Leverkusen – Cologne IV

Leverkusen – Cologne IV (German: Leverkusen – Köln IV) 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 101. It is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the city of Leverkusen and the northeastern part of Cologne.[1]

101 Leverkusen – Cologne IV
electoral district
for the Bundestag
Leverkusen – Cologne IV in 2013
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Population311,300 (2015)
Electorate212,212 (2017)
Major settlementsLeverkusen
Cologne (partial)
Area131.1 km2
Current electoral district
Created2002
PartySPD
MemberKarl Lauterbach
Elected2005, 2009, 2013, 2017

Leverkusen – Cologne IV was created for the 2002 federal election. Since 2005, it has been represented by Karl Lauterbach of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]

Geography

Leverkusen – Cologne IV is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Leverkusen and the district of Mülheim from the independent city of Cologne.[1]

History

Leverkusen – Cologne IV was created in 2002 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Leverkusen – Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis II and Köln IV. In the 2002 through 2009 elections, it was constituency 102 in the numbering system. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 101.

Members

The constituency was first represented by Ernst Küchler of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 2002 to 2005. He was succeeded by fellow SPD member Karl Lauterbach in the 2005 election. Lauterbach was re-elected in 2009, 2013, and 2017.

Election Member Party %
2002 Ernst Küchler SPD 50.0
2005 Karl Lauterbach SPD 48.6
2009 37.1
2013 41.3
2017 38.7

Election results

2017 election
Federal election (2017): Leverkusen – Cologne IV[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 % ±%
SPD Y Karl Lauterbach 59,373 38.7 2.7 41,671 27.1 5.6
CDU Helmut Nowak 47,272 30.8 8.5 43,175 28.1 7.5
AfD Günter Theodor Witzmann 13,408 8.7 14,970 9.7 5.8
FDP Rolf William Albach 10,114 6.6 4.3 18,719 12.2 7.3
Left Beate Hane-Knoll 9,430 6.1 0.4 14,284 9.3 2.1
Green Lisa-Marie Friede 8,722 5.7 1.5 13,472 8.8 0.9
PARTEI Mark Benecke 3,990 2.6 1.6 2,102 1.4 0.7
Tierschutzpartei   1,153 0.8
AD-DEMOKRATEN 1,007 0.7
Independent Daniel Werner 861 0.6
Pirates   774 0.5 2.1
FW   373 0.2 0.2
NPD   352 0.2 0.8
DiB 265 0.2
MLPD Ernst Albert Herbert 350 0.2 0.0 207 0.1 0.0
V-Partei³ 194 0.1
Volksabstimmung 192 0.1 0.1
BGE   176 0.1
DM 164 0.1
ÖDP   155 0.1 0.0
Gesundheitsforschung 126 0.1
Die Humanisten 116 0.1
DKP   36 0.0
SGP 28 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 1,619 1,328
Total Valid votes 153,520 153,711
Turnout 155,139 73.1 3.0
SPD hold Majority 12,101 7.9 5.9

2013 election
Federal election (2013): Leverkusen – Cologne IV[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 % ±%
SPD Y Karl Lauterbach 61,172 41.3 4.3 48,511 32.7 4.4
CDU Helmut Nowak 58,201 39.3 3.9 52,884 35.6 5.8
Green Rainer Blum 10,589 7.2 2.1 14,283 9.6 2.8
Left Hamide Akbayir 8,554 5.8 2.3 10,615 7.2 2.3
FDP Guido Fischer 3,447 2.3 5.5 7,212 4.9 9.4
AfD   5,807 3.9
Pirates   3,816 2.6 0.8
NPD Bernhard Blankenheim 2,450 1.7 0.0 1,578 1.1 0.2
FW Bettina Bernhard 1,604 1.1 632 0.4
PARTEI Torsten Arnold Tofahrn 1,529 1.0 993 0.7
PRO 514 0.3
Volksabstimmung 315 0.2 0.1
BIG 277 0.2
Nichtwahler 230 0.2
ÖDP   202 0.1 0.1
REP   177 0.1 0.2
MLPD Ernst Albert Herbert 398 0.3 0.0 164 0.1 0.0
Party of Reason 96 0.1
RRP 65 0.0 0.2
BüSo 30 0.0 0.0
PSG 23 0.0 0.0
Die Rechte 16 0.0
Informal votes 2,086 1,590
Total Valid votes 147,944 148,440
Turnout 150,030 70.1 1.4
SPD hold Majority 2,971 2.0 0.4

2009 election
Federal election (2009): Leverkusen – Cologne IV[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 Karl Lauterbach 53,517 37.1 12.0 40,982 28.3 13.5
CDU Thomas Portz 51,242 35.5 0.4 43,188 29.8 0.1
Green Ulrike Kessing 13,386 9.3 4.0 18,064 12.5 2.5
Left Manuel Lindlar 11,723 8.1 3.7 13,715 9.5 3.9
FDP Benedikt Vennemann 11,332 7.8 3.9 20,670 14.3 4.2
Pirates   2,578 1.8
NPD Bruno Kirchner 2,364 1.6 0.6 1,815 1.3 0.4
Tierschutzpartei   1,039 0.7 0.3
FAMILIE 712 0.5 0.1
RENTNER 620 0.4
Independent Jan Dieckmann 529 0.4
REP   448 0.3 0.0
RRP 292 0.2
MLPD Ernst Herbert 323 0.2 0.0 180 0.1 0.0
ÖDP   160 0.1
Volksabstimmung 153 0.1 0.0
DVU   92 0.1
Centre   76 0.1 0.0
BüSo 42 0.0 0.0
PSG 29 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 2,044 1,605
Total Valid votes 144,416 144,855
Turnout 146,460 68.7 7.0
SPD hold Majority 2,275 1.6 11.6

References
  1. "Constituency Leverkusen – Cologne IV". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Leverkusen – Cologne IV". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. Results for Leverkusen – Cologne IV
  4. Results for Leverkusen – Cologne IV
  5. Results for Leverkusen – Cologne IV

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