Cologne I

93 Cologne I
electoral district for the Bundestag
Cologne I in 2013
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	291,400 (2015)
Electorate	192,574 (2017)
Major settlements	Cologne (partial)
Area	128.3 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CDU
Member	Karsten Möring
Elected	2017

Cologne I (German: Köln I) 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 93. It is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the southeastern part of the city of Cologne.^[1]

Cologne I was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Karsten Möring of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).^[2]

Geography[]

Cologne I is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the southeastern part of the independent city of Cologne, specifically the districts of Porz, Kalk, and the Stadtteile of Altstadt-Nord, Deutz, and Neustadt-Nord from Innenstadt.^[1]

History[]

Cologne I was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 7 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 66. From 1965 through 1998, it was number 59. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 94. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 93.

Originally, the constituency comprised the area of Cologne on the left bank of the Rhine and north of the line made by Aachener Straße and Innere Kanalstraße. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it comprised today's Innenstadt district as well as Kalk, Humboldt-Gremberg, and Poll. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it comprised Innenstadt and Porz. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Members[]

The constituency was first represented by Aenne Brauksiepe of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1949 to 1965. It was won by the Social Democratic Party (SPD)'s candidate Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski in 1965. The SPD held the constituency until 2017. Wischnewski represented it until 1990, when he was succeeded by , who served a single term. was elected in 1994 and served until 2002, followed by . Karsten Möring of the CDU was elected in 2017.

Election results[]

2021 election[]

Federal election (2021): Cologne I[3]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Y Karsten Möring
	SPD	Sanae Abdi
	Green	Lisa-Marie Friede
	AfD	Fabian Jacobi
	FDP	Reinhard Houben
	Left	Madeine Eisfeld
	PARTEI	Aaron Baron von Kruedener
	Tierschutzpartei
	Pirates
	FW	Detlef Hagenbruch
	NPD
	ÖDP
	V-Partei³
	Gesundheitsforschung
	MLPD	Elisabeth Höchtl
	The Humanists
	DKP
	SGP
	dieBasis	Ralf Schäfer
	Bündnis C
	du.
	LIEBE
	LKR
	PdF
	LfK
	Team Todenhöfer
	Volt	Rebekka Müller
	Independent	Martin Josef Przybylski
Informal votes
Total Valid votes
Turnout
	[[|N/A]] hold		Majority

2017 election[]

Federal election (2017): Cologne I[4]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Karsten Möring		43,683	31.6	5.1	36,565	26.4	7.0
	SPD	N Martin Dörmann		42,799	31.0	6.0	33,666	24.3	6.7
	Green	Hans Schwanitz		13,535	9.8	0.5	15,800	11.4	0.8
	AfD	Fabian Jacobi		11,952	8.6	5.7	12,290	8.9	4.8
	Left	Murat Yilmaz		11,898	8.6	2.1	15,271	11.0	2.9
	FDP	Reinhard Houben		10,652	7.7	5.2	18,067	13.0	7.5
	PARTEI	Sabine Kader		3,369	2.4		1,905	1.4	0.7
	Tierschutzpartei						1,068	0.8
	AD-DEMOKRATEN						970	0.7
	Pirates						689	0.5	2.2
	DiB						398	0.3
	FW						356	0.3	0.0
	BGE						233	0.2
	NPD						224	0.2	0.6
	V-Partei³						184	0.1
	ÖDP						164	0.1	0.0
	MLPD	Reiner Dworschak		308	0.2		155	0.1	0.1
	Die Humanisten						150	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						146	0.1
	DM						140	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						136	0.1	0.1
	DKP						38	0.0
	SGP						16	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,522			1,087
Total Valid votes				138,196			138,631
Turnout				139,718	72.6	3.1
	CDU gain from SPD		Majority	884	0.6

2013 election[]

Federal election (2013): Cologne I[5]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	SPD	Y Martin Dörmann		48,632	37.0	2.0	40,759	31.0	4.1
	CDU	Karsten Möring		48,232	36.7	3.1	43,863	33.3	6.2
	Green	Berivan Aymaz		13,513	10.3	2.1	16,056	12.2	3.7
	Left	Heinz Peter Karl Fischer		8,583	6.5	1.9	10,709	8.1	1.5
	AfD	Hendrik Rottmann		3,885	3.0		5,367	4.1
	Pirates	Gerald Günther Teybig		3,361	2.6		3,501	2.7	0.7
	FDP	Stefanie Ruffen		3,243	2.5	6.2	7,235	5.5	9.6
	NPD	Melanie Händelkes		1,329	1.0	0.6	1,032	0.8	0.3
	PARTEI						883	0.7
	FW	Christine-Maria Hudyma		444	0.3		337	0.3
	PRO						411	0.3
	BIG						254	0.2
	Nichtwahler						241	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						208	0.2	0.0
	ÖDP						204	0.2	0.0
	REP						168	0.1	0.2
	Party of Reason						111	0.1
	RRP						80	0.1	0.1
	MLPD						73	0.1	0.0
	BüSo	Tamas Antal Bech		170	0.1		61	0.0	0.0
	PSG						31	0.0	0.0
	Die Rechte						18	0.0
Informal votes				1,445			1,235
Total Valid votes				131,392			131,602
Turnout				132,837	69.4	1.5
	SPD hold		Majority	400	0.3	1.1

2009 election[]

Federal election (2009): Cologne I[6]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	SPD	Y Martin Dörmann		43,837	35.0	13.6	33,774	26.8	12.8
	CDU	Ursula Heinen-Esser		42,094	33.6	0.3	34,195	27.2	0.0
	Green	Max Löffler		15,557	12.4	5.1	20,019	15.9	2.6
	FDP	Alexander Vogel		10,902	8.7	4.7	18,981	15.1	4.0
	Left	Cindy Kolter		10,614	8.5	3.5	12,092	9.6	3.5
	Pirates						2,522	2.0
	NPD	Benedikt Frings		1,971	1.6	0.6	1,398	1.1	0.3
	Tierschutzpartei						816	0.6	0.2
	RENTNER						454	0.4
	FAMILIE						433	0.3	0.0
	REP						368	0.3	0.0
	Independent	Mali Dieckmann		318	0.3
	RRP						214	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						179	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP						146	0.1
	Centre						74	0.1	0.0
	MLPD						70	0.1	0.0
	DVU						53	0.0
	BüSo						25	0.0	0.0
	PSG						20	0.0	0.1
Informal votes				1,718			1,178
Total Valid votes				125,293			125,833
Turnout				127,011	68.0	6.5
	SPD hold		Majority	1,743	1.4	13.3

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