Soest (electoral district)
{{Short description|Federal electoral district of Germany}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox constituency
|name = 145 Soest
|constituency_type = electoral district
|constituency_link = Soest (electoral district)
|parl_name = Bundestag
|image = File:Bundestagswahlkreis 145-2025.svg
|caption = Soest in 2025
|region_label = State
|region = North Rhine-Westphalia
|population = 301,800 (2019)
|electorate = 231,811 (2021)
|area = 1,328.6 km2
|year = 1980
|party = CDU
|local_council_label = Member
|local_council = Oliver Pöpsel
|blank1_name = Elected
|blank1_info = 2025
}}
Soest 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 145. It is located in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the district of Soest.{{cite web|url=https://www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/bundestagswahlen/2025/wahlkreiseinteilung/bund-99/land-5/wahlkreis-145.html|title=Constituency Soest|publisher=Federal Returning Officer}}
Soest was created for the 1980 federal election. From 2017 to 2025, it has been represented by Hans-Jürgen Thies of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).{{cite web|url=https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2021/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-5/wahlkreis-146.html|title=Results for Soest|publisher=Federal Returning Officer}} Since 2025 it is been represented by Oliver Pöpsel of the CDU.
Geography
Soest is located in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Soest district.
History
Soest was created in 1980. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 118 in the numbering system. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 147. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 146. From the 2025 election, it has been number 145. Its borders have not changed since its creation.
Members
The constituency has been held by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) during all but one Bundestag term since its creation. It was first represented by Hermann Kroll-Schlüter from 1980 to 1990, followed by Jürgen Augustinowitz from 1990 to 1998. Eike Hovermann of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was elected in 1998. Bernhard Schulte-Drüggelte regained it for the CDU in 2002 and served until 2017. Hans-Jürgen Thies was elected in 2017 and was re-elected in 2021. In 2025 Oliver Pöpsel was elected
| class=wikitable
! colspan=2| Election ! Member ! Party ! % |
| rowspan=3 bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|
| 1980 | rowspan=3| Hermann Kroll-Schlüter | rowspan=3| CDU | align=right| 50.0 |
| 1983
| align=right| 56.3 |
| 1987
| align=right| 49.8 |
| rowspan=2 bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|
| 1990 | rowspan=2| Jürgen Augustinowitz | rowspan=2| CDU | align=right| 49.4 |
| 1994
| align=right| 49.6 |
| bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}|
| 1998 | SPD | align=right| 45.5 |
| rowspan=4 bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|
| 2002 | rowspan=4| Bernhard Schulte-Drüggelte | rowspan=4| CDU | align=right| 44.2 |
| 2005
| align=right| 46.3 |
| 2009
| align=right| 45.8 |
| 2013
| align=right| 49.8 |
| rowspan=2 bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|
| 2017 | rowspan=2| Hans-Jürgen Thies | rowspan=2| CDU | align=right| 42.7 |
| 2021
| align=right| 33.1 |
| bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|
| 2025 | CDU | align=right| 37.3 |
Election results
=2025 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=Federal election (2025): Soest[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2025/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-5/wahlkreis-145.html Results for Soest]
}}
{{MMP election box incumbent win|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Oliver Pöpsel
|votes = 70,482
|percentage = 37.3
|change = {{increase}} 4.2
|party votes = 66,360
|party percent = 35.0
|party change = {{increase}} 6.0
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Jens Behrens
|votes = 42,543
|percentage = 22.5
|change = {{decrease}} 8.3
|party votes = 34,834
|party percent = 18.4
|party change = {{decrease}} 10.3
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Alternative for Germany
|candidate = Ulrich von Zons
|votes = 36,667
|percentage = 19.4
|change = {{increase}} 11.5
|party votes = 35,823
|party percent = 18.9
|party change = {{increase}} 10.9
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Sarah Gonschorek
|votes = 18,136
|percentage = 9.6
|change = {{decrease}} 2.9
|party votes = 19,040
|party percent = 10.0
|party change = {{decrease}} 3.5
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Roland Linnhoff
|votes = 11,204
|percentage = 5.9
|change = {{increase}} 2.8
|party votes = 11,577
|party percent = 6.1
|party change = {{increase}} 3.0
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Fabian Griewel
|votes = 7,447
|percentage = 3.9
|change = {{decrease}} 6.1
|party votes = 7,681
|party percent = 4.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 7.8
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance
|party votes = 7,393
|party percent = 3.9
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Human Environment Animal Protection
|party votes = 2,273
|party percent = 1.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 1.0
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Voters
|candidate = Christine-Maria Hudyma
|votes = 2,537
|percentage = 1.3
|change = {{increase}} 0.2
|party votes = 997
|party percent = 0.5
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Die PARTEI
|party votes = 1,013
|party percent = 0.5
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.4
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Volt Germany
|party votes = 908
|party percent = 0.5
|party change = {{increase}} 0.3
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate =
|votes =
|percentage =
|change = {{decrease}} 1.4
|party votes = 523
|party percent = 0.3
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.9
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Party of Progress (Germany)
|party votes = 352
|party percent = 0.2
|party change = {{increase}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Team Todenhöfer
|party votes = 270
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Bündnis Deutschland
|party votes = 244
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Values Union
|party votes = 96
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = MERA25
|party votes = 46
|party percent = 0.0
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany
|party votes = 35
|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 = Alliance C – Christians for Germany
|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 = Socialist Equality Party (Germany)
|party votes = 13
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 1,479
|party votes = 1,030
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 189,016
|party votes = 189,465
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 190,495
|percentage = 83.0
|change =
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|loser =
|votes = 27,939
|percent = 14.8
|change = {{increase}} 12.5
}}
=2021 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=Federal election (2021): Soest[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2021/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-5/wahlkreis-146.html Results for Soest]
}}
{{MMP election box incumbent win|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Hans-Jürgen Thies
|votes = 58,791
|percentage = 33.1
|change = {{decrease}} 9.5
|party votes = 51,697
|party percent = 29.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 7.2
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Wolfgang Hellmich
|votes = 54,614
|percentage = 30.8
|change = {{increase}} 1.5
|party votes = 51,061
|party percent = 28.7
|party change = {{increase}} 3.8
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Shahabuddin Miah
|votes = 22,154
|percentage = 12.5
|change = {{increase}} 7.0
|party votes = 24,089
|party percent = 13.5
|party change = {{increase}} 7.4
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Fabian Griewel
|votes = 17,826
|percentage = 10.0
|change = {{increase}} 2.1
|party votes = 21,005
|party percent = 11.8
|party change = {{decrease}} 1.6
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alternative for Germany
|candidate = Berengar Elsner von Gronow
|votes = 13,992
|percentage = 7.9
|change = {{decrease}} 1.0
|party votes = 14,206
|party percent = 8.0
|party change = {{decrease}} 1.4
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Helle Robert
|votes = 5,548
|percentage = 3.1
|change = {{decrease}} 2.5
|party votes = 5,520
|party percent = 3.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 3.7
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Human Environment Animal Protection
|party votes = 2,260
|party percent = 1.3
|party change = {{increase}} 0.6
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Wolfgang Sälzer
|votes = 2,507
|percentage = 1.4
|change =
|party votes = 2,038
|party percent = 1.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Die PARTEI
|party votes = 1,724
|party percent = 1.0
|party change = {{increase}} 0.3
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Voters
|candidate = Christine-Maria Hudyma
|votes = 2,017
|percentage = 1.1
|change =
|party votes = 1,176
|party percent = 0.7
|party change = {{increase}} 0.4
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Pirate Party Germany
|party votes = 666
|party percent = 0.4
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Team Todenhöfer
|party votes = 495
|party percent = 0.3
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Volt Germany
|party votes = 327
|party percent = 0.2
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = LIEBE
|color = #DC2F28
|party votes = 251
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Partei für Gesundheitsforschung
|party votes = 246
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = LfK
|color = #D1165D
|party votes = 173
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Alliance C – Christians for Germany
|party votes = 159
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = National Democratic Party of Germany
|party votes = 156
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Party of Humanists
|party votes = 121
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Ecological Democratic Party
|party votes = 118
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Die Urbane. Eine HipHop Partei
|party votes = 89
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = V-Partei3
|party votes = 89
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = PdF
|color = #F5A419
|party votes = 73
|party percent = 0.0
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Liberal Conservative Reformers
|party votes = 34
|party percent = 0.0
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = German Communist Party
|party votes = 31
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Socialist Equality Party (Germany)
|party votes = 13
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany
|party votes = 12
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 1,554
|party votes = 1,174
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 177,449
|party votes = 177,829
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 179,003
|percentage = 77.2
|change = {{increase}} 2.2
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|loser =
|votes = 4,177
|percent = 2.3
|change = {{decrease}} 11.0
}}
=2017 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=Federal election (2017): Soest[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2017/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-5/wahlkreis-146.html Results for Soest]
}}
{{MMP election box candidate win|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Hans-Jürgen Thies
|votes = 73,595
|percentage = 42.7
|change = {{decrease}} 7.1
|party votes = 62,764
|party percent = 36.3
|party change = {{decrease}} 8.5
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Wolfgang Hellmich
|votes = 50,458
|percentage = 29.3
|change = {{decrease}} 4.1
|party votes = 43,184
|party percent = 25.0
|party change = {{decrease}} 5.4
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Alternative for Germany
|candidate = Berengar Elsner von Gronow
|votes = 15,311
|percentage = 8.9
|change =
|party votes = 16,165
|party percent = 9.3
|party change = {{increase}} 5.9
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Fabian Griewel
|votes = 13,681
|percentage = 7.9
|change = {{increase}} 5.6
|party votes = 23,296
|party percent = 13.5
|party change = {{increase}} 8.5
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Robert Helle
|votes = 9,756
|percentage = 5.7
|change = {{increase}} 0.7
|party votes = 11,702
|party percent = 6.8
|party change = {{increase}} 1.5
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Shahabuddin Miah
|votes = 9,459
|percentage = 5.5
|change = {{decrease}} 0.5
|party votes = 10,723
|party percent = 6.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.8
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Human Environment Animal Protection
|party votes = 1,207
|party percent = 0.7
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Die PARTEI
|party votes = 1,183
|party percent = 0.7
|party change = {{increase}} 0.4
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Pirate Party Germany
|party votes = 634
|party percent = 0.4
|party change = {{decrease}} 1.7
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Free Voters
|party votes = 387
|party percent = 0.2
|party change = {{increase}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = National Democratic Party of Germany
|party votes = 310
|party percent = 0.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.6
}}
{{MMP election box independent|
|candidate = Jonathan Meier
|votes = 232
|percentage = 0.1
|change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = AD-DEMOKRATEN
|party votes = 184
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = DiB
|color = #263D80
|party votes = 183
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = Gesundheitsforschung
|color = black
|party votes = 176
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = V-Partei³
|color = #99CC33
|party votes = 175
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Basic Income Alliance
|party votes = 168
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = DM
|party votes = 168
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = Volksabstimmung
|party votes = 159
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Ecological Democratic Party
|party votes = 149
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = Die Humanisten
|color = #110077
|party votes = 78
|party percent = 0.0
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany
|party votes = 40
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = German Communist Party
|party votes = 28
|party percent = 0.0
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = SGP
|color = red
|party votes = 11
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 1,872
|party votes = 1,290
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 172,492
|party votes = 173,074
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 174,364
|percentage = 75.1
|change = {{increase}} 2.8
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|votes = 23,137
|percent = 13.4
|change = {{decrease}} 3.1
}}
=2013 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=Federal election (2013): Soest[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2013/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-5/wahlkreis-146.html Results for Soest]
}}
{{MMP election box incumbent win|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Bernhard Schulte-Drüggelte
|votes = 82,394
|percentage = 49.8
|change = {{increase}} 4.0
|party votes = 74,380
|party percent = 44.8
|party change = {{increase}} 8.2
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Wolfgang Hellmich
|votes = 55,127
|percentage = 33.3
|change = {{increase}} 4.1
|party votes = 50,439
|party percent = 30.4
|party change = {{increase}} 4.9
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Cordula Ungruh
|votes = 9,868
|percentage = 6.0
|change = {{decrease}} 1.3
|party votes = 11,565
|party percent = 7.0
|party change = {{decrease}} 1.7
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Michael Bruns
|votes = 8,267
|percentage = 5.0
|change = {{decrease}} 2.0
|party votes = 8,721
|party percent = 5.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 2.4
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Alternative for Germany
|party votes = 5,711
|party percent = 3.4
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Pirate Party Germany
|candidate = Sven Sladek
|votes = 3,996
|percentage = 2.4
|change =
|party votes = 3,410
|party percent = 2.1
|party change = {{increase}} 0.5
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Ingo Westermann
|votes = 3,870
|percentage = 2.3
|change = {{decrease}} 7.2
|party votes = 8,218
|party percent = 4.9
|party change = {{decrease}} 12.0
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = National Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate =
|votes = 1,954
|percentage = 1.2
|change = {{increase}} 0.1
|party votes = 1,321
|party percent = 0.8
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Die PARTEI
|party votes = 467
|party percent = 0.3
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = Volksabstimmung
|party votes = 333
|party percent = 0.2
|party change = {{increase}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = PRO
|party votes = 330
|party percent = 0.2
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Free Voters
|party votes = 229
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Ecological Democratic Party
|party votes = 204
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{increase}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = The Republicans (Germany)
|party votes = 180
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = Nichtwahler
|party votes = 192
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = Party of Reason
|color = #005488
|party votes = 101
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = BIG
|party votes = 91
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = RRP
|party votes = 86
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = Die Rechte
|color = #553A26
|party votes = 59
|party percent = 0.0
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = PSG
|color = red
|party votes = 52
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = BüSo
|party votes = 32
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany
|party votes = 25
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 2,435
|party votes = 1,765
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 165,476
|party votes = 166,146
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 167,911
|percentage = 72.3
|change = {{increase}} 1.3
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|votes = 27,267
|percent = 16.5
|change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
=2009 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=Federal election (2009): Soest[https://web.archive.org/web/20110616101704/http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/de/bundestagswahlen/BTW_BUND_09/ergebnisse/wahlkreisergebnisse/l05/wk147/ Results for Soest]
}}
{{MMP election box incumbent win|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Bernhard Schulte-Drüggelte
|votes = 74,725
|percentage = 45.8
|change = {{decrease}} 0.5
|party votes = 59,805
|party percent = 36.6
|party change = {{decrease}} 2.5
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Wolfgang Hellmich
|votes = 47,583
|percentage = 29.2
|change = {{decrease}} 11.9
|party votes = 41,522
|party percent = 25.4
|party change = {{decrease}} 12.1
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Urs Frigger
|votes = 15,625
|percentage = 9.6
|change = {{increase}} 4.8
|party votes = 27,675
|party percent = 16.9
|party change = {{increase}} 6.4
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Frank Hilgenkamp
|votes = 11,924
|percentage = 7.3
|change = {{increase}} 4.0
|party votes = 14,081
|party percent = 8.6
|party change = {{increase}} 2.8
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Michael Bruns
|votes = 11,432
|percentage = 7.0
|change = {{increase}} 3.3
|party votes = 12,460
|party percent = 7.6
|party change = {{increase}} 3.2
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Pirate Party Germany
|party votes = 2,612
|party percent = 1.6
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = National Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Harald Röhl
|votes = 1,800
|percentage = 1.1
|change = {{increase}} 0.2
|party votes = 1,324
|party percent = 0.8
|party change = {{increase}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = FAMILIE
|color = orange
|party votes = 1,037
|party percent = 0.6
|party change = {{increase}} 0.2
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Human Environment Animal Protection
|party votes = 922
|party percent = 0.6
|party change = {{increase}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = RENTNER
|party votes = 652
|party percent = 0.4
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = The Republicans (Germany)
|party votes = 388
|party percent = 0.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = RRP
|party votes = 315
|party percent = 0.2
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = Volksabstimmung
|party votes = 149
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Centre Party (Germany)
|party votes = 123
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = German People's Union
|party votes = 118
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Ecological Democratic Party
|party votes = 106
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = BüSo
|party votes = 48
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = PSG
|color = red
|party votes = 22
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany
|party votes = 13
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 2,204
|party votes = 1,921
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 163,089
|party votes = 163,372
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 165,293
|percentage = 61.0
|change = {{decrease}} 7.3
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|votes = 27,142
|percent = 16.6
|change = {{increase}} 11.4
}}
References
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Category:1980 establishments in West Germany