Neuss I

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107 Neuss I
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Bundestagswahlkreis 107-2025.svg
Neuss I in 2025
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Population295,300 (2019)
Electorate213,250 (2021)
Major settlements Neuss
Dormagen
Grevenbroich
Area347.5 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
Party CDU
Member Carl-Philipp Sassenrath
Elected 2025

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]

Contents

Neuss I was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. From 2005 to 2025, it has been represented by Hermann Gröhe of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). [2] Since 2025 it is been represented by Carl-Philipp Sassenrath of the CDU.

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.

ElectionNo.NameBorders
1949 21Neuss-Grevenbroich
  • Neuss city
  • Grevenbroich district
1953 80
1957
1961
1965 77Neuss-Grevenbroich I
1969
1972
1976
1980 76Neuss I
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 109
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. In 2025 Carl-Philipp Sassenrath, of the CDU, was elected.

ElectionMemberParty %
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
2025 Carl-Philipp Sassenrath CDU 36.3

Election results

2025 election

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

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CDU Carl-Philipp Sassenrath 62,25036.3Increase2.svg 0.556,60032.9Increase2.svg 2.9
SPD Daniel Rinkert 46,41027.1Decrease2.svg 5.032,05718.6Decrease2.svg 8.6
AfD Marcel Titzer29,03916.9Increase2.svg 10.229,14716.9Increase2.svg 9.9
Greens Katharina Janetta14,5598.5Decrease2.svg 2.818,43910.7Decrease2.svg 2.9
Left Roland Sperling12,0357.0Increase2.svg 4.412,7817.4Increase2.svg 4.5
BSW  7,3894.3
FDP Bijan Djir-Sarai 7,2674.2Decrease2.svg 3.89,0195.2Decrease2.svg 7.4
Tierschutzpartei  2,4181.4Decrease2.svg 0.1
Volt  1,0230.6Increase2.svg 0.3
PARTEI Decrease2.svg 2.39190.5Decrease2.svg 0.8
FW  7060.4Decrease2.svg 0.1
dieBasis Decrease2.svg 1.34990.3Decrease2.svg 0.8
Team Todenhöfer  4180.2Decrease2.svg 0.6
PdF  3290.2Increase2.svg 0.2
BD  1760.1
Values  1250.1
MERA25  870.1
MLPD  490.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Pirates  Decrease2.svg 0.4
Gesundheitsforschung  Decrease2.svg 0.1
Humanists  Decrease2.svg 0.1
ÖDP  Decrease2.svg 0.1
Bündnis C  Decrease2.svg 0.1
SGP  0.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes1,601980
Total valid votes171,560172,181
Turnout 173,16182.1Increase2.svg 6.1
CDU holdMajority15,8409.2

2021 election

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

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CDU Green check.svgY Hermann Gröhe 57,44535.8Decrease2.svg 8.248,16629.9Decrease2.svg 6.0
SPD Daniel Rinkert [a] 51,39132.0Increase2.svg 3.443,76027.2Increase2.svg 3.6
Greens Petra Schenke18,05111.2Increase2.svg 6.121,95113.6Increase2.svg 7.6
FDP Bijan Djir-Sarai 12,9328.1Increase2.svg 0.820,33312.6Decrease2.svg 2.2
AfD Stefan Hrdy10,8016.7Decrease2.svg 1.911,2987.0Decrease2.svg 2.4
Left Falk vom Dorff4,1532.6Decrease2.svg 2.84,7713.0Decrease2.svg 3.3
Tierschutzpartei  2,3671.5Increase2.svg 0.6
PARTEI Lisa Granderath3,6172.31,7741.1Increase2.svg 0.3
dieBasis Bastian Schönbeck2,0521.31,7481.1
Team Todenhöfer  1,3930.9
FW  8610.5Increase2.svg 0.2
Pirates  6070.4Decrease2.svg 0.1
Volt  4800.3
LIEBE2340.1
Gesundheitsforschung  2310.1Increase2.svg 0.1
LfK1660.1
V-Partei3  1490.1Steady2.svg 0.0
NPD  1320.1Decrease2.svg 0.1
Humanists  1250.1Steady2.svg 0.0
Independent Ernst Herbert1200.1
ÖDP  1080.1Steady2.svg 0.0
du.  720.0
Bündnis C  610.0
PdF500.0
DKP  440.0Steady2.svg 0.0
LKR  310.0
MLPD  290.0Steady2.svg 0.0
SGP  250.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes1,6051,201
Total valid votes160,561160,966
Turnout 162,16776.0Increase2.svg 1.5
CDU holdMajority6,0543.8Decrease2.svg 11.6

2017 election

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

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CDU Green check.svgY Hermann Gröhe 69,65844.0Decrease2.svg 7.656,98335.9Decrease2.svg 9.6
SPD Daniel Rinkert 45,31428.6Decrease2.svg 1.937,43823.6Decrease2.svg 4.3
AfD Dirk Helmut Kranefuß13,6758.6Increase2.svg 5.914,8879.4Increase2.svg 5.3
FDP Bijan Djir-Sarai 11,4717.2Increase2.svg 4.923,58514.9Increase2.svg 8.7
Left Roland Sperling8,5355.4Increase2.svg 1.59,8956.2Increase2.svg 1.3
Greens Peter Gehrmann8,1315.1Increase2.svg 0.49,5836.0Decrease2.svg 0.1
Tierschutzpartei  1,3130.8
PARTEI  1,2250.8Increase2.svg 0.5
AD-DEMOKRATEN8480.5
Pirates  7230.5Decrease2.svg 1.9
FW Annette Anni Gisela Elster1,5081.0Increase2.svg 0.45530.3Decrease2.svg 0.1
NPD  3350.2Decrease2.svg 0.8
DiB 2220.1
V-Partei³ 1980.1
BGE  1630.1
ÖDP  1590.1Steady2.svg 0.0
DM1580.1
Gesundheitsforschung 1410.1
Volksabstimmung1410.1Decrease2.svg 0.1
Die Humanisten 1020.1
MLPD  820.1Steady2.svg 0.0
DKP  280.0
SGP 130.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes1,7581,275
Total valid votes158,292158,775
Turnout 160,05074.4Increase2.svg 2.6
CDU holdMajority24,34415.4Decrease2.svg 5.6

2013 election

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

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CDU Green check.svgY Hermann Gröhe 78,71251.6Increase2.svg 3.869,48045.5Increase2.svg 8.1
SPD Klaus Krützen46,61930.6Increase2.svg 1.142,60427.9Increase2.svg 3.0
Greens Lars Erik Schellhas7,2264.7Decrease2.svg 2.09,3636.1Decrease2.svg 2.1
Left Walter Hans Rogel-Obermanns5,9833.9Decrease2.svg 2.07,6065.0Decrease2.svg 1.6
Pirates Bianca Staubitz3,8912.63,6662.4Increase2.svg 0.7
FDP Bijan Djir-Sarai3,5072.3Decrease2.svg 6.39,4186.2Decrease2.svg 11.3
AfD Bodo Dirk Aßmuth4,1552.76,2764.1
NPD Reinhold Schäben1,6651.1Decrease2.svg 0.41,5031.0Decrease2.svg 0.1
FW Carsten Thiel8080.56460.4
PARTEI  4640.3
PRO 3580.2
Volksabstimmung2970.2Increase2.svg 0.1
REP  2260.1Decrease2.svg 0.2
BIG2010.1
ÖDP  1870.1Increase2.svg 0.1
Nichtwahler1680.1
Party of Reason 1070.1
RRP920.1Decrease2.svg 0.1
BüSo 540.0Steady2.svg 0.0
MLPD  390.0Steady2.svg 0.0
PSG 390.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Die Rechte 260.0
Informal votes1,8781,635
Total valid votes152,566152,809
Turnout 154,44472.0Increase2.svg 1.9
CDU holdMajority32,09321.0Increase2.svg 2.7

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Neuss I [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 Green check.svgY Hermann Gröhe 70,78747.8Increase2.svg 0.155,41937.4Decrease2.svg 3.0
SPD Hubert Eßer43,61429.5Decrease2.svg 10.836,81224.8Decrease2.svg 10.5
FDP Bijan Djir-Sarai 12,7638.6Increase2.svg 4.925,94417.5Increase2.svg 6.2
Greens Ingo Kolmorgen9,9356.7Increase2.svg 3.612,1338.2Increase2.svg 2.2
Left Felizitas Wennmacher8,7095.9Increase2.svg 2.59,7556.6Increase2.svg 2.6
Pirates  2,5561.7
NPD Reinhold Schäben2,1681.5Increase2.svg 0.41,5431.0Increase2.svg 0.2
Tierschutzpartei  9890.7Increase2.svg 0.2
FAMILIE 8130.5Increase2.svg 0.2
RENTNER6030.4
REP  5300.4Steady2.svg 0.0
Centre  5090.3Steady2.svg 0.0
RRP2420.2
Volksabstimmung1330.1Steady2.svg 0.0
ÖDP  1070.1
DVU  850.1
MLPD  300.0Steady2.svg 0.0
BüSo 220.0Steady2.svg 0.0
PSG 220.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes1,9661,695
Total valid votes147,976148,247
Turnout 149,94270.1Decrease2.svg 7.2
CDU holdMajority27,17318.3Increase2.svg 10.9

2005 election

Federal election (2005): Neuss I [8]
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 Hermann Gröhe 77,78147.7Increase2.svg 4.160,70443.2Decrease2.svg 2.3
SPD Red x.svgN Kurt Bodewig 65,60340.3Decrease2.svg 4.557,53735.3Decrease2.svg 3.3
FDP Bijan Djir-Sarai519943.7Decrease2.svg 2.418,41111.3Increase2.svg 1.0
Left Roland Sperling5,4643.4Increase2.svg 2.56,4844.0Increase2.svg 3.0
Greens Ingo Kolmorgen5,1113.1Decrease2.svg 0.49,8066.0Decrease2.svg 1.0
NPD Willibrord Osmers1,6731.01,3920.9Increase2.svg 0.7
Centre Hans-Joachim Woitzik1,2970.8Increase2.svg 0.45770.4Increase2.svg 0.1
Tierschutzpartei  7860.5Increase2.svg 0.2
GRAUEN  6480.4Increase2.svg 0.2
Familie  6350.4Increase2.svg 0.2
REP  5500.3
From Now on... Democracy Through Referendum  1440.1
PBC  1010.1
Socialist Equality Party  720.0
BüSo  440.0
MLPD  670.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes1,5701,476
Total valid votes162,923163,017
Turnout 164,49377.3Decrease2.svg 2.9
CDU gain from SPD Majority12,1787.4

Notes

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

References

  1. 1 2 "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
  7. Results for Neuss I