Essen II

Essen II is one of the 299 single member constituencies (German: Wahlkreis) used for the German parliament, the Bundestag. It is one of the three electoral districts covering the city of Essen and one of sixty four 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.

Essen II in North Rhine-Westphalia

The constituency was created for the 1949 election, the first election in West Germany after World War II. Since its creation, it has been won by the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) at every election. The current representative is Dirk Heidenblut.

Boundaries

The constituency has always covered the north-eastern parts of the city. On its creation in 1949 it covered the districts of Frillendorf, Steele, Kray, Katernberg and Altenessen. Boundary changes took effect at the 1980 election and since then it has covered the V, VI and VII districts of Essen. At the 2002 election it expanded to take in district I,[1] which covers Essen city centre.

2009 election result
Party Constituency results List results
Candidate Votes % share +/- Votes % share +/-
Social Democratic Party of Germany Rolf Hempelmann 49,023 46.1 -12.3 41,637 39.0 -12.5
Christian Democratic Union Jutta Eckenbach 28,968 27.2 -0.2 25,067 23.5 -0.4
The Left Hans-Jürgen Zierus 11,065 10.4 +4.3 12,431 11.7 +4.2
Alliance '90/The Greens Ute Hegener 7,352 6.9 +3.5 9,495 8.9 +1.9
Free Democratic Party Marcus Fischer 6,967 6.5 +3.6 10,947 10.3 +4.0
National Democratic Party of Germany Volker Braun 2,218 2.1 +0.6 1,619 1.5 +0.4
BüSo Katarzyna Dorota Kruczkowski 583 0.5 N/A 154 0.1 N/A
Marxist–Leninist Party of Germany Horst Dotten 240 0.2 -0.0 141 0.1 -0.0
Pirate Party N/A N/A N/A N/A 1,852 1.7 N/A
The Republicans N/A N/A N/A N/A 979 0.9 +0.2
Others N/A N/A N/A N/A 2,367 2.2 N/A

Source:[2]

List of district representatives
Election Name Party
1949 Karl Bergmann SPD
1953 Karl Bergmann SPD
1957 Karl Bergmann SPD
1961 Karl Bergmann SPD
1965 Karl Bergmann SPD
1969 Karl Bergmann SPD
1972 Peter Reuschenbach SPD
1976 Peter Reuschenbach SPD
1980 Peter Reuschenbach SPD
1983 Peter Reuschenbach SPD
1987 Peter Reuschenbach SPD
1990 Peter Reuschenbach SPD
1994 Rolf Hempelmann SPD
1998 Rolf Hempelmann SPD
2002 Rolf Hempelmann SPD
2005 Rolf Hempelmann SPD
2009 Rolf Hempelmann SPD
2013 Dirk Heidenblut SPD

References
  1. Constituency boundaries Archived 2014-03-02 at the Wayback Machine, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 31 August 2013
  2. 2009 constituency results Archived 2013-09-04 at the Wayback Machine, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 31 August 2013

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