Euskirchen – Rhein-Erft-Kreis II

Euskirchen – Rhein-Erft-Kreis 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 91. It is located in southwestern North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the Euskirchen district and part of the Rhein-Erft-Kreis district.

91 Euskirchen – Rhein-Erft-Kreis II
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Euskirchen – Rhein-Erft-Kreis II in 2025
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	324,100 (2019)
Electorate	249,198 (2021)
Major settlements	Euskirchen Erftstadt Brühl (Rhineland)
Area	1,428.1 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CDU
Member	Detlef Seif
Elected	2009, 2013, 2017, 2021

Euskirchen – Rhein-Erft-Kreis II was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2009, it has been represented by Detlef Seif of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

Geography

Euskirchen – Rhein-Erft-Kreis II is located in southwestern North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Euskirchen district as well as the municipalities of Brühl, Erftstadt, and Wesseling from the Rhein-Erft-Kreis district.

History

Euskirchen – Rhein-Erft-Kreis II was created in 1949, then known as Bergheim – Euskirchen. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was named Bergheim (Erft) – Euskirchen. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it was named Bergheim (Erft). In the 1976 election, it was named Erftkreis II. In the 1980 through 2009 elections, it was named Euskirchen – Erftkreis II. It acquired its current name in the 2013 election. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 5 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 64. From 1965 through 1976, it was number 57. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 58. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 93. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 92. From the 2025 election, it has been number 91.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Euskirchen and Bergheim (Erft). In the 1976 election, it comprised the district of Euskirchen and the municipalities of Erftstadt, Bergheim, and Kerpen from the Erftkreis district. It acquired its current borders in the 1980 election. The Erftkreis district was renamed Rhein-Erft-Kreis in 2003, but the constituency's borders did not change.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	5	Bergheim – Euskirchen	Euskirchen district Bergheim (Erft) district
1953	64	Bergheim (Erft) – Euskirchen
1957
1961
1965	57	Bergheim (Erft)
1969
1972
1976		Erftkreis II	Euskirchen district Erftkreis district (only Erftstadt, Bergheim, and Kerpen municipalities)
1980	58	Euskirchen – Erftkreis II	Euskirchen district Erftkreis district (only Brühl, Erftstadt, and Wesseling municipalities)
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	93
2005			Euskirchen district Rhein-Erft-Kreis district (only Brühl, Erftstadt, and Wesseling municipalities)
2009
2013	92	Euskirchen – Rhein-Erft-Kreis II
2017
2021
2025	91

Members

The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation. It was first held by Johannes Even from 1949 to 1965, followed by Hans Verbeek and Karl Gatzen each for a single term. Peter Milz was elected in 1972 and served until 1987. Wolf Bauer then served until 2009. Detlief Sief was elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2013, 2017, and 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Johannes Even	CDU	47.8
	1953			56.3
	1957			61.7
	1961			57.0
	1965	Hans Verbeek	CDU	56.0
	1969	Karl Gatzen	CDU	48.5
	1972	Peter Milz	CDU	48.8
	1976			50.5
	1980			49.6
	1983			55.4
	1987	Wolf Bauer	CDU	50.8
	1990			47.5
	1994			48.0
	1998			46.8
	2002			44.9
	2005			46.3
	2009	Detlef Seif	CDU	43.6
	2013			50.9
	2017			42.8
	2021			34.6

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Euskirchen – Rhein-Erft-Kreis II
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 Detlef Seif		65,981	34.6	8.3	58,081	30.4	5.4
	SPD	Dagmar Andres		50,892	26.7	0.5	50,949	26.6	3.3
	Greens	Marion Sand		25,005	13.1	7.3	26,161	13.7	7.0
	FDP	Markus Herbrand		19,805	10.4	0.5	23,314	12.2	2.5
	AfD	Rüdiger Lucassen		14,999	7.9	1.6	14,894	7.8	2.1
	Left	Stefan Söhngen		4,993	2.6	3.2	5,730	3.0	3.1
	Human Environment Animal Protection						2,828	1.5	0.6
	FW	Jörg Esser		2,724	1.4		1,628	0.9	0.5
	PARTEI	Jan-Luis Wolter		2,690	1.4		1,631	0.9	0.2
	dieBasis	Paulo Jesus Pinto		2,505	1.3		2,187	1.1
	Pirates	Stefano Tuchsherer		1,189	0.6		825	0.4	0.1
	Team Todenhöfer						740	0.4
	Volt						584	0.3
	LIEBE						290	0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung						271	0.1	0.0
	LfK						238	0.1
	NPD						150	0.1	0.2
	Humanists						138	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP						133	0.1	0.0
	V-Partei3						132	0.1	0.0
	Bündnis C						95	0.1
	du.						87	0.0
	PdF						72	0.0
	LKR						52	0.0
	DKP						23	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						22	0.0	0.0
	SGP						19	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,031			1,540
Total valid votes				190,783			191,274
Turnout				192,814	77.4	1.3
	CDU hold		Majority	15,089	7.9	8.8

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Euskirchen – Rhein-Erft-Kreis II
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 Detlef Seif		79,493	42.8	8.1	66,503	35.7	9.3
	SPD	Ute Meiers		48,592	26.2	4.6	43,498	23.4	3.4
	FDP	Markus Herbrand		18,316	9.9	6.4	27,410	14.7	8.1
	AfD	Rüdiger Lucassen		17,650	9.5		18,325	9.8	5.7
	Left	Susanne Schütze-Lülsdorf		10,835	5.8	1.2	11,403	6.1	1.0
	Greens	Hans-Werner Ignatowitz		10,689	5.8	0.0	12,447	6.7	0.5
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,707	0.9
	PARTEI						1,256	0.7	0.2
	Pirates						666	0.4	1.8
	FW						607	0.3	0.0
	NPD						452	0.2	0.7
	AD-DEMOKRATEN						304	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						219	0.1	0.2
	V-Partei³						217	0.1
	BGE						213	0.1
	DiB						206	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						205	0.1
	DM						200	0.1
	ÖDP						175	0.1	0.0
	Die Humanisten						89	0.0
	MLPD						55	0.0	0.0
	DKP						27	0.0
	SGP						12	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,221			1,600
Total valid votes				185,575			186,196
Turnout				187,796	76.1	3.4
	CDU hold		Majority	30,901	16.6	3.5

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Euskirchen – Rhein-Erft-Kreis II
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 Detlef Seif		88,759	50.9	7.3	79,055	45.1	8.4
	SPD	Helga Kühn-Mengel		53,703	30.8	1.8	46,982	26.8	3.3
	Greens	Jörg Kutzer		10,066	5.8	1.3	12,544	7.1	1.6
	Left	Florian Völlger		8,166	4.7	2.1	9,075	5.2	2.4
	FDP	Gabi Molitor		6,101	3.5	8.4	11,611	6.6	11.8
	Pirates	Thomas Winzberg		4,894	2.8		3,826	2.2	0.7
	AfD						7,183	4.1
	NPD	Christiane Jütten		2,589	1.5	0.1	1,702	1.0	0.1
	PARTEI						762	0.4
	FW						576	0.3
	PRO						489	0.3
	Volksabstimmung						473	0.3	0.1
	Nichtwahler						277	0.2
	ÖDP						213	0.1	0.0
	Party of Reason						210	0.1
	REP						191	0.1	0.1
	BIG						96	0.1
	RRP						94	0.1	0.1
	MLPD						35	0.0	0.0
	PSG						33	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						24	0.0	0.0
	Die Rechte						20	0.0
Informal votes				3,940			2,747
Total valid votes				174,278			175,471
Turnout				178,218	72.7	0.9
	CDU hold		Majority	35,056	20.1	5.5

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Euskirchen – Rhein-Erft-Kreis II
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	Detlef Seif		75,290	43.6	2.7	63,653	36.7	0.8
	SPD	Helga Kühn-Mengel		50,035	29.0	10.3	40,709	23.5	11.4
	FDP	Gabi Molitor		20,620	11.9	6.4	32,011	18.5	5.2
	Greens	Dorothee Kroll		12,239	7.1	3.5	15,126	8.7	1.8
	Left	Anita Heinemeyer		11,679	6.8	2.8	13,139	7.6	2.9
	Pirates						2,523	1.5
	NPD	René Rothhanns		2,321	1.3	0.3	1,810	1.0	0.2
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,276	0.7	0.2
	FAMILIE						931	0.5	0.1
	RENTNER						844	0.5
	Independent	Jürgen Theo Schmitz		464	0.3
	REP						420	0.2	0.1
	RRP						326	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						209	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP						160	0.1
	DVU						146	0.1
	Centre						104	0.1	0.0
	MLPD						43	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						40	0.0	0.0
	PSG						24	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				3,421			2,576
Total valid votes				172,648			173,493
Turnout				176,069	71.8	6.6
	CDU hold		Majority	25,255	14.6	7.6