Recklinghausen II

121 Recklinghausen II
121 Recklinghausen II
Electoral district; for the Bundestag
	Recklinghausen II in 2025
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	249,800 (2019)
Electorate	186,413 (2021)
Major settlements	Marl ; Herten ; Haltern am See
Area	388.9 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	SPD
Member	Brian Nickholz
Elected	2021

Last updated April 27, 2024

Recklinghausen II 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 121. It is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the northern and eastern part of the Recklinghausen district.^[1]

Geography

Recklinghausen II is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the municipalities of Datteln, Haltern am See, Herten, Marl, and Oer-Erkenschwick from the Recklinghausen district.^[1]

History

Recklinghausen II was created in 1949, then known as Recklinghausen-Land. From 1980 through 1987, it was named Recklinghausen II. From 1990 through 1998, it was named Recklinghausen II – Borken I. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 41 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 100. From 1965 through 1976, it was number 99. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 92. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 123. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 122. From the 2025 election, it has been number 121.

Originally, the constituency was coterminous with the Recklinghausen district. From 1965 through 1976, it comprised the municipalities of Dorsten, Herten, Kirchhellen, Marl, and Westerholt from the Recklinghausen district. From 1980 through 1987, it comprised the municipalities of Datteln, Dorsten, Haltern am See, Marl, and Oer-Erkenschwick. In the 1990 and 1994 elections, it acquired the municipalities of Heiden and Reken from the Borken district. In the 1998 election, it also acquired Raesfeld from the Borken district. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	41	Recklinghausen-Land	Recklinghausen district
1953	100
1957
1961
1965	99		Recklinghausen city Recklinghausen district (only Dorsten, Herten, Kirchhellen, Marl, and Westerholt municipalities)
1969
1972
1976
1980	92	Recklinghausen II	Recklinghausen district (only Datteln, Dorsten, Haltern am See, Marl, and Oer-Erkenschwick municipalities)
1983
1987
1990		Recklinghausen II – Borken I	Recklinghausen district (only Datteln, Dorsten, Haltern am See, Marl, and Oer-Erkenschwick municipalities) Borken district (only Heiden and Reken municipalities)
1994
1998			Recklinghausen district (only Datteln, Dorsten, Haltern am See, Marl, and Oer-Erkenschwick municipalities) Borken district (only Heiden, Raesfeld, and Reken municipalities)
2002	123	Recklinghausen II	Recklinghausen district (only Datteln, Haltern am See, Herten, Marl, and Oer-Erkenschwick municipalities)
2005
2009
2013	122
2017
2021
2025	121

Members

The constituency has been held continuously by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) since 1965. It was first represented by Anton Hoppe of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1949 to 1953, followed by fellow CDU member Friedrich Wilhelm Willeke from 1953 to 1965. Günther Eckerland of the SPD was elected in 1965 and served until 1976, when he was succeeded by Ulrich Steger. He was in turn succeeded by Horst Niggemeier, who served from 1987 to 1994. Waltraud Lehn was representative from 1994 to 2009. Michael Groß was elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2013 and 2017. He was succeeded by Brian Nickholz in 2021.

	Member	Party	%
1949	Anton Hoppe	CDU	38.1
1953	Friedrich Wilhelm Willeke	CDU	54.3
1957			55.7
1961			48.8
1965	Günther Eckerland	SPD	47.1
1969			51.2
1972			58.3
1976	Ulrich Steger	SPD	53.5
1980			54.4
1983			50.6
1987	Horst Niggemeier	SPD	50.6
1990	Horst Niggemeier	SPD	47.6
1994	Waltraud Lehn	SPD	48.8
1998			54.1
2002			56.6
2005			55.0
2009	Michael Groß	SPD	42.6
2013			45.7
2017			41.1
2021	Brian Nickholz	SPD	37.4

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Recklinghausen II^[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	%	±%
	SPD	Brian Nickholz		51,050	37.4	3.7	48,563	35.5	3.8
	CDU	Lars Ehm		38,325	28.1	6.4	33,610	24.6	4.9
	Greens	Robin Conrad		14,836	10.9	6.2	15,627	11.4	6.3
	AfD	Bernard Keber		13,108	9.6		12,522	9.2	3.3
	FDP	Robert Heinze		11,283	8.3	1.9	13,571	9.9	0.7
	Left	Ulrike Eifler		3,881	2.8	5.6	4,084	3.0	3.6
	Tierschutzpartei						2,368	1.7	0.8
	PARTEI	Angelina Klementz		3,509	2.6		1,555	1.1	0.5
	Team Todenhöfer						1,094	0.8
	dieBasis						1,093	0.8
	FW						634	0.5	0.2
	Pirates						548	0.4	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						217	0.2	0.1
	LIEBE						207	0.2
	Volt						202	0.1
	NPD						170	0.1	0.1
	LfK						117	0.1
	V-Partei3						91	0.1	0.0
	Humanists						79	0.1	0.0
	MLPD	Sabine Leopold		215	0.2	0.9	81	0.1	0.1
	ÖDP						72	0.1	0.0
	Bündnis C						62	0.0
	du.						56	0.0
	PdF						44	0.0
	LKR						32	0.0
	DKP	Detlev Beyer-Peters		167	0.1		29	0.0	0.0
	PSG						10	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,467			1,103
Total valid votes				136,374			136,738
Turnout				137,841	73.9	0.4
	SPD hold		Majority	12,725	9.3	2.7

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Recklinghausen II^[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	%	±%
	SPD	Y Michael Groß		56,019	41.1	4.5	44,224	31.7	8.4
	CDU	Rita Stockhofe		46,982	34.5	2.0	41,079	29.4	5.2
	AfD						17,387	12.5	8.4
	FDP	Andres Schützendübel		13,903	10.2	8.6	14,759	10.6	7.0
	Left	Petra Willemsen		11,502	8.4	2.9	9,201	6.6	0.3
	Greens	Rita Magdalena Nowak		6,363	4.7	0.3	7,189	5.2	0.6
	Tierschutzpartei						1,234	0.9
	AD-DEMOKRATEN						1,026	0.7
	PARTEI						887	0.6	0.3
	Pirates						667	0.5	1.8
	FW						365	0.3	0.1
	NPD						306	0.2	1.1
	Volksabstimmung						174	0.1	0.1
	DM						167	0.1
	MLPD	Sabine Leopold		1,378	1.0	0.8	163	0.1	0.0
	Gesundheitsforschung						150	0.1
	V-Partei³						123	0.1
	BGE						111	0.1
	ÖDP						104	0.1	0.0
	DiB						97	0.1
	Die Humanisten						66	0.0
	DKP						25	0.0
	SGP						6	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				4,648			1,275
Total valid votes				136,147			139,510
Turnout				140,795	74.3	2.6
	SPD hold		Majority	9,037	6.6	2.6

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Recklinghausen II^[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	%	±%
	SPD	Y Michael Groß		61,748	45.7	3.1	54,378	40.1	3.3
	CDU	Rita Stockhofe		49,404	36.5	4.8	47,082	34.7	5.6
	Left	Bärbel Beuermann		7,529	5.6	4.4	8,501	6.3	4.3
	Greens	Maaike Amalie Thomas		6,733	5.0	1.2	7,860	5.8	1.6
	AfD						5,494	4.0
	Pirates	Birsen Freund		3,807	2.8		3,140	2.3	0.7
	NPD			2,574	1.9	0.3	1,730	1.3	0.2
	FDP	Mirjam Forszpaniak		2,122	1.6	6.1	4,813	3.5	7.4
	Independent			1,006	0.7
	PARTEI						468	0.3
	PRO						440	0.3
	Volksabstimmung						328	0.2	0.1
	FW						266	0.2
	REP						252	0.2	0.2
	Nichtwahler						184	0.1
	BIG						168	0.1
	MLPD			282	0.2	0.1	140	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP						131	0.1	0.0
	Party of Reason						128	0.1
	Die Rechte						66	0.0
	RRP						65	0.0	0.1
	PSG						61	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						29	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,221			1,702
Total valid votes				135,205			135,724
Turnout				137,426	71.8	0.2
	SPD hold		Majority	12,344	9.2	1.6

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Recklinghausen II^[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	%	±%
	SPD	Michael Groß		58,984	42.6	12.4	51,110	36.8	14.6
	CDU	Astrid Timmermann-Fechter		44,021	31.8	0.5	40,418	29.1	0.4
	Left	Bernd Michael Hübner		13,805	10.0	5.1	14,614	10.5	5.0
	FDP	Albrecht Moslehner		10,678	7.7	4.7	15,219	11.0	4.7
	Greens	Siegfried Schönfeld		8,603	6.2	2.5	10,299	7.4	2.0
	Pirates						2,285	1.6
	NPD	Jacqueline Kasper		2,269	1.6	0.6	1,554	1.1	0.3
	Tierschutzpartei						1,010	0.7	0.3
	FAMILIE						694	0.5	0.2
	REP						483	0.3	0.0
	RENTNER						467	0.3
	RRP						211	0.2
	DVU						135	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						134	0.1	0.0
	MLPD	Paul Schlesinger		191	0.1	0.0	96	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP						83	0.1
	Centre						64	0.0	0.0
	PSG						29	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						28	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,810			1,428
Total valid votes				138,551			138,933
Turnout				140,361	72.0	6.6
	SPD hold		Majority	14,963	10.8	11.9

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References

1 2 "Constituency Recklinghausen II". Federal Returning Officer.
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[Area-1] 1 2 "Constituency Recklinghausen II". Federal Returning Officer.

[2] "Results for Recklinghausen II". Federal Returning Officer.

[3] Results for Recklinghausen II

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[6] Results for Recklinghausen II

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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
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121 Recklinghausen II
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Recklinghausen II in 2025
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	249,800 (2019)
Electorate	186,413 (2021)
Major settlements	Marl Herten Haltern am See
Area	388.9 km²
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	SPD
Member	Brian Nickholz
Elected	2021