115 Duisburg I
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Duisburg I in 2013
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	245,600 (2019)
Electorate	163,394 (2021)
Major settlements	Duisburg (partial)
Area	119.1 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	SPD
Member	Bärbel Bas
Elected	2009, 2013, 2017, 2021

Duisburg 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 115. It is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the southern part of the city of Duisburg.^[1]

Duisburg I was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2009, it has been represented by Bärbel Bas of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).^[2]

Geography

Duisburg I is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the southern part of the independent city of Duisburg, specifically the Stadtbezirke of Rheinhausen and Süd, as well as Mitte excluding the Stadtteil of Duissern.^[1]

History

Duisburg I was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 33 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 92. From 1965 through 1976, it was number 90. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 84. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 116. Since 2013, it has been number 115.

Originally, the constituency comprised the area of Duisburg north of the Ruhr except for the Stadtteile of Laar and Ruhrort. From 1965 through 1976, it comprised the area of Duisburg north of the Ruhr. From 1980 through 2009, it comprised the Stadtbezirke of Mitte, Rheinhausen, and Süd. In the 2013 election, it lost the Stadtteil of Duissern.

Members

The constituency has been held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) during all but two Bundestag terms since 1949. It was first represented by Eberhard Brünen of the SPD for a single term from 1949, before Leo Storm of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won it in 1953. He was re-elected in 1957. Former member Brünen regained it for the SPD in 1961, and served a further three terms. Günter Schluckebier served two terms from 1972 to 1980, when he was succeeded by Helmut Wieczorek, who was representative until 2002. Petra Weis held the seat from 2002 to 2009. Bärbel Bas was elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2013, 2017, and 2021.

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Duisburg 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	SPD	Y Bärbel Bas		47,314	40.3	2.1	41,308	35.1	3.4
	CDU	Thomas Mahlberg		24,299	20.7	8.0	23,166	19.7	6.0
	Greens	Lamya Kaddor		16,777	14.3	8.7	17,912	15.2	8.7
	AfD	Sascha Lensing		11,101	9.5	2.0	9,802	8.3	3.0
	FDP	Charline Kappes		8,203	7.0	0.0	10,593	9.0	1.4
	Left	Mirze Edis		5,500	4.7	2.2	5,580	4.7	3.9
	Tierschutzpartei						2,135	1.8	0.9
	Team Todenhöfer						1,603	1.4
	PARTEI						1,482	1.3	0.1
	FW	Jan Richter		1,470	1.3		780	0.7	0.4
	dieBasis	Felix Engelke		1,395	1.2		1,081	0.9
	Pirates						487	0.4	0.2
	Volt						308	0.3
	LIEBE						158	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						156	0.1	0.0
	NPD						149	0.1	0.2
	MLPD	Günther Bittel		489	0.4	0.0	148	0.1	0.1
	LfK						142	0.1
	Independent	Fatma Ergin		411	0.4
	Independent	Boris Opfer		321	0.3
	Humanists						128	0.1	0.0
	V-Partei3						112	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP						79	0.1	0.0
	du.						79	0.1
	Bündnis C						75	0.1
	DKP						46	0.0	0.0
	PdF						35	0.0
	LKR						28	0.0
	PSG						22	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,320			1,006
Total Valid votes				117,280			117,594
Turnout				118,600	72.6	0.2
	SPD hold		Majority	23,015	19.6	10.1

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Duisburg 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	SPD	Y Bärbel Bas		45,455	38.3	8.3	37,925	31.7	7.5
	CDU	Thomas Mahlberg		34,053	28.7	3.5	30,746	25.7	4.3
	AfD	Guido Krebber		13,648	11.5		13,549	11.3	6.2
	FDP	Carlos Gebauer		8,289	7.0	5.3	12,491	10.4	7.1
	Left	Özden Ateş		8,146	6.9	0.5	10,369	8.7	0.8
	Greens	Anna von Spiczak‐Brzezinski		6,648	5.6	0.5	7,844	6.6	0.4
	AD-DEMOKRATEN						1,536	1.3
	PARTEI						1,353	1.1	0.7
	Tierschutzpartei						1,110	0.9
	Pirates	Christel Hopf		2,012	1.7	1.6	717	0.6	1.8
	NPD						439	0.4	1.9
	FW						294	0.2	0.1
	MLPD	Günther Bittel		517	0.4		209	0.2	0.0
	V-Partei³						167	0.1
	DiB						140	0.1
	DM						129	0.1
	BGE						118	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						118	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						107	0.1	0.1
	ÖDP						106	0.1	0.0
	Die Humanisten						86	0.1
	DKP						44	0.0
	SGP						19	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,870			2,022
Total Valid votes				118,768			119,616
Turnout				121,638	72.4	1.3
	SPD hold		Majority	11,402	9.6	4.8

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Duisburg 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	SPD	Y Bärbel Bas		55,779	46.6	4.1	47,165	39.2	2.5
	CDU	Thomas Mahlberg		38,477	32.2	0.7	36,109	30.0	3.6
	Left	Marc Mulia		8,802	7.4	3.2	9,475	7.9	3.7
	Greens	Anna von Spiczak		6,107	5.1	2.5	8,341	6.9	2.5
	AfD						6,211	5.2
	NPD	Karl Wilhelm Hubert Weise		4,608	3.9	2.1	2,748	2.3	1.0
	Pirates	Rainer Kolb		3,926	3.3		2,897	2.4	0.6
	FDP	Jörg Löbe		1,955	1.6	4.3	4,044	3.4	6.6
	PRO						857	0.7
	PARTEI						517	0.4
	BIG						336	0.3
	REP						318	0.3	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						267	0.2	0.1
	FW						207	0.2
	MLPD						181	0.2	0.0
	Nichtwahler						177	0.1
	ÖDP						156	0.1	0.0
	Party of Reason						91	0.1
	RRP						76	0.1	0.1
	Die Rechte						63	0.1
	PSG						43	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						36	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,161			1,500
Total Valid votes				119,654			120,315
Turnout				121,815	71.1	2.3
	SPD hold		Majority	17,302	14.4	3.8

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Duisburg 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	SPD	Bärbel Bas		53,363	42.2	13.7	45,956	36.3	13.7
	CDU	Thomas Mahlberg		40,001	31.6	2.5	33,638	26.6	2.2
	Left	Marc Mulia		13,237	10.5	4.3	14,678	11.6	4.3
	Greens	Reiner Neumann		9,791	7.7	3.6	12,118	9.6	1.2
	FDP	Frank Albrecht		7,501	5.9	3.2	12,709	10.0	3.2
	Pirates						2,305	1.8
	NPD	Roswitha Theißen		2,191	1.7	0.6	1,529	1.2	0.4
	Tierschutzpartei						1,038	0.8	0.2
	FAMILIE						662	0.5	0.1
	REP						594	0.5	0.0
	RENTNER						551	0.4
	Independent	Marcel Wojnarowicz		405	0.3
	RRP						217	0.2
	MLPD						161	0.1	0.0
	Centre						131	0.1	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						120	0.1	0.0
	DVU						110	0.1
	ÖDP						107	0.1
	BüSo						36	0.0	0.0
	PSG						32	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,837			1,634
Total Valid votes				126,489			126,692
Turnout				128,326	69.1	8.4
	SPD hold		Majority	13,362	10.6	16.2

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