Rhein-Sieg-Kreis I
96 Rhein-Sieg-Kreis I | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
![]() Rhein-Sieg-Kreis I in 2025 | |
State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Population | 314,900 (2019) |
Electorate | 238,627 (2021) |
Major settlements | Troisdorf Hennef (Sieg) Siegburg |
Area | 660.7 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 1949 |
Party | CDU |
Member | Elisabeth Winkelmeier-Becker |
Elected | 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021 |
Rhein-Sieg-Kreis I 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 96. It is located in southwestern North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the eastern part of the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis district.[1]
Rhein-Sieg-Kreis I was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2002, it has been represented by Elisabeth Winkelmeier-Becker of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]
Geography
[edit]Rhein-Sieg-Kreis I is located in southwestern North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the municipalities of Eitorf, Hennef (Sieg), Lohmar, Much, Neunkirchen-Seelscheid, Niederkassel, Ruppichteroth, Siegburg, Troisdorf, and Windeck from the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis district.[1]
History
[edit]Rhein-Sieg-Kreis I was created in 1949, then known as Siegkreis. In the 1965 and 1969 elections, it was named Siegkreis I – Bonn-Land. It acquired its current name in the 1972 election. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 11 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 70. From 1965 through 1998, it was number 64. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 98. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 97. From the 2025 election, it has been number 96.
Originally, the constituency was coterminous with the Siegkreis district. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it comprised the district of Landkreis Bonn as well as the modern municipalities of Bad Honnef, Königswinter, Niederkassel, Troisdorf, and Sankt Augustin from the Siegkreis district. It acquired its current borders in the 1980 election.
Election | No. | Name | Borders |
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1949 | 11 | Siegkreis |
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1953 | 70 | ||
1957 | |||
1961 | |||
1965 | 64 | Siegkreis I – Bonn-Land |
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1969 | |||
1972 | |||
1976 | |||
1980 | Rhein-Sieg-Kreis I |
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1983 | |||
1987 | |||
1990 | |||
1994 | |||
1998 | |||
2002 | 98 | ||
2005 | |||
2009 | |||
2013 | 97 | ||
2017 | |||
2021 | |||
2025 | 96 |
Members
[edit]The constituency has been held by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) during all but two Bundestag terms since its creation in 1949. It was first represented by Peter Etzenbach of the CDU from 1949 to 1961, followed by Georg Kliesing under 1976. Franz Möller served a single term from 1976 to 1980, being succeeded by Adolf Herkenrath. Andreas Krautscheid was elected in 1994 and served a single term. The Social Democratic Party (SPD) won the constituency in 1998, and Uwe Göllner served as representative. The CDU regained it in 2005 with candidate Elisabeth Winkelmeier-Becker. She was re-elected in 2009, 2013, 2017, and 2021.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1949 | Peter Etzenbach | CDU | 37.2 | |
1953 | 64.8 | |||
1957 | 65.4 | |||
1961 | Georg Kliesing | CDU | 59.1 | |
1965 | 61.8 | |||
1969 | 54.8 | |||
1972 | 52.6 | |||
1976 | Franz Möller | CDU | 55.6 | |
1980 | Adolf Herkenrath | CDU | 46.6 | |
1983 | 54.8 | |||
1987 | 49.6 | |||
1990 | 46.0 | |||
1994 | Andreas Krautscheid | CDU | 45.8 | |
1998 | Uwe Göllner | SPD | 44.6 | |
2002 | 44.2 | |||
2005 | Elisabeth Winkelmeier-Becker | CDU | 45.5 | |
2009 | 44.9 | |||
2013 | 49.6 | |||
2017 | 44.3 | |||
2021 | 32.6 |
Election results
[edit]2021 election
[edit]Federal election (2021): Rhein-Sieg-Kreis I[3] | |||||||||
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Notes: | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. | ||||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() | 60,776 | 32.6 | ![]() | 51,474 | 27.6 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Sebastian Hartmann | 53,213 | 28.5 | ![]() | 49,529 | 26.5 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Lisa Anschütz | 26,270 | 14.1 | ![]() | 29,305 | 15.7 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Ralph Lorenz | 16,604 | 8.9 | ![]() | 23,122 | 12.4 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Hans Günter Eifler | 13,045 | 7.0 | 13,604 | 7.3 | ![]() | |||
Left | Alexander Neu | 6,242 | 3.3 | ![]() | 6,353 | 3.4 | ![]() | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 3,021 | 1.6 | ![]() | ||||||
PARTEI | Andreas Langel | 3,828 | 2.1 | 2,067 | 1.1 | ![]() | |||
dieBasis | Ellen Hölzer | 2,951 | 1.6 | 2,583 | 1.4 | ||||
FW | Andreas Irion | 1,929 | 1.0 | 1,392 | 0.7 | ![]() | |||
Team Todenhöfer | 921 | 0.5 | |||||||
Volt | Christian Sontag | 1,006 | 0.5 | 921 | 0.5 | ||||
Pirates | 804 | 0.4 | ![]() | ||||||
Volksabstimmung | Helmut Fleck | 602 | 0.3 | ![]() | |||||
LIEBE | 278 | 0.1 | |||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 223 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Bündnis C | 220 | 0.1 | |||||||
NPD | 164 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
ÖDP | 156 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Humanists | 153 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
LfK | 154 | 0.1 | |||||||
V-Partei3 | 134 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
du. | 87 | 0.0 | |||||||
52 | 0.0 | ||||||||
LKR | 46 | 0.0 | |||||||
SGP | 23 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
MLPD | 19 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
DKP | 19 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,751 | 1,393 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 186,466 | 186,824 | |||||||
Turnout | 188,217 | 78.9 | ![]() | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 7,563 | 4.1 | ![]() |
2017 election
[edit]Federal election (2017): Rhein-Sieg-Kreis I[4] | |||||||||
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Notes: | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. | ||||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() | 79,987 | 44.3 | ![]() | 62,334 | 34.1 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Sebastian Hartmann | 49,988 | 27.7 | ![]() | 40,922 | 22.4 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Ralph Lorenz | 18,768 | 10.4 | ![]() | 27,267 | 14.9 | ![]() | ||
AfD | 18,237 | 10.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Left | Alexander Neu | 14,684 | 8.1 | ![]() | 13,038 | 7.1 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Elisabeth Anschütz | 11,762 | 6.5 | ![]() | 13,757 | 7.5 | ![]() | ||
PARTEI | 1,610 | 0.9 | ![]() | ||||||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,538 | 0.8 | |||||||
Pirates | 771 | 0.4 | ![]() | ||||||
Volksabstimmung | Helmut Fleck | 5,374 | 3.0 | ![]() | 630 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||
FW | 509 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||||||
AD-DEMOKRATEN | 374 | 0.2 | |||||||
NPD | 300 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
DiB | 237 | 0.1 | |||||||
ÖDP | 233 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
BGE | 211 | 0.1 | |||||||
V-Partei³ | 206 | 0.1 | |||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 181 | 0.1 | |||||||
DM | 178 | 0.1 | |||||||
Die Humanisten | 123 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | 73 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
DKP | 18 | 0.0 | |||||||
SGP | 10 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 3,732 | 1,538 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 180,563 | 182,757 | |||||||
Turnout | 184,295 | 77.6 | ![]() | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 29,999 | 16.6 | ![]() |
2013 election
[edit]Federal election (2013): Rhein-Sieg-Kreis I[5] | |||||||||
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Notes: | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. | ||||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() | 84,556 | 49.6 | ![]() | 74,187 | 43.4 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Sebastian Hartmann | 50,271 | 29.5 | ![]() | 46,065 | 27.0 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Robert Wendt | 10,895 | 6.4 | ![]() | 14,000 | 8.2 | ![]() | ||
Left | Alexander Neu | 7,946 | 4.7 | ![]() | 9,496 | 5.6 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Hans-Josef Frings | 5,519 | 3.2 | 7,514 | 4.4 | ||||
FDP | Jürgen Peter | 4,172 | 2.4 | ![]() | 10,796 | 6.3 | ![]() | ||
Pirates | Martin Zieroth | 3,472 | 2.0 | 3,771 | 2.2 | ![]() | |||
NPD | Hans Hermann Maria Rochel | 1,618 | 0.9 | ![]() | 1,464 | 0.9 | ![]() | ||
Volksabstimmung | Helmut Fleck | 1,150 | 0.7 | ![]() | 809 | 0.5 | ![]() | ||
PARTEI | 713 | 0.4 | |||||||
FW | Iryna May | 803 | 0.5 | 534 | 0.3 | ||||
PRO | 315 | 0.2 | |||||||
ÖDP | 238 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Nichtwahler | 205 | 0.1 | |||||||
BIG | 152 | 0.1 | |||||||
REP | 148 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Party of Reason | 138 | 0.1 | |||||||
RRP | 103 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
PSG | 38 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
BüSo | 23 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Die Rechte | 20 | 0.0 | |||||||
MLPD | 18 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,251 | 1,906 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 170,402 | 170,747 | |||||||
Turnout | 172,653 | 73.7 | ![]() | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 34,285 | 20.1 | ![]() |
2009 election
[edit]Federal election (2009): Rhein-Sieg-Kreis I[6] | |||||||||
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Notes: | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. | ||||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() | 73,959 | 44.9 | ![]() | 58,516 | 35.4 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Dietmar Tendler | 42,568 | 25.8 | ![]() | 37,986 | 23.0 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Markus Bestgen | 18,727 | 11.4 | ![]() | 31,488 | 19.1 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Katja Ruiters | 15,389 | 9.3 | ![]() | 17,359 | 10.5 | ![]() | ||
Left | Monika Dahl | 10,523 | 6.4 | ![]() | 11,650 | 7.1 | ![]() | ||
Pirates | 2,887 | 1.7 | |||||||
NPD | Ariane Christine Meise | 1,765 | 1.1 | ![]() | 1,462 | 0.9 | ![]() | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,113 | 0.7 | ![]() | ||||||
Volksabstimmung | Helmut Fleck | 1,581 | 1.0 | ![]() | 741 | 0.4 | ![]() | ||
FAMILIE | 678 | 0.4 | ![]() | ||||||
RENTNER | 432 | 0.3 | |||||||
Independent | Victor Trenkenschuh | 319 | 0.2 | ||||||
REP | 271 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
RRP | 194 | 0.1 | |||||||
ÖDP | 153 | 0.1 | |||||||
Centre | 100 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
DVU | 93 | 0.1 | |||||||
BüSo | 21 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
MLPD | 19 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
PSG | 15 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,203 | 1,856 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 164,831 | 165,178 | |||||||
Turnout | 167,034 | 72.2 | ![]() | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 31,391 | 19.1 | ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Constituency Rhein-Sieg-Kreis I". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Results for Rhein-Sieg-Kreis I". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ Results for Rhein-Sieg-Kreis I
- ^ Results for Rhein-Sieg-Kreis I
- ^ Results for Rhein-Sieg-Kreis I
- ^ Results for Rhein-Sieg-Kreis I