Werra-Meißner – Hersfeld-Rotenburg

Location of constituency in Hesse

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 +/-
Social Democratic Party of Germany Michael Roth 54,630 43.1 +2.7 46,913 36.9 +2.5
Christian Democratic Union Helmut Heiderich 51,386 40.5 +5.9 45,872 36.0 +5.8
The Left Johanna Scheringer-Wright 7,277 5.7 -2.7 7,584 6.0 -3.8
Alliance '90/The Greens Armin Jung 6,333 5.0 -0.7 8,868 7.0 -1.1
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
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

  1. ↑ Die rote Ecke von Hessen, Hessische/Niedersächsische Allgemeine, 23 September 2013
  2. ↑ 2013 constituency results, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 3 July 2014

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