Main-Taunus

180 Main-Taunus
180 Main-Taunus
Electoral district; for the Bundestag
	Main-Taunus in 2025
State	Hesse
Population	284,200 (2019)
Electorate	195,514 (2021)
Major settlements	Hofheim ; Kelkheim ; Hattersheim am Main
Area	270.6 km2
Current electoral district
Created	2002
Party	CDU
Member	Norbert Altenkamp
Elected	2017, 2021

Last updated April 27, 2024

Main-Taunus 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 180. It is located in southern Hesse, comprising the Main-Taunus-Kreis district and small parts of the Hochtaunuskreis district.^[1]

Geography

Main-Taunus is located in southern Hesse. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Main-Taunus-Kreis district as well as the municipalities of Königstein im Taunus, Kronberg im Taunus, and Steinbach (Taunus) from the Hochtaunuskreis district.^[1]

History

Main-Taunus was created in 2002. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was constituency 182 in the numbering system. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 181. From the 2025 election, it has been number 180. Its borders have not changed since its creation.

Members

The constituency was first represented by Heinz Riesenhuber of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 2002 to 2005 to 2017. Norbert Altenkamp of the CDU was elected in 2017.

	Member	Party	%
2002	Heinz Riesenhuber	CDU	49.8
2005			51.1
2009			47.5
2013			52.2
2017	Norbert Altenkamp	CDU	41.9
2021	Norbert Altenkamp	CDU	33.3

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Main-Taunus^[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Y Norbert Altenkamp		51,985	33.3	8.6	42,260	27.0	7.5
	SPD	Ilja-Kristin Seewald		35,493	22.8	1.0	34,468	22.1	3.9
	Greens	Kordula Schulz-Asche		26,373	16.9	7.8	26,771	17.1	6.6
	FDP	Bettina Stark-Watzinger		20,295	13.0	2.1	26,335	16.9	0.1
	AfD	Gerhard Bergmann		10,588	6.8	2.9	10,427	6.7	3.6
	Left	Paul Laslop		4,272	2.7	2.2	4,708	3.0	3.0
	FW	Frank Bergmann		4,179	2.7	1.0	2,471	1.6	0.8
	Tierschutzpartei						2,042	1.3	0.4
	dieBasis						1,871	1.2
	PARTEI	Florian Sauer		2,751	1.8		1,253	0.8	0.1
	Team Todenhöfer						1,143	0.7
	Volt						1,012	0.6
	Pirates						510	0.3	0.0
	Gesundheitsforschung						209	0.1
	ÖDP						163	0.1	0.1
	Humanists						154	0.1
	V-Partei3						135	0.1	0.1
	NPD						116	0.1	0.1
	Bündnis C						93	0.1
	Bündnis 21						56	0.0
	LKR						34	0.0
	MLPD						31	0.0	0.0
	DKP						19	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,782			1,437
Total valid votes				155,936			156,281
Turnout				157,718	80.7	0.8
	CDU hold		Majority	16,492	10.5	9.6

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Main-Taunus^[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Norbert Altenkamp		66,490	41.9	10.6	54,902	34.6	9.3
	SPD	Ilja-Kristin Seewald		34,527	21.8	5.3	28,786	18.1	4.4
	FDP	Bettina Stark-Watzinger		17,224	10.9	6.6	26,571	16.7	8.1
	AfD	Gernot Laude		15,319	9.7		16,395	10.3	3.4
	Greens	Kordula Schulz-Asche		14,458	9.1	0.9	16,752	10.5	0.6
	Left	Ingo von Seemen		7,887	5.0	0.8	9,504	6.0	1.8
	Tierschutzpartei						1,500	0.9
	FW	Josef Voege		2,620	1.7		1,293	0.8	0.0
	PARTEI						1,173	0.7	0.4
	Pirates						561	0.4	1.5
	ÖDP						340	0.2
	NPD						337	0.2	0.4
	V-Partei³						224	0.1
	DM						222	0.1
	BGE						216	0.1
	MLPD						33	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						26	0.0	0.0
	DKP						24	0.0
Informal votes				2,122			1,788
Total valid votes				158,525			158,859
Turnout				160,647	81.4	2.5
	CDU hold		Majority	21,963	20.1	5.3

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Main-Taunus^[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Y Heinz Riesenhuber		79,353	52.5	5.0	66,598	43.8	6.7
	SPD	Dieter Falk		40,927	27.1	3.1	34,156	22.5	3.2
	Greens	Kordula Schulz-Asche		12,453	8.2	2.0	15,057	9.9	2.0
	FDP	Bettina Stark-Watzinger		6,472	4.3	7.9	13,100	8.6	13.0
	AfD						10,470	6.9
	Left	Fritz-Walter Hornung		6,355	4.2	0.8	6,406	4.2	1.5
	Pirates	Frank Hubertus Schäfer		3,729	2.5		2,773	1.8	0.2
	FW						1,212	0.8
	NPD	Nikolaus Bexha		1,778	1.2	0.1	1,003	0.8	0.1
	PARTEI						549	0.4
	REP						285	0.2	0.3
	PRO						159	0.1
	PSG						63	0.0
	BüSo						53	0.0	0.1
	MLPD						35	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				4,078			3,226
Total valid votes				151,067			151,919
Turnout				155,145	78.9	0.8
	CDU hold		Majority	38,426	25.4	1.9

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Main-Taunus^[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Y Heinz Riesenhuber		72,680	47.5	3.5	56,989	37.1	2.9
	SPD	Nicole Ritter		36,629	24.0	7.9	29,515	19.2	8.1
	FDP	Bettina Stark-Watzinger		18,588	12.2	6.8	33,225	21.7	5.3
	Greens	Wolfgang Strengmann-Kuhn		15,618	10.2	2.6	18,258	11.9	1.9
	Left	Fritz-Walter Hornung		7,718	5.0	2.0	8,699	5.7	2.1
	Pirates						3,157	2.1
	Tierschutzpartei						1,437	0.9	0.3
	NPD	Thomas Gorr		1,694	1.1	0.1	1,140	0.7	0.0
	REP						701	0.5	0.1
	BüSo						165	0.1	0.0
	DVU						110	0.1
	MLPD						30	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,821			2,322
Total valid votes				152,927			153,426
Turnout				155,748	79.7	3.6
	CDU hold		Majority	36,051	23.5	4.2

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v t e Electoral districts of Hesse in the German Bundestag
Current	Waldeck Kassel Werra-Meißner – Hersfeld-Rotenburg Schwalm-Eder Marburg Lahn-Dill Gießen Fulda Main-Kinzig – Wetterau II – Schotten Hochtaunus Wetterau I Rheingau-Taunus – Limburg Wiesbaden Hanau Main-Taunus Frankfurt am Main I Frankfurt am Main II Groß-Gerau Offenbach Darmstadt Odenwald Bergstraße
Other states	Baden-Württemberg Bavaria‎ Berlin Brandenburg‎ Bremen Hamburg‎ Lower Saxony Mecklenburg-Vorpommern North Rhine-Westphalia Rhineland-Palatinate‎ Saarland Saxony Saxony-Anhalt‎ Schleswig-Holstein‎ Thuringia‎
See also	List of Bundestag constituencies Elections in Germany

180 Main-Taunus
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Main-Taunus in 2025
State	Hesse
Population	284,200 (2019)
Electorate	195,514 (2021)
Major settlements	Hofheim Kelkheim Hattersheim am Main
Area	270.6 km²
Current electoral district
Created	2002
Party	CDU
Member	Norbert Altenkamp
Elected	2017, 2021