Bad Kissingen (electoral district)
Location of constituency in Bavaria
Bad Kissingen is one of the 299 single member constituencies used for the German parliament, the Bundestag. One of forty five districts in Bavaria, it covers the whole of the counties of Bad Kissingen, Rhön-Grabfeld and Haßberge.[1] The boundaries have been unchanged since the 1976 election.
The constituency was created for the 1949 election, the first election in West Germany after World War II. Since then, all elections in the district have been won by the Christian Social Union (CSU).
The representative elected in 2013 is Dorothee Bär, who was elected for the first time in 2009.[2]
Boundaries
| Election | District number and name | Areas covered |
|---|---|---|
| 1949 | 37 Bad Kissingen | The city of Bad Kissingen; The counties of Bad Kissingen, Ebern, Haßfurt, Hofheim, Königshofen and Mellrichstadt |
| 1953–1961 | 232 Bad Kissingen | |
| 1965–1972 | 234 Bad Kissingen | The city of Bad Kissingen; The counties of Bad Kissingen, Ebern, Haßfurt, Hofheim, Königshofen, Mellrichstadt and Bad Neustadt an der Saale |
| 1976–1998 | 234 Bad Kissingen | The counties of Bad Kissingen, Rhön-Grabfeld, Haßberge |
| 2002–2005 | 249 Bad Kissingen | |
| since 2009 | 248 Bad Kissingen | |
2013 election
| Party | Constituency results | List results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % share | +/- | Votes | % share | +/- | ||
| Christian Social Union | Dorothee Bär | 88,911 | 57.9 | +4.2 | 82,760 | 53.9 | +6.6 | |
| Social Democratic Party of Germany | Sabine Dittmar | 30,564 | 19.9 | +2.0 | 27,931 | 18.2 | +3.4 | |
| Alliance '90/The Greens | Hans-Josef Fell | 12,127 | 7.9 | -1.3 | 9,874 | 6.4 | -1.4 | |
| The Left | Stefan Bannert | 6,930 | 4.5 | -3.6 | 6,946 | 4.5 | -4.0 | |
| Free Democratic Party | Erhard Stubenrauch | 4,391 | 2.9 | -5.7 | 7,342 | 4.8 | -9.1 | |
| Free Voters | Christine Wehe | 4,259 | 2.8 | N/A | 4,129 | 2.7 | N/A | |
| Pirate Party | Benjamin Wildenauer | 3,562 | 2.3 | N/A | 2,980 | 1.9 | +0.2 | |
| National Democratic Party of Germany | Horst Fuchs | 2,789 | 1.8 | -0.3 | 2,018 | 1.3 | -0.2 | |
| Alternative for Germany | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 4,988 | 3.2 | N/A | |
| Ecological Democratic Party | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1,119 | 0.7 | -0.0 | |
| Human Environment Animal Protection | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 919 | 0.6 | +0.1 | |
| Republicans | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 884 | 0.6 | -0.4 | |
| Bavaria Party | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 756 | 0.5 | +0.2 | |
| Others | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 976 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Source:[3]
List of district representatives
| Election | Name | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Gustav Fuchs | CSU |
| 1953 | Gustav Fuchs | CSU |
| 1957 | Gustav Fuchs | CSU |
| 1961 | Alex Hösl | CSU |
| 1965 | Alex Hösl | CSU |
| 1969 | Alex Hösl | CSU |
| 1972 | Alex Hösl | CSU |
| 1976 | Alex Hösl | CSU |
| 1980 | Eduard Lintner | CSU |
| 1983 | Eduard Lintner | CSU |
| 1987 | Eduard Lintner | CSU |
| 1990 | Eduard Lintner | CSU |
| 1994 | Eduard Lintner | CSU |
| 1998 | Eduard Lintner | CSU |
| 2002 | Eduard Lintner | CSU |
| 2005 | Eduard Lintner | CSU |
| 2009 | Dorothee Bär | CSU |
| 2013 | Dorothee Bär | CSU |
References
- ↑ Constituency boundaries, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 28 June 2014
- ↑ Dorothee Bär gewinnt Direktmandat, Main-Post, 27 September 2009
- ↑ 2013 Election results, Bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 29 June 2014
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