Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis (electoral district)

Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis 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 99. It is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis district.

99 Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis in 2025
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	283,300 (2019)
Electorate	217,193 (2021)
Major settlements	Bergisch Gladbach Wermelskirchen Rösrath
Area	437.3 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CDU
Member	Hermann-Josef Tebroke
Elected	2017, 2021

Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Hermann-Josef Tebroke of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

Geography

Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis district.

History

Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis was created in 1949. It was named Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis upon its creation, but renamed to Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis I in the 1980 through 1998 elections. It returned to its current name in the 2002 election. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 13 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 72. From 1965 through 1976, it was number 66. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 67. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 101. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 100. From the 2025 election, it has been number 99.

Originally, it was coterminous with the Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis district. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it comprised the municipalities of Bergisch Gladbach, Kürten, Odenthal, Overath, Rösrath, and Wermelskirchen from Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	13	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis district
1953	72
1957
1961
1965	66
1969
1972
1976
1980	67	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis I	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis district (only Bergisch Gladbach, Kürten, Odenthal, Overath, Rösrath, and Wermelskirchen municipalities)
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	101	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis district
2005
2009
2013	100
2017
2021
2025	99

Members

The constituency has been held by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) during all but one Bundestag term since 1949. It was first represented by Paul Lücke 1949 to 1972. Bertram Blank of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was elected in 1972, and served a single term before the CDU regained it in 1976. Franz Heinrich Krey then served as representative until 1994. He was succeeded by Wolfgang Bosbach from 1994 to 2017. Hermann-Josef Tebroke was elected in 2017.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Paul Lücke	CDU	48.6
	1953			60.1
	1957			64.4
	1961			57.2
	1965			56.6
	1969			48.3
	1972	Bertram Blank	SPD	48.4
	1976	Franz Heinrich Krey	CDU	49.3
	1980			48.2
	1983			55.9
	1987			51.4
	1990			48.1
	1994	Wolfgang Bosbach	CDU	48.7
	1998			45.2
	2002			44.8
	2005			49.3
	2009			50.0
	2013			58.5
	2017	Hermann-Josef Tebroke	CDU	40.0
	2021			30.0

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis
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	%	±%
	CDU	Y Hermann-Josef Tebroke		52,714	30.0	10.0	48,224	27.4	8.2
	SPD	Kastriot Krasniqi		39,827	22.7	1.8	44,429	25.3	4.3
	Greens	Maik Außendorf		31,626	18.0	11.1	32,285	18.4	9.3
	FDP	Christian Lindner		29,576	16.8	1.1	24,373	13.9	2.8
	AfD	Harald Weyel		9,518	5.4	1.8	10,051	5.7	2.3
	Left	Isabelle Casel		4,845	2.8	2.1	5,222	3.0	3.4
	FW	Uwe Wirges		3,632	2.1	1.2	1,697	1.0	0.5
	dieBasis	Helfa Aufmkolk		2,455	1.4		2,247	1.3
	Human Environment Animal Protection						2,199	1.3	0.5
	PARTEI						1,419	0.8	0.1
	Volt	Markus Blümke		1,391	0.8		1,144	0.6
	Team Todenhöfer						662	0.4
	Pirates						554	0.3	0.0
	LIEBE						223	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						208	0.1	0.0
	LfK						157	0.1
	Bündnis C						132	0.1
	Humanists						127	0.1	0.0
	V-Partei3						119	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP						115	0.1	0.1
	NPD						100	0.1	0.1
	du.						76	0.0
	PdF						41	0.0
	LKR						34	0.0
	MLPD						27	0.0	0.0
	DKP						22	0.0	0.0
	SGP						9	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,349			1,037
Total valid votes				175,584			175,896
Turnout				176,933	81.5	1.2
	CDU hold		Majority	12,887	7.3	8.2

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis
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	%	±%
	CDU	Hermann-Josef Tebroke		68,948	40.0	18.5	61,423	35.6	8.1
	SPD	Nikolaus Kleine		42,098	24.4	0.6	36,221	21.0	5.1
	FDP	Christian Lindner		27,049	15.7	14.0	28,787	16.7	9.7
	AfD	Roland Hartwig		12,476	7.2	4.4	13,777	8.0	3.2
	Greens	Maik Außendorf		11,846	6.9	0.0	15,581	9.0	0.0
	Left	Lucie Misini		8,409	4.9	0.8	11,042	6.4	1.3
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,286	0.7
	PARTEI						1,173	0.7	0.2
	FW	Joachim Orth		1,414	0.8		802	0.5	0.2
	Pirates						505	0.3	1.7
	AD-DEMOKRATEN						296	0.2
	ÖDP						231	0.1	0.0
	NPD						225	0.1	0.6
	DiB						205	0.1
	BGE						187	0.1
	DM						175	0.1
	V-Partei³						172	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						142	0.1	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						132	0.1
	Die Humanisten						97	0.1
	MLPD						43	0.0	0.0
	DKP						17	0.0
	SGP						10	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,180			1,891
Total valid votes				172,240			172,529
Turnout				174,420	70.2	2.1
	CDU hold		Majority	26,850	15.6	17.9

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis
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	%	±%
	CDU	Y Wolfgang Bosbach		98,017	58.5	8.5	73,278	43.7	8.2
	SPD	Michael Zalfen		41,894	25.0	1.7	43,721	26.1	2.8
	Greens	Maik Außendorf		11,472	6.8	1.5	15,113	9.0	2.2
	Left	Grischa Bischeff		6,884	4.1	1.1	8,473	5.1	1.5
	AfD	Martin Haase		4,713	2.8		7,945	4.7
	FDP	Peter Ludemann		2,937	1.8	6.8	11,676	7.0	12.1
	Pirates						3,311	2.0	0.6
	NPD	Michael Zündorf		1,241	0.7	0.3	1,149	0.7	0.1
	PARTEI						774	0.5
	FW						463	0.3
	Independent	Karl Ulrich Voss		446	0.3
	PRO						348	0.2
	Nichtwahler						297	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						294	0.2	0.1
	ÖDP						265	0.2	0.1
	REP						155	0.1	0.1
	Party of Reason						153	0.1
	BIG						119	0.1
	RRP						79	0.0	0.1
	MLPD						30	0.0	0.0
	Die Rechte						28	0.0
	BüSo						25	0.0	0.0
	PSG						24	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,527			1,411
Total valid votes				167,604			167,720
Turnout				169,131	78.2	0.8
	CDU hold		Majority	56,123	33.5	10.2

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis
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	%	±%
	CDU	Y Wolfgang Bosbach		82,523	50.0	0.7	58,572	35.5	1.5
	SPD	Lasse Pütz		43,992	26.7	10.7	38,415	23.3	10.3
	FDP	Christian Lindner		14,198	8.6	4.1	31,480	19.1	5.0
	Greens	Harald Wolfert		13,745	8.3	3.3	18,582	11.3	2.5
	Left	Walter Heuser		8,561	5.2	2.1	10,832	6.6	2.5
	Pirates						2,346	1.4
	NPD	Rainer Engels		1,643	1.0	0.2	1,227	0.7	0.1
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,111	0.7	0.2
	FAMILIE						725	0.4	0.1
	RENTNER						543	0.3
	Independent	Erwin Willi Weber		409	0.2
	REP						352	0.2	0.0
	RRP						292	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						197	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP						177	0.1
	DVU						94	0.1
	Centre						87	0.1	0.0
	BüSo						47	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						30	0.0	0.0
	PSG						18	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,598			1,541
Total valid votes				165,071			165,128
Turnout				166,669	77.3	5.6
	CDU hold		Majority	38,531	23.3	11.4