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100 Leverkusen – Cologne IV
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Leverkusen – Cologne IV in 2025
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Population313,500 (2019)
Electorate209,102 (2021)
Major settlementsLeverkusen
Cologne (partial)
Area131.1 km2
Current electoral district
Created2002
PartySPD
MemberKarl Lauterbach
Elected2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021

Leverkusen – Cologne IV (German: Leverkusen – Köln IV) 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 100. It is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the city of Leverkusen and the northeastern part of Cologne.[1]

Leverkusen – Cologne IV was created for the 2002 federal election. Since 2005, it has been represented by Karl Lauterbach of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]

Geography

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Leverkusen – Cologne IV is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Leverkusen and the district of Mülheim from the independent city of Cologne.[1]

History

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Leverkusen – Cologne IV was created in 2002 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Leverkusen – Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis II and Köln IV. In the 2002 through 2009 elections, it was constituency 102 in the numbering system. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 101. From the 2025 election, it has been number 100.

Members

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The constituency was first represented by Ernst Küchler of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 2002 to 2005. He was succeeded by fellow SPD member Karl Lauterbach in the 2005 election. Lauterbach was re-elected in 2009, 2013, 2017, and 2021.

Election Member Party %
2002 Ernst Küchler SPD 50.0
2005 Karl Lauterbach SPD 48.6
2009 37.1
2013 41.3
2017 38.7
2021 45.6

Election results

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2021 election

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Federal election (2021): Leverkusen – Cologne IV[3]
Notes:

Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
SPD Green tickY Karl Lauterbach 69,662 45.6 Increase 6.9 44,586 29.1 Increase 2.0
CDU Serap Güler 31,197 20.4 Decrease 10.4 33,246 21.7 Decrease 6.4
Greens Nyke Slawik 17,290 11.3 Increase 5.6 29,329 19.2 Increase 10.4
FDP Cornelia Besser 11,050 7.2 Increase 0.6 15,931 10.4 Decrease 1.8
AfD Christer Cremer 10,797 7.1 Decrease 1.7 10,966 7.2 Decrease 2.6
Left Beate Hane-Knoll 5,657 3.7 Decrease 2.4 7,318 4.8 Decrease 4.5
Human Environment Animal Protection   2,081 1.4 Increase 0.6
PARTEI Frauke Petzold 2,782 1.8 Decrease 0.8 2,076 1.4 Steady 0.0
dieBasis Dirk Sattelmaier 2,222 1.5 1,715 1.1
Team Todenhöfer   1,669 1.1
Volt   996 0.7
FW Stephan Heintze 1,479 1.0 918 0.6 Increase 0.4
Pirates   664 0.4 Decrease 0.1
Independent Jacqueline Blum 412 0.3
Gesundheitsforschung   216 0.1 Increase 0.1
LIEBE 195 0.1
LfK 149 0.1
V-Partei3   139 0.1 Steady 0.0
Humanists   124 0.1 Steady 0.0
NPD   123 0.1 Decrease 0.1
ÖDP   112 0.1 Steady 0.0
Bündnis C   100 0.1
du.   98 0.1
MLPD Jonathan Meier 212 0.1 Decrease 0.1 96 0.1 Decrease 0.1
PdF 57 0.0
LKR   36 0.0
DKP   36 0.0 Steady 0.0
SGP   24 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 1,403 1,163
Total valid votes 152,760 153,000
Turnout 154,163 73.7 Increase 0.6
SPD hold Majority 38,465 25.2 Increase 17.3

2017 election

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Federal election (2017): Leverkusen – Cologne IV[4]
Notes:

Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
SPD Green tickY Karl Lauterbach 59,373 38.7 Decrease 2.7 41,671 27.1 Decrease 5.6
CDU Helmut Nowak 47,272 30.8 Decrease 8.5 43,175 28.1 Decrease 7.5
AfD Günter Theodor Witzmann 13,408 8.7 14,970 9.7 Increase 5.8
FDP Rolf William Albach 10,114 6.6 Increase 4.3 18,719 12.2 Increase 7.3
Left Beate Hane-Knoll 9,430 6.1 Increase 0.4 14,284 9.3 Increase 2.1
Greens Lisa-Marie Friede 8,722 5.7 Decrease 1.5 13,472 8.8 Decrease 0.9
PARTEI Mark Benecke 3,990 2.6 Increase 1.6 2,102 1.4 Increase 0.7
Human Environment Animal Protection   1,153 0.8
AD-DEMOKRATEN 1,007 0.7
Independent Daniel Werner 861 0.6
Pirates   774 0.5 Decrease 2.1
FW   373 0.2 Decrease 0.2
NPD   352 0.2 Decrease 0.8
DiB 265 0.2
MLPD Ernst Albert Herbert 350 0.2 Steady 0.0 207 0.1 Steady 0.0
V-Partei³ 194 0.1
Volksabstimmung 192 0.1 Decrease 0.1
BGE   176 0.1
DM 164 0.1
ÖDP   155 0.1 Steady 0.0
Gesundheitsforschung 126 0.1
Die Humanisten 116 0.1
DKP   36 0.0
SGP 28 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 1,619 1,328
Total valid votes 153,520 153,711
Turnout 155,139 73.1 Increase 3.0
SPD hold Majority 12,101 7.9 Increase 5.9

2013 election

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Federal election (2013): Leverkusen – Cologne IV[5]
Notes:

Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
SPD Green tickY Karl Lauterbach 61,172 41.3 Increase 4.3 48,511 32.7 Increase 4.4
CDU Helmut Nowak 58,201 39.3 Increase 3.9 52,884 35.6 Increase 5.8
Greens Rainer Blum 10,589 7.2 Decrease 2.1 14,283 9.6 Decrease 2.8
Left Hamide Akbayir 8,554 5.8 Decrease 2.3 10,615 7.2 Decrease 2.3
FDP Guido Fischer 3,447 2.3 Decrease 5.5 7,212 4.9 Decrease 9.4
AfD   5,807 3.9
Pirates   3,816 2.6 Increase 0.8
NPD Bernhard Blankenheim 2,450 1.7 Steady 0.0 1,578 1.1 Decrease 0.2
FW Bettina Bernhard 1,604 1.1 632 0.4
PARTEI Torsten Arnold Tofahrn 1,529 1.0 993 0.7
PRO 514 0.3
Volksabstimmung 315 0.2 Increase 0.1
BIG 277 0.2
Nichtwahler 230 0.2
ÖDP   202 0.1 Increase 0.1
REP   177 0.1 Decrease 0.2
MLPD Ernst Albert Herbert 398 0.3 Steady 0.0 164 0.1 Steady 0.0
Party of Reason 96 0.1
RRP 65 0.0 Decrease 0.2
BüSo 30 0.0 Steady 0.0
PSG 23 0.0 Steady 0.0
Die Rechte 16 0.0
Informal votes 2,086 1,590
Total valid votes 147,944 148,440
Turnout 150,030 70.1 Increase 1.4
SPD hold Majority 2,971 2.0 Increase 0.4

2009 election

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Federal election (2009): Leverkusen – Cologne IV[6]
Notes:

Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
SPD Green tickY Karl Lauterbach 53,517 37.1 Decrease 12.0 40,982 28.3 Decrease 13.5
CDU Thomas Portz 51,242 35.5 Decrease 0.4 43,188 29.8 Increase 0.1
Greens Ulrike Kessing 13,386 9.3 Increase 4.0 18,064 12.5 Increase 2.5
Left Manuel Lindlar 11,723 8.1 Increase 3.7 13,715 9.5 Increase 3.9
FDP Benedikt Vennemann 11,332 7.8 Increase 3.9 20,670 14.3 Increase 4.2
Pirates   2,578 1.8
NPD Bruno Kirchner 2,364 1.6 Increase 0.6 1,815 1.3 Increase 0.4
Human Environment Animal Protection   1,039 0.7 Increase 0.3
FAMILIE 712 0.5 Increase 0.1
RENTNER 620 0.4
Independent Jan Dieckmann 529 0.4
REP   448 0.3 Steady 0.0
RRP 292 0.2
MLPD Ernst Herbert 323 0.2 Steady 0.0 180 0.1 Steady 0.0
ÖDP   160 0.1
Volksabstimmung 153 0.1 Steady 0.0
DVU   92 0.1
Centre   76 0.1 Steady 0.0
BüSo 42 0.0 Steady 0.0
PSG 29 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 2,044 1,605
Total valid votes 144,416 144,855
Turnout 146,460 68.7 Decrease 7.0
SPD hold Majority 2,275 1.6 Decrease 11.6

References

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  1. ^ a b "Constituency Leverkusen – Cologne IV". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. ^ "Results for Leverkusen – Cologne IV". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. ^ Results for Leverkusen – Cologne IV
  4. ^ Results for Leverkusen – Cologne IV
  5. ^ Results for Leverkusen – Cologne IV
  6. ^ Results for Leverkusen – Cologne IV