Recklinghausen II

Recklinghausen 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 122. It is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the northern and eastern part of the Recklinghausen district.[1]

122 Recklinghausen II
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Recklinghausen II in 2013
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Population249,800 (2019)
Electorate186,413 (2021)
Major settlementsMarl
Herten
Haltern am See
Area388.9 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
PartySPD
MemberBrian Nickholz
Elected2021

Recklinghausen II was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Brian Nickholz of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]

Geography

Recklinghausen II is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the municipalities of Datteln, Haltern am See, Herten, Marl, and Oer-Erkenschwick from the Recklinghausen district.[1]

History

Recklinghausen II was created in 1949, then known as Recklinghausen-Land. From 1980 through 1987, it was named Recklinghausen II. From 1990 through 1998, it was named Recklinghausen II – Borken I. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 41 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 100. From 1965 through 1976, it was number 99. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 92. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 123. Since 2013, it has been number 122.

Originally, the constituency was coterminous with the Recklinghausen district. From 1965 through 1976, it comprised the municipalities of Dorsten, Herten, Kirchhellen, Marl, and Westerholt from the Recklinghausen district. From 1980 through 1987, it comprised the municipalities of Datteln, Dorsten, Haltern am See, Marl, and Oer-Erkenschwick. In the 1990 and 1994 elections, it acquired the municipalities of Heiden and Reken from the Borken district. In the 1998 election, it also acquired Raesfeld from the Borken district. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Election No. Name Borders
1949 41 Recklinghausen-Land
1953 100
1957
1961
1965 99
1969
1972
1976
1980 92 Recklinghausen II
1983
1987
1990 Recklinghausen II – Borken I
1994
1998
2002 123 Recklinghausen II
2005
2009
2013 122
2017
2021

Members

The constituency has been held continuously by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) since 1965. It was first represented by Anton Hoppe of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1949 to 1953, followed by fellow CDU member Friedrich Wilhelm Willeke from 1953 to 1965. Günther Eckerland of the SPD was elected in 1965 and served until 1976, when he was succeeded by Ulrich Steger. He was in turn succeeded by Horst Niggemeier, who served from 1987 to 1994. Waltraud Lehn was representative from 1994 to 2009. Michael Groß was elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2013 and 2017. He was succeeded by Brian Nickholz in 2021.

Election Member Party  %
1949 Anton Hoppe CDU 38.1
1953 Friedrich Wilhelm Willeke CDU 54.3
1957 55.7
1961 48.8
1965 Günther Eckerland SPD 47.1
1969 51.2
1972 58.3
1976 Ulrich Steger SPD 53.5
1980 54.4
1983 50.6
1987 Horst Niggemeier SPD 50.6
1990 47.6
1994 Waltraud Lehn SPD 48.8
1998 54.1
2002 56.6
2005 55.0
2009 Michael Groß SPD 42.6
2013 45.7
2017 41.1
2021 Brian Nickholz SPD 37.4

Election results

2021 election
Federal election (2021): Recklinghausen II[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 Brian Nickholz 51,050 37.4 Decrease 3.7 48,563 35.5 Increase 3.8
CDU Lars Ehm 38,325 28.1 Decrease 6.4 33,610 24.6 Decrease 4.9
Greens Robin Conrad 14,836 10.9 Increase 6.2 15,627 11.4 Increase 6.3
AfD Bernard Keber 13,108 9.6 12,522 9.2 Decrease 3.3
FDP Robert Heinze 11,283 8.3 Decrease 1.9 13,571 9.9 Decrease 0.7
Left Ulrike Eifler 3,881 2.8 Decrease 5.6 4,084 3.0 Decrease 3.6
Tierschutzpartei   2,368 1.7 Increase 0.8
PARTEI Angelina Klementz 3,509 2.6 1,555 1.1 Increase 0.5
Team Todenhöfer   1,094 0.8
dieBasis   1,093 0.8
FW   634 0.5 Increase 0.2
Pirates   548 0.4 Decrease 0.1
Gesundheitsforschung   217 0.2 Increase 0.1
LIEBE 207 0.2
Volt   202 0.1
NPD   170 0.1 Decrease 0.1
LfK 117 0.1
V-Partei3   91 0.1 Steady 0.0
Humanists   79 0.1 Steady 0.0
MLPD Sabine Leopold 215 0.2 Decrease 0.9 81 0.1 Decrease 0.1
ÖDP   72 0.1 Steady 0.0
Bündnis C   62 0.0
du.   56 0.0
PdF 44 0.0
LKR   32 0.0
DKP Detlev Beyer-Peters 167 0.1 29 0.0 Steady 0.0
PSG   10 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 1,467 1,103
Total Valid votes 136,374 136,738
Turnout 137,841 73.9 Decrease 0.4
SPD hold Majority 12,725 9.3 Increase 2.7

2017 election
Federal election (2017): Recklinghausen II[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 Groß 56,019 41.1 Decrease 4.5 44,224 31.7 Decrease 8.4
CDU Rita Stockhofe 46,982 34.5 Decrease 2.0 41,079 29.4 Decrease 5.2
AfD   17,387 12.5 Increase 8.4
FDP Andres Schützendübel 13,903 10.2 Increase 8.6 14,759 10.6 Increase 7.0
Left Petra Willemsen 11,502 8.4 Increase 2.9 9,201 6.6 Increase 0.3
Greens Rita Magdalena Nowak 6,363 4.7 Decrease 0.3 7,189 5.2 Decrease 0.6
Tierschutzpartei   1,234 0.9
AD-DEMOKRATEN 1,026 0.7
PARTEI   887 0.6 Increase 0.3
Pirates   667 0.5 Decrease 1.8
FW   365 0.3 Increase 0.1
NPD   306 0.2 Decrease 1.1
Volksabstimmung 174 0.1 Decrease 0.1
DM 167 0.1
MLPD Sabine Leopold 1,378 1.0 Increase 0.8 163 0.1 Steady 0.0
Gesundheitsforschung 150 0.1
V-Partei³ 123 0.1
BGE   111 0.1
ÖDP   104 0.1 Steady 0.0
DiB 97 0.1
Die Humanisten 66 0.0
DKP   25 0.0
SGP 6 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 4,648 1,275
Total Valid votes 136,147 139,510
Turnout 140,795 74.3 Increase 2.6
SPD hold Majority 9,037 6.6 Decrease 2.6

2013 election
Federal election (2013): Recklinghausen II[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 Groß 61,748 45.7 Increase 3.1 54,378 40.1 Increase 3.3
CDU Rita Stockhofe 49,404 36.5 Increase 4.8 47,082 34.7 Increase 5.6
Left Bärbel Beuermann 7,529 5.6 Decrease 4.4 8,501 6.3 Decrease 4.3
Greens Maaike Amalie Thomas 6,733 5.0 Decrease 1.2 7,860 5.8 Decrease 1.6
AfD   5,494 4.0
Pirates Birsen Freund 3,807 2.8 3,140 2.3 Increase 0.7
NPD 2,574 1.9 Increase 0.3 1,730 1.3 Increase 0.2
FDP Mirjam Forszpaniak 2,122 1.6 Decrease 6.1 4,813 3.5 Decrease 7.4
Independent 1,006 0.7
PARTEI   468 0.3
PRO 440 0.3
Volksabstimmung 328 0.2 Increase 0.1
FW   266 0.2
REP   252 0.2 Decrease 0.2
Nichtwahler 184 0.1
BIG 168 0.1
MLPD 282 0.2 Increase 0.1 140 0.1 Steady 0.0
ÖDP   131 0.1 Steady 0.0
Party of Reason 128 0.1
Die Rechte 66 0.0
RRP 65 0.0 Decrease 0.1
PSG 61 0.0 Steady 0.0
BüSo 29 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 2,221 1,702
Total Valid votes 135,205 135,724
Turnout 137,426 71.8 Decrease 0.2
SPD hold Majority 12,344 9.2 Decrease 1.6

2009 election
Federal election (2009): Recklinghausen II[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 Groß 58,984 42.6 Decrease 12.4 51,110 36.8 Decrease 14.6
CDU Astrid Timmermann-Fechter 44,021 31.8 Decrease 0.5 40,418 29.1 Increase 0.4
Left Bernd Michael Hübner 13,805 10.0 Increase 5.1 14,614 10.5 Increase 5.0
FDP Albrecht Moslehner 10,678 7.7 Increase 4.7 15,219 11.0 Increase 4.7
Greens Siegfried Schönfeld 8,603 6.2 Increase 2.5 10,299 7.4 Increase 2.0
Pirates   2,285 1.6
NPD Jacqueline Kasper 2,269 1.6 Increase 0.6 1,554 1.1 Increase 0.3
Tierschutzpartei   1,010 0.7 Increase 0.3
FAMILIE 694 0.5 Increase 0.2
REP   483 0.3 Steady 0.0
RENTNER 467 0.3
RRP 211 0.2
DVU   135 0.1
Volksabstimmung 134 0.1 Steady 0.0
MLPD Paul Schlesinger 191 0.1 Steady 0.0 96 0.1 Steady 0.0
ÖDP   83 0.1
Centre   64 0.0 Steady 0.0
PSG 29 0.0 Steady 0.0
BüSo 28 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 1,810 1,428
Total Valid votes 138,551 138,933
Turnout 140,361 72.0 Decrease 6.6
SPD hold Majority 14,963 10.8 Decrease 11.9

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

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