Steinfurt I – Borken I

123 Steinfurt I – Borken I
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Steinfurt I – Borken I in 2025
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Population275,800 (2019)
Electorate202,388 (2021)
Major settlementsRheine
Gronau
Ahaus
Area978.0 km2
Current electoral district
Created2002
PartyCDU
MemberJens Spahn
Elected2002, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021

Steinfurt I – Borken I 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 123. It is located in northern North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the western part of Steinfurt district and the eastern part of Borken district.[1]

Steinfurt I – Borken I was created for the 2002 federal election. Since 2002, it has been represented by Jens Spahn of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]

Geography

Steinfurt I – Borken I is located in northern North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the municipalities of Horstmar, Metelen, Neuenkirchen, Ochtrup, Rheine, Steinfurt, and Wettringen from Steinfurt district, and the municipalities of Ahaus, Gronau, Heek, Legden, and Schöppingen from Borken district.[1]

History

Steinfurt I – Borken I was created in 2002. Until the 2013 election, it was constituency 125 in the numbering system. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 124. From the 2025 election, it has been number 123.

Members

The constituency has been held by Jens Spahn of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation. When he was first elected in 2002, Spahn was the youngest member of the Bundestag.

Election Member Party %
2002 Jens Spahn CDU 48.2
2005 51.2
2009 44.5
2013 52.0
2017 51.2
2021 40.0

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Steinfurt I – Borken I[3]
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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Jens Spahn 62,322 40.0 Decrease 11.3 52,625 33.8 Decrease 10.2
SPD Sarah Lahrkamp 44,047 28.3 Increase 2.4 44,788 28.7 Increase 5.6
Greens Alexandra Schoo 18,743 12.0 Increase 6.7 20,525 13.2 Increase 7.2
FDP Alexander Brockmeier 14,515 9.3 Increase 2.7 17,783 11.4 Decrease 1.2
AfD Torsten Etgeton 8,482 5.4 Decrease 0.6 8,385 5.4 Decrease 1.0
Left Gerrit Bresch 3,699 2.4 Decrease 2.6 4,469 2.9 Decrease 2.6
Human Environment Animal Protection   1,510 1.0 Increase 0.5
PARTEI Lars Nowak 2,437 1.6 1,354 0.9 Increase 0.3
dieBasis   1,050 0.7
FW Markus Krafczyk 1,473 0.9 937 0.6 Increase 0.4
Pirates   521 0.3 Steady 0.0
Volt   492 0.3
Team Todenhöfer   432 0.3
LIEBE 163 0.1
Gesundheitsforschung   137 0.1 Steady 0.0
NPD   130 0.1 Decrease 0.1
LfK 130 0.1
Humanists   95 0.1 Steady 0.0
ÖDP   84 0.1 Steady 0.0
V-Partei3   72 0.0 Steady 0.0
Bündnis C   60 0.0
PdF 53 0.0
du.   52 0.0
LKR   23 0.0
MLPD   19 0.0 Steady 0.0
DKP   15 0.0 Steady 0.0
SGP   15 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 1,176 975
Total valid votes 155,718 155,919
Turnout 156,894 77.5 Increase 1.1
CDU hold Majority 18,275 11.7 Decrease 13.7

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Steinfurt I – Borken I[4]
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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Jens Spahn 78,579 51.3 Decrease 0.7 67,425 43.9 Decrease 5.9
SPD Ingrid Arndt-Brauer 39,584 25.8 Decrease 6.0 35,466 23.1 Decrease 5.0
FDP Dietmar Lütkemeyer 10,082 6.6 Increase 3.8 19,339 12.6 Increase 7.5
AfD Mario Mieruch 9,265 6.0 Increase 3.8 9,719 6.3 Increase 3.5
Greens Bernhard Lammersmann 8,118 5.3 Increase 0.2 9,142 6.0 Decrease 0.2
Left Hannes Draeger 7,554 4.9 Increase 1.2 8,433 5.5 Increase 1.1
PARTEI   883 0.6 Increase 0.3
Human Environment Animal Protection   762 0.5
Pirates   541 0.4 Decrease 1.5
FW   368 0.2 Steady 0.0
AD-DEMOKRATEN 290 0.2
NPD   255 0.2 Decrease 0.5
DM 130 0.1
Gesundheitsforschung 127 0.1
ÖDP   122 0.1 Steady 0.0
BGE   120 0.1
DiB 120 0.1
V-Partei³ 96 0.1
Volksabstimmung 90 0.1 Steady 0.0
Die Humanisten 72 0.0
MLPD   56 0.0 Steady 0.0
DKP   15 0.0
SGP 7 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 1,424 1,028
Total valid votes 153,182 153,678
Turnout 154,606 76.5 Increase 3.1
CDU hold Majority 38,995 25.5 Increase 5.4

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Steinfurt I – Borken I[5]
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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Jens Spahn 75,853 52.0 Increase 7.5 72,802 49.8 Increase 8.2
SPD Ingrid Arndt-Brauer 46,459 31.9 Increase 1.7 41,073 28.1 Increase 3.6
Greens Jörg Winterfeldt 7,458 5.1 Decrease 1.1 8,936 6.1 Decrease 1.6
Left Robert Brandt 5,484 3.8 Decrease 2.1 6,420 4.4 Decrease 2.1
FDP Claudia Bögel 4,075 2.8 Decrease 9.6 7,434 5.1 Decrease 10.6
AfD Helmut Seifen 3,272 2.2 4,126 2.8
Pirates Wiebke van den Berg 3,246 2.2 2,778 1.9 Increase 0.3
NPD   943 0.6 Decrease 0.1
PARTEI   434 0.3
FW   282 0.2
ÖDP   155 0.1 Steady 0.0
Volksabstimmung 152 0.1 Increase 0.1
PRO 146 0.1
Nichtwahler 130 0.1
REP   123 0.1 Decrease 0.1
Party of Reason 90 0.1
RRP 54 0.0 Decrease 0.1
BIG 40 0.0
Die Rechte 28 0.0
PSG 24 0.0 Steady 0.0
MLPD   20 0.0 Steady 0.0
BüSo 16 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 1,602 1,243
Total valid votes 145,847 146,206
Turnout 147,449 73.3 Increase 1.6
CDU hold Majority 29,394 20.1 Increase 5.8

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Steinfurt I – Borken I[6]
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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Jens Spahn 63,123 44.5 Decrease 6.6 59,231 41.6 Decrease 2.8
SPD Ingrid Arndt-Brauer 42,736 30.2 Decrease 7.8 34,893 24.5 Decrease 10.2
FDP Claudia Bögel 17,533 12.4 Increase 8.6 22,277 15.7 Increase 6.0
Greens Dietmar Eisele 8,774 6.2 Increase 2.9 10,999 7.7 Increase 2.2
Left Ulf Jäger 8,306 5.9 Increase 3.0 9,197 6.5 Increase 2.9
Pirates   2,249 1.6
NPD Markus Pohl 1,226 0.9 Increase 0.2 993 0.7 Increase 0.1
FAMILIE 647 0.5 Increase 0.1
Human Environment Animal Protection   568 0.4 Steady 0.0
RENTNER 358 0.3
RRP 227 0.2
REP   201 0.1 Decrease 0.1
Centre   128 0.1 Steady 0.0
ÖDP   113 0.1
Volksabstimmung 67 0.0 Steady 0.0
DVU   62 0.0
BüSo 20 0.0 Steady 0.0
PSG 20 0.0 Steady 0.0
MLPD   16 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 1,979 1,411
Total valid votes 141,698 142,266
Turnout 143,677 71.7 Decrease 7.2
CDU hold Majority 20,387 14.3 Increase 1.2

References

  1. ^ a b "Constituency Steinfurt I – Borken I". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. ^ "Results for Steinfurt I – Borken I". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. ^ Results for Steinfurt I – Borken I
  4. ^ Results for Steinfurt I – Borken I
  5. ^ Results for Steinfurt I – Borken I
  6. ^ Results for Steinfurt I – Borken I