Schwalm-Eder

Last updated
169 Schwalm-Eder
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Bundestagswahlkreis 169-2025.svg
Schwalm-Eder in 2025
State Hesse
Population235,900 (2019)
Electorate185,944 (2021)
Major settlements Schwalmstadt
Frankenberg
Fritzlar
Area2,263.0 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
Party SPD
Member Edgar Franke
Elected 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021

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 169. It is located in northern Hesse, comprising the Schwalm-Eder-Kreis district and the southern part of the Waldeck-Frankenberg district. [1]

Contents

Schwalm-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]

Geography

Schwalm-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, Gemünden (Wohra), Haina, Hatzfeld, Rosenthal, and Vöhl from the Waldeck-Frankenberg district. [1]

History

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. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 170. From the 2025 election, it has been number 169.

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.

ElectionNo.NameBorders
1949 4Fritzlar-Homberg
  • Frankenberg district
  • Fritzlar-Homberg district
  • Ziegenhain district
1953 129
1957
1961
1965
  • Frankenberg district
  • Fritzlar-Homberg district
  • Ziegenhain district
  • Landkreis Marburg district (only Schiffelbach municipality)
1969
1972
  • 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
1980 127Schwalm-Eder
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 172
2005
2009 171
2013 170
2017
2021
2025 169

Members

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.

ElectionMemberParty %
1949 August-Martin Euler FDP 35.5
1953 42.8
1957 Kurt Wittmer-Eigenbrodt CDU 37.6
1961 Harri Bading SPD 42.6
1965 45.7
1969 Heinz Kreutzmann SPD 48.9
1972 54.0
1976 50.5
1980 52.2
1983 Albert Pfuhl SPD 48.1
1987 49.3
1990 47.8
1994 Gerd Höfer SPD 48.1
1998 52.3
2002 52.3
2005 50.1
2009 Edgar Franke SPD 40.3
2013 42.3
2017 37.7
2021 39.3

Election results

2025 election

Federal election (2025): 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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CDU Anna-Marie Bischof [a] 45,65330.1Increase2.svg 6.141,68127.4Increase2.svg 5.9
AfD Renate Glaser36,35724.0Increase2.svg 13.636,10923.7Increase2.svg 12.9
SPD Philipp Rottwilm42,94328.3Decrease2.svg 11.034,06022.4Decrease2.svg 13.9
Greens Maximilian Kohler8,7045.7Decrease2.svg 3.111,8757.8Decrease2.svg 2.3
Left Jürgen Bachmann7,9755.3Increase2.svg 2.68,6255.7Increase2.svg 2.5
BSW  6,5224.3New
FDP Andreas Rethagen4,3302.9Decrease2.svg 5.96,1694.1Decrease2.svg 7.0
FW Markus Lappe5,7673.8Increase2.svg 0.83,0812.0Decrease2.svg 0.4
Tierschutzpartei  2,2701.5Increase2.svg 0.1
PARTEI  7260.5Decrease2.svg 0.4
Volt  6100.4Increase2.svg 0.2
BD  2000.1New
Humanists  910.1Steady2.svg 0.0
MLPD  26<0.1Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes1,8541,538
Total valid votes151,729152,045
Turnout 153,58384.2Increase2.svg 8.1
CDU gain from SPD Majority2,7101.8N/A

2021 election

Federal election (2021): 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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
SPD Green check.svgY Edgar Franke 54,79239.3Increase2.svg 1.750,10036.0Increase2.svg 4.6
CDU Anna-Maria Bischof33,44324.0Decrease2.svg 6.429,91321.5Decrease2.svg 7.7
AfD Albrecht Glaser 14,38010.3Decrease2.svg 1.715,04710.8Decrease2.svg 2.1
Greens Bettina Hoffmann 12,3608.9Increase2.svg 3.314,08910.1Increase2.svg 3.5
FDP Bastian Belz12,2348.8Increase2.svg 2.315,42211.1Increase2.svg 1.9
FW Markus Rainer Lappe4,1123.0Increase2.svg 0.63,4402.5Increase2.svg 1.1
Left Heidemarie Scheuch-Paschkewitz3,7612.7Decrease2.svg 2.84,4113.2Decrease2.svg 3.3
Tierschutzpartei  1,9961.4Increase2.svg 0.5
PARTEI Clara Luisa Baumann2,0241.51,2090.9Increase2.svg 0.2
dieBasis Hermann-Theodor Ploppa 1,4511.01,3961.0
Pirates  5040.4Steady2.svg 0.0
Independent Alexander Klement4350.3
Team Todenhöfer  2700.2
Gesundheitsforschung  2510.2
The Homeland  2440.2Decrease2.svg 0.3
Bündnis C Alfred Härtzsch2620.22330.2
Volt  2150.2
ÖDP  1260.1Steady2.svg 0.0
Humanists  920.1
V-Partei3  730.1Decrease2.svg 0.1
Bündnis 21480.0
DKP  430.0Steady2.svg 0.0
LKR  340.0
MLPD  150.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes2,2402,323
Total valid votes139,254139,171
Turnout 141,49476.1Decrease2.svg 1.4
SPD holdMajority21,34915.3Increase2.svg 8.1

2017 election

Federal election (2017): 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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
SPD Green check.svgY Edgar Franke 53,89237.7Decrease2.svg 4.744,84731.4Decrease2.svg 5.2
CDU Bernd Siebert [b] 43,51430.4Decrease2.svg 9.241,79529.2Decrease2.svg 6.4
AfD Albrecht Glaser 17,19812.018,50412.9Increase2.svg 7.5
FDP Elias Knell9,2986.5Increase2.svg 4.313,1189.2Increase2.svg 4.5
Greens Bettina Hoffmann 8,0035.6Decrease2.svg 0.29,4366.6Decrease2.svg 1.1
Left Heidemarie Scheuch-Paschkewitz7,8525.5Increase2.svg 0.59,2706.5Increase2.svg 1.0
FW Matthias Köhler3,3302.3Increase2.svg 0.81,9681.4Increase2.svg 0.2
Tierschutzpartei  1,2870.9
PARTEI  9350.7Increase2.svg 0.3
The Homeland  6520.5Decrease2.svg 0.7
Pirates  5190.4Decrease2.svg 1.3
BGE  1800.1
DM1730.1
V-Partei³ 1610.1
ÖDP  1280.1
DKP  330.0
MLPD  260.0Steady2.svg 0.0
BüSo 200.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes2,6562,691
Total valid votes143,087143,052
Turnout 145,74377.5Increase2.svg 3.5
SPD holdMajority10,3787.3Increase2.svg 4.6

2013 election

Federal election (2013): 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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
SPD Green check.svgY Edgar Franke 57,94442.3Increase2.svg 2.050,05236.5Increase2.svg 2.6
CDU Bernd Siebert 54,16239.6Increase2.svg 6.048,74735.6Increase2.svg 6.6
Greens Hermann Häusling7,8845.8Decrease2.svg 0.910,4987.7Decrease2.svg 1.6
Left Heidemarie Scheuch-Paschkewitz6,8905.0Decrease2.svg 3.17,4425.4Decrease2.svg 3.8
AfD  7,3945.4
FDP Dennis Majewski3,0052.2Decrease2.svg 7.46,3624.6Decrease2.svg 9.5
Pirates Alexander Kaufmann2,7712.02,3061.7Steady2.svg 0.0
FW Engin Eroglu2,1541.61,5921.2
The Homeland Martin Braun2,0191.5Decrease2.svg 0.11,5321.1Decrease2.svg 0.2
PARTEI  5290.4
REP  2290.2Decrease2.svg 0.2
PRO 1620.1
SGP  580.0
BüSo 460.0Decrease2.svg 0.1
MLPD  320.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes4,8364,684
Total valid votes136,829136,981
Turnout 141,66574.0Decrease2.svg 0.2
SPD holdMajority3,7822.7Decrease2.svg 4.0

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Schwalm-Eder [7]
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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
SPD Edgar Franke 56,51940.3Decrease2.svg 9.847,58533.9Decrease2.svg 11.1
CDU Bernd Siebert [c] 47,05333.6Decrease2.svg 0.440,59228.9Increase2.svg 0.4
FDP Nils Weigand13,4879.6Increase2.svg 4.819,85414.2Increase2.svg 4.3
Left Heidemarie Scheuch-Paschkewitz11,3958.1Increase2.svg 3.312,9589.2Increase2.svg 3.5
Greens Engin Eroglu9,3706.7Increase2.svg 2.212,9359.2Increase2.svg 2.0
Pirates  2,3821.7
The Homeland Frank Körner2,2751.6Decrease2.svg 0.11,8131.3Decrease2.svg 0.2
Tierschutzpartei  1,2560.9Increase2.svg 0.2
REP  5560.4Decrease2.svg 0.4
DVU  1280.1
BüSo 1190.1Steady2.svg 0.0
MLPD  370.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes4,3914,275
Total valid votes140,099140,215
Turnout 144,49074.2Decrease2.svg 5.6
SPD holdMajority9,4666.7Decrease2.svg 9.5

Notes

  1. Constituency remains vacant due to insufficient second votes cover.
  2. Siebert entered the Bundestag on the CDU list after the resignation of Oswin Veith in March 2020.
  3. Siebert entered the Bundestag on the CDU list after the resignation of Lucia Puttrich in September 2010.

References

  1. 1 2 "Constituency Schwalm-Eder". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Schwalm-Eder". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. Results for Schwalm-Eder
  4. Results for Schwalm-Eder
  5. Results for Schwalm-Eder
  6. Results for Schwalm-Eder
  7. Results for Schwalm-Eder