Cologne III
{{Short description|Federal electoral district of Germany}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox constituency
|name = 94 Cologne III
|constituency_type = electoral district
|constituency_link = Cologne III
|parl_name = Bundestag
|image = File:Bundestagswahlkreis 94-2025.svg
|caption = Cologne III in 2025
|region_label = State
|region = North Rhine-Westphalia
|population = 309,700 (2019)
|electorate = 204,539 (2021)
|towns = Cologne (partial)
|area = 122.9 km2
|year = 1949
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|local_council_label = Member
|local_council = Katharina Dröge
|blank1_name = Elected
|blank1_info = 2025
}}
Cologne III ({{langx|de|Köln III}}) 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 94. It is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the northwestern part of the city of Cologne.{{cite web|url=https://www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/bundestagswahlen/2025/wahlkreiseinteilung/bund-99/land-5/wahlkreis-94.html|title=Constituency Cologne III|publisher=Federal Returning Officer}}
Cologne II was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. From 2002 to 2025, it has been represented by Rolf Mützenich of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).{{cite web|url=https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2021/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-5/wahlkreis-95.html|title=Results for Cologne III|publisher=Federal Returning Officer}} Since 2025 it is been represented by Katharina Dröge of the Alliance 90/The Greens.
Geography
Cologne III is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the northwestern part of the independent city of Cologne, specifically the districts of Ehrenfeld, Nippes, and Chorweiler.
History
Cologne III was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 9 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 68. From 1965 through 1998, it was number 61. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 96. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 95. From the 2025 election, it has been number 94.
Originally, the constituency comprised the area of Cologne on the right bank of the Rhine. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it comprised the districts of Nippes, Niehl, Mengenich, Longerich, Chorweiler, and Worringen, as well as the area of Ehrenfeld north of Subbelrather Straße. It acquired its current borders in the 1980 election.
| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
! Election ! {{abbr|No.|Constituency number}} ! width=125px| Name ! width=300px| Borders |
| 1949
| {{abbr|9|North Rhine-Westphalia 9}} | rowspan=21| Köln III | rowspan=4| |
|---|
| 1953
| rowspan=3| 68 |
| 1957 |
| 1961 |
| 1965
| rowspan=10| 61 | rowspan=4| |
| 1969 |
| 1972 |
| 1976 |
| 1980
| rowspan=13|
|
| 1983 |
| 1987 |
| 1990 |
| 1994 |
| 1998 |
| 2002
| rowspan=3| 96 |
| 2005 |
| 2009 |
| 2013
| rowspan=3| 95 |
| 2017 |
| 2021 |
| 2025
| 94 |
Members
The constituency was first represented by Johannes Albers of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1949 to 1957, followed by fellow CDU members Hans Katzer until 1965 and Aenne Brauksiepe until 1969. It was won by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in 1969 and represented by Hubert Weber. He was succeeded in 1980 by Konrad Gilges, who served from then until 2002. Rolf Mützenich was elected in 2002 and re-elected in 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, and 2021. Mützenich became leader of the SPD's Bundestag group in 2019. In 2025 Katharina Dröge of Alliance 90/The Greens was elected
| class=wikitable
! colspan=2| Election ! Member ! Party ! % |
| rowspan=2 bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|
| 1949 | rowspan=2| Johannes Albers | rowspan=2| CDU | align=right| 43.4 |
| 1953
| align=right| 50.0 |
| rowspan=2 bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|
| 1957 | rowspan=2| Hans Katzer | rowspan=2| CDU | align=right| 55.0 |
| 1961
| align=right| 46.5 |
| bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|
| 1965 | CDU | align=right| 48.4 |
| rowspan=3 bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}|
| 1969 | rowspan=3| Hubert Weber | rowspan=3| SPD | align=right| 53.3 |
| 1972
| align=right| 59.1 |
| 1976
| align=right| 53.3 |
| rowspan=6 bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}|
| 1980 | rowspan=6| Konrad Gilges | rowspan=6| SPD | align=right| 52.1 |
| 1983
| align=right| 50.5 |
| 1987
| align=right| 48.5 |
| 1990
| align=right| 47.4 |
| 1994
| align=right| 48.1 |
| 1998
| align=right| 52.1 |
| rowspan=6 bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}|
| 2002 | rowspan=6| Rolf Mützenich | rowspan=6| SPD | align=right| 50.3 |
| 2005
| align=right| 50.5 |
| 2009
| align=right| 35.9 |
| 2013
| align=right| 39.3 |
| 2017
| align=right| 32.3 |
| 2021
| align=right| 29.9 |
| bgcolor={{party color|Alliance 90/The Greens}}|
| 2025 | Grüne | align=right| 26.0 |
Election results
=2025 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=Federal election (2025): Cologne III[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2025/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-5/wahlkreis-94.html Results for Cologne III]
}}
{{MMP election box candidate win|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Katharina Dröge
|votes = 43,697
|percentage = 26.0
|change = {{decrease}} 2.2
|party votes = 36,769
|party percent = 21.8
|party change = {{decrease}} 6.9
}}
{{MMP election box incumbent list|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Rolf Mützenich
|votes = 43,307
|percentage = 25.8
|change = {{decrease}} 4.1
|party votes = 33,496
|party percent = 19.9
|party change = {{decrease}} 5.9
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Gisela Manderla
|votes = 32,638
|percentage = 19.4
|change = {{increase}} 0.8
|party votes = 32,522
|party percent = 19.3
|party change = {{increase}} 1.5
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Alternative for Germany
|candidate = Jochen Haug
|votes = 19,459
|percentage = 11.6
|change = {{increase}} 6.4
|party votes = 18,860
|party percent = 11.2
|party change = {{increase}} 6.1
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Nadine Mai
|votes = 18,806
|percentage = 11.2
|change = {{increase}} 5.7
|party votes = 27,502
|party percent = 16.3
|party change = {{increase}} 9.9
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance
|party votes = 7,190
|party percent = 4.3
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Maria Westphal
|votes = 4,773
|percentage = 2.8
|change = {{decrease}} 41
|party votes = 5,715
|party percent = 3.4
|party change = {{decrease}} 5.6
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Volt Germany
|candidate = Franziska Weber
|votes = 3,074
|percentage = 1.8
|change = {{increase}} 0.5
|party votes = 1,532
|party percent = 1.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Human Environment Animal Protection
|party votes = 1,745
|party percent = 1.0
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Voters
|candidate = Benjamin Krings
|votes = 1,322
|percentage = 0.8
|change = {{increase}} 0.1
|party votes = 503
|party percent = 0.3
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Die PARTEI
|candidate =
|votes =
|percentage =
|change = {{decrease}} 2.0
|party votes = 958
|party percent = 0.6
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.6
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Party of Progress (Germany)
|candidate = Heike Herden
|votes = 745
|percentage = 0.4
|change =
|party votes = 335
|party percent = 0.2
|party change = {{increase}} 0.2
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Team Todenhöfer
|party votes = 415
|party percent = 0.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 1.0
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate =
|votes =
|percentage =
|change = {{decrease}} 1.2
|party votes = 311
|party percent = 0.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.9
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Bündnis Deutschland
|party votes = 153
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = MERA25
|party votes = 137
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany
|candidate =
|votes =
|percentage =
|change = {{decrease}} 0.1
|party votes = 62
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Values Union
|party votes = 48
|party percent = 0.0
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Pirate Party Germany
|party votes =
|party percent =
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Partei für Gesundheitsforschung
|party votes =
|party percent =
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Party of Humanists
|party votes =
|party percent =
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Ecological Democratic Party
|party votes =
|party percent =
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Alliance C – Christians for Germany
|party votes =
|party percent =
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Socialist Equality Party (Germany)
|party votes =
|party percent =
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 1,314
|party votes = 782
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 167,821
|party votes = 168,353
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 169,135
|percentage = 81.8
|change = {{increase}} 5.9
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|loser =
|votes = 390
|percent = 0.2
|change =
}}
=2021 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=Federal election (2021): Cologne III[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2021/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-5/wahlkreis-95.html Results for Cologne III]
}}
{{MMP election box incumbent win|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Rolf Mützenich
|votes = 46,149
|percentage = 29.9
|change = {{decrease}} 2.4
|party votes = 39,901
|party percent = 25.8
|party change = {{increase}} 1.2
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Katharina Dröge
|votes = 43,600
|percentage = 28.3
|change = {{increase}} 15.1
|party votes = 44,407
|party percent = 28.8
|party change = {{increase}} 14.7
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Gisela Manderla
|votes = 28,674
|percentage = 18.6
|change = {{decrease}} 9.0
|party votes = 27,485
|party percent = 17.8
|party change = {{decrease}} 6.6
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Volker Görzel
|votes = 10,708
|percentage = 6.9
|change = {{decrease}} 0.2
|party votes = 13,845
|party percent = 9.0
|party change = {{decrease}} 2.3
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Michael Weisenstein
|votes = 8,435
|percentage = 5.5
|change = {{decrease}} 4.2
|party votes = 9,903
|party percent = 6.4
|party change = {{decrease}} 6.4
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Alternative for Germany
|candidate = Jochen Haug
|votes = 8,015
|percentage = 5.2
|change = {{decrease}} 2.3
|party votes = 7,876
|party percent = 5.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 2.7
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Team Todenhöfer
|party votes = 1,937
|party percent = 1.3
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Human Environment Animal Protection
|party votes = 1,846
|party percent = 1.2
|party change = {{increase}} 0.4
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Die PARTEI
|candidate = Stefan Pott
|votes = 3,143
|percentage = 2.0
|change = {{decrease}} 0.4
|party votes = 1,784
|party percent = 1.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Songül Schlürscheid
|votes = 1,831
|percentage = 1.2
|change =
|party votes = 1,605
|party percent = 1.0
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Volt Germany
|candidate = Christopher Peterka
|votes = 2,108
|percentage = 1.4
|change =
|party votes = 1,424
|party percent = 0.9
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Voters
|candidate = Norbert Theiß
|votes = 1,100
|percentage = 0.7
|change =
|party votes = 684
|party percent = 0.4
|party change = {{increase}} 0.2
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Pirate Party Germany
|party votes = 466
|party percent = 0.3
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2
}}
{{MMP election box independent|
|candidate = Christoph Goldbeck
|votes = 189
|percentage = 0.1
|change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = LIEBE
|color = #DC2F28
|party votes = 142
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Die Urbane. Eine HipHop Partei
|party votes = 140
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Partei für Gesundheitsforschung
|party votes = 139
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Party of Humanists
|party votes = 135
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Ecological Democratic Party
|party votes = 121
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = V-Partei3
|party votes = 119
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = LfK
|color = #D1165D
|party votes = 109
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = National Democratic Party of Germany
|party votes = 73
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany
|candidate = Reiner Dworschak
|votes = 113
|percentage = 0.1
|change = {{decrease}} 0.1
|party votes = 72
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box independent|
|candidate = Maciej Podjaski
|votes = 70
|percentage = 0.0
|change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Alliance C – Christians for Germany
|party votes = 52
|party percent = 0.0
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = PdF
|color = #F5A419
|party votes = 48
|party percent = 0.0
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = German Communist Party
|party votes = 43
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Liberal Conservative Reformers
|party votes = 35
|party percent = 0.0
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Socialist Equality Party (Germany)
|party votes = 11
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 1,107
|party votes = 840
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 154,135
|party votes = 154,402
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 155,242
|percentage = 75.9
|change = {{increase}} 1.9
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|loser =
|votes = 2,549
|percent = 1.6
|change = {{decrease}} 3.1
}}
=2017 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=Federal election (2017): Cologne III[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2017/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-5/wahlkreis-95.html Results for Cologne III]
}}
{{MMP election box incumbent win|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Rolf Mützenich
|votes = 48,148
|percentage = 32.3
|change = {{decrease}} 7.0
|party votes = 36,849
|party percent = 24.6
|party change = {{decrease}} 6.9
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Gisela Manderla
|votes = 41,106
|percentage = 27.6
|change = {{decrease}} 5.3
|party votes = 36,500
|party percent = 24.4
|party change = {{decrease}} 6.2
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Katharina Dröge
|votes = 19,621
|percentage = 13.2
|change = {{increase}} 0.3
|party votes = 20,973
|party percent = 14.0
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.9
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Güldane Tokyürek
|votes = 14,431
|percentage = 9.7
|change = {{increase}} 1.9
|party votes = 19,118
|party percent = 12.8
|party change = {{increase}} 3.6
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alternative for Germany
|candidate = Stephan Boyens
|votes = 11,249
|percentage = 7.5
|change =
|party votes = 11,731
|party percent = 7.8
|party change = {{increase}} 4.6
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Volker Görzel
|votes = 10,599
|percentage = 7.1
|change = {{increase}} 4.9
|party votes = 16,850
|party percent = 11.3
|party change = {{increase}} 6.8
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Die PARTEI
|candidate = Lukas Herrmann
|votes = 3,632
|percentage = 2.4
|change =
|party votes = 2,074
|party percent = 1.4
|party change = {{increase}} 0.6
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = AD-DEMOKRATEN
|party votes = 1,156
|party percent = 0.8
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Human Environment Animal Protection
|party votes = 1,144
|party percent = 0.8
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Pirate Party Germany
|party votes = 704
|party percent = 0.5
|party change = {{decrease}} 2.2
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = DiB
|color = #263D80
|party votes = 468
|party percent = 0.3
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Free Voters
|party votes = 317
|party percent = 0.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Basic Income Alliance
|party votes = 294
|party percent = 0.2
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = V-Partei³
|color = #99CC33
|party votes = 213
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = National Democratic Party of Germany
|party votes = 202
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.6
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Ecological Democratic Party
|party votes = 176
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = DM
|party votes = 170
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = Die Humanisten
|color = #110077
|party votes = 146
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = Gesundheitsforschung
|color = black
|party votes = 141
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = Volksabstimmung
|party votes = 136
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany
|candidate = Matthias Sauter
|votes = 312
|percentage = 0.2
|change =
|party votes = 126
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = German Communist Party
|party votes = 25
|party percent = 0.0
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = SGP
|color = red
|party votes = 12
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 1,531
|party votes = 1,104
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 149,098
|party votes = 149,525
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 150,629
|percentage = 74.0
|change = {{increase}} 3.8
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|votes = 7,042
|percent = 4.7
|change = {{decrease}} 1.7
}}
=2013 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=Federal election (2013): Cologne III[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2013/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-5/wahlkreis-95.html Results for Cologne III]
}}
{{MMP election box incumbent win|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Rolf Mützenich
|votes = 55,021
|percentage = 39.3
|change = {{increase}} 3.4
|party votes = 44,240
|party percent = 31.5
|party change = {{increase}} 3.7
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Gisela Manderla
|votes = 45,999
|percentage = 32.9
|change = {{increase}} 4.1
|party votes = 42,902
|party percent = 30.6
|party change = {{increase}} 5.5
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Katharina Dröge
|votes = 18,046
|percentage = 12.9
|change = {{decrease}} 4.1
|party votes = 20,905
|party percent = 14.9
|party change = {{decrease}} 3.8
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Michael Weisenstein
|votes = 10,883
|percentage = 7.8
|change = {{decrease}} 0.8
|party votes = 12,960
|party percent = 9.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.9
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Pirate Party Germany
|candidate = Thomas Hegenbarth
|votes = 4,161
|percentage = 3.0
|change =
|party votes = 3,789
|party percent = 2.7
|party change = {{increase}} 0.6
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Volker Görzel
|votes = 3,158
|percentage = 2.3
|change = {{decrease}} 6.2
|party votes = 6,339
|party percent = 4.5
|party change = {{decrease}} 8.4
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Alternative for Germany
|party votes = 4,513
|party percent = 3.2
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = National Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Tibor Herzog
|votes = 1,750
|percentage = 1.3
|change = {{decrease}} 0.1
|party votes = 1,057
|party percent = 0.8
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Die PARTEI
|party votes = 1,041
|party percent = 0.7
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = PRO
|party votes = 488
|party percent = 0.3
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Voters
|candidate = Thomas Heilig
|votes = 728
|percentage = 0.5
|change =
|party votes = 405
|party percent = 0.3
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = BIG
|party votes = 381
|party percent = 0.3
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = Nichtwahler
|party votes = 293
|party percent = 0.2
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Ecological Democratic Party
|party votes = 263
|party percent = 0.2
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = Volksabstimmung
|party votes = 248
|party percent = 0.2
|party change = {{increase}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = The Republicans (Germany)
|party votes = 151
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = Party of Reason
|color = #005488
|party votes = 127
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = RRP
|party votes = 67
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box historic party candidate|
|party = BüSo
|candidate = Stephan Hochstein
|votes = 203
|percentage = 0.1
|change =
|party votes = 59
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany
|party votes = 57
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = PSG
|color = red
|party votes = 34
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = Die Rechte
|color = #553A26
|party votes = 27
|party percent = 0.0
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 1,765
|party votes = 1,368
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 139,949
|party votes = 140,346
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 141,714
|percentage = 70.2
|change = {{increase}} 2.0
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|votes = 9,022
|percent = 6.4
|change = {{decrease}} 0.8
}}
=2009 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=Federal election (2009): Cologne III[https://web.archive.org/web/20110616104648/http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/de/bundestagswahlen/BTW_BUND_09/ergebnisse/wahlkreisergebnisse/l05/wk096/ Results for Cologne III]
}}
{{MMP election box incumbent win|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Rolf Mützenich
|votes = 47,625
|percentage = 35.9
|change = {{decrease}} 14.6
|party votes = 37,019
|party percent = 27.8
|party change = {{decrease}} 13.0
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Artur Tybussek
|votes = 38,093
|percentage = 28.7
|change = {{decrease}} 1.7
|party votes = 33,367
|party percent = 25.1
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Kerstin Müller
|votes = 22,550
|percentage = 17.0
|change = {{increase}} 7.7
|party votes = 24,797
|party percent = 18.7
|party change = {{increase}} 3.2
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Ursula Lötzer
|votes = 11,390
|percentage = 8.6
|change = {{increase}} 3.8
|party votes = 13,540
|party percent = 10.2
|party change = {{increase}} 4.0
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Bettina Houben
|votes = 11,187
|percentage = 8.4
|change = {{increase}} 4.5
|party votes = 17,225
|party percent = 13.0
|party change = {{increase}} 3.3
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Pirate Party Germany
|party votes = 2,791
|party percent = 2.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = National Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Bernhard Blankenheim
|votes = 1,788
|percentage = 1.3
|change = {{increase}} 0.5
|party votes = 1,231
|party percent = 0.9
|party change = {{increase}} 0.2
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Human Environment Animal Protection
|party votes = 847
|party percent = 0.6
|party change = {{increase}} 0.2
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = RENTNER
|party votes = 456
|party percent = 0.3
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = FAMILIE
|color = orange
|party votes = 473
|party percent = 0.4
|party change = {{increase}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Ecological Democratic Party
|party votes = 201
|party percent = 0.2
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = The Republicans (Germany)
|party votes = 367
|party percent = 0.3
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = RRP
|party votes = 257
|party percent = 0.2
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = Volksabstimmung
|party votes = 153
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Centre Party (Germany)
|party votes = 58
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = German People's Union
|party votes = 57
|party percent = 0.0
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany
|party votes = 53
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = PSG
|color = red
|party votes = 26
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = BüSo
|party votes = 38
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 1,619
|party votes = 1,296
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 132,633
|party votes = 132,956
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 134,252
|percentage = 68.1
|change = {{decrease}} 6.0
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|votes = 9,532
|percent = 7.2
|change = {{decrease}} 12.9
}}
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