Dortmund I

141 Dortmund I
141 Dortmund I
Electoral district; for the Bundestag
	Dortmund I in 2025
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	283,400 (2019)
Electorate	206,727 (2021)
Major settlements	Dortmund (partial)
Area	126.3 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	SPD
Member	Jens Peick
Elected	2021

Dortmund I 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 141. It is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the western part of the city of Dortmund.^[1]

Dortmund I was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Jens Peick of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).^[2]

Geography[edit]

Dortmund I is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the Stadtbezirke of 6 Hombruch, 8 Huckarde, 7 Lütgendortmund, 9 Mengede, and the Stadtteile of Innenstadt-West and Innenstadt-Ost from 0 Innenstadt.^[1]

History[edit]

Dortmund I was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 56 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 115. From 1965 through 1976, it was number 114. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 113. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 143. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 142. From the 2025 election, it has been number 141.

Originally, the constituency comprised the northwestern part of the independent city of Dortmund. From 1980 through 1998, it comprised the Stadtbezirk of 8 Huckarde as well as the Stadtteile of Innenstadt-Ost and Innenstadt-West from 0 Innenstadt. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	56	Dortmund I	Dortmund city (only northwestern parts)
1953	115
1957
1961
1965	114
1969
1972
1976
1980	113		Dortmund city (only 0 Innenstadt (only Innenstadt-Ost and Innenstadt-West Stadtteile) and 8 Huckarde Stadtbezirke)
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	143		Dortmund city (only 0 Innenstadt (only Innenstadt-Ost and Innenstadt-West Stadtteile), 6 Hombruch, 8 Huckarde, 7 Lütgendortmund, and 9 Mengede Stadtbezirke)
2005
2009
2013	142
2017
2021
2025	141

Members[edit]

The constituency has been held continuously by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) since its creation. It was first represented by Fritz Henßler from 1949 to 1953, when he was succeeded by Walter Menzel until 1961. Werner Zeitler then served two terms. Hans-Eberhard Urbaniak was elected in 1980 and was representative until 2002. Marco Bülow was elected in 2002, and re-elected in 2005, 2009, 2013, and 2017. Bülow left the SPD in November 2018 and served as an independent; in November 2020, he joined Die PARTEI, becoming its first member of the Bundestag.^[3] Jens Peick regained the constituency for the SPD in 2021.

	Member	Party	%
1949	Fritz Henßler	SPD	43.4
1953	Walter Menzel	SPD	44.2
1957	Walter Menzel	SPD	46.3
1961	Heinrich Stephan	SPD	47.5
1965	Heinrich Stephan	SPD	53.0
1969	Karl Schiller	SPD	60.2
1972	Werner Zeitler	SPD	60.2
1976	Werner Zeitler	SPD	55.4
1980	Hans-Eberhard Urbaniak	SPD	57.3
1983			54.9
1987			53.6
1990			51.3
1994			53.5
1998			56.5
2002	Marco Bülow^[a]	SPD	57.8
2005			56.3
2009			41.2
2013			45.4
2017			38.8
		Ind.
		PARTEI
2021	Jens Peick	SPD	33.0

Election results[edit]

2021 election[edit]

Federal election (2021): Dortmund I^[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	%	±%
	SPD	Jens Peick		51,037	33.0	5.8	50,117	32.4	2.4
	CDU	Klaus Wegener		30,051	19.4	9.2	27,797	17.9	6.6
	Greens	Markus Kurth		26,308	17.0	9.7	31,867	20.6	11.1
	PARTEI	N Marco Bülow		13,361	8.6		3,451	2.2	0.8
	AfD	Heinrich Garbe		10,577	6.8	2.6	10,746	6.9	2.9
	FDP	Roman Senga		10,416	6.7	0.9	14,550	9.4	1.7
	Left	Ann-Christin Huber		5,908	3.8	3.9	7,566	4.9	5.1
	Tierschutzpartei	Michael Badura		3,097	2.0		2,661	1.7	0.9
	Team Todenhöfer						1,445	0.9
	dieBasis	Achim Lohse		1,226	0.8		1,206	0.8
	FW	Mario Krause		935	0.6	0.0	758	0.5	0.2
	Pirates						680	0.4	0.2
	Volt	Daniel Staiger		660	0.4		557	0.4
	Independent	Noah Trojanowski		621	0.4
	Independent	Paul Hofmann		255	0.2
	NPD						254	0.2	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						180	0.1	0.0
	LIEBE						174	0.1
	Humanists						144	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP						111	0.1	0.0
	LfK						108	0.1
	V-Partei3						97	0.1	0.1
	MLPD	Sarah Rißmann		151	0.1	0.1	84	0.1	0.1
	du.						76	0.0
	DKP	Hanfried Brenner		113	0.1		74	0.0	0.0
	Bündnis C						57	0.0
	LKR						40	0.0
	PdF						38	0.0
	PSG						36	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,098			940
Total valid votes				154,716			154,874
Turnout				155,814	75.4	1.5
	SPD hold		Majority	20,986	13.6	3.4

2017 election[edit]

Federal election (2017): Dortmund I^[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	%	±%
	SPD	Y Marco Bülow		59,990	38.8	6.6	46,424	30.0	8.1
	CDU	Thorsten Hoffmann		44,228	28.6	2.1	37,967	24.5	4.5
	AfD	Heinrich Theodor Garbe		14,644	9.5	6.0	15,197	9.8	5.7
	Left	Ulla Jelpke		11,874	7.7	1.7	15,506	10.0	2.1
	Greens	Markus Kurth		11,281	7.3	0.2	14,702	9.5	1.2
	FDP	Max Zombek		9,063	5.9	3.9	17,193	11.1	7.0
	PARTEI						2,137	1.4	0.9
	Tierschutzpartei						1,304	0.8
	Pirates	Torsten Sommer		2,091	1.4	1.2	1,041	0.7	2.1
	AD-DEMOKRATEN						838	0.5
	NPD						456	0.3	1.0
	FW	Hartmut Kaltenbach		993	0.6	0.2	437	0.3	0.0
	DiB						266	0.2
	BGE						229	0.1
	V-Partei³						228	0.1
	MLPD	Sarah-Ines Rißmann		362	0.2	0.1	176	0.1	0.0
	Gesundheitsforschung						163	0.1
	ÖDP						162	0.1	0.0
	Volksabstimmung						156	0.1	0.1
	DM						149	0.1
	Die Humanisten						120	0.1
	DKP						52	0.0
	SGP						20	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,571			1,174
Total valid votes				154,526			154,923
Turnout				156,097	73.9	4.2
	SPD hold		Majority	15,762	10.2	4.5

2013 election[edit]

Federal election (2013): Dortmund I^[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	SPD	Y Marco Bülow		67,019	45.4	4.3	56,180	38.1	5.1
	CDU	Thorsten Hoffmann^[b]		45,310	30.7	3.2	42,712	29.0	4.5
	Greens	Markus Kurth		11,042	7.5	3.4	15,827	10.7	2.9
	Left	Ulla Jelpke		8,835	6.0	3.7	11,653	7.9	3.1
	AfD	Alexander Dilger		5,188	3.5		6,060	4.1
	Pirates	Dieter McDevitt		3,775	2.6		4,078	2.8	0.5
	FDP	Michael Kauch		2,882	2.0	6.8	6,107	4.1	7.9
	NPD	Siegfried Schwerdtfeger		2,139	1.5	0.1	1,894	1.3	0.3
	PARTEI						731	0.5
	FW	Markus Happe		634	0.4		437	0.3
	Volksabstimmung						304	0.2	0.1
	PRO						243	0.2
	ÖDP						172	0.1	0.0
	Nichtwahler						161	0.1
	BIG						158	0.1
	REP						157	0.1	0.0
	MLPD	Gerhard Pfisterer		254	0.2	0.0	154	0.1	0.0
	RRP	Dagmar Anita Ludwig		203	0.1		136	0.1	0.0
	Independent	Ingo Meyer		188	0.1
	Party of Reason						137	0.1
	Die Rechte						125	0.1
	PSG						32	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						27	0.0	0.1
Informal votes				1,562			1,546
Total valid votes				147,469			147,485
Turnout				149,031	69.7	0.1
	SPD hold		Majority	21,709	14.7	1.0

2009 election[edit]

Federal election (2009): Dortmund I^[7]
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	%	±%
	SPD	Y Marco Bülow		60,839	41.2	15.1	48,882	33.0	15.2
	CDU	Steffen Kanitz		40,623	27.5	1.8	36,237	24.5	0.5
	Greens	Markus Kurth		16,141	10.9	5.8	20,133	13.6	3.3
	Left	Helmut Eigen		14,273	9.7	4.8	16,272	11.0	4.7
	FDP	Michael Kauch		12,890	8.7	5.7	17,813	12.0	4.3
	Pirates						3,311	2.2
	NPD	Axel Thieme		2,281	1.5	0.6	1,469	1.0	0.2
	Tierschutzpartei						960	0.6	0.3
	DVU						838	0.6
	RENTNER						638	0.4
	FAMILIE						521	0.4	0.1
	REP						231	0.2	0.1
	RRP						201	0.1
	BüSo	Tobias Christoph Mzingisi Faku		440	0.3		103	0.1	0.0
	MLPD	Gerhard Pfisterer		288	0.2	0.0	146	0.1	0.0
	Volksabstimmung						128	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP						105	0.1
	Centre						63	0.0	0.0
	PSG						22	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,556			1,258
Total valid votes				147,775			148,073
Turnout				149,331	69.7	6.3
	SPD hold		Majority	20,216	13.7	13.3

Notes[edit]

^ Bülow was elected for the SPD, but left the party in November 2018. He joined Die PARTEI in November 2020.
^ Hoffmann entered the Bundestag on the CDU list after the resignation of Ronald Pofalla in January 2015.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Constituency Dortmund I". Federal Returning Officer.
^ "Results for Dortmund I". Federal Returning Officer.
^ "Ex-SPD MdB Marco Bülow changes to "Die PARTEI"". Der Tagesspiegel. 16 November 2020.
^ Results for Dortmund I
^ Results for Dortmund I
^ Results for Dortmund I
^ Results for Dortmund I

[4] Bülow was elected for the SPD, but left the party in November 2018. He joined Die PARTEI in November 2020.

[8] Hoffmann entered the Bundestag on the CDU list after the resignation of Ronald Pofalla in January 2015.

[Area-1] "Constituency Dortmund I". Federal Returning Officer.

[2] "Results for Dortmund I". Federal Returning Officer.

[3] "Ex-SPD MdB Marco Bülow changes to "Die PARTEI"". Der Tagesspiegel. 16 November 2020.

[5] Results for Dortmund I

[6] Results for Dortmund I

[7] Results for Dortmund I

[9] Results for Dortmund I

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