Oberbergischer Kreis (electoral district)

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98 Oberbergischer Kreis
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Bundestagswahlkreis 98-2025.svg
Oberbergischer Kreis in 2025
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Population272,100 (2019)
Electorate206,640 (2021)
Major settlements Gummersbach
Wiehl
Radevormwald
Area918.8 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
Party CDU
Member Carsten Brodesser
Elected 2017, 2021, 2025

Oberbergischer Kreis 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 98. It is located in southern North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the Oberbergischer Kreis district. [1]

Contents

Oberbergischer Kreis was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Carsten Brodesser of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). [2]

Geography

Oberbergischer Kreis is located in southern North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Oberbergischer Kreis district. [1]

History

Oberbergischer Kreis was created in 1949. It was named Oberbergischer Kreis upon its creation, but renamed to Oberbergischer Kreis – Siegkreis II in the 1965 and 1969 elections. In the 1972 and 1976 elections, it was named Oberbergischer Kreis – Rhein-Sieg-Kreis II. It returned to its current name in the 1980 election. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 12 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 71. From 1965 through 1976, it was number 65. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 66. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 100. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 99. From the 2025 election, it has been number 98.

Originally, it was coterminous with the Oberbergischer Kreis district. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it also contained the entirety of Siegkreis district (Rhein-Sieg-Kreis district from 1972) excluding the modern municipalities of Bad Honnef, Königswinter, Niederkassel, Troisdorf, and Sankt Augustin. It acquired its current borders in the 1980 election.

ElectionNo.NameBorders
1949 12Oberbergischer Kreis
1953 71
1957
1961
1965 65Oberbergischer Kreis – Siegkreis II
1969
1972 Oberbergischer Kreis – Rhein-Sieg-Kreis II
1976
1980 66Oberbergischer Kreis
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 100
2005
2009
2013 99
2017
2021
2025 98

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 August Dresbach 1949 to 1965, followed by Gustav Stein until 1972. Horst Waffenschmidt was elected in 1972 and served until 1998. The Social Democratic Party (SPD)'s candidate Friedhelm Julius Beucher won the constituency in 1998, but the CDU regained it in 2002. Klaus-Peter Flosbach then represented it until 2017. Carsten Brodesser of the CDU was elected as representative in 2017 and re-elected in 2021 and 2025.

ElectionMemberParty%
1949 August Dresbach CDU 37.0
1953 43.5
1957 56.0
1961 45.0
1965 Gustav Stein CDU 51.9
1969 45.7
1972 Horst Waffenschmidt CDU 47.7
1976 51.7
1980 49.1
1983 55.0
1987 50.3
1990 50.1
1994 48.8
1998 Friedhelm Julius Beucher SPD 44.9
2002 Klaus-Peter Flosbach CDU 45.2
2005 49.1
2009 48.4
2013 52.2
2017 Carsten Brodesser CDU 43.7
2021 33.9
2025 36.9

Election results

2025 election

Federal election (2025): Oberbergischer Kreis [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 Green check.svgY Carsten Brodesser 62,10136.9Increase2.svg 3.053,40131.7Increase2.svg 3.9
AfD Bernd Rummler36,26521.6Increase2.svg 12.035,72121.2Increase2.svg 11.6
SPD Pascal Reinhardt34,86920.7Decrease2.svg 6.129,96917.8Decrease2.svg 9.0
Greens Sabine Grützmacher 14,8128.8Decrease2.svg 3.216,0329.5Decrease2.svg 3.1
Left Jan Köstering10,0646.0Increase2.svg 3.110,5986.3Increase2.svg 3.0
BSW  7,7374.6
FDP Sebastian Diener5,4763.3Decrease2.svg 6.67,7714.6Decrease2.svg 7.9
FW Tobias Vormstein2,9141.7Increase2.svg 0.31,1890.7Decrease2.svg 0.2
Tierschutzpartei  2,3691.4Decrease2.svg 0.1
Volt Marius Roth1,7581.01,0320.6Increase2.svg 0.4
PARTEI Decrease2.svg 1.81,0100.6Decrease2.svg 0.4
dieBasis Decrease2.svg 1.85890.3Decrease2.svg 1.4
PdF  3400.2Increase2.svg 0.1
BD  3020.2
Team Todenhöfer  2530.2Decrease2.svg 0.3
Values  1800.1
MERA25  680.0
MLPD  460.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Bündnis C  Decrease2.svg 0.4
Pirates  Decrease2.svg 0.4
Gesundheitsforschung  Decrease2.svg 0.1
ÖDP  Decrease2.svg 0.1
Humanists  Decrease2.svg 0.1
SGP  0.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes1,5771,229
Total valid votes168,259168,607
Turnout 169,83683.1Increase2.svg 5.6
CDU holdMajority25,83615.3

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Oberbergischer Kreis [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 Carsten Brodesser 53,75733.9Decrease2.svg 9.844,01827.7Decrease2.svg 8.7
SPD Michaela Engelmeier42,46126.8Increase2.svg 0.142,41326.7Increase2.svg 4.1
Greens Sabine Grützmacher 19,01512.0Increase2.svg 5.919,95912.6Increase2.svg 6.1
FDP Jörg Von Polheim15,6369.9Increase2.svg 2.019,79612.5Decrease2.svg 1.3
AfD Bernd Rummler15,0719.5Decrease2.svg 0.615,2119.6Decrease2.svg 1.0
Left Diyar Agu4,5872.9Decrease2.svg 2.35,1533.2Decrease2.svg 3.1
PARTEI Philipp Ernst Wüster2,8871.81,6221.0Increase2.svg 0.3
dieBasis Markos Pavlidis2,8471.82,8091.8
Tierschutzpartei  2,4261.5Increase2.svg 0.7
FW Christian Abstoß2,2461.41,4340.9Increase2.svg 0.7
Bündnis C  6990.4
Pirates  6520.4Steady2.svg 0.0
Team Todenhöfer  6350.4
Volt  4030.3
LIEBE2360.1
Gesundheitsforschung  2210.1Steady2.svg 0.0
ÖDP  1830.1Steady2.svg 0.0
LfK1780.1
NPD  1530.1Decrease2.svg 0.1
PdF1100.1
Humanists  1040.1Steady2.svg 0.0
V-Partei3  890.1Steady2.svg 0.0
du.  780.0
LKR  340.0
MLPD  250.0Steady2.svg 0.0
SGP  180.0Steady2.svg 0.0
DKP  150.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes1,6391,472
Total valid votes158,507158,674
Turnout 160,14677.5Increase2.svg 2.4
CDU holdMajority11,2967.1Decrease2.svg 9.9

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Oberbergischer Kreis [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 Carsten Brodesser 67,60343.7Decrease2.svg 8.556,56736.5Decrease2.svg 8.8
SPD Michaela Engelmeier41,30526.7Decrease2.svg 3.435,07822.6Decrease2.svg 4.4
AfD Stefan Zühlke15,64810.1Increase2.svg 7.116,41310.6Increase2.svg 5.6
FDP Heinz Jörg Kloppenburg12,1237.8Increase2.svg 5.721,35313.8Increase2.svg 8.1
Greens Michael Braun9,4896.1Increase2.svg 1.09,9956.4Decrease2.svg 0.5
Left Diyar Agu7,9995.2Increase2.svg 0.99,8876.4Increase2.svg 1.0
Tierschutzpartei  1,2380.8
PARTEI  1,0990.7Increase2.svg 0.3
Pirates  6400.4Decrease2.svg 1.5
AD-DEMOKRATEN5310.3
Independent Felix Staratschek4640.3
FW  3860.2Steady2.svg 0.0
NPD  3280.2Decrease2.svg 0.7
ÖDP  2530.2Steady2.svg 0.0
DM2320.1
Volksabstimmung2040.1Decrease2.svg 0.1
DiB 1860.1
Gesundheitsforschung 1750.1
BGE  1530.1
V-Partei³ 1480.1
Die Humanisten 910.1
MLPD  520.0Steady2.svg 0.0
DKP  160.0
SGP 90.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes1,9621,559
Total valid votes154,631155,034
Turnout 156,59375.1Increase2.svg 3.1
CDU holdMajority26,29817.0Decrease2.svg 5.1

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Oberbergischer Kreis [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 Klaus-Peter Flosbach77,80052.2Increase2.svg 3.867,43745.3Increase2.svg 7.0
SPD Michaela Engelmeier44,77330.1Increase2.svg 2.340,18527.0Increase2.svg 3.0
Greens Michael Braun7,6755.2Decrease2.svg 1.610,3476.9Decrease2.svg 1.7
Left Georg Hewald6,3734.3Decrease2.svg 2.28,0555.4Decrease2.svg 2.0
AfD Rolf Plötz4,4553.07,4875.0
FDP Jörg von Polheim3,2262.2Decrease2.svg 6.68,4465.7Decrease2.svg 11.2
Pirates Heiko Knotte2,7691.92,8491.9Increase2.svg 0.5
NPD Frank Ipach1,4911.0Decrease2.svg 0.21,3290.9Steady2.svg 0.0
PARTEI  6290.4
PRO 4730.3
FW  3640.2
Volksabstimmung3630.2Increase2.svg 0.1
Independent Felix Johannes Staratschek3540.2
ÖDP  2620.2Steady2.svg 0.0
Nichtwahler1890.1
REP  1520.1Decrease2.svg 0.2
Party of Reason 1300.1
BIG800.1
RRP720.0Decrease2.svg 0.1
PSG 320.0Steady2.svg 0.0
MLPD  260.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Die Rechte 210.0
BüSo 180.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes1,9831,953
Total valid votes148,916148,946
Turnout 150,89972.1Increase2.svg 1.0
CDU holdMajority22,03722.1Increase2.svg 1.5

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Oberbergischer Kreis [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 Klaus-Peter Flosbach71,75948.4Decrease2.svg 0.756,80738.3Decrease2.svg 1.6
SPD Michaela Engelmeier41,16527.8Decrease2.svg 10.535,60424.0Decrease2.svg 10.2
FDP Jörg von Polheim12,9908.8Increase2.svg 4.625,00716.8Increase2.svg 4.2
Greens Andreas Schmitz10,0666.8Increase2.svg 3.012,8268.6Increase2.svg 1.9
Left Axel Hofmann9,5996.5Increase2.svg 2.911,0707.5Increase2.svg 3.0
Pirates  2,0351.4
NPD Marc-Benedict Kremer1,7341.2Increase2.svg 0.21,3170.9Steady2.svg 0.0
Tierschutzpartei  9770.7Increase2.svg 0.1
FAMILIE 9050.6Increase2.svg 0.1
RENTNER5510.4
REP  3800.3Steady2.svg 0.0
ÖDP Felix Johannes Staratschek4580.32640.2
Independent Dirk Grabowski4490.3
RRP2280.2
Volksabstimmung1930.1Steady2.svg 0.0
DVU  1190.1
Centre  790.1Steady2.svg 0.0
BüSo 360.0Steady2.svg 0.0
PSG 220.0Steady2.svg 0.0
MLPD  160.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes2,3892,173
Total valid votes148,220148,436
Turnout 150,60971.1Decrease2.svg 6.6
CDU holdMajority30,59420.6Increase2.svg 9.8

2005 election

Federal election (2005): Oberbergischer Kreis [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 Green check.svgY Klaus-Peter Flosbach79,78949.1Increase2.svg 3.964,75139.8Decrease2.svg 9.3
SPD Michaela Engelmeier-Heite62,19538.3Decrease2.svg 5.255,53734.2Decrease2.svg 4.2
FDP Sylvia Bruns6,7434.2Decrease2.svg 1.718,84911.6Increase2.svg 2.3
Greens Andreas Schmitz6,1293.810,8916.7Decrease2.svg 0.4
Left Peter Ullmann5,7363.5Increase2.svg 2.77,2324.5Increase2.svg 3.5
NPD Frank-Rainer Nissler1,5090.91,4010.9Increase2.svg 0.6
Tierschutzpartei  8980.6Increase2.svg 0.2
Familie  8540.5Increase2.svg 0.3
PBC  6980.4Increase2.svg 0.1
GRAUEN  5540.3Increase2.svg 0.2
REP  4840.3
Independent Felix Staratschek3510.2
From Now on... Democracy Through Referendum  1490.1
Centre  530.0
BüSo  270.0
Socialist Equality Party  820.1
MLPD  380.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes2,5902,544
Total valid votes162,452162,498
Turnout 165,04277.6Decrease2.svg 3.4
CDU holdMajority17,59410.8

References

  1. 1 2 "Constituency Oberbergischer Kreis". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Oberbergischer Kreis". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. Results for Oberbergischer Kreis
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  5. Results for Oberbergischer Kreis
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  7. Results for Oberbergischer Kreis