Mönchengladbach (electoral district)

{{Short description|Federal electoral district of Germany}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}

{{Infobox constituency

|name = 108 Mönchengladbach

|constituency_type = electoral district

|constituency_link = Mönchengladbach (electoral district)

|parl_name = Bundestag

|image = File:Bundestagswahlkreis 108-2025.svg

|caption = Mönchengladbach in 2025

|region_label = State

|region = North Rhine-Westphalia

|population = 261,000 (2019)

|electorate = 185,185 (2021)

|towns = Mönchengladbach

|area = 170.5 km2

|year = 1949

|party = CDU

|local_council_label = Member

|local_council = Günter Krings

|blank1_name = Elected

|blank1_info = 2002, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021, 2025

}}

Mönchengladbach 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 108. It is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the city of Mönchengladbach.{{cite web|url=https://www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/bundestagswahlen/2025/wahlkreiseinteilung/bund-99/land-5/wahlkreis-108.html|title=Constituency Mönchengladbach|publisher=Federal Returning Officer}}

Mönchengladbach was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2002, it has been represented by Günter Krings of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).{{cite web|url=https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2021/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-5/wahlkreis-109.html|title=Results for Mönchengladbach|publisher=Federal Returning Officer}}

Geography

Mönchengladbach is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the independent city of Mönchengladbach.

History

Mönchengladbach was created in 1949, then known as Rheydt – M.Gladbach – Viersen. It acquired its current name in the 1965 election. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 23 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 82. From 1965 through 1976, it was number 79. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 78. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 110. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 109. From the 2025 election, it has been number 108.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent cities of Rheydt, Mönchengladbach, and Viersen. From 1965 through 1976, it comprised the independent cities of Mönchengladbach and Viersen. 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|23|North Rhine-Westphalia 23}}

| rowspan=4| Rheydt – M.Gladbach – Viersen

| rowspan=4|

1953

| rowspan=3| 82

1957
1961
1965

| rowspan=4| 79

| rowspan=17| Mönchengladbach

| rowspan=4|

1969
1972
1976
1980

| rowspan=6| 78

| rowspan=13|

1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002

| rowspan=3| 110

2005
2009
2013

| rowspan=3| 109

2017
2021
2025

| 108

Members

The constituency has been held by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) during all but one Bundestag term since 1949. It was first represented by Hans Schmitz from 1949 to 1953, followed by Joseph Illerhaus from 1951 to 1969. Curt Becker served from 1969 to 1976, Wolfgang Feinendegen from 1976 to 1983, and Hans-Wilhelm Pesch from 1983 to 1998. Hildegard Wester of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) won the constituency in 1998 and served a single term. Günter Krings regained it for the CDU in 2002 and was re-elected in 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021, and 2025.

class=wikitable

! colspan=2| Election

! Member

! Party

! %

bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|

| 1949

| Hans Schmitz

| CDU

| align=right| 37.4

rowspan=4 bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|

| 1953

| rowspan=4| Joseph Illerhaus

| rowspan=4| CDU

| align=right| 66.4

1957

| align=right| 65.6

1961

| align=right| 56.7

1965

| align=right| 57.9

rowspan=2 bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|

| 1969

| rowspan=2| Curt Becker

| rowspan=2| CDU

| align=right| 55.5

1972

| align=right| 51.1

rowspan=2 bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|

| 1976

| rowspan=2| Wolfgang Feinendegen

| rowspan=2| CDU

| align=right| 54.3

1980

| align=right| 48.6

rowspan=4 bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|

| 1983

| rowspan=4| Hans-Wilhelm Pesch

| rowspan=4| CDU

| align=right| 54.5

1987

| align=right| 49.5

1990

| align=right| 46.9

1994

| align=right| 45.1

bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}|

| 1998

| Hildegard Wester

| SPD

| align=right| 47.7

rowspan=7 bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|

| 2002

| rowspan=7| Günter Krings

| rowspan=7| CDU

| align=right| 43.6

2005

| align=right| 47.9

2009

| align=right| 45.6

2013

| align=right| 50.8

2017

| align=right| 44.3

2021

| align=right| 35.6

2025

| align=right| 36.4

Election results

=2025 election=

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2025): Mönchengladbach[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2025/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-5/wahlkreis-108.html Results for Mönchengladbach]

}}

{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Günter Krings

|votes = 50,331

|percentage = 36.4

|change = {{increase}} 0.8

|party votes = 42,525

|party percent = 30.6

|party change = {{increase}} 2.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Gülistan Yüksel

|votes = 36,259

|percentage = 26.2

|change = {{decrease}} 3.2

|party votes = 26,041

|party percent = 18.7

|party change = {{decrease}} 8.4

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Michael Immel

|votes = 25,280

|percentage = 18.3

|change = {{increase}} 10.5

|party votes = 25,125

|party percent = 18.1

|party change = {{increase}} 10.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Kathrin Henneberger

|votes = 13,648

|percentage = 9.9

|change = {{decrease}} 3.7

|party votes = 13,844

|party percent = 10.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 4.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|party votes = 13,206

|party percent = 9.5

|party change = {{increase}} 5.7

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance

|party votes = 6,399

|party percent = 4.6

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Dirk Hansen

|votes = 4,555

|percentage = 3.3

|change = {{decrease}} 5.3

|party votes = 6,324

|party percent = 4.5

|party change = {{decrease}} 7.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Die PARTEI

|candidate = Ulas Zabci

|votes = 3,453

|percentage = 2.5

|change = {{increase}} 0.1

|party votes = 860

|party percent = 0.6

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Volt Germany

|candidate = Martina Nolte

|votes = 2,167

|percentage = 1.6

|change =

|party votes = 851

|party percent = 0.6

|party change = {{increase}} 0.4

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 2,016

|party percent = 1.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Stephan Wilms

|votes = 1,478

|percentage = 1.1

|change = {{steady}} 0.0

|party votes = 657

|party percent = 0.5

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Bündnis Deutschland

|candidate = Corina Bülow

|votes = 917

|percentage = 0.7

|change =

|party votes = 270

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Values Union

|candidate = Dominique Fietze

|votes = 359

|percentage = 0.3

|change =

|party votes = 145

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate =

|votes =

|percentage =

|change = {{decrease}} 1.4

|party votes = 313

|party percent = 0.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.8

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Team Todenhöfer

|party votes = 228

|party percent = 0.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.5

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Party of Progress (Germany)

|party votes = 205

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{increase}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = MERA25

|party votes = 75

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 32

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{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 =

|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 = Party of Humanists

|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 = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,616

|party votes = 947

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 138,447

|party votes = 139,116

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 140,063

|percentage = 77.3

|change = {{increase}} 7.3

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|loser =

|votes = 14,071

|percent = 10.2

|change =

}}

=2021 election=

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2021): Mönchengladbach[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2021/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-5/wahlkreis-109.html Results for Mönchengladbach]

}}

{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Günter Krings

|votes = 45,550

|percentage = 35.6

|change = {{decrease}} 8.7

|party votes = 36,555

|party percent = 28.5

|party change = {{decrease}} 7.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Gülistan Yüksel

|votes = 37,548

|percentage = 29.3

|change = {{increase}} 5.0

|party votes = 34,877

|party percent = 27.2

|party change = {{increase}} 3.8

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Kathrin Henneberger

|votes = 17,302

|percentage = 13.5

|change = {{increase}} 7.5

|party votes = 18,166

|party percent = 14.1

|party change = {{increase}} 7.9

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Peter König

|votes = 10,957

|percentage = 8.6

|change = {{increase}} 0.7

|party votes = 15,459

|party percent = 12.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.7

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Peter Müller

|votes = 9,915

|percentage = 7.7

|change = {{decrease}} 1.4

|party votes = 9,641

|party percent = 7.5

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.9

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|party votes = 4,927

|party percent = 3.8

|party change = {{decrease}} 3.5

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 2,013

|party percent = 1.6

|party change = {{increase}} 0.7

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Die PARTEI

|candidate = Maximilian Bergmann

|votes = 3,105

|percentage = 2.4

|change = {{increase}} 0.9

|party votes = 1,562

|party percent = 1.2

|party change = {{increase}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Mona Aranea Guillén

|votes = 1,821

|percentage = 1.4

|change =

|party votes = 1,343

|party percent = 1.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Team Todenhöfer

|party votes = 907

|party percent = 0.7

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Annette Schrader-Schoutz

|votes = 1,422

|percentage = 1.1

|change =

|party votes = 850

|party percent = 0.7

|party change = {{increase}} 0.4

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 467

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Volt Germany

|party votes = 310

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = LIEBE

|color = #DC2F28

|party votes = 211

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|party votes = 190

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Partei für Gesundheitsforschung

|party votes = 166

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = V-Partei3

|party votes = 122

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = LfK

|color = #D1165D

|party votes = 119

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 111

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Party of Humanists

|party votes = 109

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = German Communist Party

|candidate = Marcel Rommerskirchen

|votes = 319

|percentage = 0.3

|change =

|party votes = 86

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die Urbane. Eine HipHop Partei

|party votes = 74

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = PdF

|color = #F5A419

|party votes = 49

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Alliance C – Christians for Germany

|party votes = 33

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 24

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Liberal Conservative Reformers

|party votes = 22

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Socialist Equality Party (Germany)

|party votes = 12

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,707

|party votes = 1,241

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 127,939

|party votes = 128,405

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 129,646

|percentage = 70.0

|change = {{increase}} 0.7

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|loser =

|votes = 8,002

|percent = 6.3

|change = {{decrease}} 13.7

}}

=2017 election=

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2017): Mönchengladbach[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2017/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-5/wahlkreis-109.html Results for Mönchengladbach]

}}

{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Günter Krings

|votes = 57,766

|percentage = 44.3

|change = {{decrease}} 6.5

|party votes = 46,786

|party percent = 35.8

|party change = {{decrease}} 7.9

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Gülistan Yüksel

|votes = 31,766

|percentage = 24.4

|change = {{decrease}} 4.8

|party votes = 30,547

|party percent = 23.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 4.8

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Holger Heinz Hexgen

|votes = 11,910

|percentage = 9.1

|change = {{increase}} 5.7

|party votes = 12,373

|party percent = 9.5

|party change = {{increase}} 5.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Stefan Dahlmanns

|votes = 10,225

|percentage = 7.8

|change = {{increase}} 5.6

|party votes = 17,946

|party percent = 13.7

|party change = {{increase}} 7.8

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Sebastian Merkens

|votes = 8,921

|percentage = 6.8

|change = {{increase}} 0.6

|party votes = 9,627

|party percent = 7.4

|party change = {{increase}} 0.9

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Peter Walter

|votes = 7,814

|percentage = 6.0

|change = {{decrease}} 0.1

|party votes = 8,169

|party percent = 6.2

|party change = {{increase}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Die PARTEI

|candidate = Sina Houben

|votes = 1,956

|percentage = 1.5

|change = {{increase}} 0.8

|party votes = 1,280

|party percent = 1.0

|party change = {{increase}} 0.4

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 1,100

|party percent = 0.8

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = AD-DEMOKRATEN

|party votes = 613

|party percent = 0.5

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 582

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 2.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|party votes = 350

|party percent = 0.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.8

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Free Voters

|party votes = 279

|party percent = 0.2

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = V-Partei³

|color = #99CC33

|party votes = 243

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = DiB

|color = #263D80

|party votes = 142

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Basic Income Alliance

|party votes = 130

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = Volksabstimmung

|party votes = 126

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = Gesundheitsforschung

|color = black

|party votes = 118

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = DM

|party votes = 111

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 110

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = Die Humanisten

|color = #110077

|party votes = 91

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 85

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box independent|

|candidate = Kai Michael Müller-Horn

|votes = 85

|percentage = 0.1

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = German Communist Party

|party votes = 22

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = SGP

|color = red

|party votes = 6

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,563

|party votes = 1,170

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 130,443

|party votes = 130,836

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 132,006

|percentage = 69.3

|change = {{increase}} 3.1

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|votes = 26,000

|percent = 19.9

|change = {{decrease}} 1.7

}}

=2013 election=

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2013): Mönchengladbach[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2013/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-5/wahlkreis-109.html Results for Mönchengladbach]

}}

{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Günter Krings

|votes = 63,843

|percentage = 50.8

|change = {{increase}} 5.3

|party votes = 55,030

|party percent = 43.7

|party change = {{increase}} 8.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Gülistan Yüksel

|votes = 36,665

|percentage = 29.2

|change = {{increase}} 1.5

|party votes = 35,447

|party percent = 28.1

|party change = {{increase}} 3.7

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Bernhard Clasen

|votes = 7,827

|percentage = 6.2

|change = {{decrease}} 1.3

|party votes = 8,080

|party percent = 6.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.9

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Gerhard Brenner

|votes = 7,638

|percentage = 6.1

|change = {{decrease}} 2.2

|party votes = 7,792

|party percent = 6.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 2.7

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Hermann Behrendt

|votes = 4,259

|percentage = 3.4

|change =

|party votes = 5,255

|party percent = 4.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Hans Joachim Stockschläger

|votes = 2,847

|percentage = 2.3

|change = {{decrease}} 7.2

|party votes = 7,414

|party percent = 5.9

|party change = {{decrease}} 12.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 3,149

|party percent = 2.5

|party change = {{increase}} 0.7

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Manfred Frentzen

|votes = 1,663

|percentage = 1.3

|change = {{steady}} 0.0

|party votes = 1,339

|party percent = 1.1

|party change = {{increase}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Die PARTEI

|candidate = Ephraim Beckers

|votes = 864

|percentage = 0.7

|change =

|party votes = 744

|party percent = 0.6

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Free Voters

|party votes = 316

|party percent = 0.3

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = PRO

|party votes = 310

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = Volksabstimmung

|party votes = 199

|party percent = 0.2

|party change = {{increase}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = Nichtwahler

|party votes = 179

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 158

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{increase}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = The Republicans (Germany)

|party votes = 145

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = BIG

|party votes = 124

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = Party of Reason

|color = #005488

|party votes = 123

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = RRP

|party votes = 45

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|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 = BüSo

|party votes = 20

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = Die Rechte

|color = #553A26

|party votes = 20

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,953

|party votes = 1,617

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 125,606

|party votes = 125,942

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 127,559

|percentage = 66.2

|change = {{increase}} 2.3

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|votes = 27,178

|percent = 21.6

|change = {{increase}} 3.7

}}

=2009 election=

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2009): Mönchengladbach[https://web.archive.org/web/20110616111533/http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/de/bundestagswahlen/BTW_BUND_09/ergebnisse/wahlkreisergebnisse/l05/wk110/ Results for Mönchengladbach]

}}

{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Günter Krings

|votes = 55,784

|percentage = 45.6

|change = {{decrease}} 2.3

|party votes = 43,020

|party percent = 35.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 4.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Hermann-Josef Krichel-Mäurer

|votes = 33,852

|percentage = 27.7

|change = {{decrease}} 11.2

|party votes = 30,018

|party percent = 24.5

|party change = {{decrease}} 10.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Hans Joachim Stockschläger

|votes = 11,573

|percentage = 9.5

|change = {{increase}} 5.4

|party votes = 22,148

|party percent = 18.0

|party change = {{increase}} 6.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Gerd Brenner

|votes = 10,162

|percentage = 8.3

|change = {{increase}} 4.5

|party votes = 10,876

|party percent = 8.9

|party change = {{increase}} 2.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Bernhard Clasen

|votes = 9,233

|percentage = 7.5

|change = {{increase}} 3.3

|party votes = 10,241

|party percent = 8.3

|party change = {{increase}} 3.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 2,191

|party percent = 1.8

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Manfred Frentzen

|votes = 1,569

|percentage = 1.3

|change = {{increase}} 0.2

|party votes = 1,231

|party percent = 1.0

|party change = {{increase}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 906

|party percent = 0.7

|party change = {{increase}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = FAMILIE

|color = orange

|party votes = 526

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = RENTNER

|party votes = 526

|party percent = 0.4

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = The Republicans (Germany)

|party votes = 301

|party percent = 0.2

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Centre Party (Germany)

|party votes = 259

|party percent = 0.2

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box independent|

|candidate = Hans Günter Dennhoven

|votes = 243

|percentage = 0.2

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = RRP

|party votes = 196

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = Volksabstimmung

|party votes = 104

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 84

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = German People's Union

|party votes = 49

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 31

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = BüSo

|party votes = 20

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = PSG

|color = red

|party votes = 19

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,774

|party votes = 1,444

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 122,416

|party votes = 122,746

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 124,190

|percentage = 63.9

|change = {{decrease}} 8.6

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|votes = 21,932

|percent = 17.9

|change = {{increase}} 8.9

}}

References

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{{Electoral districts of North Rhine-Westphalia}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mönchengladbach (electoral district)}}

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Category:1949 establishments in West Germany

Category:Constituencies established in 1949

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