Aachen II
Aachen II is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the German Bundestag. Part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, the constituency elects one representative under the mixed member proportional representation (MMP) system. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 88. The constituency was created for the 1949 election, the first election in West Germany after World War II. It was called Aachen-Land until being renamed Kreis Aachen at the 1980 election. It assumed its current name for the 2013 election.
Election results
2009 election
The following table does not list parties which did not contest or gain constituency votes.
| Federal election 2009: Kreis Aachen[1] | |||||||||
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Notes: Green background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party Votes | % | ±% | ||
| CDU | Helmut Brandt | 63,511 | 40.2% | +0.6% | 53,062 | 33.5% | -0.8% | ||
| SPD | Martin Peters | 54,205 | 34.3% | -11.7% | 45,981 | 29.0% | -11.9% | ||
| Left | Andreas Müller | 13,502 | 8.5% | +3.3% | 14,926 | 9.4% | 3.1% | ||
| FDP | Stefan Rohmann | 13,275 | 8.4% | +4.2% | 23,518 | 14.8% | +5.5% | ||
| Green | Bettina Herlitzius | 11,056 | 7.0% | +3.4% | 12,491 | 7.9% | +1.9% | ||
| NPD | Willibert Kunkel | 2,501 | 1.6% | +0.3% | 1,767 | 1.1% | +0.2% | ||
| Informal votes | 2,766 | 2,296 | |||||||
| Total Valid votes | 158,050 | 158,520 | |||||||
| Turnout | 168,816 | 70.4% | -7.4% | ||||||
| CDU gain from SPD | Majority | 9,306 | 5.9% | ||||||
