Krefeld II – Wesel II

113 Krefeld II – Wesel II
113 Krefeld II – Wesel II
Electoral district; for the Bundestag
	Krefeld II – Wesel II in 2025
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	243,500 (2019)
Electorate	175,852 (2021)
Major settlements	Krefeld (partial); Moers
Area	176.4 km2
Current electoral district
Created	2002
Party	SPD
Member	Jan Dieren
Elected	2021

Krefeld II – Wesel 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 113. It is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the northern part of the city of Krefeld and the southern part of the district of Wesel.^[1]

Krefeld II – Wesel II was created for the 2002 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Jan Dieren of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).^[2]

Geography

Krefeld II – Wesel II is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the Stadtbezirke of Nord, Hüls, Mitte, and Ost from the independent city of Krefeld and the municipalities of Moers and Neukirchen-Vluyn from the district of Wesel.^[1]

History

Krefeld II – Wesel II was created in 2002 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Krefeld and Wesel II. In the 2002 through 2009 elections, it was constituency 115 in the numbering system. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 114. From the 2025 election, it has been number 113.

Members

The constituency was first represented by Siegmund Ehrmann of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 2002 to 2017. It was won by Kerstin Radomski of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in the 2017 election. Jan Dieren regained it for the SPD in 2021.

	Member	Party	%
2002	Siegmund Ehrmann	SPD	51.5
2005			50.7
2009			49.6
2013			41.5
2017	Kerstin Radomski	CDU	36.8
2021	Jan Dieren	SPD	35.2

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Krefeld II – Wesel 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	Jan Dieren		45,852	35.2	3.2	41,476	31.8	4.1
	CDU	N Kerstin Radomski		37,033	28.4	8.5	32,316	24.7	6.2
	Greens	Ulle Schauws		17,398	13.4	7.2	19,539	15.0	7.9
	FDP	Michael Terwiesche		10,954	8.4	0.3	14,899	11.4	2.2
	AfD	Hauke Finger		9,077	7.0	1.6	9,189	7.0	2.2
	Left	Sebastian Schubert		4,100	3.1	2.5	4,703	3.6	4.0
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,915	1.5	0.8
	PARTEI	Carsten Butterwegge		2,863	2.2	0.8	1,507	1.2	0.2
	dieBasis	Lars Kosma		1,698	1.3		1,362	1.0
	Team Todenhöfer						969	0.7
	FW	Hans-Günther Schmitz		1,186	0.9		818	0.6	0.4
	Pirates						506	0.4	0.1
	Volt						232	0.2
	LIEBE						189	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						143	0.1	0.0
	LfK						119	0.1
	Humanists						113	0.1	0.1
	NPD						103	0.1	0.1
	Bündnis C						88	0.1
	V-Partei3						89	0.1	0.0
	MLPD	Genja Raboteau		125	0.1	0.1	78	0.1	0.0
	du.						71	0.1
	ÖDP						70	0.1	0.0
	PdF						41	0.0
	LKR						38	0.0
	DKP						27	0.0	0.0
	SGP						16	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,378			1,048
Total valid votes				130,286			130,616
Turnout				131,664	74.9	0.2
	SPD gain from CDU		Majority	8,819	6.8

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Krefeld II – Wesel 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	%	±%
	CDU	Kerstin Radomski		48,817	37.0	3.2	40,955	30.9	6.0
	SPD	Elke Buttkereit		42,219	32.0	9.5	36,714	27.7	6.9
	AfD	Peter Müller		11,294	8.5		12,186	9.2	5.3
	FDP	Florian Philipp Ott		10,769	8.2	5.6	18,032	13.6	8.0
	Greens	Ulle Schauws		8,063	6.1	0.8	9,307	7.0	0.3
	Left	Manfred Büddemann		7,418	5.6	0.2	10,090	7.6	1.0
	PARTEI	Richard Jörg Jansen		1,846	1.4	0.9	1,248	0.9	0.5
	Human Environment Animal Protection						946	0.7
	Pirates	Jochen Lobnig		1,433	1.1	1.3	663	0.5	1.6
	AD-DEMOKRATEN						559	0.5
	FW						319	0.2	0.1
	NPD						251	0.2	0.9
	BGE						178	0.1
	DM						164	0.1
	DiB						143	0.1
	V-Partei³						125	0.1
	MLPD	Elisabeth Wannenmacher		238	0.2	0.0	120	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP						111	0.1	0.0
	Volksabstimmung						110	0.1	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						109	0.1
	Die Humanisten						47	0.0
	DKP						33	0.0
	SGP						10	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,608			1,175
Total valid votes				132,097			132,530
Turnout				133,705	74.6	2.8
	CDU gain from SPD		Majority	6,598	5.0

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Krefeld II – Wesel 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 Siegmund Ehrmann		53,578	41.5	1.9	44,856	34.6	2.6
	CDU	Kerstin Radomski		51,835	40.1	5.0	47,806	36.9	6.6
	Left	Gabriele Kaenders		6,994	5.4	2.5	8,546	6.6	2.3
	Greens	Ulle Schauws		6,888	5.3	2.1	9,485	7.3	2.6
	FDP	Michael Terwiesche		3,245	2.5	6.2	7,237	5.6	8.6
	AfD						5,085	3.9
	Pirates	Peter Klein		3,040	2.4		2,739	2.1	0.5
	NPD	Philippe Bodewig		2,039	1.6	0.5	1,463	1.1	0.3
	PARTEI			620	0.5		534	0.4
	PRO						404	0.3
	FW			730	0.6		402	0.3
	Volksabstimmung						222	0.2	0.1
	REP						166	0.1	0.1
	BIG						143	0.1
	ÖDP						126	0.1	0.0
	MLPD	Klaus Wallenstein		268	0.2	0.0	110	0.1	0.0
	Nichtwahler						109	0.1
	Party of Reason						106	0.1
	RRP						74	0.1	0.1
	BüSo						30	0.0	0.0
	PSG						27	0.0	0.0
	Die Rechte						26	0.0
Informal votes				1,948			1,489
Total valid votes				129,237			129,696
Turnout				131,185	71.8	1.0
	SPD hold		Majority	1,743	1.4	3.1

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Krefeld II – Wesel 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	Y Siegmund Ehrmann		50,636	39.6	11.2	40,990	32.0	11.9
	CDU	Kerstin Radomski		44,906	35.1	1.3	38,812	30.3	0.3
	FDP	Michael Terwiesche		11,098	8.7	4.4	18,168	14.2	4.1
	Left	Wolfgang Klinger		10,123	7.9	4.0	11,438	8.9	3.8
	Greens	Ulle Schauws		9,462	7.4	3.7	12,727	9.9	2.2
	Pirates						2,078	1.6
	NPD	Matthias Halmanns		1,425	1.1	0.2	1,091	0.9	0.1
	Human Environment Animal Protection						841	0.7	0.1
	FAMILIE						535	0.4	0.0
	RENTNER						446	0.3
	REP						308	0.2	0.1
	RRP						187	0.1
	MLPD	Klaus Wallenstein		270	0.2		108	0.1	0.0
	Volksabstimmung						102	0.1	0.0
	DVU						76	0.1
	ÖDP						76	0.1
	Centre						72	0.1	0.0
	BüSo						21	0.0	0.0
	PSG						20	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,681			1,412
Total valid votes				127,920			128,189
Turnout				129,601	70.9	7.3
	SPD hold		Majority	5,730	4.5	9.9

References

^ ^a ^b "Constituency Krefeld II – Wesel II". Federal Returning Officer.
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[Area-1] "Constituency Krefeld II – Wesel II". Federal Returning Officer.

[2] "Results for Krefeld II – Wesel II". Federal Returning Officer.

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