120 Recklinghausen I | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
![]() Recklinghausen I in 2025 | |
State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Population | 214,100 (2019) |
Electorate | 165,193 (2021) |
Major settlements | Recklinghausen Castrop-Rauxel |
Area | 165.3 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 1949 |
Party | SPD |
Member | Frank Schwabe |
Elected | 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021 |
Recklinghausen 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 120. It is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the southeastern part of the Recklinghausen district.[1]
Recklinghausen I was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2005, it has been represented by Frank Schwabe of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]
Geography
[edit]Recklinghausen I is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the municipalities of Castrop-Rauxel, Recklinghausen, and Waltrop from the Recklinghausen district.[1]
History
[edit]Recklinghausen I was created in 1949, then known as Recklinghausen-Stadt. It acquired its current name in the 1980 West German federal election.
In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 42 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 101. From 1965 through 1976, it was number 100. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 91. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 122. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 121. From the 2025 election, it has been number 120.
Originally, the constituency comprised only the city of Recklinghausen. From 1965 through 1976, it comprised the independent city of Recklinghausen and the municipalities of Waltrop, Henrichenburg, Datteln, Oer-Erkenschwick, and Haltern from the Recklinghausen district. It acquired its current borders in the 1980 election.
Election | No. | Name | Borders |
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1949 | 42 | Recklinghausen-Stadt |
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1953 | 101 | ||
1957 | |||
1961 | |||
1965 | 100 |
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1969 | |||
1972 | |||
1976 | |||
1980 | 91 | Recklinghausen I |
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1983 | |||
1987 | |||
1990 | |||
1994 | |||
1998 | |||
2002 | 122 | ||
2005 | |||
2009 | |||
2013 | 121 | ||
2017 | |||
2021 | |||
2025 | 120 |
Members
[edit]The constituency has been held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) during all but three Bundestag terms since 1949. It was first represented by Bernhard Winkelheide of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1949 to 1961. Heinrich Auge of the SPD was elected in 1961 and served two terms, followed by Erich Wolfram from 1969 to 1987. Heinz-Werner Meyer served a single term from 1987 to 1990. He was succeeded by Jochen Welt from 1990 to 2005. Frank Schwabe was elected in 2005, and re-elected in 2009, 2013, 2017, and 2021.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1949 | Bernhard Winkelheide | CDU | 48.3 | |
1953 | 49.4 | |||
1957 | 50.5 | |||
1961 | Heinrich Auge | SPD | 44.3 | |
1965 | 51.1 | |||
1969 | Erich Wolfram | SPD | 53.5 | |
1972 | 59.7 | |||
1976 | 56.1 | |||
1980 | 57.5 | |||
1983 | 53.9 | |||
1987 | Heinz-Werner Meyer | SPD | 53.9 | |
1990 | Jochen Welt | SPD | 52.4 | |
1994 | 54.8 | |||
1998 | 58.8 | |||
2002 | 56.2 | |||
2005 | Frank Schwabe | SPD | 55.7 | |
2009 | 43.1 | |||
2013 | 45.2 | |||
2017 | 38.7 | |||
2021 | 41.0 |
Election results
[edit]2021 election
[edit]Federal election (2021): Recklinghausen 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 | ![]() |
49,437 | 41.0 | ![]() |
42,552 | 35.2 | ![]() | ||
CDU | Michael Breilmann | 30,845 | 25.6 | ![]() |
27,988 | 23.2 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Nils Stennei | 12,833 | 10.6 | ![]() |
15,180 | 12.6 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Lutz Wagner | 11,087 | 9.2 | ![]() |
10,927 | 9.1 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Marlies Greve | 8,481 | 7.0 | ![]() |
11,989 | 9.9 | ![]() | ||
Left | Uwe Biletzke | 3,605 | 3.0 | ![]() |
4,239 | 3.5 | ![]() | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,961 | 1.6 | ![]() | ||||||
PARTEI | Carsten Majewski | 2,722 | 2.3 | 1,526 | 1.3 | ![]() | |||
dieBasis | Marcus Puller | 1,282 | 1.1 | 966 | 0.8 | ||||
Team Todenhöfer | 913 | 0.8 | |||||||
FW | 594 | 0.5 | ![]() | ||||||
Pirates | 473 | 0.4 | ![]() | ||||||
Volt | 242 | 0.2 | |||||||
LIEBE | 170 | 0.1 | |||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 164 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
NPD | 152 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
LfK | 140 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | Klaus Dumberger | 128 | 0.1 | ![]() |
87 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||
V-Partei3 | 80 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Humanists | 72 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Bündnis C | 69 | 0.1 | |||||||
du. | 62 | 0.1 | |||||||
ÖDP | 60 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
42 | 0.0 | ||||||||
DKP | Werner Sarbok | 99 | 0.1 | 40 | 0.0 | ![]() | |||
LKR | 33 | 0.0 | |||||||
SGP | 16 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,121 | 903 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 120,519 | 120,737 | |||||||
Turnout | 121,640 | 73.6 | ![]() |
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SPD hold | Majority | 18,592 | 15.4 | ![]() |
2017 election
[edit]Federal election (2017): Recklinghausen I[4] | |||||||||
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Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
SPD | ![]() |
47,257 | 38.7 | ![]() |
38,822 | 31.6 | ![]() | ||
CDU | Michael Breilmann | 37,792 | 30.9 | ![]() |
35,108 | 28.6 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Steffen Michel Sigmar Christ | 13,953 | 11.4 | ![]() |
14,777 | 12.0 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Anne Krüger | 8,791 | 7.2 | ![]() |
12,674 | 10.3 | ![]() | ||
Left | Erich Karl Burmeister | 8,043 | 6.6 | ![]() |
8,970 | 7.3 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Jan Matzoll | 6,079 | 5.0 | ![]() |
7,132 | 5.8 | ![]() | ||
PARTEI | 1,163 | 0.9 | ![]() | ||||||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,060 | 0.9 | |||||||
AD-DEMOKRATEN | 892 | 0.7 | |||||||
Pirates | 540 | 0.4 | ![]() | ||||||
NPD | 362 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||||||
FW | 320 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||||||
MLPD | Yvonne Adamski | 327 | 0.3 | 168 | 0.1 | ![]() | |||
Volksabstimmung | 138 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 134 | 0.1 | |||||||
V-Partei³ | 125 | 0.1 | |||||||
DiB | 124 | 0.1 | |||||||
DM | 109 | 0.1 | |||||||
BGE | 100 | 0.1 | |||||||
ÖDP | 78 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Die Humanisten | 66 | 0.1 | |||||||
DKP | 14 | 0.0 | |||||||
SGP | 8 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,716 | 1,074 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 122,242 | 122,884 | |||||||
Turnout | 123,958 | 73.2 | ![]() |
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SPD hold | Majority | 9,465 | 7.8 | ![]() |
2013 election
[edit]Federal election (2013): Recklinghausen I[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
SPD | ![]() |
54,504 | 45.2 | ![]() |
48,070 | 39.8 | ![]() | ||
CDU | Philipp Mißfelder | 41,383 | 34.3 | ![]() |
40,898 | 33.8 | ![]() | ||
Left | Erich Burmeister | 7,410 | 6.1 | ![]() |
8,244 | 6.8 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Sebastian Ohler | 6,178 | 5.1 | ![]() |
7,716 | 6.4 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Ulrich Wolinski | 3,921 | 3.3 | 5,464 | 4.5 | ||||
Pirates | Thomas Weijers | 2,953 | 2.4 | 2,661 | 2.2 | ![]() | |||
FDP | Mathias Richter | 2,426 | 2.0 | ![]() |
4,100 | 3.4 | ![]() | ||
NPD | Werner Goedeke | 1,770 | 1.5 | ![]() |
1,530 | 1.3 | ![]() | ||
PARTEI | 410 | 0.3 | |||||||
PRO | 402 | 0.3 | |||||||
Volksabstimmung | 217 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
REP | 204 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
FW | 185 | 0.2 | |||||||
Nichtwahler | 163 | 0.1 | |||||||
BIG | 162 | 0.1 | |||||||
ÖDP | 152 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
MLPD | 86 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
RRP | 85 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Party of Reason | 79 | 0.1 | |||||||
Die Rechte | 41 | 0.0 | |||||||
PSG | 37 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
BüSo | 21 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,801 | 1,419 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 120,545 | 120,927 | |||||||
Turnout | 122,346 | 71.1 | ![]() |
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SPD hold | Majority | 13,121 | 10.9 | ![]() |
2009 election
[edit]Federal election (2009): Recklinghausen I[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
SPD | ![]() |
52,627 | 43.1 | ![]() |
43,571 | 35.5 | ![]() | ||
CDU | Philipp Mißfelder | 37,504 | 30.7 | ![]() |
34,732 | 28.3 | ![]() | ||
Left | Erich Burmeister | 12,781 | 10.5 | ![]() |
14,202 | 11.6 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Michael Postel | 9,090 | 7.4 | ![]() |
13,462 | 11.0 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Monya Schnittke | 7,846 | 6.4 | ![]() |
9,984 | 8.1 | ![]() | ||
Pirates | 2,162 | 1.8 | |||||||
NPD | Marion Reinert | 2,078 | 1.7 | ![]() |
1,470 | 1.2 | ![]() | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 852 | 0.7 | ![]() | ||||||
FAMILIE | 599 | 0.5 | ![]() | ||||||
RENTNER | 463 | 0.4 | |||||||
REP | 410 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||||||
Independent | Herold Albert Schincke | 264 | 0.2 | ||||||
RRP | 202 | 0.2 | |||||||
DVU | 182 | 0.1 | |||||||
Volksabstimmung | 102 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
ÖDP | 82 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | 80 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Centre | 56 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
BüSo | 30 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
PSG | 17 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,847 | 1,379 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 122,190 | 122,658 | |||||||
Turnout | 124,037 | 71.0 | ![]() |
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SPD hold | Majority | 15,123 | 12.4 | ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Constituency Recklinghausen I". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Results for Recklinghausen I". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Ergebnisse Recklinghausen I – Der Bundeswahlleiter". www.bundeswahlleiter.de.
- ^ "Ergebnisse Recklinghausen I – Der Bundeswahlleiter". www.bundeswahlleiter.de.
- ^ "Ergebnisse Recklinghausen I – Der Bundeswahlleiter". www.bundeswahlleiter.de.
- ^ "Übersicht". 16 June 2011. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011.