Dortmund I

Electoral constituency represented in the Bundestag

141 Dortmund I

Electoral district
for the Bundestag

Dortmund I in 2025

State| North Rhine-Westphalia
Population| 283,400 (2019)
Electorate| 206,727 (2021)
Major settlements| Dortmund (partial)
Area| 126.3 km2
Current electoral district
Created| 1949
Party| SPD
Member| Jens Peick
Elected| 2021, 2025

Dortmund 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 141. It is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the western part of the city of Dortmund.[1]

Dortmund I was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Jens Peick of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]

## Geography

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Dortmund I is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the Stadtbezirke of 6 Hombruch, 8 Huckarde, 7 Lütgendortmund, 9 Mengede, and the Stadtteile of Innenstadt-West and Innenstadt-Ost from 0 Innenstadt.[1]

## History

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Dortmund I was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 56 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 115. From 1965 through 1976, it was number 114. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 113. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 143. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 142. From the 2025 election, it has been number 141.

Originally, the constituency comprised the northwestern part of the independent city of Dortmund. From 1980 through 1998, it comprised the Stadtbezirk of 8 Huckarde as well as the Stadtteile of Innenstadt-Ost and Innenstadt-West from 0 Innenstadt. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Election  | No. | Name  | Borders

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1949 | 56 | Dortmund I  |

* Dortmund city (only northwestern parts)

1953 | 115
1957
1961
1965 | 114
1969
1972
1976
1980 | 113  |

* Dortmund city (only 0 Innenstadt (only Innenstadt-Ost and Innenstadt-West Stadtteile) and 8 Huckarde Stadtbezirke)

1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 | 143  |

* Dortmund city (only 0 Innenstadt (only Innenstadt-Ost and Innenstadt-West Stadtteile), 6 Hombruch, 8 Huckarde, 7 Lütgendortmund, and 9 Mengede Stadtbezirke)

2005
2009
2013 | 142
2017
2021
2025 | 141

## Members

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The constituency has been held continuously by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) since its creation. It was first represented by Fritz Henßler from 1949 to 1953, when he was succeeded by Walter Menzel until 1961. Werner Zeitler then served two terms. Hans-Eberhard Urbaniak was elected in 1980 and was representative until 2002. Marco Bülow was elected in 2002, and re-elected in 2005, 2009, 2013, and 2017. Bülow left the SPD in November 2018 and served as an independent; in November 2020, he joined Die PARTEI, becoming its first member of the Bundestag.[3] Jens Peick regained the constituency for the SPD in 2021 and was re-elected in 2025.

Election  | Member  | Party  | %

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| 1949 | Fritz Henßler | SPD | 43.4
| 1953 | Walter Menzel | SPD | 44.2
1957 | 46.3
| 1961 | Heinrich Stephan | SPD | 47.5
1965 | 53.0
| 1969 | Karl Schiller | SPD | 60.2
| 1972 | Werner Zeitler | SPD | 60.2
1976 | 55.4
| 1980 | Hans-Eberhard Urbaniak | SPD | 57.3
1983 | 54.9
1987 | 53.6
1990 | 51.3
1994 | 53.5
1998 | 56.5
| 2002 | Marco Bülow[a] | SPD | 57.8
2005 | 56.3
2009 | 41.2
2013 | 45.4
2017 | 38.8
| Ind.
| PARTEI
| 2021 | Jens Peick | SPD | 33.0
2025 | 30.6

## Election results

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### 2025 election

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Federal election (2025): Dortmund 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 | Jens Peick | 50,260  | 30.6  |  2.4  | 37,861  | 23.0  |  9.3
| CDU | Sarah Beckhoff  | 38,929  | 23.7  |  4.3  | 36,346  | 22.1  |  4.1
| AfD | Heinrich Garbe  | 26,058  | 15.9  |  9.0  | 25,853  | 15.7  |  8.8
| Greens | Martina Wilken  | 22,994  | 14.0  |  3.0  | 25,180  | 15.3  |  5.3
| Left | Jan Siebert  | 15,047  | 9.2  |  5.4  | 19,459  | 11.8  |  6.9
| BSW |  | 7,075  | 4.3  |
| FDP | Levin Rybak  | 4,857  | 3.0  |  3.8  | 5,913  | 3.6  |  5.8
| PARTEI | N Olaf Schlösser  | 3,053  | 1.9  |  6.8  | 1,376  | 0.8  |  1.4
| Tierschutzpartei |  |  |  |  2.0  | 2,425  | 1.5  |  0.2
| Volt | Peter Quiring  | 1,889  | 1.2  |  0.7  | 1,135  | 0.7  |  0.3
| Independent | Ingo Meyer  | 599  | 0.4  |  |
| FW |  |  |  |  0.6  | 476  | 0.3  |  0.2
| MLPD | Sarah-Ines Rißmann  | 401  | 0.2  |  0.1  | 122  | 0.1  |  0.0
| Team Todenhöfer |  | 346  | 0.2  |  0.7
| dieBasis |  |  |  |  0.8  | 292  | 0.2  |  0.6
| PdF |  | 258  | 0.2  |  0.1
| BD |  | 199  | 0.1  |
| MERA25 |  | 92  |  |
| Values |  | 87  | 0.1  |
| Pirates |  |  |  |  0.4
| Gesundheitsforschung |  |  |  |  0.1
| Humanists |  |  |  |  0.1
| ÖDP |  |  |  |  0.1
| Bündnis C |  |  |  |  0.0
| SGP |  |  |  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 1,351  |  |  | 943  |  |
Total valid votes | 164,087  |  |  | 164,495  |  |
Turnout | 165,438  | 81.2  |  5.9  |
| SPD hold | Majority | 11,331  | 6.9  |  |

### 2021 election

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Federal election (2021): Dortmund 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 | Jens Peick | 51,037  | 33.0  |  5.8  | 50,117  | 32.4  |  2.4
| CDU | Klaus Wegener  | 30,051  | 19.4  |  9.2  | 27,797  | 17.9  |  6.6
| Greens | Markus Kurth | 26,308  | 17.0  |  9.7  | 31,867  | 20.6  |  11.1
| PARTEI | N Marco Bülow | 13,361  | 8.6  |  | 3,451  | 2.2  |  0.8
| AfD | Heinrich Garbe  | 10,577  | 6.8  |  2.6  | 10,746  | 6.9  |  2.9
| FDP | Roman Senga  | 10,416  | 6.7  |  0.9  | 14,550  | 9.4  |  1.7
| Left | Ann-Christin Huber  | 5,908  | 3.8  |  3.9  | 7,566  | 4.9  |  5.1
| Tierschutzpartei | Michael Badura  | 3,097  | 2.0  |  | 2,661  | 1.7  |  0.9
| Team Todenhöfer |  | 1,445  | 0.9  |
| dieBasis | Achim Lohse  | 1,226  | 0.8  |  | 1,206  | 0.8  |
| FW | Mario Krause  | 935  | 0.6  |  0.0  | 758  | 0.5  |  0.2
| Pirates |  | 680  | 0.4  |  0.2
| Volt | Daniel Staiger  | 660  | 0.4  |  | 557  | 0.4  |
| Independent | Noah Trojanowski  | 621  | 0.4  |  |
| Independent | Paul Hofmann  | 255  | 0.2  |  |
| NPD |  | 254  | 0.2  |  0.1
| Gesundheitsforschung |  | 180  | 0.1  |  0.0
| LIEBE  |  | 174  | 0.1  |
| Humanists |  | 144  | 0.1  |  0.0
| ÖDP |  | 111  | 0.1  |  0.0
| LfK  |  | 108  | 0.1  |
| V-Partei3 |  | 97  | 0.1  |  0.1
| MLPD | Sarah Rißmann  | 151  | 0.1  |  0.1  | 84  | 0.1  |  0.1
| du. |  | 76  | 0.0  |
| DKP | Hanfried Brenner  | 113  | 0.1  |  | 74  | 0.0  |  0.0
| Bündnis C |  | 57  | 0.0  |
| LKR |  | 40  | 0.0  |
| PdF  |  | 38  | 0.0  |
| SGP |  | 36  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 1,098  |  |  | 940  |  |
Total valid votes | 154,716  |  |  | 154,874  |  |
Turnout | 155,814  | 75.4  |  1.5  |
| SPD hold | Majority | 20,986  | 13.6  |  3.4  |

### 2017 election

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Federal election (2017): Dortmund 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 | Y Marco Bülow | 59,990  | 38.8  |  6.6  | 46,424  | 30.0  |  8.1
| CDU | Thorsten Hoffmann  | 44,228  | 28.6  |  2.1  | 37,967  | 24.5  |  4.5
| AfD | Heinrich Theodor Garbe  | 14,644  | 9.5  |  6.0  | 15,197  | 9.8  |  5.7
| Left | Ulla Jelpke | 11,874  | 7.7  |  1.7  | 15,506  | 10.0  |  2.1
| Greens | Markus Kurth | 11,281  | 7.3  |  0.2  | 14,702  | 9.5  |  1.2
| FDP | Max Zombek  | 9,063  | 5.9  |  3.9  | 17,193  | 11.1  |  7.0
| PARTEI |  | 2,137  | 1.4  |  0.9
| Tierschutzpartei |  | 1,304  | 0.8  |
| Pirates | Torsten Sommer  | 2,091  | 1.4  |  1.2  | 1,041  | 0.7  |  2.1
| AD-DEMOKRATEN  |  | 838  | 0.5  |
| NPD |  | 456  | 0.3  |  1.0
| FW | Hartmut Kaltenbach  | 993  | 0.6  |  0.2  | 437  | 0.3  |  0.0
| DiB |  | 266  | 0.2  |
| BGE |  | 229  | 0.1  |
| V-Partei³ |  | 228  | 0.1  |
| MLPD | Sarah-Ines Rißmann  | 362  | 0.2  |  0.1  | 176  | 0.1  |  0.0
| Gesundheitsforschung |  | 163  | 0.1  |
| ÖDP |  | 162  | 0.1  |  0.0
| Volksabstimmung  |  | 156  | 0.1  |  0.1
| DM  |  | 149  | 0.1  |
| Die Humanisten |  | 120  | 0.1  |
| DKP |  | 52  | 0.0  |
| SGP |  | 20  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 1,571  |  |  | 1,174  |  |
Total valid votes | 154,526  |  |  | 154,923  |  |
Turnout | 156,097  | 73.9  |  4.2  |
| SPD hold | Majority | 15,762  | 10.2  |  4.5  |

### 2013 election

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Federal election (2013): Dortmund I[7]

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 Marco Bülow | 67,019  | 45.4  |  4.3  | 56,180  | 38.1  |  5.1
| CDU | Thorsten Hoffmann[b] | 45,310  | 30.7  |  3.2  | 42,712  | 29.0  |  4.5
| Greens | Markus Kurth | 11,042  | 7.5  |  3.4  | 15,827  | 10.7  |  2.9
| Left | Ulla Jelpke | 8,835  | 6.0  |  3.7  | 11,653  | 7.9  |  3.1
| AfD | Alexander Dilger  | 5,188  | 3.5  |  | 6,060  | 4.1  |
| Pirates | Dieter McDevitt  | 3,775  | 2.6  |  | 4,078  | 2.8  |  0.5
| FDP | Michael Kauch  | 2,882  | 2.0  |  6.8  | 6,107  | 4.1  |  7.9
| NPD | Siegfried Schwerdtfeger  | 2,139  | 1.5  |  0.1  | 1,894  | 1.3  |  0.3
| PARTEI |  | 731  | 0.5  |
| FW | Markus Happe  | 634  | 0.4  |  | 437  | 0.3  |
| Volksabstimmung  |  | 304  | 0.2  |  0.1
| PRO |  | 243  | 0.2  |
| ÖDP |  | 172  | 0.1  |  0.0
| Nichtwahler  |  | 161  | 0.1  |
| BIG  |  | 158  | 0.1  |
| REP |  | 157  | 0.1  |  0.0
| MLPD | Gerhard Pfisterer  | 254  | 0.2  |  0.0  | 154  | 0.1  |  0.0
| RRP  | Dagmar Anita Ludwig  | 203  | 0.1  |  | 136  | 0.1  |  0.0
| Independent | Ingo Meyer  | 188  | 0.1  |  |
| Party of Reason |  | 137  | 0.1  |
| Die Rechte |  | 125  | 0.1  |
| PSG |  | 32  | 0.0  |  0.0
| BüSo |  | 27  | 0.0  |  0.1
Informal votes  | 1,562  |  |  | 1,546  |  |
Total valid votes | 147,469  |  |  | 147,485  |  |
Turnout | 149,031  | 69.7  |  0.1  |
| SPD hold | Majority | 21,709  | 14.7  |  1.0  |

### 2009 election

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Federal election (2009): Dortmund I[8]

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 Marco Bülow | 60,839  | 41.2  |  15.1  | 48,882  | 33.0  |  15.2
| CDU | Steffen Kanitz  | 40,623  | 27.5  |  1.8  | 36,237  | 24.5  |  0.5
| Greens | Markus Kurth | 16,141  | 10.9  |  5.8  | 20,133  | 13.6  |  3.3
| Left | Helmut Eigen  | 14,273  | 9.7  |  4.8  | 16,272  | 11.0  |  4.7
| FDP | Michael Kauch | 12,890  | 8.7  |  5.7  | 17,813  | 12.0  |  4.3
| Pirates |  | 3,311  | 2.2  |
| NPD | Axel Thieme  | 2,281  | 1.5  |  0.6  | 1,469  | 1.0  |  0.2
| Tierschutzpartei |  | 960  | 0.6  |  0.3
| DVU |  | 838  | 0.6  |
| RENTNER  |  | 638  | 0.4  |
| FAMILIE |  | 521  | 0.4  |  0.1
| REP |  | 231  | 0.2  |  0.1
| RRP  |  | 201  | 0.1  |
| BüSo | Tobias Christoph Mzingisi Faku  | 440  | 0.3  |  | 103  | 0.1  |  0.0
| MLPD | Gerhard Pfisterer  | 288  | 0.2  |  0.0  | 146  | 0.1  |  0.0
| Volksabstimmung  |  | 128  | 0.1  |  0.0
| ÖDP |  | 105  | 0.1  |
| Centre |  | 63  | 0.0  |  0.0
| PSG |  | 22  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 1,556  |  |  | 1,258  |  |
Total valid votes | 147,775  |  |  | 148,073  |  |
Turnout | 149,331  | 69.7  |  6.3  |
| SPD hold | Majority | 20,216  | 13.7  |  13.3  |

## Notes

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1. ^ Bülow was elected for the SPD, but left the party in November 2018. He joined Die PARTEI in November 2020.
2. ^ Hoffmann entered the Bundestag on the CDU list after the resignation of Ronald Pofalla in January 2015.

## References

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1. ^ a b "Constituency Dortmund I". Federal Returning Officer.
2. ^ "Results for Dortmund I". Federal Returning Officer.
3. ^ "Ex-SPD MdB Marco Bülow changes to "Die PARTEI"". Der Tagesspiegel. 16 November 2020.
4. ^ Results for Dortmund I
5. ^ Results for Dortmund I
6. ^ Results for Dortmund I
7. ^ Results for Dortmund I
8. ^ Results for Dortmund I

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