48,414 | 35.3 | +0.9 | 41,109 | 29.9 | -0.3 | |
| Free Democratic Party | Björn Sänger | 13,180 | 9.6 | +4.9 | 20,210 | 14.7 | +5.0 | |
| Alliance '90/The Greens | Anke Pavlicek | 11,209 | 8.2 | +3.7 | 13,498 | 9.8 | +2.3 | |
| The Left | Klaus Albrecht | 10,400 | 7.6 | +2.9 | 11,657 | 8.5 | +3.1 | |
| National Democratic Party of Germany | David Giesler | 1,756 | 1.3 | -0.1 | 1,393 | 1.0 | -0.1 | |
| Independent | K Lenz | 311 | 0.2 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Pirate Party | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2,175 | 1.6 | N/A | |
| Human Environment Animal Protection | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1,121 | 0.8 | +0.2 | |
| The Republicans | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 504 | 0.4 | -0.2 | |
| BüSo | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 122 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Others | 163 | 0.1 | N/A | |||||
Source:[1]
References
- ↑ 2009 constituency results, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 8 March 2013
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