Werra-Meißner – Hersfeld-Rotenburg 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 168. It is located in northern Hesse, comprising the Werra-Meißner-Kreis and Hersfeld-Rotenburg districts.[1]
168 Werra-Meißner – Hersfeld-Rotenburg | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
![]() Werra-Meißner – Hersfeld-Rotenburg in 2025 | |
State | Hesse |
Population | 221,300 (2019) |
Electorate | 171,886 (2021) |
Major settlements | Bad Hersfeld Eschwege Witzenhausen |
Area | 2,122.6 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 2002 |
Party | SPD |
Member | Michael Roth |
Elected | 2002, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021 |
Werra-Meißner – Hersfeld-Rotenburg was created for the 2002 federal election. Since 2002, it has been represented by Michael Roth of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]
Geography
editWerra-Meißner – Hersfeld-Rotenburg is located in northern Hesse. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the Werra-Meißner-Kreis and Hersfeld-Rotenburg districts.[1]
History
editWerra-Meißner – Hersfeld-Rotenburg was created in 2002 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Hersfeld and Werra-Meißner. In the 2002 election, it was named Werra-Meißner – Hersfeld. It acquired its current name in the 2005 election. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was constituency 171 in the numbering system. In the 2009 election, it was number 170. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 169. From the 2025 election, it has been number 168. Its borders have not changed since its creation.
Election | No. | Name | Borders |
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2002 | 171 | Werra-Meißner – Hersfeld |
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2005 | Werra-Meißner – Hersfeld-Rotenburg | ||
2009 | 170 | ||
2013 | 169 | ||
2017 | |||
2021 | |||
2025 | 168 |
Members
editThe constituency has been represented by Michael Roth of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) since its creation.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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2002 | Michael Roth | SPD | 54.9 | |
2005 | 51.7 | |||
2009 | 40.4 | |||
2013 | 43.1 | |||
2017 | 41.2 | |||
2021 | 43.7 |
Election results
edit2021 election
editFederal election (2021): Werra-Meißner – Hersfeld-Rotenburg[3] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
SPD | Michael Roth | 56,383 | 43.7 | 2.5 | 48,579 | 37.7 | 5.0 | ||
CDU | Wilhelm Gebhard | 34,527 | 26.8 | 3.2 | 27,867 | 21.6 | 7.8 | ||
AfD | Gerhard Schenk | 14,204 | 11.0 | 1.5 | 14,899 | 11.5 | 1.6 | ||
Greens | Awet Tesfaiesus | 8,032 | 6.2 | 2.2 | 11,595 | 9.0 | 3.0 | ||
FDP | Jorias Bach | 7,135 | 5.5 | 0.5 | 12,807 | 9.9 | 1.5 | ||
Left | Sabine Leidig | 3,890 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 4,524 | 3.5 | 3.2 | ||
FW | Rainer Janisch | 3,160 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 2,734 | 2.1 | 1.2 | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,776 | 1.4 | 0.6 | ||||||
dieBasis | Beate Gerke | 1,430 | 1.1 | 1,344 | 1.0 | ||||
PARTEI | 988 | 0.8 | 0.1 | ||||||
Pirates | 343 | 0.3 | 0.1 | ||||||
Volt | 313 | 0.2 | |||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 210 | 0.2 | |||||||
Bündnis C | 204 | 0.2 | |||||||
NPD | 201 | 0.2 | 0.3 | ||||||
Team Todenhöfer | 198 | 0.2 | |||||||
ÖDP | 121 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
Bündnis 21 | Berthold Hartmann | 172 | 0.1 | 90 | 0.1 | ||||
Independent | Heidi Schmidt | 107 | 0.1 | ||||||
Humanists | 81 | 0.1 | |||||||
V-Partei3 | 71 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||
MLPD | 35 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
DKP | 24 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
LKR | 22 | 0.0 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,865 | 1,879 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 129,040 | 129,026 | |||||||
Turnout | 130,905 | 76.2 | 0.2 | ||||||
SPD hold | Majority | 21,856 | 16.9 | 5.7 |
2017 election
editFederal election (2017): Werra-Meißner – Hersfeld-Rotenburg[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
SPD | Michael Roth | 54,033 | 41.2 | 1.9 | 42,737 | 32.6 | 4.3 | ||
CDU | Timo Lübeck | 39,302 | 29.9 | 10.6 | 38,531 | 29.4 | 6.6 | ||
AfD | Stefan Wild | 16,411 | 12.5 | 17,173 | 13.1 | 7.5 | |||
Left | Sabine Leidig | 7,281 | 5.5 | 0.2 | 8,746 | 6.7 | 0.7 | ||
FDP | Manfred Lister | 6,594 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 11,096 | 8.5 | 4.5 | ||
Greens | Martina Selzer | 5,236 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 7,843 | 6.0 | 1.0 | ||
FW | Emmanuel Anyangwe Ngassa | 2,375 | 1.8 | 1,229 | 0.9 | 0.2 | |||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,031 | 0.8 | |||||||
PARTEI | 854 | 0.7 | 0.2 | ||||||
NPD | 608 | 0.5 | 1.1 | ||||||
Pirates | 430 | 0.3 | 1.2 | ||||||
DM | 210 | 0.2 | |||||||
BGE | 202 | 0.2 | |||||||
V-Partei³ | 147 | 0.1 | |||||||
ÖDP | 135 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | 35 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
DKP | 33 | 0.0 | |||||||
BüSo | 27 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,494 | 2,659 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 131,232 | 131,067 | |||||||
Turnout | 133,726 | 76.0 | 3.0 | ||||||
SPD hold | Majority | 14,731 | 11.3 | 8.7 |
2013 election
editFederal election (2013): Werra-Meißner – Hersfeld-Rotenburg[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
SPD | Michael Roth | 54,630 | 43.1 | 2.7 | 46,913 | 36.9 | 2.5 | ||
CDU | Helmut Heiderich | 51,386 | 40.5 | 5.9 | 45,872 | 36.0 | 5.8 | ||
Left | Johanna Scheringer-Wright | 7,277 | 5.7 | 2.7 | 7,584 | 6.0 | 3.8 | ||
Greens | Armin Jung | 6,333 | 5.0 | 0.7 | 8,868 | 7.0 | 1.1 | ||
AfD | 7,096 | 5.6 | |||||||
FDP | Manfred Lister | 2,513 | 2.0 | 7.3 | 5,014 | 3.9 | 9.3 | ||
NPD | Gisela Lück | 2,392 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 2,013 | 1.6 | 0.1 | ||
Pirates | Michael Balke | 2,283 | 1.8 | 1,954 | 1.5 | 0.1 | |||
FW | 961 | 0.8 | |||||||
PARTEI | 521 | 0.4 | |||||||
REP | 170 | 0.1 | 0.2 | ||||||
PRO | 136 | 0.1 | |||||||
BüSo | 55 | 0.0 | 0.1 | ||||||
SGP | 55 | 0.0 | |||||||
MLPD | 41 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 4,632 | 4,193 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 126,814 | 127,253 | |||||||
Turnout | 131,446 | 72.9 | 0.7 | ||||||
SPD hold | Majority | 3,244 | 2.6 | 3.2 |
2009 election
editFederal election (2009): Werra-Meißner – Hersfeld-Rotenburg[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
SPD | Michael Roth | 53,275 | 40.4 | 11.4 | 45,401 | 34.4 | 10.9 | ||
CDU | Helmut Heiderich[a] | 45,711 | 34.6 | 0.3 | 39,966 | 30.3 | 0.4 | ||
FDP | Thomas Fehling | 12,290 | 9.3 | 5.4 | 17,526 | 13.3 | 4.5 | ||
Left | Mareike Zingsem | 11,080 | 8.4 | 3.9 | 12,927 | 9.8 | 3.9 | ||
Greens | Philipp Schmagold | 7,530 | 5.7 | 2.8 | 10,679 | 8.1 | 1.4 | ||
Pirates | 1,948 | 1.5 | |||||||
NPD | Konrad Bentz | 2,128 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 1,939 | 1.5 | 0.1 | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,004 | 0.8 | 0.1 | ||||||
REP | 422 | 0.3 | 0.3 | ||||||
BüSo | 155 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
DVU | 95 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | 35 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 3,713 | 3,630 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 132,014 | 132,097 | |||||||
Turnout | 135,727 | 73.6 | 5.5 | ||||||
SPD hold | Majority | 7,564 | 5.8 | 11.6 |
Notes
edit- ^ Heiderich entered the Bundestag on the CDU list after the resignation of Holger Haibach in March 2011.
References
edit- ^ a b "Constituency Werra-Meißner – Hersfeld-Rotenburg". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Results for Werra-Meißner – Hersfeld-Rotenburg". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ Results for Werra-Meißner – Hersfeld-Rotenburg
- ^ Results for Werra-Meißner – Hersfeld-Rotenburg
- ^ Results for Werra-Meißner – Hersfeld-Rotenburg
- ^ Results for Werra-Meißner – Hersfeld-Rotenburg