Mettmann II

104 Mettmann II
104 Mettmann II
Electoral district; for the Bundestag
	Mettmann II in 2025
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	216,700 (2019)
Electorate	160,175 (2021)
Major settlements	Ratingen; Velbert; Heiligenhaus
Area	223.4 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1965
Party	CDU
Member	Peter Beyer
Elected	2009, 2013, 2017, 2021

Mettmann 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 104. It is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the northern part of the district of Mettmann.^[1]

Mettmann II was created for the 1965 federal election. Since 2009, it has been represented by Peter Beyer of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).^[2]

Geography

Mettmann II is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the municipalities of Heiligenhaus, Ratingen, Velbert, and Wülfrath from the district of Mettmann.^[1]

History

Mettmann II was created in 1965 and contained parts of the redistributed Düsseldorf-Mettmann constituency. Until acquiring its current name in 1980, it was known as Düsseldorf-Mettmann II. From 1965 through 1976, it was constituency 72 in the numbering system. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 73. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 106. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 105. From the 2025 election, it has been number 104.

Originally, the constituency comprised the municipalities of Ratingen, Velbert, Heiligenhaus, Kettwig, Langenberg, Neviges, Wittlaer, Ratingen-Lintorf, and Hubbelrath, as well as the Amt of Angerland, from the district of Düsseldorf-Mettmann. It acquired its current borders in the 1980 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1965	72	Düsseldorf-Mettmann II	Düsseldorf-Mettmann district (only Ratingen, Velbert, Heiligenhaus, Kettwig, Langenberg, Neviges, Wittlaer, Ratingen-Lintorf, and Hubbelrath municipalities and Angerland Amt)
1969
1972
1976
1980	73	Mettmann II	Mettmann district (only Heiligenhaus, Ratingen, Velbert, and Wülfrath municipalities)
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	106
2005
2009
2013	105
2017
2021
2025	104

Members

The constituency was first represented by Willi Müser of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1965 to 1969. He was succeeded by Heinz Pensky of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Heinz Schemken of the CDU was elected in 1983 and represented the constituency until 1998, when the SPD regained it. Regina Schmidt-Zadel held it for a single term before being succeeded by Kerstin Griese in the 2002 election. In 2009, Peter Beyer of the CDU became representative. He was re-elected in 2013, 2017, and 2021.

	Member	Party	%
1965	Willi Müser	CDU	46.4
1969	Heinz Pensky	SPD	48.0
1972			53.5
1976			46.5
1980			48.3
1983	Heinz Schemken	CDU	49.6
1987			49.0
1990			49.4
1994			47.9
1998	Regina Schmidt-Zadel	SPD	46.8
2002	Kerstin Griese	SPD	45.3
2005	Kerstin Griese	SPD	43.5
2009	Peter Beyer	CDU	39.8
2013			45.6
2017			39.3
2021			31.3

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Mettmann 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	%	±%
	CDU	Y Peter Beyer		38,429	31.3	7.9	33,254	27.1	5.6
	SPD	Kerstin Greise		37,635	30.7	0.5	34,409	28.0	3.5
	Greens	Ophelia Nick		17,730	14.5	8.4	18,112	14.7	7.8
	FDP	Jessica Denné-Weiß		11,158	9.1	0.4	16,235	13.2	2.6
	AfD	Jessica Malisch		8,894	7.3	1.7	9,104	7.4	2.2
	Left	Birgit Onori		3,395	2.8	2.7	3,887	3.2	3.6
	Tierschutzpartei						1,656	1.3	0.4
	PARTEI	Mario De Falco		2,258	1.8		1,293	1.1	0.4
	dieBasis	Editha Roetger		1,366	1.1		1,210	1.0
	Team Todenhöfer						851	0.7
	FW	Mario Sülz		1,166	1.0		759	0.6	0.4
	Pirates						613	0.5	0.0
	Volt						312	0.3
	Gesundheitsforschung						183	0.1	0.1
	Bündnis C	Marcel Stubbe		221	0.2		154	0.1
	Independent	Jason Richter		181	0.1
	LfK						152	0.1
	LIEBE						138	0.1
	The Homeland						109	0.1	0.1
	Humanists						85	0.1	0.0
	V-Partei3						82	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP						79	0.1	0.0
	MLPD	Horst Dotten		99	0.1		59	0.0	0.0
	du.						58	0.0
	LKR	Andrea Konorza		65	0.1		37	0.0
	PdF						34	0.0
	SGP						15	0.0	0.0
	DKP						12	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,172			877
Total valid votes				122,597			122,892
Turnout				123,769	77.3	0.4
	CDU hold		Majority	794	0.6	8.4

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Mettmann 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	Y Peter Beyer		48,689	39.3	6.3	40,601	32.6	8.7
	SPD	Kerstin Griese		37,468	30.2	6.9	30,492	24.5	6.4
	AfD	Bernd Ulrich		11,143	9.0	5.8	11,926	9.6	4.9
	FDP	Anna-Tina Pannes		10,795	8.7	6.3	19,691	15.8	9.7
	Greens	Nick Ophelia		7,567	6.1	1.2	8,599	6.9	0.0
	Left	Rainer Köster		6,825	5.5	1.2	8,458	6.8	1.3
	Tierschutzpartei						1,186	1.0
	PARTEI						822	0.7	0.4
	Pirates	Frank Herrmann		1,451	1.2	1.3	630	0.5	1.7
	AD-DEMOKRATEN						493	0.4
	FW						294	0.2	0.1
	The Homeland						252	0.2	0.7
	DM						140	0.1
	V-Partei³						126	0.1
	DiB						121	0.1
	ÖDP						122	0.1	0.0
	Gesundheitsforschung						118	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						114	0.1	0.1
	BGE						98	0.1
	MLPD						73	0.1	0.0
	Die Humanisten						56	0.0
	Independent	Dirk Willing		48	0.0
	DKP						15	0.0
	SGP						13	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,510			1,056
Total valid votes				123,986			124,440
Turnout				125,496	76.9	3.5
	CDU hold		Majority	11,221	9.1	0.6

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Mettmann 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	%	±%
	CDU	Y Peter Beyer		55,307	45.6	5.7	50,254	41.3	7.5
	SPD	Kerstin Griese		45,091	37.1	1.5	37,580	30.9	3.9
	Greens	Michael Remmert		5,987	4.9	2.0	8,408	6.9	2.4
	Left	Serdar Boztemur		5,166	4.3	2.7	6,646	5.5	2.6
	AfD	Christiane Geb		3,911	3.2		5,730	4.7
	Pirates	Gabriel Heinzmann-Jiménez		2,997	2.5		2,655	2.2	0.6
	FDP	Jörg Weisse		2,920	2.4	6.9	7,421	6.1	10.8
	The Homeland						1,097	0.9	0.0
	PARTEI						347	0.3
	PRO						245	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						212	0.2	0.1
	FW						197	0.2
	REP						197	0.2	0.2
	Nichtwahler						176	0.1
	ÖDP						147	0.1	0.0
	BIG						96	0.1
	Party of Reason						74	0.1
	RRP						55	0.0	0.1
	Die Rechte						39	0.0
	MLPD						31	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						26	0.0	0.0
	PSG						21	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,657			1,382
Total valid votes				121,379			121,654
Turnout				123,036	74.3	1.5
	CDU hold		Majority	10,216	4.2	4.3

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Mettmann 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	%	±%
	CDU	Peter Beyer		48,276	39.8	1.8	40,999	33.8	1.6
	SPD	N Kerstin Griese		43,173	35.6	7.8	32,740	27.0	11.7
	FDP	Dirk Wedel		11,332	9.4	4.0	20,574	16.9	5.1
	Greens	Mareike Grigo		8,447	7.0	3.1	11,350	9.3	2.8
	Left	Martin Behnke		8,418	6.9	2.2	9,839	8.1	3.1
	Pirates						1,955	1.6
	The Homeland	Markus Born		1,503	1.2	0.3	1,061	0.9	0.2
	Tierschutzpartei						756	0.6	0.2
	FAMILIE						596	0.5	0.1
	REP						467	0.4	0.0
	RENTNER						422	0.3
	RRP						199	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						122	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP						95	0.1
	Centre						94	0.1	0.0
	DVU						84	0.0
	BüSo						28	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						28	0.0	0.0
	PSG						20	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,541			1,261
Total valid votes				121,149			121,429
Turnout				122,690	72.9	6.6
	CDU gain from SPD		Majority	5,103	4.2

References

^ ^a ^b "Constituency Mettmann II". Federal Returning Officer.
^ "Results for Mettmann II". Federal Returning Officer.
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[Area-1] "Constituency Mettmann II". Federal Returning Officer.

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

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