Düren (electoral district)

89 Düren
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Düren in 2025
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	264,600 (2019)
Electorate	199,656 (2021)
Major settlements	Düren Jülich
Area	941.5 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CDU
Member	Thomas Rachel
Elected	2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021

Düren 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 89. It is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the Düren district.

Düren was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2005, it has been represented by Thomas Rachel of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

Geography

Düren is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Düren district.

History

Düren was created in 1949, then known as Düren – Monschau – Schleiden. It acquired its current name in the 1965 election. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 4 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 63. From 1965 through 1998, it was number 56. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 91. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 90. From the 2025 election, it has been number 89.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Düren, Monschau, and Schleiden. In the 1972 election, it was coterminous with Düren district. In the 1976 election, it also contained the municipalities of Bedburg and Elsdorf from the Erftkreis district. It acquired its current borders in the 1980 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	4	Düren – Monschau – Schleiden	Düren district Monschau district Schleiden district
1953	63
1957
1961
1965	56	Düren
1969
1972			Düren district
1976			Düren district Erftkreis district (only Bedburg and Elsdorf municipalities)
1980			Düren district
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	91
2005
2009
2013	90
2017
2021
2025	89

Members

The constituency has been held by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) during all but two Bundestag terms since its creation. It was first represented by Bernhard Günther from 1949 to 1965, followed by Bert Even and Herbert Hermesdorf, each for a single term. Wolfgang Vogt was elected in 1972 and served until 1994. Thomas Rachel was elected in the 1994 election but defeated in 1998, when Dietmar Nietan of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) won the constituency. In 2005, Rachel regained it for the CDU. He was re-elected in 2009, 2013, 2017, and 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Bernhard Günther	CDU	61.5
	1953			69.3
	1957			73.0
	1961			66.6
	1965	Bert Even	CDU	64.7
	1969	Herbert Hermesdorf	CDU	60.0
	1972	Wolfgang Vogt	CDU	51.2
	1976			52.8
	1980			50.1
	1983			54.6
	1987			49.2
	1990			44.8
	1994	Thomas Rachel	CDU	46.2
	1998	Dietmar Nietan	SPD	47.1
	2002			45.5
	2005	Thomas Rachel	CDU	45.0
	2009			46.4
	2013			50.4
	2017			41.9
	2021			36.7

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Düren
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 Thomas Rachel		55,719	36.7	5.2	46,217	30.4	4.5
	SPD	Dietmar Nietan		46,734	30.8	1.0	44,058	29.0	0.2
	Greens	Chris Andrä		14,174	9.3	3.8	16,951	11.1	5.7
	AfD	Wolfgang Kochs		12,947	8.5	0.4	13,171	8.7	1.0
	FDP	Laura Jacobsen-Littig		11,237	7.4	1.5	17,104	11.2	0.2
	Left	Valentin Veithen		3,449	2.3	2.1	4,570	3.0	2.9
	Tierschutzpartei						2,465	1.6	0.8
	PARTEI	Stephan Staß		2,298	1.5		1,387	0.9	0.3
	FW	Frank Bank		2,196	1.4	0.7	1,296	0.9	0.5
	dieBasis	Werner Hürttlen		1,565	1.0		1,545	1.0
	Pirates	Philipp Eismar		1,146	0.8	0.2	730	0.5	0.0
	Team Todenhöfer						641	0.4
	Volt						514	0.3
	Unabhängige	Peter Helmer		473	0.3
	LIEBE						260	0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung						222	0.1	0.0
	NPD						179	0.1	0.2
	LfK						166	0.1
	Bündnis C						162	0.1
	du.						90	0.1
	ÖDP						88	0.1	0.0
	Humanists						87	0.1	0.0
	V-Partei3						83	0.1	0.0
	PdF						54	0.0
	LKR						34	0.0
	DKP						32	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						12	0.0	0.0
	SGP						10	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,707			1,516
Total valid votes				151,938			152,129
Turnout				153,645	77.0	1.0
	CDU hold		Majority	8,985	5.9	4.2

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Düren
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 Thomas Rachel		62,711	41.9	8.5	52,412	34.9	9.4
	SPD	Dietmar Nietan		47,543	31.7	2.5	43,816	29.2	0.5
	AfD	Bernd Essler		13,404	8.9		14,432	9.6	5.6
	FDP	Katharina Kloke		8,788	5.9	4.0	17,155	11.4	6.5
	Greens	Oliver Krischer		8,235	5.5	0.6	8,198	5.5	0.6
	Left	Valentin Veithen		6,611	4.4	0.7	8,809	5.9	0.5
	Tierschutzpartei						1,293	0.9
	PARTEI						844	0.6	0.1
	Pirates	Gunther Neubert		1,420	0.9	2.5	789	0.5	1.9
	FW	Walter Leo Schreinemacher		1,126	0.8		500	0.3	0.1
	NPD						411	0.3	0.8
	AD-DEMOKRATEN						392	0.3
	Volksabstimmung						170	0.1	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						143	0.1
	ÖDP						142	0.1	0.0
	DiB						133	0.1
	V-Partei³						129	0.1
	DM						117	0.1
	BGE						112	0.1
	Die Humanisten						69	0.0
	MLPD						32	0.0	0.0
	DKP						27	0.0
	SGP						9	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,757			1,461
Total valid votes				149,838			150,134
Turnout				151,595	75.9	3.0
	CDU hold		Majority	15,168	10.2	6.0

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Düren
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 Thomas Rachel		71,903	50.4	4.0	63,532	44.3	6.6
	SPD	Dietmar Nietan		48,849	34.2	3.4	42,549	29.7	4.2
	Left	Michael Aggelidis		7,288	5.1	2.0	8,120	5.7	2.7
	Greens	Oliver Krischer		6,951	4.9	1.5	8,729	6.1	1.7
	Pirates	Marcus Friedrich		4,867	3.4		3,478	2.4	0.8
	FDP	Jörn Langefeld		2,722	1.9	5.7	7,102	5.0	10.1
	AfD						5,732	4.0
	NPD						1,565	1.1	0.4
	PARTEI						652	0.5
	Volksabstimmung						373	0.3	0.1
	FW						344	0.2
	PRO						311	0.2
	Nichtwahler						238	0.2
	Independent	Mehmet Babatankuz		196	0.1
	REP						183	0.1	0.1
	ÖDP						148	0.1	0.1
	Party of Reason						122	0.1
	RRP						74	0.1	0.1
	BIG						67	0.0
	Die Rechte						46	0.0
	PSG						40	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						35	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						31	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,765			2,070
Total valid votes				142,776			143,471
Turnout				145,541	72.9	0.9
	CDU hold		Majority	23,054	16.2	0.6

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Düren
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 Thomas Rachel		65,662	46.4	1.3	53,597	47.7	0.8
	SPD	Dietmar Nietan		43,655	30.8	12.0	36,209	25.5	12.2
	FDP	Jörn Langefeld		10,745	7.6	3.9	21,383	15.1	5.6
	Left	Valentin Veithen		10,079	7.1	2.8	11,924	8.4	2.9
	Greens	Oliver Krischer		8,956	6.3	3.4	11,102	7.8	2.1
	Pirates						2,273	1.6
	NPD	Ingo Haller		2,514	1.8	0.6	2,066	1.5	0.5
	Tierschutzpartei						1,100	0.8	0.2
	FAMILIE						891	0.6	0.1
	RENTNER						592	0.4
	REP						259	0.2	0.1
	RRP						207	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						201	0.1	0.0
	DVU						74	0.1
	Centre						72	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP						62	0.0
	BüSo						28	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						20	0.0	0.0
	PSG						19	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,447			1,979
Total valid votes				141,611			142,079
Turnout				144,058	72.1	5.5
	CDU hold		Majority	22,007	15.6	13.4