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Cologne III

Cologne III (German: Köln III) 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 94. It is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the northwestern part of the city of Cologne.[1]

94 Cologne III
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Cologne III in 2025
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Population309,700 (2019)
Electorate204,539 (2021)
Major settlementsCologne (partial)
Area122.9 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
PartySPD
MemberRolf Mützenich
Elected2002, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021

Cologne II was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2002, it has been represented by Rolf Mützenich of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]

Geography

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Cologne III is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the northwestern part of the independent city of Cologne, specifically the districts of Ehrenfeld, Nippes, and Chorweiler.[1]

History

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Cologne III was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 9 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 68. From 1965 through 1998, it was number 61. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 96. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 95. From the 2025 election, it has been number 94.

Originally, the constituency comprised the area of Cologne on the right bank of the Rhine. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it comprised the districts of Nippes, Niehl, Mengenich, Longerich, Chorweiler, and Worringen, as well as the area of Ehrenfeld north of Subbelrather Straße. It acquired its current borders in the 1980 election.

Election No. Name Borders
1949 9 Köln III
1953 68
1957
1961
1965 61
  • Cologne city (only Nippes, Niehl, Mengenich, Longerich, Chorweiler, and Worringen districts, and the area of Ehrenfeld district north of Subbelrather Straße)
1969
1972
1976
1980
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 96
2005
2009
2013 95
2017
2021
2025 94

Members

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The constituency was first represented by Johannes Albers of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1949 to 1957, followed by fellow CDU members Hans Katzer until 1965 and Aenne Brauksiepe until 1969. It was won by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in 1969 and represented by Hubert Weber. He was succeeded in 1980 by Konrad Gilges, who served from then until 2002. Rolf Mützenich was elected in 2002 and re-elected in 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, and 2021. Mützenich became leader of the SPD's Bundestag group in 2019.

Election Member Party %
1949 Johannes Albers CDU 43.4
1953 50.0
1957 Hans Katzer CDU 55.0
1961 46.5
1965 Aenne Brauksiepe CDU 48.4
1969 Hubert Weber SPD 53.3
1972 59.1
1976 53.3
1980 Konrad Gilges SPD 52.1
1983 50.5
1987 48.5
1990 47.4
1994 48.1
1998 52.1
2002 Rolf Mützenich SPD 50.3
2005 50.5
2009 35.9
2013 39.3
2017 32.3
2021 29.9

Election results

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2021 election

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Federal election (2021): Cologne III[3]
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  Y or  N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
SPD  Y Rolf Mützenich 46,149 29.9   2.4 39,901 25.8   1.2
Greens Katharina Dröge 43,600 28.3   15.1 44,407 28.8   14.7
CDU Gisela Manderla 28,674 18.6   9.0 27,485 17.8   6.6
FDP Volker Görzel 10,708 6.9   0.2 13,845 9.0   2.3
Left Michael Weisenstein 8,435 5.5   4.2 9,903 6.4   6.4
AfD Jochen Haug 8,015 5.2   2.3 7,876 5.1   2.7
Team Todenhöfer   1,937 1.3
Human Environment Animal Protection   1,846 1.2   0.4
PARTEI Stefan Pott 3,143 2.0   0.4 1,784 1.2   0.2
dieBasis Songül Schlürscheid 1,831 1.2 1,605 1.0
Volt Christopher Peterka 2,108 1.4 1,424 0.9
FW Norbert Theiß 1,100 0.7 684 0.4   0.2
Pirates   466 0.3   0.2
Independent Christoph Goldbeck 189 0.1
LIEBE 142 0.1
du.   140 0.1
Gesundheitsforschung   139 0.1   0.0
Humanists   135 0.1   0.0
ÖDP   121 0.1   0.0
V-Partei3   119 0.1   0.0
LfK 109 0.1
NPD   73 0.0   0.1
MLPD Reiner Dworschak 113 0.1   0.1 72 0.0   0.0
Independent Maciej Podjaski 70 0.0
Bündnis C   52 0.0
PdF 48 0.0
DKP   43 0.0   0.0
LKR   35 0.0
SGP   11 0.0   0.0
Informal votes 1,107 840
Total valid votes 154,135 154,402
Turnout 155,242 75.9   1.9
SPD hold Majority 2,549 1.6   3.1

2017 election

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Federal election (2017): Cologne III[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  Y or  N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
SPD  Y Rolf Mützenich 48,148 32.3   7.0 36,849 24.6   6.9
CDU Gisela Manderla 41,106 27.6   5.3 36,500 24.4   6.2
Greens Katharina Dröge 19,621 13.2   0.3 20,973 14.0   0.9
Left Güldane Tokyürek 14,431 9.7   1.9 19,118 12.8   3.6
AfD Stephan Boyens 11,249 7.5 11,731 7.8   4.6
FDP Volker Görzel 10,599 7.1   4.9 16,850 11.3   6.8
PARTEI Lukas Herrmann 3,632 2.4 2,074 1.4   0.6
AD-DEMOKRATEN 1,156 0.8
Human Environment Animal Protection   1,144 0.8
Pirates   704 0.5   2.2
DiB 468 0.3
FW   317 0.2   0.1
BGE   294 0.2
V-Partei³ 213 0.1
NPD   202 0.1   0.6
ÖDP   176 0.1   0.1
DM 170 0.1
Die Humanisten 146 0.1
Gesundheitsforschung 141 0.1
Volksabstimmung 136 0.1   0.1
MLPD Matthias Sauter 312 0.2 126 0.1   0.0
DKP   25 0.0
SGP 12 0.0   0.0
Informal votes 1,531 1,104
Total valid votes 149,098 149,525
Turnout 150,629 74.0   3.8
SPD hold Majority 7,042 4.7   1.7

2013 election

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Federal election (2013): Cologne III[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  Y or  N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
SPD  Y Rolf Mützenich 55,021 39.3   3.4 44,240 31.5   3.7
CDU Gisela Manderla 45,999 32.9   4.1 42,902 30.6   5.5
Greens Katharina Dröge 18,046 12.9   4.1 20,905 14.9   3.8
Left Michael Weisenstein 10,883 7.8   0.8 12,960 9.2   0.9
Pirates Thomas Hegenbarth 4,161 3.0 3,789 2.7   0.6
FDP Volker Görzel 3,158 2.3   6.2 6,339 4.5   8.4
AfD   4,513 3.2
NPD Tibor Herzog 1,750 1.3   0.1 1,057 0.8   0.2
PARTEI   1,041 0.7
PRO 488 0.3
FW Thomas Heilig 728 0.5 405 0.3
BIG 381 0.3
Nichtwahler 293 0.2
ÖDP   263 0.2   0.0
Volksabstimmung 248 0.2   0.1
REP   151 0.1   0.2
Party of Reason 127 0.1
RRP 67 0.0   0.1
BüSo Stephan Hochstein 203 0.1 59 0.0   0.0
MLPD   57 0.0   0.0
PSG 34 0.0   0.0
Die Rechte 27 0.0
Informal votes 1,765 1,368
Total valid votes 139,949 140,346
Turnout 141,714 70.2   2.0
SPD hold Majority 9,022 6.4   0.8

2009 election

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Federal election (2009): Cologne III[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  Y or  N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
SPD  Y Rolf Mützenich 47,625 35.9   14.6 37,019 27.8   13.0
CDU Artur Tybussek 38,093 28.7   1.7 33,367 25.1   0.0
Greens Kerstin Müller 22,550 17.0   7.7 24,797 18.7   3.2
Left Ursula Lötzer 11,390 8.6   3.8 13,540 10.2   4.0
FDP Bettina Houben 11,187 8.4   4.5 17,225 13.0   3.3
Pirates   2,791 2.1
NPD Bernhard Blankenheim 1,788 1.3   0.5 1,231 0.9   0.2
Human Environment Animal Protection   847 0.6   0.2
RENTNER 456 0.3
FAMILIE 473 0.4   0.1
ÖDP   201 0.2
REP   367 0.3   0.1
RRP 257 0.2
Volksabstimmung 153 0.1   0.0
Centre   58 0.0   0.0
DVU   57 0.0
MLPD   53 0.0   0.0
PSG 26 0.0   0.0
BüSo 38 0.0   0.0
Informal votes 1,619 1,296
Total valid votes 132,633 132,956
Turnout 134,252 68.1   6.0
SPD hold Majority 9,532 7.2   12.9

References

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  1. ^ a b "Constituency Cologne III". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. ^ "Results for Cologne III". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. ^ Results for Cologne III
  4. ^ Results for Cologne III
  5. ^ Results for Cologne III
  6. ^ Results for Cologne III

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