Cologne I (electoral district)

Cologne I in North Rhine-Westphalia

Cologne I (German: Köln I) is one of the four electoral districts (German: Wahlkreis) covering the city of Cologne in the German Bundestag. Part of 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 94.

Boundaries

Covering the south eastern quarter of the city of Cologne, the constituency contains the entirety of two of the city's nine districts: Porz and Kalk. It also stretches into the city centre to include three of the five areas of the Innenstadt district: Altstadt-Nord, Deutz and Neustadt-Nord. The latter area includes about half of Cologne's old and new town areas.^[1]

Election results

2009 election

The following table does not list parties which did not contest or gain constituency votes.

Federal election 2009: Cologne I[2]
Notes: Green 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. A or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party Votes	%	±%
	SPD	Martin Dörmann		43,837	35.0%	-13.6%	33,774	26.8%	-12.8%
	CDU	Ursula Heinen-Esser		42,094	33.6%	-0.3%	34,195	27.2%	0.0%
	Green	Max Löffler		15,557	12.4%	+5.1%	20,019	15.9%	+2.6%
	FDP	Alexander Vogel		10,902	8.7%	+4.7%	18,981	15.1%	+4.0%
	Left	Cindy Kolter		10,614	8.5%	+3.5%	12,092	9.6%	+3.5%
	NPD	Benedikt Frings		1,971	1.6%	+0.6%	1,398	1.1%	+0.3%
	Independent	Mali Dieckmann		318	0.3%	N/A
Informal votes				1,718			1,178
Total Valid votes				125,293			125,833
Turnout				127,011	68.0%	-6.5%
	SPD hold		Majority	1,743	1.4%

References

1. Electoral boundaries, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 11 June 2012
2. 2009 results