Mülheim – Essen I
117 Mülheim – Essen I | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
![]() Mülheim – Essen I in 2025 | |
State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Population | 253,200 (2019) |
Electorate | 182,895 (2021) |
Major settlements | Mülheim Essen (partial) |
Area | 115.8 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 1949 |
Party | SPD |
Member | Sebastian Fiedler |
Elected | 2021 |
Mülheim – Essen 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 117. It is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the city of Mülheim and northwestern parts of the city of Essen.[1]
Mülheim – Essen I was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Sebastian Fiedler of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]
Geography
[edit]Mülheim – Essen I is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Mülheim and the Stadtbezirk IV (Borbeck) from the independent city of Essen.[1]
History
[edit]Mülheim – Essen I was created in 1949, then known as Mülheim. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 29 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 88. From 1965 through 1976, it was number 86. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 87. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 119. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 118. From the 2025 election, it has been number 117.
Originally, the constituency comprised only the city of Mülheim. In the 2002 election, it acquired Stadtbezirk IV (Borbeck) from the city of Essen.
Election | No. | Name | Borders |
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1949 | 29 | Mülheim |
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1953 | 88 | ||
1957 | |||
1961 | |||
1965 | 86 | ||
1969 | |||
1972 | |||
1976 | |||
1980 | 87 | ||
1983 | |||
1987 | |||
1990 | |||
1994 | |||
1998 | |||
2002 | 119 | Mülheim – Essen I | |
2005 | |||
2009 | |||
2013 | 118 | ||
2017 | |||
2021 | |||
2025 | 117 |
Members
[edit]The constituency has been held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) during all but two Bundestag terms since 1949. It was first represented by Otto Striebeck of the SPD from 1949 to 1953, followed by Gisela Praetorius of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) for a single term. Fellow CDU member Max Vehar then served from 1957 to 1961, before former member Striebeck regained the constituency for the SPD. Willi Müller of the SPD was representative from 1965 to 1980, when he was succeeded by Thomas Schröer. Dieter Schloten served from 1990 to 2002, followed by Anton Schaaf until 2013. Arno Klare was elected in 2013 and re-elected in 2017. He was succeeded by Sebastian Fiedler in 2021.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1949 | Otto Striebeck | SPD | 34.9 | |
1953 | Gisela Praetorius | CDU | 42.6 | |
1957 | Max Vehar | CDU | 45.5 | |
1961 | Otto Striebeck | SPD | 48.1 | |
1965 | Willi Müller | SPD | 52.6 | |
1969 | 57.5 | |||
1972 | 63.0 | |||
1976 | 58.0 | |||
1980 | Thomas Schröer | SPD | 56.5 | |
1983 | 54.1 | |||
1987 | 51.7 | |||
1990 | Dieter Schloten | SPD | 46.7 | |
1994 | 49.8 | |||
1998 | 57.5 | |||
2002 | Anton Schaaf | SPD | 53.5 | |
2005 | 52.6 | |||
2009 | 41.4 | |||
2013 | Arno Klare | SPD | 42.2 | |
2017 | 34.9 | |||
2021 | Sebastian Fiedler | SPD | 36.3 |
Election results
[edit]2021 election
[edit]Federal election (2021): Mülheim – Essen I[3] | |||||||||
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Notes: | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. | ||||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
SPD | Sebastian Fiedler | 50,168 | 36.3 | ![]() | 46,084 | 33.3 | ![]() | ||
CDU | Astrid Timmermann-Fechter | 33,090 | 24.0 | ![]() | 32,698 | 23.6 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Franziska Krumwiede-Steiner | 19,547 | 14.1 | ![]() | 20,232 | 14.6 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Joachim vom Berg | 11,884 | 8.6 | ![]() | 15,188 | 11.0 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Alexander von Wrese | 11,704 | 8.5 | ![]() | 11,135 | 8.0 | ![]() | ||
Left | Eliseo Francesco Maugeri | 3,663 | 2.7 | ![]() | 4,494 | 3.2 | ![]() | ||
Independent | Horst Bilo | 2,243 | 1.6 | ||||||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 2,126 | 1.5 | ![]() | ||||||
PARTEI | Pascal Plew | 2,870 | 2.1 | 1,613 | 1.2 | ![]() | |||
dieBasis | Nicole Weber | 1,584 | 1.1 | 1,224 | 0.9 | ||||
Team Todenhöfer | 1,080 | 0.8 | |||||||
FW | Joachim Kluft | 1,105 | 0.8 | 677 | 0.5 | ![]() | |||
Pirates | 450 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||||||
Volt | 338 | 0.2 | |||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 186 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
LIEBE | 184 | 0.1 | |||||||
NPD | 125 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
LfK | 120 | 0.1 | |||||||
Humanists | 98 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
V-Partei3 | 88 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Bündnis C | 87 | 0.1 | |||||||
ÖDP | 81 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
MLPD | Hannes Stockert | 158 | 0.1 | ![]() | 72 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||
DKP | Peter Köster | 139 | 0.1 | 58 | 0.0 | ![]() | |||
du. | 56 | 0.0 | |||||||
LKR | 40 | 0.0 | |||||||
34 | 0.0 | ||||||||
SGP | 21 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,503 | 1,069 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 138,155 | 138,589 | |||||||
Turnout | 139,568 | 76.4 | ![]() | ||||||
SPD hold | Majority | 17,078 | 12.3 | ![]() |
2017 election
[edit]Federal election (2017): Mülheim – Essen I[4] | |||||||||
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Notes: | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. | ||||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
SPD | ![]() | 49,226 | 34.9 | ![]() | 41,731 | 29.5 | ![]() | ||
CDU | Astrid Timmermann-Fechter | 44,219 | 31.3 | ![]() | 39,847 | 28.1 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Alexander von Wrese | 16,221 | 11.5 | ![]() | 16,200 | 11.4 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Joachim vom Berg | 12,729 | 9.0 | ![]() | 18,337 | 12.9 | ![]() | ||
Left | Marc Scheffler | 9,210 | 6.5 | ![]() | 10,546 | 7.4 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Franziska Krumwiede-Steiner | 8,690 | 6.2 | ![]() | 9,465 | 6.7 | ![]() | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,297 | 0.9 | |||||||
PARTEI | 1,234 | 0.9 | ![]() | ||||||
AD-DEMOKRATEN | 570 | 0.4 | |||||||
Pirates | 552 | 0.4 | ![]() | ||||||
DIE VIOLETTEN | Elisabeth Walther | 430 | 0.3 | ||||||
NPD | 309 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
FW | 274 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
DiB | 179 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | Hannes Stockert | 339 | 0.2 | ![]() | 163 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||
V-Partei³ | 151 | 0.1 | |||||||
BGE | 135 | 0.1 | |||||||
ÖDP | 134 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 126 | 0.1 | |||||||
DM | 117 | 0.1 | |||||||
Volksabstimmung | 116 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Die Humanisten | 79 | 0.1 | |||||||
DKP | 62 | 0.0 | |||||||
SGP | 27 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,794 | 1,207 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 141,064 | 141,651 | |||||||
Turnout | 142,858 | 76.1 | ![]() | ||||||
SPD hold | Majority | 5,007 | 3.6 | ![]() |
2013 election
[edit]Federal election (2013): Mülheim – Essen I[5] | |||||||||
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Notes: | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. | ||||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
SPD | Arno Klare | 58,741 | 42.2 | ![]() | 53,275 | 38.2 | ![]() | ||
CDU | Astrid Timmermann-Fechter | 49,487 | 35.6 | ![]() | 47,247 | 33.9 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Tim Giesbert | 8,824 | 6.3 | ![]() | 9,837 | 7.1 | ![]() | ||
Left | Sylvia von Häfen | 7,664 | 5.5 | ![]() | 8,968 | 6.4 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Martin Fritz | 5,383 | 3.9 | 6,404 | 4.6 | ||||
FDP | Susanne Rittershaus | 3,412 | 2.5 | ![]() | 6,388 | 4.6 | ![]() | ||
Pirates | Carsten Trojahn | 3,093 | 2.2 | 2,858 | 2.0 | ![]() | |||
NPD | Marcel Haliti | 2,339 | 1.7 | ![]() | 2,029 | 1.5 | ![]() | ||
PARTEI | 491 | 0.4 | |||||||
PRO | 469 | 0.3 | |||||||
REP | 227 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
Volksabstimmung | 217 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
BIG | 209 | 0.1 | |||||||
FW | 167 | 0.1 | |||||||
Nichtwahler | 151 | 0.1 | |||||||
ÖDP | 142 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
MLPD | Frank Stierlin | 222 | 0.2 | 108 | 0.1 | ![]() | |||
Party of Reason | 78 | 0.1 | |||||||
RRP | 77 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Die Rechte | 53 | 0.0 | |||||||
PSG | 42 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
BüSo | 41 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,796 | 1,483 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 139,165 | 139,478 | |||||||
Turnout | 140,961 | 73.6 | ![]() | ||||||
SPD hold | Majority | 9,254 | 6.6 | ![]() |
2009 election
[edit]Federal election (2009): Mülheim – Essen I[6] | |||||||||
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Notes: | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. | ||||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
SPD | ![]() | 57,547 | 41.4 | ![]() | 49,498 | 35.5 | ![]() | ||
CDU | Andreas Schmidt | 44,653 | 32.1 | ![]() | 37,762 | 27.1 | ![]() | ||
Left | Nina Eumann | 12,143 | 8.7 | ![]() | 13,226 | 9.5 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Ulrike Flach | 11,852 | 8.5 | ![]() | 18,416 | 13.2 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Tim Giesbert | 10,801 | 7.8 | ![]() | 13,253 | 9.5 | ![]() | ||
Pirates | 2,054 | 1.5 | |||||||
NPD | Marcel Haliti | 1,940 | 1.4 | ![]() | 1,458 | 1.0 | ![]() | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,018 | 0.7 | ![]() | ||||||
FAMILIE | 698 | 0.5 | ![]() | ||||||
REP | 538 | 0.4 | ![]() | ||||||
RENTNER | 518 | 0.4 | |||||||
RRP | 227 | 0.2 | |||||||
MLPD | 139 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Volksabstimmung | 108 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
ÖDP | 97 | 0.1 | |||||||
DVU | 83 | 0.1 | |||||||
Centre | 66 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
BüSo | 60 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
PSG | 32 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,722 | 1,407 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 138,936 | 139,251 | |||||||
Turnout | 140,658 | 72.4 | ![]() | ||||||
SPD hold | Majority | 12,894 | 9.3 | ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Constituency Mülheim – Essen I". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Results for Mülheim – Essen I". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ Results for Mülheim – Essen I
- ^ Results for Mülheim – Essen I
- ^ Results for Mülheim – Essen I
- ^ Results for Mülheim – Essen I