Aachen I

Aachen in North Rhine-Westphalia

Aachen I is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the German Bundestag. Part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and including the city of Aachen, the constituency elects one representative under the mixed member proportional representation (MMP) system. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 87. The constituency was created for the 1949 election, the first election in West Germany after World War II. It was called Aachen-Stadt until being renamed Aachen at the 1980 election. It assumed its current name for the 2013 election.

Election results

2009 election

The following table does not list parties which did not contest or gain constituency votes.

Federal election 2009: Aachen[1]

Notes: Green 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.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party Votes % ±%
CDU Rudolf Henke 50,703 39.4% +0.3% 41,146 31.9% -0.9%
SPD Red XN Ulla Schmidt 38,523 29.9% -10.6% 28,937 22.4% -10.8%
Green Jochen Luczak 17,241 13.4% +4.2% 20,765 16.1% +1.7%
FDP Petra Müller 11,554 9.0% +3.5% 19,464 15.1% +3.6%
Left Andrej Hunko 9,520 7.4% +2.5% 10,911 8.5% +2.5%
NPD Oliver Harf 1,088 0.8% +0.1% 789 0.6% 0.0%
Informal votes 1,582 1,194
Total Valid votes 128,629 129,017
Turnout 130,211 73.6% -5.2%
CDU gain from SPD Majority 12,180 9.5%

References

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