Bottrop – Recklinghausen III

Bottrop – Recklinghausen III 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 125. It is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the city of Bottrop and western parts of the Recklinghausen district.[1]

125 Bottrop – Recklinghausen III
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Bottrop – Recklinghausen III in 2013
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Population267,900 (2019)
Electorate199,344 (2021)
Major settlementsBottrop
Gladbeck
Dorsten
Area307.8 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
PartySPD
MemberMichael Gerdes
Elected2009, 2013, 2017, 2021

Bottrop – Recklinghausen III was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2009, it has been represented by Michael Gerdes of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]

Geography

Bottrop – Recklinghausen III is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Bottrop as well as the municipalities of Dorsten and Gladbeck from the Recklinghausen district.[1]

History

Bottrop – Recklinghausen III was created in 1949, then known as Gladbeck – Bottrop. From 1965 through 1976, it was named Bottrop – Gladbeck. From 1980 through 1998, it was named Bottrop – Recklinghausen IV. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 43 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 102. From 1965 through 1976, it was number 101. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 95. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 126. Since 2013, it has been number 125.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent cities of Bottrop and Gladbeck. Gladbeck was incorporated into the Recklinghausen district in 1976, but the constituency's borders did not change. In the 2002 election, it acquired the municipality of Dorsten from Recklinghausen district.

Election No. Name Borders
1949 43 Gladbeck – Bottrop
1953 102
1957
1961
1965 101 Bottrop – Gladbeck
1969
1972
1976
1980 95 Bottrop – Recklinghausen IV
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 126 Bottrop – Recklinghausen III
2005
2009
2013 125
2017
2021

Members

The constituency has been held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) during all but three Bundestag terms since 1949. It was first represented by Wilhelm Tenhagen of the SPD from 1949 to 1953. Johann Harnischfeger of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won it in 1953 and served three terms. Johann Wuwer regained it for the SPD in 1965 and served until 1980. Franz-Josef Mertens was then representative from 1980 to 1994, when he was succeeded by Dieter Grasedieck. In 2009, Michael Gerdes was elected representative. He was re-elected in 2013, 2017, and 2021.

Election Member Party  %
1949 Wilhelm Tenhagen SPD 35.6
1953 Johann Harnischfeger CDU 46.7
1957 50.8
1961 46.6
1965 Johann Wuwer SPD 52.9
1969 57.2
1972 64.7
1976 60.0
1980 Franz-Josef Mertens SPD 59.9
1983 57.4
1987 58.2
1990 56.0
1994 Dieter Grasedieck SPD 57.4
1998 63.2
2002 57.6
2005 56.0
2009 Michael Gerdes SPD 42.8
2013 45.8
2017 36.8
2021 39.1

Election results

2021 election
Federal election (2021): Bottrop – Recklinghausen III[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 Michael Gerdes 57,560 39.1 Increase 2.3 51,637 35.0 Increase 3.7
CDU Sven Volmering 39,834 27.0 Decrease 6.6 36,814 24.9 Decrease 4.9
Greens Kim Wiesweg 15,144 10.3 Increase 5.9 16,434 11.1 Increase 6.3
AfD Detlef Bauer 14,075 9.6 Decrease 2.3 13,899 9.4 Decrease 3.0
FDP Sebastian Steinzen 11,352 7.7 Increase 1.3 14,647 9.9 Decrease 0.5
Left Lisa Ellermann 3,887 2.6 Decrease 3.7 4,484 3.0 Decrease 3.8
Tierschutzpartei   2,536 1.7 Increase 0.8
PARTEI Ingo Lilienthal 3,283 2.2 1,757 1.2 Increase 0.5
Team Todenhöfer   1,246 0.8
dieBasis Norbert Manniegel 1,373 0.9 1,048 0.7
FW   661 0.4 Increase 0.3
Pirates   526 0.4 Decrease 0.1
Volt   257 0.2
DKP Jörg Wingold 514 0.3 Decrease 0.1 236 0.2 Decrease 0.1
LIEBE 232 0.2
ÖDP   200 0.1 Decrease 0.1
Gesundheitsforschung   200 0.1 Steady 0.0
LfK 152 0.1
NPD   150 0.1 Decrease 0.2
V-Partei3   89 0.1 Steady 0.0
Humanists   85 0.1 Steady 0.0
LKR Klausjochen Berger 226 0.2 81 0.1
MLPD Bärbel Kersken 108 0.1 Decrease 0.1 78 0.1 Steady 0.0
du.   76 0.1
PdF 50 0.0
Bündnis C   31 0.0
PSG   17 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 1,378 1,111
Total Valid votes 147,356 147,623
Turnout 148,734 74.6 Decrease 0.3
SPD hold Majority 17,726 12.1 Increase 8.9

2017 election
Federal election (2017): Bottrop – Recklinghausen III[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 Michael Gerdes 55,128 36.8 Decrease 9.0 47,013 31.2 Decrease 8.9
CDU Sven Volmering 50,334 33.6 Decrease 2.9 44,967 29.9 Decrease 5.0
AfD Alfred Stegemann 17,756 11.8 Increase 8.1 18,710 12.4 Increase 8.3
FDP Tristian Zielinski 9,667 6.5 Increase 4.8 15,741 10.5 Increase 7.0
Left David Sperl 9,505 6.3 Increase 1.0 10,292 6.8 Increase 0.6
Greens Andrea Swoboda 6,522 4.4 Increase 0.7 7,248 4.8 Decrease 0.6
Tierschutzpartei   1,330 0.9
AD-DEMOKRATEN 1,140 0.8
PARTEI   1,062 0.7 Increase 0.4
Pirates   667 0.4 Decrease 1.6
NPD   421 0.3 Decrease 1.2
ÖDP   340 0.2 Decrease 0.1
DKP Gerhard Horst Dorka 691 0.5 337 0.2
FW   294 0.2 Increase 0.1
Volksabstimmung 160 0.1 Decrease 0.1
Gesundheitsforschung 143 0.1
DM 129 0.1
MLPD Mazhar Hasan Alias 256 0.2 Steady 0.0 119 0.1 Steady 0.0
V-Partei³ 115 0.1
DiB 110 0.1
BGE   107 0.1
Die Humanisten 57 0.0
SGP 12 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 1,983 1,328
Total Valid votes 149,859 150,514
Turnout 151,842 74.9 Increase 3.0
SPD hold Majority 4,794 3.2 Decrease 6.1

2013 election
Federal election (2013): Bottrop – Recklinghausen III[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 Michael Gerdes 66,913 45.8 Increase 3.0 58,800 40.1 Increase 3.0
CDU Sven Volmering 53,354 36.5 Increase 3.6 51,021 34.8 Increase 6.1
Left Friedrich-Wilhelm Zachraj 7,827 5.4 Decrease 4.0 9,153 6.2 Decrease 4.4
AfD Franz-Josef Ferme 5,530 3.8 6,034 4.1
Greens Elke Marita Stuckel-Lotz 5,277 3.6 Decrease 2.1 7,998 5.5 Decrease 1.5
Pirates Hans Peter Winkelmann 3,613 2.5 3,029 2.1 Increase 0.5
FDP Sebastian Steinzen 2,372 1.6 Decrease 5.0 5,095 3.5 Decrease 7.5
NPD   2,208 1.5 Increase 0.3
PRO 547 0.4
PARTEI   495 0.3
ÖDP Marianne Dominas 986 0.7 Decrease 0.1 465 0.3 Steady 0.0
REP   327 0.2 Decrease 0.2
Volksabstimmung 280 0.2 Increase 0.1
BIG 243 0.2
FW   177 0.1
MLPD Petra Braun 299 0.2 Steady 0.0 142 0.1 Steady 0.0
Nichtwahler 142 0.1
Party of Reason 110 0.1
RRP 79 0.1 Decrease 0.1
Die Rechte 54 0.0
PSG 53 0.0 Steady 0.0
BüSo 36 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 2,010 1,693
Total Valid votes 146,171 146,488
Turnout 148,181 71.9 Increase 0.7
SPD hold Majority 13,559 9.3 Increase 0.6

2009 election
Federal election (2009): Bottrop – Recklinghausen III[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 Michael Gerdes 62,810 42.8 Decrease 13.2 54,532 37.1 Decrease 13.3
CDU Sven Volmering 48,290 32.9 Increase 1.5 42,153 28.7 Increase 0.6
Left Günter Blocks 13,765 9.4 Increase 4.3 15,624 10.6 Increase 4.3
FDP Marc Liebehenz 9,710 6.6 Increase 4.1 16,171 11.0 Increase 4.5
Greens Hans-Jürgen Reitmeyer 8,372 5.7 Increase 3.1 10,267 7.0 Increase 1.4
Pirates   2,261 1.5
NPD Dirk Tittmann 2,391 1.6 Increase 0.6 1,738 1.2 Increase 0.4
Tierschutzpartei   1,052 0.7 Steady 0.0
FAMILIE 804 0.5 Increase 0.2
REP   643 0.4 Steady 0.0
RENTNER 578 0.4
ÖDP Stefan Krix 1,138 0.8 447 0.3
RRP 182 0.1
MLPD Petra Braun 243 0.2 Steady 0.0 128 0.1 Steady 0.0
DVU   114 0.1
Volksabstimmung 102 0.1 Steady 0.0
Centre   74 0.1 Steady 0.0
BüSo 34 0.0 Steady 0.0
PSG 23 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 1,804 1,596
Total Valid votes 146,719 146,927
Turnout 148,523 71.2 Decrease 8.0
SPD hold Majority 14,520 9.9 Decrease 14.7

References
  1. "Constituency Bottrop – Recklinghausen III". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Bottrop – Recklinghausen III". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. Results for Bottrop – Recklinghausen III
  4. Results for Bottrop – Recklinghausen III
  5. Results for Bottrop – Recklinghausen III
  6. Results for Bottrop – Recklinghausen III

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