Cologne I (German: Köln 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 92. It is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the southeastern part of the city of Cologne.[1]
92 Cologne I | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
![]() Cologne I in 2025 | |
State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Population | 297,600 (2019) |
Electorate | 190,630 (2021) |
Major settlements | Cologne (partial) |
Area | 128.3 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 1949 |
Party | SPD |
Member | Sanae Abdi |
Elected | 2021 |
Cologne I was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Sanae Abdi of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]
Geography
editCologne I is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the southeastern part of the independent city of Cologne, specifically the districts of Porz, Kalk, and the Stadtteile of Altstadt-Nord, Deutz, and Neustadt-Nord from Innenstadt.[1]
History
editCologne I was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 7 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 66. From 1965 through 1998, it was number 59. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 94. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 93. From the 2025 election, it has been number 92.
Originally, the constituency comprised the area of Cologne on the left bank of the Rhine and north of the line made by Aachener Straße and Innere Kanalstraße. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it comprised today's Innenstadt district as well as Kalk, Humboldt-Gremberg, and Poll. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it comprised Innenstadt and Porz. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.
Election | No. | Name | Borders |
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1949 | 7 | Köln I | |
1953 | 66 | ||
1957 | |||
1961 | |||
1965 | 59 |
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1994 | |||
1998 | |||
2002 | 94 | ||
2005 | |||
2009 | |||
2013 | 93 | ||
2017 | |||
2021 | |||
2025 | 92 |
Members
editThe constituency was first represented by Aenne Brauksiepe of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1949 to 1965. It was won by the Social Democratic Party (SPD)'s candidate Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski in 1965. The SPD held the constituency until 2017. Wischnewski represented it until 1990, when he was succeeded by Walter Rempe, who served a single term. Volkmar Schultz was elected in 1994 and served until 2002, followed by Martin Dörmann. Karsten Möring of the CDU was elected in 2017. Sanae Abdi regained the constituency for the SPD in 2021.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1949 | Aenne Brauksiepe | CDU | 42.2 | |
1953 | 53.5 | |||
1957 | 58.4 | |||
1961 | 50.0 | |||
1965 | Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski | SPD | 46.0 | |
1969 | 54.1 | |||
1972 | 58.5 | |||
1976 | 52.5 | |||
1980 | 50.5 | |||
1983 | 48.9 | |||
1987 | 47.3 | |||
1990 | Walter Rempe | SPD | 45.2 | |
1994 | Volkmar Schultz | SPD | 45.0 | |
1998 | 51.6 | |||
2002 | Martin Dörmann | SPD | 50.0 | |
2005 | 48.6 | |||
2009 | 35.0 | |||
2013 | 37.0 | |||
2017 | Karsten Möring | CDU | 31.6 | |
2021 | Sanae Abdi | SPD | 27.9 |
Election results
edit2021 election
editFederal election (2021): Cologne I[3] | |||||||||
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Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
SPD | Sanae Abdi | 38,985 | 27.9 | 3.1 | 36,933 | 26.4 | 2.1 | ||
Greens | Lisa-Marie Friede | 33,405 | 23.9 | 14.1 | 33,501 | 23.9 | 12.5 | ||
CDU | Karsten Möring | 31,636 | 22.6 | 9.0 | 27,695 | 19.8 | 6.6 | ||
FDP | Reinhard Houben | 11,490 | 8.2 | 0.5 | 15,040 | 10.7 | 2.3 | ||
AfD | Fabian Jacobi | 8,789 | 6.3 | 2.4 | 8,363 | 6.0 | 2.9 | ||
Left | Madeine Eisfeld | 7,213 | 5.2 | 3.5 | 8,267 | 5.9 | 5.1 | ||
Team Todenhöfer | 1,768 | 1.3 | |||||||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,704 | 1.2 | 0.4 | ||||||
PARTEI | Aaron Baron von Kruedener | 2,768 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 1,607 | 1.1 | 0.2 | ||
Volt | Rebekka Müller | 2,353 | 1.7 | 1,340 | 1.0 | ||||
dieBasis | Ralf Schäfer | 1,615 | 1.2 | 1,327 | 0.9 | ||||
FW | Detlef Hagenbruch | 1,108 | 0.8 | 753 | 0.5 | 0.3 | |||
Pirates | 548 | 0.4 | 0.1 | ||||||
Independent | Martin Przybylski | 261 | 0.2 | ||||||
LIEBE | 173 | 0.1 | |||||||
Humanists | 152 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 127 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
du. | 116 | 0.1 | |||||||
V-Partei3 | 109 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||
LfK | 105 | 0.1 | |||||||
ÖDP | 88 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||
NPD | 76 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||
Bündnis C | 72 | 0.1 | |||||||
67 | 0.0 | ||||||||
MLPD | Elisabeth Höchtl | 181 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 64 | 0.0 | 0.1 | ||
DKP | 43 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
LKR | 27 | 0.0 | |||||||
SGP | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,097 | 821 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 139,804 | 140,080 | |||||||
Turnout | 140,901 | 73.9 | 1.4 | ||||||
SPD gain from CDU | Majority | 5,580 | 4.0 |
2017 election
editFederal election (2017): Cologne I[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Karsten Möring | 43,683 | 31.6 | 5.1 | 36,565 | 26.4 | 7.0 | ||
SPD | Martin Dörmann | 42,799 | 31.0 | 6.0 | 33,666 | 24.3 | 6.7 | ||
Greens | Hans Schwanitz | 13,535 | 9.8 | 0.5 | 15,800 | 11.4 | 0.8 | ||
AfD | Fabian Jacobi | 11,952 | 8.6 | 5.7 | 12,290 | 8.9 | 4.8 | ||
Left | Murat Yilmaz | 11,898 | 8.6 | 2.1 | 15,271 | 11.0 | 2.9 | ||
FDP | Reinhard Houben | 10,652 | 7.7 | 5.2 | 18,067 | 13.0 | 7.5 | ||
PARTEI | Sabine Kader | 3,369 | 2.4 | 1,905 | 1.4 | 0.7 | |||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,068 | 0.8 | |||||||
AD-DEMOKRATEN | 970 | 0.7 | |||||||
Pirates | 689 | 0.5 | 2.2 | ||||||
DiB | 398 | 0.3 | |||||||
FW | 356 | 0.3 | 0.0 | ||||||
BGE | 233 | 0.2 | |||||||
NPD | 224 | 0.2 | 0.6 | ||||||
V-Partei³ | 184 | 0.1 | |||||||
ÖDP | 164 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
MLPD | Reiner Dworschak | 308 | 0.2 | 155 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |||
Die Humanisten | 150 | 0.1 | |||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 146 | 0.1 | |||||||
DM | 140 | 0.1 | |||||||
Volksabstimmung | 136 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||
DKP | 38 | 0.0 | |||||||
SGP | 16 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,522 | 1,087 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 138,196 | 138,631 | |||||||
Turnout | 139,718 | 72.6 | 3.1 | ||||||
CDU gain from SPD | Majority | 884 | 0.6 |
2013 election
editFederal election (2013): Cologne I[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
SPD | Martin Dörmann | 48,632 | 37.0 | 2.0 | 40,759 | 31.0 | 4.1 | ||
CDU | Karsten Möring | 48,232 | 36.7 | 3.1 | 43,863 | 33.3 | 6.2 | ||
Greens | Berivan Aymaz | 13,513 | 10.3 | 2.1 | 16,056 | 12.2 | 3.7 | ||
Left | Heinz Peter Karl Fischer | 8,583 | 6.5 | 1.9 | 10,709 | 8.1 | 1.5 | ||
AfD | Hendrik Rottmann | 3,885 | 3.0 | 5,367 | 4.1 | ||||
Pirates | Gerald Günther Teybig | 3,361 | 2.6 | 3,501 | 2.7 | 0.7 | |||
FDP | Stefanie Ruffen | 3,243 | 2.5 | 6.2 | 7,235 | 5.5 | 9.6 | ||
NPD | Melanie Händelkes | 1,329 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1,032 | 0.8 | 0.3 | ||
PARTEI | 883 | 0.7 | |||||||
FW | Christine-Maria Hudyma | 444 | 0.3 | 337 | 0.3 | ||||
PRO | 411 | 0.3 | |||||||
BIG | 254 | 0.2 | |||||||
Nichtwahler | 241 | 0.2 | |||||||
Volksabstimmung | 208 | 0.2 | 0.0 | ||||||
ÖDP | 204 | 0.2 | 0.0 | ||||||
REP | 168 | 0.1 | 0.2 | ||||||
Party of Reason | 111 | 0.1 | |||||||
RRP | 80 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||
MLPD | 73 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
BüSo | Tamas Antal Bech | 170 | 0.1 | 61 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
PSG | 31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Die Rechte | 18 | 0.0 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,445 | 1,235 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 131,392 | 131,602 | |||||||
Turnout | 132,837 | 69.4 | 1.5 | ||||||
SPD hold | Majority | 400 | 0.3 | 1.1 |
2009 election
editFederal election (2009): Cologne I[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
SPD | Martin Dörmann | 43,837 | 35.0 | 13.6 | 33,774 | 26.8 | 12.8 | ||
CDU | Ursula Heinen-Esser | 42,094 | 33.6 | 0.3 | 34,195 | 27.2 | 0.0 | ||
Greens | Max Löffler | 15,557 | 12.4 | 5.1 | 20,019 | 15.9 | 2.6 | ||
FDP | Alexander Vogel | 10,902 | 8.7 | 4.7 | 18,981 | 15.1 | 4.0 | ||
Left | Cindy Kolter | 10,614 | 8.5 | 3.5 | 12,092 | 9.6 | 3.5 | ||
Pirates | 2,522 | 2.0 | |||||||
NPD | Benedikt Frings | 1,971 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 1,398 | 1.1 | 0.3 | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 816 | 0.6 | 0.2 | ||||||
RENTNER | 454 | 0.4 | |||||||
FAMILIE | 433 | 0.3 | 0.0 | ||||||
REP | 368 | 0.3 | 0.0 | ||||||
Independent | Mali Dieckmann | 318 | 0.3 | ||||||
RRP | 214 | 0.2 | |||||||
Volksabstimmung | 179 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
ÖDP | 146 | 0.1 | |||||||
Centre | 74 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
MLPD | 70 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
DVU | 53 | 0.0 | |||||||
BüSo | 25 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
PSG | 20 | 0.0 | 0.1 | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,718 | 1,178 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 125,293 | 125,833 | |||||||
Turnout | 127,011 | 68.0 | 6.5 | ||||||
SPD hold | Majority | 1,743 | 1.4 | 13.3 |
References
edit- ^ a b "Constituency Cologne I". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Results for Cologne I". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ Results for Cologne I
- ^ Results for Cologne I
- ^ Results for Cologne I
- ^ Results for Cologne I