Hamm – Unna II
Hamm – Unna II is one of the 299 single member constituencies (German: Wahlkreis) used for the German parliament, the Bundestag. It is one of sixty four electoral districts 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 145, having been designated 117 from 1998 to 2002 and 146 from 2002 to 2013. It consists the city of Hamm and, from the county of Unna, the municipalities of Lünen, Selm and Werne.[1]
The constituency was created for the 1980 election, from parts of the abolished Lüdinghausen and Unna electoral districts. All elections since its creation have been won by the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). At the 2013 election Michael Thews was elected for the first time.[2]
2013 election result
| Party | Constituency results | List results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % share | +/- | Votes | % share | +/- | ||
| Social Democratic Party of Germany | Michael Thews | 71,174 | 43.2 | -0.7 | 63,646 | 38.5 | +5.1 | |
| Christian Democratic Union | Sylvia Jörrißen | 64,871 | 39.3 | +6.6 | 60,984 | 36.9 | +5.1 | |
| The Left | Udo Gabriel | 9,277 | 5.6 | -1.4 | 10,399 | 6.3 | -3.3 | |
| Alliance '90/The Greens | Marie Dazert | 8,250 | 5.0 | -0.4 | 9,990 | 6.0 | -1.7 | |
| Pirate Party | Martin Böckel | 3,930 | 2.4 | N/A | 3,465 | 2.1 | +0.3 | |
| Free Democratic Party | Christoph Dammermann | 3,439 | 2.1 | -7.0 | 6,153 | 3.7 | -8.4 | |
| National Democratic Party of Germany | Hans-Jochen Voß | 2,913 | 1.8 | -0.0 | 2,064 | 1.2 | -0.0 | |
| Free Voters | Johann Keckstein | 1,058 | 0.6 | N/A | 683 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Alternative for Germany | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 5,523 | 3.3 | N/A | |
| Die PARTEI | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 555 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Others | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1,196 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Source:[3]
List of district representatives
| Election | Name | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Udo Fiebig | SPD |
| 1983 | Dieter Wiefelspütz | SPD |
| 1987 | Dieter Wiefelspütz | SPD |
| 1990 | Dieter Wiefelspütz | SPD |
| 1994 | Dieter Wiefelspütz | SPD |
| 1998 | Dieter Wiefelspütz | SPD |
| 2002 | Dieter Wiefelspütz | SPD |
| 2005 | Dieter Wiefelspütz | SPD |
| 2009 | Dieter Wiefelspütz | SPD |
| 2013 | Michael Thews | SPD |
References
- ↑ Constituency boundaries, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 3 July 2014
- ↑ Alle Stimmen ausgezählt - SPD-Kandidat Thews ist gewählt, Der Westen, 22 September 2013
- ↑ 2013 constituency results, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 3 July 2014