Herne – Bochum II

Location of Herne – Bochum II in North Rhine-Westphalia

Herne – Bochum II is one of the 299 single member constituencies (German: Wahlkreis) used for the German parliament, the Bundestag. It is one of sixty four electoral districts in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The constituency elects one representative under the mixed member proportional representation (MMP) system. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 141. The constituency contains the whole of the municipality of Herne and the northern and eastern districts of Bochum.[1]

The constituency was created for the 2002 election, expanding the whole of the former Herne – Bochum III constituency. Like its predecessor, it has been won by the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) at every election since its creation. The current representative is Michelle Müntefering, who was first elected at the 2013 election[2]

2013 election result

Party Constituency results List results
Candidate Votes % share +/- Votes % share +/-
Social Democratic Party of Germany Michelle Müntefering 60,610 48.7 -2.6 54,876 43.9 +3.6
Christian Democratic Union Ingrid Marianne Fischbach 37,807 30.4 +3.5 35,149 28.1 +5.4
The Left Markus Dowe 9,500 7.6 N/A 10,162 8.1 -4.7
Alliance '90/The Greens Sabine von der Beck 7,194 5.8 -4.1 8,275 6.6 -2.1
Pirate Party Andreas Prennig 3,779 3.0 N/A 3,078 2.5 +0.8
National Democratic Party of Germany Markus Schumacher 3,348 2.7 +0.6 2,225 1.8 +0.5
Free Democratic Party Frank Leschowski 1,894 1.5 -5.3 3,528 2.8 -6.3
Marxist–Leninist Party of Germany Peter Georg Weispfenning 398 0.3 -0.6 198 0.2 -0.0
Alternative for Germany N/A N/A N/A N/A 4,949 4.0 N/A
Others N/A N/A N/A N/A 2,693 2.2 N/A

Source:[3]

References

  1. ↑ Constituency boundaries, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 21 June 2014
  2. ↑ Sieg für Müntefering (SPD) im Wahlkreis Herne/Bochum II, Der Westen, 22 September 2013
  3. ↑ 2013 constituency results, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 21 June 2014

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