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Oberbergischer Kreis (electoral district)

Oberbergischer Kreis 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 98. It is located in southern North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the Oberbergischer Kreis district.[1]

98 Oberbergischer Kreis
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Oberbergischer Kreis in 2025
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Population272,100 (2019)
Electorate206,640 (2021)
Major settlementsGummersbach
Wiehl
Radevormwald
Area918.8 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
PartyCDU
MemberCarsten Brodesser
Elected2017, 2021

Oberbergischer Kreis was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Carsten Brodesser of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]

Geography

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Oberbergischer Kreis is located in southern North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Oberbergischer Kreis district.[1]

History

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Oberbergischer Kreis was created in 1949. It was named Oberbergischer Kreis upon its creation, but renamed to Oberbergischer Kreis – Siegkreis II in the 1965 and 1969 elections. In the 1972 and 1976 elections, it was named Oberbergischer Kreis – Rhein-Sieg-Kreis II. It returned to its current name in the 1980 election. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 12 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 71. From 1965 through 1976, it was number 65. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 66. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 100. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 99. From the 2025 election, it has been number 98.

Originally, it was coterminous with the Oberbergischer Kreis district. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it also contained the entirety of Siegkreis district (Rhein-Sieg-Kreis district from 1972) excluding the modern municipalities of Bad Honnef, Königswinter, Niederkassel, Troisdorf, and Sankt Augustin. It acquired its current borders in the 1980 election.

Election No. Name Borders
1949 12 Oberbergischer Kreis
1953 71
1957
1961
1965 65 Oberbergischer Kreis – Siegkreis II
1969
1972 Oberbergischer Kreis – Rhein-Sieg-Kreis II
1976
1980 66 Oberbergischer Kreis
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 100
2005
2009
2013 99
2017
2021
2025 98

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 August Dresbach 1949 to 1965, followed by Gustav Stein until 1972. Horst Waffenschmidt was elected in 1972 and served until 1998. The Social Democratic Party (SPD)'s candidate Friedhelm Julius Beucher won the constituency in 1998, but the CDU regained it in 2002. Klaus-Peter Flosbach then represented it until 2017. Carsten Brodesser of the CDU was elected as representative in 2017 and re-elected in 2021.

Election Member Party %
1949 August Dresbach CDU 37.0
1953 43.5
1957 56.0
1961 45.0
1965 Gustav Stein CDU 51.9
1969 45.7
1972 Horst Waffenschmidt CDU 47.7
1976 51.7
1980 49.1
1983 55.0
1987 50.3
1990 50.1
1994 48.8
1998 Friedhelm Julius Beucher SPD 44.9
2002 Klaus-Peter Flosbach CDU 45.2
2005 49.1
2009 48.4
2013 52.2
2017 Carsten Brodesser CDU 43.7
2021 33.9

Election results

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2021 election

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Federal election (2021): Oberbergischer Kreis[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  Y Carsten Brodesser 53,757 33.9   9.8 44,018 27.7   8.7
SPD Michaela Engelmeier 42,461 26.8   0.1 42,413 26.7   4.1
Greens Sabine Grützmacher 19,015 12.0   5.9 19,959 12.6   6.1
FDP Jörg Von Polheim 15,636 9.9   2.0 19,796 12.5   1.3
AfD Bernd Rummler 15,071 9.5   0.6 15,211 9.6   1.0
Left Diyar Agu 4,587 2.9   2.3 5,153 3.2   3.1
PARTEI Philipp Ernst Wüster 2,887 1.8 1,622 1.0   0.3
dieBasis Markos Pavlidis 2,847 1.8 2,809 1.8
Tierschutzpartei   2,426 1.5   0.7
FW Christian Abstoß 2,246 1.4 1,434 0.9   0.7
Bündnis C   699 0.4
Pirates   652 0.4   0.0
Team Todenhöfer   635 0.4
Volt   403 0.3
LIEBE 236 0.1
Gesundheitsforschung   221 0.1   0.0
ÖDP   183 0.1   0.0
LfK 178 0.1
NPD   153 0.1   0.1
PdF 110 0.1
Humanists   104 0.1   0.0
V-Partei3   89 0.1   0.0
du.   78 0.0
LKR   34 0.0
MLPD   25 0.0   0.0
SGP   18 0.0   0.0
DKP   15 0.0   0.0
Informal votes 1,639 1,472
Total valid votes 158,507 158,674
Turnout 160,146 77.5   2.4
CDU hold Majority 11,296 7.1   9.9

2017 election

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Federal election (2017): Oberbergischer Kreis[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 Carsten Brodesser 67,603 43.7   8.5 56,567 36.5   8.8
SPD Michaela Engelmeier 41,305 26.7   3.4 35,078 22.6   4.4
AfD Stefan Zühlke 15,648 10.1   7.1 16,413 10.6   5.6
FDP Heinz Jörg Kloppenburg 12,123 7.8   5.7 21,353 13.8   8.1
Greens Michael Braun 9,489 6.1   1.0 9,995 6.4   0.5
Left Diyar Agu 7,999 5.2   0.9 9,887 6.4   1.0
Tierschutzpartei   1,238 0.8
PARTEI   1,099 0.7   0.3
Pirates   640 0.4   1.5
AD-DEMOKRATEN 531 0.3
Independent Felix Staratschek 464 0.3
FW   386 0.2   0.0
NPD   328 0.2   0.7
ÖDP   253 0.2   0.0
DM 232 0.1
Volksabstimmung 204 0.1   0.1
DiB 186 0.1
Gesundheitsforschung 175 0.1
BGE   153 0.1
V-Partei³ 148 0.1
Die Humanisten 91 0.1
MLPD   52 0.0   0.0
DKP   16 0.0
SGP 9 0.0   0.0
Informal votes 1,962 1,559
Total valid votes 154,631 155,034
Turnout 156,593 75.1   3.1
CDU hold Majority 26,298 17.0   5.1

2013 election

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Federal election (2013): Oberbergischer Kreis[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 Klaus-Peter Flosbach 77,800 52.2   3.8 67,437 45.3   7.0
SPD Michaela Engelmeier 44,773 30.1   2.3 40,185 27.0   3.0
Greens Michael Braun 7,675 5.2   1.6 10,347 6.9   1.7
Left Georg Hewald 6,373 4.3   2.2 8,055 5.4   2.0
AfD Rolf Plötz 4,455 3.0 7,487 5.0
FDP Jörg von Polheim 3,226 2.2   6.6 8,446 5.7   11.2
Pirates Heiko Knotte 2,769 1.9 2,849 1.9   0.5
NPD Frank Ipach 1,491 1.0   0.2 1,329 0.9   0.0
PARTEI   629 0.4
PRO 473 0.3
FW   364 0.2
Volksabstimmung 363 0.2   0.1
Independent Felix Johannes Staratschek 354 0.2
ÖDP   262 0.2   0.0
Nichtwahler 189 0.1
REP   152 0.1   0.2
Party of Reason 130 0.1
BIG 80 0.1
RRP 72 0.0   0.1
PSG 32 0.0   0.0
MLPD   26 0.0   0.0
Die Rechte 21 0.0
BüSo 18 0.0   0.0
Informal votes 1,983 1,953
Total valid votes 148,916 148,946
Turnout 150,899 72.1   1.0
CDU hold Majority 22,037 22.1   1.5

2009 election

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Federal election (2009): Oberbergischer Kreis[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 Klaus-Peter Flosbach 71,759 48.4   0.7 56,807 38.3   1.6
SPD Michaela Engelmeier 41,165 27.8   10.5 35,604 24.0   10.2
FDP Jörg von Polheim 12,990 8.8   4.6 25,007 16.8   4.2
Greens Andreas Schmitz 10,066 6.8   3.0 12,826 8.6   1.9
Left Axel Hofmann 9,599 6.5   2.9 11,070 7.5   3.0
Pirates   2,035 1.4
NPD Marc-Benedict Kremer 1,734 1.2   0.2 1,317 0.9   0.0
Tierschutzpartei   977 0.7   0.1
FAMILIE 905 0.6   0.1
RENTNER 551 0.4
REP   380 0.3   0.0
ÖDP Felix Johannes Staratschek 458 0.3 264 0.2
Independent Dirk Grabowski 449 0.3
RRP 228 0.2
Volksabstimmung 193 0.1   0.0
DVU   119 0.1
Centre   79 0.1   0.0
BüSo 36 0.0   0.0
PSG 22 0.0   0.0
MLPD   16 0.0   0.0
Informal votes 2,389 2,173
Total valid votes 148,220 148,436
Turnout 150,609 71.1   6.6
CDU hold Majority 30,594 20.6   9.8

References

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  1. ^ a b "Constituency Oberbergischer Kreis". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. ^ "Results for Oberbergischer Kreis". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. ^ Results for Oberbergischer Kreis
  4. ^ Results for Oberbergischer Kreis
  5. ^ Results for Oberbergischer Kreis
  6. ^ Results for Oberbergischer Kreis

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