The Bundestag constituency of Essen III (constituency 120) is located in North Rhine-Westphalia and includes the city districts II, III, VIII and IX of the city of Essen . The constituency includes the districts of Rüttenscheid , Stadtwald and Rellinghausen (District II) to the south of the city center , the west of Essen with Altendorf , Frohnhausen and Holsterhausen (District III), the southeastern districts of Burgaltendorf , Byfang , Heisingen , Kupferdreh andÜberruhr (District VIII Ruhr Peninsula), and in the south-west Bredeney , Werden and Kettwig (District IX). The delimitation of the constituency has been changed twice in the past, most recently in 2002 (elimination of district I, city center, addition of district III west). Before the 2013 federal election, the constituency was number 121.
Majorities in the city districts (Bundestag election 2017)
The 2017 federal election took place on Sunday, September 24, 2017. 23 parties were approved in North Rhine-Westphalia , and 9 direct candidates were also available for election. Compared to the election in 2013, the direct candidate of the CDU Matthias Hauer was able to expand his lead, which was still very narrow at the time. With this he obtained the CDU's only direct mandate in Essen. However, he still lost almost 3,000 first votes in the higher voter turnout with over 2,000 more voters. It is noticeable that, as in the past, the north of Essen predominantly voted for the SPD candidates, while the south of Essen tends towards the CDU. So there was a majority for the SPD candidate Gereon Wolters in district III, while the competitor Hauer won the majority in the other districts of this constituency.
This map of the direct mandates for the 2013 Bundestag elections shows how far the constituencies were won. The constituency of Essen III is clearly visible here with only ninety-three votes ahead and a white color.
In the 2013 federal election , the constituency caused a particular stir, as Matthias Hauer (CDU) won the constituency with only three first votes ahead of Petra Hinz (SPD) according to the preliminary official final result on the evening of election day . As a result, the district returning officer had the election records checked, which revealed inconsistencies. Therefore, all votes cast in the constituency 120 were counted anew, after which Hauer won by 93 votes. In addition to the Wesel I constituency, it is the only direct mandate of the CDU in the Ruhr area and the only one of the 64 constituencies in North Rhine-Westphalia in which the CDU was able to win a direct mandate compared to the 2009 Bundestag election.
↑ constituency division Essen III. (No longer available online.) Federal Returning Officer, 2013, archived from the original on January 16, 2013 ; Retrieved January 22, 2013 .
