Essen III

Essen III 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 120. It is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the southern part of the city of Essen.[1]

120 Essen III
electoral district
for the Bundestag
Essen III in 2013
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Population253,300 (2015)
Electorate192,918 (2017)
Major settlementsEssen (partial)
Area118.1 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
PartyCDU
MemberMatthias Hauer
Elected2013, 2017

Essen III was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2013, it has been represented by Matthias Hauer of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]

Geography

Essen III is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the Stadtbezirke II (Rüttenscheid/Bergerhausen), III (Essen-West), VIII (Essen-Ruhrhalbinsel), and IX (Werden/Kettwig/Bredeney) from the independent city of Essen.[1]

History

Essen III was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 32 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 91. From 1965 through 1976, it was number 89. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 90. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 121. Since 2013, it has been number 120.

Originally, the constituency comprised the southern parts of the city of Essen. From 1980 through 1998, it comprised Stadtbezirke I (Stadtmitte/Frillendorf), II (Rüttenscheid/Bergerhausen), VIII (Essen-Ruhrhalbinsel), and IX (Werden/Kettwig/Bredeney). It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Election No. Name Borders
1949 32 Essen III
  • Essen city (only southern parts)
1953 91
1957
1961
1965 89
1969
1972
1976
1980 90
  • Essen city (only I (Stadtmitte/Frillendorf), II (Rüttenscheid/Bergerhausen), VIII (Essen-Ruhrhalbinsel), and IX (Werden/Kettwig/Bredeney) Stadtbezirke)
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 121
  • Essen city (only II (Rüttenscheid/Bergerhausen), III (Essen-West), VIII (Essen-Ruhrhalbinsel), and IX (Werden/Kettwig/Bredeney) Stadtbezirke)
2005
2009
2013 120
2017
2021

Members

The constituency was first represented by Jakob Kaiser of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1949 to 1957, followed by party fellow Hans Toussaint from 1957 to 1969. Antje Huber of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was elected in 1969, and served until the 1983 election, when Paul Hoffacker of the CDU held it for a single term. Ingrid Becker-Inglau regained it for the SPD in 1987, serving until 2002. Hans-Günter Bruckmann then served a single term from 2002 to 2005, followed by fellow SPD member Petra Hinz from 2005 to 2013. Matthias Hauer of the CDU was elected representative in 2013 and re-elected in 2017.

Election Member Party %
1949 Jakob Kaiser CDU 32.4
1953 53.5
1957 Hans Toussaint CDU 56.3
1961 48.7
1965 48.6
1969 Antje Huber SPD 49.8
1972 53.1
1976 47.7
1980 49.1
1983 Paul Hoffacker CDU 46.2
1987 Ingrid Becker-Inglau SPD 44.9
1990 41.3
1994 44.9
1998 49.9
2002 Hans-Günter Bruckmann SPD 49.8
2005 Petra Hinz SPD 48.1
2009 38.6
2013 Matthias Hauer CDU 39.6
2017 37.1

Election results

2017 election
Federal election (2017): Essen III[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 Matthias Hauer 56,393 37.1 2.5 45,826 30.1 6.2
SPD Gereon Wolters 46,829 30.8 8.7 37,699 24.7 8.4
FDP Tim Wortmann 12,639 8.3 6.3 23,068 15.1 9.4
Green Kai Gehring 12,511 8.2 0.5 14,312 9.4 0.3
AfD Stefan Keuter 12,306 8.1 5.4 12,735 8.4 4.5
Left Ayten Kaplan 9,846 6.5 1.6 12,574 8.3 1.7
PARTEI   1,791 1.2 0.7
Tierschutzpartei   1,356 0.9
Independent Serge Menga Nsibu 1,175 0.8
Pirates   554 0.4 1.7
AD-DEMOKRATEN 364 0.2
FW   292 0.2 0.0
NPD   259 0.2 0.7
V-Partei³ 251 0.2
DiB 249 0.2
BGE   173 0.1
ÖDP   173 0.1 0.0
Volksabstimmung 151 0.1 0.0
Gesundheitsforschung 134 0.1
MLPD Martina Stalleicken 208 0.1 134 0.1 0.0
DM 115 0.1
Die Humanisten 97 0.1
DKP Diana Kummer 197 0.1 89 0.1
SGP 13 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 1,232 927
Total Valid votes 152,104 152,409
Turnout 153,336 79.5 2.3
CDU hold Majority 9,564 6.3 6.2

2013 election
Federal election (2013): Essen III[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 Matthias Hauer 59,101 39.5 3.5 54,310 36.3 6.2
SPD N Petra Hinz 59,008 39.5 0.8 49,626 33.1 2.1
Green Kai Gehring 11,576 7.7 1.7 14,550 9.7 2.3
Left Cornelia Swillus-Knöchel 7,341 4.9 2.0 9,855 6.6 1.7
AfD Martin Erwin Renner 4,015 2.7 5,812 3.9
Pirates Frank Höschen 3,169 2.1 3,087 2.1 0.5
FDP Petra Hermann 3,007 2.0 5.5 8,581 5.7 8.3
NPD Manuel Mikolajtzyk 1,489 1.0 0.1 1,294 0.9 0.0
PARTEI   757 0.5
Independent Gramm 570 0.4
PRO 326 0.2
FW   236 0.2
REP   215 0.1 0.3
Nichtwahler 205 0.1
Volksabstimmung 190 0.1 0.0
ÖDP   186 0.1 0.1
BIG 140 0.1
MLPD   100 0.1 0.0
Party of Reason 98 0.1
BüSo Katarzyna Kruczkowski 213 0.1 0.2 91 0.1 0.0
RRP 60 0.0 0.1
PSG 32 0.0 0.0
Die Rechte 21 0.0
Informal votes 1,551 1,268
Total Valid votes 149,489 149,772
Turnout 151,040 77.2 1.7
CDU gain from SPD Majority 93 0.1

2009 election
Federal election (2009): Essen III[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 Petra Hinz 57,055 38.6 9.4 45,888 31.0 11.0
CDU Matthias Hauer 53,269 36.1 1.4 44,455 30.0 0.9
Green Kai Gehring 13,969 9.5 3.9 17,807 12.0 2.3
FDP Petra Hermann 11,035 7.5 4.2 20,829 14.1 4.7
Left Cornelia Swillus-Knöchel 10,240 6.9 2.4 12,239 8.3 2.7
Pirates   2,341 1.6
NPD Hermann August Schnarre 1,614 1.1 0.3 1,227 0.8 0.3
Tierschutzpartei   915 0.6 0.1
REP   598 0.4 0.1
FAMILIE 525 0.4 0.1
RENTNER 404 0.3
RRP 173 0.1
BüSo Matthias Kraume 508 0.3 148 0.1 0.1
Volksabstimmung 142 0.1 0.0
ÖDP   109 0.1
MLPD   91 0.1 0.0
Centre   78 0.1 0.0
DVU   75 0.1
PSG 39 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 1,591 1,198
Total Valid votes 147,690 148,083
Turnout 149,281 75.5 6.1
SPD hold Majority 3,786 2.5 8.0

References
  1. "Constituency Essen III". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Essen III". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. Results for Essen III
  4. Results for Essen III
  5. Results for Essen III
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