Unna 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 143. It is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the southern part of the district of Unna.[1]
143 Unna I | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
![]() Unna I in 2025 | |
State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Population | 252,900 (2019) |
Electorate | 194,493 (2021) |
Major settlements | Unna Bergkamen Schwerte |
Area | 347.3 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 1965 |
Party | SPD |
Member | Oliver Kaczmarek |
Elected | 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021 |
Unna I was created for the 1965 federal election. Since 2009, it has been represented by Oliver Kaczmarek of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]
Geography
editUnna I is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the municipalities of Bergkamen, Bönen, Fröndenberg, Holzwickede, Kamen, Schwerte, and Unna from the Unna district.[1]
History
editUnna I was created in 1965, then known as Unna. It acquired its current name in the 1980 election. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was constituency 123 in the numbering system. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 116. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 145. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 144. From the 2025 election, it has been number 143.
Originally, the constituency was coterminous with the Unna district. It acquired its current borders in the 1980 election.
Election | No. | Name | Borders |
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1965 | 123 | Unna |
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1969 | |||
1972 | |||
1976 | |||
1980 | 116 | Unna I |
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1983 | |||
1987 | |||
1990 | |||
1994 | |||
1998 | |||
2002 | 145 | ||
2005 | |||
2009 | |||
2013 | 144 | ||
2017 | |||
2021 | |||
2025 | 143 |
Members
editThe constituency has been held continuously by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) since its creation. It was first represented by Manfred Schulte from 1965 to 1987. Ulrich Böhme was representative from 1987 to 1998, followed by Rolf Stöckel until 2009. Oliver Kaczmarek was elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2013, 2017, and 2021.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1965 | Manfred Schulte | SPD | 54.0 | |
1969 | 57.4 | |||
1972 | 64.1 | |||
1976 | 59.5 | |||
1980 | 59.1 | |||
1983 | 55.0 | |||
1987 | Ulrich Böhme | SPD | 55.4 | |
1990 | 52.9 | |||
1994 | 55.5 | |||
1998 | Rolf Stöckel | SPD | 59.3 | |
2002 | 56.4 | |||
2005 | 54.8 | |||
2009 | Oliver Kaczmarek | SPD | 42.6 | |
2013 | 46.7 | |||
2017 | 38.8 | |||
2021 | 40.8 |
Election results
edit2021 election
editFederal election (2021): Unna I[3] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
SPD | Oliver Kaczmarek | 59,869 | 40.8 | 2.0 | 53,490 | 36.4 | 2.8 | ||
CDU | Hubert Hüppe | 36,810 | 25.1 | 6.7 | 31,995 | 21.8 | 5.4 | ||
Greens | Michael Sacher[a] | 20,340 | 13.9 | 7.4 | 20,022 | 13.6 | 6.8 | ||
AfD | Ulrich Lehmann | 11,736 | 8.0 | 1.1 | 11,428 | 7.8 | 2.0 | ||
FDP | Suat Gülden | 9,137 | 6.2 | 0.2 | 15,286 | 10.4 | 1.1 | ||
Left | Andreas Meier | 4,731 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 5,154 | 3.5 | 3.4 | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 2,562 | 1.7 | 0.8 | ||||||
PARTEI | 1,740 | 1.2 | 0.4 | ||||||
FW | Thomas Cieszynski | 1,967 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 1,088 | 0.7 | 0.4 | ||
dieBasis | Artur Helios | 1,451 | 1.0 | 1,151 | 0.8 | ||||
Team Todenhöfer | 823 | 0.6 | |||||||
Independent | Nadine Peiler | 535 | 0.4 | ||||||
Pirates | 534 | 0.4 | 0.2 | ||||||
Volt | 331 | 0.2 | |||||||
LIEBE | 211 | 0.1 | |||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 193 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
LfK | 175 | 0.1 | |||||||
NPD | 144 | 0.1 | 0.2 | ||||||
Humanists | 107 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
V-Partei3 | 102 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
Bündnis C | 89 | 0.1 | |||||||
du. | 76 | 0.1 | |||||||
ÖDP | 72 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
MLPD | Tobias Thylmann | 185 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 64 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
45 | 0.0 | ||||||||
DKP | 24 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
LKR | 19 | 0.0 | |||||||
SGP | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,322 | 1,147 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 146,761 | 146,936 | |||||||
Turnout | 148,083 | 76.1 | 0.1 | ||||||
SPD hold | Majority | 23,059 | 15.7 | 8.7 |
2017 election
editFederal election (2017): Unna I[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
SPD | Oliver Kaczmarek | 58,019 | 38.8 | 7.8 | 50,205 | 33.6 | 7.4 | ||
CDU | Hubert Hüppe | 47,452 | 31.8 | 4.1 | 40,697 | 27.2 | 4.7 | ||
AfD | Andreas Handt | 13,558 | 9.1 | 14,689 | 9.8 | 6.1 | |||
FDP | Heike Schaumann | 9,635 | 6.4 | 4.7 | 17,196 | 11.5 | 7.5 | ||
Greens | Michael Sacher | 9,600 | 6.4 | 0.8 | 10,254 | 6.9 | 1.0 | ||
Left | Ruth Tietz | 8,048 | 5.4 | 0.1 | 10,313 | 6.9 | 0.7 | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,376 | 0.9 | |||||||
PARTEI | 1,146 | 0.8 | 0.4 | ||||||
Pirates | Marcel Stephan Clostermann | 1,565 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 804 | 0.5 | 1.6 | ||
AD-DEMOKRATEN | 717 | 0.5 | |||||||
FW | Thomas Cieszynski | 941 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 561 | 0.4 | 0.2 | ||
NPD | 463 | 0.3 | 0.7 | ||||||
Independent | Jürgen Mollik | 406 | 0.3 | ||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 166 | 0.1 | |||||||
Volksabstimmung | 165 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||
V-Partei³ | 148 | 0.1 | |||||||
DM | 143 | 0.1 | |||||||
DiB | 122 | 0.1 | |||||||
ÖDP | 115 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
BGE | 97 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | Tobias Michael Karl Thylmann | 161 | 0.1 | 88 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |||
Die Humanisten | 76 | 0.1 | |||||||
SGP | 20 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
DKP | 19 | 0.0 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,446 | 1,251 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 149,385 | 149,580 | |||||||
Turnout | 150,831 | 76.2 | 2.2 | ||||||
SPD hold | Majority | 10,567 | 7.0 | 3.9 |
2013 election
editFederal election (2013): Unna I[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
SPD | Oliver Kaczmarek | 68,287 | 46.7 | 4.1 | 60,019 | 40.9 | 3.3 | ||
CDU | Hubert Hüppe | 52,433 | 35.8 | 3.4 | 46,794 | 31.9 | 5.7 | ||
Greens | Malte Spitz | 8,242 | 5.6 | 3.0 | 11,567 | 7.9 | 1.4 | ||
Left | Walter Wendt-Kleinberg | 7,749 | 5.3 | 3.2 | 9,127 | 6.2 | 3.2 | ||
AfD | 5,525 | 3.8 | |||||||
Pirates | Marcel Clostermann | 3,535 | 2.4 | 3,189 | 2.2 | 0.5 | |||
FDP | Heike Schaumann | 2,514 | 1.7 | 4.7 | 5,850 | 4.0 | 8.1 | ||
NPD | 2,174 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1,505 | 1.0 | 0.1 | |||
FW | 1,342 | 0.9 | 882 | 0.6 | |||||
PARTEI | 557 | 0.4 | |||||||
PRO | 362 | 0.2 | |||||||
Volksabstimmung | 309 | 0.2 | 0.1 | ||||||
BIG | 172 | 0.1 | |||||||
Nichtwahler | 141 | 0.1 | |||||||
REP | 139 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||
ÖDP | 125 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
Party of Reason | 114 | 0.1 | |||||||
RRP | 83 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||
MLPD | 55 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
BüSo | 40 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
PSG | 31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Die Rechte | 29 | 0.0 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,843 | 1,504 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 146,276 | 146,615 | |||||||
Turnout | 148,119 | 74.0 | 0.7 | ||||||
SPD hold | Majority | 15,854 | 10.9 | 0.7 |
2009 election
editFederal election (2009): Unna I[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
SPD | Oliver Kaczmarek | 62,638 | 42.6 | 12.2 | 55,439 | 37.6 | 12.7 | ||
CDU | Hubert Hüppe | 47,702 | 32.4 | 0.8 | 38,646 | 26.2 | 0.4 | ||
Greens | Friedrich Ostendorff | 12,737 | 8.7 | 3.7 | 13,756 | 9.3 | 2.2 | ||
Left | Walter Wendt-Kleinberg | 12,451 | 8.5 | 4.1 | 13,842 | 9.4 | 4.0 | ||
FDP | Gero Heinrich Bangerter | 9,418 | 6.4 | 3.3 | 17,773 | 12.1 | 4.3 | ||
Pirates | 2,439 | 1.7 | |||||||
NPD | Holger Steinbiß | 2,206 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 1,665 | 1.1 | 0.2 | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,045 | 0.7 | 0.2 | ||||||
RENTNER | 958 | 0.7 | |||||||
FAMILIE | 727 | 0.5 | 0.1 | ||||||
REP | 307 | 0.2 | 0.1 | ||||||
DVU | 207 | 0.1 | |||||||
RRP | 183 | 0.1 | |||||||
Volksabstimmung | 144 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
ÖDP | 88 | 0.1 | |||||||
Centre | 52 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
MLPD | 44 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
BüSo | 24 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
PSG | 18 | 0.0 | 0.1 | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,757 | 1,552 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 147,152 | 147,357 | |||||||
Turnout | 148,909 | 73.4 | 6.8 | ||||||
SPD hold | Majority | 14,936 | 10.2 | 13.0 |
Notes
edit- ^ Sacher entered the Bundestag on the Greens list after the resignation of Oliver Krischer in June 2022.
References
edit- ^ a b "Constituency Unna I". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Results for Unna I". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ Results for Unna I
- ^ Results for Unna I
- ^ Results for Unna I
- ^ Results for Unna I