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Bonn (electoral district)

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95 Bonn
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Bonn in 2025
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Population329,700 (2019)
Electorate230,215 (2021)
Major settlementsBonn
Area141.1 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
PartyGRÜNE
MemberKatrin Uhlig
Elected2021

Bonn 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 95. It is located in southwestern North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the city of Bonn.[1]

Bonn was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Katrin Uhlig of the Alliance 90/The Greens.[2]

Geography

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Bonn is located in southwestern North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the independent city of Bonn.[1]

History

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Bonn was created in 1949, then known as Bonn-Stadt und -Land. It acquired its current name in the 1965 election. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 10 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 69. From 1965 through 1998, it was number 63. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 97. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 96. From the 2025 election, it has been number 95.

Originally, the constituency comprised the city of Bonn and the district of Landkreis Bonn. It acquired its current borders in the 1965 election.

Election No. Name Borders
1949 10 Bonn-Stadt und -Land
  • Bonn city
  • Landkreis Bonn district
1953 69
1957
1961
1965 63 Bonn
1969
1972
1976
1980
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 97
2005
2009
2013 96
2017
2021
2025 95

Members

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The constituency was first represented by Konrad Adenauer, the first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, from 1949 until his death in 1967. He was a member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). In the 1969 election, he was succeeded by fellow CDU member Alo Hauser, who served until 1983. Hans Daniels of the CDU was then elected and served two terms. Party fellow Editha Limbach became representative in 1990, followed by Norbert Hauser in 1998. The constituency was won by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) for the first time in 2002, and represented by Ulrich Kelber. He was re-elected in 2005, 2009, 2013, and 2017. Kelber resigned in January 2020 after being elected Federal Commissioner for Data Protection. Katrin Uhlig won the constituency for the Greens in 2021.

Election Member Party %
1949 Konrad Adenauer CDU 54.9
1953 68.8
1957 68.5
1961 60.3
1965 59.6
1969 Alo Hauser CDU 37.9
1972 51.8
1976 54.1
1980 49.3
1983 Hans Daniels CDU 55.1
1987 50.3
1990 Editha Limbach CDU 44.8
1994 44.8
1998 Norbert Hauser CDU 42.8
2002 Ulrich Kelber SPD 39.7
2005 42.0
2009 33.3
2013 38.2
2017 34.9
2021 Katrin Uhlig GRÜNE 25.2

Election results

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2021 election

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Federal election (2021): Bonn[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Greens Katrin Uhlig 46,467 25.2 Increase 16.8 50,174 27.2 Increase 13.1
SPD Jessica Rosenthal 46,251 25.1 Decrease 9.7 41,641 22.6 Increase 2.4
CDU Christoph Jansen 44,872 24.4 Decrease 7.7 41,551 22.5 Decrease 7.2
FDP Alexander Graf Lambsdorff 23,198 12.6 Increase 2.1 21,902 11.9 Decrease 3.8
AfD Hans Neuhoff 7,448 4.0 Decrease 2.0 7,750 4.2 Decrease 3.1
Left Ilja Bergen 6,675 3.6 Decrease 2.1 10,026 5.4 Decrease 4.1
Volt Livia Juliane Genn 2,919 1.6 1,955 1.1
PARTEI Moritz Van den Bergh 2,700 1.5 Steady 0.0 1,661 0.9 Decrease 0.2
dieBasis Gregor Berneiser 2,101 1.1 1,823 1.0
Team Todenhöfer   1,817 1.0
Human Environment Animal Protection   1,371 0.7 Increase 0.4
FW Jutta Acar 1,183 0.6 Increase 0.2 897 0.5 Increase 0.3
Pirates   611 0.3 Steady 0.0
Humanists   196 0.1 Steady 0.0
ÖDP   162 0.1 Decrease 0.1
V-Partei3   130 0.1 Decrease 0.1
LIEBE 118 0.1
Gesundheitsforschung   113 0.1 Steady 0.0
Bündnis C   106 0.1
LfK 77 0.0
LKR Reinhard Limbach 158 0.1 75 0.0
du.   68 0.0
MLPD Roger Stamm 138 0.1 57 0.0 Steady 0.0
PdF 53 0.0
NPD   51 0.0 Decrease 0.1
DKP   47 0.0 Steady 0.0
SGP   12 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 1,447 1,113
Total valid votes 184,110 184,444
Turnout 185,557 80.6 Increase 1.3
Greens gain from SPD Majority 216 0.1

2017 election

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Federal election (2017): Bonn[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
SPD Green tickY Ulrich Kelber 62,377 34.9 Decrease 3.3 36,119 20.2 Decrease 5.8
CDU Claudia Lücking-Michel 57,330 32.0 Decrease 5.4 53,334 29.8 Decrease 6.5
FDP Alexander Graf Lambsdorff 18,724 10.5 Increase 4.4 28,113 15.7 Increase 7.4
Greens Katja Dörner 15,056 8.4 Decrease 0.1 25,197 14.1 Increase 0.4
AfD Sascha Ulbrich 10,882 6.1 Increase 3.5 13,136 7.3 Increase 3.1
Left Jürgen Repschläger 10,193 5.7 Increase 1.3 17,133 9.6 Increase 3.2
PARTEI Dominik Haffner 2,617 1.5 Increase 0.9 1,950 1.1 Increase 0.5
Human Environment Animal Protection   684 0.4
Pirates Mehdi Ebrahimi Zadeh 857 0.5 Decrease 1.9 663 0.4 Decrease 2.2
DiB 431 0.2
FW Werner Bader 806 0.5 412 0.2 Increase 0.1
AD-DEMOKRATEN 325 0.2
BGE   312 0.2
V-Partei³ 273 0.2
ÖDP   253 0.1 Steady 0.0
Die Humanisten 211 0.1
DM 206 0.1
NPD   147 0.1 Decrease 0.4
Volksabstimmung 107 0.1 Decrease 0.1
Independent Quo-Chir Luong 99 0.1
MLPD   81 0.0 Steady 0.0
Gesundheitsforschung 69 0.0
DKP   30 0.0
SGP 22 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 1,498 1,231
Total valid votes 178,941 179,208
Turnout 180,439 79.3 Increase 2.0
SPD hold Majority 5,047 2.9 Increase 2.2

2013 election

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Federal election (2013): Bonn[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
SPD Green tickY Ulrich Kelber 65,955 38.2 Increase 4.8 44,909 25.9 Increase 3.4
CDU Claudia Lücking-Michel 64,778 37.5 Increase 6.3 62,844 35.3 Increase 5.1
Greens Katja Dörner 14,797 8.6 Decrease 1.6 23,686 14.7 Decrease 2.3
FDP Guido Westerwelle 10,416 6.0 Decrease 13.1 14,418 8.3 Decrease 10.7
Left Paul Schäfer 7,523 4.4 Decrease 0.7 10,988 6.3 Decrease 0.7
AfD Andrea Konorza 4,382 2.5 7,389 4.3
Pirates Klaus Benndorf 4,113 2.4 4,418 2.6 Increase 0.3
PARTEI Carlo Metterhausen 907 0.5 1,079 0.6
BIG 955 0.6
NPD   801 0.5 Decrease 0.2
PRO 358 0.2
FW   309 0.2
ÖDP   293 0.2 Steady 0.0
Nichtwahler 217 0.1
Volksabstimmung 197 0.1 Steady 0.0
Party of Reason 132 0.1
REP   92 0.1 Decrease 0.1
RRP 47 0.0 Steady 0.0
MLPD   42 0.0 Steady 0.0
BüSo 25 0.0 Steady 0.0
PSG 21 0.0 Steady 0.0
Die Rechte 19 0.0
Informal votes 2,143 1,775
Total valid votes 172,871 173,239
Turnout 175,014 77.3 Increase 0.8
SPD hold Majority 1,177 0.7 Decrease 1.4

2009 election

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Federal election (2009): Bonn[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
SPD Green tickY Ulrich Kelber 55,251 33.3 Decrease 8.6 37,387 22.5 Decrease 9.4
CDU Stephan Eisel 51,674 31.2 Decrease 8.3 51,654 31.1 Decrease 3.6
FDP Guido Westerwelle 31,606 19.1 Increase 10.4 31,483 19.0 Increase 5.3
Greens Katja Dörner 16,856 10.2 Increase 4.0 26,573 16.0 Increase 2.7
Left Paul Schäfer 8,381 5.1 Increase 2.1 11,624 7.0 Increase 2.6
Pirates   3,685 2.2
NPD Andreas Kaschke 1,211 0.7 Increase 0.1 1,049 0.6 Increase 0.2
Human Environment Animal Protection   786 0.5 Increase 0.1
DIE VIOLETTEN Ulrike Kraemer-Schwinn 446 0.3
FAMILIE 443 0.3 Steady 0.0
RENTNER 280 0.2
REP   244 0.1 Steady 0.0
ÖDP   208 0.1
Volksabstimmung 137 0.1 Steady 0.0
BüSo Ilja Bertold Karpowski 251 0.2 87 0.1 Steady 0.0
Centre   87 0.1 Steady 0.0
RRP 74 0.0
DVU   52 0.0
MLPD   40 0.0 Steady 0.0
PSG 26 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 1,898 1,655
Total valid votes 165,676 165,919
Turnout 167,574 76.4 Decrease 4.8
SPD hold Majority 2,577 2.1 Decrease 0.4

References

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  1. ^ a b "Constituency Bonn". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. ^ "Results for Bonn". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. ^ Results for Bonn
  4. ^ Results for Bonn
  5. ^ Results for Bonn
  6. ^ Results for Bonn

Bundestag
New title Constituency represented by the chancellor
1949-1963
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