Cologne I (electoral district)

Cologne I in North Rhine-Westphalia

Cologne I (German: Köln I) is one of the four electoral districts (German: Wahlkreis) covering the city of Cologne 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 94.

Boundaries

Covering the south eastern quarter of the city of Cologne, the constituency contains the entirety of two of the city's nine districts: Porz and Kalk. It also stretches into the city centre to include three of the five areas of the Innenstadt district: Altstadt-Nord, Deutz and Neustadt-Nord. The latter area includes about half of Cologne's old and new town areas.[1]

Election results

2009 election

The following table does not list parties which did not contest or gain constituency votes.

Federal election 2009: Cologne I[2]

Notes: Green 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.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party Votes % ±%
SPD Green tickY 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%
NPD Benedikt Frings 1,971 1.6% +0.6% 1,398 1.1% +0.3%
Independent Mali Dieckmann 318 0.3% N/A
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%

References

  1. Electoral boundaries, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 11 June 2012
  2. 2009 results

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