111 Viersen
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Viersen in 2013
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	298,900 (2019)
Electorate	227,166 (2021)
Major settlements	Viersen Willich Nettetal
Area	563.3 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CDU
Member	Martin Plum
Elected	2021

Viersen 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 111. It is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the district of Viersen.^[1]

Viersen was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Martin Plum of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).^[2]

Geography

Viersen is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Viersen district.^[1]

History

Viersen was created in 1949, then known as Kempen-Krefeld. It acquired its current name in the 1980 election. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 24 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 83. From 1965 through 1976, it was number 81. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 80. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 112. Since 2013, it has been number 111.

Originally, the constituency comprised the district of Kempen-Krefeld. In the 1972 and 1976 elections, it comprised the Kempen-Krefeld district (renamed to the Viersen district in 1974) excluding the city of Viersen. Since 1980, it has comprised the entirety of the Viersen district.

Members

The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since 1949. It was first represented by Matthias Hoogen from 1949 to 1965, followed by Hugo Hammans from then until 1980. Julius Louven then served from 1980 to 2002. Uwe Schummer was elected in 2002, and re-elected in 2005, 2009, 2013, and 2017. He was succeeded by Martin Plum in 2021.

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Viersen[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	%	±%
	CDU	Martin Plum		62,123	35.8	12.0	52,896	30.4	7.6
	SPD	Udo Schiefner		47,806	27.6	2.6	46,375	26.7	4.4
	Greens	Rene Heesen		24,394	14.1	7.4	25,673	14.8	8.0
	FDP	Eric Scheuerle		15,140	8.7	0.4	22,281	12.8	3.2
	AfD	Kay Gottschalk		10,312	5.9	1.1	10,357	6.0	1.5
	Left	Britta Pietsch		5,558	3.2	1.9	5,203	3.0	3.0
	Tierschutzpartei						2,618	1.5	0.7
	PARTEI	Marion Weißkopf		3,819	2.2		2,140	1.2	0.5
	FW	Georg Alsdorf		2,253	1.3		1,327	0.8	0.5
	dieBasis	Natalie Frohn		1,940	1.1		1,808	1.0
	Pirates						632	0.4	0.1
	Team Todenhöfer						582	0.3
	Volt						377	0.2
	LIEBE						228	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						197	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP						183	0.1	0.0
	LfK						155	0.1
	NPD						140	0.1	0.1
	Humanists						133	0.1	0.0
	V-Partei3						120	0.1	0.0
	Bündnis C						93	0.1
	du.						82	0.0
	PdF						54	0.0
	LKR						33	0.0
	MLPD						31	0.0	0.0
	DKP						22	0.0	0.0
	PSG						12	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,740			1,333
Total Valid votes				173,345			173,752
Turnout				175,085	77.1	0.9
	CDU hold		Majority	14,317	8.2	14.6

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Viersen[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	%	±%
	CDU	Y Uwe Schummer		82,165	47.9	5.1	65,475	38.1	8.2
	SPD	Udo Schiefner		42,932	25.0	3.5	38,368	22.3	4.3
	FDP	Andreas Bist		14,233	8.3	6.0	27,576	16.0	9.7
	AfD	Kay Gottschalk		12,035	7.0	4.5	12,841	7.5	3.4
	Greens	Jürgen Heinen		11,478	6.7	1.3	11,591	6.7	0.0
	Left	Christoph Saßen		8,747	5.1	0.3	10,342	6.0	0.6
	Tierschutzpartei						1,446	0.8
	PARTEI						1,207	0.7	0.4
	Pirates						712	0.4	1.7
	FW						433	0.3	0.0
	NPD						366	0.2	0.7
	AD-DEMOKRATEN						363	0.2
	DiB						185	0.1
	V-Partei³						164	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						163	0.1
	DM						162	0.1
	BGE						151	0.1
	ÖDP						149	0.1	0.0
	Volksabstimmung						138	0.1	0.1
	Die Humanisten						96	0.0
	MLPD						52	0.0	0.0
	DKP						29	0.0
	SGP						9	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,690			1,262
Total Valid votes				171,590			172,018
Turnout				173,280	76.2	2.6
	CDU hold		Majority	39,233	22.9	1.6

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Viersen[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	%	±%
	CDU	Y Uwe Schummer		87,764	53.0	4.1	76,747	46.3	8.4
	SPD	Udo Schiefner		47,198	28.5	2.8	44,103	26.6	4.0
	Greens	Rene Heesen		8,880	5.4	2.4	11,106	6.7	2.2
	Left	Britta Pietsch		7,998	4.8	2.0	8,897	5.4	2.0
	AfD			4,182	2.5		6,806	4.1
	FDP	Andreas Bist		3,857	2.3	7.4	10,493	6.3	12.2
	Pirates	Tobias Leppkes		3,466	2.1		3,464	2.1	0.5
	NPD			1,684	1.0	0.1	1,557	0.9	0.1
	PARTEI						552	0.3
	FW			575	0.3		457	0.3
	Volksabstimmung						355	0.2	0.1
	PRO						303	0.2
	ÖDP						204	0.1	0.0
	Nichtwahler						159	0.1
	REP						145	0.1	0.1
	Party of Reason						113	0.1
	BIG						105	0.1
	RRP						99	0.1	0.0
	PSG						43	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						37	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						32	0.0	0.0
	Die Rechte						20	0.0
Informal votes				1,886			1,693
Total Valid votes				165,604			165,797
Turnout				167,490	73.6	1.4
	CDU hold		Majority	40,566	24.5	1.2

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Viersen[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	%	±%
	CDU	Y Uwe Schummer		79,359	48.9	0.8	61,723	37.9	1.7
	SPD	Udo Schiefner		41,691	25.7	11.5	36,743	22.6	11.1
	FDP	Martin Knauber		15,755	9.7	4.3	30,071	18.5	5.6
	Greens	Gabriele Bailey		12,633	7.8	3.2	14,433	8.9	2.2
	Left	Britta Pietsch		11,102	6.8	3.1	11,935	7.3	3.0
	Pirates						2,554	1.6
	NPD	Rolf Gunter Kretzschmann		1,836	1.1	0.2	1,428	0.9	0.1
	Tierschutzpartei						1,269	0.8	0.2
	FAMILIE						840	0.5
	RENTNER						723	0.4
	REP						302	0.2	0.1
	RRP						171	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						133	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP						130	0.1
	Centre						106	0.1	0.0
	DVU						78	0.0
	PSG						25	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						22	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						22	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,990			1,658
Total Valid votes				162,376			162,708
Turnout				164,366	72.2	6.4
	CDU hold		Majority	37,668	23.2	12.3

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