Recklinghausen II

Recklinghausen 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 122. It consists of the towns and cities of Marl, Datteln, Haltern, Herten and Oer-Erkenschwick, all located in the county of Recklinghausen.[1]

Recklinghausen II in North Rhine-Westphalia

The constituency was created for the 2002 election, replacing the former Recklinghausen II – Borken I electoral district. It has been won by the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) since its creation. The 2002 and 2005 elections were won by Waltraud Lehn and the 2009 and 2013 elections by Michael Peter Groß.[2]

2013 election result
Party Constituency results List results
Candidate Votes % share +/- Votes % share +/-
Social Democratic Party of Germany Michael Peter Groß 61,748 45.7 +3.1 54,378 40.1 +3.3
Christian Democratic Union Rita Stockhofe 49,404 36.5 +4.8 47,082 34.7 +5.6
The Left Bärbel Beuermann 7,529 5.6 -4.4 8,501 6.3 -4.3
Alliance '90/The Greens Maaike Amalie Thomas 6,733 5.0 -1.2 7,860 5.8 -1.6
Pirate Party Birsen Freund 3,807 2.8 N/A 3,140 2.3 +0.7
National Democratic Party of Germany Heike Höfer 2,574 1.9 +0.3 1,730 1.3 +0.2
Free Democratic Party Mirjam Forszpaniak 2,122 1.6 -6.1 4,813 3.5 -7.4
Independent Udo Surmann 1006 0.7 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Marxist–Leninist Party of Germany Paul Schlesinger 282 0.2 +0.1 140 0.1 +0.0
Alternative for Germany N/A N/A N/A N/A 5,494 4.0 N/A
Die PARTEI N/A N/A N/A N/A 468 0.3 N/A
Others N/A N/A N/A N/A 2,118 1.3 N/A

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References
  1. Constituency boundaries, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 3 July 2014
  2. Michael Groß geht für SPD nach Berlin, Der Westen, 28 September 2009
  3. 2013 constituency results, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 3 July 2014

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