Münster 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 129. It is located in northern North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the city of Münster.[1]
Münster is located in northern North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the independent city of Münster.[1]
Historyedit
Münster was created in 1949, then known as Münster-Stadt und -Land. It acquired its current name in the 1965 election. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 38 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 97. From 1965 through 1976, it was number 95. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 99. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 130. Since 2013, it has been number 129.
Originally, the constituency comprised the city of Münster and the Landkreis Münster district. From 1965 through 1976, it comprised the city of Münster and the municipalities of Amelsbüren, Handorf, Hiltrup, and St. Mauritz from the Landkreis Münster district. Since the 1980 election, it has been coterminous with the city of Münster.
The constituency has been held by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) during all but two Bundestag terms since 1949. It was first represented by Peter Nellen of the CDU from 1949 to 1961, followed by Hermann Diebäcker for two terms and Franz Berding for one. Friedrich-Adolf Jahn was then representative from 1972 to 1994. He was succeeded by Ruprecht Polenz from 1994 to 2002. Christoph Strässer of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was elected in 2002 and re-elected in 2005, but former member Polenz regained the constituency for the CDU in 2009. Sybille Benning was elected in 2013 and re-elected in 2017. Maria Klein-Schmeink was elected for the Greens in 2021.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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Munster 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 129 It is located in northern North Rhine Westphalia comprising the city of Munster 1 129 MunsterElectoral districtfor the BundestagMunster in 2013StateNorth Rhine WestphaliaPopulation315 300 2019 Electorate233 953 2021 Major settlementsMunsterArea303 3 km2Current electoral districtCreated1949PartyGRUNEMemberMaria Klein SchmeinkElected2021Munster was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election Since 2021 it has been represented by Maria Klein Schmeink of the Alliance 90 The Greens 2 Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Members 4 Election results 4 1 2021 election 4 2 2017 election 4 3 2013 election 4 4 2009 election 5 ReferencesGeography editMunster is located in northern North Rhine Westphalia As of the 2021 federal election it is coterminous with the independent city of Munster 1 History editMunster was created in 1949 then known as Munster Stadt und Land It acquired its current name in the 1965 election In the 1949 election it was North Rhine Westphalia constituency 38 in the numbering system From 1953 through 1961 it was number 97 From 1965 through 1976 it was number 95 From 1980 through 1998 it was number 99 From 2002 through 2009 it was number 130 Since 2013 it has been number 129 Originally the constituency comprised the city of Munster and the Landkreis Munster district From 1965 through 1976 it comprised the city of Munster and the municipalities of Amelsburen Handorf Hiltrup and St Mauritz from the Landkreis Munster district Since the 1980 election it has been coterminous with the city of Munster Election No Name Borders1949 38 Munster Stadt und Land Munster city Landkreis Munster district1953 97195719611965 95 Munster Munster city Landkreis Munster district only Amelsburen Handorf Hiltrup and St Mauritz municipalities 1969197219761980 99 Munster city198319871990199419982002 130200520092013 12920172021Members editThe constituency has been held by the Christian Democratic Union CDU during all but two Bundestag terms since 1949 It was first represented by Peter Nellen of the CDU from 1949 to 1961 followed by Hermann Diebacker for two terms and Franz Berding for one Friedrich Adolf Jahn was then representative from 1972 to 1994 He was succeeded by Ruprecht Polenz from 1994 to 2002 Christoph Strasser of the Social Democratic Party SPD was elected in 2002 and re elected in 2005 but former member Polenz regained the constituency for the CDU in 2009 Sybille Benning was elected in 2013 and re elected in 2017 Maria Klein Schmeink was elected for the Greens in 2021 Election Member Party 1949 Peter Nellen CDU 34 61953 67 81957 64 81961 Hermann Diebacker CDU 50 01965 57 01969 Franz Berding CDU 49 51972 Friedrich Adolf Jahn CDU 48 41976 51 01980 47 61983 51 81987 45 21990 42 71994 Ruprecht Polenz CDU 44 01998 44 22002 Christoph Strasser SPD 40 82005 41 72009 Ruprecht Polenz CDU 39 32013 Sybille Benning CDU 38 82017 37 22021 Maria Klein Schmeink GRUNE 32 3Election results edit2021 election edit Federal election 2021 Munster 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 nbsp Y or nbsp N denotes status of any incumbent win or lose respectively Party Candidate Votes Party votes Greens Maria Klein Schmeink 63 160 32 3 nbsp 19 6 60 036 30 7 nbsp 16 1CDU Stefan Nacke 51 096 26 2 nbsp 11 0 43 790 22 4 nbsp 10 4SPD Svenja Schulze 47 047 24 1 nbsp 4 8 45 844 23 5 nbsp 2 6FDP Klaus Kretzer 13 038 6 7 nbsp 0 3 20 786 10 6 nbsp 2 9AfD Helmut Birke 5 234 2 7 nbsp 1 8 5 603 2 9 nbsp 2 1Left Kira Sawilla 7 078 3 6 nbsp 3 2 9 746 5 0 nbsp 5 2Volt Carina Beckmann 2 505 1 3 1 812 0 9PARTEI Roland Scholle 2 283 1 2 nbsp 0 3 1 684 0 9 nbsp 0 2dieBasis Peter Balint 1 582 0 8 1 409 0 7Tierschutzpartei 1 326 0 7 nbsp 0 3Team Todenhofer 774 0 4FW Olaf Wirl 966 0 5 691 0 4 nbsp 0 2Pirates 479 0 2 nbsp 0 1ODP Alina Moller 897 0 5 nbsp 0 1 422 0 2 nbsp 0 1Independent Sarah Geselbracht 207 0 1Humanists 205 0 1 nbsp 0 0V Partei3 150 0 1 nbsp 0 0LIEBE 138 0 1Gesundheitsforschung 116 0 1 nbsp 0 0du 93 0 0LfK 79 0 0DKP Manfred Stolper 179 0 1 nbsp 0 0 75 0 0 nbsp 0 0PdF 52 0 0NPD 45 0 0 nbsp 0 0Bundnis C 42 0 0LKR 25 0 0Independent Andrea Dumberger 23 0 0PSG 22 0 0 nbsp 0 0MLPD 12 0 0 nbsp 0 0Informal votes 981 820Total valid votes 195 295 195 456Turnout 196 276 83 9 nbsp 1 6Greens gain from CDU Majority 12 064 6 12017 election edit Federal election 2017 Munster 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 nbsp Y or nbsp N denotes status of any incumbent win or lose respectively Party Candidate Votes Party votes CDU nbsp Y Sybille Benning 70 606 37 2 nbsp 1 6 62 276 32 8 nbsp 5 1SPD Robert von Olberg 54 778 28 9 nbsp 6 6 39 714 20 9 nbsp 6 3Greens Maria Klein Schmeink 24 248 12 8 nbsp 1 7 27 739 14 6 nbsp 0 6FDP Jorg Berens 13 219 7 0 nbsp 1 2 25 684 13 5 nbsp 6 7Left Hubertus Zdebel 13 024 6 9 nbsp 2 6 19 287 10 1 nbsp 3 9AfD Martin Schiller 8 569 4 5 nbsp 2 5 9 393 4 9 nbsp 2 0PARTEI Marie Volkering 2 722 1 4 1 935 1 0 nbsp 0 6Tierschutzpartei 781 0 4Pirates Daniel Dungel 1 003 0 5 nbsp 1 5 712 0 4 nbsp 1 9ODP Joachim Bruns 1 027 0 5 nbsp 0 1 641 0 3 nbsp 0 0DiB 337 0 2FW 246 0 1 nbsp 0 0Independent Carlos Abaga Ayingono 224 0 1V Partei 222 0 1BGE 218 0 1DM 192 0 1Die Humanisten 158 0 1Independent Markus Overdiek 154 0 1AD DEMOKRATEN 137 0 1NPD 111 0 1 nbsp 0 2Volksabstimmung 110 0 1 nbsp 0 0Gesundheitsforschung 95 0 0DKP Manfred Stolper 173 0 1 66 0 0MLPD Sebastian Zumdick 107 0 1 64 0 0 nbsp 0 0SGP 8 0 0 nbsp 0 0Informal votes 1 236 964Total valid votes 189 854 190 126Turnout 191 090 82 3 nbsp 3 2CDU hold Majority 15 828 8 3 nbsp 4 92013 election edit Federal election 2013 Munster 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 nbsp Y or nbsp N denotes status of any incumbent win or lose respectively Party Candidate Votes Party votes CDU Sybille Benning 69 352 38 8 nbsp 0 4 67 626 37 8 nbsp 4 1SPD Christoph Strasser 63 296 35 4 nbsp 2 8 48 579 27 2 nbsp 3 4Greens Maria Klein Schmeink 19 767 11 1 nbsp 1 7 27 118 15 2 nbsp 2 0FDP Daniel Bahr 10 222 5 7 nbsp 4 2 12 119 6 8 nbsp 7 9Left Hubertus Zdebel 7 620 4 3 nbsp 0 5 11 254 6 3 nbsp 0 4AfD Helmut Birke 3 651 2 0 5 236 2 9Pirates Sasa Raber 3 582 2 0 4 037 2 3 nbsp 0 1PARTEI 673 0 4ODP Sieglinde Kersting 752 0 4 595 0 3 nbsp 0 1NPD 490 0 3 nbsp 0 1Independent Harry Seemann 324 0 2Nichtwahler 218 0 1FW 195 0 1PRO 139 0 1Volksabstimmung 123 0 1 nbsp 0 0Party of Reason 113 0 1BIG 59 0 0REP 54 0 0 nbsp 0 1RRP 52 0 0 nbsp 0 0MLPD 51 0 0 nbsp 0 0PSG 27 0 0 nbsp 0 0Die Rechte 23 0 0BuSo 21 0 0 nbsp 0 0Informal votes 1 527 1 291Total valid votes 178 566 178 802Turnout 180 093 79 1 nbsp 1 4CDU hold Majority 6 056 3 4 nbsp 3 32009 election edit Federal election 2009 Munster 6 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 nbsp Y or nbsp N denotes status of any incumbent win or lose respectively Party Candidate Votes Party votes CDU Ruprecht Polenz 63 819 39 3 nbsp 2 1 54 902 33 7 nbsp 1 8SPD nbsp N Christoph Strasser 53 029 32 6 nbsp 9 1 38 604 23 7 nbsp 11 6Greens Maria Klein Schmeink 20 822 12 8 nbsp 4 4 27 985 17 2 nbsp 3 8FDP Daniel Bahr 16 131 9 9 nbsp 4 8 23 951 14 7 nbsp 4 4Left Hubertus Zdebel 7 805 4 8 nbsp 2 2 10 970 6 7 nbsp 2 7Pirates 3 489 2 1NPD Dennis Dormuth 718 0 4 nbsp 0 0 574 0 4 nbsp 0 0Tierschutzpartei 567 0 3 nbsp 0 1ODP 417 0 3FAMILIE 416 0 3 nbsp 0 0RENTNER 294 0 2REP 175 0 1 nbsp 0 0RRP 107 0 1Volksabstimmung 89 0 1 nbsp 0 0Centre 78 0 0 nbsp 0 0MLPD 39 0 0 nbsp 0 0DVU 38 0 0PSG 19 0 0 nbsp 0 0BuSo 17 0 0 nbsp 0 0Informal votes 1 362 1 190Total valid votes 162 559 162 731Turnout 163 921 77 7 nbsp 5 3CDU gain from SPD Majority 10 790 6 7References edit a b Constituency Munster Federal Returning Officer Results for Munster Federal Returning Officer Results for Munster Results for Munster Results for Munster Results for Munster Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Munster electoral district amp oldid 1164795018, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
