Duisburg II

115 Duisburg II
115 Duisburg II
Electoral district; for the Bundestag
	Duisburg II in 2025
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	253,100 (2019)
Electorate	155,265 (2021)
Major settlements	Duisburg (partial)
Area	113.7 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	SPD
Member	Mahmut Özdemir
Elected	2013, 2017, 2021

Last updated April 27, 2024

Duisburg 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 115. It is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the northern part of the city of Duisburg.^[1]

Geography

Duisburg II is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the northern part of the independent city of Duisburg, specifically the Stadtbezirke of Walsum, Hamborn, Meiderich/Beeck, and Homberg/Ruhrort/Baerl, as well as the Stadtteil of Duissern from Mitte.^[1]

History

Duisburg II was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 34 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 93. From 1965 through 1976, it was number 91. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 85. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 117. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 116. From the 2025 election, it has been number 115.

Originally, the constituency comprised the area of Duisburg south of the Ruhr except for the Stadtteile of Laar and Ruhrort. From 1965 through 1976, it comprised the area of Duisburg south of the Ruhr. From 1980 through 2009, it comprised the Stadtbezirke of Walsum, Hamborn, Meiderich/Beeck, and Homberg/Ruhrort/Baerl. In the 2013 election, it acquired the Stadtteil of Duissern.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	34	Duisburg II	Duisburg city (only the area south of the Ruhr except for the Stadtteile of Laar and Ruhrort)
1953	93
1957
1961
1965	91		Duisburg city (only the area south of the Ruhr)
1969
1972
1976
1980	85		Duisburg city (only Walsum, Hamborn, Meiderich/Beeck, and Homberg/Ruhrort/Baerl Stadtbezirke)
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	117
2005
2009
2013	116		Duisburg city (only Mitte (only Duissern Stadtteil), Walsum, Hamborn, Meiderich/Beeck, and Homberg/Ruhrort/Baerl Stadtbezirke)
2017
2021
2025	115

Members

The constituency has been held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) during all but two Bundestag terms since 1949. It was first represented by Gustav Sander of the SPD for a single term from 1949, before Fritz Berendsen of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won it in 1953. He was re-elected in 1957. Hanns Theis regained it for the SPD in 1961, and was succeeded by Hermann Spillecke in 1965. He served until 1980, followed by Günter Schluckebier, who was representative until 1998. Johannes Pflug held the seat from 1998 to 2013. Mahmut Özdemir was elected in 2013, and re-elected in 2017 and 2021.

	Member	Party	%
1949	Gustav Sander	SPD	36.6
1953	Fritz Berendsen	CDU	50.1
1957	Fritz Berendsen	CDU	52.8
1961	Hanns Theis	SPD	45.1
1965	Hermann Spillecke	SPD	51.4
1969			56.0
1972			62.6
1976			57.5
1980	Günter Schluckebier	SPD	65.3
1983			62.7
1987			63.6
1990			60.0
1994			62.6
1998	Johannes Pflug	SPD	66.4
2002			63.1
2005			61.6
2009			47.4
2013	Mahmut Özdemir	SPD	43.2
2017			34.8
2021			39.4

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Duisburg 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	SPD	Y Mahmut Özdemir		38,162	39.4	4.7	35,842	36.9	2.8
	CDU	Volker Mosblech		19,404	20.0	6.4	18,168	18.7	3.7
	AfD	Rainer Holfeld		13,361	13.8	2.8	11,834	12.2	3.3
	Greens	Felix Banaszak		10,518	10.9	6.3	10,287	10.6	6.2
	FDP	Markus Giesler		6,901	7.1	0.1	7,913	8.1	0.1
	Left	Christian Leye		4,889	5.1	3.8	4,508	4.6	3.8
	Tierschutzpartei						2,021	2.1	1.0
	Team Todenhöfer						1,980	2.0
	PARTEI						1,235	1.3	0.3
	FW	Mark Altenschmidt		1,263	1.3		674	0.7	0.4
	dieBasis	Beate Buchra		1,007	1.0		755	0.8
	Unabhängige	Roland Helmer		547	0.6
	Pirates						379	0.4	0.3
	Independent	Ayfer Saygili		314	0.3
	NPD						236	0.2	0.3
	Volt						200	0.2
	LIEBE						186	0.2
	MLPD	Peter Römmele		313	0.3	0.0	172	0.2	0.0
	Gesundheitsforschung						164	0.2	0.1
	Independent	Marliese Lens		130	0.1
	LfK						128	0.1
	V-Partei3						90	0.1	0.0
	Humanists						81	0.1	0.0
	Bündnis C						73	0.1
	du.						63	0.1
	ÖDP						56	0.1	0.0
	DKP						41	0.0	0.0
	PdF						38	0.0
	LKR						26	0.0
	PSG						15	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,530			1,173
Total valid votes				96,809			97,166
Turnout				98,339	63.3	1.4
	SPD hold		Majority	18,758	19.4	11.1

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Duisburg 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	SPD	Y Mahmut Özdemir		34,799	34.7	8.5	34,695	34.1	8.9
	CDU	Volker Mosblech		26,522	26.4	3.1	22,830	22.4	4.1
	AfD	Karl Michael Solms		16,643	16.6	12.4	15,794	15.5	10.4
	Left	Martin Kretschmer		8,885	8.9	0.2	8,546	8.4	0.4
	FDP	Frank Albrecht		7,054	7.0	5.4	8,369	8.2	5.4
	Greens	Felix Banaszak		4,622	4.6	0.6	4,493	4.4	0.7
	AD-DEMOKRATEN						2,483	2.4
	Independent	Burhanettin Datli		1,415	1.4
	Tierschutzpartei						1,068	1.0
	PARTEI						938	0.9	0.6
	Pirates						688	0.7	1.7
	NPD						594	0.6	2.8
	FW						262	0.3	0.1
	MLPD	Peter Römmele		368	0.4	0.0	213	0.2	0.0
	DM						116	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						116	0.1
	BGE						108	0.1
	DiB						104	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						102	0.1	0.1
	V-Partei³						99	0.1
	ÖDP						61	0.1	0.0
	Die Humanisten						52	0.1
	DKP						41	0.0
	SGP						20	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				3,396			1,912
Total valid votes				100,308			101,792
Turnout				103,704	64.7	1.1
	SPD hold		Majority	8,277	8.3	5.3

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Duisburg 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	SPD	Mahmut Özdemir		44,759	43.2	3.4	44,727	43.0	3.0
	CDU	Volker Mosblech^{[lower-alpha 1]}		30,654	29.6	2.5	27,665	26.6	2.9
	Left	Lukas Maximilian Hirtz		8,920	8.6	2.4	9,160	8.8	4.8
	Greens	Matthias Schneider		5,371	5.2	1.0	5,376	5.2	2.2
	NPD	Sven Peter Stölting		4,676	4.5	1.5	3,507	3.4	1.4
	AfD	Alan Daniel Imamura		4,299	4.1		5,349	5.1
	Pirates	Kurt Alexander Klein		2,909	2.8		2,449	2.4	0.7
	FDP	Frank Albrecht		1,680	1.6	4.0	2,891	2.8	5.8
	PRO						845	0.8
	PARTEI						365	0.4
	BIG						335	0.3
	REP						299	0.3	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						248	0.2	0.2
	MLPD	Jürgen Blumer		351	0.3	0.1	228	0.2	0.0
	FW						143	0.1
	Nichtwahler						122	0.1
	RRP						115	0.1	0.1
	Die Rechte						77	0.1
	ÖDP						75	0.1	0.0
	Party of Reason						72	0.1
	PSG						52	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						32	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,063			1,550
Total valid votes				103,619			104,132
Turnout				105,682	63.6	2.9
	SPD hold		Majority	14,105	13.6	7.4

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Duisburg 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	SPD	Y Johannes Pflug		44,436	47.4	14.2	38,305	40.7	14.6
	CDU	Volker Mosblech		24,779	26.4	1.8	21,808	23.2	2.0
	Left	Hüseyin Aydin		10,519	11.2	4.5	12,940	13.8	5.9
	Greens	Matthias Schneider		5,430	5.8	3.2	6,582	7.0	1.0
	FDP	Thomas Wolter		5,189	5.5	3.2	7,872	8.4	2.9
	NPD	Rudi Theißen		2,953	3.1	1.2	1,960	2.1	0.5
	Pirates						1,503	1.6
	Tierschutzpartei						818	0.9	0.2
	REP						519	0.6	0.0
	FAMILIE						502	0.5	0.1
	RENTNER						453	0.5
	Independent	Andreas Schneider		264	0.3
	Centre						177	0.2	0.2
	RRP						175	0.2
	MLPD	Jürgen Blumer		275	0.3	0.0	168	0.2	0.0
	DVU						114	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						80	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP						51	0.1
	BüSo						32	0.0	0.0
	PSG						28	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,709			1,467
Total valid votes				93,845			94,087
Turnout				95,554	59.9	11.2
	SPD hold		Majority	19,657	21.0	16.0

Notes

↑ Mosblech entered the Bundestag on the CDU list after the resignation of Philipp Mißfelder in July 2015.

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References

1 2 "Constituency Duisburg II". Federal Returning Officer.
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[6] Mosblech entered the Bundestag on the CDU list after the resignation of Philipp Mißfelder in July 2015.

[Area-1] 1 2 "Constituency Duisburg II". Federal Returning Officer.

[2] "Results for Duisburg II". Federal Returning Officer.

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v t e Electoral districts of North Rhine-Westphalia in the German Bundestag
Current	Aachen I Aachen II Heinsberg Düren Rhein-Erft-Kreis I Euskirchen – Rhein-Erft-Kreis II Cologne I Cologne II Cologne III Bonn Rhein-Sieg-Kreis I Rhein-Sieg-Kreis II Oberbergischer Kreis Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis Leverkusen – Cologne IV Wuppertal I Solingen – Remscheid – Wuppertal II Mettmann I Mettmann II Düsseldorf I Düsseldorf II Neuss I Mönchengladbach Krefeld I – Neuss II Viersen Kleve Wesel I Krefeld II – Wesel II Duisburg I Duisburg II Oberhausen – Wesel III Mülheim – Essen I Essen II Essen III Recklinghausen I Recklinghausen II Gelsenkirchen Steinfurt I – Borken I Bottrop – Recklinghausen III Borken II Coesfeld – Steinfurt II Steinfurt III Münster Warendorf Gütersloh I Bielefeld – Gütersloh II Herford – Minden-Lübbecke II Minden-Lübbecke I Lippe I Höxter – Gütersloh III – Lippe II Paderborn Hagen – Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis I Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis II Bochum I Herne – Bochum II Dortmund I Dortmund II Unna I Hamm – Unna II Soest Hochsauerlandkreis Siegen-Wittgenstein Olpe – Märkischer Kreis I Märkischer Kreis II
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115 Duisburg II
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Duisburg II in 2025
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	253,100 (2019)
Electorate	155,265 (2021)
Major settlements	Duisburg (partial)
Area	113.7 km²
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	SPD
Member	Mahmut Özdemir
Elected	2013, 2017, 2021