Wuppertal I

Federal electoral district of Germany

101 Wuppertal I

Electoral district
for the Bundestag

Wuppertal I in 2025

State| North Rhine-Westphalia
Population| 313,000 (2019)
Electorate| 202,528 (2021)
Major settlements| Wuppertal (partial)
Area| 130.8 km2
Current electoral district
Created| 1949
Party| SPD
Member| Helge Lindh
Elected| 2017, 2021, 2025

Wuppertal 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 101. It is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising most of the city of Wuppertal.[1]

Wuppertal I was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Helge Lindh of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]

## Geography

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Wuppertal I is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the independent city of Wuppertal excluding the districts of Cronenberg and Ronsdorf.[1]

## History

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Wuppertal I was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 16 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 75. From 1965 through 1998, it was number 69. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 103. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 102. From the 2025 election, it has been number 101.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Elberfeld, Elberfeld-West, Uellendahl-Katernberg, Vohwinkel, and Cronenberg from the city of Wuppertal. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Election  | No. | Name  | Borders

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1949 | 16 | Wuppertal I  |

* Wuppertal city (only Elberfeld, Elberfeld-West, Uellendahl-Katernberg, Vohwinkel, and Cronenberg districts)

1953 | 75
1957
1961
1965 | 69
1969
1972
1976
1980
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 | 103  |

* Wuppertal city (excluding Cronenberg and Ronsdorf districts)

2005
2009
2013 | 102
2017
2021
2025 | 101

## Members

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The constituency was first represented by Carl Wirths of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) from 1949 to 1957. He was succeeded by Otto Schmidt of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in the 1957 election. Schmidt served until 1965, when Hermann Herberts of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was elected for a single term. Adolf Scheu of the SPD succeeded him in 1969 and served until 1980. He was followed by Rudolf Dreßler until 2002. Manfred Zöllmer was representative from 2002 to 2017. Helge Lindh was elected in 2017.

Election  | Member  | Party  | %

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| 1949 | Carl Wirths | FDP | 39.4
1953 | 50.5
| 1957 | Otto Schmidt | CDU | 53.4
1961 | 39.8
| 1965 | Hermann Herberts | SPD | 45.3
| 1969 | Adolf Scheu | SPD | 50.4
1972 | 50.2
1976 | 42.6
| 1980 | Rudolf Dreßler | SPD | 45.1
1983 | 45.8
1987 | 45.6
1990 | 40.0
1994 | 45.5
1998 | 53.1
| 2002 | Manfred Zöllmer | SPD | 49.9
2005 | 47.9
2009 | 35.8
2013 | 40.7
| 2017 | Helge Lindh | SPD | 31.5
2021 | 37.3
2025 | 33.6

## Election results

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### 2025 election

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Federal election (2025): Wuppertal 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  | %  | ±%
| SPD | Y Helge Lindh | 50,907  | 33.6  |  3.7  | 30,704  | 20.2  |  9.0
| CDU | Thomas Haldenwang | 36,841  | 24.3  |  2.2  | 35,829  | 23.5  |  2.6
| AfD | Frank Schnaack  | 27,707  | 18.3  |  10.0  | 27,299  | 17.9  |  9.6
| Left | Till Sörensen-Siebel  | 13,852  | 9.1  |  4.5  | 18,608  | 12.2  |  6.7
| Greens | Anja Liebert | 13,033  | 8.6  |  4.5  | 19,165  | 12.6  |  4.9
| BSW |   | 8,248  | 5.4  |
| FDP | René Schunck  | 4,563  | 3.0  |  6.5  | 6,286  | 4.1  |  6.9
| Tierschutzpartei |   | 1,923  | 1.3  |  0.2
| Volt | Samuel Scholz  | 1,913  | 1.3  |  0.6  | 1,169  | 0.8  |  0.3
| FW | Henrik Dahlmann  | 1,805  | 1.2  |  0.1  | 670  | 0.4  |  0.2
| Independent | Reiner Füllmich  | 1,051  | 0.7  |  |
| PARTEI |  |  |  |  1.8  | 890  | 0.6  |  0.6
| dieBasis |  |  |  |  1.4  | 354  | 0.2  |  1.0
| Team Todenhöfer |   | 326  | 0.2  |  1.0
| PdF |   | 249  | 0.2  |  0.1
| BD |   | 149  | 0.1  |
| MERA25 |   | 98  | 0.1  |
| MLPD |  |  |  |  0.1  | 93  | 0.1  |  0.0
| Values |   | 91  | 0.1  |
| Pirates |   |  |  |  0.4
| Gesundheitsforschung |   |  |  |  0.1
| Humanists |   |  |  |  0.1
| Bündnis C |   |  |  |  0.1
| ÖDP |   |  |  |  0.1
| SGP |   |  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 1,442  |  |  | 963  |  |
Total valid votes | 151,672  |  |  | 152,151  |  |
Turnout | 153,114  | 78.9  |  5.5  |
| SPD hold | Majority | 14,066  | 9.3  |  |

### 2021 election

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Federal election (2021): Wuppertal 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 | Y Helge Lindh | 54,065  | 37.3  |  5.8  | 42,421  | 29.2  |  3.1
| CDU | Caroline Lünenschloss  | 31,960  | 22.0  |  7.6  | 30,527  | 21.0  |  5.5
| Greens | Anja Liebert | 18,932  | 13.1  |  5.6  | 25,388  | 17.5  |  8.9
| FDP | Manfred Todtenhausen | 13,756  | 9.5  |  0.8  | 15,970  | 11.0  |  1.4
| AfD | Martin Liedtke-Bentlage  | 11,995  | 8.3  |  2.8  | 12,090  | 8.3  |  2.7
| Left | Till Sörensen-Siebel  | 6,742  | 4.7  |  4.2  | 8,055  | 5.5  |  5.3
| Tierschutzpartei |   | 2,159  | 1.5  |  0.6
| Team Todenhöfer |   | 1,713  | 1.2  |
| PARTEI | Thomas Hofmann  | 2,665  | 1.8  |  0.1  | 1,674  | 1.2  |  0.1
| dieBasis | Alexander Grefarth  | 2,068  | 1.4  |  | 1,733  | 1.2  |
| FW | Henrik Dahlmann  | 1,544  | 1.1  |  | 964  | 0.7  |  0.4
| Volt | Lars Herbold  | 1,028  | 0.7  |  | 732  | 0.5  |
| Pirates |   | 533  | 0.4  |  0.2
| LIEBE  |  | 167  | 0.1  |
| NPD |   | 167  | 0.1  |  0.1
| Gesundheitsforschung |   | 152  | 0.1  |  0.0
| LfK  |  | 129  | 0.1  |
| V-Partei3 |   | 126  | 0.1  |  0.0
| Humanists |   | 123  | 0.1  |  0.0
| MLPD | Nuran Cakmakli-Kraft  | 203  | 0.1  |  0.0  | 122  | 0.1  |  0.0
| Bündnis C |   | 115  | 0.1  |
| ÖDP |   | 97  | 0.1  |  0.1
| du. |   | 78  | 0.1  |
| DKP |   | 58  | 0.0  |  0.0
| PdF  |  | 49  | 0.0  |
| SGP |   | 30  | 0.0  |  0.0
| LKR |   | 27  | 0.0  |
Informal votes  | 1,741  |  |  | 1,300  |  |
Total valid votes | 144,958  |  |  | 145,399  |  |
Turnout | 146,699  | 72.4  |  0.4  |
| SPD hold | Majority | 22,105  | 15.3  |  13.4  |

### 2017 election

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Federal election (2017): Wuppertal 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  | %  | ±%
| SPD | Helge Lindh | 46,657  | 31.5  |  9.2  | 38,696  | 26.0  |  6.4
| CDU | Rainer Spiecker  | 43,814  | 29.6  |  7.0  | 39,341  | 26.5  |  6.5
| AfD | Dietmar Gedig  | 16,339  | 11.0  |  | 16,431  | 11.1  |  6.9
| Left | Bernhard Sander  | 13,120  | 8.9  |  1.2  | 16,100  | 10.8  |  2.2
| FDP | Manfred Todtenhausen | 12,910  | 8.7  |  5.7  | 18,437  | 12.4  |  6.7
| Greens | Sylvia Meyer  | 10,987  | 7.4  |  0.3  | 12,754  | 8.6  |  1.4
| PARTEI | Julia Wiedow  | 2,536  | 1.7  |  | 1,504  | 1.0  |  0.3
| Tierschutzpartei |   | 1,250  | 0.8  |
| Pirates | Stefan Kottas  | 1,407  | 1.0  |  2.0  | 839  | 0.6  |  1.9
| AD-DEMOKRATEN  |  | 816  | 0.5  |
| NPD |   | 376  | 0.3  |  0.9
| FW |   | 320  | 0.2  |  0.1
| DM  |  | 252  | 0.2  |
| DiB |  | 228  | 0.2  |
| BGE |   | 202  | 0.1  |
| MLPD | Fritz Ullmann  | 236  | 0.2  |  | 194  | 0.1  |  0.0
| ÖDP |   | 183  | 0.1  |  0.0
| V-Partei³ |  | 163  | 0.1  |
| Die Humanisten |  | 151  | 0.1  |
| Gesundheitsforschung |  | 137  | 0.1  |
| Volksabstimmung  |  | 135  | 0.1  |  0.1
| DKP |   | 46  | 0.0  |
| SGP |  | 12  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 1,944  |  |  | 1,383  |  |
Total valid votes | 148,006  |  |  | 148,567  |  |
Turnout | 149,950  | 72.0  |  3.6  |
| SPD hold | Majority | 2,843  | 1.9  |  2.2  |

### 2013 election

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Federal election (2013): Wuppertal 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 | Y Manfred Zöllmer  | 58,407  | 40.7  |  4.9  | 46,638  | 32.4  |  5.0
| CDU | Peter Hintze | 52,427  | 36.6  |  2.3  | 47,470  | 33.0  |  4.4
| Left | Bernhard Sander  | 10,992  | 7.7  |  2.8  | 12,499  | 8.7  |  3.0
| Greens | Hermann E. Ott  | 10,198  | 7.1  |  2.2  | 14,318  | 9.9  |  2.8
| FDP | Manfred Todtenhausen  | 4,314  | 3.0  |  5.3  | 8,198  | 5.7  |  7.9
| AfD |   | 5,989  | 4.2  |
| Pirates | Franz Rudolf Büning  | 4,264  | 3.0  |  | 3,561  | 2.5  |  0.5
| NPD | Michael Schnorr  | 2,803  | 2.0  |  0.3  | 1,620  | 1.1  |  0.1
| PARTEI |   | 962  | 0.7  |
| PRO |  | 473  | 0.3  |
| FW |   | 440  | 0.3  |
| REP |   | 390  | 0.3  |  0.5
| Volksabstimmung  |  | 311  | 0.2  |  0.1
| Nichtwahler  |  | 227  | 0.2  |
| ÖDP |   | 202  | 0.1  |  0.1
| BIG  |  | 187  | 0.1  |
| MLPD |   | 131  | 0.1  |  0.0
| Party of Reason |  | 126  | 0.1  |
| Die Rechte |  | 79  | 0.1  |
| RRP  |  | 61  | 0.0  |  0.1
| PSG |  | 37  | 0.0  |  0.0
| BüSo |  | 19  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 2,520  |  |  | 1,987  |  |
Total valid votes | 143,405  |  |  | 143,938  |  |
Turnout | 145,925  | 68.5  |  1.5  |
| SPD hold | Majority | 5,980  | 4.1  |  2.6  |

### 2009 election

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Federal election (2009): Wuppertal 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 Manfred Zöllmer  | 51,180  | 35.8  |  12.1  | 39,244  | 27.4  |  13.0
| CDU | Peter Hintze | 49,021  | 34.3  |  1.2  | 40,972  | 28.6  |  0.2
| Left | Bernhard Sander  | 15,003  | 10.5  |  4.7  | 16,743  | 11.7  |  4.6
| Greens | Hermann E. Ott  | 13,308  | 9.3  |  4.6  | 18,285  | 12.8  |  3.5
| FDP | Manfred Todtenhausen | 11,852  | 8.3  |  4.0  | 19,458  | 13.6  |  2.9
| Pirates |   | 2,880  | 2.0  |
| NPD | Michael Schnorr  | 2,337  | 1.6  |  0.3  | 1,537  | 1.1  |  0.1
| REP |   | 1,098  | 0.8  |  0.0
| Tierschutzpartei |   | 1,009  | 0.7  |  0.1
| FAMILIE |  | 629  | 0.4  |  0.0
| RENTNER  |  | 533  | 0.4  |
| RRP  |  | 189  | 0.1  |
| Volksabstimmung  |  | 169  | 0.1  |  0.0
| ÖDP |   | 128  | 0.1  |
| MLPD | Helmut Böhmler  | 287  | 0.2  |  | 114  | 0.1  |  0.0
| DVU |   | 78  | 0.1  |
| Centre |   | 56  | 0.0  |  0.0
| PSG |  | 27  | 0.0  |  0.0
| BüSo |  | 25  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 2,101  |  |  | 1,915  |  |
Total valid votes | 142,988  |  |  | 143,174  |  |
Turnout | 145,089  | 67.0  |  8.4  |
| SPD hold | Majority | 2,159  | 1.5  |  10.9  |

### 2005 election

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Federal election (2005): Wuppertal 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 Manfred Zöllmer  | 78,426  | 47.9  |  2.1  | 66,241  | 40.4  |  2.4
| CDU | Peter Goal  | 58,192  | 35.5  |  1.9  | 47,248  | 28.8  |  1.3
| Left | Gerd-Peter Zielenzinski  | 9,454  | 5.8  |  4.0  | 11,629  | 7.1  |  5.0
| Greens | Sebastian Sewerin  | 7,720  | 4.7  |  1.2  | 15,229  | 9.3  |  2.2
| FDP | Peter Engelmann  | 7,008  | 4.3  |  2.9  | 17,473  | 10.6  |  0.1
| NPD | Sascha Guderian  | 2,106  | 1.3  |  | 1,542  | 0.9  |  0.6
| REP |   | 1,186  | 0.7  |  0.1
| GRAUEN |   | 1,095  | 0.7  |  0.3
| Tierschutzpartei |   | 943  | 0.6  |  0.1
| PARTEI | Uwe Becker  | 943  | 0.6  |  |
| Familie |   | 719  | 0.4  |  0.2
| PBC |   | 290  | 0.1  |  0.1
| From Now on... Democracy Through Referendum |   | 184  | 0.1  |
| MLPD |   | 114  | 0.1  |
| Socialist Equality Party |   | 86  | 0.1  |
| Centre |   | 47  | 0.0  |
| BüSo |   | 50  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 2,526  |  |  | 2,299  |  |
Total valid votes | 163,849  |  |  | 164,076  |  |
Turnout | 166,375  | 75.4  |  1.7  |
| SPD hold | Majority | 20,234  | 12.4  |  |

## References

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

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