Herne – Bochum II

Federal electoral district of Germany

140 Herne – Bochum II

Electoral district
for the Bundestag

Herne – Bochum II in 2025

State| North Rhine-Westphalia
Population| 244,400 (2019)
Electorate| 173,939 (2021)
Major settlements| Herne
Bochum (partial)
Area| 93.8 km2
Current electoral district
Created| 1949
Party| SPD
Member| Michelle Müntefering
Elected| 2013, 2017, 2021

Herne – Bochum 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 140. It is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the city of Herne and the eastern part of the city of Bochum.[1]

Herne – Bochum II was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2013, it has been represented by Michelle Müntefering of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]

## Geography

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Herne – Bochum II is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the independent city of Herne and the city districts (Stadtbezirke) of 3 Bochum-Nord and 4 Bochum-Ost from the independent city of Bochum.[1]

## History

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Herne – Bochum II was created in 1949, then known as Herne – Castrop-Rauxel. From 1980 through 1994, it was named Herne. In the 1998 election, it was named Herne – Bochum III. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 53 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 112. From 1965 through 1976, it was number 111. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 112. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 142. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 141. From the 2025 election, it has been number 140.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent cities of Herne and Castrop-Rauxel. From 1980 through 1994, it was coterminous with the independent city of Herne. In the 1998 election, it comprised Herne as well as the Stadtteile of Bergen and Hiltrop from the independent city of Bochum. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Election  | No. | Name  | Borders

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1949 | 53 | Herne – Castrop-Rauxel  |

* Herne city
* Castrop-Rauxel city

1953 | 112
1957
1961
1965 | 111
1969
1972
1976
1980 | 112  | Herne  |

* Herne city

1983
1987
1990
1994
1998 | Herne – Bochum III  |

* Herne city
* Bochum city (only Bergen and Hiltrop Stadtteile)

2002 | 142  | Herne – Bochum II  |

* Herne city
* Bochum city (only 3 Bochum-Nord and 4 Bochum-Ost Stadtbezirke)

2005
2009
2013 | 141
2017
2021
2025 | 140

## Members

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The constituency has been held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) during all but two Bundestag terms since its creation. It was first represented by Heinrich Imig of the SPD 1949 until 1953, when it was won by Friedrich Welskop of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Ulrich Berger retained it for the CDU in the 1957 election, but Herbert Kriedemann regained it for the SPD in 1961 and served until 1972. Walter Arendt succeeded him and was representative until 1980, followed by Heinz Westphal until 1990. Dieter Maaß served from 1990 to 2002, when he was succeeded by Gerd Bollmann. Michelle Müntefering was elected in 2013, and re-elected in 2017 and 2021.

Election  | Member  | Party  | %

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| 1949 | Heinrich Imig | SPD | 41.7
| 1953 | Friedrich Welskop | CDU | 44.1
| 1957 | Ulrich Berger | CDU | 47.9
| 1961 | Herbert Kriedemann | SPD | 48.4
1965 | 54.9
1969 | 57.7
| 1972 | Walter Arendt | SPD | 66.0
1976 | 62.9
| 1980 | Heinz Westphal | SPD | 64.8
1983 | 61.0
1987 | 61.1
| 1990 | Dieter Maaß | SPD | 58.4
1994 | 62.2
1998 | 65.5
| 2002 | Gerd Bollmann | SPD | 61.5
2005 | 59.4
2009 | 51.7
| 2013 | Michelle Müntefering | SPD | 48.7
2017 | 41.8
2021 | 43.4

## Election results

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### 2021 election

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Federal election (2021): Herne – Bochum 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 | Y Michelle Müntefering | 52,792  | 43.4  |  1.6  | 46,578  | 38.2  |  4.0
| CDU | Christoph Bußmann  | 24,027  | 19.8  |  4.4  | 23,164  | 19.0  |  4.4
| Greens | Jacob Liedtke  | 14,262  | 11.7  |  6.2  | 15,383  | 12.6  |  6.8
| AfD | Markus Dossenbach  | 11,863  | 9.8  |  3.6  | 11,882  | 9.8  |  3.7
| FDP | Klaus Füßmann  | 8,455  | 7.0  |  0.2  | 10,623  | 8.7  |  0.4
| Left | Felix Oekentorp  | 4,667  | 3.8  |  4.2  | 5,029  | 4.1  |  4.5
| Human Environment Animal Protection |  | 2,357  | 1.9  |  0.8
| PARTEI | Nana Miriam Sippel  | 2,550  | 2.1  |  | 1,467  | 1.2  |  0.2
| Team Todenhöfer |  | 1,395  | 1.1  |
| FW | Andreas Walter  | 1,423  | 1.2  |  | 818  | 0.7  |  0.4
| dieBasis | Sven Heiermann  | 1,251  | 1.0  |  | 927  | 0.8  |
| Pirates |  | 582  | 0.5  |  0.1
| Volt |  | 273  | 0.2  |
| LIEBE  |  | 226  | 0.2  |
| Gesundheitsforschung |  | 169  | 0.1  |  0.0
| NPD |  | 168  | 0.1  |  0.3
| MLPD | Peter Weispfenning  | 220  | 0.2  |  0.1  | 124  | 0.1  |  0.1
| V-Partei3 |  | 110  | 0.1  |  0.0
| Humanists |  | 109  | 0.1  |  0.0
| LfK  |  | 106  | 0.1  |
| ÖDP |  | 76  | 0.1  |  0.0
| Bündnis C |  | 68  | 0.1  |
| du. |  | 67  | 0.1  |
| PdF  |  | 49  | 0.0  |
| LKR |  | 46  | 0.0  |
| DKP |  | 34  | 0.0  |  0.0
| SGP |  | 11  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 1,535  |  |  | 1,204  |  |
Total valid votes | 121,510  |  |  | 121,841  |  |
Turnout | 123,045  | 70.7  |  0.7  |
| SPD hold | Majority | 28,765  | 23.6  |  6.0  |

### 2017 election

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Federal election (2017): Herne – Bochum 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 Michelle Müntefering | 52,672  | 41.9  |  6.8  | 43,312  | 34.2  |  9.6
| CDU | Paul Ziemiak | 30,361  | 24.1  |  6.2  | 29,629  | 23.4  |  4.7
| AfD | Armin Wolf  | 16,799  | 13.4  |  | 17,001  | 13.4  |  9.5
| Left | Daniel Kleibömer  | 10,064  | 8.0  |  0.4  | 10,860  | 8.6  |  0.5
| FDP | Klaus-Wilhelm Füßmann  | 8,448  | 6.7  |  5.2  | 11,560  | 9.1  |  6.3
| Greens | Sabine von der Beck  | 6,992  | 5.6  |  0.2  | 7,414  | 5.9  |  0.8
| Human Environment Animal Protection |  | 1,435  | 1.1  |
| PARTEI |  | 1,234  | 1.0  |  0.6
| AD-DEMOKRATEN  |  | 1,106  | 0.9  |
| Pirates |  | 788  | 0.6  |  1.8
| NPD |  | 510  | 0.4  |  1.4
| FW |  | 321  | 0.3  |  0.1
| MLPD | Peter Georg Weispfenning  | 408  | 0.3  |  0.0  | 201  | 0.2  |  0.0
| Gesundheitsforschung |  | 177  | 0.1  |
| BGE |  | 159  | 0.1  |
| Volksabstimmung  |  | 135  | 0.1  |  0.1
| V-Partei³ |  | 133  | 0.1  |
| ÖDP |  | 131  | 0.1  |  0.0
| DiB |  | 129  | 0.1  |
| DM  |  | 122  | 0.1  |
| Die Humanisten |  | 83  | 0.1  |
| SGP |  | 27  | 0.0  |  0.0
| DKP |  | 23  | 0.0  |
Informal votes  | 2,230  |  |  | 1,484  |  |
Total valid votes | 125,744  |  |  | 126,490  |  |
Turnout | 127,974  | 71.4  |  2.4  |
| SPD hold | Majority | 22,311  | 17.8  |  0.5  |

### 2013 election

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Federal election (2013): Herne – Bochum 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 | Michelle Müntefering | 60,610  | 48.7  |  2.6  | 54,876  | 43.9  |  3.6
| CDU | Ingrid Fischbach  | 37,807  | 30.4  |  3.5  | 35,149  | 28.1  |  5.4
| Left | Markus Dowe  | 9,500  | 7.6  |  | 10,162  | 8.1  |  4.7
| Greens | Sabine von der Beck  | 7,194  | 5.8  |  4.1  | 8,275  | 6.6  |  2.1
| AfD |  | 4,949  | 4.0  |
| Pirates | Andreas Prennig  | 3,779  | 3.0  |  | 3,078  | 2.5  |  0.8
| NPD | Markus Schumacher  | 3,348  | 2.7  |  0.6  | 2,225  | 1.8  |  0.5
| FDP | Frank Leschowski  | 1,894  | 1.5  |  5.3  | 3,528  | 2.8  |  6.3
| PARTEI |  | 480  | 0.4  |
| PRO |  | 463  | 0.4  |
| REP |  | 439  | 0.4  |  0.8
| Volksabstimmung  |  | 267  | 0.2  |  0.1
| BIG  |  | 224  | 0.2  |
| FW |  | 217  | 0.2  |
| MLPD | Peter Georg Weispfenning  | 398  | 0.3  |  0.6  | 198  | 0.2  |  0.0
| ÖDP |  | 156  | 0.1  |  0.1
| Nichtwahler  |  | 152  | 0.1  |
| RRP  |  | 89  | 0.1  |  0.1
| Party of Reason |  | 88  | 0.1  |
| Die Rechte |  | 54  | 0.0  |
| PSG |  | 40  | 0.0  |  0.0
| BüSo |  | 24  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 2,397  |  |  | 1,794  |  |
Total valid votes | 124,530  |  |  | 125,133  |  |
Turnout | 126,927  | 69.0  |  0.9  |
| SPD hold | Majority | 22,803  | 18.3  |  6.1  |

### 2009 election

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Federal election (2009): Herne – Bochum 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 Gerd Bollmann | 64,331  | 51.3  |  8.1  | 50,922  | 40.2  |  13.7
| CDU | Ingrid Fischbach  | 33,693  | 26.9  |  1.2  | 28,681  | 22.7  |  0.2
| Left |  | 16,261  | 12.8  |  5.1
| Greens | Jörg Höhfeld  | 12,393  | 9.9  |  6.4  | 11,074  | 8.7  |  2.3
| FDP | Klaus-Wilhelm Füßmann  | 8,545  | 6.8  |  4.4  | 11,591  | 9.2  |  3.7
| Pirates |  | 2,074  | 1.6  |
| REP | Bernd Blech  | 2,768  | 2.2  |  1.1  | 1,418  | 1.1  |  0.2
| NPD | Markus Schumacher  | 2,570  | 2.0  |  1.0  | 1,563  | 1.2  |  0.3
| Human Environment Animal Protection |  | 944  | 0.7  |  0.1
| FAMILIE |  | 604  | 0.5  |  0.0
| RENTNER  |  | 568  | 0.4  |
| RRP  |  | 236  | 0.2  |
| MLPD | Peter Georg Weispfenning  | 1,175  | 0.9  |  0.8  | 175  | 0.1  |  0.0
| DVU |  | 164  | 0.1  |
| Volksabstimmung  |  | 93  | 0.1  |  0.0
| ÖDP |  | 81  | 0.1  |
| Centre |  | 60  | 0.0  |  0.0
| PSG |  | 34  | 0.0  |  0.0
| BüSo |  | 20  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 3,036  |  |  | 1,948  |  |
Total valid votes | 125,475  |  |  | 126,563  |  |
Turnout | 128,511  | 68.1  |  8.3  |
| SPD hold | Majority | 30,638  | 24.4  |  9.0  |

## References

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1. ^ a b "Constituency Herne – Bochum II". Federal Returning Officer.
2. ^ "Results for Herne – Bochum II". Federal Returning Officer.
3. ^ Results for Herne – Bochum II
4. ^ Results for Herne – Bochum II
5. ^ Results for Herne – Bochum II
6. ^ Results for Herne – Bochum II

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