Soest (electoral district)

145 Soest
145 Soest
Electoral district; for the Bundestag
	Soest in 2025
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	301,800 (2019)
Electorate	231,811 (2021)
Major settlements	Lippstadt ; Soest ; Werl
Area	1,328.6 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1980
Party	CDU
Member	Hans-Jürgen Thies
Elected	2017, 2021

Last updated July 25, 2024

Soest 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 145. It is located in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the district of Soest.^[1]

Geography

Soest is located in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Soest district.^[1]

History

Soest was created in 1980. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 118 in the numbering system. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 147. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 146. From the 2025 election, it has been number 145. Its borders have not changed since its creation.

Members

The constituency has been held by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) during all but one Bundestag term since its creation. It was first represented by Hermann Kroll-Schlüter from 1980 to 1990, followed by Jürgen Augustinowitz from 1990 to 1998. Eike Hovermann of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was elected in 1998. Bernhard Schulte-Drüggelte regained it for the CDU in 2002 and served until 2017. Hans-Jürgen Thies was elected in 2017.

	Member	Party	%
1980	Hermann Kroll-Schlüter	CDU	50.0
1983			56.3
1987			49.8
1990	Jürgen Augustinowitz	CDU	49.4
1994	Jürgen Augustinowitz	CDU	49.6
1998	Eike Hovermann	SPD	45.5
2002	Bernhard Schulte-Drüggelte	CDU	44.2
2005			46.3
2009			45.8
2013			49.8
2017	Hans-Jürgen Thies	CDU	42.7
2021	Hans-Jürgen Thies	CDU	33.1

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Soest^[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 Hans-Jürgen Thies		58,791	33.1	9.5	51,697	29.1	7.2
	SPD	Wolfgang Hellmich		54,614	30.8	1.5	51,061	28.7	3.8
	Greens	Shahabuddin Miah		22,154	12.5	7.0	24,089	13.5	7.4
	FDP	Fabian Griewel		17,826	10.0	2.1	21,005	11.8	1.6
	AfD	Berengar Elsner von Gronow		13,992	7.9	1.0	14,206	8.0	1.4
	Left	Helle Robert		5,548	3.1	2.5	5,520	3.1	3.7
	Tierschutzpartei						2,260	1.3	0.6
	dieBasis	Wolfgang Sälzer		2,507	1.4		2,038	1.1
	PARTEI						1,724	1.0	0.3
	FW	Christine-Maria Hudyma		2,017	1.1		1,176	0.7	0.4
	Pirates						666	0.4	0.0
	Team Todenhöfer						495	0.3
	Volt						327	0.2
	LIEBE						251	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						246	0.1	0.0
	LfK						173	0.1
	Bündnis C						159	0.1
	NPD						156	0.1	0.1
	Humanists						121	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP						118	0.1	0.0
	du.						89	0.1
	V-Partei3						89	0.0	0.1
	PdF						73	0.0
	LKR						34	0.0
	DKP						31	0.0	0.0
	SGP						13	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						12	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,554			1,174
Total valid votes				177,449			177,829
Turnout				179,003	77.2	2.2
	CDU hold		Majority	4,177	2.3	11.0

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Soest^[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	Hans-Jürgen Thies		73,595	42.7	7.1	62,764	36.3	8.5
	SPD	Wolfgang Hellmich		50,458	29.3	4.1	43,184	25.0	5.4
	AfD	Berengar Elsner von Gronow		15,311	8.9		16,165	9.3	5.9
	FDP	Fabian Griewel		13,681	7.9	5.6	23,296	13.5	8.5
	Left	Robert Helle		9,756	5.7	0.7	11,702	6.8	1.5
	Greens	Shahabuddin Miah		9,459	5.5	0.5	10,723	6.2	0.8
	Tierschutzpartei						1,207	0.7
	PARTEI						1,183	0.7	0.4
	Pirates						634	0.4	1.7
	FW						387	0.2	0.1
	NPD						310	0.2	0.6
	Independent	Jonathan Meier		232	0.1
	AD-DEMOKRATEN						184	0.1
	DiB						183	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						176	0.1
	V-Partei³						175	0.1
	BGE						168	0.1
	DM						168	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						159	0.1	0.1
	ÖDP						149	0.1	0.0
	Die Humanisten						78	0.0
	MLPD						40	0.0	0.0
	DKP						28	0.0
	SGP						11	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,872			1,290
Total valid votes				172,492			173,074
Turnout				174,364	75.1	2.8
	CDU hold		Majority	23,137	13.4	3.1

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Soest^[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 Bernhard Schulte-Drüggelte		82,394	49.8	4.0	74,380	44.8	8.2
	SPD	Wolfgang Hellmich		55,127	33.3	4.1	50,439	30.4	4.9
	Greens	Cordula Ungruh		9,868	6.0	1.3	11,565	7.0	1.7
	Left	Michael Bruns		8,267	5.0	2.0	8,721	5.2	2.4
	AfD						5,711	3.4
	Pirates	Sven Sladek		3,996	2.4		3,410	2.1	0.5
	FDP	Ingo Westermann		3,870	2.3	7.2	8,218	4.9	12.0
	NPD			1,954	1.2	0.1	1,321	0.8	0.0
	PARTEI						467	0.3
	Volksabstimmung						333	0.2	0.1
	PRO						330	0.2
	FW						229	0.1
	ÖDP						204	0.1	0.1
	REP						180	0.1	0.1
	Nichtwahler						192	0.1
	Party of Reason						101	0.1
	BIG						91	0.1
	RRP						86	0.1	0.1
	Die Rechte						59	0.0
	PSG						52	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						32	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						25	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,435			1,765
Total valid votes				165,476			166,146
Turnout				167,911	72.3	1.3
	CDU hold		Majority	27,267	16.5	0.1

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Soest^[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 Bernhard Schulte-Drüggelte		74,725	45.8	0.5	59,805	36.6	2.5
	SPD	Wolfgang Hellmich		47,583	29.2	11.9	41,522	25.4	12.1
	FDP	Urs Frigger		15,625	9.6	4.8	27,675	16.9	6.4
	Greens	Frank Hilgenkamp		11,924	7.3	4.0	14,081	8.6	2.8
	Left	Michael Bruns		11,432	7.0	3.3	12,460	7.6	3.2
	Pirates						2,612	1.6
	NPD	Harald Röhl		1,800	1.1	0.2	1,324	0.8	0.1
	FAMILIE						1,037	0.6	0.2
	Tierschutzpartei						922	0.6	0.1
	RENTNER						652	0.4
	REP						388	0.2	0.1
	RRP						315	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						149	0.1	0.0
	Centre						123	0.1	0.0
	DVU						118	0.1
	ÖDP						106	0.1
	BüSo						48	0.0	0.0
	PSG						22	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						13	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,204			1,921
Total valid votes				163,089			163,372
Turnout				165,293	61.0	7.3
	CDU hold		Majority	27,142	16.6	11.4

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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
Other states	Baden-Württemberg Bavaria‎ Berlin Brandenburg‎ Bremen Hamburg‎ Hesse Lower Saxony Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Rhineland-Palatinate‎ Saarland Saxony‎ Saxony-Anhalt‎ Schleswig-Holstein‎ Thuringia‎
See also	List of Bundestag constituencies Elections in Germany

145 Soest
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Soest in 2025
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	301,800 (2019)
Electorate	231,811 (2021)
Major settlements	Lippstadt Soest Werl
Area	1,328.6 km²
Current electoral district
Created	1980
Party	CDU
Member	Hans-Jürgen Thies
Elected	2017, 2021