Schwalm-Eder

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-Eder
electoral district
for the Bundestag
Schwalm-Eder in 2013
StateHesse
Population237,400 (2015)
Electorate188,074 (2017)
Major settlementsSchwalmstadt
Frankenberg
Fritzlar
Area2,262.5 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
PartySPD
MemberEdgar Franke
Elected2009, 2013, 2017

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. 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.

Election No. Name Borders
1949 4 Fritzlar-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 127 Schwalm-Eder
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 172
2005
2009 171
2013 170
2017
2021

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 and 2017.

Election Member Party %
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

Election results

2017 election
Federal election (2017): 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
SPD Y Edgar Franke 53,892 37.7 4.7 44,847 31.4 5.2
CDU Bernd Siebert[lower-alpha 1] 43,514 30.4 9.2 41,795 29.2 6.4
AfD Albrecht Glaser 17,198 12.0 18,504 12.9 7.5
FDP Elias Knell 9,298 6.5 4.3 13,118 9.2 4.5
Green Bettina Hoffmann 8,003 5.6 0.2 9,436 6.6 1.1
Left Heidemarie Scheuch-Paschkewitz 7,852 5.5 0.5 9,270 6.5 1.0
FW Matthias Köhler 3,330 2.3 0.8 1,968 1.4 0.2
Tierschutzpartei   1,287 0.9
PARTEI   935 0.7 0.3
NPD   652 0.5 0.7
Pirates   519 0.4 1.3
BGE   180 0.1
DM 173 0.1
V-Partei³ 161 0.1
ÖDP   128 0.1
DKP   33 0.0
MLPD   26 0.0 0.0
BüSo 20 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 2,656 2,691
Total Valid votes 143,087 143,052
Turnout 145,743 77.5 3.5
SPD hold Majority 10,378 7.3 4.6

2013 election
Federal election (2013): 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
SPD Y Edgar Franke 57,944 42.3 2.0 50,052 36.5 2.6
CDU Bernd Siebert 54,162 39.6 6.0 48,747 35.6 6.6
Green Hermann Häusling 7,884 5.8 0.9 10,498 7.7 1.6
Left Heidemarie Scheuch-Paschkewitz 6,890 5.0 3.1 7,442 5.4 3.8
AfD   7,394 5.4
FDP Dennis Majewski 3,005 2.2 7.4 6,362 4.6 9.5
Pirates Alexander Kaufmann 2,771 2.0 2,306 1.7 0.0
FW Engin Eroglu 2,154 1.6 1,592 1.2
NPD Martin Braun 2,019 1.5 0.1 1,532 1.1 0.2
PARTEI   529 0.4
REP   229 0.2 0.2
PRO 162 0.1
PSG   58 0.0
BüSo 46 0.0 0.1
MLPD   32 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 4,836 4,684
Total Valid votes 136,829 136,981
Turnout 141,665 74.0 0.2
SPD hold Majority 3,782 2.7 4.0

2009 election
Federal election (2009): 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
SPD Edgar Franke 56,519 40.3 9.8 47,585 33.9 11.1
CDU Bernd Siebert[lower-alpha 2] 47,053 33.6 0.4 40,592 28.9 0.4
FDP Nils Weigand 13,487 9.6 4.8 19,854 14.2 4.3
Left Heidemarie Scheuch-Paschkewitz 11,395 8.1 3.3 12,958 9.2 3.5
Green Engin Eroglu 9,370 6.7 2.2 12,935 9.2 2.0
Pirates   2,382 1.7
NPD Frank Körner 2,275 1.6 0.1 1,813 1.3 0.2
Tierschutzpartei   1,256 0.9 0.2
REP   556 0.4 0.4
DVU   128 0.1
BüSo 119 0.1 0.0
MLPD   37 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 4,391 4,275
Total Valid votes 140,099 140,215
Turnout 144,490 74.2 5.6
SPD hold Majority 9,466 6.7 9.5

Notes
  1. Siebert entered the Bundestag on the CDU list after the resignation of Oswin Veith in March 2020.
  2. Siebert entered the Bundestag on the CDU list after the resignation of Lucia Puttrich in September 2010.

References
  1. "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
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