146 Hochsauerlandkreis | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
![]() Hochsauerlandkreis in 2025 | |
State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Population | 259,800 (2019) |
Electorate | 200,496 (2021) |
Major settlements | Arnsberg Meschede Sundern |
Area | 1,960.2 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 1980 |
Party | CDU |
Member | Friedrich Merz |
Elected | 2021 |
Hochsauerlandkreis 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 146. It is located in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the district of Hochsauerlandkreis. [1]
Hochsauerlandkreis was created for the 1980 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). [2]
Hochsauerlandkreis is located in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Hochsauerlandkreis district. [1]
Hochsauerlandkreis was created in 1980. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 119 in the numbering system. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 148. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 147. From the 2025 election, it has been number 146. Its borders have not changed since its creation.
The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation. It was first represented by Ferdinand Tillmann from 1980 to 1994. Friedrich Merz was representative from 1994 to 2009. Patrick Sensburg was elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2013 and 2017. Former member Merz successfully sought election again in 2021.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1980 | Ferdinand Tillmann | CDU | 57.4 | |
1983 | 62.9 | |||
1987 | 57.6 | |||
1990 | 55.4 | |||
1994 | Friedrich Merz | 54.3 | ||
1998 | 51.4 | |||
2002 | 53.7 | |||
2005 | 57.7 | |||
2009 | Patrick Sensburg | 51.7 | ||
2013 | 56.1 | |||
2017 | 48.0 | |||
2021 | Friedrich Merz | 40.4 |
Federal election (2021): Hochsauerlandkreis [3] | |||||||||
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Notes: | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. | ||||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Friedrich Merz | 62,810 | 40.4 | ![]() | 52,017 | 33.5 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Dirk Wiese | 50,056 | 32.2 | ![]() | 44,640 | 28.7 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Maria Tillmann | 12,478 | 8.0 | ![]() | 15,473 | 10.0 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Carl-Julius Cronenberg | 10,806 | 7.0 | ![]() | 18,712 | 12.0 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Otto Strauß | 10,068 | 6.5 | ![]() | 11,532 | 7.4 | ![]() | ||
PARTEI | Andreas Hövelmann | 2,909 | 1.9 | 1,983 | 1.3 | ![]() | |||
Left | Karl-Ludwig Gössling | 2,685 | 1.7 | ![]() | 3,989 | 2.6 | ![]() | ||
Tierschutzpartei | 1,943 | 1.2 | ![]() | ||||||
FW | Sebastian Vielhaber | 2,224 | 1.4 | ![]() | 1,583 | 1.0 | ![]() | ||
dieBasis | Klaus Selter | 1,381 | 0.9 | 1,346 | 0.9 | ||||
Pirates | 462 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||||||
Team Todenhöfer | 380 | 0.2 | |||||||
Volt | 332 | 0.2 | |||||||
LIEBE | 186 | 0.1 | |||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 181 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
LfK | 128 | 0.1 | |||||||
NPD | 122 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
ÖDP | 99 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
V-Partei3 | 87 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Humanists | 80 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Bündnis C | 69 | 0.0 | |||||||
du. | 52 | 0.0 | |||||||
37 | 0.0 | ||||||||
LKR | 28 | 0.0 | |||||||
MLPD | 14 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
DKP | 11 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
PSG | 8 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,101 | 1,024 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 155,417 | 155,494 | |||||||
Turnout | 156,518 | 78.1 | ![]() | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 12,754 | 8.2 | ![]() |
Federal election (2017): Hochsauerlandkreis [4] | |||||||||
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Notes: | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. | ||||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() | 73,185 | 48.0 | ![]() | 63,651 | 41.7 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Dirk Wiese | 41,047 | 26.9 | ![]() | 34,865 | 22.8 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Carl-Julius Cronenberg | 12,893 | 8.4 | ![]() | 21,919 | 14.3 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Hans-Martin Schaefer | 11,115 | 7.3 | 12,216 | 8.0 | ![]() | |||
Greens | Annika Neumeister | 6,476 | 4.2 | ![]() | 7,198 | 4.7 | ![]() | ||
Left | Reinhard Prange | 6,452 | 4.2 | ![]() | 8,183 | 5.4 | ![]() | ||
Tierschutzpartei | 930 | 0.6 | |||||||
PARTEI | 906 | 0.6 | ![]() | ||||||
FW | Christa Hudyma | 1,447 | 0.9 | ![]() | 841 | 0.6 | ![]() | ||
Pirates | 530 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||||||
NPD | 324 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
AD-DEMOKRATEN | 268 | 0.2 | |||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 156 | 0.1 | |||||||
Volksabstimmung | 141 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
ÖDP | 139 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
V-Partei³ | 121 | 0.1 | |||||||
DM | 119 | 0.1 | |||||||
BGE | 100 | 0.1 | |||||||
DiB | 98 | 0.1 | |||||||
Die Humanisten | 47 | 0.0 | |||||||
MLPD | 47 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
DKP | 13 | 0.0 | |||||||
SGP | 2 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,399 | 1,200 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 152,615 | 152,814 | |||||||
Turnout | 154,014 | 76.0 | ![]() | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 32,138 | 21.1 | ![]() |
Federal election (2013): Hochsauerlandkreis [5] | |||||||||
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Notes: | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. | ||||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() | 83,952 | 56.1 | ![]() | 74,530 | 49.7 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Dirk Wiese | 44,682 | 29.9 | ![]() | 42,054 | 28.0 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Antonius Becker | 6,308 | 4.2 | ![]() | 7,161 | 4.8 | ![]() | ||
Left | Beate Raberg | 6,159 | 4.1 | ![]() | 7,055 | 4.7 | ![]() | ||
AfD | 5,140 | 3.4 | |||||||
Pirates | 3,280 | 2.2 | 2,940 | 2.0 | ![]() | ||||
FDP | Hans-Werner Ehrenberg | 2,878 | 1.9 | ![]() | 7,625 | 5.1 | ![]() | ||
NPD | 1,708 | 1.1 | ![]() | 1,269 | 0.8 | ![]() | |||
FW | 637 | 0.4 | 533 | 0.4 | |||||
PARTEI | 359 | 0.2 | |||||||
Volksabstimmung | 319 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
PRO | 278 | 0.2 | |||||||
ÖDP | 173 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
REP | 160 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Nichtwahler | 131 | 0.1 | |||||||
Party of Reason | 88 | 0.1 | |||||||
RRP | 85 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
BIG | 43 | 0.0 | |||||||
PSG | 39 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Die Rechte | 22 | 0.0 | |||||||
MLPD | 22 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
BüSo | 20 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,123 | 1,681 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 149,604 | 150,046 | |||||||
Turnout | 151,727 | 73.7 | ![]() | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 39,270 | 26.2 | ![]() |
Federal election (2009): Hochsauerlandkreis [6] | |||||||||
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Notes: | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. | ||||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Patrick Sensburg | 77,687 | 51.7 | ![]() | 63,133 | 41.9 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Karsten Rudolph | 40,010 | 26.6 | ![]() | 36,741 | 24.4 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Hans-Werner Ehrenberg | 13,753 | 9.1 | ![]() | 24,530 | 16.3 | ![]() | ||
Left | Rüdiger Sagel | 9,362 | 6.2 | ![]() | 10,064 | 6.7 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Heiko M. Kosow | 7,966 | 5.3 | ![]() | 9,460 | 6.3 | ![]() | ||
Pirates | 2,008 | 1.3 | |||||||
NPD | Daniela Wegener | 1,537 | 1.0 | ![]() | 1,223 | 0.8 | ![]() | ||
FAMILIE | 910 | 0.6 | ![]() | ||||||
Tierschutzpartei | 809 | 0.5 | ![]() | ||||||
RENTNER | 601 | 0.4 | |||||||
REP | 306 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
RRP | 206 | 0.1 | |||||||
Volksabstimmung | 146 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Centre | 121 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
ÖDP | 112 | 0.1 | |||||||
DVU | 96 | 0.1 | |||||||
PSG | 26 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
MLPD | 25 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
BüSo | 23 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,927 | 1,702 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 150,315 | 150,540 | |||||||
Turnout | 152,242 | 72.7 | ![]() | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 37,677 | 25.1 | ![]() |
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