Neuss I

108 Neuss I
electoral district for the Bundestag
Neuss I in 2013
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	295,300 (2019)
Electorate	213,250 (2021)
Major settlements	Neuss Dormagen Grevenbroich
Area	347.5 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CDU
Member	Hermann Gröhe
Elected	2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021

Neuss 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 108. It is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the southeastern part of the district of Rhein-Kreis Neuss.^[1]

Neuss I was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2005, it has been represented by Hermann Gröhe of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).^[2]

Geography[]

Neuss I is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the municipalities of Dormagen, Grevenbroich, Neuss, and Rommerskirchen from the Rhein-Kreis Neuss district.^[1]

History[]

Neuss I was created in 1949, then known as Neuss-Grevenbroich. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was named Neuss-Grevenbroich I. It acquired its current name in the 1980 election. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 21 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 80. From 1965 through 1976, it was number 77. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 76. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 109. Since 2013, it has been number 108.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Neuss and the district of Grevenbroich. From 1965 through 1976, it comprised the independent city of Neuss and the municipalities of Dormagen, Kaarst, Korschenbroich, and Meerbusch from Grevenbroich district. From 1980 through 1998, it comprised the municipalities of Neuss and Dormagen from Rhein-Kreis Neuss. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

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 Richard Muckermann from 1949 to 1961. He was succeeded by from 1965 to 1976, followed by until 1990. served two terms from 1990 to 1998. Hermann Gröhe was then elected in 1998, but defeated in 2002 by Kurt Bodewig of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Hermann Gröhe regained the constituency in 2005, and was re-elected in 2009, 2013, 2017, and 2021.

Election results[]

2021 election[]

Federal election (2021): Neuss 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 Hermann Gröhe		57,445	35.8	8.2	48,166	29.9	6.0
	SPD	Daniel Rinkert		51,391	32.0	3.4	43,760	27.2	3.6
	Green	Petra Schenke		18,051	11.2	6.1	21,951	13.6	7.6
	FDP	Bijan Djir-Sarai		12,932	8.1	0.8	20,333	12.6	2.2
	AfD	Stefan Hrdy		10,801	6.7	1.9	11,298	7.0	2.4
	Left	Falk vom Dorff		4,153	2.6	2.8	4,771	3.0	3.3
	Tierschutzpartei						2,367	1.5	0.6
	PARTEI	Lisa Granderath		3,617	2.3		1,774	1.1	0.3
	dieBasis	Bastian Schönbeck		2,052	1.3		1,748	1.1
	Team Todenhöfer						1,393	0.9
	FW						861	0.5	0.2
	Pirates						607	0.4	0.1
	Volt						480	0.3
	LIEBE						234	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						231	0.1	0.1
	LfK						166	0.1
	V-Partei3						149	0.1	0.0
	NPD						132	0.1	0.1
	Humanists						125	0.1	0.0
	Independent	Ernst Herbert		120	0.1
	ÖDP						108	0.1	0.0
	du.						72	0.0
	Bündnis C						61	0.0
	PdF						50	0.0
	DKP						44	0.0	0.0
	LKR						31	0.0
	MLPD						29	0.0	0.0
	PSG						25	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,605			1,201
Total Valid votes				160,561			160,966
Turnout				162,167	76.0	1.5
	CDU hold		Majority	6,054	3.8	11.6

2017 election[]

Federal election (2017): Neuss 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	Y Hermann Gröhe		69,658	44.0	7.6	56,983	35.9	9.6
	SPD	Daniel Rinkert		45,314	28.6	1.9	37,438	23.6	4.3
	AfD	Dirk Helmut Kranefuß		13,675	8.6	5.9	14,887	9.4	5.3
	FDP	Bijan Djir-Sarai		11,471	7.2	4.9	23,585	14.9	8.7
	Left	Roland Sperling		8,535	5.4	1.5	9,895	6.2	1.3
	Green	Peter Gehrmann		8,131	5.1	0.4	9,583	6.0	0.1
	Tierschutzpartei						1,313	0.8
	PARTEI						1,225	0.8	0.5
	AD-DEMOKRATEN						848	0.5
	Pirates						723	0.5	1.9
	FW	Annette Anni Gisela Elster		1,508	1.0	0.4	553	0.3	0.1
	NPD						335	0.2	0.8
	DiB						222	0.1
	V-Partei³						198	0.1
	BGE						163	0.1
	ÖDP						159	0.1	0.0
	DM						158	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						141	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						141	0.1	0.1
	Die Humanisten						102	0.1
	MLPD						82	0.1	0.0
	DKP						28	0.0
	SGP						13	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,758			1,275
Total Valid votes				158,292			158,775
Turnout				160,050	74.4	2.6
	CDU hold		Majority	24,344	15.4	5.6

2013 election[]

Federal election (2013): Neuss 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	%	±%
	CDU	Y Hermann Gröhe		78,712	51.6	3.8	69,480	45.5	8.1
	SPD	Klaus Krützen		46,619	30.6	1.1	42,604	27.9	3.0
	Green	Lars Erik Schellhas		7,226	4.7	2.0	9,363	6.1	2.1
	Left	Walter Hans Rogel-Obermanns		5,983	3.9	2.0	7,606	5.0	1.6
	Pirates	Bianca Staubitz		3,891	2.6		3,666	2.4	0.7
	FDP	Bijan Djir-Sarai		3,507	2.3	6.3	9,418	6.2	11.3
	AfD	Bodo Dirk Aßmuth		4,155	2.7		6,276	4.1
	NPD	Reinhold Schäben		1,665	1.1	0.4	1,503	1.0	0.1
	FW	Carsten Thiel		808	0.5		646	0.4
	PARTEI						464	0.3
	PRO						358	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						297	0.2	0.1
	REP						226	0.1	0.2
	BIG						201	0.1
	ÖDP						187	0.1	0.1
	Nichtwahler						168	0.1
	Party of Reason						107	0.1
	RRP						92	0.1	0.1
	BüSo						54	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						39	0.0	0.0
	PSG						39	0.0	0.0
	Die Rechte						26	0.0
Informal votes				1,878			1,635
Total Valid votes				152,566			152,809
Turnout				154,444	72.0	1.9
	CDU hold		Majority	32,093	21.0	2.7

2009 election[]

Federal election (2009): Neuss 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	%	±%
	CDU	Y Hermann Gröhe		70,787	47.8	0.1	55,419	37.4	3.0
	SPD	Hubert Eßer		43,614	29.5	10.8	36,812	24.8	10.5
	FDP	Bijan Djir-Sarai		12,763	8.6	4.9	25,944	17.5	6.2
	Green	Ingo Kolmorgen		9,935	6.7	3.6	12,133	8.2	2.2
	Left	Felizitas Wennmacher		8,709	5.9	2.5	9,755	6.6	2.6
	Pirates						2,556	1.7
	NPD	Reinhold Schäben		2,168	1.5	0.4	1,543	1.0	0.2
	Tierschutzpartei						989	0.7	0.2
	FAMILIE						813	0.5	0.2
	RENTNER						603	0.4
	REP						530	0.4	0.0
	Centre						509	0.3	0.0
	RRP						242	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						133	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP						107	0.1
	DVU						85	0.1
	MLPD						30	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						22	0.0	0.0
	PSG						22	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,966			1,695
Total Valid votes				147,976			148,247
Turnout				149,942	70.1	7.2
	CDU hold		Majority	27,173	18.3	10.9

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