Aachen II

Aachen II is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the German Bundestag. Part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, the constituency elects one representative under the mixed member proportional representation (MMP) system. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 88. The constituency was created for the 1949 election, the first election in West Germany after World War II. It was called Aachen-Land until being renamed Kreis Aachen at the 1980 election. It assumed its current name for the 2013 election.

Election results

The following table does not list parties which did not contest or gain constituency votes.

Federal election 2009: Kreis Aachen^[1]
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	Helmut Brandt		63,511	40.2%	+0.6%	53,062	33.5%	-0.8%
	SPD	Martin Peters		54,205	34.3%	-11.7%	45,981	29.0%	-11.9%
	Left	Andreas Müller		13,502	8.5%	+3.3%	14,926	9.4%	3.1%
	FDP	Stefan Rohmann		13,275	8.4%	+4.2%	23,518	14.8%	+5.5%
	Greens	Bettina Herlitzius		11,056	7.0%	+3.4%	12,491	7.9%	+1.9%
	NPD	Willibert Kunkel		2,501	1.6%	+0.3%	1,767	1.1%	+0.2%
Informal votes				2,766			2,296
Total valid votes				158,050			158,520
Turnout				168,816	70.4%	-7.4%
	CDU gain from SPD		Majority	9,306	5.9%