Recklinghausen II 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 122. It is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the northern and eastern part of the Recklinghausen district.[1]
Recklinghausen II was created in 1949, then known as Recklinghausen-Land. From 1980 through 1987, it was named Recklinghausen II. From 1990 through 1998, it was named Recklinghausen II – Borken I. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 41 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 100. From 1965 through 1976, it was number 99. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 92. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 123. Since 2013, it has been number 122.
Originally, the constituency was coterminous with the Recklinghausen district. From 1965 through 1976, it comprised the municipalities of Dorsten, Herten, Kirchhellen, Marl, and Westerholt from the Recklinghausen district. From 1980 through 1987, it comprised the municipalities of Datteln, Dorsten, Haltern am See, Marl, and Oer-Erkenschwick. In the 1990 and 1994 elections, it acquired the municipalities of Heiden and Reken from the Borken district. In the 1998 election, it also acquired Raesfeld from the Borken district. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.
The constituency has been held continuously by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) since 1965. It was first represented by Anton Hoppe of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1949 to 1953, followed by fellow CDU member Friedrich Wilhelm Willeke from 1953 to 1965. Günther Eckerland of the SPD was elected in 1965 and served until 1976, when he was succeeded by Ulrich Steger. He was in turn succeeded by Horst Niggemeier, who served from 1987 to 1994. Waltraud Lehn was representative from 1994 to 2009. Michael Groß was elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2013 and 2017. He was succeeded by Brian Nickholz 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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Recklinghausen II 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 122 It is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine Westphalia comprising the northern and eastern part of the Recklinghausen district 1 122 Recklinghausen IIElectoral districtfor the BundestagRecklinghausen II in 2013StateNorth Rhine WestphaliaPopulation249 800 2019 Electorate186 413 2021 Major settlementsMarlHertenHaltern am SeeArea388 9 km2Current electoral districtCreated1949PartySPDMemberBrian NickholzElected2021Recklinghausen II was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election Since 2021 it has been represented by Brian Nickholz of the Social Democratic Party SPD 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 editRecklinghausen II is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine Westphalia As of the 2021 federal election it comprises the municipalities of Datteln Haltern am See Herten Marl and Oer Erkenschwick from the Recklinghausen district 1 History editRecklinghausen II was created in 1949 then known as Recklinghausen Land From 1980 through 1987 it was named Recklinghausen II From 1990 through 1998 it was named Recklinghausen II Borken I It acquired its current name in the 2002 election In the 1949 election it was North Rhine Westphalia constituency 41 in the numbering system From 1953 through 1961 it was number 100 From 1965 through 1976 it was number 99 From 1980 through 1998 it was number 92 From 2002 through 2009 it was number 123 Since 2013 it has been number 122 Originally the constituency was coterminous with the Recklinghausen district From 1965 through 1976 it comprised the municipalities of Dorsten Herten Kirchhellen Marl and Westerholt from the Recklinghausen district From 1980 through 1987 it comprised the municipalities of Datteln Dorsten Haltern am See Marl and Oer Erkenschwick In the 1990 and 1994 elections it acquired the municipalities of Heiden and Reken from the Borken district In the 1998 election it also acquired Raesfeld from the Borken district It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election Election No Name Borders1949 41 Recklinghausen Land Recklinghausen district1953 100195719611965 99 Recklinghausen city Recklinghausen district only Dorsten Herten Kirchhellen Marl and Westerholt municipalities 1969197219761980 92 Recklinghausen II Recklinghausen district only Datteln Dorsten Haltern am See Marl and Oer Erkenschwick municipalities 198319871990 Recklinghausen II Borken I Recklinghausen district only Datteln Dorsten Haltern am See Marl and Oer Erkenschwick municipalities Borken district only Heiden and Reken municipalities 19941998 Recklinghausen district only Datteln Dorsten Haltern am See Marl and Oer Erkenschwick municipalities Borken district only Heiden Raesfeld and Reken municipalities 2002 123 Recklinghausen II Recklinghausen district only Datteln Haltern am See Herten Marl and Oer Erkenschwick municipalities 200520092013 12220172021Members editThe constituency has been held continuously by the Social Democratic Party SPD since 1965 It was first represented by Anton Hoppe of the Christian Democratic Union CDU from 1949 to 1953 followed by fellow CDU member Friedrich Wilhelm Willeke from 1953 to 1965 Gunther Eckerland of the SPD was elected in 1965 and served until 1976 when he was succeeded by Ulrich Steger He was in turn succeeded by Horst Niggemeier who served from 1987 to 1994 Waltraud Lehn was representative from 1994 to 2009 Michael Gross was elected in 2009 and re elected in 2013 and 2017 He was succeeded by Brian Nickholz in 2021 Election Member Party 1949 Anton Hoppe CDU 38 11953 Friedrich Wilhelm Willeke CDU 54 31957 55 71961 48 81965 Gunther Eckerland SPD 47 11969 51 21972 58 31976 Ulrich Steger SPD 53 51980 54 41983 50 61987 Horst Niggemeier SPD 50 61990 47 61994 Waltraud Lehn SPD 48 81998 54 12002 56 62005 55 02009 Michael Gross SPD 42 62013 45 72017 41 12021 Brian Nickholz SPD 37 4Election results edit2021 election edit Federal election 2021 Recklinghausen II 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 SPD Brian Nickholz 51 050 37 4 nbsp 3 7 48 563 35 5 nbsp 3 8CDU Lars Ehm 38 325 28 1 nbsp 6 4 33 610 24 6 nbsp 4 9Greens Robin Conrad 14 836 10 9 nbsp 6 2 15 627 11 4 nbsp 6 3AfD Bernard Keber 13 108 9 6 12 522 9 2 nbsp 3 3FDP Robert Heinze 11 283 8 3 nbsp 1 9 13 571 9 9 nbsp 0 7Left Ulrike Eifler 3 881 2 8 nbsp 5 6 4 084 3 0 nbsp 3 6Tierschutzpartei 2 368 1 7 nbsp 0 8PARTEI Angelina Klementz 3 509 2 6 1 555 1 1 nbsp 0 5Team Todenhofer 1 094 0 8dieBasis 1 093 0 8FW 634 0 5 nbsp 0 2Pirates 548 0 4 nbsp 0 1Gesundheitsforschung 217 0 2 nbsp 0 1LIEBE 207 0 2Volt 202 0 1NPD 170 0 1 nbsp 0 1LfK 117 0 1V Partei3 91 0 1 nbsp 0 0Humanists 79 0 1 nbsp 0 0MLPD Sabine Leopold 215 0 2 nbsp 0 9 81 0 1 nbsp 0 1ODP 72 0 1 nbsp 0 0Bundnis C 62 0 0du 56 0 0PdF 44 0 0LKR 32 0 0DKP Detlev Beyer Peters 167 0 1 29 0 0 nbsp 0 0PSG 10 0 0 nbsp 0 0Informal votes 1 467 1 103Total Valid votes 136 374 136 738Turnout 137 841 73 9 nbsp 0 4SPD hold Majority 12 725 9 3 nbsp 2 72017 election edit Federal election 2017 Recklinghausen II 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 SPD nbsp Y Michael Gross 56 019 41 1 nbsp 4 5 44 224 31 7 nbsp 8 4CDU Rita Stockhofe 46 982 34 5 nbsp 2 0 41 079 29 4 nbsp 5 2AfD 17 387 12 5 nbsp 8 4FDP Andres Schutzendubel 13 903 10 2 nbsp 8 6 14 759 10 6 nbsp 7 0Left Petra Willemsen 11 502 8 4 nbsp 2 9 9 201 6 6 nbsp 0 3Greens Rita Magdalena Nowak 6 363 4 7 nbsp 0 3 7 189 5 2 nbsp 0 6Tierschutzpartei 1 234 0 9AD DEMOKRATEN 1 026 0 7PARTEI 887 0 6 nbsp 0 3Pirates 667 0 5 nbsp 1 8FW 365 0 3 nbsp 0 1NPD 306 0 2 nbsp 1 1Volksabstimmung 174 0 1 nbsp 0 1DM 167 0 1MLPD Sabine Leopold 1 378 1 0 nbsp 0 8 163 0 1 nbsp 0 0Gesundheitsforschung 150 0 1V Partei 123 0 1BGE 111 0 1ODP 104 0 1 nbsp 0 0DiB 97 0 1Die Humanisten 66 0 0DKP 25 0 0SGP 6 0 0 nbsp 0 0Informal votes 4 648 1 275Total Valid votes 136 147 139 510Turnout 140 795 74 3 nbsp 2 6SPD hold Majority 9 037 6 6 nbsp 2 62013 election edit Federal election 2013 Recklinghausen II 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 SPD nbsp Y Michael Gross 61 748 45 7 nbsp 3 1 54 378 40 1 nbsp 3 3CDU Rita Stockhofe 49 404 36 5 nbsp 4 8 47 082 34 7 nbsp 5 6Left Barbel Beuermann 7 529 5 6 nbsp 4 4 8 501 6 3 nbsp 4 3Greens Maaike Amalie Thomas 6 733 5 0 nbsp 1 2 7 860 5 8 nbsp 1 6AfD 5 494 4 0Pirates Birsen Freund 3 807 2 8 3 140 2 3 nbsp 0 7NPD 2 574 1 9 nbsp 0 3 1 730 1 3 nbsp 0 2FDP Mirjam Forszpaniak 2 122 1 6 nbsp 6 1 4 813 3 5 nbsp 7 4Independent 1 006 0 7PARTEI 468 0 3PRO 440 0 3Volksabstimmung 328 0 2 nbsp 0 1FW 266 0 2REP 252 0 2 nbsp 0 2Nichtwahler 184 0 1BIG 168 0 1MLPD 282 0 2 nbsp 0 1 140 0 1 nbsp 0 0ODP 131 0 1 nbsp 0 0Party of Reason 128 0 1Die Rechte 66 0 0RRP 65 0 0 nbsp 0 1PSG 61 0 0 nbsp 0 0BuSo 29 0 0 nbsp 0 0Informal votes 2 221 1 702Total Valid votes 135 205 135 724Turnout 137 426 71 8 nbsp 0 2SPD hold Majority 12 344 9 2 nbsp 1 62009 election edit Federal election 2009 Recklinghausen II 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 SPD Michael Gross 58 984 42 6 nbsp 12 4 51 110 36 8 nbsp 14 6CDU Astrid Timmermann Fechter 44 021 31 8 nbsp 0 5 40 418 29 1 nbsp 0 4Left Bernd Michael Hubner 13 805 10 0 nbsp 5 1 14 614 10 5 nbsp 5 0FDP Albrecht Moslehner 10 678 7 7 nbsp 4 7 15 219 11 0 nbsp 4 7Greens Siegfried Schonfeld 8 603 6 2 nbsp 2 5 10 299 7 4 nbsp 2 0Pirates 2 285 1 6NPD Jacqueline Kasper 2 269 1 6 nbsp 0 6 1 554 1 1 nbsp 0 3Tierschutzpartei 1 010 0 7 nbsp 0 3FAMILIE 694 0 5 nbsp 0 2REP 483 0 3 nbsp 0 0RENTNER 467 0 3RRP 211 0 2DVU 135 0 1Volksabstimmung 134 0 1 nbsp 0 0MLPD Paul Schlesinger 191 0 1 nbsp 0 0 96 0 1 nbsp 0 0ODP 83 0 1Centre 64 0 0 nbsp 0 0PSG 29 0 0 nbsp 0 0BuSo 28 0 0 nbsp 0 0Informal votes 1 810 1 428Total Valid votes 138 551 138 933Turnout 140 361 72 0 nbsp 6 6SPD hold Majority 14 963 10 8 nbsp 11 9References edit a b Constituency Recklinghausen II Federal Returning Officer Results for Recklinghausen II Federal Returning Officer Results for Recklinghausen II Results for Recklinghausen II Results for Recklinghausen II Results for Recklinghausen II Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Recklinghausen II amp oldid 1164794611, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
