Rhein-Sieg-Kreis II

98 Rhein-Sieg-Kreis II
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Rhein-Sieg-Kreis II in 2013
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	283,400 (2015)
Electorate	216,020 (2017)
Major settlements	Sankt Augustin Bornheim (Rheinland) Königswinter
Area	492.5 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1980
Party	CDU
Member	Norbert Röttgen
Elected	1994, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017

Rhein-Sieg-Kreis II 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 98. It is located in southwestern North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the western part of the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis district.

Rhein-Sieg-Kreis II was created for the 1980 federal election. Since 1994, it has been represented by Norbert Röttgen of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

Geography

Rhein-Sieg-Kreis II is located in southwestern North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the municipalities of Alfter, Bad Honnef, Bornheim, Königswinter, Meckenheim, Rheinbach, Sankt Augustin, Swisttal, and Wachtberg from the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis district.

History

Rhein-Sieg-Kreis II was created in 1980 and contained parts of the redistributed Rhein-Sieg-Kreis I constituency. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 65 in the numbering system. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 99. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 98. Its borders have not changed since its creation.

Members

The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation. It was first represented by Franz Möller 1980 to 1994. Since 1994, it has been represented by Norbert Röttgen.

Election		Member	Party	%
rowspan=4 bgcolor=Template:Christian Democratic Union of Germany/meta/color|	1980	Franz Möller	CDU	54.5
1983	61.0
1987	55.4
1990	52.7
rowspan=7 bgcolor=Template:Christian Democratic Union of Germany/meta/color|	1994	Norbert Röttgen	CDU	49.8
1998	48.8
2002	48.2
2005	51.8
2009	50.3
2013	52.4
2017	46.5

Election results

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Rhein-Sieg-Kreis II
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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Y Norbert Röttgen		80,441	46.5	5.8	61,425	35.5	9.9
	SPD	Bettina Bähr-Losse		39,246	22.7	4.4	34,583	20.0	4.3
	AfD	Manfred Berchem		14,592	8.4	5.3	15,226	8.8	4.3
	FDP	Nicole Westig		14,491	8.4	5.3	30,142	17.4	9.1
	Greens	Martin Metz		13,643	7.9	0.7	15,192	8.8	0.1
	Left	Michael Droste		9,543	5.5	2.2	11,116	6.4	1.9
	PARTEI						1,268	0.7	0.4
	Tierschutzpartei						1,092	0.6
	Pirates						596	0.3	1.6
	FW						457	0.3	0.1
	Volksabstimmung	Claus Plantiko		942	0.5	0.2	337	0.2	0.1
	NPD						246	0.1	0.5
	BGE						221	0.1
	ÖDP						216	0.1	0.0
	DiB						213	0.1
	V-Partei³						209	0.1
	DM						178	0.1
	AD-DEMOKRATEN						159	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						123	0.1
	Die Humanisten						102	0.1
	MLPD						42	0.0	0.0
	DKP						15	0.0
	SGP						5	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,615			1,350
Total valid votes				172,898			173,163
Turnout				174,513	80.8	3.8
	CDU hold		Majority	41,195	23.8	1.5

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Rhein-Sieg-Kreis II
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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Y Norbert Röttgen		85,058	52.4	2.1	73,860	45.3	8.2
	SPD	Bettina Bähr-Losse		44,098	27.1	2.4	39,571	24.3	3.5
	Greens	Arnd Kuhn		11,732	7.2	1.6	14,122	8.7	1.9
	Left	Andreas Danne		5,445	3.4	1.3	7,433	4.6	0.9
	FDP	Thorsten Knott		5,058	3.1	6.9	13,468	8.3	13.5
	AfD	Vladimir Skoda		5,058	3.1		7,362	4.5
	Pirates	Jakob Jürgen Weiler		3,151	1.9		3,163	1.9	0.4
	NPD	Ariane Christine Meise		1,207	0.7	0.2	1,091	0.7	0.1
	PARTEI						589	0.4
	FW	Iris Häger		1,040	0.6		585	0.4
	Volksabstimmung	Claus Plantiko		598	0.4	0.2	421	0.3	0.0
	PRO						299	0.2
	ÖDP						270	0.2	0.1
	Nichtwahler						163	0.1
	BIG						146	0.1
	Party of Reason						115	0.1
	REP						111	0.1	0.1
	RRP						75	0.0	0.1
	BüSo						21	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						18	0.0	0.0
	PSG						17	0.0	0.0
	Die Rechte						10	0.0
Informal votes				2,190			1,725
Total valid votes				162,445			162,910
Turnout				164,635	77.0	0.7
	CDU hold		Majority	40,960	25.3	0.3

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Rhein-Sieg-Kreis II
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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Y Norbert Röttgen		80,363	50.3	1.5	59,487	37.2	3.9
	SPD	Ulrike Merten		39,489	24.7	10.6	33,235	20.8	9.7
	FDP	Thorsten Knott		16,012	10.0	5.3	34,858	21.8	7.1
	Greens	Arnd Kuhn		14,046	8.8	4.2	16,898	10.6	2.4
	Left	Heinz-Jürgen Hörster		7,430	4.7	2.0	8,800	5.5	2.0
	Pirates						2,445	1.5
	NPD	Wolfgang Bruhn		1,443	0.9	0.2	1,188	0.7	0.1
	Tierschutzpartei						974	0.6	0.2
	FAMILIE						605	0.4	0.1
	Volksabstimmung	Werner Henrichs		969	0.6	0.3	452	0.3	0.2
	RENTNER						331	0.2
	REP						224	0.1	0.0
	RRP						163	0.1
	ÖDP						149	0.1
	Centre						96	0.1	0.0
	DVU						69	0.0
	MLPD						27	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						15	0.0	0.0
	PSG						15	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,994			1,715
Total valid votes				159,752			160,031
Turnout				161,746	76.3	5.5
	CDU hold		Majority	40,874	25.6	9.1