Main-Kinzig – Wetterau II – Schotten

174 Main-Kinzig – Wetterau II – Schotten
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Main-Kinzig – Wetterau II – Schotten in 2025
State	Hesse
Population	233,900 (2019)
Electorate	178,307 (2021)
Major settlements	Gelnhausen Büdingen Schlüchtern
Area	1,539.5 km^2
Current electoral district
Created	2013
Party	SPD
Member	Bettina Müller
Elected	2021

Main-Kinzig – Wetterau II – Schotten 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 174. It is located in eastern Hesse, comprising eastern and central parts of Main-Kinzig-Kreis, the eastern part of Wetteraukreis district, and the municipality of Schotten from Vogelsbergkreis.[1]

Main-Kinzig – Wetterau II – Schotten was created for the 2013 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Bettina Müller of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]

Geography

Main-Kinzig – Wetterau II – Schotten is located in eastern Hesse. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Main-Kinzig-Kreis district excluding the municipalities of Bruchköbel, Erlensee, Großkrotzenburg, Hammersbach, Hanau, Hasselroth, Langenselbold, Maintal, Neuberg, Nidderau, Niederdorfelden, Rodenbach, Ronneburg, and Schöneck, as well as the municipalities of Altenstadt, Büdingen, Gedern, Glauburg, Hirzenhain, Kefenrod, Limeshain, and Ortenberg from the Wetteraukreis district, and the municipality of Schotten from the Vogelsbergkreis district.[1]

History

The 2013 federal redistribution saw Hesse allocated an additional constituency. Main-Kinzig – Wetterau II – Schotten was created from parts of the constituencies of Gießen, Fulda, Wetterau, and Hanau. Until 2025, it was constituency number 175. Its borders have not changed since its creation.

Members

The constituency was first represented by Peter Tauber of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 2013 to 2021. It was won by Bettina Müller of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	2013	Peter Tauber	CDU	48.8
	2017			36.4
	2021	Bettina Müller	SPD	30.5

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Main-Kinzig – Wetterau II – Schotten[3]
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	%	±%
	SPD	Bettina Müller		41,160	30.5	2.2	36,943	27.4	3.8
	CDU	Johannes Wiegelmann		37,118	27.5	8.9	32,685	24.2	7.5
	AfD	Mariana Harder-Kühnel		17,586	13.0	1.8	17,079	12.6	2.7
	FDP	Andrea Rahn-Farr		15,098	11.2	5.1	17,046	12.6	2.2
	Greens	Knut Kiesel		12,691	9.4	4.0	15,009	11.1	4.0
	FW	Carsten Hildebrandt		4,939	3.7	1.6	3,435	2.5	1.4
	Left	Stella Luise Smith		4,078	3.0	2.9	4,308	3.2	3.4
	Tierschutzpartei						2,579	1.9	0.7
	dieBasis	Brigitte Meyer-Simon		2,214	1.6		1,873	1.4
	PARTEI						1,255	0.9	0.1
	Pirates						584	0.4	0.0
	The Homeland						497	0.4	0.6
	Volt						452	0.3
	Team Todenhöfer						356	0.3
	Gesundheitsforschung						263	0.2
	Bündnis C						146	0.1
	ÖDP						137	0.1	0.1
	Humanists						124	0.1
	V-Partei3						116	0.1	0.1
	Bündnis 21						60	0.0
	DKP						37	0.0	0.0
	LKR						28	0.0
	MLPD						25	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,186			2,033
Total valid votes				134,884			135,037
Turnout				137,070	76.9	0.2
	SPD gain from CDU		Majority	4,042	3.0

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Main-Kinzig – Wetterau II – Schotten[4]
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	Y Peter Tauber		49,479	36.4	12.4	43,147	31.7	9.5
	SPD	Bettina Müller		38,462	28.3	4.1	32,069	23.6	4.2
	AfD	Mariana Harder-Kühnel		20,172	14.8		20,927	15.4	9.0
	FDP	Pierre Kurth		8,326	6.1	3.8	14,144	10.4	5.3
	Left	Dirk Udo Methfessel		8,007	5.9	0.6	8,938	6.6	1.1
	Greens	Matthias Zach		7,346	5.4	0.0	9,614	7.1	0.6
	Tierschutzpartei						1,668	1.2
	FW	Ulrich Majunke		2,865	2.1		1,590	1.2	0.1
	The Homeland	Daniel Lachmann		1,212	0.9	1.9	1,249	0.9	1.2
	PARTEI						1,142	0.8	0.3
	Pirates						549	0.4	1.7
	ÖDP						249	0.2
	DM						222	0.2
	V-Partei³						209	0.2
	BGE						208	0.2
	BüSo						42	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						37	0.0	0.0
	DKP						22	0.0
Informal votes				2,324			2,167
Total valid votes				135,869			136,026
Turnout				138,193	77.1	4.5
	CDU hold		Majority	11,018	8.1	8.3

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Main-Kinzig – Wetterau II – Schotten[5]
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	Peter Tauber		61,911	48.8	7.9	52,305	41.2	7.4
	SPD	Bettina Müller		41,061	32.4	0.1	35,313	27.8	3.1
	Greens	Udo Gernot Weiß		6,815	5.4	0.8	9,720	7.7	1.8
	AfD						8,098	6.4
	Left	Andreas Müller		6,739	5.3	1.7	6,934	5.5	3.0
	Pirates	Reinhard Schaffert		3,746	3.0		2,666	2.1	0.1
	The Homeland	Daniel Lachmann		3,538	2.8	0.5	2,662	2.1	0.1
	FDP	Conrad Buchholz		2,963	2.3	7.2	6,516	5.1	12.0
	FW						1,325	1.0
	PARTEI						630	0.5
	REP						487	0.4	0.5
	PRO						187	0.1
	SGP						74	0.0
	BüSo						72	0.1	0.1
	MLPD						25	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				4,237			3,996
Total valid votes				126,773			127,014
Turnout				131,010	72.6	0.6
	CDU win new seat		Majority	20,850	16.4

References

1. "Constituency Main-Kinzig – Wetterau II – Schotten". Federal Returning Officer.
2. "Results for Main-Kinzig – Wetterau II – Schotten". Federal Returning Officer.
3. Results for Main-Kinzig – Wetterau II – Schotten
4. Results for Main-Kinzig – Wetterau II – Schotten
5. Results for Main-Kinzig – Wetterau II – Schotten