Aachen II

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87 Aachen II
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Bundestagswahlkreis 87-2025.svg
Aachen II in 2025
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Population308,100 (2019)
Electorate226,420 (2021)
Major settlements Eschweiler
Stolberg (Rhineland)
Alsdorf
Area546.1 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
Party CDU
Member Catarina dos Santos-Wintz
Elected 2025

Aachen 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 87. It is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the area of Städteregion Aachen outside the city of Aachen. [1]

Contents

Aachen II was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. From 2017-2025, it has been represented by Claudia Moll of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). [2] Since 2025 it is represented by Catarina dos Santos-Wintz of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany.

Geography

Aachen II is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the Städteregion Aachen excluding the city of Aachen. [1]

History

Aachen II was created in 1949, then known as Aachen-Land. From 1980 through 2009, it was named Kreis Aachen. It acquired its current name in the 2013 election. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 2 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 61. From 1965 through 1998, it was number 54. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 89. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 88. From the 2025 election, it has been number 87.

Originally, the constituency was coterminous with the Landkreis Aachen district. In the 1965 and 1969 elections, it also contained the Monschau district. In the 1972 through 2009 elections, it was coterminous with Kreis Aachen district. Though its borders have not changed since 1972, the former district of Kreis Aachen was incorporated into the Städteregion Aachen in 2009.

ElectionNo.NameBorders
1949 2Aachen-Land
1953 61
1957
1961
1965 54
1969
1972
1976
1980 Kreis Aachen
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 89
2005
2009
2013 88Aachen II
2017
2021
2025 87

Members

The constituency was first represented by Franz Mühlenberg of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1949 to 1961, followed by fellow CDU member Josef Müller until 1972. The constituency was won by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) candidate Kurt Koblitz in 1972, who served until 1980. Erich Berschkeit of the SPD then served a single term from 1980 to 1983. Hans Peter Schmitz regained the constituency for the CDU in 1983, but the SPD won again in 1987 with Achim Großmann. He served until 2009, when Helmut Brandt of the CDU was elected. Claudia Moll of the SPD was elected in 2017 and re-elected in 2021. In 2025 Catarina dos Santos-Wintz of the CDU beat Moll in that years election.

ElectionMemberParty %
1949 Franz Mühlenberg CDU 50.2
1953 56.1
1957 61.2
1961 Josef Müller CDU 56.2
1965 53.2
1969 49.8
1972 Kurt Koblitz SPD 51.5
1976 48.1
1980 Erich Berschkeit SPD 49.3
1983 Hans Peter Schmitz CDU 49.6
1987 Achim Großmann SPD 46.1
1990 44.7
1994 46.0
1998 53.1
2002 49.2
2005 46.0
2009 Helmut Brandt CDU 40.2
2013 45.6
2017 Claudia Moll SPD 36.9
2021 34.5
2025 Catarina dos Santos-Wintz CDU 40.1

Election results

2025 election

Federal election (2025): Aachen 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 check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CDU Catarina dos Santos Firnhaber 70,53640.1Increase2.svg 7.657,08931.5Increase2.svg 2.1
SPD Red x.svgN Claudia Moll 53,74830.5Decrease2.svg 3.937,90220.9Decrease2.svg 10.6
AfD Decrease2.svg 7.534,57819.1Increase2.svg 11.8
Left Florian Müller13,3297.6Increase2.svg 4.912,3036.8Increase2.svg 3.7
Greens Lukas Benner 13,2697.5Decrease2.svg 4.317,0029.4Decrease2.svg 2.4
FW Andreas Wollermann12,9187.3Increase2.svg 6.11,2840.7Steady2.svg 0.0
FDP Natalie Pütz8,1904.7Decrease2.svg 2.57,5994.2Decrease2.svg 6.4
BSW  7,3584.1
Volt Marcel Verkooyen4,0012.31,0260.6Increase2.svg 0.3
Tierschutzpartei  2,5311.4Decrease2.svg 0.1
PARTEI Decrease2.svg 1.78820.5Decrease2.svg 0.4
dieBasis Decrease2.svg 1.03780.2Decrease2.svg 0.7
Team Todenhöfer  3490.2Decrease2.svg 0.4
Humanists  2750.2Increase2.svg 0.1
BD  1920.1
Values  1090.1
MERA25  800.0
MLPD  270.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Pirates  Decrease2.svg 0.4
Gesundheitsforschung  Decrease2.svg 0.1
ÖDP  Decrease2.svg 0.1
Bündnis C  Steady2.svg 0.0
SGP  0.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes6,3691,396
Total valid votes175,991180,964
Turnout 182,36081.1Increase2.svg 5.7
CDU gain from SPD Majority16,7889.6

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Aachen 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 check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
SPD Green check.svgY Claudia Moll 58,18934.5Decrease2.svg 2.453,40831.6Decrease2.svg 3.7
CDU Catarina dos Santos Firnhaber 54,80832.5Decrease2.svg 4.049,83829.5Decrease2.svg 1.2
Greens Lukas Benner 19,97611.8Increase2.svg 7.319,91811.8Increase2.svg 6.9
AfD Michael Winterich12,6327.5Decrease2.svg 1.312,4097.3Decrease2.svg 1.3
FDP Birgit Havenath12,0557.1Increase2.svg 0.717,89210.6Decrease2.svg 0.6
Left Johannes Koch4,4962.7Decrease2.svg 2.55,2593.1Decrease2.svg 2.8
Tierschutzpartei  2,5251.5Increase2.svg 0.8
PARTEI Eckhard Heck2,8931.71,5840.9Increase2.svg 0.5
FW Helmut Keischgens2,0341.21,1310.7Increase2.svg 0.5
dieBasis Axel Susen1,7041.01,5870.9
Team Todenhöfer  1,0120.6
Pirates  6130.4Decrease2.svg 0.1
Volt  4710.3
LIEBE2640.2
NPD  1890.1Decrease2.svg 0.1
Gesundheitsforschung  1880.1Steady2.svg 0.0
ÖDP  1870.1Decrease2.svg 0.2
LfK1640.1
Humanists  1130.1Steady2.svg 0.0
V-Partei3  860.1Steady2.svg 0.0
du.  750.0
PdF520.0
Bündnis C  430.0
MLPD  230.0Steady2.svg 0.0
DKP  210.0Steady2.svg 0.0
LKR  180.0
SGP  170.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes1,8831,583
Total valid votes168,787169,087
Turnout 170,67075.4Decrease2.svg 0.5
SPD holdMajority3,3812.0Increase2.svg 1.6

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Aachen 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 check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
SPD Claudia Moll 63,13536.9Increase2.svg 1.260,53935.3Increase2.svg 2.7
CDU Red x.svgN Helmut Brandt 62,40536.5Decrease2.svg 9.152,65630.7Decrease2.svg 10.2
AfD Markus Matzerath 15,1148.814,8538.7Increase2.svg 5.4
FDP Frank Schniske11,0386.4Increase2.svg 4.119,21311.2Increase2.svg 6.3
Left Gabriele Halili8,7855.1Decrease2.svg 0.710,1055.9Decrease2.svg 0.6
Greens Alexander Tietz-Latza7,7824.5Decrease2.svg 1.18,4364.9Decrease2.svg 1.4
Tierschutzpartei  1,2750.7
PARTEI  8170.5Steady2.svg 0.0
Pirates Maximilian Möhring1,9121.1Decrease2.svg 1.78060.5Decrease2.svg 1.8
AD-DEMOKRATEN6750.4
ÖDP Kurt Rieder1,0050.64880.3Increase2.svg 0.2
NPD  4230.2Decrease2.svg 0.8
FW  3510.2Decrease2.svg 0.1
DiB 1730.1
DM1450.1
BGE  1350.1
Volksabstimmung1330.1Decrease2.svg 0.1
V-Partei³ 1270.1
Gesundheitsforschung 1160.1
Die Humanisten 780.0
MLPD  430.0Steady2.svg 0.0
DKP  150.0
SGP 50.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes1,9731,542
Total valid votes171,176171,607
Turnout 173,14975.9Increase2.svg 3.8
SPD gain from CDU Majority7300.4

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Aachen 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 check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CDU Green check.svgY Helmut Brandt 73,62145.6Increase2.svg 5.466,32840.9Increase2.svg 7.4
SPD Hans Detlef Loosz57,63535.7Increase2.svg 1.452,89732.6Increase2.svg 3.6
Left Marika Jungblut9,4185.8Decrease2.svg 2.710,5386.5Decrease2.svg 2.9
Greens Bettina Herlitzius9,0965.6Decrease2.svg 1.410,22016.3Decrease2.svg 1.6
Pirates Kai Baumann4,5432.83,7122.3Increase2.svg 0.5
FDP Petra Müller3,8272.4Decrease2.svg 6.07,9484.9Decrease2.svg 9.9
AfD  5,3373.3
NPD Willibert Kunkel2,1531.3Decrease2.svg 0.21,6971.0Decrease2.svg 0.1
REP Mario Mauritz1,2560.87920.5Steady2.svg 0.0
PARTEI  7190.4
FW  5510.3
Volksabstimmung3380.2
PRO 3200.2
Nichtwahler2250.1
ÖDP  2130.1Increase2.svg 0.1
BIG1110.1
Party of Reason 1040.1
RRP770.0Decrease2.svg 0.1
Die Rechte 550.0
BüSo 300.0Steady2.svg 0.0
PSG 300.0Steady2.svg 0.0
MLPD  260.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes3,0272,308
Total valid votes161,549162,268
Turnout 164,57672.1Increase2.svg 1.7
CDU holdMajority15,9869.9Increase2.svg 4.0

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Kreis Aachen [7]
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 check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CDU Helmut Brandt 63,51140.2Increase2.svg 0.653,06233.5Decrease2.svg 0.8
SPD Martin Peters54,20534.3Decrease2.svg 11.745,98129.0Decrease2.svg 11.9
Left Andreas Müller13,5028.5Increase2.svg 3.314,9269.4Increase2.svg 3.1
FDP Stefan Rohmann13,2758.4Increase2.svg 4.223,51814.8Increase2.svg 5.5
Greens Bettina Herlitzius 11,0567.0Increase2.svg 3.412,4917.9Increase2.svg 1.9
Pirates  2,7641.7
NPD Willibert Kunkel2,5011.6Increase2.svg 0.31,7671.1Increase2.svg 0.2
Tierschutzpartei  1,1070.7Increase2.svg 0.2
REP  8200.5Steady2.svg 0.0
FAMILIE 7920.5Steady2.svg 0.0
RENTNER5970.4
RRP2390.2
Volksabstimmung1250.1Steady2.svg 0.0
DVU  1140.1
ÖDP  810.1
Centre  700.0
BüSo 290.0Decrease2.svg 0.0
MLPD  190.0Steady2.svg 0.0
PSG 180.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes2,7662,296
Total valid votes158,050158,520
Turnout 160,81670.4Decrease2.svg 7.4
CDU gain from SPD Majority9,3065.9

References

  1. 1 2 "Constituency Aachen II". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Aachen II". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. Results for Aachen II
  4. Results for Aachen II
  5. Results for Aachen II
  6. Results for Aachen II
  7. Results for Kreis Aachen

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