Werra-Meißner – Hersfeld-Rotenburg
Werra-Meißner – Hersfeld-Rotenburg 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 whole of the counties of Werra-Meißner and Hersfeld-Rotenburg. The constituency elects one representative under the mixed member proportional representation (MMP) system. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 169.
The constituency was created for the 2002 election from parts of the abolished Hersfeld and Werra-Meißner electoral districts. In the elections from 2002 through to 2013 election, it was won by the Social Democratic Party of Germany candidate Michael Roth.[1]
2013 election result
| Party | Constituency results | List results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % share | +/- | Votes | % share | +/- | ||
| Template:German politics/party colours/SPD| | Social Democratic Party of Germany | Michael Roth | 54,630 | 43.1 | +2.7 | 46,913 | 36.9 | +2.5 |
| Template:German politics/party colours/CDU width=3| | Christian Democratic Union | Helmut Heiderich | 51,386 | 40.5 | +5.9 | 45,872 | 36.0 | +5.8 |
| Template:German politics/party colours/Left| | The Left | Johanna Scheringer-Wright | 7,277 | 5.7 | -2.7 | 7,584 | 6.0 | -3.8 |
| Template:German politics/party colours/Green| | Alliance '90/The Greens | Armin Jung | 6,333 | 5.0 | -0.7 | 8,868 | 7.0 | -1.1 |
| Template:German politics/party colours/FDP| | Free Democratic Party | Manfred Lister | 2,513 | 2.0 | -7.3 | 5,014 | 3.9 | -9.3 |
| National Democratic Party of Germany | Gisela Lück | 2,392 | 1.9 | +0.3 | 2,013 | 1.6 | +0.1 | |
| Pirate Party | Michael Balke | 2,283 | 1.8 | N/A | 1,954 | 1.5 | +0.1 | |
| Template:German politics/party colours/AfD| | Alternative for Germany | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 7,096 | 5.6 | N/A |
| Free Voters | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 961 | 0.8 | N/A | |
| Die PARTEI | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 521 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| The Republicans | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 170 | 0.1 | -0.2 | |
| Others | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 287 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Source:[2]
References
- ^ Die rote Ecke von Hessen, Hessische/Niedersächsische Allgemeine, 23 September 2013
- ^ 2013 constituency results, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 3 July 2014