Heinsberg (electoral district)
88 Heinsberg | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
![]() Heinsberg in 2025 | |
State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Population | 255,600 (2019) |
Electorate | 192,346 (2021) |
Major settlements | Erkelenz Heinsberg Hückelhoven |
Area | 627.9 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 1949 |
Party | CDU |
Member | Wilfried Oellers |
Elected | 2013, 2017, 2021 |
Heinsberg 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 88. It is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the Heinsberg district.[1]
Heinsberg was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2013, it has been represented by Wilfried Oellers of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]
Geography
[edit]Heinsberg is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Heinsberg district.[1]
History
[edit]Heinsberg was created in 1949, then known as Geilenkirchen – Erkelenz – Jülich. In the 1965 and 1969 elections, it was named Geilenkirchen – Heinsberg. It acquired its current name in the 1972 election. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 3 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 62. From 1965 through 1998, it was number 55. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 90. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 89. From the 2025 election, it has been number 88.
Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Geilenkirchen-Heinsberg, Erkelenz, and Jülich. In the 1965 and 1969 elections, it comprised the districts of Geilenkirchen and Heinsberg. In the 1972 election, it was coterminous with Heinsberg district. In the 1976 election, it also contained the municipality of Niederkrüchten from the Viersen district. It acquired its current borders in the 1980 election.
Election | No. | Name | Borders |
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1949 | 3 | Geilenkirchen – Erkelenz – Jülich |
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1953 | 62 | ||
1957 | |||
1961 | |||
1965 | 55 | Geilenkirchen – Heinsberg | |
1969 | |||
1972 | Heinsberg |
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1976 |
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1980 |
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1983 | |||
1987 | |||
1990 | |||
1994 | |||
1998 | |||
2002 | 90 | ||
2005 | |||
2009 | |||
2013 | 89 | ||
2017 | |||
2021 | |||
2025 | 88 |
Members
[edit]The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation. It was first represented by Karl Müller from 1949 to 1957, followed by Karl Arnold for a single term. Fritz Burgbacher was elected in 1961 and served until 1972. Adolf Freiherr Spies von Büllesheim served until 1987, followed by Karl H. Fell until 1998. Leo Dautzenberg was elected in the 1998 election and served until 2013. Wilfried Oellers was elected in 2013, and re-elected in 2017 and 2021.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1949 | Karl Müller | CDU | 64.2 | |
1953 | 71.0 | |||
1957 | Karl Arnold | CDU | 72.6 | |
1961 | Fritz Burgbacher | CDU | 64.4 | |
1965 | 63.1 | |||
1969 | 60.9 | |||
1972 | Adolf Freiherr Spies von Büllesheim | CDU | 59.9 | |
1976 | 61.4 | |||
1980 | 58.4 | |||
1983 | 62.8 | |||
1987 | Karl H. Fell | CDU | 57.6 | |
1990 | 55.8 | |||
1994 | 53.4 | |||
1998 | Leo Dautzenberg | CDU | 49.2 | |
2002 | 50.3 | |||
2005 | 51.4 | |||
2009 | 50.4 | |||
2013 | Wilfried Oellers | CDU | 53.4 | |
2017 | 45.6 | |||
2021 | 39.7 |
Election results
[edit]2021 election
[edit]Federal election (2021): Heinsberg[3] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
57,095 | 39.7 | ![]() |
46,466 | 32.3 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Norbert Spinrath | 37,249 | 25.9 | ![]() |
38,822 | 27.0 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Dignanllely Meurer | 15,368 | 10.7 | ![]() |
16,858 | 11.7 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Hermann Navel | 10,965 | 7.6 | ![]() |
11,359 | 7.9 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Alexander Dorner | 10,691 | 7.4 | ![]() |
16,023 | 11.1 | ![]() | ||
PARTEI | Mark Benecke | 4,901 | 3.4 | 1,929 | 1.3 | ![]() | |||
Left | Rüdiger Birmann | 3,608 | 2.5 | ![]() |
4,529 | 3.1 | ![]() | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 2,334 | 1.6 | ![]() | ||||||
FW | Hans-Peter Weiland | 2,288 | 1.6 | ![]() |
1,375 | 1.0 | ![]() | ||
dieBasis | Michael Aggelidis | 1,554 | 1.1 | 1,602 | 1.1 | ||||
Pirates | 532 | 0.4 | ![]() | ||||||
Team Todenhöfer | 438 | 0.3 | |||||||
Volt | 382 | 0.3 | |||||||
LIEBE | 235 | 0.2 | |||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 210 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
NPD | 209 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
LfK | 155 | 0.1 | |||||||
V-Partei3 | 109 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
ÖDP | 87 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Humanists | 75 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Bündnis C | 53 | 0.0 | |||||||
47 | 0.0 | ||||||||
LKR | 30 | 0.0 | |||||||
MLPD | 18 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
SGP | 14 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
DKP | 10 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,649 | 1,397 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 143,719 | 143,971 | |||||||
Turnout | 145,368 | 75.6 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 19,846 | 13.8 | ![]() |
2017 election
[edit]Federal election (2017): Heinsberg[4] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
64,121 | 45.6 | ![]() |
55,605 | 39.5 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Norbert Spinrath | 39,301 | 28.0 | ![]() |
36,421 | 25.9 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Hermann Navel | 11,652 | 8.3 | ![]() |
12,313 | 8.7 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Klaus Jürgen Wagner | 9,334 | 6.6 | ![]() |
16,111 | 11.4 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Christoph Stolzenberger | 6,964 | 5.0 | ![]() |
7,281 | 5.2 | ![]() | ||
Left | Wolfram Steinhage | 6,424 | 4.6 | ![]() |
7,909 | 5.6 | ![]() | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,179 | 0.8 | |||||||
PARTEI | 805 | 0.6 | ![]() | ||||||
FW | Sascha Mattern | 1,536 | 1.1 | 747 | 0.5 | ![]() | |||
Pirates | Kai Torsten Boxberg | 1,272 | 0.9 | ![]() |
669 | 0.5 | ![]() | ||
NPD | 457 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||||||
AD-DEMOKRATEN | 368 | 0.3 | |||||||
V-Partei³ | 150 | 0.1 | |||||||
DiB | 149 | 0.1 | |||||||
Volksabstimmung | 137 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 134 | 0.1 | |||||||
ÖDP | 123 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
DM | 119 | 0.1 | |||||||
BGE | 100 | 0.1 | |||||||
Die Humanisten | 61 | 0.0 | |||||||
MLPD | 46 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
DKP | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||
SGP | 8 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,726 | 1,440 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 140,604 | 140,890 | |||||||
Turnout | 142,330 | 74.9 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 24,820 | 17.6 | ![]() |
2013 election
[edit]Federal election (2013): Heinsberg[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Wilfried Oellers | 70,649 | 53.4 | ![]() |
65,417 | 49.3 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Norbert Spinrath | 37,444 | 28.3 | ![]() |
34,895 | 26.3 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Hans Josef Dederichs | 7,511 | 5.7 | ![]() |
7,336 | 5.5 | ![]() | ||
Left | Ayten Kaplan | 5,720 | 4.3 | ![]() |
6,915 | 5.2 | ![]() | ||
Pirates | Katharina Lenzen | 3,310 | 2.5 | 3,019 | 2.3 | ![]() | |||
AfD | Hermann Navel | 3,043 | 2.3 | 4,652 | 3.5 | ||||
FDP | Linus Kester Stieldorf | 2,921 | 2.2 | ![]() |
6,543 | 4.9 | ![]() | ||
NPD | Heiko Glowka | 1,718 | 1.3 | ![]() |
1,427 | 1.1 | ![]() | ||
PARTEI | 556 | 0.4 | |||||||
FW | 437 | 0.3 | |||||||
REP | 254 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
PRO | 251 | 0.2 | |||||||
Volksabstimmung | 231 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
Nichtwahler | 195 | 0.1 | |||||||
ÖDP | 145 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Party of Reason | 112 | 0.1 | |||||||
RRP | 77 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
BIG | 60 | 0.0 | |||||||
PSG | 44 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
BüSo | 29 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Die Rechte | 26 | 0.0 | |||||||
MLPD | 18 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,205 | 1,882 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 132,316 | 132,639 | |||||||
Turnout | 134,521 | 71.5 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 33,205 | 25.1 | ![]() |
2009 election
[edit]Federal election (2009): Heinsberg[6] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
65,143 | 50.4 | ![]() |
53,888 | 41.5 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Norbert Spinrath | 31,111 | 24.1 | ![]() |
27,877 | 21.5 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Andreas Rademachers | 12,342 | 9.5 | ![]() |
21,315 | 16.4 | ![]() | ||
Left | Christa Frohn | 9,859 | 7.6 | ![]() |
10,638 | 8.2 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Gisela Johlke | 8,933 | 6.9 | 9,307 | 7.2 | ![]() | |||
Pirates | 1,976 | 1.5 | |||||||
NPD | Helmut Gudat | 1,964 | 1.5 | ![]() |
1,532 | 1.2 | ![]() | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,047 | 0.8 | ![]() | ||||||
FAMILIE | 784 | 0.6 | ![]() | ||||||
RENTNER | 420 | 0.3 | |||||||
REP | 413 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||||||
RRP | 199 | 0.2 | |||||||
Volksabstimmung | 145 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
ÖDP | 94 | 0.1 | |||||||
DVU | 73 | 0.1 | |||||||
Centre | 69 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
BüSo | 24 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
PSG | 20 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
MLPD | 17 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,409 | 1,923 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 129,352 | 129,838 | |||||||
Turnout | 131,761 | 70.2 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 34,032 | 26.3 | ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Constituency Heinsberg". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Results for Heinsberg". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ Results for Heinsberg
- ^ Results for Heinsberg
- ^ Results for Heinsberg
- ^ Results for Heinsberg