Bottrop – Recklinghausen III
Bottrop – Recklinghausen III is one of the 299 single member constituencies (German: Wahlkreis) used for the German parliament, the Bundestag. It is one of sixty four electoral districts in 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 119. The constituency is made up of the cities of Bottrop, Gladbeck and Dorsten.[1]
The constituency was created for the 2002 election, replacing Bottrop – Recklinghausen IV, which had existed since 1980. Like its predecessor, it has been won by the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) at every election since its creation. The current representative is Michael Gerdes, who was first elected at the 2009 election[2]
2013 election result
| Party | Constituency results | List results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % share | +/- | Votes | % share | +/- | ||
| Social Democratic Party of Germany | Michael Gerdes | 66,913 | 45.8 | +3.0 | 58,800 | 40.1 | +3.0 | |
| Christian Democratic Union | Sven Volmering | 53,354 | 36.5 | +3.6 | 51,021 | 34.8 | +6.1 | |
| The Left | Friedrich-Wilhelm Zachraj | 7,827 | 5.4 | -4.0 | 9,153 | 6.2 | -4.4 | |
| Alternative for Germany | Franz-Josef Ferme | 5,530 | 3.8 | N/A | 6,034 | 4.1 | N/A | |
| Alliance '90/The Greens | Elke Marita Stuckel-Lotz | 5,277 | 3.6 | -2.1 | 7,998 | 5.5 | -1.5 | |
| Pirate Party | Hans Peter Winkelmann | 3,613 | 2.5 | N/A | 3,029 | 2.1 | +0.5 | |
| Free Democratic Party | Sebastian Steinzen | 2,372 | 1.6 | -5.0 | 5,095 | 3.5 | -7.5 | |
| Ecological Democratic Party | Marianne Dominas | 986 | 0.7 | -0.1 | 465 | 0.3 | -0.0 | |
| Marxist–Leninist Party of Germany | Petra Braun | 299 | 0.2 | -0.0 | 142 | 0.1 | -0.0 | |
| National Democratic Party of Germany | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2,208 | 1.5 | +0.3 | |
| Others | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2,543 | 1.7 | N/A | |
Source:[3]
References
- ↑ Constituency boundaries, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 20 June 2014
- ↑ Gerdes gewinnt, Volmering nicht nach Berlin, Dorstener Zeitung, 27 September 2009
- ↑ 2013 constituency results, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 20 June 2014