Hochsauerlandkreis (electoral district)

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147 Hochsauerlandkreis
electoral district
for the Bundestag
File:Bundestagswahlkreis 147-2013.svg
Hochsauerlandkreis in 2013
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Population 259,800 (2019)
Electorate 200,496 (2021)
Major settlements Arnsberg
Meschede
Sundern
Area 1,960.2 km2
Current electoral district
Created 1980
Party CDU
Member Friedrich Merz
Elected 2021

Hochsauerlandkreis 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 147. It is located in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the district of Hochsauerlandkreis.[1]

Hochsauerlandkreis was created for the 1980 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]

Geography

Hochsauerlandkreis is located in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Hochsauerlandkreis district.[1]

History

Hochsauerlandkreis was created in 1980. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 119 in the numbering system. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 148. Since 2013, it has been number 147. Its borders have not changed since its creation.

Members

The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation. It was first represented by Ferdinand Tillmann from 1980 to 1994. Friedrich Merz was representative from 1994 to 2009. Patrick Sensburg was elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2013 and 2017. Former member Merz successfully sought election again in 2021.

Election Member Party  %
1980 Ferdinand Tillmann CDU 57.4
1983 62.9
1987 57.6
1990 55.4
1994 Friedrich Merz 54.3
1998 51.4
2002 53.7
2005 57.7
2009 Patrick Sensburg 51.7
2013 56.1
2017 48.0
2021 Friedrich Merz 40.4

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Hochsauerlandkreis[3]

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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party Votes % ±%
CDU Friedrich Merz 62,810 40.4 Decrease 7.5 52,017 33.5 Decrease 8.2
SPD Dirk Wiese 50,056 32.2 Increase 5.3 44,640 28.7 Increase 5.9
style="background-color: Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Alliance 90/The Greens|Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/shortname]] Maria Tillmann 12,478 8.0 Increase 3.8 15,473 10.0 Increase 5.2
FDP Carl-Julius Cronenberg 10,806 7.0 Decrease 1.5 18,712 12.0 Decrease 2.3
AfD Otto Strauß 10,068 6.5 Decrease 0.8 11,532 7.4 Decrease 0.6
[[Die PARTEI|Template:Die PARTEI/meta/shortname]] Andreas Hövelmann 2,909 1.9 1,983 1.3 Increase 0.7
Left Karl-Ludwig Gössling 2,685 1.7 Decrease 2.5 3,989 2.6 Decrease 2.8
Tierschutzpartei   1,943 1.2 Increase 0.6
style="background-color: Template:Free Voters/meta/color; width: 5px;" | FW Sebastian Vielhaber 2,224 1.4 Increase 0.5 1,583 1.0 Increase 0.5
style="background-color: Template:Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany|Template:Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany/meta/shortname]] Klaus Selter 1,381 0.9 1,346 0.9
Pirates   462 0.3 Steady 0.0
style="background-color: Template:Team Todenhöfer/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Team Todenhöfer|Template:Team Todenhöfer/meta/shortname]]   380 0.2
style="background-color: Template:Volt Germany/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Volt Germany|Template:Volt Germany/meta/shortname]]   332 0.2
LIEBE 186 0.1
style="background-color: Template:Partei für Gesundheitsforschung/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Partei für Gesundheitsforschung|Template:Partei für Gesundheitsforschung/meta/shortname]]   181 0.1 Steady 0.0
LfK 128 0.1
NPD   122 0.1 Decrease 0.1
[[Ecological Democratic Party|Template:Ecological Democratic Party/meta/shortname]]   99 0.1 Steady 0.0
style="background-color: Template:V-Partei3/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[V-Partei3|Template:V-Partei3/meta/shortname]]   87 0.1 Steady 0.0
style="background-color: Template:Party of Humanists/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Party of Humanists|Template:Party of Humanists/meta/shortname]]   80 0.1 Steady 0.0
style="background-color: Template:Alliance C – Christians for Germany/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Alliance C – Christians for Germany|Template:Alliance C – Christians for Germany/meta/shortname]]   69 0.0
style="background-color: Template:Die Urbane. Eine HipHop Partei/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Die Urbane. Eine HipHop Partei|Template:Die Urbane. Eine HipHop Partei/meta/shortname]]   52 0.0
PdF 37 0.0
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Conservative Reformers/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Liberal Conservative Reformers|Template:Liberal Conservative Reformers/meta/shortname]]   28 0.0
style="background-color: Template:Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany|Template:Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany/meta/shortname]]   14 0.0 Steady 0.0
[[German Communist Party|Template:German Communist Party/meta/shortname]]   11 0.0 Steady 0.0
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Equality Party (Germany)/meta/color; width: 5px;" | PSG   8 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 1,101 1,024
Total Valid votes 155,417 155,494
Turnout 156,518 78.1 Increase 2.1
CDU hold Majority 12,754 8.2 Decrease 12.8

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Hochsauerlandkreis[4]

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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party Votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Patrick Sensburg 73,185 48.0 Decrease 8.2 63,651 41.7 Decrease 8.0
SPD Dirk Wiese 41,047 26.9 Decrease 3.0 34,865 22.8 Decrease 5.2
FDP Carl-Julius Cronenberg 12,893 8.4 Increase 6.5 21,919 14.3 Increase 9.3
AfD Hans-Martin Schaefer 11,115 7.3 12,216 8.0 Increase 4.6
style="background-color: Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Alliance 90/The Greens|Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/shortname]] Annika Neumeister 6,476 4.2 Steady 0.0 7,198 4.7 Decrease 0.1
Left Reinhard Prange 6,452 4.2 Increase 0.1 8,183 5.4 Decrease 0.7
Tierschutzpartei   930 0.6
[[Die PARTEI|Template:Die PARTEI/meta/shortname]]   906 0.6 Increase 0.4
style="background-color: Template:Free Voters/meta/color; width: 5px;" | FW Christa Hudyma 1,447 0.9 Increase 0.5 841 0.6 Decrease 0.2
Pirates   530 0.3 Decrease 1.6
NPD   324 0.2 Decrease 0.6
AD-DEMOKRATEN 268 0.2
Gesundheitsforschung 156 0.1
Volksabstimmung 141 0.1 Decrease 0.1
[[Ecological Democratic Party|Template:Ecological Democratic Party/meta/shortname]]   139 0.1 Steady 0.0
V-Partei³ 121 0.1
DM 119 0.1
[[Basic Income Alliance|Template:Basic Income Alliance/meta/shortname]]   100 0.1
DiB 98 0.1
Die Humanisten 47 0.0
style="background-color: Template:Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany|Template:Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany/meta/shortname]]   47 0.0 Steady 0.0
[[German Communist Party|Template:German Communist Party/meta/shortname]]   13 0.0
SGP 2 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 1,399 1,200
Total Valid votes 152,615 152,814
Turnout 154,014 76.0 Increase 2.3
CDU hold Majority 32,138 21.1 Decrease 5.1

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Hochsauerlandkreis[5]

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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party Votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Patrick Sensburg 83,952 56.1 Increase 4.4 74,530 49.7 Increase 7.7
SPD Dirk Wiese 44,682 29.9 Increase 3.2 42,054 28.0 Increase 3.6
style="background-color: Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Alliance 90/The Greens|Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/shortname]] Antonius Becker 6,308 4.2 Decrease 1.1 7,161 4.8 Decrease 1.5
Left Beate Raberg 6,159 4.1 Decrease 2.1 7,055 4.7 Decrease 2.0
AfD   5,140 3.4
Pirates 3,280 2.2 2,940 2.0 Increase 0.6
FDP Hans-Werner Ehrenberg 2,878 1.9 Decrease 7.2 7,625 5.1 Decrease 11.2
NPD 1,708 1.1 Increase 0.1 1,269 0.8 Steady 0.0
style="background-color: Template:Free Voters/meta/color; width: 5px;" | FW 637 0.4 533 0.4
[[Die PARTEI|Template:Die PARTEI/meta/shortname]]   359 0.2
Volksabstimmung 319 0.2 Increase 0.1
PRO 278 0.2
[[Ecological Democratic Party|Template:Ecological Democratic Party/meta/shortname]]   173 0.1 Steady 0.0
REP   160 0.1 Decrease 0.1
Nichtwahler 131 0.1
Party of Reason 88 0.1
RRP 85 0.1 Decrease 0.1
BIG 43 0.0
PSG 39 0.0 Steady 0.0
Die Rechte 22 0.0
style="background-color: Template:Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany|Template:Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany/meta/shortname]]   22 0.0 Steady 0.0
BüSo 20 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 2,123 1,681
Total Valid votes 149,604 150,046
Turnout 151,727 73.7 Increase 1.0
CDU hold Majority 39,270 26.2 Increase 1.1

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Hochsauerlandkreis[6]

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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party Votes % ±%
CDU Patrick Sensburg 77,687 51.7 Decrease 6.0 63,133 41.9 Decrease 4.7
SPD Karsten Rudolph 40,010 26.6 Decrease 7.5 36,741 24.4 Decrease 9.2
FDP Hans-Werner Ehrenberg 13,753 9.1 Increase 6.7 24,530 16.3 Increase 6.6
Left Rüdiger Sagel 9,362 6.2 Increase 3.3 10,064 6.7 Increase 3.1
style="background-color: Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Alliance 90/The Greens|Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/shortname]] Heiko M. Kosow 7,966 5.3 Increase 3.3 9,460 6.3 Increase 2.2
Pirates   2,008 1.3
NPD Daniela Wegener 1,537 1.0 Increase 0.3 1,223 0.8 Increase 0.2
FAMILIE 910 0.6 Increase 0.1
Tierschutzpartei   809 0.5 Increase 0.1
RENTNER 601 0.4
REP   306 0.2 Decrease 0.2
RRP 206 0.1
Volksabstimmung 146 0.1 Steady 0.0
Centre   121 0.1 Steady 0.0
[[Ecological Democratic Party|Template:Ecological Democratic Party/meta/shortname]]   112 0.1
DVU   96 0.1
PSG 26 0.0 Steady 0.0
style="background-color: Template:Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany|Template:Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany/meta/shortname]]   25 0.0 Steady 0.0
BüSo 23 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 1,927 1,702
Total Valid votes 150,315 150,540
Turnout 152,242 72.7 Decrease 6.7
CDU hold Majority 37,677 25.1 Increase 1.5

References

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