Neuss I

Federal electoral district of Germany

107 Neuss I

Electoral district
for the Bundestag

Neuss I in 2025

State| North Rhine-Westphalia
Population| 295,300 (2019)
Electorate| 213,250 (2021)
Major settlements| Neuss
Dormagen
Grevenbroich
Area| 347.5 km2
Current electoral district
Created| 1949
Party| CDU
Member| Carl-Philipp Sassenrath
Elected| 2025

Neuss 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 107. It is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the southeastern part of the district of Rhein-Kreis Neuss.[1]

Neuss I was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. From 2005 to 2025, it has been represented by Hermann Gröhe of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2] Since 2025 it is been represented by Carl-Philipp Sassenrath of the CDU.

## Geography

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Neuss I is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the municipalities of Dormagen, Grevenbroich, Neuss, and Rommerskirchen from the Rhein-Kreis Neuss district.[1]

## History

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Neuss I was created in 1949, then known as Neuss-Grevenbroich. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was named Neuss-Grevenbroich I. It acquired its current name in the 1980 election. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 21 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 80. From 1965 through 1976, it was number 77. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 76. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 109. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 108. From the 2025 election, it has been number 107.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Neuss and the district of Grevenbroich. From 1965 through 1976, it comprised the independent city of Neuss and the municipalities of Dormagen, Kaarst, Korschenbroich, and Meerbusch from Grevenbroich district. From 1980 through 1998, it comprised the municipalities of Neuss and Dormagen from Rhein-Kreis Neuss. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Election  | No. | Name  | Borders

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1949 | 21 | Neuss-Grevenbroich  |

* Neuss city
* Grevenbroich district

1953 | 80
1957
1961
1965 | 77  | Neuss-Grevenbroich I  |

* Neuss city
* Grevenbroich district (only Dormagen, Kaarst, Korschenbroich, and Meerbusch municipalities)

1969
1972
1976
1980 | 76  | Neuss I  |

* Rhein-Kreis Neuss district (only Neuss and Dormagen municipalities)

1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 | 109  |

* Rhein-Kreis Neuss district (only Dormagen, Grevenbroich, Neuss, and Rommerskirchen municipalities)

2005
2009
2013 | 108
2017
2021
2025 | 107

## Members

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The constituency has been held by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) during all but one Bundestag term since 1949. It was first represented by Richard Muckermann from 1949 to 1961. He was succeeded by Josef Rommerskirchen from 1965 to 1976, followed by Heinz Günther Hüsch until 1990. Bertold Mathias Reinartz served two terms from 1990 to 1998. Hermann Gröhe was then elected in 1998, but defeated in 2002 by Kurt Bodewig of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Hermann Gröhe regained the constituency in 2005, and was re-elected in 2009, 2013, 2017, and 2021. In 2025 Carl-Philipp Sassenrath, of the CDU, was elected.

Election  | Member  | Party  | %

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| 1949 | Richard Muckermann | CDU | 47.3
1953 | 63.2
1957 | 67.1
| 1961 | Josef Rommerskirchen | CDU | 59.1
1965 | 58.8
1969 | 52.3
1972 | 48.3
| 1976 | Heinz Günther Hüsch | CDU | 51.4
1980 | 47.3
1983 | 53.9
1987 | 49.5
| 1990 | Bertold Mathias Reinartz | CDU | 50.2
1994 | 49.5
| 1998 | Hermann Gröhe | CDU | 45.9
| 2002 | Kurt Bodewig | SPD | 44.7
| 2005 | Hermann Gröhe | CDU | 47.5
2009 | 47.8
2013 | 51.6
2017 | 44.0
2021 | 35.8
| 2025 | Carl-Philipp Sassenrath | CDU | 36.3

## Election results

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### 2025 election

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Federal election (2025): Neuss I[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  | %  | ±%
| CDU | Carl-Philipp Sassenrath | 62,250  | 36.3  |  0.5  | 56,600  | 32.9  |  2.9
| SPD | Daniel Rinkert | 46,410  | 27.1  |  5.0  | 32,057  | 18.6  |  8.6
| AfD | Marcel Titzer  | 29,039  | 16.9  |  10.2  | 29,147  | 16.9  |  9.9
| Greens | Katharina Janetta  | 14,559  | 8.5  |  2.8  | 18,439  | 10.7  |  2.9
| Left | Roland Sperling  | 12,035  | 7.0  |  4.4  | 12,781  | 7.4  |  4.5
| BSW |  | 7,389  | 4.3  |
| FDP | Bijan Djir-Sarai | 7,267  | 4.2  |  3.8  | 9,019  | 5.2  |  7.4
| Tierschutzpartei |  | 2,418  | 1.4  |  0.1
| Volt |  | 1,023  | 0.6  |  0.3
| PARTEI |  |  |  |  2.3  | 919  | 0.5  |  0.8
| FW |  | 706  | 0.4  |  0.1
| dieBasis |  |  |  |  1.3  | 499  | 0.3  |  0.8
| Team Todenhöfer |  | 418  | 0.2  |  0.6
| PdF |  | 329  | 0.2  |  0.2
| BD |  | 176  | 0.1  |
| Values |  | 125  | 0.1  |
| MERA25 |  | 87  | 0.1  |
| MLPD |  | 49  | 0.0  |  0.0
| Pirates |  |  |  |  0.4
| Gesundheitsforschung |  |  |  |  0.1
| Humanists |  |  |  |  0.1
| ÖDP |  |  |  |  0.1
| Bündnis C |  |  |  |  0.1
| SGP |  |  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 1,601  |  |  | 980  |  |
Total valid votes | 171,560  |  |  | 172,181  |  |
Turnout | 173,161  | 82.1  |  6.1  |
| CDU hold | Majority | 15,840  | 9.2  |  |

### 2021 election

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Federal election (2021): Neuss 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  | %  | ±%
| CDU | Y Hermann Gröhe | 57,445  | 35.8  |  8.2  | 48,166  | 29.9  |  6.0
| SPD | Daniel Rinkert[a] | 51,391  | 32.0  |  3.4  | 43,760  | 27.2  |  3.6
| Greens | Petra Schenke  | 18,051  | 11.2  |  6.1  | 21,951  | 13.6  |  7.6
| FDP | Bijan Djir-Sarai | 12,932  | 8.1  |  0.8  | 20,333  | 12.6  |  2.2
| AfD | Stefan Hrdy  | 10,801  | 6.7  |  1.9  | 11,298  | 7.0  |  2.4
| Left | Falk vom Dorff  | 4,153  | 2.6  |  2.8  | 4,771  | 3.0  |  3.3
| Tierschutzpartei |  | 2,367  | 1.5  |  0.6
| PARTEI | Lisa Granderath  | 3,617  | 2.3  |  | 1,774  | 1.1  |  0.3
| dieBasis | Bastian Schönbeck  | 2,052  | 1.3  |  | 1,748  | 1.1  |
| Team Todenhöfer |  | 1,393  | 0.9  |
| FW |  | 861  | 0.5  |  0.2
| Pirates |  | 607  | 0.4  |  0.1
| Volt |  | 480  | 0.3  |
| LIEBE  |  | 234  | 0.1  |
| Gesundheitsforschung |  | 231  | 0.1  |  0.1
| LfK  |  | 166  | 0.1  |
| V-Partei3 |  | 149  | 0.1  |  0.0
| NPD |  | 132  | 0.1  |  0.1
| Humanists |  | 125  | 0.1  |  0.0
| Independent | Ernst Herbert  | 120  | 0.1  |  |
| ÖDP |  | 108  | 0.1  |  0.0
| du. |  | 72  | 0.0  |
| Bündnis C |  | 61  | 0.0  |
| PdF  |  | 50  | 0.0  |
| DKP |  | 44  | 0.0  |  0.0
| LKR |  | 31  | 0.0  |
| MLPD |  | 29  | 0.0  |  0.0
| SGP |  | 25  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 1,605  |  |  | 1,201  |  |
Total valid votes | 160,561  |  |  | 160,966  |  |
Turnout | 162,167  | 76.0  |  1.5  |
| CDU hold | Majority | 6,054  | 3.8  |  11.6  |

### 2017 election

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Federal election (2017): Neuss 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  | %  | ±%
| CDU | Y Hermann Gröhe | 69,658  | 44.0  |  7.6  | 56,983  | 35.9  |  9.6
| SPD | Daniel Rinkert | 45,314  | 28.6  |  1.9  | 37,438  | 23.6  |  4.3
| AfD | Dirk Helmut Kranefuß  | 13,675  | 8.6  |  5.9  | 14,887  | 9.4  |  5.3
| FDP | Bijan Djir-Sarai | 11,471  | 7.2  |  4.9  | 23,585  | 14.9  |  8.7
| Left | Roland Sperling  | 8,535  | 5.4  |  1.5  | 9,895  | 6.2  |  1.3
| Greens | Peter Gehrmann  | 8,131  | 5.1  |  0.4  | 9,583  | 6.0  |  0.1
| Tierschutzpartei |  | 1,313  | 0.8  |
| PARTEI |  | 1,225  | 0.8  |  0.5
| AD-DEMOKRATEN  |  | 848  | 0.5  |
| Pirates |  | 723  | 0.5  |  1.9
| FW | Annette Anni Gisela Elster  | 1,508  | 1.0  |  0.4  | 553  | 0.3  |  0.1
| NPD |  | 335  | 0.2  |  0.8
| DiB |  | 222  | 0.1  |
| V-Partei³ |  | 198  | 0.1  |
| BGE |  | 163  | 0.1  |
| ÖDP |  | 159  | 0.1  |  0.0
| DM  |  | 158  | 0.1  |
| Gesundheitsforschung |  | 141  | 0.1  |
| Volksabstimmung  |  | 141  | 0.1  |  0.1
| Die Humanisten |  | 102  | 0.1  |
| MLPD |  | 82  | 0.1  |  0.0
| DKP |  | 28  | 0.0  |
| SGP |  | 13  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 1,758  |  |  | 1,275  |  |
Total valid votes | 158,292  |  |  | 158,775  |  |
Turnout | 160,050  | 74.4  |  2.6  |
| CDU hold | Majority | 24,344  | 15.4  |  5.6  |

### 2013 election

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Federal election (2013): Neuss 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  | %  | ±%
| CDU | Y Hermann Gröhe | 78,712  | 51.6  |  3.8  | 69,480  | 45.5  |  8.1
| SPD | Klaus Krützen  | 46,619  | 30.6  |  1.1  | 42,604  | 27.9  |  3.0
| Greens | Lars Erik Schellhas  | 7,226  | 4.7  |  2.0  | 9,363  | 6.1  |  2.1
| Left | Walter Hans Rogel-Obermanns  | 5,983  | 3.9  |  2.0  | 7,606  | 5.0  |  1.6
| Pirates | Bianca Staubitz  | 3,891  | 2.6  |  | 3,666  | 2.4  |  0.7
| FDP | Bijan Djir-Sarai  | 3,507  | 2.3  |  6.3  | 9,418  | 6.2  |  11.3
| AfD | Bodo Dirk Aßmuth  | 4,155  | 2.7  |  | 6,276  | 4.1  |
| NPD | Reinhold Schäben  | 1,665  | 1.1  |  0.4  | 1,503  | 1.0  |  0.1
| FW | Carsten Thiel  | 808  | 0.5  |  | 646  | 0.4  |
| PARTEI |  | 464  | 0.3  |
| PRO |  | 358  | 0.2  |
| Volksabstimmung  |  | 297  | 0.2  |  0.1
| REP |  | 226  | 0.1  |  0.2
| BIG  |  | 201  | 0.1  |
| ÖDP |  | 187  | 0.1  |  0.1
| Nichtwahler  |  | 168  | 0.1  |
| Party of Reason |  | 107  | 0.1  |
| RRP  |  | 92  | 0.1  |  0.1
| BüSo |  | 54  | 0.0  |  0.0
| MLPD |  | 39  | 0.0  |  0.0
| PSG |  | 39  | 0.0  |  0.0
| Die Rechte |  | 26  | 0.0  |
Informal votes  | 1,878  |  |  | 1,635  |  |
Total valid votes | 152,566  |  |  | 152,809  |  |
Turnout | 154,444  | 72.0  |  1.9  |
| CDU hold | Majority | 32,093  | 21.0  |  2.7  |

### 2009 election

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Federal election (2009): Neuss 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  | %  | ±%
| CDU | Y Hermann Gröhe | 70,787  | 47.8  |  0.1  | 55,419  | 37.4  |  3.0
| SPD | Hubert Eßer  | 43,614  | 29.5  |  10.8  | 36,812  | 24.8  |  10.5
| FDP | Bijan Djir-Sarai | 12,763  | 8.6  |  4.9  | 25,944  | 17.5  |  6.2
| Greens | Ingo Kolmorgen  | 9,935  | 6.7  |  3.6  | 12,133  | 8.2  |  2.2
| Left | Felizitas Wennmacher  | 8,709  | 5.9  |  2.5  | 9,755  | 6.6  |  2.6
| Pirates |  | 2,556  | 1.7  |
| NPD | Reinhold Schäben  | 2,168  | 1.5  |  0.4  | 1,543  | 1.0  |  0.2
| Tierschutzpartei |  | 989  | 0.7  |  0.2
| FAMILIE |  | 813  | 0.5  |  0.2
| RENTNER  |  | 603  | 0.4  |
| REP |  | 530  | 0.4  |  0.0
| Centre |  | 509  | 0.3  |  0.0
| RRP  |  | 242  | 0.2  |
| Volksabstimmung  |  | 133  | 0.1  |  0.0
| ÖDP |  | 107  | 0.1  |
| DVU |  | 85  | 0.1  |
| MLPD |  | 30  | 0.0  |  0.0
| BüSo |  | 22  | 0.0  |  0.0
| PSG |  | 22  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 1,966  |  |  | 1,695  |  |
Total valid votes | 147,976  |  |  | 148,247  |  |
Turnout | 149,942  | 70.1  |  7.2  |
| CDU hold | Majority | 27,173  | 18.3  |  10.9  |

### 2005 election

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Federal election (2005): Neuss 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  | %  | ±%
| CDU | Hermann Gröhe | 77,781  | 47.7  |  4.1  | 60,704  | 43.2  |  2.3
| SPD | N Kurt Bodewig | 65,603  | 40.3  |  4.5  | 57,537  | 35.3  |  3.3
| FDP | Bijan Djir-Sarai  | 51994  | 3.7  |  2.4  | 18,411  | 11.3  |  1.0
| Left | Roland Sperling  | 5,464  | 3.4  |  2.5  | 6,484  | 4.0  |  3.0
| Greens | Ingo Kolmorgen  | 5,111  | 3.1  |  0.4  | 9,806  | 6.0  |  1.0
| NPD | Willibrord Osmers  | 1,673  | 1.0  |  | 1,392  | 0.9  |  0.7
| Centre | Hans-Joachim Woitzik  | 1,297  | 0.8  |  0.4  | 577  | 0.4  |  0.1
| Tierschutzpartei |  | 786  | 0.5  |  0.2
| GRAUEN |  | 648  | 0.4  |  0.2
| Familie |  | 635  | 0.4  |  0.2
| REP |  | 550  | 0.3  |
| From Now on... Democracy Through Referendum |  | 144  | 0.1  |
| PBC |  | 101  | 0.1  |
| Socialist Equality Party |  | 72  | 0.0  |
| BüSo |  | 44  | 0.0  |
| MLPD |  | 67  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 1,570  |  |  | 1,476  |  |
Total valid votes | 162,923  |  |  | 163,017  |  |
Turnout | 164,493  | 77.3  |  2.9  |
| CDU gain from SPD | Majority | 12,178  | 7.4  |  |

## Notes

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1. ^ Rinkert entered the Bundestag on the SPD list after the death of Rainer Keller in September 2022.

## References

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

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