Essen II

Federal electoral district of Germany

118 Essen II

Electoral district
for the Bundestag

Essen II in 2025

State| North Rhine-Westphalia
Population| 246,600 (2019)
Electorate| 156,298 (2017)
Major settlements| Essen (partial)
Area| 67.7 km2
Current electoral district
Created| 1949
Party| SPD
Member| Ingo Vogel
Elected| 2025

Essen 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 118. It is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the northeastern part of the city of Essen.[1]

Essen II was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. From 2013 to 2025, it has been represented by Dirk Heidenblut of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2] Since 2025 it is been represented by Ingo Vogel of the SPD.

## Geography

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Essen II is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the Stadtbezirke I (Stadtmitte/Frillendorf), V (Altenessen/Karnap/Vogelheim), VI (Zollverein), and VII (Steele/Kray) from the independent city of Essen.[1]

## History

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Essen II was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 31 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 90. From 1965 through 1976, it was number 88. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 89. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 120. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 119. From the 2025 election, it has been number 118.

Originally, the constituency comprised the northeastern parts of the city of Essen. From 1980 through 1998, it comprised Stadtbezirke V (Altenessen/Karnap/Vogelheim), VI (Zollverein), and VII (Steele/Kray). It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Election  | No. | Name  | Borders

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1949 | 31 | Essen II  |

* Essen city (only northeastern parts)

1953 | 90
1957
1961
1965 | 88
1969
1972
1976
1980 | 89  |

* Essen city (only V (Altenessen/Karnap/Vogelheim), VI (Zollverein), and VII (Steele/Kray) Stadtbezirke)

1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 | 120  |

* Essen city (only I (Stadtmitte/Frillendorf), V (Altenessen/Karnap/Vogelheim), VI (Zollverein), and VII (Steele/Kray) Stadtbezirke)

2005
2009
2013 | 119
2017
2021
2025 | 118

## Members

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The constituency has been held continuously by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) since 1949. It was first represented by Karl Bergmann from 1949 to 1972, followed by Peter Reuschenbach from 1972 to 1994. Rolf Hempelmann served from 1994 to 2013. Dirk Heidenblut was elected in 2013, and re-elected in 2017 and 2021. Ingo Vogel was elected in 2025

Election  | Member  | Party  | %

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| 1949 | Karl Bergmann | SPD | 38.9
1953 | 47.5
1957 | 52.5
1961 | 53.0
1965 | 59.6
1969 | 62.3
| 1972 | Peter Reuschenbach | SPD | 69.7
1976 | 66.3
1980 | 66.6
1983 | 63.4
1987 | 63.9
1990 | 57.6
| 1994 | Rolf Hempelmann | SPD | 60.8
1998 | 65.3
2002 | 50.9
2005 | 58.4
2009 | 46.1
| 2013 | Dirk Heidenblut | SPD | 48.3
2017 | 37.3
2021 | 37.8
| 2025 | Ingo Vogel | SPD | 30.3

## Election results

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### 2025 election

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Federal election (2025): Essen 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 | Ingo Vogel | 34,227  | 30.3  |  7.5  | 26,237  | 23.2  |  10.7
| CDU | Florian Fuchs  | 27,842  | 24.7  |  1.9  | 25,277  | 22.3  |  2.2
| AfD | Guido Reil | 26,058  | 23.1  |  11.5  | 24,911  | 22.0  |  10.9
| Greens | Elke Zeeb  | 9,316  | 8.2  |  3.9  | 10,174  | 9.0  |  4.4
| Left | Eliseo Maugeri  | 10,655  | 9.4  |  5.3  | 12,072  | 10.7  |  6.3
| BSW |  | 6,290  | 5.6  |
| FDP | Marcus Fischer  | 2,683  | 2.4  |  4.3  | 3,360  | 3.0  |  6.2
| Tierschutzpartei |  | 1,871  | 1.7  |  0.2
| FW | Martin Stachowiak  | 1,681  | 1.5  |  0.3  | 529  | 0.5  |  0.1
| PARTEI |  |  |  |  2.3  | 817  | 0.7  |  0.6
| Volt |  | 700  | 0.6  |  0.3
| MLPD | Gabi Fechtner  | 461  | 0.4  |  0.2  | 158  | 0.1  |  0.0
| Team Todenhöfer |  | 329  | 0.3  |  1.4
| PdF |  | 181  | 0.2  |  0.1
| dieBasis |  |  |  |  1.1  | 161  | 0.1  |  0.7
| BD |  | 137  | 0.1  |
| MERA25 |  | 66  | 0.1  |
| Values |  | 43  | 0.0  |
| Pirates |  |  |  |  0.3
| Gesundheitsforschung |  |  |  |  0.1
| Humanists |  |  |  |  0.1
| Bündnis C |  |  |  |  0.1
| ÖDP |  |  |  |  0.1
| SGP |  |  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 1,243  |  |  | 846  |  |
Total valid votes | 112,923  |  |  | 113,320  |  |
Turnout | 114,166  | 75.0  |  7.5  |
| SPD hold | Majority | 6,385  | 5.6  |  |

### 2021 election

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Federal election (2021): Essen 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 Dirk Heidenblut | 39,410  | 37.8  |  0.5  | 35,363  | 33.9  |  2.1
| CDU | Florian Fuchs  | 23,735  | 22.8  |  3.8  | 21,039  | 20.2  |  3.3
| Greens | Christine Müller-Hechfellner  | 12,647  | 12.1  |  6.8  | 13,971  | 13.4  |  7.2
| AfD | Andrea Poußet  | 12,015  | 11.5  |  4.2  | 11,521  | 11.0  |  3.9
| FDP | Martin Hollinger  | 6,976  | 6.7  |  0.1  | 9,531  | 9.1  |  0.6
| Left | Jules El-Khatib  | 4,325  | 4.2  |  3.7  | 4,525  | 4.3  |  4.4
| Tierschutzpartei |  | 1,924  | 1.8  |  0.8
| Team Todenhöfer |  | 1,718  | 1.6  |
| PARTEI | Christian Gröll  | 2,414  | 2.3  |  | 1,421  | 1.4  |  0.2
| FW | Wilfried Adamy  | 1,202  | 1.2  |  | 639  | 0.6  |  0.4
| dieBasis | Frank Solga  | 1,108  | 1.1  |  | 840  | 0.8  |
| Pirates |  | 349  | 0.3  |  0.2
| Volt |  | 300  | 0.3  |
| LIEBE  |  | 190  | 0.2  |
| Gesundheitsforschung |  | 155  | 0.1  |  0.0
| MLPD | Gabi Fechtner  | 197  | 0.2  |  0.0  | 142  | 0.1  |  0.0
| NPD |  | 132  | 0.1  |  0.2
| LfK  |  | 122  | 0.1  |
| Humanists |  | 95  | 0.1  |  0.0
| DKP | Siw Mammitzsch  | 169  | 0.2  |  0.0  | 94  | 0.1  |  0.0
| V-Partei3 |  | 74  | 0.1  |  0.0
| Bündnis C |  | 64  | 0.1  |
| du. |  | 60  | 0.1  |
| ÖDP |  | 57  | 0.1  |  0.0
| PdF  |  | 35  | 0.0  |
| LKR |  | 32  | 0.0  |
| SGP |  | 16  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 1,274  |  |  | 1,063  |  |
Total valid votes | 104,198  |  |  | 104,409  |  |
Turnout | 105,472  | 67.5  |  0.1  |
| SPD hold | Majority | 15,675  | 15.0  |  4.3  |

### 2017 election

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Federal election (2017): Essen 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 | Y Dirk Heidenblut | 40,601  | 37.3  |  11.0  | 34,727  | 31.8  |  9.9
| CDU | Jutta Eckenbach  | 28,912  | 26.6  |  4.5  | 25,606  | 23.4  |  5.0
| AfD | Guido Thorsten Reil  | 17,153  | 15.8  |  | 16,339  | 15.0  |  10.7
| Left | Daniel Kerekes  | 8,555  | 7.9  |  0.6  | 9,524  | 8.7  |  0.6
| FDP | Thomas Spilker  | 7,207  | 6.6  |  5.0  | 10,583  | 9.7  |  6.3
| Greens | Gönül Eglence  | 5,846  | 5.4  |  0.3  | 6,746  | 6.2  |  0.9
| PARTEI |  | 1,224  | 1.1  |  0.4
| Tierschutzpartei |  | 1,088  | 1.0  |
| AD-DEMOKRATEN  |  | 935  | 0.9  |
| Pirates |  | 576  | 0.5  |  2.0
| NPD |  | 378  | 0.3  |  1.5
| FW |  | 239  | 0.2  |  0.0
| MLPD | Horst Dotten  | 257  | 0.2  |  0.0  | 186  | 0.2  |  0.0
| DiB |  | 172  | 0.2  |
| Gesundheitsforschung |  | 133  | 0.1  |
| Volksabstimmung  |  | 132  | 0.1  |  0.1
| DM  |  | 128  | 0.1  |
| V-Partei³ |  | 122  | 0.1  |
| BGE |  | 114  | 0.1  |
| ÖDP |  | 90  | 0.1  |  0.0
| DKP | Peter Köster  | 223  | 0.2  |  | 88  | 0.1  |
| Die Humanisten |  | 77  | 0.1  |
| SGP |  | 8  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 1,615  |  |  | 1,154  |  |
Total valid votes | 108,754  |  |  | 109,215  |  |
Turnout | 110,369  | 67.6  |  2.9  |
| SPD hold | Majority | 11,689  | 10.7  |  6.5  |

### 2013 election

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Federal election (2013): Essen 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 | Dirk Heidenblut | 51,677  | 48.3  |  2.2  | 44,684  | 41.7  |  2.6
| CDU | Jutta Eckenbach  | 33,243  | 31.1  |  3.9  | 30,540  | 28.5  |  5.0
| Left | Janina Herff  | 7,752  | 7.2  |  3.2  | 8,716  | 8.1  |  3.5
| Greens | Elke Zeeb  | 5,382  | 5.0  |  1.9  | 7,616  | 7.1  |  1.8
| AfD |  | 4,556  | 4.2  |
| Pirates | Wilfried Adamy  | 3,048  | 2.8  |  | 2,733  | 2.5  |  0.8
| NPD |  | 2,884  | 2.7  |  0.6  | 2,014  | 1.9  |  0.4
| FDP | Günther van Wasen  | 1,721  | 1.6  |  4.9  | 3,627  | 3.4  |  6.9
| PARTEI |  | 734  | 0.7  |  | 723  | 0.7  |
| PRO |  | 385  | 0.4  |
| REP |  | 370  | 0.3  |  0.6
| BIG  |  | 231  | 0.2  |
| FW |  | 212  | 0.2  |
| Volksabstimmung  |  | 191  | 0.2  |  0.1
| MLPD |  | 240  | 0.2  |  0.0  | 168  | 0.2  |  0.0
| Nichtwahler  |  | 153  | 0.1  |
| ÖDP |  | 88  | 0.1  |  0.0
| Party of Reason |  | 92  | 0.1  |
| BüSo |  | 304  | 0.3  |  0.3  | 81  | 0.1  |  0.1
| RRP  |  | 51  | 0.0  |  0.1
| Die Rechte |  | 28  | 0.0  |
| PSG |  | 21  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 1,614  |  |  | 1,319  |  |
Total valid votes | 106,985  |  |  | 107,280  |  |
Turnout | 108,599  | 64.7  |  1.7  |
| SPD hold | Majority | 18,434  | 17.2  |  1.7  |

### 2009 election

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Federal election (2009): Essen II[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 Rolf Hempelmann  | 49,023  | 46.1  |  12.3  | 41,637  | 39.0  |  12.5
| CDU | Jutta Eckenbach  | 28,968  | 27.2  |  0.2  | 25,067  | 23.5  |  0.4
| Left | Hans-Jürgen Zierus  | 11,065  | 10.4  |  4.3  | 12,431  | 11.7  |  4.2
| Greens | Ute Hegener  | 7,352  | 6.9  |  3.5  | 9,495  | 8.9  |  1.9
| FDP | Marcus Fischer  | 6,967  | 6.5  |  3.6  | 10,947  | 10.3  |  4.0
| Pirates |  | 1,852  | 1.7  |
| NPD | Volker Braun  | 2,218  | 2.1  |  0.6  | 1,619  | 1.5  |  0.4
| REP |  | 979  | 0.9  |  0.2
| Tierschutzpartei |  | 874  | 0.8  |  0.2
| FAMILIE |  | 565  | 0.5  |  0.1
| RENTNER  |  | 407  | 0.4  |
| RRP  |  | 171  | 0.2  |
| BüSo | Katarzyna Kruczkowski  | 583  | 0.5  |  | 154  | 0.1  |  0.1
| MLPD | Horst Dotten  | 240  | 0.2  |  0.0  | 141  | 0.1  |  0.0
| Volksabstimmung  |  | 118  | 0.1  |  0.0
| Centre |  | 74  | 0.1  |  0.0
| ÖDP |  | 65  | 0.1  |
| DVU |  | 62  | 0.1  |
| PSG |  | 31  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 1,581  |  |  | 1,308  |  |
Total valid votes | 106,416  |  |  | 106,689  |  |
Turnout | 107,997  | 63.0  |  9.7  |
| SPD hold | Majority | 20,055  | 18.9  |  12.1  |

### 2005 election

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Federal election (2005): Essen II[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 Rolf Hempelmann  | 72,664  | 58.4  |  2.5  | 64,278  | 51.5  |  3.0
| CDU | Norbert Königshofen  | 34,099  | 27.4  |  0.8  | 29,742  | 23.8  |  0.6
| Left | Siegrid Ehlers  | 7,603  | 6.1  |  4.5  | 9,238  | 7.4  |  5.7
| Greens | Mehrdad Mostofizadeh  | 4,186  | 3.4  |  1.2  | 8,787  | 7.0  |  1.6
| FDP | Marcus Fischer  | 3,692  | 3.0  |  1.8  | 7,848  | 6.3  |  0.48
| NPD | Bernd Kremer  | 1,862  | 1.5  |  | 1,366  | 1.1  |  0.7
| REP |  | 853  | 0.7  |  0.2
| Tierschutzpartei |  | 795  | 0.6  |  0.1
| GRAUEN |  | 616  | 0.5  |  0.2
| Familie |  | 576  | 0.5  |  0.1
| MLPD | Horst Dotten  | 328  | 0.3  |  | 204  | 0.2  |
| From Now on... Democracy Through Referendum |  | 189  | 0.2  |
| PBC |  | 91  | 0.1  |
| Socialist Equality Party |  | 52  | 0.0  |
| Centre |  | 47  | 0.0  |
| BüSo |  | 44  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 2,075  |  |  | 1,783  |  |
Total valid votes | 124,434  |  |  | 124,726  |  |
Turnout | 126,509  | 72.6  |  0.7  |
| SPD hold | Majority | 38,565  | 31  |  |

## References

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1. ^ a b "Constituency Essen II". Federal Returning Officer.
2. ^ "Results for Essen II". Federal Returning Officer.
3. ^ Results for Essen II
4. ^ Results for Essen II
5. ^ Results for Essen II
6. ^ Results for Essen II
7. ^ Results for Essen II
8. ^ [1]

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