102 Solingen – Remscheid – Wuppertal II | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
![]() Solingen – Remscheid – Wuppertal II in 2025 | |
State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Population | 312,700 (2019) |
Electorate | 220,204 (2021) |
Major settlements | Solingen Remscheid Wuppertal (partial) |
Area | 201.7 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 1949 |
Party | SPD |
Member | Ingo Schäfer |
Elected | 2021 |
Solingen – Remscheid – Wuppertal II 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 102. It is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the cities of Solingen, Remscheid, and small parts of Wuppertal.[1]
Solingen – Remscheid – Wuppertal II was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Ingo Schäfer of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]
Geography
[edit]Solingen – Remscheid – Wuppertal II is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the independent cities of Solingen and Remscheid, as well as the districts of Cronenberg and Ronsdorf from the independent city of Wuppertal.[1]
History
[edit]Solingen – Remscheid – Wuppertal II was created in 1949, then known as Remscheid – Solingen. From 1965 through 1976, it was named Solingen. From 1980 through 1998, it was named Solingen – Remscheid. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 15 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 74. From 1965 through 1998, it was number 71. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 104. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 103. From the 2025 election, it has been number 102.
Originally, the constituency comprised the cities of Solingen and Remscheid. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was coterminous with Solingen. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it again comprised Solingen and Remscheid. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.
Election | No. | Name | Borders |
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1949 | 15 | Remscheid – Solingen | |
1953 | 74 | ||
1957 | |||
1961 | |||
1965 | 71 | Solingen |
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1969 | |||
1972 | |||
1976 | |||
1980 | Solingen – Remscheid | ||
1983 | |||
1987 | |||
1990 | |||
1994 | |||
1998 | |||
2002 | 104 | Solingen – Remscheid – Wuppertal II |
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2005 | |||
2009 | |||
2013 | 103 | ||
2017 | |||
2021 | |||
2025 | 102 |
Members
[edit]The constituency was first represented by Hermann Runge of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1949 to 1953. It was won by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in 1953 and represented by Fritz Hellwig for a single term, followed by fellow CDU member Franz Etzel for two terms. Arthur Killat of the CDU was elected in 1965 and served until 1972, when the SPD won the constituency. Heinz Schreiber then served until 1983, when Bernd Wilz of the CDU was elected. He served three terms before SPD candidate Hans-Werner Bertl won in 1994. He was succeeded in 2005 by Jürgen Kucharczyk, who served a single term. The CDU's Jürgen Hardt was elected in 2009 and re-elected in 2013 and 2017. Ingo Schäfer regained the constituency for the SPD in 2021.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1949 | Hermann Runge | SPD | 25.0 | |
1953 | Fritz Hellwig | CDU | 38.6 | |
1957 | Franz Etzel | CDU | 50.7 | |
1961 | 41.5 | |||
1965 | Arthur Killat | CDU | 45.1 | |
1969 | 39.3 | |||
1972 | Heinz Schreiber | SPD | 52.2 | |
1976 | 47.6 | |||
1980 | 49.5 | |||
1983 | Bernd Wilz | CDU | 47.2 | |
1987 | 44.4 | |||
1990 | 42.0 | |||
1994 | Hans-Werner Bertl | SPD | 44.7 | |
1998 | 49.8 | |||
2002 | 47.1 | |||
2005 | Jürgen Kucharczyk | SPD | 43.3 | |
2009 | Jürgen Hardt | CDU | 39.0 | |
2013 | 44.3 | |||
2017 | 38.2 | |||
2021 | Ingo Schäfer | SPD | 32.6 |
Election results
[edit]2021 election
[edit]Federal election (2021): Solingen – Remscheid – Wuppertal II[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 | Ingo Schäfer | 52,852 | 32.6 | ![]() |
48,196 | 29.7 | ![]() | ||
CDU | ![]() |
44,778 | 27.6 | ![]() |
39,413 | 24.3 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Silvia Vaeckenstedt | 20,967 | 12.9 | ![]() |
24,296 | 15.0 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Robert Weindl | 17,406 | 10.7 | ![]() |
20,256 | 12.5 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Frederick Kühne | 12,335 | 7.6 | ![]() |
12,506 | 7.7 | ![]() | ||
Left | Mohamad Shoan Vaisi | 5,099 | 3.1 | ![]() |
6,076 | 3.7 | ![]() | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 2,521 | 1.6 | ![]() | ||||||
PARTEI | Judith Röder | 3,398 | 2.1 | ![]() |
2,044 | 1.3 | ![]() | ||
dieBasis | Volker Dörner | 2,233 | 1.4 | 1,913 | 1.2 | ||||
Team Todenhöfer | 1,312 | 0.8 | |||||||
FW | Jan Klein | 1,662 | 1.0 | 1,086 | 0.7 | ![]() | |||
Independent | Peter Kramer | 1,070 | 0.7 | ||||||
Pirates | 624 | 0.4 | ![]() | ||||||
Volt | 470 | 0.3 | |||||||
LIEBE | 260 | 0.2 | |||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 194 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Humanists | 174 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
LfK | 168 | 0.1 | |||||||
NPD | 143 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
V-Partei3 | 118 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
ÖDP | 99 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Bündnis C | 83 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | Christoph Gärtner | 169 | 0.1 | ![]() |
80 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||
70 | 0.0 | ||||||||
du. | 56 | 0.0 | |||||||
LKR | 30 | 0.0 | |||||||
DKP | 17 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
SGP | 13 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,526 | 1,277 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 161,969 | 162,218 | |||||||
Turnout | 163,495 | 74.2 | ![]() |
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SPD gain from CDU | Majority | 8,074 | 5.0 |
2017 election
[edit]Federal election (2017): Solingen – Remscheid – Wuppertal II[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
61,871 | 38.2 | ![]() |
51,318 | 31.6 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Ingo Schäfer | 49,863 | 30.8 | ![]() |
40,743 | 25.1 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Frederick Kühne | 15,303 | 9.5 | ![]() |
16,221 | 10.0 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Karin van der Most | 12,548 | 7.8 | ![]() |
22,947 | 14.1 | ![]() | ||
Left | Adrian Scheffels | 10,105 | 6.2 | ![]() |
12,689 | 7.8 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Ilka Brehmer | 9,403 | 5.8 | ![]() |
11,726 | 7.2 | ![]() | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,346 | 0.8 | |||||||
PARTEI | Matthias Streib | 2,403 | 1.5 | 1,331 | 0.8 | ![]() | |||
AD-DEMOKRATEN | 1,214 | 0.7 | |||||||
Pirates | 774 | 0.5 | ![]() | ||||||
NPD | 334 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
FW | 331 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
DM | 249 | 0.2 | |||||||
DiB | 185 | 0.1 | |||||||
V-Partei³ | 173 | 0.1 | |||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 171 | 0.1 | |||||||
BGE | 166 | 0.1 | |||||||
ÖDP | 164 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Volksabstimmung | 140 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
MLPD | Gabriele Fechtner | 266 | 0.2 | ![]() |
106 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||
Die Humanisten | 102 | 0.1 | |||||||
DKP | 21 | 0.0 | |||||||
SGP | 18 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,257 | 1,550 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 161,762 | 162,469 | |||||||
Turnout | 164,019 | 73.6 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 12,008 | 7.4 | ![]() |
2013 election
[edit]Federal election (2013): Solingen – Remscheid – Wuppertal II[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
70,269 | 44.3 | ![]() |
62,029 | 39.0 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Sven Wiertz | 52,931 | 33.4 | ![]() |
48,123 | 30.3 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Ursula Linda Zarniko | 11,334 | 7.1 | ![]() |
12,676 | 8.0 | ![]() | ||
Left | Gunhild Böth | 9,222 | 5.8 | ![]() |
10,740 | 6.8 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Hans Werner Karl Schmitz | 5,784 | 3.6 | 6,853 | 4.3 | ||||
Pirates | Ulrich Hasecke | 4,432 | 2.8 | 3,901 | 2.5 | ![]() | |||
FDP | Gerd Brems | 4,170 | 2.6 | ![]() |
9,650 | 6.1 | ![]() | ||
NPD | 1,590 | 1.0 | ![]() | ||||||
PARTEI | 786 | 0.5 | |||||||
PRO | 500 | 0.3 | |||||||
FW | 347 | 0.2 | |||||||
REP | 345 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
Volksabstimmung | 320 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
BIG | 263 | 0.2 | |||||||
ÖDP | 216 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Nichtwahler | 200 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | Gabriele Gärtner | 430 | 0.3 | 177 | 0.1 | ![]() | |||
Party of Reason | 138 | 0.1 | |||||||
RRP | 74 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
PSG | 36 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Die Rechte | 25 | 0.0 | |||||||
BüSo | 21 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,357 | 1,908 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 158,572 | 159,021 | |||||||
Turnout | 160,929 | 71.2 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 17,338 | 10.9 | ![]() |
2009 election
[edit]Federal election (2009): Solingen – Remscheid – Wuppertal II[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Jürgen Hardt | 62,365 | 39.0 | ![]() |
51,248 | 32.0 | ![]() | ||
SPD | ![]() |
54,910 | 34.3 | ![]() |
42,869 | 26.7 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Hans Lothar Schiffer | 13,940 | 8.7 | ![]() |
26,079 | 16.3 | ![]() | ||
Left | Heinz Hillebrand | 13,418 | 8.4 | ![]() |
15,057 | 9.4 | ![]() | ||
Greens | David Schichel | 12,956 | 8.1 | ![]() |
16,357 | 10.2 | ![]() | ||
Pirates | 2,891 | 1.8 | |||||||
NPD | Detlef Hartmann | 2,446 | 1.5 | ![]() |
1,668 | 1.0 | ![]() | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,103 | 0.7 | ![]() | ||||||
FAMILIE | 819 | 0.5 | ![]() | ||||||
RENTNER | 668 | 0.4 | |||||||
REP | 664 | 0.4 | ![]() | ||||||
RRP | 223 | 0.1 | |||||||
Volksabstimmung | 193 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
ÖDP | 157 | 0.1 | |||||||
DVU | 139 | 0.1 | |||||||
Centre | 102 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
MLPD | 91 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
BüSo | 44 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
PSG | 26 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,157 | 1,794 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 160,035 | 160,398 | |||||||
Turnout | 162,192 | 70.5 | ![]() |
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CDU gain from SPD | Majority | 7,455 | 4.7 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Constituency Solingen – Remscheid – Wuppertal II". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Results for Solingen – Remscheid – Wuppertal II". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ Results for Solingen – Remscheid – Wuppertal II
- ^ Results for Solingen – Remscheid – Wuppertal II
- ^ Results for Solingen – Remscheid – Wuppertal II
- ^ Results for Solingen – Remscheid – Wuppertal II