Main-Taunus

180 Main-Taunus
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Main-Taunus in 2025
StateHesse
Population284,200 (2019)
Electorate195,514 (2021)
Major settlementsHofheim
Kelkheim
Hattersheim am Main
Area270.6 km2
Current electoral district
Created2002
PartyCDU
MemberNorbert Altenkamp
Elected2017, 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

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

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.

Members

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 %
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

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Main-Taunus[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Norbert Altenkamp 51,985 33.3 Decrease 8.6 42,260 27.0 Decrease 7.5
SPD Ilja-Kristin Seewald 35,493 22.8 Increase 1.0 34,468 22.1 Increase 3.9
Greens Kordula Schulz-Asche 26,373 16.9 Increase 7.8 26,771 17.1 Increase 6.6
FDP Bettina Stark-Watzinger 20,295 13.0 Increase 2.1 26,335 16.9 Increase 0.1
AfD Gerhard Bergmann 10,588 6.8 Decrease 2.9 10,427 6.7 Decrease 3.6
Left Paul Laslop 4,272 2.7 Decrease 2.2 4,708 3.0 Decrease 3.0
FW Frank Bergmann 4,179 2.7 Increase 1.0 2,471 1.6 Increase 0.8
Tierschutzpartei   2,042 1.3 Increase 0.4
dieBasis   1,871 1.2
PARTEI Florian Sauer 2,751 1.8 1,253 0.8 Increase 0.1
Team Todenhöfer   1,143 0.7
Volt   1,012 0.6
Pirates   510 0.3 Steady 0.0
Gesundheitsforschung   209 0.1
ÖDP   163 0.1 Decrease 0.1
Humanists   154 0.1
V-Partei3   135 0.1 Decrease 0.1
NPD   116 0.1 Decrease 0.1
Bündnis C   93 0.1
Bündnis 21 56 0.0
LKR   34 0.0
MLPD   31 0.0 Steady 0.0
DKP   19 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 1,782 1,437
Total valid votes 155,936 156,281
Turnout 157,718 80.7 Decrease 0.8
CDU hold Majority 16,492 10.5 Decrease 9.6

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Main-Taunus[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Norbert Altenkamp 66,490 41.9 Decrease 10.6 54,902 34.6 Decrease 9.3
SPD Ilja-Kristin Seewald 34,527 21.8 Decrease 5.3 28,786 18.1 Decrease 4.4
FDP Bettina Stark-Watzinger 17,224 10.9 Increase 6.6 26,571 16.7 Increase 8.1
AfD Gernot Laude 15,319 9.7 16,395 10.3 Increase 3.4
Greens Kordula Schulz-Asche 14,458 9.1 Increase 0.9 16,752 10.5 Increase 0.6
Left Ingo von Seemen 7,887 5.0 Increase 0.8 9,504 6.0 Increase 1.8
Tierschutzpartei   1,500 0.9
FW Josef Voege 2,620 1.7 1,293 0.8 Steady 0.0
PARTEI   1,173 0.7 Increase 0.4
Pirates   561 0.4 Decrease 1.5
ÖDP   340 0.2
NPD   337 0.2 Decrease 0.4
V-Partei³ 224 0.1
DM 222 0.1
BGE   216 0.1
MLPD   33 0.0 Steady 0.0
BüSo 26 0.0 Steady 0.0
DKP   24 0.0
Informal votes 2,122 1,788
Total valid votes 158,525 158,859
Turnout 160,647 81.4 Increase 2.5
CDU hold Majority 21,963 20.1 Decrease 5.3

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Main-Taunus[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Heinz Riesenhuber 79,353 52.5 Increase 5.0 66,598 43.8 Increase 6.7
SPD Dieter Falk 40,927 27.1 Increase 3.1 34,156 22.5 Increase 3.2
Greens Kordula Schulz-Asche 12,453 8.2 Decrease 2.0 15,057 9.9 Decrease 2.0
FDP Bettina Stark-Watzinger 6,472 4.3 Decrease 7.9 13,100 8.6 Decrease 13.0
AfD   10,470 6.9
Left Fritz-Walter Hornung 6,355 4.2 Decrease 0.8 6,406 4.2 Decrease 1.5
Pirates Frank Hubertus Schäfer 3,729 2.5 2,773 1.8 Decrease 0.2
FW   1,212 0.8
NPD Nikolaus Bexha 1,778 1.2 Increase 0.1 1,003 0.8 Decrease 0.1
PARTEI   549 0.4
REP   285 0.2 Decrease 0.3
PRO 159 0.1
SGP   63 0.0
BüSo 53 0.0 Decrease 0.1
MLPD   35 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 4,078 3,226
Total valid votes 151,067 151,919
Turnout 155,145 78.9 Decrease 0.8
CDU hold Majority 38,426 25.4 Increase 1.9

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Main-Taunus[6]
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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Heinz Riesenhuber 72,680 47.5 Decrease 3.5 56,989 37.1 Decrease 2.9
SPD Nicole Ritter 36,629 24.0 Decrease 7.9 29,515 19.2 Decrease 8.1
FDP Bettina Stark-Watzinger 18,588 12.2 Increase 6.8 33,225 21.7 Increase 5.3
Greens Wolfgang Strengmann-Kuhn 15,618 10.2 Increase 2.6 18,258 11.9 Increase 1.9
Left Fritz-Walter Hornung 7,718 5.0 Increase 2.0 8,699 5.7 Increase 2.1
Pirates   3,157 2.1
Tierschutzpartei   1,437 0.9 Increase 0.3
NPD Thomas Gorr 1,694 1.1 Decrease 0.1 1,140 0.7 Steady 0.0
REP   701 0.5 Decrease 0.1
BüSo 165 0.1 Steady 0.0
DVU   110 0.1
MLPD   30 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 2,821 2,322
Total valid votes 152,927 153,426
Turnout 155,748 79.7 Decrease 3.6
CDU hold Majority 36,051 23.5 Increase 4.2

References

  1. ^ a b "Constituency Main-Taunus". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. ^ "Results for Main-Taunus". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. ^ Results for Main-Taunus
  4. ^ Results for Main-Taunus
  5. ^ Results for Main-Taunus
  6. ^ Results for Main-Taunus