Main-Taunus
{{Short description|Federal electoral district of Germany}}
{{Infobox constituency
|name = 180 Main-Taunus
|constituency_type = electoral district
|constituency_link = Main-Taunus
|parl_name = Bundestag
|image = File:Bundestagswahlkreis 180-2025.svg
|caption = Main-Taunus in 2025
|region_label = State
|region = Hesse
|population = 284,200 (2019)
|electorate = 195,514 (2021)
|towns = Hofheim
Kelkheim
Hattersheim am Main
|area = 270.6 km2
|year = 2002
|party = CDU
|local_council_label = Member
|local_council = Norbert Altenkamp
|blank1_name = Elected
|blank1_info = 2017, 2021, 2025
}}
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 180. It is located in southern Hesse, comprising the Main-Taunus-Kreis district and small parts of the Hochtaunuskreis district.{{cite web|url=https://www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/bundestagswahlen/2025/wahlkreiseinteilung/bund-99/land-6/wahlkreis-180.html|title=Constituency Main-Taunus|publisher=Federal Returning Officer}}
Main-Taunus was created for the 2002 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Norbert Altenkamp of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).{{cite web|url=https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2021/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-6/wahlkreis-181.html|title=Results for Main-Taunus|publisher=Federal Returning Officer}}
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. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 181. From the 2025 election, it has been number 180. 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.
| class=wikitable
! colspan=2| Election ! Member ! Party ! % |
| rowspan=4 bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|
| 2002 | rowspan=4| Heinz Riesenhuber | rowspan=4| CDU | align=right| 49.8 |
| 2005
| align=right| 51.1 |
| 2009
| align=right| 47.5 |
| 2013
| align=right| 52.2 |
| rowspan=3 bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|
| 2017 | rowspan=3| Norbert Altenkamp | rowspan=3| CDU | align=right| 41.9 |
| 2021
| align=right| 33.3 |
| 2025
| align=right| 39.8 |
Election results
=2025 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=Federal election (2025): Main-Taunus[https://bundeswahlleiterin.de/en/bundestagswahlen/2025/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-6/wahlkreis-180.html. Results for Main-Taunus]
}}
{{MMP election box incumbent win|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Norbert Altenkamp
|votes = 65,485
|percentage = 39.8
|change = {{increase}} 6.5
|party votes = 57,903
|party percent = 35.1
|party change = {{increase}} 8.1
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Nancy Faeser
|votes = 29,237
|percentage = 17.8
|change = {{decrease}} 5.0
|party votes = 25,838
|party percent = 15.7
|party change = {{decrease}} 6.4
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Anna Lührmann
|votes = 23,001
|percentage = 14.0
|change = {{decrease}} 2.9
|party votes = 23,886
|party percent = 14.5
|party change = {{decrease}} 2.6
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Alternative for Germany
|candidate = Christian Douglas
|votes = 21,541
|percentage = 13.1
|change = {{increase}} 6.3
|party votes = 21,890
|party percent = 13.3
|party change = {{increase}} 6.6
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Thomas Völker
|votes = 9,861
|percentage = 6.0
|change = {{increase}} 3.3
|party votes = 10,899
|party percent = 6.6
|party change = {{increase}} 3.6
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Bettina Stark-Watzinger
|votes = 8,846
|percentage = 5.4
|change = {{decrease}} 7.6
|party votes = 12,190
|party percent = 7.4
|party change = {{decrease}} 9.5
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance
|party votes = 6,033
|party percent = 3.7
|party change = New
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Voters
|candidate = Frank Bergmann
|votes = 2,962
|percentage = 1.8
|change = {{decrease}} 0.9
|party votes = 1,661
|party percent = 1.0
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.6
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Human Environment Animal Protection Party
|party votes = 1,655
|party percent = 1.0
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Volt Germany
|candidate = Fiona Byrne
|votes = 2,691
|percentage = 1.6
|change = New
|party votes = 1,598
|party percent = 1.0
|party change = {{increase}} 0.3
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Die PARTEI
|party votes = 698
|party percent = 0.4
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.4
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Bündnis Deutschland
|candidate = Andreas Steba
|votes = 929
|percentage = 0.6
|change = New
|party votes = 418
|party percent = 0.3
|party change = New
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Party of Humanists
|party votes = 132
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany
|party votes = 52
|party percent = <0.1
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 1,344
|party votes = 1,044
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 164,553
|party votes = 164,853
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 165,897
|percentage = 85.8
|change = {{increase}} 5.1
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|loser =
|votes = 36,248
|percent = 22.0
|change = {{increase}} 11.5
}}
=2021 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=Federal election (2021): Main-Taunus[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2021/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-6/wahlkreis-181.html Results for Main-Taunus]
}}
{{MMP election box incumbent win|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Norbert Altenkamp
|votes = 51,985
|percentage = 33.3
|change = {{decrease}} 8.6
|party votes = 42,260
|party percent = 27.0
|party change = {{decrease}} 7.5
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Ilja-Kristin Seewald
|votes = 35,493
|percentage = 22.8
|change = {{increase}} 1.0
|party votes = 34,468
|party percent = 22.1
|party change = {{increase}} 3.9
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Kordula Schulz-Asche
|votes = 26,373
|percentage = 16.9
|change = {{increase}} 7.8
|party votes = 26,771
|party percent = 17.1
|party change = {{increase}} 6.6
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Bettina Stark-Watzinger
|votes = 20,295
|percentage = 13.0
|change = {{increase}} 2.1
|party votes = 26,335
|party percent = 16.9
|party change = {{increase}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alternative for Germany
|candidate = Gerhard Bergmann
|votes = 10,588
|percentage = 6.8
|change = {{decrease}} 2.9
|party votes = 10,427
|party percent = 6.7
|party change = {{decrease}} 3.6
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Paul Laslop
|votes = 4,272
|percentage = 2.7
|change = {{decrease}} 2.2
|party votes = 4,708
|party percent = 3.0
|party change = {{decrease}} 3.0
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Voters
|candidate = Frank Bergmann
|votes = 4,179
|percentage = 2.7
|change = {{increase}} 1.0
|party votes = 2,471
|party percent = 1.6
|party change = {{increase}} 0.8
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Human Environment Animal Protection
|party votes = 2,042
|party percent = 1.3
|party change = {{increase}} 0.4
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany
|party votes = 1,871
|party percent = 1.2
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Die PARTEI
|candidate = Florian Sauer
|votes = 2,751
|percentage = 1.8
|change =
|party votes = 1,253
|party percent = 0.8
|party change = {{increase}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Team Todenhöfer
|party votes = 1,143
|party percent = 0.7
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Volt Germany
|party votes = 1,012
|party percent = 0.6
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Pirate Party Germany
|party votes = 510
|party percent = 0.3
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Partei für Gesundheitsforschung
|party votes = 209
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Ecological Democratic Party
|party votes = 163
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Party of Humanists
|party votes = 154
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = V-Partei3
|party votes = 135
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = National Democratic Party of Germany
|party votes = 116
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Alliance C – Christians for Germany
|party votes = 93
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = Bündnis 21
|color = #E71F71
|party votes = 56
|party percent = 0.0
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Liberal Conservative Reformers
|party votes = 34
|party percent = 0.0
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany
|party votes = 31
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = German Communist Party
|party votes = 19
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 1,782
|party votes = 1,437
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 155,936
|party votes = 156,281
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 157,718
|percentage = 80.7
|change = {{decrease}} 0.8
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|loser =
|votes = 16,492
|percent = 10.5
|change = {{decrease}} 9.6
}}
=2017 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=Federal election (2017): Main-Taunus[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2017/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-6/wahlkreis-181.html Results for Main-Taunus]
}}
{{MMP election box candidate win|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Norbert Altenkamp
|votes = 66,490
|percentage = 41.9
|change = {{decrease}} 10.6
|party votes = 54,902
|party percent = 34.6
|party change = {{decrease}} 9.3
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Ilja-Kristin Seewald
|votes = 34,527
|percentage = 21.8
|change = {{decrease}} 5.3
|party votes = 28,786
|party percent = 18.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 4.4
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Bettina Stark-Watzinger
|votes = 17,224
|percentage = 10.9
|change = {{increase}} 6.6
|party votes = 26,571
|party percent = 16.7
|party change = {{increase}} 8.1
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alternative for Germany
|candidate = Gernot Laude
|votes = 15,319
|percentage = 9.7
|change =
|party votes = 16,395
|party percent = 10.3
|party change = {{increase}} 3.4
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Kordula Schulz-Asche
|votes = 14,458
|percentage = 9.1
|change = {{increase}} 0.9
|party votes = 16,752
|party percent = 10.5
|party change = {{increase}} 0.6
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Ingo von Seemen
|votes = 7,887
|percentage = 5.0
|change = {{increase}} 0.8
|party votes = 9,504
|party percent = 6.0
|party change = {{increase}} 1.8
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Human Environment Animal Protection
|party votes = 1,500
|party percent = 0.9
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Voters
|candidate = Josef Voege
|votes = 2,620
|percentage = 1.7
|change =
|party votes = 1,293
|party percent = 0.8
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Die PARTEI
|party votes = 1,173
|party percent = 0.7
|party change = {{increase}} 0.4
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Pirate Party Germany
|party votes = 561
|party percent = 0.4
|party change = {{decrease}} 1.5
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Ecological Democratic Party
|party votes = 340
|party percent = 0.2
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = National Democratic Party of Germany
|party votes = 337
|party percent = 0.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.4
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = V-Partei³
|color = #99CC33
|party votes = 224
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = DM
|party votes = 222
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Basic Income Alliance
|party votes = 216
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany
|party votes = 33
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = BüSo
|party votes = 26
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = German Communist Party
|party votes = 24
|party percent = 0.0
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 2,122
|party votes = 1,788
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 158,525
|party votes = 158,859
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 160,647
|percentage = 81.4
|change = {{increase}} 2.5
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|votes = 21,963
|percent = 20.1
|change = {{decrease}} 5.3
}}
=2013 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=Federal election (2013): Main-Taunus[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2013/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-6/wahlkreis-181.html Results for Main-Taunus]
}}
{{MMP election box incumbent win|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Heinz Riesenhuber
|votes = 79,353
|percentage = 52.5
|change = {{increase}} 5.0
|party votes = 66,598
|party percent = 43.8
|party change = {{increase}} 6.7
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Dieter Falk
|votes = 40,927
|percentage = 27.1
|change = {{increase}} 3.1
|party votes = 34,156
|party percent = 22.5
|party change = {{increase}} 3.2
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Kordula Schulz-Asche
|votes = 12,453
|percentage = 8.2
|change = {{decrease}} 2.0
|party votes = 15,057
|party percent = 9.9
|party change = {{decrease}} 2.0
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Bettina Stark-Watzinger
|votes = 6,472
|percentage = 4.3
|change = {{decrease}} 7.9
|party votes = 13,100
|party percent = 8.6
|party change = {{decrease}} 13.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Alternative for Germany
|party votes = 10,470
|party percent = 6.9
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Fritz-Walter Hornung
|votes = 6,355
|percentage = 4.2
|change = {{decrease}} 0.8
|party votes = 6,406
|party percent = 4.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 1.5
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Pirate Party Germany
|candidate = Frank Hubertus Schäfer
|votes = 3,729
|percentage = 2.5
|change =
|party votes = 2,773
|party percent = 1.8
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Free Voters
|party votes = 1,212
|party percent = 0.8
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = National Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Nikolaus Bexha
|votes = 1,778
|percentage = 1.2
|change = {{increase}} 0.1
|party votes = 1,003
|party percent = 0.8
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Die PARTEI
|party votes = 549
|party percent = 0.4
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = The Republicans (Germany)
|party votes = 285
|party percent = 0.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = PRO
|party votes = 159
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Socialist Equality Party (Germany)
|party votes = 63
|party percent = 0.0
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = BüSo
|party votes = 53
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany
|party votes = 35
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 4,078
|party votes = 3,226
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 151,067
|party votes = 151,919
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 155,145
|percentage = 78.9
|change = {{decrease}} 0.8
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|votes = 38,426
|percent = 25.4
|change = {{increase}} 1.9
}}
=2009 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=Federal election (2009): Main-Taunus[https://web.archive.org/web/20110617081247/http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/de/bundestagswahlen/BTW_BUND_09/ergebnisse/wahlkreisergebnisse/l06/wk181/ Results for Main-Taunus]
}}
{{MMP election box incumbent win|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Heinz Riesenhuber
|votes = 72,680
|percentage = 47.5
|change = {{decrease}} 3.5
|party votes = 56,989
|party percent = 37.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 2.9
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Nicole Ritter
|votes = 36,629
|percentage = 24.0
|change = {{decrease}} 7.9
|party votes = 29,515
|party percent = 19.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 8.1
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Bettina Stark-Watzinger
|votes = 18,588
|percentage = 12.2
|change = {{increase}} 6.8
|party votes = 33,225
|party percent = 21.7
|party change = {{increase}} 5.3
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Wolfgang Strengmann-Kuhn
|votes = 15,618
|percentage = 10.2
|change = {{increase}} 2.6
|party votes = 18,258
|party percent = 11.9
|party change = {{increase}} 1.9
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Fritz-Walter Hornung
|votes = 7,718
|percentage = 5.0
|change = {{increase}} 2.0
|party votes = 8,699
|party percent = 5.7
|party change = {{increase}} 2.1
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Pirate Party Germany
|party votes = 3,157
|party percent = 2.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Human Environment Animal Protection
|party votes = 1,437
|party percent = 0.9
|party change = {{increase}} 0.3
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = National Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Thomas Gorr
|votes = 1,694
|percentage = 1.1
|change = {{decrease}} 0.1
|party votes = 1,140
|party percent = 0.7
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = The Republicans (Germany)
|party votes = 701
|party percent = 0.5
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = BüSo
|party votes = 165
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = German People's Union
|party votes = 110
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany
|party votes = 30
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 2,821
|party votes = 2,322
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 152,927
|party votes = 153,426
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 155,748
|percentage = 79.7
|change = {{decrease}} 3.6
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|votes = 36,051
|percent = 23.5
|change = {{increase}} 4.2
}}
References
{{reflist}}
{{Electoral districts of Hesse}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Main-Taunus}}
Category:Federal electoral districts in Hesse
Category:2002 establishments in Germany