Waldeck (electoral district)

Waldeck is one of the 299 single member constituencies used for the German parliament, the Bundestag. One of twenty two districts covering the state of Hesse, it covers the northern part of the state.

The constituency was created for the 1949 election, the first election in West Germany after World War II. The constituency was won by the Free Democratic Party in its first two elections in 1949 and 1953, but has been won by the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) since the 1957 general election. The current MP is Ullrich Messmer, who was first elected at the 2009 general election.