Main-Taunus
# Main-Taunus

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 181. It is located in southern Hesse, comprising the Main-Taunus-Kreis district and small parts of the Hochtaunuskreis district.

Main-Taunus was created for the 2002 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Norbert Altenkamp of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

## 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.

## History

Main-Taunus was created in 2002. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was constituency 182 in the numbering system. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 181. 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.

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

## Election results

### 2021 election

Federal election (2021): Main-Taunus :

| 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 Norbert Altenkamp | Y Norbert Altenkamp | 51,985 | 33.3 | 8.6 | 42,260 | 27.0 | 7.5 |
| | SPD | Ilja-Kristin Seewald | Ilja-Kristin Seewald | 35,493 | 22.8 | 1.0 | 34,468 | 22.1 | 3.9 |
| | Greens | Kordula Schulz-Asche | Kordula Schulz-Asche | 26,373 | 16.9 | 7.8 | 26,771 | 17.1 | 6.6 |
| | FDP | Bettina Stark-Watzinger | Bettina Stark-Watzinger | 20,295 | 13.0 | 2.1 | 26,335 | 16.9 | 0.1 |
| | AfD | Gerhard Bergmann | Gerhard Bergmann | 10,588 | 6.8 | 2.9 | 10,427 | 6.7 | 3.6 |
| | Left | Paul Laslop | Paul Laslop | 4,272 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 4,708 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| | FW | Frank Bergmann | 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 | 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 | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,782 | | | 1,437 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 155,936 | | | 156,281 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 157,718 | 80.7 | 0.8 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 16,492 | 10.5 | 9.6 | | | |

### 2017 election

Federal election (2017): Main-Taunus :

| 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 | Norbert Altenkamp | Norbert Altenkamp | 66,490 | 41.9 | 10.6 | 54,902 | 34.6 | 9.3 |
| | SPD | Ilja-Kristin Seewald | Ilja-Kristin Seewald | 34,527 | 21.8 | 5.3 | 28,786 | 18.1 | 4.4 |
| | FDP | Bettina Stark-Watzinger | Bettina Stark-Watzinger | 17,224 | 10.9 | 6.6 | 26,571 | 16.7 | 8.1 |
| | AfD | Gernot Laude | Gernot Laude | 15,319 | 9.7 | | 16,395 | 10.3 | 3.4 |
| | Greens | Kordula Schulz-Asche | Kordula Schulz-Asche | 14,458 | 9.1 | 0.9 | 16,752 | 10.5 | 0.6 |
| | Left | Ingo von Seemen | Ingo von Seemen | 7,887 | 5.0 | 0.8 | 9,504 | 6.0 | 1.8 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,500 | 0.9 | |
| | FW | Josef Voege | 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 | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,122 | | | 1,788 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 158,525 | | | 158,859 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 160,647 | 81.4 | 2.5 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 21,963 | 20.1 | 5.3 | | | |

### 2013 election

Federal election (2013): Main-Taunus :

| 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 Heinz Riesenhuber | Y Heinz Riesenhuber | 79,353 | 52.5 | 5.0 | 66,598 | 43.8 | 6.7 |
| | SPD | Dieter Falk | Dieter Falk | 40,927 | 27.1 | 3.1 | 34,156 | 22.5 | 3.2 |
| | Greens | Kordula Schulz-Asche | Kordula Schulz-Asche | 12,453 | 8.2 | 2.0 | 15,057 | 9.9 | 2.0 |
| | FDP | Bettina Stark-Watzinger | Bettina Stark-Watzinger | 6,472 | 4.3 | 7.9 | 13,100 | 8.6 | 13.0 |
| | AfD | | | | | | 10,470 | 6.9 | |
| | Left | Fritz-Walter Hornung | Fritz-Walter Hornung | 6,355 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 6,406 | 4.2 | 1.5 |
| | Pirates | Frank Hubertus Schäfer | Frank Hubertus Schäfer | 3,729 | 2.5 | | 2,773 | 1.8 | 0.2 |
| | FW | | | | | | 1,212 | 0.8 | |
| | NPD | Nikolaus Bexha | 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 | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 4,078 | | | 3,226 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 151,067 | | | 151,919 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 155,145 | 78.9 | 0.8 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 38,426 | 25.4 | 1.9 | | | |

### 2009 election

Federal election (2009): Main-Taunus :

| 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 Heinz Riesenhuber | Y Heinz Riesenhuber | 72,680 | 47.5 | 3.5 | 56,989 | 37.1 | 2.9 |
| | SPD | Nicole Ritter | Nicole Ritter | 36,629 | 24.0 | 7.9 | 29,515 | 19.2 | 8.1 |
| | FDP | Bettina Stark-Watzinger | Bettina Stark-Watzinger | 18,588 | 12.2 | 6.8 | 33,225 | 21.7 | 5.3 |
| | Greens | Wolfgang Strengmann-Kuhn | Wolfgang Strengmann-Kuhn | 15,618 | 10.2 | 2.6 | 18,258 | 11.9 | 1.9 |
| | Left | Fritz-Walter Hornung | 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 | 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 | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,821 | | | 2,322 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 152,927 | | | 153,426 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 155,748 | 79.7 | 3.6 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 36,051 | 23.5 | 4.2 | | | |
