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Warendorf (electoral district)

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129 Warendorf
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Warendorf in 2025
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Population277,800 (2019)
Electorate208,754 (2021)
Major settlementsAhlen
Warendorf
Beckum
Area1,319.4 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
PartyCDU
MemberHenning Rehbaum
Elected2021

Warendorf 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 129. It is located in northern North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the district of Warendorf.[1]

Warendorf was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Henning Rehbaum of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]

Geography

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Warendorf is located in northern North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the district of Warendorf.[1]

History

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Warendorf was created in 1949, then known as Beckum – Warendorf. It acquired its current name in the 1980 election. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 37 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 96. From 1965 through 1976, it was number 94. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 100. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 131. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 130. From the 2025 election, it has been number 129.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Warendorf and Beckum. Since the 1980 election, it has been coterminous with the district of Warendorf.

Election No. Name Borders
1949 37 Beckum – Warendorf
1953 96
1957
1961
1965 94
1969
1972
1976
1980 100 Warendorf
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 131
2005
2009
2013 130
2017
2021
2025 129

Members

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The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation. It was first represented by Bernhard Raestrup from 1949 to 1957. Heinrich Windelen then served from 1957 to 1990. Peter Paziorek was representative from 1990 to 2009. Reinhold Sendker was elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2013 and 2017. He was succeeded by Henning Rehbaum in 2021.

Election Member Party %
1949 Bernhard Raestrup CDU 41.7
1953 67.5
1957 Heinrich Windelen CDU 66.5
1961 63.0
1965 63.3
1969 60.5
1972 53.4
1976 54.5
1980 52.7
1983 58.4
1987 51.7
1990 Peter Paziorek CDU 50.0
1994 50.0
1998 46.9
2002 45.3
2005 50.3
2009 Reinhold Sendker CDU 49.0
2013 51.3
2017 46.4
2021 Henning Rehbaum CDU 36.3

Election results

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2021 election

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Federal election (2021): Warendorf[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 % ±%
CDU Henning Rehbaum 59,631 36.3 Decrease 10.1 51,722 31.4 Decrease 8.9
SPD Bernhard Daldrup 50,685 30.8 Increase 2.9 47,648 28.9 Increase 4.9
Greens Jessica Wessels 21,245 12.9 Increase 7.4 23,309 14.2 Increase 7.5
FDP Oliver Niedostadek 12,768 7.8 Increase 0.8 18,193 11.1 Decrease 2.0
AfD Dennis Dinter 10,211 6.2 Decrease 0.6 10,533 6.4 Decrease 1.0
Left Reiner Jenkel 4,074 2.5 Decrease 2.3 4,525 2.7 Decrease 2.8
Human Environment Animal Protection   1,729 1.1 Increase 0.6
PARTEI Joachim Göbel 2,772 1.7 Increase 0.5 1,553 0.9 Increase 0.3
dieBasis Thomas Hesse 1,773 1.1 1,518 0.9
FW   1,014 0.6 Increase 0.3
Independent Marius Brehm 709 0.4
Team Todenhöfer   635 0.4
Pirates   535 0.3 Steady 0.0
Volt   351 0.2
LIEBE 207 0.1
ÖDP Ludger Gerhardt 497 0.3 200 0.1 Steady 0.0
Gesundheitsforschung   179 0.1 Steady 0.0
LfK 132 0.1
NPD   128 0.1 Decrease 0.1
Bündnis C   113 0.1
Humanists   108 0.1 Steady 0.0
V-Partei3   84 0.1 Steady 0.0
du.   62 0.0
PdF 54 0.0
LKR   33 0.0
DKP   31 0.0 Steady 0.0
SGP   13 0.0 Steady 0.0
MLPD   13 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 1,443 1,186
Total valid votes 164,365 164,622
Turnout 165,808 79.4 Increase 1.4
CDU hold Majority 8,946 5.5 Decrease 13.0

2017 election

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Federal election (2017): Warendorf[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 % ±%
CDU Green tickY Reinhold Sendker 75,017 46.4 Decrease 4.9 65,357 40.3 Decrease 6.8
SPD Bernhard Daldrup 45,094 27.9 Decrease 4.1 38,992 24.0 Decrease 5.1
FDP Oliver Niedostadek 11,291 7.0 Increase 4.7 21,175 13.1 Increase 7.6
AfD Joachim Multermann 11,078 6.9 Increase 4.6 12,025 7.4 Increase 4.5
Greens Marion Schniggendiller 8,968 5.5 Decrease 0.4 10,815 6.7 Decrease 0.6
Left Reiner Jenkel 7,738 4.8 Increase 1.3 8,997 5.5 Increase 1.2
PARTEI Paulo da Silva 1,886 1.2 1,056 0.7 Increase 0.4
Human Environment Animal Protection   808 0.5
AD-DEMOKRATEN 622 0.4
Pirates   538 0.3 Decrease 1.7
Independent Olaf Barton 514 0.3
FW   472 0.3 Steady 0.0
NPD   271 0.2 Decrease 0.5
DM 153 0.1
ÖDP   153 0.1 Steady 0.0
Volksabstimmung 142 0.1 Decrease 0.1
V-Partei³ 133 0.1
Gesundheitsforschung 119 0.1
BGE   102 0.1
DiB 90 0.1
Die Humanisten 69 0.0
MLPD   30 0.0 Steady 0.0
SGP 13 0.0 Steady 0.0
DKP   12 0.0
Informal votes 1,945 1,387
Total valid votes 161,586 162,144
Turnout 163,531 78.0 Increase 2.9
CDU hold Majority 29,923 18.5 Decrease 0.8

2013 election

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Federal election (2013): Warendorf[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 % ±%
CDU Green tickY Reinhold Sendker 80,272 51.3 Increase 2.3 73,764 47.1 Increase 6.5
SPD Bernhard Daldrup 50,056 32.0 Decrease 0.6 45,609 29.1 Increase 4.8
Greens Alexander Ringbeck 9,300 5.9 11,305 7.2 Decrease 2.2
Left Karl Stephan Schulte 5,488 3.5 Decrease 4.3 6,858 4.4 Decrease 2.0
FDP Johannes Philipper 3,533 2.3 Decrease 8.4 8,486 5.4 Decrease 9.9
AfD 3,455 2.2 4,571 2.9
Pirates Sebastian Wiesendahl 3,163 2.0 3,123 2.0 Increase 0.5
NPD 1,134 0.7 1,090 0.7 Increase 0.1
FW   378 0.2
PARTEI   329 0.2
Volksabstimmung 223 0.1 Increase 0.1
ÖDP   178 0.1 Steady 0.0
PRO 147 0.1
REP   122 0.1 Decrease 0.1
Nichtwahler 93 0.1
Party of Reason 70 0.0
BIG 53 0.0
RRP 53 0.0 Decrease 0.1
PSG 29 0.0 Steady 0.0
BüSo 25 0.0 Steady 0.0
MLPD   23 0.0 Steady 0.0
Die Rechte 4 0.0
Informal votes 1,684 1,552
Total valid votes 156,401 156,533
Turnout 158,085 75.2 Increase 1.2
CDU hold Majority 30,216 19.3 Increase 2.9

2009 election

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Federal election (2009): Warendorf[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 % ±%
CDU Reinhold Sendker 75,187 49.0 Decrease 1.3 62,706 40.6 Decrease 1.7
SPD Bernhard Daldrup 49,996 32.6 Decrease 5.5 37,608 24.4 Decrease 10.7
FDP Jutta Wonnemann 16,333 10.6 Increase 6.9 23,668 15.3 Increase 4.7
Greens   14,609 9.5 Increase 3.4
Left Reiner Jenkel 12,005 7.8 Increase 4.7 9,824 6.4 Increase 2.5
Pirates   2,308 1.5
NPD   977 0.6 Steady 0.0
Human Environment Animal Protection   688 0.4 Increase 0.1
FAMILIE 685 0.4 Steady 0.0
RENTNER 443 0.3
REP   302 0.2 Steady 0.0
RRP 132 0.1
ÖDP   119 0.1
Volksabstimmung 112 0.1 Steady 0.0
Centre   107 0.1 Steady 0.0
DVU   82 0.1
PSG 16 0.0 Steady 0.0
BüSo 14 0.0 Steady 0.0
MLPD   8 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 2,696 1,809
Total valid votes 153,521 154,408
Turnout 156,217 73.9 Decrease 7.0
CDU hold Majority 25,191 16.4 Increase 4.2

References

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  1. ^ a b "Constituency Warendorf". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. ^ "Results for Warendorf". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. ^ Results for Warendorf
  4. ^ Results for Warendorf
  5. ^ Results for Warendorf
  6. ^ Results for Warendorf