Waldeck (electoral district)

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.

Location of constituency in Baden-Württemberg

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

2013 election
2013 German federal election: Waldeck [1]
Notes:

Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU 55,444 41.5% 6.1% 49,063 36.5% 6.6%
SPD 55,217 41.3% 3.5% 48,420 36.0% 3.0%
Green 8,486 6.3% 1.8% 10,872 8.1% 1.7%
Left 7,253 5.4% 2.2% 7,356 5.5% 3.0%
FDP 3,579 2.7% 6.9% 6,452 4.8% 9.9%
Pirates 3,177 2.4% 2.4% 2,242 1.7% 0.1%
Independent 545 0.4% 0.4%
AfD   6,774 5.0% 5.0%
NPD   1,159 0.9% 0.2%
FW   1,013 0.8% 0.8%
PARTEI   525 0.4% 0.4%
REP   237 0.2% 0.2%
pro-Deutschland   152 0.1% 0.1%
PSG   71 0.1% 0.1%
BüSo   47 0.0% 0.1%
MLPD   33 0.0%
Informal votes 4,931 4,216
Total Valid votes 133,701 134,416
CDU gain from SPD Majority 227 0.2%

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

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References
  1. https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/en/bundestagswahlen/2013/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-6/wahlkreis-167.html
  2. 2009 constituency results, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 8 March 2013

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