Krefeld II – Wesel II

Krefeld II – Wesel II in North Rhine-Westphalia

Krefeld II – Wesel 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 114.It consists of the cities of Moers and Neukirchen-Vluyn from the Wesel district and the northern sections of the city of Krefeld, namely the city districts of Nord, Hüls, Mitte and Ost.[1]

The constituency was created for the 2002 election, from parts of the abolished Krefeld and Wesel II constituencies. It has been won by the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) candidate Siegmund Ehrmann at every election since its creation.[2]

2013 election result

Party Constituency results List results
Candidate Votes % share +/- Votes % share +/-
Social Democratic Party of Germany Siegmund Ehrmann 53,578 41.5 +1.9 44,856 34.6 +2.6
Christian Democratic Union Kerstin Radomski 51,835 40.1 +5.0 47,806 36.9 +6.6
The Left Gabriele Kaenders 6,994 5.4 -2.5 8,546 6.6 -2.3
Alliance '90/The Greens Ursula Schauws 6,888 5.3 -2.1 9,485 7.3 -2.6
Free Democratic Party Michael Terwiesche 3,245 2.5 -6.2 7,237 5.6 -8.6
Pirate Party Peter Klein 3,040 2.4 N/A 2,739 2.1 +0.5
National Democratic Party of Germany Philippe Bodewig 2,039 1.6 +0.5 1,463 1.1 +0.3
Free Voters Josef Stork 730 0.6 N/A 402 0.3 N/A
Die PARTEI Richard Jörg Jansen 620 0.5 N/A 534 0.4 N/A
Marxist–Leninist Party of Germany Klaus Wallenstein 268 0.2 -0.0 110 0.1 -0.0
Alternative for Germany N/A N/A N/A N/A 5,085 3.9 N/A
Others N/A N/A N/A N/A 1,433 1.1 N/A

Source:[3]

References

  1. ↑ Constituency boundaries, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 29 June 2014
  2. ↑ Heveling und Ehrmann direkt gewählt, Rheinische Post, 22 September 2013
  3. ↑ 2013 constituency results, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 29 June 2014

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