Neuss I

107 Neuss I
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Neuss I in 2025
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	295,300 (2019)
Electorate	213,250 (2021)
Major settlements	Neuss Dormagen Grevenbroich
Area	347.5 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CDU
Member	Hermann Gröhe
Elected	2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021

Neuss I 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 107. It is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the southeastern part of the district of Rhein-Kreis Neuss. ^[1]

Neuss I was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2005, it has been represented by Hermann Gröhe of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). ^[2]

Geography

Neuss I is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the municipalities of Dormagen, Grevenbroich, Neuss, and Rommerskirchen from the Rhein-Kreis Neuss district. ^[1]

History

Neuss I was created in 1949, then known as Neuss-Grevenbroich. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was named Neuss-Grevenbroich I. It acquired its current name in the 1980 election. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 21 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 80. From 1965 through 1976, it was number 77. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 76. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 109. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 108. From the 2025 election, it has been number 107.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Neuss and the district of Grevenbroich. From 1965 through 1976, it comprised the independent city of Neuss and the municipalities of Dormagen, Kaarst, Korschenbroich, and Meerbusch from Grevenbroich district. From 1980 through 1998, it comprised the municipalities of Neuss and Dormagen from Rhein-Kreis Neuss. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	21	Neuss-Grevenbroich	Neuss city Grevenbroich district
1953	80
1957
1961
1965	77	Neuss-Grevenbroich I	Neuss city Grevenbroich district (only Dormagen, Kaarst, Korschenbroich, and Meerbusch municipalities)
1969
1972
1976
1980	76	Neuss I	Rhein-Kreis Neuss district (only Neuss and Dormagen municipalities)
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	109		Rhein-Kreis Neuss district (only Dormagen, Grevenbroich, Neuss, and Rommerskirchen municipalities)
2005
2009
2013	108
2017
2021
2025	107

Members

The constituency has been held by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) during all but one Bundestag term since 1949. It was first represented by Richard Muckermann from 1949 to 1961. He was succeeded by Josef Rommerskirchen from 1965 to 1976, followed by Heinz Günther Hüsch until 1990. Bertold Mathias Reinartz served two terms from 1990 to 1998. Hermann Gröhe was then elected in 1998, but defeated in 2002 by Kurt Bodewig of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Hermann Gröhe regained the constituency in 2005, and was re-elected in 2009, 2013, 2017, and 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Richard Muckermann	CDU	47.3
	1953			63.2
	1957			67.1
	1961	Josef Rommerskirchen	CDU	59.1
	1965			58.8
	1969			52.3
	1972			48.3
	1976	Heinz Günther Hüsch	CDU	51.4
	1980			47.3
	1983			53.9
	1987			49.5
	1990	Bertold Mathias Reinartz	CDU	50.2
	1994			49.5
	1998	Hermann Gröhe	CDU	45.9
	2002	Kurt Bodewig	SPD	44.7
	2005	Hermann Gröhe	CDU	47.5
	2009			47.8
	2013			51.6
	2017			44.0
	2021			35.8

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Neuss I [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	%	±%
	CDU	Y Hermann Gröhe		57,445	35.8	8.2	48,166	29.9	6.0
	SPD	Daniel Rinkert [lower-alpha 1]		51,391	32.0	3.4	43,760	27.2	3.6
	Greens	Petra Schenke		18,051	11.2	6.1	21,951	13.6	7.6
	FDP	Bijan Djir-Sarai		12,932	8.1	0.8	20,333	12.6	2.2
	AfD	Stefan Hrdy		10,801	6.7	1.9	11,298	7.0	2.4
	Left	Falk vom Dorff		4,153	2.6	2.8	4,771	3.0	3.3
	Tierschutzpartei						2,367	1.5	0.6
	PARTEI	Lisa Granderath		3,617	2.3		1,774	1.1	0.3
	dieBasis	Bastian Schönbeck		2,052	1.3		1,748	1.1
	Team Todenhöfer						1,393	0.9
	FW						861	0.5	0.2
	Pirates						607	0.4	0.1
	Volt						480	0.3
	LIEBE						234	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						231	0.1	0.1
	LfK						166	0.1
	V-Partei3						149	0.1	0.0
	NPD						132	0.1	0.1
	Humanists						125	0.1	0.0
	Independent	Ernst Herbert		120	0.1
	ÖDP						108	0.1	0.0
	du.						72	0.0
	Bündnis C						61	0.0
	PdF						50	0.0
	DKP						44	0.0	0.0
	LKR						31	0.0
	MLPD						29	0.0	0.0
	PSG						25	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,605			1,201
Total valid votes				160,561			160,966
Turnout				162,167	76.0	1.5
	CDU hold		Majority	6,054	3.8	11.6

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Neuss I [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	%	±%
	CDU	Y Hermann Gröhe		69,658	44.0	7.6	56,983	35.9	9.6
	SPD	Daniel Rinkert		45,314	28.6	1.9	37,438	23.6	4.3
	AfD	Dirk Helmut Kranefuß		13,675	8.6	5.9	14,887	9.4	5.3
	FDP	Bijan Djir-Sarai		11,471	7.2	4.9	23,585	14.9	8.7
	Left	Roland Sperling		8,535	5.4	1.5	9,895	6.2	1.3
	Greens	Peter Gehrmann		8,131	5.1	0.4	9,583	6.0	0.1
	Tierschutzpartei						1,313	0.8
	PARTEI						1,225	0.8	0.5
	AD-DEMOKRATEN						848	0.5
	Pirates						723	0.5	1.9
	FW	Annette Anni Gisela Elster		1,508	1.0	0.4	553	0.3	0.1
	NPD						335	0.2	0.8
	DiB						222	0.1
	V-Partei³						198	0.1
	BGE						163	0.1
	ÖDP						159	0.1	0.0
	DM						158	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						141	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						141	0.1	0.1
	Die Humanisten						102	0.1
	MLPD						82	0.1	0.0
	DKP						28	0.0
	SGP						13	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,758			1,275
Total valid votes				158,292			158,775
Turnout				160,050	74.4	2.6
	CDU hold		Majority	24,344	15.4	5.6

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Neuss I [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	%	±%
	CDU	Y Hermann Gröhe		78,712	51.6	3.8	69,480	45.5	8.1
	SPD	Klaus Krützen		46,619	30.6	1.1	42,604	27.9	3.0
	Greens	Lars Erik Schellhas		7,226	4.7	2.0	9,363	6.1	2.1
	Left	Walter Hans Rogel-Obermanns		5,983	3.9	2.0	7,606	5.0	1.6
	Pirates	Bianca Staubitz		3,891	2.6		3,666	2.4	0.7
	FDP	Bijan Djir-Sarai		3,507	2.3	6.3	9,418	6.2	11.3
	AfD	Bodo Dirk Aßmuth		4,155	2.7		6,276	4.1
	NPD	Reinhold Schäben		1,665	1.1	0.4	1,503	1.0	0.1
	FW	Carsten Thiel		808	0.5		646	0.4
	PARTEI						464	0.3
	PRO						358	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						297	0.2	0.1
	REP						226	0.1	0.2
	BIG						201	0.1
	ÖDP						187	0.1	0.1
	Nichtwahler						168	0.1
	Party of Reason						107	0.1
	RRP						92	0.1	0.1
	BüSo						54	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						39	0.0	0.0
	PSG						39	0.0	0.0
	Die Rechte						26	0.0
Informal votes				1,878			1,635
Total valid votes				152,566			152,809
Turnout				154,444	72.0	1.9
	CDU hold		Majority	32,093	21.0	2.7

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Neuss I [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	%	±%
	CDU	Y Hermann Gröhe		70,787	47.8	0.1	55,419	37.4	3.0
	SPD	Hubert Eßer		43,614	29.5	10.8	36,812	24.8	10.5
	FDP	Bijan Djir-Sarai		12,763	8.6	4.9	25,944	17.5	6.2
	Greens	Ingo Kolmorgen		9,935	6.7	3.6	12,133	8.2	2.2
	Left	Felizitas Wennmacher		8,709	5.9	2.5	9,755	6.6	2.6
	Pirates						2,556	1.7
	NPD	Reinhold Schäben		2,168	1.5	0.4	1,543	1.0	0.2
	Tierschutzpartei						989	0.7	0.2
	FAMILIE						813	0.5	0.2
	RENTNER						603	0.4
	REP						530	0.4	0.0
	Centre						509	0.3	0.0
	RRP						242	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						133	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP						107	0.1
	DVU						85	0.1
	MLPD						30	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						22	0.0	0.0
	PSG						22	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,966			1,695
Total valid votes				147,976			148,247
Turnout				149,942	70.1	7.2
	CDU hold		Majority	27,173	18.3	10.9

Notes

1. Rinkert entered the Bundestag on the SPD list after the death of Rainer Keller in September 2022.

References

1. "Constituency Neuss I". Federal Returning Officer.
2. "Results for Neuss I". Federal Returning Officer.
3. Results for Neuss I
4. Results for Neuss I
5. Results for Neuss I
6. Results for Neuss I