Düsseldorf II

106 Düsseldorf II
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Düsseldorf II in 2025
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	290,100 (2019)
Electorate	190,102 (2021)
Major settlements	Düsseldorf (partial)
Area	87.8 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	SPD
Member	Andreas Rimkus
Elected	2021

Düsseldorf 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 106. It is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the southern part of the city of Düsseldorf.^[1]

Düsseldorf II was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Andreas Rimkus of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).^[2]

Geography[edit]

Düsseldorf II is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the southern part of the independent city of Düsseldorf, specifically districts 3, 8, 9, and 10.^[1]

History[edit]

Düsseldorf I was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 20 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 79. From 1965 through 1998, it was number 75. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 108. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 107. From the 2025 election, it has been number 106.

Originally, the constituency comprised the modern districts 2, 6 (excluding Lichtenbroich and Unterrath), 7 (excluding Hubbelrath and Knittcool), 8 (excluding Unterbach, 9, 10, and Düsseldorf-Oberbilk from 3. From 1965 through 1976, it comprised districts 6 (excluding Lichtenbroich and Unterrath), 7 (excluding Hubbelrath and Knittcool), 8 (excluding Unterbach), as well as Flingern from 2 and Oberbilk from 3. It acquired its current borders in the 1980 election.

Members[edit]

The constituency was first represented by Josef Gockeln of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1949 to 1953. He was succeeded by fellow CDU member Johannes Caspers from 1953 to 1961, followed by Georg Schulhoff until 1965. Helmut Lenders of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was elected in 1965 and served until 1980. Manfred Geßner of the SPD then served a single term. The SPD retained the seat in 1983 with candidate Volker Jung, who served until 2002. He was succeeded by Karin Kortmann from 2002 to 2009. Beatrix Philipp of the CDU became representative in the 2009 election, and was succeeded by Sylvia Pantel in 2013. Andreas Rimkus regained the constituency for the SPD in 2021.

Election results[edit]

2021 election[edit]

Federal election (2021): Düsseldorf 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	Andreas Rimkus		41,169	29.2	1.9	35,671	25.2	1.9
	CDU	N Sylvia Pantel		34,801	24.7	9.2	31,639	22.4	6.1
	Greens	Sara Nanni		30,201	21.4	13.1	31,524	22.3	12.2
	FDP	Christoph Stork		14,143	10.0	0.8	17,335	12.3	2.7
	AfD	Uta Opelt		8,214	5.8	2.3	8,503	6.0	3.1
	Left	Julia Susanne Marmulla		5,418	3.8	9.2	6,931	4.9	5.0
	Tierschutzpartei						1,831	1.3	0.5
	Team Todenhöfer						1,674	1.2
	PARTEI	Robin Bartz		2,967	2.1		1,572	1.1	0.0
	dieBasis	Lucia Petarus		1,549	1.1		1,280	0.9
	FW	Hans-Joachim Grumbach		1,307	0.9		859	0.6	0.3
	Volt	Falk Thörmer		1,189	0.8		873	0.6
	Pirates						517	0.4	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						147	0.1	0.0
	LIEBE						143	0.1
	Humanists						141	0.1	0.0
	LfK						139	0.1
	V-Partei3						129	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP						90	0.1	0.0
	NPD						81	0.1	0.1
	du.						77	0.1
	MLPD	Daniela Maus		176	0.1	0.1	66	0.0	0.0
	DKP						62	0.0	0.0
	PdF						55	0.0
	Bündnis C						49	0.0
	LKR						28	0.0
	PSG						16	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,153			855
Total valid votes				141,134			141,432
Turnout				142,287	74.8	0.5
	SPD gain from CDU		Majority	6,368	4.5

2017 election[edit]

Federal election (2017): Düsseldorf 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 Sylvia Pantel		47,950	33.8	6.9	40,606	28.5	8.5
	SPD	Andreas Rimkus		38,727	27.3	7.7	33,218	23.3	6.9
	Left	Sahra Wagenknecht		18,499	13.0	3.9	14,111	9.9	2.1
	FDP	Sebastian Rehne		13,049	9.2	6.3	21,277	14.9	9.1
	Greens	Uwe Marold Warnecke		11,778	8.3	0.8	14,379	10.1	0.4
	AfD	Jessica Malisch		11,530	8.1		12,968	9.1	4.9
	PARTEI						1,589	1.1	0.7
	Tierschutzpartei						1,098	0.8
	Pirates						628	0.4	2.1
	AD-DEMOKRATEN						529	0.4
	FW						371	0.3	0.1
	DiB						269	0.2
	NPD						246	0.2	0.6
	V-Partei³						197	0.1
	BGE						181	0.1
	DM						180	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						145	0.1
	ÖDP						134	0.1	0.0
	Die Humanisten						129	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						124	0.1	0.1
	MLPD	Dagmar Eberhard-Forschner		295	0.2		116	0.1	0.0
	DKP						42	0.0
	SGP						9	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,771			1,053
Total valid votes				141,828			142,546
Turnout				143,599	74.3	3.3
	CDU hold		Majority	9,223	6.5	0.8

2013 election[edit]

Federal election (2013): Düsseldorf 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	Sylvia Pantel		55,990	40.7	3.0	51,050	37.0	6.3
	SPD	Andreas Rimkus		48,065	35.0	1.7	41,737	30.2	4.1
	Left	Sahra Wagenknecht		12,538	9.1	0.6	10,705	7.8	2.2
	Greens	Uwe Marold Warnecke		10,315	7.5	2.4	13,399	9.7	3.0
	FDP	Gerhard Hansen		3,980	2.9	5.2	7,979	5.8	9.7
	AfD						5,845	4.2
	Pirates	Patrick Schiffer		3,848	2.8		3,509	2.5	0.7
	NPD	Andreas Büchner		1,330	1.0	0.2	1,048	0.8	0.1
	PARTEI						556	0.4
	REP	Karl-Heinz Fischer		961	0.7		550	0.4	0.4
	PRO						283	0.2
	FW						256	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						245	0.2	0.1
	Nichtwahler						193	0.1
	ÖDP						188	0.1	0.1
	BIG						154	0.1
	Party of Reason						85	0.1
	BüSo	Tobias Faku		380	0.3		81	0.1	0.0
	RRP						65	0.0	0.1
	MLPD						61	0.0	0.0
	PSG						35	0.0	0.0
	Die Rechte						18	0.0
Informal votes				1,983			1,348
Total valid votes				137,407			138,042
Turnout				139,390	71.0	2.2
	CDU hold		Majority	7,925	5.7	1.3

2009 election[edit]

Federal election (2009): Düsseldorf 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	Beatrix Philipp		50,233	37.7	0.9	40,906	30.6	1.5
	SPD	N Karin Kortmann		44,295	33.3	12.7	34,873	26.1	12.6
	Greens	Holger-Michael Arndt		13,137	9.9	4.7	16,897	12.7	3.1
	Left	Sahra Wagenknecht		12,948	9.7	4.8	13,244	9.9	4.0
	FDP	Michael Dimitrov		10,758	8.1	3.7	20,625	15.5	5.0
	Pirates						2,499	1.9
	REP						1,002	0.8	0.3
	NPD	Andreas Büchner		1,560	1.2	0.3	900	0.7	0.1
	Tierschutzpartei						841	0.6	0.1
	FAMILIE						511	0.4	0.0
	RENTNER						495	0.4
	RRP						208	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						119	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP						108	0.1
	Centre						89	0.1	0.0
	MLPD	Dagmar Eberhard-Forschner		202	0.2		64	0.0	0.0
	DVU						63	0.0
	BüSo						28	0.0	0.0
	PSG						23	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,690			1,328
Total valid votes				133,133			133,495
Turnout				134,823	68.8	7.1
	CDU gain from SPD		Majority	5,938	4.4

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