Essen 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 118. It is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the northeastern part of the city of Essen.[1]
118 Essen II | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
![]() Essen II in 2025 | |
State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Population | 246,600 (2019) |
Electorate | 156,298 (2017) |
Major settlements | Essen (partial) |
Area | 67.7 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 1949 |
Party | SPD |
Member | Dirk Heidenblut |
Elected | 2013, 2017, 2021 |
Essen II was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2013, it has been represented by Dirk Heidenblut of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]
Geography
editEssen II is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the Stadtbezirke I (Stadtmitte/Frillendorf), V (Altenessen/Karnap/Vogelheim), VI (Zollverein), and VII (Steele/Kray) from the independent city of Essen.[1]
History
editEssen II was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 31 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 90. From 1965 through 1976, it was number 88. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 89. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 120. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 119. From the 2025 election, it has been number 118.
Originally, the constituency comprised the northeastern parts of the city of Essen. From 1980 through 1998, it comprised Stadtbezirke V (Altenessen/Karnap/Vogelheim), VI (Zollverein), and VII (Steele/Kray). It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.
Election | No. | Name | Borders |
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1949 | 31 | Essen II |
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1953 | 90 | ||
1957 | |||
1961 | |||
1965 | 88 | ||
1969 | |||
1972 | |||
1976 | |||
1980 | 89 |
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1983 | |||
1987 | |||
1990 | |||
1994 | |||
1998 | |||
2002 | 120 |
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2005 | |||
2009 | |||
2013 | 119 | ||
2017 | |||
2021 | |||
2025 | 118 |
Members
editThe constituency has been held continuously by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) since 1949. It was first represented by Karl Bergmann from 1949 to 1972, followed by Peter Reuschenbach from 1972 to 1994. Rolf Hempelmann served from 1994 to 2013. Dirk Heidenblut was elected in 2013, and re-elected in 2017 and 2021.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1949 | Karl Bergmann | SPD | 38.9 | |
1953 | 47.5 | |||
1957 | 52.5 | |||
1961 | 53.0 | |||
1965 | 59.6 | |||
1969 | 62.3 | |||
1972 | Peter Reuschenbach | SPD | 69.7 | |
1976 | 66.3 | |||
1980 | 66.6 | |||
1983 | 63.4 | |||
1987 | 63.9 | |||
1990 | 57.6 | |||
1994 | Rolf Hempelmann | SPD | 60.8 | |
1998 | 65.3 | |||
2002 | 50.9 | |||
2005 | 58.4 | |||
2009 | 46.1 | |||
2013 | Dirk Heidenblut | SPD | 48.3 | |
2017 | 37.3 | |||
2021 | 37.8 |
Election results
edit2021 election
editFederal election (2021): Essen II[3] | |||||||||
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Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
SPD | Dirk Heidenblut | 39,410 | 37.8 | 0.5 | 35,363 | 33.9 | 2.1 | ||
CDU | Florian Fuchs | 23,735 | 22.8 | 3.8 | 21,039 | 20.2 | 3.3 | ||
Greens | Christine Müller-Hechfellner | 12,647 | 12.1 | 6.8 | 13,971 | 13.4 | 7.2 | ||
AfD | Andrea Poußet | 12,015 | 11.5 | 4.2 | 11,521 | 11.0 | 3.9 | ||
FDP | Martin Hollinger | 6,976 | 6.7 | 0.1 | 9,531 | 9.1 | 0.6 | ||
Left | Jules El-Khatib | 4,325 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4,525 | 4.3 | 4.4 | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,924 | 1.8 | 0.8 | ||||||
Team Todenhöfer | 1,718 | 1.6 | |||||||
PARTEI | Christian Gröll | 2,414 | 2.3 | 1,421 | 1.4 | 0.2 | |||
FW | Wilfried Adamy | 1,202 | 1.2 | 639 | 0.6 | 0.4 | |||
dieBasis | Frank Solga | 1,108 | 1.1 | 840 | 0.8 | ||||
Pirates | 349 | 0.3 | 0.2 | ||||||
Volt | 300 | 0.3 | |||||||
LIEBE | 190 | 0.2 | |||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 155 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
MLPD | Gabi Fechtner | 197 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 142 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||
NPD | 132 | 0.1 | 0.2 | ||||||
LfK | 122 | 0.1 | |||||||
Humanists | 95 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
DKP | Siw Mammitzsch | 169 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 94 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||
V-Partei3 | 74 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
Bündnis C | 64 | 0.1 | |||||||
du. | 60 | 0.1 | |||||||
ÖDP | 57 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
35 | 0.0 | ||||||||
LKR | 32 | 0.0 | |||||||
SGP | 16 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,274 | 1,063 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 104,198 | 104,409 | |||||||
Turnout | 105,472 | 67.5 | 0.1 | ||||||
SPD hold | Majority | 15,675 | 15.0 | 4.3 |
2017 election
editFederal election (2017): Essen II[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
SPD | Dirk Heidenblut | 40,601 | 37.3 | 11.0 | 34,727 | 31.8 | 9.9 | ||
CDU | Jutta Eckenbach | 28,912 | 26.6 | 4.5 | 25,606 | 23.4 | 5.0 | ||
AfD | Guido Thorsten Reil | 17,153 | 15.8 | 16,339 | 15.0 | 10.7 | |||
Left | Daniel Kerekes | 8,555 | 7.9 | 0.6 | 9,524 | 8.7 | 0.6 | ||
FDP | Thomas Spilker | 7,207 | 6.6 | 5.0 | 10,583 | 9.7 | 6.3 | ||
Greens | Gönül Eglence | 5,846 | 5.4 | 0.3 | 6,746 | 6.2 | 0.9 | ||
PARTEI | 1,224 | 1.1 | 0.4 | ||||||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,088 | 1.0 | |||||||
AD-DEMOKRATEN | 935 | 0.9 | |||||||
Pirates | 576 | 0.5 | 2.0 | ||||||
NPD | 378 | 0.3 | 1.5 | ||||||
FW | 239 | 0.2 | 0.0 | ||||||
MLPD | Horst Dotten | 257 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 186 | 0.2 | 0.0 | ||
DiB | 172 | 0.2 | |||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 133 | 0.1 | |||||||
Volksabstimmung | 132 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||
DM | 128 | 0.1 | |||||||
V-Partei³ | 122 | 0.1 | |||||||
BGE | 114 | 0.1 | |||||||
ÖDP | 90 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
DKP | Peter Köster | 223 | 0.2 | 88 | 0.1 | ||||
Die Humanisten | 77 | 0.1 | |||||||
SGP | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,615 | 1,154 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 108,754 | 109,215 | |||||||
Turnout | 110,369 | 67.6 | 2.9 | ||||||
SPD hold | Majority | 11,689 | 10.7 | 6.5 |
2013 election
editFederal election (2013): Essen II[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
SPD | Dirk Heidenblut | 51,677 | 48.3 | 2.2 | 44,684 | 41.7 | 2.6 | ||
CDU | Jutta Eckenbach | 33,243 | 31.1 | 3.9 | 30,540 | 28.5 | 5.0 | ||
Left | Janina Herff | 7,752 | 7.2 | 3.2 | 8,716 | 8.1 | 3.5 | ||
Greens | Elke Zeeb | 5,382 | 5.0 | 1.9 | 7,616 | 7.1 | 1.8 | ||
AfD | 4,556 | 4.2 | |||||||
Pirates | Wilfried Adamy | 3,048 | 2.8 | 2,733 | 2.5 | 0.8 | |||
NPD | 2,884 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 2,014 | 1.9 | 0.4 | |||
FDP | Günther van Wasen | 1,721 | 1.6 | 4.9 | 3,627 | 3.4 | 6.9 | ||
PARTEI | 734 | 0.7 | 723 | 0.7 | |||||
PRO | 385 | 0.4 | |||||||
REP | 370 | 0.3 | 0.6 | ||||||
BIG | 231 | 0.2 | |||||||
FW | 212 | 0.2 | |||||||
Volksabstimmung | 191 | 0.2 | 0.1 | ||||||
MLPD | 240 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 168 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |||
Nichtwahler | 153 | 0.1 | |||||||
ÖDP | 88 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
Party of Reason | 92 | 0.1 | |||||||
BüSo | 304 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 81 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |||
RRP | 51 | 0.0 | 0.1 | ||||||
Die Rechte | 28 | 0.0 | |||||||
PSG | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,614 | 1,319 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 106,985 | 107,280 | |||||||
Turnout | 108,599 | 64.7 | 1.7 | ||||||
SPD hold | Majority | 18,434 | 17.2 | 1.7 |
2009 election
editFederal election (2009): Essen II[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
SPD | Rolf Hempelmann | 49,023 | 46.1 | 12.3 | 41,637 | 39.0 | 12.5 | ||
CDU | Jutta Eckenbach | 28,968 | 27.2 | 0.2 | 25,067 | 23.5 | 0.4 | ||
Left | Hans-Jürgen Zierus | 11,065 | 10.4 | 4.3 | 12,431 | 11.7 | 4.2 | ||
Greens | Ute Hegener | 7,352 | 6.9 | 3.5 | 9,495 | 8.9 | 1.9 | ||
FDP | Marcus Fischer | 6,967 | 6.5 | 3.6 | 10,947 | 10.3 | 4.0 | ||
Pirates | 1,852 | 1.7 | |||||||
NPD | Volker Braun | 2,218 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 1,619 | 1.5 | 0.4 | ||
REP | 979 | 0.9 | 0.2 | ||||||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 874 | 0.8 | 0.2 | ||||||
FAMILIE | 565 | 0.5 | 0.1 | ||||||
RENTNER | 407 | 0.4 | |||||||
RRP | 171 | 0.2 | |||||||
BüSo | Katarzyna Kruczkowski | 583 | 0.5 | 154 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |||
MLPD | Horst Dotten | 240 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 141 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||
Volksabstimmung | 118 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
Centre | 74 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
ÖDP | 65 | 0.1 | |||||||
DVU | 62 | 0.1 | |||||||
PSG | 31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,581 | 1,308 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 106,416 | 106,689 | |||||||
Turnout | 107,997 | 63.0 | 9.7 | ||||||
SPD hold | Majority | 20,055 | 18.9 | 12.1 |
References
edit- ^ a b "Constituency Essen II". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Results for Essen II". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ Results for Essen II
- ^ Results for Essen II
- ^ Results for Essen II
- ^ Results for Essen II