Bremen I

54 Bremen I
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Bremen I in 2025
State	Bremen
Population	356,900 (2019)
Electorate	245,384 (2021)
Major settlements	Bremen (partial)
Area	154.3 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	SPD
Member	Sarah Ryglewski
Elected	2017, 2021

Bremen 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 54. It is located in the state of Bremen, comprising eastern and southern parts of the city of Bremen.

Bremen I was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Sarah Ryglewski of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).

Geography

Bremen I is located in the state of Bremen. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the borough of Ost, the Stadtteil of Mitte from the borough of Mitte, and the Stadtteile of Neustadt, Obervieland, and Huchting from the borough of Süd.

History

Bremen I was created in 1949, then known as Bremen-Ost. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the inaugural Bundestag election, it was Bremen constituency 1 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 57. From 1965 through 1998, it was number 50. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 54. In the 2009 election, it was number 55. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 54.

Originally, the constituency comprised the borough of Ost and the Ortsteile of Huckelriede, Habenhausen, and Arsten. In the 1965 through 1994 elections, it comprised the borough of Ost, the Stadtteil of Obervieland, and the Ortsteile of Huckelriede and Ostertor. In the 1998 election, it lost the Ortsteile of Huckelriede and Ostertor. The constituency acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	1	Bremen-Ost	Ost borough Süd borough (only Huckelriede, Habenhausen, and Arsten Ortsteile)
1953	57
1957
1961
1965	50		Ost borough Mitte borough (only Ostertor Ortsteil) Süd borough (only Obervieland Stadtteil and Huckelriede Ortsteil)
1969
1972
1976
1980
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998			Ost borough Süd borough (only Obervieland Stadtteil)
2002	54	Bremen I	Ost borough Mitte borough (only Mitte Stadtteil) Süd borough (only Neustadt, Obervieland, and Huchting Stadtteile)
2005
2009	55
2013	54
2017
2021
2025

Members

The constituency has been held continuously by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) since its creation. Its first representative was Heinz Meyer, who served from 1949 to 1953. Hermann Hansing served from 1953 to 1972. He was succeeded by Ernst Waltemathe, who served until 1994. Volker Kröning who elected in 1994 and served until 2009. In 2009, future mayor of Bremen Carsten Sieling was elected representative. He was re-elected in 2013. Sarah Ryglewski was elected in the 2017 election.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Heinz Meyer	SPD	29.9
	1953	Hermann Hansing	SPD	33.7
	1957			39.7
	1961			44.3
	1965			44.2
	1969			49.5
	1972	Ernst Waltemathe	SPD	57.2
	1976			49.0
	1980			48.5
	1983			47.8
	1987			44.8
	1990			38.9
	1994	Volker Kröning	SPD	43.1
	1998			50.7
	2002			51.4
	2005			48.3
	2009	Carsten Sieling	SPD	33.7
	2013			37.9
	2017	Sarah Ryglewski	SPD	30.0
	2021			30.2

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Bremen I
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 Sarah Ryglewski		55,934	30.2	0.2	53,425	28.8	4.3
	Greens	Kirsten Kappert-Gonther		39,721	21.5	9.5	44,414	24.0	11.3
	CDU	Thomas Röwekamp		39,440	21.3	2.9	32,475	17.5	8.5
	Left	Cindi Tuncel		15,306	8.3	3.9	15,739	8.5	5.7
	FDP	Volker Redder		13,929	7.5	3.6	18,396	9.9	0.3
	AfD	Heinrich Löhmann		9,099	4.9	2.8	9,835	5.3	3.0
	PARTEI	Merle Andersen		2,835	1.5	1.0	1,977	1.1	0.6
	Human Environment Animal Protection	Cornelia Balog-Broschinski		2,440	1.3		2,145	1.2
	dieBasis	Ronald-Oliver Marahrens		2,237	1.2		2,008	1.1
	FW	Patrick Strauß		1,853	1.0		1,473	0.8	0.5
	Team Todenhöfer						1,455	0.8
	Volt	Michael Speer		1,182	0.6		843	0.5
	Humanists	Bennet Henking		526	0.3		325	0.2
	V-Partei3						246	0.1	0.2
	ÖDP	Antje Piegsa		322	0.2		212	0.1
	Menschliche Welt						181	0.1	0.1
	NPD						104	0.1	0.1
	MLPD	Wolfgang Lange		147	0.1	0.1	84	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,337			1,071
Total valid votes				184,971			185,237
Turnout				186,308	75.9	1.4
	SPD hold		Majority	16,213	8.7	2.9

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Bremen I
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	Sarah Ryglewski		55,656	30.0	7.9	45,729	24.5	8.6
	CDU	Elisabeth Motschmann		44,912	24.2	6.0	48,458	26.0	4.2
	Left	Sebastian Rave		22,666	12.2	3.9	26,425	14.2	4.1
	Greens	Kirsten Kappert-Gonther		22,117	11.9	2.0	23,568	12.6	1.3
	FDP	Lencke Wischhusen		20,702	11.2	8.9	19,138	10.3	6.3
	AfD	Silvia Brock		14,290	7.7	4.8	15,539	8.3	4.9
	PARTEI	Fabian Siggelkow		4,744	2.6	1.7	3,093	1.7	1.1
	BGE						1,124	0.6
	Pirates						1,007	0.5	2.1
	V-Partei³						589	0.3
	FW						488	0.3	0.0
	MENSCHLICHE WELT						392	0.2
	DM						314	0.2
	NPD						264	0.1	0.6
	MLPD	Helmut Lange		350	0.2	0.1	154	0.1	0.0
	DKP						94	0.1
Informal votes				2,627			1,688
Total valid votes				185,437			186,376
Turnout				188,064	74.5	2.6
	SPD hold		Majority	10,744	5.8	1.9

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Bremen I
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 Carsten Sieling		69,161	37.9	4.2	60,502	33.1	5.0
	CDU	Elisabeth Motschmann		55,198	30.3	1.6	55,254	30.2	5.4
	Greens	Marieluise Beck		25,342	13.9	3.1	25,448	13.9	3.6
	Left	Klaus-Rainer Rupp		15,186	8.3	3.1	18,502	10.1	3.2
	AfD	Christian Schäfer		5,336	2.9		6,263	3.4
	Pirates	Robert Bauer		4,849	2.7		4,756	2.6	0.2
	FDP	Torsten Staffeldt		4,171	2.3	5.0	7,168	3.9	7.4
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,641	0.9
	PARTEI			1,531	0.8		959	0.5
	NPD			1,403	0.8	0.3	1,400	0.8	0.1
	FW						398	0.2
	PRO						199	0.1
	Bündnis 21/RRP						119	0.1	0.8
	MLPD			207	0.1	0.1	87	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,128			1,816
Total valid votes				182,384			182,696
Turnout				184,512	71.9	1.6
	SPD hold		Majority	13,963	7.6	2.6

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Bremen I
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	Carsten Sieling		62,588	33.7	14.6	52,387	28.2	11.5
	CDU	Rita Mohr-Lüllmann		53,255	28.7	0.5	46,284	24.9	1.1
	Greens	Marieluise Beck		31,564	17.0	4.9	32,556	17.5	0.9
	Left	Klaus-Rainer Rupp		21,226	11.4	4.9	24,883	13.4	5.2
	FDP	Torsten Staffeldt		13,587	7.3	3.6	21,021	11.3	2.4
	Pirates						4,564	2.5
	RRP						1,617	0.9
	NPD	Klaus Baade		2,012	1.1	0.1	1,567	0.8	0.2
	Independent	Jan Hövener		684	0.4
	PBC						458	0.2	0.1
	DVU						373	0.2
	Independent	Wolf-Dieter Könnecke		362	0.2
	REP						247	0.1
	MLPD	Helmut Lange		343	0.2		133	0.1	0.0
Informal votes				2,510			2,792
Total valid votes				185,632			186,090
Turnout				188,189	73.5	4.3
	SPD hold		Majority	9,333	5.0	15.1