Bundestag constituency Bochum I

Constituency 140: Bochum I
Country	Germany
state	North Rhine-Westphalia
Constituency number	140
Eligible voters	206,460
voter turnout	76.0%
Election date	September 24, 2017
Constituency representative
Surname	Axel Schäfer
Political party	SPD
Voting share	37.2%

The Bundestag constituency Bochum I (constituency 140) is located in North Rhine-Westphalia and includes the districts of Mitte, Wattenscheid, South and Southwest of the independent city of Bochum . The constituency , the layout of which has changed several times in the past, has been a safe stronghold of the SPD since the 1960s .

Result of the 2017 federal election

Bundestag election 2017 - WK Bochum I

(in %)

%

30th

20th

10

0

29.7

25.4

8.9

10.6

11.2

9.8

4.8

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 2013

% p

8th

6th

4th

2

0

-2

-4

-6

-8th

-10

-8.9

-5.1

-0.7

+2.7

+7.3

+6.0

-0.5

Otherwise.

Direct candidate	Political party	First votes in%	Second votes in%
Christian Haardt	CDU	28.2	25.4
Axel Schäfer	SPD	37.2	29.7
Frithjof Schmidt	GREEN	7.7	8.9
Sevim Dağdelen	LEFT	10.0	10.3
Olaf in the Beek	FDP	7.0	11.2
Wolf-Dieter Liese	AfD	9.5	9.8
Klaus Leymann	MLPD	0.3	0.1
	Others	-	4.6

Result of the federal election 2013

Direct candidate	Political party	First votes in%	Second votes in%
Norbert Lammert	CDU	35.6	30.5
Axel Schäfer	SPD	44.2	38.6
Dennis Rademacher	FDP	1.4	3.9
Frithjof Schmidt	GREEN	6.8	9.6
Sevim Dağdelen	LEFT	6.8	7.9
Christina Worm	PIRATES	3.0	2.6
Claus Cremer	NPD	1.9	1.3
Vesna Buljevic	MLPD	0.2	0.1
-	AfD	0.0	3.8
	Others	-	5.3

Result of the 2009 Bundestag election

Direct candidate	Political party	First votes	Second votes
Axel Schäfer	SPD	43.31%	36.28%
Norbert Lammert	CDU	30.95%	24.81%
Markus Selzener	FDP	5.65%	10.77%
Frithjof Schmidt	GREEN	8.41%	11.89%
Sevim Dağdelen	The left .	9.7%	10.8%
Claus Cremer	NPD	1.49%	1.18%
Others	Others	0.5%	4.3%

Former constituency winners

choice	Surname	Political party	First votes
2017	Axel Schäfer	SPD	37.2%
2013	Axel Schäfer	SPD	44.2%
2009	Axel Schäfer	SPD	43.3%
2005	Axel Schäfer	SPD	55.7%
2002	Axel Schäfer	SPD	57.0%
1998	Klaus Hasenfratz	SPD	60.7%
1994	Klaus Hasenfratz	SPD	55.7%
1990	Klaus Hasenfratz	SPD	54.5%
1987	Klaus Hasenfratz	SPD	56.8%
1983	Karl Liedtke	SPD	56.7%
1980	Karl Liedtke	SPD	59.9%
1976	Karl Liedtke	SPD	59.4%
1972	Karl Liedtke	SPD	64.0%
1969	Karl Liedtke	SPD	59.1%
1965	Karl Liedtke	SPD	55.2%
1961	Heinrich Deist	SPD	50.6%
1957	Franzjosef Müser	CDU	47.2%
1953	Franzjosef Müser	CDU	45.0%
1949	Erich Ollenhauer	SPD	39.1%

Constituency history

choice	Constituency name	area
1949	59 Bochum	Bochum
1953-1961	118 Bochum	Bochum
1965-1976	117 Bochum	Bochum (western part)
1980-1998	110 Bochum I	From Bochum the city districts of Mitte, Wattenscheid and southwest
2002-2009	141 Bochum I	From Bochum the city districts of Mitte, Wattenscheid, South and Southwest
2013	140 Bochum I

Web links

Structural data for the constituency of Bochum I. Federal Returning Officer, 2009, accessed on January 12, 2012 .
Results of the federal elections. Federal Returning Officer, 2005, accessed January 12, 2009 .

Individual evidence

↑ Constituency division Bochum I. (No longer available online.) Federal Returning Officer, 2013, archived from the original on July 2, 2013 ; Retrieved January 22, 2013 .

[1] Constituency division Bochum I. (No longer available online.) Federal Returning Officer, 2013, archived from the original on July 2, 2013 ; Retrieved January 22, 2013 .