Main-Kinzig – Wetterau II – Schotten
# Main-Kinzig – Wetterau II – Schotten

Main-Kinzig – Wetterau II – Schotten 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 175. It is located in eastern Hesse, comprising eastern and central parts of Main-Kinzig-Kreis, the eastern part of Wetteraukreis district, and the municipality of Schotten from Vogelsbergkreis.

Main-Kinzig – Wetterau II – Schotten was created for the 2013 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Bettina Müller of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).

## Geography

Main-Kinzig – Wetterau II – Schotten is located in eastern Hesse. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Main-Kinzig-Kreis district excluding the municipalities of Bruchköbel, Erlensee, Großkrotzenburg, Hammersbach, Hanau, Hasselroth, Langenselbold, Maintal, Neuberg, Nidderau, Niederdorfelden, Rodenbach, Ronneburg, and Schöneck, as well as the municipalities of Altenstadt, Büdingen, Gedern, Glauburg, Hirzenhain, Kefenrod, Limeshain, and Ortenberg from the Wetteraukreis district, and the municipality of Schotten from the Vogelsbergkreis district.

## History

The 2013 federal redistribution saw Hesse allocated an additional constituency. Main-Kinzig – Wetterau II – Schotten was created from parts of the constituencies of Gießen, Fulda, Wetterau, and Hanau. Its constituency number and borders have not changed since its creation.

## Members

The constituency was first represented by Peter Tauber of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 2013 to 2021. It was won by Bettina Müller of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in 2021.

| Election | Member | Party | % |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2013 | Peter Tauber | CDU | 48.8 |
| 2017 | Peter Tauber | CDU | 36.4 |
| 2021 | Bettina Müller | SPD | 30.5 |

## Election results

### 2021 election

Federal election (2021): Main-Kinzig – Wetterau II – Schotten :

| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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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| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | SPD | Bettina Müller | Bettina Müller | 41,160 | 30.5 | 2.2 | 36,943 | 27.4 | 3.8 |
| | CDU | Johannes Wiegelmann | Johannes Wiegelmann | 37,118 | 27.5 | 8.9 | 32,685 | 24.2 | 7.5 |
| | AfD | Mariana Harder-Kühnel | Mariana Harder-Kühnel | 17,586 | 13.0 | 1.8 | 17,079 | 12.6 | 2.7 |
| | FDP | Andrea Rahn-Farr | Andrea Rahn-Farr | 15,098 | 11.2 | 5.1 | 17,046 | 12.6 | 2.2 |
| | Greens | Knut Kiesel | Knut Kiesel | 12,691 | 9.4 | 4.0 | 15,009 | 11.1 | 4.0 |
| | FW | Carsten Hildebrandt | Carsten Hildebrandt | 4,939 | 3.7 | 1.6 | 3,435 | 2.5 | 1.4 |
| | Left | Stella Luise Smith | Stella Luise Smith | 4,078 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 4,308 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 2,579 | 1.9 | 0.7 |
| | dieBasis | Brigitte Meyer-Simon | Brigitte Meyer-Simon | 2,214 | 1.6 | | 1,873 | 1.4 | |
| | PARTEI | | | | | | 1,255 | 0.9 | 0.1 |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 584 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| | NPD | | | | | | 497 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
| | Volt | | | | | | 452 | 0.3 | |
| | Team Todenhöfer | | | | | | 356 | 0.3 | |
| | Gesundheitsforschung | | | | | | 263 | 0.2 | |
| | Bündnis C | | | | | | 146 | 0.1 | |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 137 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| | Humanists | | | | | | 124 | 0.1 | |
| | V-Partei3 | | | | | | 116 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| | Bündnis 21 | | | | | | 60 | 0.0 | |
| | DKP | | | | | | 37 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | LKR | | | | | | 28 | 0.0 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 25 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,186 | | | 2,033 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 134,884 | | | 135,037 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 137,070 | 76.9 | 0.2 | | | |
| | SPD gain from CDU | SPD gain from CDU | Majority | 4,042 | 3.0 | | | | |

### 2017 election

Federal election (2017): Main-Kinzig – Wetterau II – Schotten :

| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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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| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Y Peter Tauber | Y Peter Tauber | 49,479 | 36.4 | 12.4 | 43,147 | 31.7 | 9.5 |
| | SPD | Bettina Müller | Bettina Müller | 38,462 | 28.3 | 4.1 | 32,069 | 23.6 | 4.2 |
| | AfD | Mariana Harder-Kühnel | Mariana Harder-Kühnel | 20,172 | 14.8 | | 20,927 | 15.4 | 9.0 |
| | FDP | Pierre Kurth | Pierre Kurth | 8,326 | 6.1 | 3.8 | 14,144 | 10.4 | 5.3 |
| | Left | Dirk Udo Methfessel | Dirk Udo Methfessel | 8,007 | 5.9 | 0.6 | 8,938 | 6.6 | 1.1 |
| | Greens | Matthias Zach | Matthias Zach | 7,346 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 9,614 | 7.1 | 0.6 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,668 | 1.2 | |
| | FW | Ulrich Majunke | Ulrich Majunke | 2,865 | 2.1 | | 1,590 | 1.2 | 0.1 |
| | NPD | Daniel Lachmann | Daniel Lachmann | 1,212 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 1,249 | 0.9 | 1.2 |
| | PARTEI | | | | | | 1,142 | 0.8 | 0.3 |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 549 | 0.4 | 1.7 |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 249 | 0.2 | |
| | DM | | | | | | 222 | 0.2 | |
| | V-Partei³ | | | | | | 209 | 0.2 | |
| | BGE | | | | | | 208 | 0.2 | |
| | BüSo | | | | | | 42 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 37 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | DKP | | | | | | 22 | 0.0 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,324 | | | 2,167 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 135,869 | | | 136,026 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 138,193 | 77.1 | 4.5 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 11,018 | 8.1 | 8.3 | | | |

### 2013 election

Federal election (2013): Main-Kinzig – Wetterau II – Schotten :

| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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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| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Peter Tauber | Peter Tauber | 61,911 | 48.8 | 7.9 | 52,305 | 41.2 | 7.4 |
| | SPD | Bettina Müller | Bettina Müller | 41,061 | 32.4 | 0.1 | 35,313 | 27.8 | 3.1 |
| | Greens | Udo Gernot Weiß | Udo Gernot Weiß | 6,815 | 5.4 | 0.8 | 9,720 | 7.7 | 1.8 |
| | AfD | | | | | | 8,098 | 6.4 | |
| | Left | Andreas Müller | Andreas Müller | 6,739 | 5.3 | 1.7 | 6,934 | 5.5 | 3.0 |
| | Pirates | Reinhard Schaffert | Reinhard Schaffert | 3,746 | 3.0 | | 2,666 | 2.1 | 0.1 |
| | NPD | Daniel Lachmann | Daniel Lachmann | 3,538 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 2,662 | 2.1 | 0.1 |
| | FDP | Conrad Buchholz | Conrad Buchholz | 2,963 | 2.3 | 7.2 | 6,516 | 5.1 | 12.0 |
| | FW | | | | | | 1,325 | 1.0 | |
| | PARTEI | | | | | | 630 | 0.5 | |
| | REP | | | | | | 487 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| | PRO | | | | | | 187 | 0.1 | |
| | PSG | | | | | | 74 | 0.0 | |
| | BüSo | | | | | | 72 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 25 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 4,237 | | | 3,996 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 126,773 | | | 127,014 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 131,010 | 72.6 | 0.6 | | | |
| | CDU win new seat | CDU win new seat | Majority | 20,850 | 16.4 | | | | |
