Schwalm-Eder

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.

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. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 170. From the 2025 election, it has been number 169.

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.

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, 2017, and 2021.

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Anna-Marie Bischof{{efn|name=vacant-2025}}

|votes = 45,653

|percentage = 30.1

|change = {{increase}} 6.1

|party votes = 41,681

|party percent = 27.4

|party change = {{increase}} 5.9

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|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Renate Glaser

|votes = 36,357

|percentage = 24.0

|change = {{increase}} 13.6

|party votes = 36,109

|party percent = 23.7

|party change = {{increase}} 12.9

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|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Philipp Rottwilm

|votes = 42,943

|percentage = 28.3

|change = {{decrease}} 11.0

|party votes = 34,060

|party percent = 22.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 13.9

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|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Maximilian Kohler

|votes = 8,704

|percentage = 5.7

|change = {{decrease}} 3.1

|party votes = 11,875

|party percent = 7.8

|party change = {{decrease}} 2.3

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Jürgen Bachmann

|votes = 7,975

|percentage = 5.3

|change = {{increase}} 2.6

|party votes = 8,625

|party percent = 5.7

|party change = {{increase}} 2.5

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|party = Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance

|party votes = 6,522

|party percent = 4.3

|party change = New

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Andreas Rethagen

|votes = 4,330

|percentage = 2.9

|change = {{decrease}} 5.9

|party votes = 6,169

|party percent = 4.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 7.0

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Markus Lappe

|votes = 5,767

|percentage = 3.8

|change = {{increase}} 0.8

|party votes = 3,081

|party percent = 2.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.4

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|party = Human Environment Animal Protection Party

|party votes = 2,270

|party percent = 1.5

|party change = {{increase}} 0.1

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die PARTEI

|party votes = 726

|party percent = 0.5

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.4

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|party = Volt Germany

|party votes = 610

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{increase}} 0.2

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Bündnis Deutschland

|party votes = 200

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = New

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Party of Humanists

|party votes = 91

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 26

|party percent = <0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

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{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,854

|party votes = 1,538

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{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 151,729

|party votes = 152,045

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{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 153,583

|percentage = 84.2

|change = {{increase}} 8.1

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{{MMP election box majority gain|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|loser = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|votes = 2,710

|percent = 1.8

|change = N/A

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Edgar Franke

|votes = 54,792

|percentage = 39.3

|change = {{increase}} 1.7

|party votes = 50,100

|party percent = 36.0

|party change = {{increase}} 4.6

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Anna-Maria Bischof

|votes = 33,443

|percentage = 24.0

|change = {{decrease}} 6.4

|party votes = 29,913

|party percent = 21.5

|party change = {{decrease}} 7.7

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{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Albrecht Glaser

|votes = 14,380

|percentage = 10.3

|change = {{decrease}} 1.7

|party votes = 15,047

|party percent = 10.8

|party change = {{decrease}} 2.1

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|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Bettina Hoffmann

|votes = 12,360

|percentage = 8.9

|change = {{increase}} 3.3

|party votes = 14,089

|party percent = 10.1

|party change = {{increase}} 3.5

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Bastian Belz

|votes = 12,234

|percentage = 8.8

|change = {{increase}} 2.3

|party votes = 15,422

|party percent = 11.1

|party change = {{increase}} 1.9

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Markus Rainer Lappe

|votes = 4,112

|percentage = 3.0

|change = {{increase}} 0.6

|party votes = 3,440

|party percent = 2.5

|party change = {{increase}} 1.1

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Heidemarie Scheuch-Paschkewitz

|votes = 3,761

|percentage = 2.7

|change = {{decrease}} 2.8

|party votes = 4,411

|party percent = 3.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 3.3

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 1,996

|party percent = 1.4

|party change = {{increase}} 0.5

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Die PARTEI

|candidate = Clara Luisa Baumann

|votes = 2,024

|percentage = 1.5

|change =

|party votes = 1,209

|party percent = 0.9

|party change = {{increase}} 0.2

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Hermann-Theodor Ploppa

|votes = 1,451

|percentage = 1.0

|change =

|party votes = 1,396

|party percent = 1.0

|party change =

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 504

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

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{{MMP election box independent|

|candidate = Alexander Klement

|votes = 435

|percentage = 0.3

|change =

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Team Todenhöfer

|party votes = 270

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Partei für Gesundheitsforschung

|party votes = 251

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|party votes = 244

|party percent = 0.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance C – Christians for Germany

|candidate = Alfred Härtzsch

|votes = 262

|percentage = 0.2

|change =

|party votes = 233

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Volt Germany

|party votes = 215

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 126

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Party of Humanists

|party votes = 92

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = V-Partei3

|party votes = 73

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = Bündnis 21

|color = #E71F71

|party votes = 48

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = German Communist Party

|party votes = 43

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Liberal Conservative Reformers

|party votes = 34

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 15

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

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{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 2,240

|party votes = 2,323

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{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 139,254

|party votes = 139,171

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{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 141,494

|percentage = 76.1

|change = {{decrease}} 1.4

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|loser =

|votes = 21,349

|percent = 15.3

|change = {{increase}} 8.1

}}

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Edgar Franke

|votes = 53,892

|percentage = 37.7

|change = {{decrease}} 4.7

|party votes = 44,847

|party percent = 31.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 5.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Bernd Siebert{{efn|Siebert entered the Bundestag on the CDU list after the resignation of Oswin Veith in March 2020.}}

|votes = 43,514

|percentage = 30.4

|change = {{decrease}} 9.2

|party votes = 41,795

|party percent = 29.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 6.4

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Albrecht Glaser

|votes = 17,198

|percentage = 12.0

|change =

|party votes = 18,504

|party percent = 12.9

|party change = {{increase}} 7.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Elias Knell

|votes = 9,298

|percentage = 6.5

|change = {{increase}} 4.3

|party votes = 13,118

|party percent = 9.2

|party change = {{increase}} 4.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Bettina Hoffmann

|votes = 8,003

|percentage = 5.6

|change = {{decrease}} 0.2

|party votes = 9,436

|party percent = 6.6

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Heidemarie Scheuch-Paschkewitz

|votes = 7,852

|percentage = 5.5

|change = {{increase}} 0.5

|party votes = 9,270

|party percent = 6.5

|party change = {{increase}} 1.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Matthias Köhler

|votes = 3,330

|percentage = 2.3

|change = {{increase}} 0.8

|party votes = 1,968

|party percent = 1.4

|party change = {{increase}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 1,287

|party percent = 0.9

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die PARTEI

|party votes = 935

|party percent = 0.7

|party change = {{increase}} 0.3

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|party votes = 652

|party percent = 0.5

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.7

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 519

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.3

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Basic Income Alliance

|party votes = 180

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = DM

|party votes = 173

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = V-Partei³

|color = #99CC33

|party votes = 161

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 128

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = German Communist Party

|party votes = 33

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 26

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = BüSo

|party votes = 20

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 2,656

|party votes = 2,691

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 143,087

|party votes = 143,052

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 145,743

|percentage = 77.5

|change = {{increase}} 3.5

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|votes = 10,378

|percent = 7.3

|change = {{increase}} 4.6

}}

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Edgar Franke

|votes = 57,944

|percentage = 42.3

|change = {{increase}} 2.0

|party votes = 50,052

|party percent = 36.5

|party change = {{increase}} 2.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Bernd Siebert

|votes = 54,162

|percentage = 39.6

|change = {{increase}} 6.0

|party votes = 48,747

|party percent = 35.6

|party change = {{increase}} 6.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Hermann Häusling

|votes = 7,884

|percentage = 5.8

|change = {{decrease}} 0.9

|party votes = 10,498

|party percent = 7.7

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Heidemarie Scheuch-Paschkewitz

|votes = 6,890

|percentage = 5.0

|change = {{decrease}} 3.1

|party votes = 7,442

|party percent = 5.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 3.8

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|party votes = 7,394

|party percent = 5.4

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Dennis Majewski

|votes = 3,005

|percentage = 2.2

|change = {{decrease}} 7.4

|party votes = 6,362

|party percent = 4.6

|party change = {{decrease}} 9.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|candidate = Alexander Kaufmann

|votes = 2,771

|percentage = 2.0

|change =

|party votes = 2,306

|party percent = 1.7

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Engin Eroglu

|votes = 2,154

|percentage = 1.6

|change =

|party votes = 1,592

|party percent = 1.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Martin Braun

|votes = 2,019

|percentage = 1.5

|change = {{decrease}} 0.1

|party votes = 1,532

|party percent = 1.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die PARTEI

|party votes = 529

|party percent = 0.4

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = The Republicans (Germany)

|party votes = 229

|party percent = 0.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = PRO

|party votes = 162

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Socialist Equality Party (Germany)

|party votes = 58

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = BüSo

|party votes = 46

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 32

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 4,836

|party votes = 4,684

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 136,829

|party votes = 136,981

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 141,665

|percentage = 74.0

|change = {{decrease}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|votes = 3,782

|percent = 2.7

|change = {{decrease}} 4.0

}}

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{{MMP election box candidate win|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Edgar Franke

|votes = 56,519

|percentage = 40.3

|change = {{decrease}} 9.8

|party votes = 47,585

|party percent = 33.9

|party change = {{decrease}} 11.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Bernd Siebert{{efn|Siebert entered the Bundestag on the CDU list after the resignation of Lucia Puttrich in September 2010.}}

|votes = 47,053

|percentage = 33.6

|change = {{decrease}} 0.4

|party votes = 40,592

|party percent = 28.9

|party change = {{increase}} 0.4

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Nils Weigand

|votes = 13,487

|percentage = 9.6

|change = {{increase}} 4.8

|party votes = 19,854

|party percent = 14.2

|party change = {{increase}} 4.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Heidemarie Scheuch-Paschkewitz

|votes = 11,395

|percentage = 8.1

|change = {{increase}} 3.3

|party votes = 12,958

|party percent = 9.2

|party change = {{increase}} 3.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Engin Eroglu

|votes = 9,370

|percentage = 6.7

|change = {{increase}} 2.2

|party votes = 12,935

|party percent = 9.2

|party change = {{increase}} 2.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 2,382

|party percent = 1.7

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Frank Körner

|votes = 2,275

|percentage = 1.6

|change = {{decrease}} 0.1

|party votes = 1,813

|party percent = 1.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 1,256

|party percent = 0.9

|party change = {{increase}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = The Republicans (Germany)

|party votes = 556

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.4

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = German People's Union

|party votes = 128

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = BüSo

|party votes = 119

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 37

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 4,391

|party votes = 4,275

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 140,099

|party votes = 140,215

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 144,490

|percentage = 74.2

|change = {{decrease}} 5.6

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|votes = 9,466

|percent = 6.7

|change = {{decrease}} 9.5

}}

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{{Electoral districts of Hesse}}

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