Leverkusen – Cologne IV
{{Short description|Electoral constituency represented in the Bundestag in Germany}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox constituency
|name = 100 Leverkusen – Cologne IV
|constituency_type = electoral district
|constituency_link = Leverkusen – Cologne IV
|parl_name = Bundestag
|image = File:Bundestagswahlkreis 100-2025.svg
|caption = Leverkusen – Cologne IV in 2025
|region_label = State
|region = North Rhine-Westphalia
|population = 313,500 (2019)
|electorate = 209,102 (2021)
|towns = Leverkusen
Cologne (partial)
|area = 131.1 km2
|year = 2002
|party = SPD
|local_council_label = Member
|local_council = Karl Lauterbach
|blank1_name = Elected
|blank1_info = 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021, 2025
}}
Leverkusen – Cologne IV ({{langx|de|Leverkusen – Köln IV}}) 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 100. It is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the city of Leverkusen and the northeastern part of Cologne.{{cite web|url=https://www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/bundestagswahlen/2025/wahlkreiseinteilung/bund-99/land-5/wahlkreis-100.html|title=Constituency Leverkusen – Cologne IV|publisher=Federal Returning Officer}}
Leverkusen – Cologne IV was created for the 2002 federal election. Since 2005, it has been represented by Karl Lauterbach of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).{{cite web|url=https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2021/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-5/wahlkreis-101.html|title=Results for Leverkusen – Cologne IV|publisher=Federal Returning Officer}}
Geography
Leverkusen – Cologne IV is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Leverkusen and the district of Mülheim from the independent city of Cologne.
History
Leverkusen – Cologne IV was created in 2002 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Leverkusen – Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis II and Köln IV. In the 2002 through 2009 elections, it was constituency 102 in the numbering system. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 101. From the 2025 election, it has been number 100.
Members
The constituency was first represented by Ernst Küchler of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 2002 to 2005. He was succeeded by fellow SPD member Karl Lauterbach in the 2005 election. Lauterbach was re-elected in 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021, and 2025.
| class=wikitable
! colspan=2| Election ! Member ! Party ! % |
| bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}|
| 2002 | Ernst Küchler | SPD | align=right| 50.0 |
| rowspan="6" bgcolor="{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}" |
| 2005 | rowspan="6" | Karl Lauterbach | rowspan="6" | SPD | align=right| 48.6 |
| 2009
| align=right| 37.1 |
| 2013
| align=right| 41.3 |
| 2017
| align=right| 38.7 |
| 2021
| align=right| 45.6 |
| 2025
| align=right| 32.7 |
Election results
=2025 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=Federal election (2025): Leverkusen – Cologne IV[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2025/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-5/wahlkreis-100.html Results for Leverkusen – Cologne IV]
}}
{{MMP election box incumbent win|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Karl Lauterbach
|votes = 53,574
|percentage = 32.7
|change = {{decrease}} 12.9
|party votes = 34,871
|party percent = 21.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 7.9
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Siegmar Heß
|votes = 41,855
|percentage = 25.6
|change = {{increase}} 5.1
|party votes = 40,450
|party percent = 24.6
|party change = {{increase}} 2.9
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alternative for Germany
|candidate = Yannick Noe
|votes = 25,439
|percentage = 15.5
|change = {{increase}} 8.5
|party votes = 25,392
|party percent = 15.5
|party change = {{increase}} 8.3
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Nyke Slawik
|votes = 18,081
|percentage = 11.0
|change = {{decrease}} 0.3
|party votes = 23,355
|party percent = 14.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 5.0
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Vedat Akter
|votes = 14,848
|percentage = 9.1
|change = {{increase}} 5.4
|party votes = 19,137
|party percent = 11.6
|party change = {{increase}} 6.9
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance
|party votes = 7,786
|party percent = 4.7
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Rolf Albach
|votes = 5,102
|percentage = 3.1
|change = {{decrease}} 4.1
|party votes = 6,418
|party percent = 3.9
|party change = {{decrease}} 6.5
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Volt Germany
|candidate = Friedrich Jeschke
|votes = 2,558
|percentage = 1.6
|change =
|party votes = 1,475
|party percent = 0.9
|party change = {{increase}} 0.2
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Human Environment Animal Protection
|party votes = 2,106
|party percent = 1.3
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Voters
|candidate = Jörg Badura
|votes = 1,984
|percentage = 1.2
|change = {{increase}} 0.2
|party votes = 695
|party percent = 0.4
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Die PARTEI
|candidate =
|votes =
|percentage =
|change = {{decrease}} 1.8
|party votes = 1,100
|party percent = 0.7
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.7
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Team Todenhöfer
|party votes = 409
|party percent = 0.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.8
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate =
|votes =
|percentage =
|change = {{decrease}} 1.5
|party votes = 364
|party percent = 0.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.9
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany
|candidate = Reiner Dworschak
|votes = 330
|percentage = 0.2
|change = {{increase}} 0.1
|party votes = 117
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Party of Progress (Germany)
|party votes = 287
|party percent = 0.2
|party change = {{increase}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Bündnis Deutschland
|party votes = 169
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Values Union
|party votes = 103
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = MERA25
|party votes = 100
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Pirate Party Germany
|party votes =
|party percent =
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.4
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Partei für Gesundheitsforschung
|party votes = 216
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{increase}} 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 = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Socialist Equality Party (Germany)
|party votes =
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 1,595
|party votes = 1,032
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 163,771
|party votes = 163,334
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 165,366
|percentage = 80.2
|change = {{increase}} 6.4
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|loser =
|votes = 11,719
|percent = 7.1
|change =
}}
=2021 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=Federal election (2021): Leverkusen – Cologne IV[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2021/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-5/wahlkreis-101.html Results for Leverkusen – Cologne IV]
}}
{{MMP election box incumbent win|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Karl Lauterbach
|votes = 69,662
|percentage = 45.6
|change = {{increase}} 6.9
|party votes = 44,586
|party percent = 29.1
|party change = {{increase}} 2.0
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Serap Güler
|votes = 31,197
|percentage = 20.4
|change = {{decrease}} 10.4
|party votes = 33,246
|party percent = 21.7
|party change = {{decrease}} 6.4
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Nyke Slawik
|votes = 17,290
|percentage = 11.3
|change = {{increase}} 5.6
|party votes = 29,329
|party percent = 19.2
|party change = {{increase}} 10.4
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Cornelia Besser
|votes = 11,050
|percentage = 7.2
|change = {{increase}} 0.6
|party votes = 15,931
|party percent = 10.4
|party change = {{decrease}} 1.8
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alternative for Germany
|candidate = Christer Cremer
|votes = 10,797
|percentage = 7.1
|change = {{decrease}} 1.7
|party votes = 10,966
|party percent = 7.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 2.6
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Beate Hane-Knoll
|votes = 5,657
|percentage = 3.7
|change = {{decrease}} 2.4
|party votes = 7,318
|party percent = 4.8
|party change = {{decrease}} 4.5
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Human Environment Animal Protection
|party votes = 2,081
|party percent = 1.4
|party change = {{increase}} 0.6
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Die PARTEI
|candidate = Frauke Petzold
|votes = 2,782
|percentage = 1.8
|change = {{decrease}} 0.8
|party votes = 2,076
|party percent = 1.4
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Dirk Sattelmaier
|votes = 2,222
|percentage = 1.5
|change =
|party votes = 1,715
|party percent = 1.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Team Todenhöfer
|party votes = 1,669
|party percent = 1.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Volt Germany
|party votes = 996
|party percent = 0.7
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Voters
|candidate = Stephan Heintze
|votes = 1,479
|percentage = 1.0
|change =
|party votes = 918
|party percent = 0.6
|party change = {{increase}} 0.4
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Pirate Party Germany
|party votes = 664
|party percent = 0.4
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box independent|
|candidate = Jacqueline Blum
|votes = 412
|percentage = 0.3
|change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Partei für Gesundheitsforschung
|party votes = 216
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{increase}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = LIEBE
|color = #DC2F28
|party votes = 195
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = LfK
|color = #D1165D
|party votes = 149
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = V-Partei3
|party votes = 139
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Party of Humanists
|party votes = 124
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = National Democratic Party of Germany
|party votes = 123
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Ecological Democratic Party
|party votes = 112
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Alliance C – Christians for Germany
|party votes = 100
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Die Urbane. Eine HipHop Partei
|party votes = 98
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany
|candidate = Jonathan Meier
|votes = 212
|percentage = 0.1
|change = {{decrease}} 0.1
|party votes = 96
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = PdF
|color = #F5A419
|party votes = 57
|party percent = 0.0
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Liberal Conservative Reformers
|party votes = 36
|party percent = 0.0
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = German Communist Party
|party votes = 36
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Socialist Equality Party (Germany)
|party votes = 24
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 1,403
|party votes = 1,163
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 152,760
|party votes = 153,000
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 154,163
|percentage = 73.7
|change = {{increase}} 0.6
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|loser =
|votes = 38,465
|percent = 25.2
|change = {{increase}} 17.3
}}
=2017 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=Federal election (2017): Leverkusen – Cologne IV[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2017/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-5/wahlkreis-101.html Results for Leverkusen – Cologne IV]
}}
{{MMP election box incumbent win|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Karl Lauterbach
|votes = 59,373
|percentage = 38.7
|change = {{decrease}} 2.7
|party votes = 41,671
|party percent = 27.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 5.6
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Helmut Nowak
|votes = 47,272
|percentage = 30.8
|change = {{decrease}} 8.5
|party votes = 43,175
|party percent = 28.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 7.5
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alternative for Germany
|candidate = Günter Theodor Witzmann
|votes = 13,408
|percentage = 8.7
|change =
|party votes = 14,970
|party percent = 9.7
|party change = {{increase}} 5.8
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Rolf William Albach
|votes = 10,114
|percentage = 6.6
|change = {{increase}} 4.3
|party votes = 18,719
|party percent = 12.2
|party change = {{increase}} 7.3
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Beate Hane-Knoll
|votes = 9,430
|percentage = 6.1
|change = {{increase}} 0.4
|party votes = 14,284
|party percent = 9.3
|party change = {{increase}} 2.1
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Lisa-Marie Friede
|votes = 8,722
|percentage = 5.7
|change = {{decrease}} 1.5
|party votes = 13,472
|party percent = 8.8
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.9
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Die PARTEI
|candidate = Mark Benecke
|votes = 3,990
|percentage = 2.6
|change = {{increase}} 1.6
|party votes = 2,102
|party percent = 1.4
|party change = {{increase}} 0.7
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Human Environment Animal Protection
|party votes = 1,153
|party percent = 0.8
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = AD-DEMOKRATEN
|party votes = 1,007
|party percent = 0.7
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box independent|
|candidate = Daniel Werner
|votes = 861
|percentage = 0.6
|change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Pirate Party Germany
|party votes = 774
|party percent = 0.5
|party change = {{decrease}} 2.1
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Free Voters
|party votes = 373
|party percent = 0.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = National Democratic Party of Germany
|party votes = 352
|party percent = 0.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.8
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = DiB
|color = #263D80
|party votes = 265
|party percent = 0.2
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany
|candidate = Ernst Albert Herbert
|votes = 350
|percentage = 0.2
|change = {{steady}} 0.0
|party votes = 207
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = V-Partei³
|color = #99CC33
|party votes = 194
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = Volksabstimmung
|party votes = 192
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Basic Income Alliance
|party votes = 176
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = DM
|party votes = 164
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Ecological Democratic Party
|party votes = 155
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = Gesundheitsforschung
|color = black
|party votes = 126
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = Die Humanisten
|color = #110077
|party votes = 116
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = German Communist Party
|party votes = 36
|party percent = 0.0
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = SGP
|color = red
|party votes = 28
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 1,619
|party votes = 1,328
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 153,520
|party votes = 153,711
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 155,139
|percentage = 73.1
|change = {{increase}} 3.0
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|votes = 12,101
|percent = 7.9
|change = {{increase}} 5.9
}}
=2013 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=Federal election (2013): Leverkusen – Cologne IV[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2013/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-5/wahlkreis-101.html Results for Leverkusen – Cologne IV]
}}
{{MMP election box incumbent win|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Karl Lauterbach
|votes = 61,172
|percentage = 41.3
|change = {{increase}} 4.3
|party votes = 48,511
|party percent = 32.7
|party change = {{increase}} 4.4
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Helmut Nowak
|votes = 58,201
|percentage = 39.3
|change = {{increase}} 3.9
|party votes = 52,884
|party percent = 35.6
|party change = {{increase}} 5.8
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Rainer Blum
|votes = 10,589
|percentage = 7.2
|change = {{decrease}} 2.1
|party votes = 14,283
|party percent = 9.6
|party change = {{decrease}} 2.8
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Hamide Akbayir
|votes = 8,554
|percentage = 5.8
|change = {{decrease}} 2.3
|party votes = 10,615
|party percent = 7.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 2.3
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Guido Fischer
|votes = 3,447
|percentage = 2.3
|change = {{decrease}} 5.5
|party votes = 7,212
|party percent = 4.9
|party change = {{decrease}} 9.4
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Alternative for Germany
|party votes = 5,807
|party percent = 3.9
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Pirate Party Germany
|party votes = 3,816
|party percent = 2.6
|party change = {{increase}} 0.8
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = National Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Bernhard Blankenheim
|votes = 2,450
|percentage = 1.7
|change = {{steady}} 0.0
|party votes = 1,578
|party percent = 1.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Voters
|candidate = Bettina Bernhard
|votes = 1,604
|percentage = 1.1
|change =
|party votes = 632
|party percent = 0.4
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Die PARTEI
|candidate = Torsten Arnold Tofahrn
|votes = 1,529
|percentage = 1.0
|change =
|party votes = 993
|party percent = 0.7
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = PRO
|party votes = 514
|party percent = 0.3
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = Volksabstimmung
|party votes = 315
|party percent = 0.2
|party change = {{increase}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = BIG
|party votes = 277
|party percent = 0.2
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = Nichtwahler
|party votes = 230
|party percent = 0.2
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Ecological Democratic Party
|party votes = 202
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{increase}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = The Republicans (Germany)
|party votes = 177
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany
|candidate = Ernst Albert Herbert
|votes = 398
|percentage = 0.3
|change = {{steady}} 0.0
|party votes = 164
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = Party of Reason
|color = #005488
|party votes = 96
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = RRP
|party votes = 65
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = BüSo
|party votes = 30
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = PSG
|color = red
|party votes = 23
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = Die Rechte
|color = #553A26
|party votes = 16
|party percent = 0.0
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 2,086
|party votes = 1,590
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 147,944
|party votes = 148,440
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 150,030
|percentage = 70.1
|change = {{increase}} 1.4
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|votes = 2,971
|percent = 2.0
|change = {{increase}} 0.4
}}
=2009 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=Federal election (2009): Leverkusen – Cologne IV[https://web.archive.org/web/20110616100610/http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/de/bundestagswahlen/BTW_BUND_09/ergebnisse/wahlkreisergebnisse/l05/wk102/ Results for Leverkusen – Cologne IV]
}}
{{MMP election box incumbent win|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Karl Lauterbach
|votes = 53,517
|percentage = 37.1
|change = {{decrease}} 12.0
|party votes = 40,982
|party percent = 28.3
|party change = {{decrease}} 13.5
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Thomas Portz
|votes = 51,242
|percentage = 35.5
|change = {{decrease}} 0.4
|party votes = 43,188
|party percent = 29.8
|party change = {{increase}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Ulrike Kessing
|votes = 13,386
|percentage = 9.3
|change = {{increase}} 4.0
|party votes = 18,064
|party percent = 12.5
|party change = {{increase}} 2.5
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Manuel Lindlar
|votes = 11,723
|percentage = 8.1
|change = {{increase}} 3.7
|party votes = 13,715
|party percent = 9.5
|party change = {{increase}} 3.9
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Benedikt Vennemann
|votes = 11,332
|percentage = 7.8
|change = {{increase}} 3.9
|party votes = 20,670
|party percent = 14.3
|party change = {{increase}} 4.2
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Pirate Party Germany
|party votes = 2,578
|party percent = 1.8
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = National Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Bruno Kirchner
|votes = 2,364
|percentage = 1.6
|change = {{increase}} 0.6
|party votes = 1,815
|party percent = 1.3
|party change = {{increase}} 0.4
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Human Environment Animal Protection
|party votes = 1,039
|party percent = 0.7
|party change = {{increase}} 0.3
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = FAMILIE
|color = orange
|party votes = 712
|party percent = 0.5
|party change = {{increase}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = RENTNER
|party votes = 620
|party percent = 0.4
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box independent|
|candidate = Jan Dieckmann
|votes = 529
|percentage = 0.4
|change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = The Republicans (Germany)
|party votes = 448
|party percent = 0.3
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = RRP
|party votes = 292
|party percent = 0.2
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany
|candidate = Ernst Herbert
|votes = 323
|percentage = 0.2
|change = {{steady}} 0.0
|party votes = 180
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Ecological Democratic Party
|party votes = 160
|party percent = 0.1
|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 = German People's Union
|party votes = 92
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Centre Party (Germany)
|party votes = 76
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = BüSo
|party votes = 42
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = PSG
|color = red
|party votes = 29
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 2,044
|party votes = 1,605
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 144,416
|party votes = 144,855
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 146,460
|percentage = 68.7
|change = {{decrease}} 7.0
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|votes = 2,275
|percent = 1.6
|change = {{decrease}} 11.6
}}
References
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