Mülheim – Essen I

117 Mülheim – Essen I
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Mülheim – Essen I in 2025
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	253,200 (2019)
Electorate	182,895 (2021)
Major settlements	Mülheim Essen (partial)
Area	115.8 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	SPD
Member	Sebastian Fiedler
Elected	2021

Mülheim – Essen 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 117. It is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the city of Mülheim and northwestern parts of the city of Essen.

Mülheim – Essen I was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Sebastian Fiedler of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).

Geography

Mülheim – Essen I is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Mülheim and the Stadtbezirk IV (Borbeck) from the independent city of Essen.

History

Mülheim – Essen I was created in 1949, then known as Mülheim. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 29 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 88. From 1965 through 1976, it was number 86. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 87. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 119. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 118. From the 2025 election, it has been number 117.

Originally, the constituency comprised only the city of Mülheim. In the 2002 election, it acquired Stadtbezirk IV (Borbeck) from the city of Essen.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	29	Mülheim	Mülheim city
1953	88
1957
1961
1965	86
1969
1972
1976
1980	87
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	119	Mülheim – Essen I	Mülheim city Essen city (only IV (Borbeck) Stadtbezirk)
2005
2009
2013	118
2017
2021
2025	117

Members

The constituency has been held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) during all but two Bundestag terms since 1949. It was first represented by Otto Striebeck of the SPD from 1949 to 1953, followed by Gisela Praetorius of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) for a single term. Fellow CDU member Max Vehar then served from 1957 to 1961, before former member Striebeck regained the constituency for the SPD. Willi Müller of the SPD was representative from 1965 to 1980, when he was succeeded by Thomas Schröer. Dieter Schloten served from 1990 to 2002, followed by Anton Schaaf until 2013. Arno Klare was elected in 2013 and re-elected in 2017. He was succeeded by Sebastian Fiedler in 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Otto Striebeck	SPD	34.9
	1953	Gisela Praetorius	CDU	42.6
	1957	Max Vehar	CDU	45.5
	1961	Otto Striebeck	SPD	48.1
	1965	Willi Müller	SPD	52.6
	1969			57.5
	1972			63.0
	1976			58.0
	1980	Thomas Schröer	SPD	56.5
	1983			54.1
	1987			51.7
	1990	Dieter Schloten	SPD	46.7
	1994			49.8
	1998			57.5
	2002	Anton Schaaf	SPD	53.5
	2005			52.6
	2009			41.4
	2013	Arno Klare	SPD	42.2
	2017			34.9
	2021	Sebastian Fiedler	SPD	36.3

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Mülheim – Essen 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	Sebastian Fiedler		50,168	36.3	1.4	46,084	33.3	3.8
	CDU	Astrid Timmermann-Fechter		33,090	24.0	7.4	32,698	23.6	4.5
	Greens	Franziska Krumwiede-Steiner		19,547	14.1	8.0	20,232	14.6	7.9
	FDP	Joachim vom Berg		11,884	8.6	0.4	15,188	11.0	2.0
	AfD	Alexander von Wrese		11,704	8.5	3.0	11,135	8.0	3.4
	Left	Eliseo Francesco Maugeri		3,663	2.7	3.9	4,494	3.2	4.2
	Independent	Horst Bilo		2,243	1.6
	Human Environment Animal Protection						2,126	1.5	0.6
	PARTEI	Pascal Plew		2,870	2.1		1,613	1.2	0.3
	dieBasis	Nicole Weber		1,584	1.1		1,224	0.9
	Team Todenhöfer						1,080	0.8
	FW	Joachim Kluft		1,105	0.8		677	0.5	0.3
	Pirates						450	0.3	0.1
	Volt						338	0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung						186	0.1	0.0
	LIEBE						184	0.1
	NPD						125	0.1	0.1
	LfK						120	0.1
	Humanists						98	0.1	0.0
	V-Partei3						88	0.1	0.0
	Bündnis C						87	0.1
	ÖDP						81	0.1	0.0
	MLPD	Hannes Stockert		158	0.1	0.1	72	0.1	0.1
	DKP	Peter Köster		139	0.1		58	0.0	0.0
	du.						56	0.0
	LKR						40	0.0
	PdF						34	0.0
	SGP						21	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,503			1,069
Total valid votes				138,155			138,589
Turnout				139,568	76.4	0.3
	SPD hold		Majority	17,078	12.3	8.8

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Mülheim – Essen 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 Arno Klare		49,226	34.9	7.3	41,731	29.5	8.7
	CDU	Astrid Timmermann-Fechter		44,219	31.3	4.2	39,847	28.1	5.7
	AfD	Alexander von Wrese		16,221	11.5	7.6	16,200	11.4	6.8
	FDP	Joachim vom Berg		12,729	9.0	6.6	18,337	12.9	8.4
	Left	Marc Scheffler		9,210	6.5	1.0	10,546	7.4	1.0
	Greens	Franziska Krumwiede-Steiner		8,690	6.2	0.2	9,465	6.7	0.4
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,297	0.9
	PARTEI						1,234	0.9	0.5
	AD-DEMOKRATEN						570	0.4
	Pirates						552	0.4	1.7
	DIE VIOLETTEN	Elisabeth Walther		430	0.3
	NPD						309	0.2	1.2
	FW						274	0.2	0.1
	DiB						179	0.1
	MLPD	Hannes Stockert		339	0.2	0.1	163	0.1	0.0
	V-Partei³						151	0.1
	BGE						135	0.1
	ÖDP						134	0.1	0.0
	Gesundheitsforschung						126	0.1
	DM						117	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						116	0.1	0.1
	Die Humanisten						79	0.1
	DKP						62	0.0
	SGP						27	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,794			1,207
Total valid votes				141,064			141,651
Turnout				142,858	76.1	2.5
	SPD hold		Majority	5,007	3.6	3.0

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Mülheim – Essen 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	Arno Klare		58,741	42.2	0.8	53,275	38.2	2.7
	CDU	Astrid Timmermann-Fechter		49,487	35.6	3.4	47,247	33.9	6.8
	Greens	Tim Giesbert		8,824	6.3	1.4	9,837	7.1	2.5
	Left	Sylvia von Häfen		7,664	5.5	3.2	8,968	6.4	3.1
	AfD	Martin Fritz		5,383	3.9		6,404	4.6
	FDP	Susanne Rittershaus		3,412	2.5	6.1	6,388	4.6	8.6
	Pirates	Carsten Trojahn		3,093	2.2		2,858	2.0	0.6
	NPD	Marcel Haliti		2,339	1.7	0.3	2,029	1.5	0.4
	PARTEI						491	0.4
	PRO						469	0.3
	REP						227	0.2	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						217	0.2	0.1
	BIG						209	0.1
	FW						167	0.1
	Nichtwahler						151	0.1
	ÖDP						142	0.1	0.0
	MLPD	Frank Stierlin		222	0.2		108	0.1	0.0
	Party of Reason						78	0.1
	RRP						77	0.1	0.1
	Die Rechte						53	0.0
	PSG						42	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						41	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,796			1,483
Total valid votes				139,165			139,478
Turnout				140,961	73.6	1.4
	SPD hold		Majority	9,254	6.6	2.7

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Mülheim – Essen 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 Anton Schaaf		57,547	41.4	11.2	49,498	35.5	12.1
	CDU	Andreas Schmidt		44,653	32.1	0.7	37,762	27.1	0.4
	Left	Nina Eumann		12,143	8.7	3.6	13,226	9.5	3.2
	FDP	Ulrike Flach		11,852	8.5	5.2	18,416	13.2	5.1
	Greens	Tim Giesbert		10,801	7.8	3.7	13,253	9.5	2.0
	Pirates						2,054	1.5
	NPD	Marcel Haliti		1,940	1.4	0.5	1,458	1.0	0.3
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,018	0.7	0.3
	FAMILIE						698	0.5	0.2
	REP						538	0.4	0.1
	RENTNER						518	0.4
	RRP						227	0.2
	MLPD						139	0.1	0.0
	Volksabstimmung						108	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP						97	0.1
	DVU						83	0.1
	Centre						66	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						60	0.0	0.0
	PSG						32	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,722			1,407
Total valid votes				138,936			139,251
Turnout				140,658	72.4	7.3
	SPD hold		Majority	12,894	9.3	10.5