Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis II

138 Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis II
138 Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis II
Electoral district; for the Bundestag
	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis II in 2025
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	225,800 (2019)
Electorate	175,283 (2021)
Major settlements	Witten; Hattingen; Wetter (Ruhr)
Area	245.9 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	SPD
Member	Axel Echeverria
Elected	2021

Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis II 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 138. It is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the northern part of the Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis district.^[1]

Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis II was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Axel Echeverria of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).^[2]

Geography

Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis II is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the municipalities of Hattingen, Herdecke, Sprockhövel, Wetter (Ruhr), and Witten from the Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis district.^[1]

History

Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis II was created in 1949, then known as Ennepe-Ruhr – Witten. From 1965 through 1976, it was named Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis. From 1980 through 1998, it was named Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis I. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 54 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 113. From 1965 through 1976, it was number 112. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 109. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 140. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 139. From the 2025 election, it has been number 138.

Originally, the constituency comprised the Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis district and the independent city of Witten. From 1965 through 1976, it was coterminous with the Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis district. From 1980 through 1998, it comprised the entirety of the Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis district excluding Witten. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	54	Ennepe-Ruhr – Witten	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis district Witten city
1953	113
1957
1961
1965	112	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis district
1969
1972
1976
1980	109	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis I	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis district (excluding Witten municipality)
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	140	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis II	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis district (only Hattingen, Herdecke, Sprockhövel, Wetter (Ruhr), and Witten municipalities)
2005
2009
2013	139
2017
2021
2025	138

Members

The constituency has been held continuously by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) since its creation. It was first represented by Walter Freitag 1949 to 1953, followed by Heinrich Sträter until 1961. Wilhelm Michels was elected in 1961 and served until 1972. He was succeeded by Hans-Jürgen Augstein, who served two terms. Eugen von der Wiesche was then representative from 1980 to 1990. Adolf Ostertag served until 2002, followed by Christel Humme from 2002 to 2013. Ralf Kapschack was elected in 2013 and re-elected in 2017. He was succeeded by Axel Echeverria in 2021.

	Member	Party	%
1949	Walter Freitag	SPD	40.5
1953	Heinrich Sträter	SPD	43.1
1957	Heinrich Sträter	SPD	46.2
1961	Wilhelm Michels	SPD	49.4
1965			53.2
1969			56.0
1972	Hans-Jürgen Augstein	SPD	59.8
1976	Hans-Jürgen Augstein	SPD	54.7
1980	Eugen von der Wiesche	SPD	54.0
1983			50.4
1987			50.8
1990	Adolf Ostertag	SPD	48.5
1994			52.1
1998			57.1
2002	Christel Humme	SPD	55.7
2005			52.4
2009			40.9
2013	Ralf Kapschack	SPD	42.3
2017	Ralf Kapschack	SPD	36.7
2021	Axel Echeverria	SPD	35.4

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis II^[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	Axel Echeverria		47,993	35.4	1.3	45,664	33.7	3.8
	CDU	Hartmut Ziebs		33,357	24.6	8.3	29,855	22.0	5.3
	Greens	Ina Gießwein		21,734	16.0	7.5	21,941	16.2	8.0
	FDP	Anna Neumann		11,530	8.5	2.0	14,432	10.6	2.0
	AfD	Carl-Dietrich Korte		9,731	7.2		9,654	7.1	2.6
	Left	Clemens Jost		3,715	2.7	5.3	5,029	3.7	4.4
	Tierschutzpartei						2,085	1.5	0.6
	PARTEI	Michael Hanses		2,558	1.9		1,623	1.2	0.3
	dieBasis	Michael Kirchner		1,750	1.3		1,485	1.1
	FW	Thorsten Michaelis		1,466	1.1		843	0.6	0.4
	Pirates	Eric Tiggemann		1,434	1.1	1.6	804	0.6	0.1
	Team Todenhöfer						660	0.5
	Volt						278	0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung						186	0.1	0.0
	LIEBE						180	0.1
	ÖDP						143	0.1	0.0
	LfK						140	0.1
	NPD						129	0.1	0.1
	MLPD	Achim Czylwick		186	0.1	0.4	105	0.1	0.0
	Bündnis C						104	0.1
	Humanists						96	0.1	0.0
	V-Partei3						83	0.1	0.0
	du.						65	0.0
	DKP						48	0.0	0.0
	PdF						37	0.0
	LKR						20	0.0
	SGP						11	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,252			1,006
Total valid votes				135,454			135,700
Turnout				136,706	78.0	0.9
	SPD hold		Majority	14,636	10.8	7.0

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis II^[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 Ralf Kapschack		49,333	36.7	5.6	40,767	29.9	8.4
	CDU	Ralf Brauksiepe		44,273	32.9	2.8	37,284	27.3	5.7
	FDP	Jürgen Alexander Weber		14,175	10.5	8.5	17,270	12.7	8.2
	AfD						13,190	9.7	5.8
	Greens	Janosch Dahmen^[a]		11,538	8.6	0.3	11,142	8.2	0.9
	Left	Heinz-Dieter Kempka		10,804	8.0	3.0	11,092	8.1	1.7
	Tierschutzpartei						1,239	0.9
	PARTEI						1,158	0.8	0.5
	Pirates	Roland Löpke		3,565	2.7	0.4	881	0.6	1.6
	AD-DEMOKRATEN						452	0.3
	FW						291	0.2	0.1
	NPD						264	0.2	0.7
	DiB						198	0.1
	ÖDP						183	0.1	0.0
	BGE						163	0.1
	MLPD	Achim Czylwick		688	0.5	0.3	158	0.1	0.0
	V-Partei³						146	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						143	0.1	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						135	0.1
	DM						133	0.1
	Die Humanisten						80	0.1
	DKP						46	0.0
	SGP						9	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				3,256			1,208
Total valid votes				134,376			136,424
Turnout				137,632	77.1	2.7
	SPD hold		Majority	5,060	3.8	2.7

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis II^[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	Ralf Kapschack		56,197	42.3	1.4	50,946	38.3	3.4
	CDU	Ralf Brauksiepe		47,530	35.8	5.4	44,028	33.1	6.3
	Greens	Janosch Dahmen		10,964	8.3	0.4	12,071	9.1	2.3
	Left	Helmut Kanand		6,743	5.1	3.3	8,498	6.4	3.0
	AfD	Christian Rombeck		3,993	3.0		5,178	3.9
	Pirates	Roland Löpke		3,003	2.3		2,951	2.2	0.6
	FDP	Rosemarie Steinhauer		2,666	2.0	8.0	5,977	4.5	8.0
	NPD	Dieter Schulz		1,523	1.1	0.2	1,241	0.9	0.1
	PARTEI						487	0.4
	PRO						323	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						222	0.2	0.1
	FW						197	0.1
	ÖDP						187	0.1	0.1
	MLPD			233	0.2	0.0	156	0.1	0.0
	Nichtwahler						153	0.1
	REP						152	0.1	0.1
	BIG						143	0.1
	Party of Reason						75	0.1
	RRP						64	0.0	0.1
	Die Rechte						44	0.0
	PSG						37	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						19	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,897			1,600
Total valid votes				132,852			133,149
Turnout				134,749	74.4	0.3
	SPD hold		Majority	8,667	6.5	4.0

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis II^[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	Y Christel Humme		54,845	40.9	11.5	46,848	34.8	12.3
	CDU	Ralf Brauksiepe		40,763	30.4	0.5	35,927	26.7	0.4
	FDP	Konrad Schily		13,392	10.0	4.9	16,778	12.5	3.3
	Greens	Janosch Dahmen		11,621	8.7	3.8	15,248	11.3	2.8
	Left	Wolfgang Pauli		11,180	8.3	3.9	12,596	9.4	3.5
	Pirates						2,180	1.6
	NPD	Dieter Schulz		1,762	1.3	0.4	1,382	1.0	0.3
	Tierschutzpartei						1,103	0.8	0.0
	FAMILIE						673	0.5	0.1
	RENTNER						559	0.4
	REP						307	0.2	0.0
	RRP						194	0.1
	MLPD	Jakobus Fröhlich		285	0.2	0.1	153	0.1	0.0
	Volksabstimmung						126	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP						116	0.1
	DVU						108	0.1
	Centre						61	0.0	0.0
	PSG						42	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						29	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,727			1,430
Total valid votes				134,133			134,430
Turnout				135,860	74.1	6.1
	SPD hold		Majority	14,082	10.5	11.0

Notes

^ Dahmen entered the Bundestag on the Greens list after the resignation of Katja Dörner in November 2020.

References

^ ^a ^b "Constituency Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis II". Federal Returning Officer.
^ "Results for Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis II". Federal Returning Officer.
^ Results for Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis II
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[5] Dahmen entered the Bundestag on the Greens list after the resignation of Katja Dörner in November 2020.

[Area-1] "Constituency Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis II". Federal Returning Officer.

[2] "Results for Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis II". Federal Returning Officer.

[3] Results for Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis II

[4] Results for Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis II

[6] Results for Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis II

[7] Results for Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis II

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