Waldeck (electoral district)

Location of constituency in Baden-Württemberg

Waldeck 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 northern part of the state.

The constituency was created for the 1949 election, the first election in West Germany after World War II. The constituency was won by the Free Democratic Party in its first two elections in 1949 and 1953, but has been won by the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) since the 1957 general election. The current MP is Ullrich Messmer, who was first elected at the 2009 general election.

Boundaries

Election(s)	District name and number	Areas covered
1949	1 Waldeck	Waldeck district, Hofgeismar district, Wolfhagen district
1953–1976	126 Waldeck
1980–1998	124 Waldeck	From the Waldeck-Frankenberg district: Bad Arolsen, Bad Wildungen, Diemelsee, Diemelstadt, Edertal, Korbach, Lichtenfels, Twistetal, Volkmarsen, Waldeck and Willingen; from the Kassel district: Bad Emstal, Bad Karlshafen, Breuna, Calden, Grebenstein, Habichtswald, Hofgeismar, Immenhausen, Liebenau, Naumburg, Oberweser, Reinhardshagen, Trendelburg, Wahlsburg, Wolfhagen, Zierenberg and Reinhardswald
2002–2005	169 Waldeck	From the Waldeck-Frankenberg district: Bad Arolsen, Bad Wildungen, Diemelsee, Diemelstadt, Edertal, Korbach, Lichtenfels, Twistetal, Volkmarsen, Waldeck and Willingen; from the Kassel district: Bad Emstal, Bad Karlshafen, Baunatal, Breuna, Calden, Grebenstein, Habichtswald, Hofgeismar, Immenhausen, Liebenau, Naumburg, Oberweser, Reinhardshagen, Schauenburg, Trendelburg, Wahlsburg, Wolfhagen, Zierenberg and Reinhardswald
2009	168 Waldeck
from 2013	167 Waldeck

Results

2009 election

Party		Constituency results				List results
		Candidate	Votes	% share	+/-	Votes	% share	+/-
	Social Democratic Party of Germany	Ullrich Messmer	51,737	37.8	-12.5	45,343	33.0	-11.1
	Christian Democratic Union	Thomas Viesehon	48,414	35.3	+0.9	41,109	29.9	-0.3
	Free Democratic Party	Björn Sänger	13,180	9.6	+4.9	20,210	14.7	+5.0
	Alliance '90/The Greens	Anke Pavlicek	11,209	8.2	+3.7	13,498	9.8	+2.3
	The Left	Klaus Albrecht	10,400	7.6	+2.9	11,657	8.5	+3.1
	National Democratic Party of Germany	David Giesler	1,756	1.3	-0.1	1,393	1.0	-0.1
	Independent	K Lenz	311	0.2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Pirate Party	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2,175	1.6	N/A
	Human Environment Animal Protection	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1,121	0.8	+0.2
	The Republicans	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	504	0.4	-0.2
	BüSo	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	122	0.1	N/A
	Others					163	0.1	N/A

Source:^[1]

References

1. 2009 constituency results, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 8 March 2013