Duisburg II 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 115. It is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the northern part of the city of Duisburg.[1]
115 Duisburg II | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
![]() Duisburg II in 2025 | |
State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Population | 253,100 (2019) |
Electorate | 155,265 (2021) |
Major settlements | Duisburg (partial) |
Area | 113.7 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 1949 |
Party | SPD |
Member | Mahmut Özdemir |
Elected | 2013, 2017, 2021 |
Duisburg II was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2013, it has been represented by Mahmut Özdemir of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]
Geography
editDuisburg II is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the northern part of the independent city of Duisburg, specifically the Stadtbezirke of Walsum, Hamborn, Meiderich/Beeck, and Homberg/Ruhrort/Baerl, as well as the Stadtteil of Duissern from Mitte.[1]
History
editDuisburg II was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 34 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 93. From 1965 through 1976, it was number 91. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 85. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 117. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 116. From the 2025 election, it has been number 115.
Originally, the constituency comprised the area of Duisburg south of the Ruhr except for the Stadtteile of Laar and Ruhrort. From 1965 through 1976, it comprised the area of Duisburg south of the Ruhr. From 1980 through 2009, it comprised the Stadtbezirke of Walsum, Hamborn, Meiderich/Beeck, and Homberg/Ruhrort/Baerl. In the 2013 election, it acquired the Stadtteil of Duissern.
Election | No. | Name | Borders |
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1949 | 34 | Duisburg II | |
1953 | 93 | ||
1957 | |||
1961 | |||
1965 | 91 | ||
1969 | |||
1972 | |||
1976 | |||
1980 | 85 |
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1983 | |||
1987 | |||
1990 | |||
1994 | |||
1998 | |||
2002 | 117 | ||
2005 | |||
2009 | |||
2013 | 116 |
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2017 | |||
2021 | |||
2025 | 115 |
Members
editThe constituency has been held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) during all but two Bundestag terms since 1949. It was first represented by Gustav Sander of the SPD for a single term from 1949, before Fritz Berendsen of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won it in 1953. He was re-elected in 1957. Hanns Theis regained it for the SPD in 1961, and was succeeded by Hermann Spillecke in 1965. He served until 1980, followed by Günter Schluckebier, who was representative until 1998. Johannes Pflug held the seat from 1998 to 2013. Mahmut Özdemir was elected in 2013, and re-elected in 2017 and 2021.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1949 | Gustav Sander | SPD | 36.6 | |
1953 | Fritz Berendsen | CDU | 50.1 | |
1957 | 52.8 | |||
1961 | Hanns Theis | SPD | 45.1 | |
1965 | Hermann Spillecke | SPD | 51.4 | |
1969 | 56.0 | |||
1972 | 62.6 | |||
1976 | 57.5 | |||
1980 | Günter Schluckebier | SPD | 65.3 | |
1983 | 62.7 | |||
1987 | 63.6 | |||
1990 | 60.0 | |||
1994 | 62.6 | |||
1998 | Johannes Pflug | SPD | 66.4 | |
2002 | 63.1 | |||
2005 | 61.6 | |||
2009 | 47.4 | |||
2013 | Mahmut Özdemir | SPD | 43.2 | |
2017 | 34.8 | |||
2021 | 39.4 |
Election results
edit2021 election
editFederal election (2021): Duisburg II[3] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
SPD | Mahmut Özdemir | 38,162 | 39.4 | 4.7 | 35,842 | 36.9 | 2.8 | ||
CDU | Volker Mosblech | 19,404 | 20.0 | 6.4 | 18,168 | 18.7 | 3.7 | ||
AfD | Rainer Holfeld | 13,361 | 13.8 | 2.8 | 11,834 | 12.2 | 3.3 | ||
Greens | Felix Banaszak | 10,518 | 10.9 | 6.3 | 10,287 | 10.6 | 6.2 | ||
FDP | Markus Giesler | 6,901 | 7.1 | 0.1 | 7,913 | 8.1 | 0.1 | ||
Left | Christian Leye | 4,889 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4,508 | 4.6 | 3.8 | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 2,021 | 2.1 | 1.0 | ||||||
Team Todenhöfer | 1,980 | 2.0 | |||||||
PARTEI | 1,235 | 1.3 | 0.3 | ||||||
FW | Mark Altenschmidt | 1,263 | 1.3 | 674 | 0.7 | 0.4 | |||
dieBasis | Beate Buchra | 1,007 | 1.0 | 755 | 0.8 | ||||
Unabhängige | Roland Helmer | 547 | 0.6 | ||||||
Pirates | 379 | 0.4 | 0.3 | ||||||
Independent | Ayfer Saygili | 314 | 0.3 | ||||||
NPD | 236 | 0.2 | 0.3 | ||||||
Volt | 200 | 0.2 | |||||||
LIEBE | 186 | 0.2 | |||||||
MLPD | Peter Römmele | 313 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 172 | 0.2 | 0.0 | ||
Gesundheitsforschung | 164 | 0.2 | 0.1 | ||||||
Independent | Marliese Lens | 130 | 0.1 | ||||||
LfK | 128 | 0.1 | |||||||
V-Partei3 | 90 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
Humanists | 81 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
Bündnis C | 73 | 0.1 | |||||||
du. | 63 | 0.1 | |||||||
ÖDP | 56 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
DKP | 41 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
38 | 0.0 | ||||||||
LKR | 26 | 0.0 | |||||||
SGP | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,530 | 1,173 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 96,809 | 97,166 | |||||||
Turnout | 98,339 | 63.3 | 1.4 | ||||||
SPD hold | Majority | 18,758 | 19.4 | 11.1 |
2017 election
editFederal election (2017): Duisburg II[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
SPD | Mahmut Özdemir | 34,799 | 34.7 | 8.5 | 34,695 | 34.1 | 8.9 | ||
CDU | Volker Mosblech | 26,522 | 26.4 | 3.1 | 22,830 | 22.4 | 4.1 | ||
AfD | Karl Michael Solms | 16,643 | 16.6 | 12.4 | 15,794 | 15.5 | 10.4 | ||
Left | Martin Kretschmer | 8,885 | 8.9 | 0.2 | 8,546 | 8.4 | 0.4 | ||
FDP | Frank Albrecht | 7,054 | 7.0 | 5.4 | 8,369 | 8.2 | 5.4 | ||
Greens | Felix Banaszak | 4,622 | 4.6 | 0.6 | 4,493 | 4.4 | 0.7 | ||
AD-DEMOKRATEN | 2,483 | 2.4 | |||||||
Independent | Burhanettin Datli | 1,415 | 1.4 | ||||||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,068 | 1.0 | |||||||
PARTEI | 938 | 0.9 | 0.6 | ||||||
Pirates | 688 | 0.7 | 1.7 | ||||||
NPD | 594 | 0.6 | 2.8 | ||||||
FW | 262 | 0.3 | 0.1 | ||||||
MLPD | Peter Römmele | 368 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 213 | 0.2 | 0.0 | ||
DM | 116 | 0.1 | |||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 116 | 0.1 | |||||||
BGE | 108 | 0.1 | |||||||
DiB | 104 | 0.1 | |||||||
Volksabstimmung | 102 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||
V-Partei³ | 99 | 0.1 | |||||||
ÖDP | 61 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
Die Humanisten | 52 | 0.1 | |||||||
DKP | 41 | 0.0 | |||||||
SGP | 20 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 3,396 | 1,912 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 100,308 | 101,792 | |||||||
Turnout | 103,704 | 64.7 | 1.1 | ||||||
SPD hold | Majority | 8,277 | 8.3 | 5.3 |
2013 election
editFederal election (2013): Duisburg II[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
SPD | Mahmut Özdemir | 44,759 | 43.2 | 3.4 | 44,727 | 43.0 | 3.0 | ||
CDU | Volker Mosblech[a] | 30,654 | 29.6 | 2.5 | 27,665 | 26.6 | 2.9 | ||
Left | Lukas Maximilian Hirtz | 8,920 | 8.6 | 2.4 | 9,160 | 8.8 | 4.8 | ||
Greens | Matthias Schneider | 5,371 | 5.2 | 1.0 | 5,376 | 5.2 | 2.2 | ||
NPD | Sven Peter Stölting | 4,676 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 3,507 | 3.4 | 1.4 | ||
AfD | Alan Daniel Imamura | 4,299 | 4.1 | 5,349 | 5.1 | ||||
Pirates | Kurt Alexander Klein | 2,909 | 2.8 | 2,449 | 2.4 | 0.7 | |||
FDP | Frank Albrecht | 1,680 | 1.6 | 4.0 | 2,891 | 2.8 | 5.8 | ||
PRO | 845 | 0.8 | |||||||
PARTEI | 365 | 0.4 | |||||||
BIG | 335 | 0.3 | |||||||
REP | 299 | 0.3 | 0.2 | ||||||
Volksabstimmung | 248 | 0.2 | 0.2 | ||||||
MLPD | Jürgen Blumer | 351 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 228 | 0.2 | 0.0 | ||
FW | 143 | 0.1 | |||||||
Nichtwahler | 122 | 0.1 | |||||||
RRP | 115 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||
Die Rechte | 77 | 0.1 | |||||||
ÖDP | 75 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
Party of Reason | 72 | 0.1 | |||||||
PSG | 52 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
BüSo | 32 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,063 | 1,550 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 103,619 | 104,132 | |||||||
Turnout | 105,682 | 63.6 | 2.9 | ||||||
SPD hold | Majority | 14,105 | 13.6 | 7.4 |
2009 election
editFederal election (2009): Duisburg II[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
SPD | Johannes Pflug | 44,436 | 47.4 | 14.2 | 38,305 | 40.7 | 14.6 | ||
CDU | Volker Mosblech | 24,779 | 26.4 | 1.8 | 21,808 | 23.2 | 2.0 | ||
Left | Hüseyin Aydin | 10,519 | 11.2 | 4.5 | 12,940 | 13.8 | 5.9 | ||
Greens | Matthias Schneider | 5,430 | 5.8 | 3.2 | 6,582 | 7.0 | 1.0 | ||
FDP | Thomas Wolter | 5,189 | 5.5 | 3.2 | 7,872 | 8.4 | 2.9 | ||
NPD | Rudi Theißen | 2,953 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 1,960 | 2.1 | 0.5 | ||
Pirates | 1,503 | 1.6 | |||||||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 818 | 0.9 | 0.2 | ||||||
REP | 519 | 0.6 | 0.0 | ||||||
FAMILIE | 502 | 0.5 | 0.1 | ||||||
RENTNER | 453 | 0.5 | |||||||
Independent | Andreas Schneider | 264 | 0.3 | ||||||
Centre | 177 | 0.2 | 0.2 | ||||||
RRP | 175 | 0.2 | |||||||
MLPD | Jürgen Blumer | 275 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 168 | 0.2 | 0.0 | ||
DVU | 114 | 0.1 | |||||||
Volksabstimmung | 80 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
ÖDP | 51 | 0.1 | |||||||
BüSo | 32 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
PSG | 28 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,709 | 1,467 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 93,845 | 94,087 | |||||||
Turnout | 95,554 | 59.9 | 11.2 | ||||||
SPD hold | Majority | 19,657 | 21.0 | 16.0 |
Notes
edit- ^ Mosblech entered the Bundestag on the CDU list after the resignation of Philipp Mißfelder in July 2015.
References
edit- ^ a b "Constituency Duisburg II". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Results for Duisburg II". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ Results for Duisburg II
- ^ Results for Duisburg II
- ^ Results for Duisburg II
- ^ Results for Duisburg II