Mettmann II

105 Mettmann II
electoral district for the Bundestag
Mettmann II in 2013
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	216,700 (2019)
Electorate	160,175 (2021)
Major settlements	Ratingen Velbert Heiligenhaus
Area	223.4 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1965
Party	CDU
Member	Peter Beyer
Elected	2009, 2013, 2017, 2021

Mettmann II 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 105. It is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the northern part of the district of Mettmann.^[1]

Mettmann II was created for the 1965 federal election. Since 2009, it has been represented by Peter Beyer of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).^[2]

Geography[]

Mettmann II is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the municipalities of Heiligenhaus, Ratingen, Velbert, and Wülfrath from the district of Mettmann.^[1]

History[]

Mettmann II was created in 1965 and contained parts of the redistributed Düsseldorf-Mettmann constituency. Until acquiring its current name in 1980, it was known as Düsseldorf-Mettmann II. From 1965 through 1976, it was constituency 72 in the numbering system. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 73. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 106. Since 2013, it has been number 105.

Originally, the constituency comprised the municipalities of Ratingen, Velbert, Heiligenhaus, Kettwig, Langenberg, Neviges, Wittlaer, Ratingen-Lintorf, and Hubbelrath, as well as the Amt of Angerland, from the district of Düsseldorf-Mettmann. It acquired its current borders in the 1980 election.

Members[]

The constituency was first represented by of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1965 to 1969. He was succeeded by of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). of the CDU was elected in 1983 and represented the constituency until 1998, when the SPD regained it. held it for a single term before being succeeded by Kerstin Griese in the 2002 election. In 2009, Peter Beyer of the CDU became representative. He was re-elected in 2013, 2017, and 2021.

Election results[]

2021 election[]

Federal election (2021): Mettmann II[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 Peter Beyer		38,429	31.3	7.9	33,254	27.1	5.6
	SPD	Kerstin Greise		37,635	30.7	0.5	34,409	28.0	3.5
	Green			17,730	14.5	8.4	18,112	14.7	7.8
	FDP	Jessica Denné-Weiß		11,158	9.1	0.4	16,235	13.2	2.6
	AfD	Jessica Malisch		8,894	7.3	1.7	9,104	7.4	2.2
	Left	Birgit Onori		3,395	2.8	2.7	3,887	3.2	3.6
	Tierschutzpartei						1,656	1.3	0.4
	PARTEI	Mario De Falco		2,258	1.8		1,293	1.1	0.4
	dieBasis	Editha Roetger		1,366	1.1		1,210	1.0
	Team Todenhöfer						851	0.7
	FW	Mario Sülz		1,166	1.0		759	0.6	0.4
	Pirates						613	0.5	0.0
	Volt						312	0.3
	Gesundheitsforschung						183	0.1	0.1
	Bündnis C	Marcel Stubbe		221	0.2		154	0.1
	Independent	Jason Richter		181	0.1
	LfK						152	0.1
	LIEBE						138	0.1
	NPD						109	0.1	0.1
	Humanists						85	0.1	0.0
	V-Partei3						82	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP						79	0.1	0.0
	MLPD	Horst Dotten		99	0.1		59	0.0	0.0
	du.						58	0.0
	LKR	Andrea Konorza		65	0.1		37	0.0
	PdF						34	0.0
	PSG						15	0.0	0.0
	DKP						12	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,172			877
Total Valid votes				122,597			122,892
Turnout				123,769	77.3	0.4
	CDU hold		Majority	794	0.6	8.4

2017 election[]

Federal election (2017): Mettmann II[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	Y Peter Beyer		48,689	39.3	6.3	40,601	32.6	8.7
	SPD	Kerstin Griese		37,468	30.2	6.9	30,492	24.5	6.4
	AfD	Bernd Ulrich		11,143	9.0	5.8	11,926	9.6	4.9
	FDP	Anna-Tina Pannes		10,795	8.7	6.3	19,691	15.8	9.7
	Green	Nick Ophelia		7,567	6.1	1.2	8,599	6.9	0.0
	Left	Rainer Köster		6,825	5.5	1.2	8,458	6.8	1.3
	Tierschutzpartei						1,186	1.0
	PARTEI						822	0.7	0.4
	Pirates	Frank Herrmann		1,451	1.2	1.3	630	0.5	1.7
	AD-DEMOKRATEN						493	0.4
	FW						294	0.2	0.1
	NPD						252	0.2	0.7
	DM						140	0.1
	V-Partei³						126	0.1
	DiB						121	0.1
	ÖDP						122	0.1	0.0
	Gesundheitsforschung						118	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						114	0.1	0.1
	BGE						98	0.1
	MLPD						73	0.1	0.0
	Die Humanisten						56	0.0
	Independent	Dirk Willing		48	0.0
	DKP						15	0.0
	SGP						13	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,510			1,056
Total Valid votes				123,986			124,440
Turnout				125,496	76.9	3.5
	CDU hold		Majority	11,221	9.1	0.6

2013 election[]

Federal election (2013): Mettmann II[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	%	±%
	CDU	Y Peter Beyer		55,307	45.6	5.7	50,254	41.3	7.5
	SPD	Kerstin Griese		45,091	37.1	1.5	37,580	30.9	3.9
	Green	Michael Remmert		5,987	4.9	2.0	8,408	6.9	2.4
	Left	Serdar Boztemur		5,166	4.3	2.7	6,646	5.5	2.6
	AfD	Christiane Geb		3,911	3.2		5,730	4.7
	Pirates	Gabriel Heinzmann-Jiménez		2,997	2.5		2,655	2.2	0.6
	FDP	Jörg Weisse		2,920	2.4	6.9	7,421	6.1	10.8
	NPD						1,097	0.9	0.0
	PARTEI						347	0.3
	PRO						245	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						212	0.2	0.1
	FW						197	0.2
	REP						197	0.2	0.2
	Nichtwahler						176	0.1
	ÖDP						147	0.1	0.0
	BIG						96	0.1
	Party of Reason						74	0.1
	RRP						55	0.0	0.1
	Die Rechte						39	0.0
	MLPD						31	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						26	0.0	0.0
	PSG						21	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,657			1,382
Total Valid votes				121,379			121,654
Turnout				123,036	74.3	1.5
	CDU hold		Majority	10,216	4.2	4.3

2009 election[]

Federal election (2009): Mettmann II[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	%	±%
	CDU	Peter Beyer		48,276	39.8	1.8	40,999	33.8	1.6
	SPD	N Kerstin Griese		43,173	35.6	7.8	32,740	27.0	11.7
	FDP	Dirk Wedel		11,332	9.4	4.0	20,574	16.9	5.1
	Green	Mareike Grigo		8,447	7.0	3.1	11,350	9.3	2.8
	Left	Martin Behnke		8,418	6.9	2.2	9,839	8.1	3.1
	Pirates						1,955	1.6
	NPD	Markus Born		1,503	1.2	0.3	1,061	0.9	0.2
	Tierschutzpartei						756	0.6	0.2
	FAMILIE						596	0.5	0.1
	REP						467	0.4	0.0
	RENTNER						422	0.3
	RRP						199	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						122	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP						95	0.1
	Centre						94	0.1	0.0
	DVU						84	0.0
	BüSo						28	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						28	0.0	0.0
	PSG						20	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,541			1,261
Total Valid votes				121,149			121,429
Turnout				122,690	72.9	6.6
	CDU gain from SPD		Majority	5,103	4.2

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