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.
14-534: Main-Taunus was created for the 2002 federal election . Since 2017, it has been represented by Norbert Altenkamp of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). 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
28-418: A candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A [REDACTED] Y or [REDACTED] 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
42-722: A list member, or other incumbent. A [REDACTED] Y or [REDACTED] 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 [REDACTED] Y or [REDACTED] N denotes status of any incumbent , win or lose respectively. 2002 German federal election First Schröder cabinet SPD – Green Second Schröder cabinet SPD – Greens Federal elections were held in Germany on 22 September 2002 to elect
56-557: The Telecoms crash and the introduction of the euro , as well as campaigning on family values and against taxes (particularly on fuel). In the run up to the election, the CSU/CDU held a huge lead in the opinion polls and Christian Social Union (CSU) leader Edmund Stoiber famously remarked that "... this election is like a football match where it's the second half and my team is ahead by 2–0." However, event soon overtook Stoiber and
70-458: The 14th Bundestag: candidate Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Freie Demokratische Partei Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus Although most opposition parties gained seats, and the result was in doubt for most of the election night, the governing coalition retained a narrow majority. In particular,
84-490: The CDU was elected in 2017. 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 [REDACTED] Y or [REDACTED] N denotes status of any incumbent , win or lose respectively. Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes
98-606: The CDU/CSU campaign. The SPD and the Greens were helped by broad support for its opposition to an invasion of Iraq , continued media attention on the CDU funding scandal and by Gerhard Schröder 's personal popularity relative to the opposition's candidate for chancellor , Stoiber. The SPD was also boosted by Schröder's swift response to the August floods in eastern Germany, as compared to Stoiber, who
112-540: The Greens continued in government, with Schröder as chancellor. However, due to the slim majority in the Bundestag, the governing coalition was not stable. CDU donations scandal The CDU donations scandal was a political scandal resulting from the illegal forms of party financing used by the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) during the 1990s. These included accepting hidden donations,
126-576: The Hochtaunuskreis district. 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. The constituency was first represented by Heinz Riesenhuber of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 2002 to 2005 to 2017. Norbert Altenkamp of
140-586: The SPD was able to partially offset declines in their vote share in the West with an increase in the East, with the PDS falling below both the 5% threshold and the 3-seat threshold, either of which is required to qualify a party for top-up seats. Consequently, the PDS held only two directly elected seats. Second vote ( Zweitstimme , or votes for party list) The coalition between the SPD and
154-669: The Year 2000. Opinion polls conducted by the Allensbach Institute suggest that in November 1999 (before the scandal became known), the CDU was expected to receive around 45 percent of the popular vote in a hypothetical German federal election. By February 2000, this value had plummeted down to 31 percent. As a consequence, two of the leading CDU figures of the 1980s and 1990s, Helmut Kohl and Wolfgang Schäuble lost their political influence, with Angela Merkel and Roland Koch emerging as
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#1732855697845168-496: The members of the 15th Bundestag . Incumbent Chancellor Gerhard Schröder 's centre-left "red-green" governing coalition retained a narrow majority, and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) retained their status as the largest party in the Bundestag by three seats. Several issues dominated the campaign, with the opposition CDU/CSU attacking the government's performance on the economy which fell back into recession due to
182-499: The non-disclosure of cash donations, the maintenance of secret bank accounts, and illegal wire transfers to and from foreign banks. The scandal was uncovered in late 1999 and remained the dominant subject of political discussion and news coverage in Germany for several months. The Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache selected the term Schwarzgeldaffäre ( literally , "black money affair" i.e. "illegal earnings scandal") as German Word of
196-578: Was on vacation and responded late to the events. With Guido Westerwelle , leader of the Free Democratic Party (FDP), the FDP presented a chancellor candidate for the first time, usually a title reserved for the main election leaders of the SPD and CDU/CSU. This was met with general derision and Westerwelle was excluded from the chancellor television debate, the first one, against which he unsuccessfully sued. The table below lists parties represented in
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