Rendsburg-Eckernförde is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the German Bundestag. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 4. It is located in north central Schleswig-Holstein, comprising almost the entirety of the Rendsburg-Eckernförde district.[1]
4 Rendsburg-Eckernförde | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
![]() Rendsburg-Eckernförde in 2025 | |
State | Schleswig-Holstein |
Population | 252,100 (2019) |
Electorate | 202,226 (2021) |
Major settlements | Rendsburg Eckernförde |
Area | 2,165.4 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 1976 |
Party | SPD |
Member | Sönke Rix |
Elected | 2021 |
Rendsburg-Eckernförde was created for the 1976 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Sönke Rix of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]
Geography
editRendsburg-Eckernförde is located in north central Schleswig-Holstein. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Rendsburg-Eckernförde district with the exception of the municipalities of Altenholz and Kronshagen, which are part of the Kiel constituency.[1]
History
editRendsburg-Eckernförde was created in 1976 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Schleswig – Eckernförde and Rendsburg – Neumünster. Until 2002, it was coterminous with the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde; in 2002, the municipalities of Altenholz and Kronshagen were transferred to the Kiel constituency.
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Members
editThe constituency was held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from its creation in 1976 until 1983, during which time it was represented by future Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein Heide Simonis. It was won by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in 1983, and represented by former Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein Gerhard Stoltenberg. In 1998, it was won by the SPD's Ulrike Mehl. The CDU's Otto Bernhardt won the constituency in 2005, and represented it for a single term before being succeeded by fellow CDU member Johann Wadephul in 2009. Sönke Rix was elected for the SPD in 2021.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1976 | Heide Simonis | SPD | 47.7 | |
1980 | 49.8 | |||
1983 | Gerhard Stoltenberg | CDU | 52.4 | |
1987 | 48.7 | |||
1990 | 47.4 | |||
1994 | 46.9 | |||
1998 | Ulrike Mehl | SPD | 48.8 | |
2002 | 48.1 | |||
2005 | Otto Bernhardt | CDU | 44.1 | |
2009 | Johann Wadephul | CDU | 40.2 | |
2013 | 45.2 | |||
2017 | 42.7 | |||
2021 | Sönke Rix | SPD | 30.8 |
Election results
edit2021 election
editFederal election (2021): Rendsburg-Eckernförde[3] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
SPD | Sönke Rix | 49,474 | 30.8 | 1.9 | 43,148 | 26.8 | 3.9 | ||
CDU | Johann Wadephul | 47,688 | 29.7 | 13.0 | 38,517 | 23.9 | 12.3 | ||
Greens | Jakob Blasel | 23,832 | 14.8 | 5.9 | 28,828 | 17.9 | 5.5 | ||
FDP | Christine Aschenberg-Dugnus | 12,903 | 8.0 | 1.6 | 19,322 | 12.0 | 0.2 | ||
AfD | Gereon Bollmann | 10,200 | 6.3 | 0.5 | 10,564 | 6.6 | 0.8 | ||
SSW | Maylis Roßberg | 5,834 | 3.6 | 7,304 | 4.5 | ||||
Left | Hauke Schultze | 4,416 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 5,163 | 3.2 | 3.2 | ||
dieBasis | Holger Thiesen | 2,502 | 1.6 | 2,375 | 1.5 | ||||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,728 | 1.1 | |||||||
PARTEI | Nils-H. Saul | 2,150 | 1.3 | 1,618 | 1.0 | 0.1 | |||
FW | Bärbel Kahlund | 1,651 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1,174 | 0.7 | 0.1 | ||
Volt | 253 | 0.2 | |||||||
Team Todenhöfer | 244 | 0.2 | |||||||
NPD | 158 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||
Humanists | 136 | 0.1 | |||||||
V-Partei3 | 127 | 0.1 | |||||||
ÖDP | 122 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||
du. | 69 | 0.1 | |||||||
LKR | 49 | 0.0 | |||||||
MLPD | 33 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
DKP | 23 | 0.0 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,410 | 1,105 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 160,650 | 160,955 | |||||||
Turnout | 162,060 | 80.1 | 1.8 | ||||||
SPD gain from CDU | Majority | 1,786 | 1.1 |
2017 election
editFederal election (2017): Rendsburg-Eckernförde[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Johann Wadephul | 66,625 | 42.7 | 2.5 | 56,585 | 36.2 | 4.6 | ||
SPD | Sönke Rix | 45,070 | 28.9 | 7.9 | 35,766 | 22.9 | 8.6 | ||
Greens | Claudia Ulrich | 13,978 | 9.0 | 2.0 | 19,337 | 12.4 | 3.1 | ||
AfD | Gereon Bollmann | 10,656 | 6.8 | 3.4 | 11,578 | 7.4 | 3.0 | ||
FDP | Christine Aschenberg-Dugnus | 10,077 | 6.5 | 4.6 | 19,071 | 12.2 | 6.7 | ||
Left | Stefan Karstens | 8,074 | 5.2 | 1.9 | 9,962 | 6.4 | 2.0 | ||
PARTEI | 1,754 | 1.1 | |||||||
FW | Hans-Werner Last | 1,622 | 1.0 | 1,031 | 0.7 | 0.2 | |||
BGE | 584 | 0.4 | |||||||
NPD | 307 | 0.2 | 0.4 | ||||||
ÖDP | 237 | 0.2 | |||||||
MLPD | 55 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,252 | 1,087 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 156,102 | 156,267 | |||||||
Turnout | 157,354 | 78.4 | 3.1 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 21,555 | 13.8 | 5.4 |
2013 election
editFederal election (2013): Rendsburg-Eckernförde[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Johann Wadephul | 66,775 | 45.2 | 5.0 | 60,349 | 40.8 | 6.9 | ||
SPD | Sönke Rix | 54,397 | 36.8 | 4.3 | 46,658 | 31.5 | 4.8 | ||
Greens | Detlef Matthiessen | 10,306 | 7.0 | 3.1 | 13,707 | 9.3 | 3.5 | ||
AfD | Briga Friederike Krikau | 5,084 | 3.4 | 6,500 | 4.4 | ||||
Left | Stefan Karstens | 4,902 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 6,447 | 4.4 | 2.3 | ||
Pirates | Anne Burmeister | 2,756 | 1.9 | 2,620 | 1.8 | 0.3 | |||
FDP | Christine Aschenberg-Dugnus | 2,754 | 1.9 | 7.9 | 8,126 | 5.5 | 10.5 | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,290 | 0.9 | |||||||
NPD | Rudolf Reinhard Rosenthal | 866 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 854 | 0.6 | 0.3 | ||
FW | 716 | 0.5 | |||||||
Rentner | 668 | 0.5 | 0.6 | ||||||
MLPD | 32 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,743 | 1,616 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 147,840 | 147,967 | |||||||
Turnout | 149,583 | 75.2 | 0.2 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 12,378 | 8.4 | 0.7 |
2009 election
editFederal election (2009): Rendsburg-Eckernförde[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Johann Wadephul | 58,876 | 40.2 | 3.9 | 49,789 | 33.9 | 4.2 | ||
SPD | Sönke Rix | 47,610 | 32.5 | 11.2 | 39,253 | 26.7 | 10.9 | ||
Greens | Detlef Matthiessen | 14,790 | 10.1 | 6.2 | 18,751 | 12.8 | 4.7 | ||
FDP | Christine Aschenberg-Dugnus | 14,317 | 9.8 | 6.2 | 23,442 | 15.9 | 6.1 | ||
Left | Stefan Karstens | 8,729 | 6.0 | 2.7 | 9,821 | 6.7 | 2.5 | ||
Pirates | 2,985 | 2.0 | |||||||
Rentner | 1,540 | 1.0 | |||||||
NPD | Kevin Stein | 1,344 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 1,220 | 0.8 | 0.1 | ||
Independent | Holger Thiesen | 948 | 0.6 | ||||||
DVU | 136 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | 55 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 3,404 | 3,026 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 146,614 | 146,992 | |||||||
Turnout | 150,018 | 75.4 | 5.1 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 11,266 | 7.7 | 7.3 |
2005 election
editFederal election (2005): Rendsburg-Eckernförde[7] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Otto Bernhardt | 69,082 | 44.1 | 3.7 | 59,743 | 38.1 | 0.8 | ||
SPD | 68,480 | 43.7 | 4.4 | 59,001 | 37.6 | 5.0 | |||
Greens | 6,164 | 3.9 | 0.4 | 12,613 | 8.0 | 1.0 | |||
FDP | 5,607 | 3.6 | 1.5 | 15,507 | 9.9 | 1.9 | |||
Left | 5,106 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 6,522 | 4.2 | 3.0 | |||
Familie | 1,835 | 1.2 | |||||||
NPD | 1,454 | 0.9 | 1,457 | 0.9 | 0.7 | ||||
Independent | 761 | 0.5 | |||||||
MLPD | 101 | 0.1 | |||||||
Informal votes | 2,187 | 2,062 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 156,654 | 156,779 | |||||||
Turnout | 158,841 | 80.5 | 1.2 | ||||||
CDU gain from SPD | Majority | 602 | 0.4 |
References
edit- ^ a b "Constituency Rendsburg-Eckernförde". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Results for Rendsburg-Eckernförde". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ Results for Rendsburg-Eckernförde
- ^ Results for Rendsburg-Eckernförde
- ^ Results for Rendsburg-Eckernförde
- ^ Results for Rendsburg-Eckernförde
- ^ Final results by constituency for the 2005 Bundestag election