Kleve (electoral district)
111 Kleve | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
![]() Kleve in 2025 | |
State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Population | 312,500 (2019) |
Electorate | 225,463 (2021) |
Major settlements | Kleve Goch Geldern |
Area | 1,233.0 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 1949 |
Party | CDU |
Member | Stefan Rouenhoff |
Elected | 2017, 2021 |
Kleve 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 111. It is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the district of Kleve.[1]
Kleve was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Stefan Rouenhoff of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]
Geography
[edit]Kleve is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Kleve district.[1]
History
[edit]Kleve was created in 1949, then known as Geldern – Kleve. It acquired its current name in the 1965 election. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 26 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 85. From 1965 through 1976, it was number 83. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 81. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 113. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 112. From the 2025 election, it has been number 111.
Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Geldern and Kleve. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it comprised the Geldern and Kleve districts as well as the municipalities of Rheinberg, Xanten, Alpen, and Sonsbeck from the Moers district. Since 1980, it has been coterminous with the Kleve district.
Election | No. | Name | Borders |
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1949 | 26 | Geldern – Kleve |
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1953 | 85 | ||
1957 | |||
1961 | |||
1965 | 83 | Kleve | |
1969 | |||
1972 | |||
1976 | |||
1980 | 81 |
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1983 | |||
1987 | |||
1990 | |||
1994 | |||
1998 | |||
2002 | 113 | ||
2005 | |||
2009 | |||
2013 | 112 | ||
2017 | |||
2021 | |||
2025 | 111 |
Members
[edit]The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since 1949. It was first represented by Martin Frey from 1949 to 1953, followed by Emil Solke until 1961, Felix von Vittinghoff-Schell until 1969, and Solke again until 1976. Jochen van Aerssen then served from 1976 to 1983. Heinrich Seesing was representative from 1983 to 1994. Ronald Pofalla served from 1949 to 2017. Stefan Rouenhoff has been representative since the 2017 election.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1949 | Martin Frey | CDU | 60.0 | |
1953 | Emil Solke | CDU | 73.1 | |
1957 | 75.6 | |||
1961 | Felix von Vittinghoff-Schell | CDU | 70.6 | |
1965 | 68.2 | |||
1969 | Emil Solke | CDU | 63.5 | |
1972 | 58.7 | |||
1976 | Jochen van Aerssen | CDU | 60.3 | |
1980 | 55.5 | |||
1983 | Heinrich Seesing | CDU | 60.2 | |
1987 | 55.2 | |||
1990 | 52.5 | |||
1994 | Ronald Pofalla | CDU | 50.9 | |
1998 | 47.3 | |||
2002 | 46.1 | |||
2005 | 50.3 | |||
2009 | 48.9 | |||
2013 | 50.9 | |||
2017 | Stefan Rouenhoff | CDU | 45.0 | |
2021 | 37.6 |
Election results
[edit]2021 election
[edit]Federal election (2021): Kleve[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 | ![]() |
63,701 | 37.6 | ![]() |
54,793 | 32.3 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Bodo Wißen | 48,142 | 28.4 | ![]() |
47,837 | 28.2 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Friederike Janitza | 23,477 | 13.9 | ![]() |
23,587 | 13.9 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Georg Cluse | 14,821 | 8.7 | ![]() |
19,542 | 11.5 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Gerd Plorin | 9,788 | 5.8 | ![]() |
9,632 | 5.7 | ![]() | ||
Left | Norbert Hayduk | 4,235 | 2.5 | ![]() |
4,728 | 2.8 | ![]() | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 2,386 | 1.4 | ![]() | ||||||
FW | Adriana Hellmann | 3,409 | 2.0 | ![]() |
1,488 | 0.9 | ![]() | ||
dieBasis | Andreas Reiß | 1,892 | 1.1 | 1,628 | 1.0 | ||||
PARTEI | 1,438 | 0.8 | ![]() | ||||||
Pirates | 605 | 0.4 | ![]() | ||||||
Volt | 396 | 0.2 | |||||||
Team Todenhöfer | 297 | 0.2 | |||||||
LIEBE | 241 | 0.1 | |||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 224 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
LfK | 167 | 0.1 | |||||||
NPD | 150 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Humanists | 121 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
ÖDP | 115 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
V-Partei3 | 107 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
du. | 77 | 0.0 | |||||||
Bündnis C | 60 | 0.0 | |||||||
60 | 0.0 | ||||||||
MLPD | 28 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
LKR | 28 | 0.0 | |||||||
DKP | 17 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
SGP | 15 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,628 | 1,326 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 169,465 | 169,767 | |||||||
Turnout | 171,093 | 75.9 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 15,559 | 9.2 | ![]() |
2017 election
[edit]Federal election (2017): Kleve[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 | Stefan Rouenhoff | 75,375 | 45.0 | ![]() |
69,700 | 41.6 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Barbara Hendricks | 51,197 | 30.6 | ![]() |
39,316 | 23.5 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Ralf Klapdor | 12,692 | 7.6 | ![]() |
22,687 | 13.5 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Gerd Plorin | 11,019 | 6.6 | ![]() |
11,621 | 6.9 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Bruno Jöbkes | 8,230 | 4.9 | ![]() |
10,098 | 6.0 | ![]() | ||
Left | Ferdinand Niemann | 7,096 | 4.2 | 9,366 | 5.6 | ![]() | |||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,170 | 0.7 | |||||||
PARTEI | 969 | 0.6 | ![]() | ||||||
FW | Stephan Heintze | 1,606 | 1.0 | 614 | 0.4 | ![]() | |||
Pirates | 560 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||||||
NPD | 330 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
V-Partei³ | 171 | 0.1 | |||||||
Independent | Willi Bovenkerk | 168 | 0.1 | ||||||
DiB | 165 | 0.1 | |||||||
ÖDP | 157 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 142 | 0.1 | |||||||
BGE | 135 | 0.1 | |||||||
Volksabstimmung | 125 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
DM | 120 | 0.1 | |||||||
Die Humanisten | 73 | 0.0 | |||||||
MLPD | 63 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
AD-DEMOKRATEN | 56 | 0.0 | |||||||
DKP | 15 | 0.0 | |||||||
SGP | 5 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,674 | 1,399 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 167,383 | 167,658 | |||||||
Turnout | 169,057 | 74.8 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 24,178 | 14.4 | ![]() |
2013 election
[edit]Federal election (2013): Kleve[5] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
81,216 | 50.9 | ![]() |
77,833 | 48.6 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Barbara Hendricks | 52,778 | 33.1 | ![]() |
43,253 | 27.0 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Bruno Jöbkes | 9,220 | 5.8 | ![]() |
9,856 | 6.2 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Ralf Klapdor | 5,003 | 3.1 | ![]() |
9,094 | 5.7 | ![]() | ||
Left | 7,322 | 4.6 | ![]() | ||||||
AfD | Gerd Plorin | 5,316 | 3.3 | 6,300 | 3.9 | ||||
Pirates | Michael Peters | 4,327 | 2.7 | 3,212 | 2.0 | ![]() | |||
NPD | Viktor Schlak | 1,630 | 1.0 | 1,293 | 0.8 | ![]() | |||
PARTEI | 377 | 0.2 | |||||||
PRO | 306 | 0.2 | |||||||
Volksabstimmung | 280 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
FW | 234 | 0.1 | |||||||
ÖDP | 198 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Nichtwahler | 137 | 0.1 | |||||||
REP | 115 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Party of Reason | 101 | 0.1 | |||||||
RRP | 94 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
BIG | 47 | 0.0 | |||||||
MLPD | 31 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Die Rechte | 30 | 0.0 | |||||||
BüSo | 24 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
PSG | 23 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,383 | 1,713 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 159,490 | 160,160 | |||||||
Turnout | 161,873 | 71.7 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 28,438 | 17.8 | ![]() |
2009 election
[edit]Federal election (2009): Kleve[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 | ![]() |
76,480 | 48.9 | ![]() |
66,161 | 42.2 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Barbara Hendricks | 46,290 | 29.6 | ![]() |
36,810 | 23.5 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Paul Friedhoff | 14,620 | 9.4 | ![]() |
25,249 | 16.1 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Bruno Jöbkes | 10,148 | 6.5 | ![]() |
12,355 | 7.9 | ![]() | ||
Left | Axel Gonder | 8,787 | 5.6 | ![]() |
9,566 | 6.1 | ![]() | ||
Pirates | 2,277 | 1.5 | |||||||
NPD | 1,045 | 0.7 | ![]() | ||||||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 974 | 0.6 | ![]() | ||||||
FAMILIE | 819 | 0.5 | ![]() | ||||||
RENTNER | 511 | 0.3 | |||||||
REP | 299 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
RRP | 166 | 0.1 | |||||||
ÖDP | 138 | 0.1 | |||||||
Volksabstimmung | 115 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
DVU | 95 | 0.1 | |||||||
Centre | 90 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
BüSo | 29 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
MLPD | 25 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
PSG | 15 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,128 | 1,714 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 156,325 | 156,739 | |||||||
Turnout | 158,453 | 70.1 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 30,190 | 19.3 | ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Constituency Kleve". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Results for Kleve". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ Results for Kleve
- ^ Results for Kleve
- ^ Results for Kleve
- ^ Results for Kleve