Oberhausen – Wesel III

Oberhausen – Wesel 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 117. It is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the city of Oberhausen and a small part of the Wesel district.[1]

117 Oberhausen – Wesel III
electoral district
for the Bundestag
Oberhausen – Wesel III in 2013
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Population278,400 (2015)
Electorate204,816 (2017)
Major settlementsOberhausen
Area124.8 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
PartySPD
MemberDirk Vöpel
Elected2013, 2017

Oberhausen – Wesel III was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2013, it has been represented by Dirk Vöpel of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]

Geography

Oberhausen – Wesel III is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Oberhausen and the Dinslaken municipality from Wesel district.[1]

History

Oberhausen – Wesel III was created in 1949, then known as Oberhausen. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 28 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 87. From 1965 through 1976, it was number 85. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 86. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 118. Since 2013, it has been number 117.

Originally, the constituency comprised only the city of Oberhausen. In the 2002 election, it acquired the municipality of Dinslaken from Wesel district.

Election No. Name Borders
1949 28 Oberhausen
1953 87
1957
1961
1965 85
1969
1972
1976
1980 86
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 118 Oberhausen – Wesel III
2005
2009
2013 117
2017
2021

Members

The constituency has been held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) continuously since 1961. It was first represented by Martin Heix of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1949 to 1953. In the 1953 election, the CDU supported Centre Party candidate Johannes Brockmann, who became the first and last candidate of his party to win a constituency in the Bundestag. The alliance was dissolved before the 1957 election, and former member Heix regained the constituency for the CDU. He was re-elected in 1961. Luise Albertz of the SPD was elected in 1965 and served a single term. Fellow SPD member Erich Meinike then served until 1983. He was succeeded by Dieter Schanz from 1983 to 1998, followed by Wolfgang Grotthaus from 2002 to 2009. Michael Groschek was representative for a single term from 2009 to 2013. Dirk Vöpel was elected in 2013 and re-elected in 2017.

Election Member Party %
1949 Martin Heix CDU 29.0
1953 Johannes Brockmann ZP 47.2
1957 Martin Heix CDU 54.3
1961 45.4
1965 Luise Albertz SPD 52.6
1969 Erich Meinike SPD 54.0
1972 62.3
1976 58.8
1980 59.9
1983 Dieter Schanz SPD 57.5
1987 59.1
1990 55.5
1994 59.3
1998 Wolfgang Grotthaus SPD 65.3
2002 61.8
2005 58.2
2009 Michael Groschek SPD 44.6
2013 Dirk Vöpel SPD 45.1
2017 38.5

Election results

2017 election
Federal election (2017): Oberhausen – Wesel 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 % ±%
SPD Y Dirk Vöpel 56,987 38.5 6.6 49,165 33.0 8.3
CDU Marie-Luise Dött 43,077 29.1 3.2 39,085 26.3 3.8
AfD Uwe Kamann 18,197 12.3 18,560 12.5 8.3
Left Niema Movassat 11,331 7.6 0.3 12,373 8.3 0.3
FDP Roman Müller-Böhm 9,357 6.3 4.7 14,890 10.0 6.7
Green Patrick Voss 8,349 5.6 2.2 8,228 5.5 1.1
Tierschutzpartei   1,422 1.0
PARTEI   1,284 0.9 0.5
AD-DEMOKRATEN 942 0.6
Pirates   795 0.5 1.9
DIE VIOLETTEN Karin Schäfer 554 0.4
NPD   508 0.3 1.7
FW   362 0.2 0.1
Volksabstimmung 166 0.1 0.1
V-Partei³ 150 0.1
MLPD Wolf Dieter Rochlitz 269 0.2 146 0.1 0.0
Gesundheitsforschung 143 0.1
ÖDP   133 0.1 0.0
DiB 131 0.1
BGE   122 0.1
DM 115 0.1
Die Humanisten 86 0.1
DKP   31 0.0
SGP 24 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 2,191 1,451
Total Valid votes 148,121 148,861
Turnout 150,312 73.4 2.7
SPD hold Majority 13,910 9.4 3.4

2013 election
Federal election (2013): Oberhausen – Wesel 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 % ±%
SPD Dirk Vöpel 65,442 45.1 0.5 60,222 41.3 1.9
CDU Marie-Luise Dött 46,889 32.3 4.9 43,882 30.1 5.7
Green Bärbel Höhn 11,396 7.8 2.3 9,604 6.6 2.5
Left Niema Movassat 10,627 7.3 2.3 11,732 8.0 3.1
AfD   6,145 4.2
Pirates Andreas Ronig 4,440 3.1 3,579 2.5 0.9
NPD Timo Diemer 4,001 2.8 0.9 2,938 2.0 0.6
FDP Dorothea Dresenkamp 2,415 1.7 4.7 4,802 3.3 7.0
PRO 641 0.4
PARTEI   525 0.4
Volksabstimmung 293 0.2 0.1
REP   234 0.2 0.2
FW   225 0.2
Nichtwahler 168 0.1
ÖDP   167 0.1 0.0
BIG 155 0.1
Party of Reason 116 0.1
RRP 104 0.1 0.1
MLPD   92 0.1 0.0
BüSo 49 0.0 0.0
Die Rechte 47 0.0
PSG 47 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 2,469 1,912
Total Valid votes 145,210 145,767
Turnout 147,679 70.7 0.9
SPD hold Majority 18,553 12.8 4.4

2009 election
Federal election (2009): Oberhausen – Wesel 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 Michael Groschek 65,189 44.6 13.6 57,689 39.4 14.5
CDU Marie-Luise Dött 40,001 27.4 1.0 35,712 24.4 1.1
Green Bärbel Höhn 14,772 10.1 4.2 13,352 9.1 2.2
Left Niema Movassat 14,008 9.6 4.0 16,311 11.1 4.5
FDP Gerald Schädlich 9,231 6.3 3.7 15,049 10.3 4.0
Pirates   2,325 1.6
NPD Wolfgang Georg Duda 2,643 1.8 0.6 2,011 1.4 0.4
Tierschutzpartei   1,109 0.8 0.2
FAMILIE 740 0.5 0.1
RENTNER 667 0.5
REP   480 0.3 0.0
RRP 211 0.1
DVU   135 0.1
Volksabstimmung 119 0.1 0.0
MLPD Reinhardt Meyer 282 0.2 0.0 118 0.1 0.0
ÖDP   106 0.1
Centre   93 0.1 0.0
BüSo 43 0.0 0.0
PSG 35 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 1,982 1,803
Total Valid votes 146,126 146,305
Turnout 148,108 69.8 8.1
SPD hold Majority 25,188 17.2 14.6

References
  1. "Constituency Oberhausen – Wesel III". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Oberhausen – Wesel III". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. Results for Oberhausen – Wesel III
  4. Results for Oberhausen – Wesel III
  5. Results for Oberhausen – Wesel III
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