Soest 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 145. It is located in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the district of Soest.[1]
145 Soest | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
![]() Soest in 2025 | |
State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Population | 301,800 (2019) |
Electorate | 231,811 (2021) |
Major settlements | Lippstadt Soest Werl |
Area | 1,328.6 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 1980 |
Party | CDU |
Member | Hans-Jürgen Thies |
Elected | 2017, 2021 |
Soest was created for the 1980 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Hans-Jürgen Thies of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]
Geography
editSoest is located in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Soest district.[1]
History
editSoest was created in 1980. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 118 in the numbering system. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 147. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 146. From the 2025 election, it has been number 145. Its borders have not changed since its creation.
Members
editThe constituency has been held by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) during all but one Bundestag term since its creation. It was first represented by Hermann Kroll-Schlüter from 1980 to 1990, followed by Jürgen Augustinowitz from 1990 to 1998. Eike Hovermann of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was elected in 1998. Bernhard Schulte-Drüggelte regained it for the CDU in 2002 and served until 2017. Hans-Jürgen Thies was elected in 2017.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1980 | Hermann Kroll-Schlüter | CDU | 50.0 | |
1983 | 56.3 | |||
1987 | 49.8 | |||
1990 | Jürgen Augustinowitz | CDU | 49.4 | |
1994 | 49.6 | |||
1998 | Eike Hovermann | SPD | 45.5 | |
2002 | Bernhard Schulte-Drüggelte | CDU | 44.2 | |
2005 | 46.3 | |||
2009 | 45.8 | |||
2013 | 49.8 | |||
2017 | Hans-Jürgen Thies | CDU | 42.7 | |
2021 | 33.1 |
Election results
edit2021 election
editFederal election (2021): Soest[3] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Hans-Jürgen Thies | 58,791 | 33.1 | 9.5 | 51,697 | 29.1 | 7.2 | ||
SPD | Wolfgang Hellmich | 54,614 | 30.8 | 1.5 | 51,061 | 28.7 | 3.8 | ||
Greens | Shahabuddin Miah | 22,154 | 12.5 | 7.0 | 24,089 | 13.5 | 7.4 | ||
FDP | Fabian Griewel | 17,826 | 10.0 | 2.1 | 21,005 | 11.8 | 1.6 | ||
AfD | Berengar Elsner von Gronow | 13,992 | 7.9 | 1.0 | 14,206 | 8.0 | 1.4 | ||
Left | Helle Robert | 5,548 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 5,520 | 3.1 | 3.7 | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 2,260 | 1.3 | 0.6 | ||||||
dieBasis | Wolfgang Sälzer | 2,507 | 1.4 | 2,038 | 1.1 | ||||
PARTEI | 1,724 | 1.0 | 0.3 | ||||||
FW | Christine-Maria Hudyma | 2,017 | 1.1 | 1,176 | 0.7 | 0.4 | |||
Pirates | 666 | 0.4 | 0.0 | ||||||
Team Todenhöfer | 495 | 0.3 | |||||||
Volt | 327 | 0.2 | |||||||
LIEBE | 251 | 0.1 | |||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 246 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
LfK | 173 | 0.1 | |||||||
Bündnis C | 159 | 0.1 | |||||||
NPD | 156 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||
Humanists | 121 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
ÖDP | 118 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
du. | 89 | 0.1 | |||||||
V-Partei3 | 89 | 0.0 | 0.1 | ||||||
73 | 0.0 | ||||||||
LKR | 34 | 0.0 | |||||||
DKP | 31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
SGP | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
MLPD | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,554 | 1,174 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 177,449 | 177,829 | |||||||
Turnout | 179,003 | 77.2 | 2.2 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 4,177 | 2.3 | 11.0 |
2017 election
editFederal election (2017): Soest[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Hans-Jürgen Thies | 73,595 | 42.7 | 7.1 | 62,764 | 36.3 | 8.5 | ||
SPD | Wolfgang Hellmich | 50,458 | 29.3 | 4.1 | 43,184 | 25.0 | 5.4 | ||
AfD | Berengar Elsner von Gronow | 15,311 | 8.9 | 16,165 | 9.3 | 5.9 | |||
FDP | Fabian Griewel | 13,681 | 7.9 | 5.6 | 23,296 | 13.5 | 8.5 | ||
Left | Robert Helle | 9,756 | 5.7 | 0.7 | 11,702 | 6.8 | 1.5 | ||
Greens | Shahabuddin Miah | 9,459 | 5.5 | 0.5 | 10,723 | 6.2 | 0.8 | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,207 | 0.7 | |||||||
PARTEI | 1,183 | 0.7 | 0.4 | ||||||
Pirates | 634 | 0.4 | 1.7 | ||||||
FW | 387 | 0.2 | 0.1 | ||||||
NPD | 310 | 0.2 | 0.6 | ||||||
Independent | Jonathan Meier | 232 | 0.1 | ||||||
AD-DEMOKRATEN | 184 | 0.1 | |||||||
DiB | 183 | 0.1 | |||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 176 | 0.1 | |||||||
V-Partei³ | 175 | 0.1 | |||||||
BGE | 168 | 0.1 | |||||||
DM | 168 | 0.1 | |||||||
Volksabstimmung | 159 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||
ÖDP | 149 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
Die Humanisten | 78 | 0.0 | |||||||
MLPD | 40 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
DKP | 28 | 0.0 | |||||||
SGP | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,872 | 1,290 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 172,492 | 173,074 | |||||||
Turnout | 174,364 | 75.1 | 2.8 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 23,137 | 13.4 | 3.1 |
2013 election
editFederal election (2013): Soest[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Bernhard Schulte-Drüggelte | 82,394 | 49.8 | 4.0 | 74,380 | 44.8 | 8.2 | ||
SPD | Wolfgang Hellmich | 55,127 | 33.3 | 4.1 | 50,439 | 30.4 | 4.9 | ||
Greens | Cordula Ungruh | 9,868 | 6.0 | 1.3 | 11,565 | 7.0 | 1.7 | ||
Left | Michael Bruns | 8,267 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 8,721 | 5.2 | 2.4 | ||
AfD | 5,711 | 3.4 | |||||||
Pirates | Sven Sladek | 3,996 | 2.4 | 3,410 | 2.1 | 0.5 | |||
FDP | Ingo Westermann | 3,870 | 2.3 | 7.2 | 8,218 | 4.9 | 12.0 | ||
NPD | 1,954 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 1,321 | 0.8 | 0.0 | |||
PARTEI | 467 | 0.3 | |||||||
Volksabstimmung | 333 | 0.2 | 0.1 | ||||||
PRO | 330 | 0.2 | |||||||
FW | 229 | 0.1 | |||||||
ÖDP | 204 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||
REP | 180 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||
Nichtwahler | 192 | 0.1 | |||||||
Party of Reason | 101 | 0.1 | |||||||
BIG | 91 | 0.1 | |||||||
RRP | 86 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||
Die Rechte | 59 | 0.0 | |||||||
PSG | 52 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
BüSo | 32 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
MLPD | 25 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,435 | 1,765 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 165,476 | 166,146 | |||||||
Turnout | 167,911 | 72.3 | 1.3 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 27,267 | 16.5 | 0.1 |
2009 election
editFederal election (2009): Soest[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Bernhard Schulte-Drüggelte | 74,725 | 45.8 | 0.5 | 59,805 | 36.6 | 2.5 | ||
SPD | Wolfgang Hellmich | 47,583 | 29.2 | 11.9 | 41,522 | 25.4 | 12.1 | ||
FDP | Urs Frigger | 15,625 | 9.6 | 4.8 | 27,675 | 16.9 | 6.4 | ||
Greens | Frank Hilgenkamp | 11,924 | 7.3 | 4.0 | 14,081 | 8.6 | 2.8 | ||
Left | Michael Bruns | 11,432 | 7.0 | 3.3 | 12,460 | 7.6 | 3.2 | ||
Pirates | 2,612 | 1.6 | |||||||
NPD | Harald Röhl | 1,800 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 1,324 | 0.8 | 0.1 | ||
FAMILIE | 1,037 | 0.6 | 0.2 | ||||||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 922 | 0.6 | 0.1 | ||||||
RENTNER | 652 | 0.4 | |||||||
REP | 388 | 0.2 | 0.1 | ||||||
RRP | 315 | 0.2 | |||||||
Volksabstimmung | 149 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
Centre | 123 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
DVU | 118 | 0.1 | |||||||
ÖDP | 106 | 0.1 | |||||||
BüSo | 48 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
PSG | 22 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
MLPD | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,204 | 1,921 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 163,089 | 163,372 | |||||||
Turnout | 165,293 | 61.0 | 7.3 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 27,142 | 16.6 | 11.4 |
References
edit- ^ a b "Constituency Soest". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Results for Soest". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ Results for Soest
- ^ Results for Soest
- ^ Results for Soest
- ^ Results for Soest