Steinfurt III

Steinfurt III is located in northern North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the municipalities of Emsdetten, Greven, Hörstel, Hopsten, Ibbenbüren, Ladbergen, Lengerich, Lienen, Lotte, Mettingen, Recke, Saerbeck, Tecklenburg, and Westerkappeln from the Steinfurt district.

Steinfurt III was created in 1949, then known as Steinfurt – Tecklenburg. From 1965 through 1976, it was named Tecklenburg. From 1980 through 1998, it was named Steinfurt II. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 36 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 95. From 1965 through 1976, it was number 93. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 98. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 129. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 128. From the 2025 election, it has been number 127.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Steinfurt and Tecklenburg. From 1965 through 1976, it was coterminous with the Tecklenburg district. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it comprised the municipalities of Emsdetten, Greven, Hörstel, Hopsten, Ibbenbüren, Ladbergen, Lengerich, Lienen, Lotte, Mettingen, Recke, Rheine, Saerbeck, Tecklenburg, and Westerkappeln from the Steinfurt district. In the 2002 election, it lost the municipality of Rheine.

The constituency was first represented by Georg Pelster of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1949 to 1961, followed by fellow CDU member Franz Falke for a single term. Wilhelm Rawe of the CDU was then representative from 1965 to 1980. Gottfried Köster was elected in 1980, and succeeded by Constantin Heereman von Zuydtwyck in 1983. Karl-Josef Laumann then served a single term from 1990 to 1994. Reinhold Hemker of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was elected in 1994 and served until 2009, when Dieter Jasper of the CDU became representative. Anja Karliczek was elected in 2013, and re-elected in 2017, 2021 and 2025.

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Anja Karliczek

|votes = 62,252

|percentage = 37.9

|change = {{increase}} 3.9

|party votes = 54,548

|party percent = 33.1

|party change = {{increase}} 5.6

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{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Jürgen Coße

|votes = 41,395

|percentage = 25.2

|change = {{decrease}} 6.0

|party votes = 36,478

|party percent = 22.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 10.6

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Gunnar Stephan

|votes = 12,482

|percentage = 15.5

|change = {{increase}} 9.8

|party votes = 24,959

|party percent = 15.2

|party change = {{increase}} 9.2

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{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Jan-Niclas Gesenhues

|votes = 19,383

|percentage = 11.8

|change = {{decrease}} 3.7

|party votes = 19,903

|party percent = 12.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 3.4

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{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Ulrich Thoden

|votes = 9,868

|percentage = 6.0

|change = {{increase}} 3.0

|party votes = 10,611

|party percent = 6.4

|party change = {{increase}} 3.4

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance

|party votes = 5,967

|party percent = 3.6

|party change =

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Anne Hoss

|votes = 4,874

|percentage = 3.0

|change = {{decrease}} 4.4

|party votes = 6,572

|party percent = 4.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 6.4

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 1,783

|party percent = 1.1

|party change = {{increase}} 0.1

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{{MMP election box independent|

|candidate = Jörg Neurauter

|votes = 1,209

|percentage = 0.7

|change =

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Volt Germany

|party votes = 997

|party percent = 0.6

|party change = {{increase}} 0.3

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Die PARTEI

|candidate =

|votes =

|percentage =

|change = {{decrease}} 1.3

|party votes = 860

|party percent = 0.5

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.4

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate =

|votes =

|percentage =

|change = {{decrease}} 0.6

|party votes = 798

|party percent = 0.5

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate =

|votes =

|percentage =

|change = {{decrease}} 0.8

|party votes = 328

|party percent = 0.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.6

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Team Todenhöfer

|party votes = 281

|party percent = 0.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Party of Progress (Germany)

|party votes = 267

|party percent = 0.2

|party change = {{increase}} 0.1

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Bündnis Deutschland

|party votes = 174

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Values Union

|party votes = 86

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = MERA25

|party votes = 45

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 22

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes =

|party percent =

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Partei für Gesundheitsforschung

|party votes =

|party percent =

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes =

|party percent =

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Party of Humanists

|party votes =

|party percent =

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = V-Partei3

|party votes = 73

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Alliance C – Christians for Germany

|party votes =

|party percent =

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Socialist Equality Party (Germany)

|party votes =

|party percent =

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

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{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,124

|party votes = 908

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{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 164,463

|party votes = 164,679

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{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 165,587

|percentage = 85.3

|change = {{increase}} 5.7

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{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|loser =

|votes = 20,857

|percent = 12.7

|change =

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Anja Karliczek

|votes = 52,445

|percentage = 34.0

|change = {{decrease}} 10.8

|party votes = 42,528

|party percent = 27.5

|party change = {{decrease}} 10.3

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{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Jürgen Coße

|votes = 48,068

|percentage = 31.1

|change = {{increase}} 0.9

|party votes = 50,555

|party percent = 32.7

|party change = {{increase}} 5.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Jan-Niclas Gesenhues

|votes = 23,978

|percentage = 15.5

|change = {{increase}} 9.0

|party votes = 23,996

|party percent = 15.5

|party change = {{increase}} 8.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Christian Markert

|votes = 11,394

|percentage = 7.4

|change = {{increase}} 1.7

|party votes = 16,113

|party percent = 10.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.9

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Florian Elixmann

|votes = 8,785

|percentage = 5.7

|change = {{decrease}} 0.6

|party votes = 9,253

|party percent = 6.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.8

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Kathrin Vogler

|votes = 4,611

|percentage = 3.0

|change = {{decrease}} 2.6

|party votes = 4,723

|party percent = 3.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 3.3

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 1,504

|party percent = 1.0

|party change = {{increase}} 0.4

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Die PARTEI

|candidate = Heidi Pelster

|votes = 2,062

|percentage = 1.3

|change =

|party votes = 1,446

|party percent = 0.9

|party change = {{increase}} 0.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Burkhard Recker

|votes = 1,281

|percentage = 0.8

|change =

|party votes = 1,241

|party percent = 0.8

|party change =

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Ludwig Reichert

|votes = 986

|percentage = 0.6

|change = {{decrease}} 0.1

|party votes = 813

|party percent = 0.5

|party change = {{increase}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box independent|

|candidate = Hendrik Kaldewei

|votes = 683

|percentage = 0.4

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 482

|party percent = 0.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Team Todenhöfer

|party votes = 460

|party percent = 0.3

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Volt Germany

|party votes = 401

|party percent = 0.3

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = LIEBE

|color = #DC2F28

|party votes = 166

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Partei für Gesundheitsforschung

|party votes = 128

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|party votes = 116

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = LfK

|color = #D1165D

|party votes = 112

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 97

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Party of Humanists

|party votes = 94

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = V-Partei3

|party votes = 73

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Alliance C – Christians for Germany

|party votes = 69

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box independent|

|candidate = Gabriele Georgiou

|votes = 50

|percentage = 0.0

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = PdF

|color = #F5A419

|party votes = 39

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die Urbane. Eine HipHop Partei

|party votes = 34

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 29

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Liberal Conservative Reformers

|party votes = 27

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = German Communist Party

|party votes = 18

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Socialist Equality Party (Germany)

|party votes = 15

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,292

|party votes = 1,103

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 154,343

|party votes = 154,532

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 155,635

|percentage = 79.6

|change = {{increase}} 1.6

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|loser =

|votes = 4,377

|percent = 2.9

|change = {{decrease}} 11.7

}}

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|title=Federal election (2017): Steinfurt III[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2017/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-5/wahlkreis-128.html Results for Steinfurt III]

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Anja Karliczek

|votes = 67,678

|percentage = 44.8

|change = {{decrease}} 3.2

|party votes = 57,215

|party percent = 37.8

|party change = {{decrease}} 5.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Jürgen Coße

|votes = 45,797

|percentage = 30.3

|change = {{decrease}} 6.2

|party votes = 41,815

|party percent = 27.6

|party change = {{decrease}} 5.8

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Jan-Niclas Gesenhues

|votes = 9,857

|percentage = 6.5

|change = {{increase}} 0.7

|party votes = 11,026

|party percent = 7.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Michael Espendiller

|votes = 9,530

|percentage = 6.3

|change = {{increase}} 4.5

|party votes = 10,342

|party percent = 6.8

|party change = {{increase}} 4.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Carsten Antrup

|votes = 8,533

|percentage = 5.6

|change = {{increase}} 3.8

|party votes = 17,205

|party percent = 11.4

|party change = {{increase}} 6.7

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Kathrin Vogler

|votes = 8,520

|percentage = 5.6

|change = {{increase}} 1.8

|party votes = 9,692

|party percent = 6.4

|party change = {{increase}} 1.7

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die PARTEI

|party votes = 899

|party percent = 0.6

|party change = {{increase}} 0.3

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 794

|party percent = 0.5

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 560

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.4

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Olaf Wirl

|votes = 1,124

|percentage = 0.7

|change =

|party votes = 421

|party percent = 0.3

|party change = {{increase}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = AD-DEMOKRATEN

|party votes = 265

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|party votes = 259

|party percent = 0.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.5

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 118

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = DM

|party votes = 119

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = Gesundheitsforschung

|color = black

|party votes = 113

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = V-Partei³

|color = #99CC33

|party votes = 109

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = DiB

|color = #263D80

|party votes = 106

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Basic Income Alliance

|party votes = 105

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|candidate = Gabriele Georgiou

|votes = 138

|percentage = 0.1

|change =

|party votes = 68

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = Volksabstimmung

|party votes = 68

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = Die Humanisten

|color = #110077

|party votes = 52

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = German Communist Party

|party votes = 20

|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 = 1,364

|party votes = 1,158

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 151,177

|party votes = 151,383

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 152,541

|percentage = 78.0

|change = {{increase}} 2.7

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|votes = 21,881

|percent = 14.5

|change = {{increase}} 3.1

}}

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|title=Federal election (2013): Steinfurt III[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2013/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-5/wahlkreis-128.html Results for Steinfurt III]

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{{MMP election box candidate win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Anja Karliczek

|votes = 69,385

|percentage = 47.9

|change = {{increase}} 4.7

|party votes = 62,729

|party percent = 43.3

|party change = {{increase}} 7.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Jürgen Coße{{efn|Coße entered the Bundestag on the SPD list after the resignation of Petra Hinz in September 2016.}}

|votes = 52,786

|percentage = 36.5

|change = {{decrease}} 4.9

|party votes = 48,324

|party percent = 33.4

|party change = {{increase}} 2.8

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Hermann Stubbe

|votes = 8,464

|percentage = 5.8

|change =

|party votes = 10,981

|party percent = 7.6

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.8

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Kathrin Vogler

|votes = 5,533

|percentage = 3.8

|change = {{decrease}} 2.6

|party votes = 6,765

|party percent = 4.7

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.8

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Christophe Lüttmann

|votes = 2,603

|percentage = 1.8

|change = {{decrease}} 6.4

|party votes = 6,822

|party percent = 4.7

|party change = {{decrease}} 9.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Mario Mieruch

|votes = 2,566

|percentage = 1.8

|change =

|party votes = 4,028

|party percent = 2.8

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|candidate = René Rottmann

|votes = 2,356

|percentage = 1.6

|change =

|party votes = 2,504

|party percent = 1.7

|party change = {{increase}} 0.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate =

|votes = 1,021

|percentage = 0.7

|change = {{decrease}} 0.1

|party votes = 940

|party percent = 0.6

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die PARTEI

|party votes = 465

|party percent = 0.3

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Free Voters

|party votes = 279

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = Volksabstimmung

|party votes = 156

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{increase}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = Nichtwahler

|party votes = 133

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 123

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = PRO

|party votes = 115

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = The Republicans (Germany)

|party votes = 96

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = Party of Reason

|color = #005488

|party votes = 89

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = BIG

|party votes = 74

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = RRP

|party votes = 50

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{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 historic party only|

|party = PSG

|color = red

|party votes = 24

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = BüSo

|party votes = 16

|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 = 1,336

|party votes = 1,296

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 144,714

|party votes = 144,754

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 146,050

|percentage = 75.3

|change = {{increase}} 0.8

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|votes = 16,599

|percent = 11.4

|change = {{increase}} 9.6

}}

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|title=Federal election (2009): Steinfurt III[https://web.archive.org/web/20110616100604/http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/de/bundestagswahlen/BTW_BUND_09/ergebnisse/wahlkreisergebnisse/l05/wk129/ Results for Steinfurt III]

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{{MMP election box candidate win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Dieter Jasper

|votes = 61,444

|percentage = 43.3

|change = {{increase}} 0.5

|party votes = 51,067

|party percent = 35.9

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.8

}}

{{MMP election box incumbent lose|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Reinhold Hemker

|votes = 58,679

|percentage = 41.3

|change = {{decrease}} 5.1

|party votes = 43,523

|party percent = 30.6

|party change = {{decrease}} 10.8

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Hubert Klodt

|votes = 11,613

|percentage = 8.2

|change = {{increase}} 4.3

|party votes = 20,001

|party percent = 14.0

|party change = {{increase}} 4.4

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|party votes = 13,366

|party percent = 9.4

|party change = {{increase}} 2.9

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Kathrin Vogler

|votes = 9,075

|percentage = 6.4

|change = {{increase}} 3.4

|party votes = 9,250

|party percent = 6.5

|party change = {{increase}} 2.7

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 2,047

|party percent = 1.4

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Matthias Pohl

|votes = 1,129

|percentage = 0.8

|change = {{increase}} 0.1

|party votes = 929

|party percent = 0.7

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = FAMILIE

|color = orange

|party votes = 686

|party percent = 0.5

|party change = {{increase}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 555

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = RENTNER

|party votes = 286

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = The Republicans (Germany)

|party votes = 204

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = RRP

|party votes = 169

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 85

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = German People's Union

|party votes = 71

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Centre Party (Germany)

|party votes = 63

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = Volksabstimmung

|party votes = 56

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = BüSo

|party votes = 24

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = PSG

|color = red

|party votes = 15

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 14

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,842

|party votes = 1,371

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 141,940

|party votes = 142,411

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 143,782

|percentage = 74.5

|change = {{decrease}} 6.7

}}

{{MMP election box majority gain|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|loser = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|votes = 2,765

|percent = 2.0

|change =

}}

{{notelist}}

{{reflist}}

{{Electoral districts of North Rhine-Westphalia}}

Category:Federal electoral districts in North Rhine-Westphalia

Category:1949 establishments in West Germany

Category:Constituencies established in 1949

Category:Steinfurt (district)