Schwalm-Eder 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 170. It is located in northern Hesse, comprising the Schwalm-Eder-Kreis district and the southern part of the Waldeck-Frankenberg district.[1]
Schwalm-Eder was created in 1949, then known as Fritzlar-Homberg. In the 1976 election, it was named Fritzlar. It acquired its current name in the 1980 election. In the 1949 election, it was Hesse constituency 4 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1976 elections, it was number 129. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 127. In 2002 and 2005, it was number 172. In the 2009 election, it was number 171. Since 2013, it has been number 170.
Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Frankenberg, Fritzlar-Homberg, and Ziegenhain. In the 1965 and 1969 elections, it also contained the municipality of Schiffelbach from the Landkreis Marburg district. In the 1972 election, it comprised the districts of Frankenberg and Fritzlar-Homberg, the municipality of Breitenbach am Herzberg from the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district, the municipality of Schiffelbach from the Landkreis Marburg district, and the Ortsteile of Berfa, Hattendorf, and Lingelbach in Alsfeld municipality from the Vogelsbergkreis district. In the 1976 election, it acquired borders similar to its current configuration, but excluding the municipalities of Felsberg, Guxhagen, Körle, Malsfeld, Melsungen, Morschen, and Spangenberg from Schwalm-Eder-Kreis. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.
The constituency has been held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) during all but three Bundestag terms since its creation. It was first represented by August-Martin Euler of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) from 1949 to 1957, followed by Kurt Wittmer-Eigenbrodt of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) until 1961. Harri Bading of the SPD was elected in 1961 and served two terms. He was succeeded by Heinz Kreutzmann, who served from 1969 to 1983. Albert Pfuhl was then representative from 1983 to 1994, followed by Gerd Höfer until 2009. Edgar Franke was elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2013, 2017, and 2021.
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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
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Schwalm Eder 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 170 It is located in northern Hesse comprising the Schwalm Eder Kreis district and the southern part of the Waldeck Frankenberg district 1 170 Schwalm EderElectoral districtfor the BundestagSchwalm Eder in 2013StateHessePopulation235 900 2019 Electorate185 944 2021 Major settlementsSchwalmstadtFrankenbergFritzlarArea2 263 0 km2Current electoral districtCreated1949PartySPDMemberEdgar FrankeElected2009 2013 2017 2021Schwalm Eder was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election Since 2009 it has been represented by Edgar Franke of the Social Democratic Party SPD 2 Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Members 4 Election results 4 1 2021 election 4 2 2017 election 4 3 2013 election 4 4 2009 election 5 Notes 6 ReferencesGeography editSchwalm Eder is located in northern Hesse As of the 2021 federal election it comprises the entirety of the Schwalm Eder Kreis district and the municipalities of Allendorf Eder Battenberg Eder Bromskirchen Burgwald Frankenau Frankenberg Gemunden Wohra Haina Hatzfeld Rosenthal and Vohl from the Waldeck Frankenberg district 1 History editSchwalm Eder was created in 1949 then known as Fritzlar Homberg In the 1976 election it was named Fritzlar It acquired its current name in the 1980 election In the 1949 election it was Hesse constituency 4 in the numbering system In the 1953 through 1976 elections it was number 129 From 1980 through 1998 it was number 127 In 2002 and 2005 it was number 172 In the 2009 election it was number 171 Since 2013 it has been number 170 Originally the constituency comprised the districts of Frankenberg Fritzlar Homberg and Ziegenhain In the 1965 and 1969 elections it also contained the municipality of Schiffelbach from the Landkreis Marburg district In the 1972 election it comprised the districts of Frankenberg and Fritzlar Homberg the municipality of Breitenbach am Herzberg from the Hersfeld Rotenburg district the municipality of Schiffelbach from the Landkreis Marburg district and the Ortsteile of Berfa Hattendorf and Lingelbach in Alsfeld municipality from the Vogelsbergkreis district In the 1976 election it acquired borders similar to its current configuration but excluding the municipalities of Felsberg Guxhagen Korle Malsfeld Melsungen Morschen and Spangenberg from Schwalm Eder Kreis It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election Election No Name Borders1949 4 Fritzlar Homberg Frankenberg district Fritzlar Homberg district Ziegenhain district1953 129195719611965 Frankenberg district Fritzlar Homberg district Ziegenhain district Landkreis Marburg district only Schiffelbach municipality 19691972 Waldeck district Frankenberg district Fritzlar Homberg district Hersfeld Rotenburg district only Breitenbach am Herzberg municipality Landkreis Marburg district only Schiffelbach municipality Vogelsbergkreis district only Alsfeld municipality only Berfa Hattendorf and Lingelbach Ortsteile 1976 Fritzlar Schwalm Eder Kreis district excluding Felsberg Guxhagen Korle Malsfeld Melsungen Morschen and Spangenberg municipalities Waldeck Frankenberg district only Allendorf Eder Battenberg Eder Bromskirchen Burgwald Frankenau Frankenberg Eder Gemunden Wohra Haina Kloster Hatzfeld Eder Rosenthal and Vohl municipalities 1980 127 Schwalm Eder198319871990199419982002 172 Schwalm Eder Kreis district Waldeck Frankenberg district only Allendorf Eder Battenberg Eder Bromskirchen Burgwald Frankenau Frankenberg Eder Gemunden Wohra Haina Kloster Hatzfeld Eder Rosenthal and Vohl municipalities 20052009 1712013 17020172021Members editThe constituency has been held by the Social Democratic Party SPD during all but three Bundestag terms since its creation It was first represented by August Martin Euler of the Free Democratic Party FDP from 1949 to 1957 followed by Kurt Wittmer Eigenbrodt of the Christian Democratic Union CDU until 1961 Harri Bading of the SPD was elected in 1961 and served two terms He was succeeded by Heinz Kreutzmann who served from 1969 to 1983 Albert Pfuhl was then representative from 1983 to 1994 followed by Gerd Hofer until 2009 Edgar Franke was elected in 2009 and re elected in 2013 2017 and 2021 Election Member Party 1949 August Martin Euler FDP 35 51953 42 81957 Kurt Wittmer Eigenbrodt CDU 37 61961 Harri Bading SPD 42 61965 45 71969 Heinz Kreutzmann SPD 48 91972 54 01976 50 51980 52 21983 Albert Pfuhl SPD 48 11987 49 31990 47 81994 Gerd Hofer SPD 48 11998 52 32002 52 32005 50 12009 Edgar Franke SPD 40 32013 42 32017 37 72021 39 3Election results edit2021 election edit Federal election 2021 Schwalm Eder 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 nbsp Y or nbsp N denotes status of any incumbent win or lose respectively Party Candidate Votes Party votes SPD nbsp Y Edgar Franke 54 792 39 3 nbsp 1 7 50 100 36 0 nbsp 4 6CDU Anna Maria Bischof 33 443 24 0 nbsp 6 4 29 913 21 5 nbsp 7 7AfD Albrecht Glaser 14 380 10 3 nbsp 1 7 15 047 10 8 nbsp 2 1Greens Bettina Hoffmann 12 360 8 9 nbsp 3 3 14 089 10 1 nbsp 3 5FDP Bastian Belz 12 234 8 8 nbsp 2 3 15 422 11 1 nbsp 1 9FW Markus Rainer Lappe 4 112 3 0 nbsp 0 6 3 440 2 5 nbsp 1 1Left Heidemarie Scheuch Paschkewitz 3 761 2 7 nbsp 2 8 4 411 3 2 nbsp 3 3Tierschutzpartei 1 996 1 4 nbsp 0 5PARTEI Clara Luisa Baumann 2 024 1 5 1 209 0 9 nbsp 0 2dieBasis Hermann Theodor Ploppa 1 451 1 0 1 396 1 0Pirates 504 0 4 nbsp 0 0Independent Alexander Klement 435 0 3Team Todenhofer 270 0 2Gesundheitsforschung 251 0 2NPD 244 0 2 nbsp 0 3Bundnis C Alfred Hartzsch 262 0 2 233 0 2Volt 215 0 2ODP 126 0 1 nbsp 0 0Humanists 92 0 1V Partei3 73 0 1 nbsp 0 1Bundnis 21 48 0 0DKP 43 0 0 nbsp 0 0LKR 34 0 0MLPD 15 0 0 nbsp 0 0Informal votes 2 240 2 323Total Valid votes 139 254 139 171Turnout 141 494 76 1 nbsp 1 4SPD hold Majority 21 349 15 3 nbsp 8 12017 election edit Federal election 2017 Schwalm Eder 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 nbsp Y or nbsp N denotes status of any incumbent win or lose respectively Party Candidate Votes Party votes SPD nbsp Y Edgar Franke 53 892 37 7 nbsp 4 7 44 847 31 4 nbsp 5 2CDU Bernd Siebert a 43 514 30 4 nbsp 9 2 41 795 29 2 nbsp 6 4AfD Albrecht Glaser 17 198 12 0 18 504 12 9 nbsp 7 5FDP Elias Knell 9 298 6 5 nbsp 4 3 13 118 9 2 nbsp 4 5Greens Bettina Hoffmann 8 003 5 6 nbsp 0 2 9 436 6 6 nbsp 1 1Left Heidemarie Scheuch Paschkewitz 7 852 5 5 nbsp 0 5 9 270 6 5 nbsp 1 0FW Matthias Kohler 3 330 2 3 nbsp 0 8 1 968 1 4 nbsp 0 2Tierschutzpartei 1 287 0 9PARTEI 935 0 7 nbsp 0 3NPD 652 0 5 nbsp 0 7Pirates 519 0 4 nbsp 1 3BGE 180 0 1DM 173 0 1V Partei 161 0 1ODP 128 0 1DKP 33 0 0MLPD 26 0 0 nbsp 0 0BuSo 20 0 0 nbsp 0 0Informal votes 2 656 2 691Total Valid votes 143 087 143 052Turnout 145 743 77 5 nbsp 3 5SPD hold Majority 10 378 7 3 nbsp 4 62013 election edit Federal election 2013 Schwalm Eder 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 nbsp Y or nbsp N denotes status of any incumbent win or lose respectively Party Candidate Votes Party votes SPD nbsp Y Edgar Franke 57 944 42 3 nbsp 2 0 50 052 36 5 nbsp 2 6CDU Bernd Siebert 54 162 39 6 nbsp 6 0 48 747 35 6 nbsp 6 6Greens Hermann Hausling 7 884 5 8 nbsp 0 9 10 498 7 7 nbsp 1 6Left Heidemarie Scheuch Paschkewitz 6 890 5 0 nbsp 3 1 7 442 5 4 nbsp 3 8AfD 7 394 5 4FDP Dennis Majewski 3 005 2 2 nbsp 7 4 6 362 4 6 nbsp 9 5Pirates Alexander Kaufmann 2 771 2 0 2 306 1 7 nbsp 0 0FW Engin Eroglu 2 154 1 6 1 592 1 2NPD Martin Braun 2 019 1 5 nbsp 0 1 1 532 1 1 nbsp 0 2PARTEI 529 0 4REP 229 0 2 nbsp 0 2PRO 162 0 1PSG 58 0 0BuSo 46 0 0 nbsp 0 1MLPD 32 0 0 nbsp 0 0Informal votes 4 836 4 684Total Valid votes 136 829 136 981Turnout 141 665 74 0 nbsp 0 2SPD hold Majority 3 782 2 7 nbsp 4 02009 election edit Federal election 2009 Schwalm Eder 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 nbsp Y or nbsp N denotes status of any incumbent win or lose respectively Party Candidate Votes Party votes SPD Edgar Franke 56 519 40 3 nbsp 9 8 47 585 33 9 nbsp 11 1CDU Bernd Siebert b 47 053 33 6 nbsp 0 4 40 592 28 9 nbsp 0 4FDP Nils Weigand 13 487 9 6 nbsp 4 8 19 854 14 2 nbsp 4 3Left Heidemarie Scheuch Paschkewitz 11 395 8 1 nbsp 3 3 12 958 9 2 nbsp 3 5Greens Engin Eroglu 9 370 6 7 nbsp 2 2 12 935 9 2 nbsp 2 0Pirates 2 382 1 7NPD Frank Korner 2 275 1 6 nbsp 0 1 1 813 1 3 nbsp 0 2Tierschutzpartei 1 256 0 9 nbsp 0 2REP 556 0 4 nbsp 0 4DVU 128 0 1BuSo 119 0 1 nbsp 0 0MLPD 37 0 0 nbsp 0 0Informal votes 4 391 4 275Total Valid votes 140 099 140 215Turnout 144 490 74 2 nbsp 5 6SPD hold Majority 9 466 6 7 nbsp 9 5Notes edit Siebert entered the Bundestag on the CDU list after the resignation of Oswin Veith in March 2020 Siebert entered the Bundestag on the CDU list after the resignation of Lucia Puttrich in September 2010 References edit a b Constituency Schwalm Eder Federal Returning Officer Results for Schwalm Eder Federal Returning Officer Results for Schwalm Eder Results for Schwalm Eder Results for Schwalm Eder Results for Schwalm Eder Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Schwalm Eder amp oldid 1164793426, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
