Rendsburg-Eckernförde (electoral district)

Rendsburg-Eckernförde 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 4. It is located in north central Schleswig-Holstein, comprising almost the entirety of the Rendsburg-Eckernförde district.[1]

4 Rendsburg-Eckernförde
electoral district
for the Bundestag
Rendsburg-Eckernförde in 2013
StateSchleswig-Holstein
Population248,700 (2015)
Electorate200,831 (2017)
Major settlementsRendsburg
Eckernförde
Area2,164.8 km2
Current electoral district
Created1976
PartyCDU
MemberJohann Wadephul
Elected2009, 2013, 2017

Rendsburg-Eckernförde was created for the 1976 federal election. Since 2009, it has been represented by Johann Wadephul of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]

Geography

Rendsburg-Eckernförde is located in north central Schleswig-Holstein. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Rendsburg-Eckernförde district with the exception of the municipalities of Altenholz and Kronshagen, which are part of the Kiel constituency.[1]

History

Rendsburg-Eckernförde was created in 1976 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Schleswig – Eckernförde and Rendsburg – Neumünster. Until 2002, it was coterminous with the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde; in 2002, the municipalities of Altenholz and Kronshagen were transferred to the Kiel constituency.

Election No. Name Borders
1976 4 Rendsburg-Eckernförde
1980
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002
2005
2009
2013
2017
2021

Members

The constituency was held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from its creation in 1976 until 1983, during which time it was represented by future Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein Heide Simonis. It was won by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in 1983, and represented by former Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein Gerhard Stoltenberg. In 1998, it was won by the SPD's Ulrike Mehl. The CDU's Otto Bernhardt won the constituency in 2005, and represented it for a single term before being succeeded by fellow CDU member Johann Wadephul in 2009. He was subsequently re-elected in 2013 and 2017.

Election Member Party %
1976 Heide Simonis SPD 47.7
1980 49.8
1983 Gerhard Stoltenberg CDU 52.4
1987 48.7
1990 47.4
1994 46.9
1998 Ulrike Mehl SPD 48.8
2002 48.1
2005 Otto Bernhardt CDU 44.1
2009 Johann Wadephul CDU 40.2
2013 45.2
2017 42.7

Election results

2017 election
Federal election (2017): Rendsburg-Eckernförde[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 Johann Wadephul 66,625 42.7 2.5 56,585 36.2 4.6
SPD Sönke Rix 45,070 28.9 7.9 35,766 22.9 8.6
Green Claudia Ulrich 13,978 9.0 2.0 19,337 12.4 3.1
AfD Gereon Bollmann 10,656 6.8 3.4 11,578 7.4 3.0
FDP Christine Aschenberg-Dugnus 10,077 6.5 4.6 19,071 12.2 6.7
Left Stefan Karstens 8,074 5.2 1.9 9,962 6.4 2.0
PARTEI   1,754 1.1
FW Hans-Werner Last 1,622 1.0 1,031 0.7 0.2
BGE   584 0.4
NPD   307 0.2 0.4
ÖDP   237 0.2
MLPD   55 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 1,252 1,087
Total Valid votes 156,102 156,267
Turnout 157,354 78.4 3.1
CDU hold Majority 21,555 13.8 5.4

2013 election
Federal election (2013): Rendsburg-Eckernförde[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 Y Johann Wadephul 66,775 45.2 5.0 60,349 40.8 6.9
SPD Sönke Rix 54,397 36.8 4.3 46,658 31.5 4.8
Green Detlef Matthiessen 10,306 7.0 3.1 13,707 9.3 3.5
AfD Briga Friederike Krikau 5,084 3.4 6,500 4.4
Left Stefan Karstens 4,902 3.3 2.6 6,447 4.4 2.3
Pirates Anne Burmeister 2,756 1.9 2,620 1.8 0.3
FDP Christine Aschenberg-Dugnus 2,754 1.9 7.9 8,126 5.5 10.5
Tierschutzpartei   1,290 0.9
NPD Rudolf Reinhard Rosenthal 866 0.6 0.3 854 0.6 0.3
FW   716 0.5
Rentner 668 0.5 0.6
MLPD   32 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 1,743 1,616
Total Valid votes 147,840 147,967
Turnout 149,583 75.2 0.2
CDU hold Majority 12,378 8.4 0.7

2009 election
Federal election (2009): Rendsburg-Eckernförde[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 % ±%
CDU Johann Wadephul 58,876 40.2 3.9 49,789 33.9 4.2
SPD Sönke Rix 47,610 32.5 11.2 39,253 26.7 10.9
Green Detlef Matthiessen 14,790 10.1 6.2 18,751 12.8 4.7
FDP Christine Aschenberg-Dugnus 14,317 9.8 6.2 23,442 15.9 6.1
Left Stefan Karstens 8,729 6.0 2.7 9,821 6.7 2.5
Pirates   2,985 2.0
Rentner 1,540 1.0
NPD Kevin Stein 1,344 0.9 0.0 1,220 0.8 0.1
Independent Holger Thiesen 948 0.6
DVU   136 0.1
MLPD   55 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 3,404 3,026
Total Valid votes 146,614 146,992
Turnout 150,018 75.4 5.1
CDU hold Majority 11,266 7.7 7.3

References
  1. "Constituency Rendsburg-Eckernförde". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Rendsburg-Eckernförde". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. Results for Rendsburg-Eckernförde
  4. Results for Rendsburg-Eckernförde
  5. Results for Rendsburg-Eckernförde

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