Cologne I

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.

Cologne I in North Rhine-Westphalia

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:

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 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%
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References
  1. Electoral boundaries Archived 2013-09-25 at the Wayback Machine, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 11 June 2012
  2. 2009 results

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