Dortmund I

141 Dortmund I
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Dortmund I in 2025
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Population283,400 (2019)
Electorate206,727 (2021)
Major settlementsDortmund (partial)
Area126.3 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
PartySPD
MemberJens Peick
Elected2021

Dortmund 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 141. It is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the western part of the city of Dortmund.[1]

Dortmund I was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Jens Peick of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]

Geography

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Dortmund I is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the Stadtbezirke of 6 Hombruch, 8 Huckarde, 7 Lütgendortmund, 9 Mengede, and the Stadtteile of Innenstadt-West and Innenstadt-Ost from 0 Innenstadt.[1]

History

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Dortmund I was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 56 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 115. From 1965 through 1976, it was number 114. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 113. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 143. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 142. From the 2025 election, it has been number 141.

Originally, the constituency comprised the northwestern part of the independent city of Dortmund. From 1980 through 1998, it comprised the Stadtbezirk of 8 Huckarde as well as the Stadtteile of Innenstadt-Ost and Innenstadt-West from 0 Innenstadt. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Election No. Name Borders
1949 56 Dortmund I
1953 115
1957
1961
1965 114
1969
1972
1976
1980 113
  • Dortmund city (only 0 Innenstadt (only Innenstadt-Ost and Innenstadt-West Stadtteile) and 8 Huckarde Stadtbezirke)
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 143
  • Dortmund city (only 0 Innenstadt (only Innenstadt-Ost and Innenstadt-West Stadtteile), 6 Hombruch, 8 Huckarde, 7 Lütgendortmund, and 9 Mengede Stadtbezirke)
2005
2009
2013 142
2017
2021
2025 141

Members

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The constituency has been held continuously by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) since its creation. It was first represented by Fritz Henßler from 1949 to 1953, when he was succeeded by Walter Menzel until 1961. Werner Zeitler then served two terms. Hans-Eberhard Urbaniak was elected in 1980 and was representative until 2002. Marco Bülow was elected in 2002, and re-elected in 2005, 2009, 2013, and 2017. Bülow left the SPD in November 2018 and served as an independent; in November 2020, he joined Die PARTEI, becoming its first member of the Bundestag.[3] Jens Peick regained the constituency for the SPD in 2021.

Election Member Party %
1949 Fritz Henßler SPD 43.4
1953 Walter Menzel SPD 44.2
1957 46.3
1961 Heinrich Stephan SPD 47.5
1965 53.0
1969 Karl Schiller SPD 60.2
1972 Werner Zeitler SPD 60.2
1976 55.4
1980 Hans-Eberhard Urbaniak SPD 57.3
1983 54.9
1987 53.6
1990 51.3
1994 53.5
1998 56.5
2002 Marco Bülow[a] SPD 57.8
2005 56.3
2009 41.2
2013 45.4
2017 38.8
Ind.
PARTEI
2021 Jens Peick SPD 33.0

Election results

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2021 election

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Federal election (2021): Dortmund I[4]
Notes:

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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
SPD Jens Peick 51,037 33.0 Decrease 5.8 50,117 32.4 Increase 2.4
CDU Klaus Wegener 30,051 19.4 Decrease 9.2 27,797 17.9 Decrease 6.6
Greens Markus Kurth 26,308 17.0 Increase 9.7 31,867 20.6 Increase 11.1
PARTEI Red XN Marco Bülow 13,361 8.6 3,451 2.2 Increase 0.8
AfD Heinrich Garbe 10,577 6.8 Decrease 2.6 10,746 6.9 Decrease 2.9
FDP Roman Senga 10,416 6.7 Increase 0.9 14,550 9.4 Decrease 1.7
Left Ann-Christin Huber 5,908 3.8 Decrease 3.9 7,566 4.9 Decrease 5.1
Human Environment Animal Protection Michael Badura 3,097 2.0 2,661 1.7 Increase 0.9
Team Todenhöfer   1,445 0.9
dieBasis Achim Lohse 1,226 0.8 1,206 0.8
FW Mario Krause 935 0.6 Steady 0.0 758 0.5 Increase 0.2
Pirates   680 0.4 Decrease 0.2
Volt Daniel Staiger 660 0.4 557 0.4
Independent Noah Trojanowski 621 0.4
Independent Paul Hofmann 255 0.2
NPD   254 0.2 Decrease 0.1
Gesundheitsforschung   180 0.1 Steady 0.0
LIEBE 174 0.1
Humanists   144 0.1 Steady 0.0
ÖDP   111 0.1 Steady 0.0
LfK 108 0.1
V-Partei3   97 0.1 Decrease 0.1
MLPD Sarah Rißmann 151 0.1 Decrease 0.1 84 0.1 Decrease 0.1
du.   76 0.0
DKP Hanfried Brenner 113 0.1 74 0.0 Steady 0.0
Bündnis C   57 0.0
LKR   40 0.0
PdF 38 0.0
SGP   36 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 1,098 940
Total valid votes 154,716 154,874
Turnout 155,814 75.4 Increase 1.5
SPD hold Majority 20,986 13.6 Increase 3.4

2017 election

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Federal election (2017): Dortmund I[5]
Notes:

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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
SPD Green tickY Marco Bülow 59,990 38.8 Decrease 6.6 46,424 30.0 Decrease 8.1
CDU Thorsten Hoffmann 44,228 28.6 Decrease 2.1 37,967 24.5 Decrease 4.5
AfD Heinrich Theodor Garbe 14,644 9.5 Increase 6.0 15,197 9.8 Increase 5.7
Left Ulla Jelpke 11,874 7.7 Increase 1.7 15,506 10.0 Increase 2.1
Greens Markus Kurth 11,281 7.3 Decrease 0.2 14,702 9.5 Decrease 1.2
FDP Max Zombek 9,063 5.9 Increase 3.9 17,193 11.1 Increase 7.0
PARTEI   2,137 1.4 Increase 0.9
Human Environment Animal Protection   1,304 0.8
Pirates Torsten Sommer 2,091 1.4 Decrease 1.2 1,041 0.7 Decrease 2.1
AD-DEMOKRATEN 838 0.5
NPD   456 0.3 Decrease 1.0
FW Hartmut Kaltenbach 993 0.6 Increase 0.2 437 0.3 Steady 0.0
DiB 266 0.2
BGE   229 0.1
V-Partei³ 228 0.1
MLPD Sarah-Ines Rißmann 362 0.2 Increase 0.1 176 0.1 Steady 0.0
Gesundheitsforschung 163 0.1
ÖDP   162 0.1 Steady 0.0
Volksabstimmung 156 0.1 Decrease 0.1
DM 149 0.1
Die Humanisten 120 0.1
DKP   52 0.0
SGP 20 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 1,571 1,174
Total valid votes 154,526 154,923
Turnout 156,097 73.9 Increase 4.2
SPD hold Majority 15,762 10.2 Decrease 4.5

2013 election

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Federal election (2013): Dortmund I[6]
Notes:

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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
SPD Green tickY Marco Bülow 67,019 45.4 Increase 4.3 56,180 38.1 Increase 5.1
CDU Thorsten Hoffmann[b] 45,310 30.7 Increase 3.2 42,712 29.0 Increase 4.5
Greens Markus Kurth 11,042 7.5 Decrease 3.4 15,827 10.7 Decrease 2.9
Left Ulla Jelpke 8,835 6.0 Decrease 3.7 11,653 7.9 Decrease 3.1
AfD Alexander Dilger 5,188 3.5 6,060 4.1
Pirates Dieter McDevitt 3,775 2.6 4,078 2.8 Increase 0.5
FDP Michael Kauch 2,882 2.0 Decrease 6.8 6,107 4.1 Decrease 7.9
NPD Siegfried Schwerdtfeger 2,139 1.5 Decrease 0.1 1,894 1.3 Increase 0.3
PARTEI   731 0.5
FW Markus Happe 634 0.4 437 0.3
Volksabstimmung 304 0.2 Increase 0.1
PRO 243 0.2
ÖDP   172 0.1 Steady 0.0
Nichtwahler 161 0.1
BIG 158 0.1
REP   157 0.1 Steady 0.0
MLPD Gerhard Pfisterer 254 0.2 Steady 0.0 154 0.1 Steady 0.0
RRP Dagmar Anita Ludwig 203 0.1 136 0.1 Steady 0.0
Independent Ingo Meyer 188 0.1
Party of Reason 137 0.1
Die Rechte 125 0.1
PSG 32 0.0 Steady 0.0
BüSo 27 0.0 Decrease 0.1
Informal votes 1,562 1,546
Total valid votes 147,469 147,485
Turnout 149,031 69.7 Decrease 0.1
SPD hold Majority 21,709 14.7 Increase 1.0

2009 election

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Federal election (2009): Dortmund I[7]
Notes:

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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
SPD Green tickY Marco Bülow 60,839 41.2 Decrease 15.1 48,882 33.0 Decrease 15.2
CDU Steffen Kanitz 40,623 27.5 Decrease 1.8 36,237 24.5 Decrease 0.5
Greens Markus Kurth 16,141 10.9 Increase 5.8 20,133 13.6 Increase 3.3
Left Helmut Eigen 14,273 9.7 Increase 4.8 16,272 11.0 Increase 4.7
FDP Michael Kauch 12,890 8.7 Increase 5.7 17,813 12.0 Increase 4.3
Pirates   3,311 2.2
NPD Axel Thieme 2,281 1.5 Increase 0.6 1,469 1.0 Increase 0.2
Human Environment Animal Protection   960 0.6 Increase 0.3
DVU   838 0.6
RENTNER 638 0.4
FAMILIE 521 0.4 Increase 0.1
REP   231 0.2 Decrease 0.1
RRP 201 0.1
BüSo Tobias Christoph Mzingisi Faku 440 0.3 103 0.1 Steady 0.0
MLPD Gerhard Pfisterer 288 0.2 Steady 0.0 146 0.1 Steady 0.0
Volksabstimmung 128 0.1 Steady 0.0
ÖDP   105 0.1
Centre   63 0.0 Steady 0.0
PSG 22 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 1,556 1,258
Total valid votes 147,775 148,073
Turnout 149,331 69.7 Decrease 6.3
SPD hold Majority 20,216 13.7 Decrease 13.3

Notes

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  1. ^ Bülow was elected for the SPD, but left the party in November 2018. He joined Die PARTEI in November 2020.
  2. ^ Hoffmann entered the Bundestag on the CDU list after the resignation of Ronald Pofalla in January 2015.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Constituency Dortmund I". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. ^ "Results for Dortmund I". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. ^ "Ex-SPD MdB Marco Bülow changes to "Die PARTEI"". Der Tagesspiegel. 16 November 2020.
  4. ^ Results for Dortmund I
  5. ^ Results for Dortmund I
  6. ^ Results for Dortmund I
  7. ^ Results for Dortmund I