Düsseldorf I

105 Düsseldorf I
105 Düsseldorf I
Electoral district; for the Bundestag
	Düsseldorf I in 2025
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	331,800 (2019)
Electorate	220,827 (2021)
Major settlements	Düsseldorf (partial)
Area	129.6 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CDU
Member	Thomas Jarzombek
Elected	2009, 2013, 2017, 2021, 2025

StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia

Population331,800 (2019)

Electorate220,827 (2021)

Major settlementsDüsseldorf (partial)

Düsseldorf 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 105. It is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the northern part of the city of Düsseldorf.^[1]

Düsseldorf I was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2009, it has been represented by Thomas Jarzombek of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).^[2]

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Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	19	Düsseldorf I	Düsseldorf city (only 1, 3 (excluding Oberbilk), 4, 5 (excluding Angermund, Kalkum, and Wittlaer), and 6 (only Lichtenbroich and Unterrath) districts)
1953	78
1957
1961
1965	74		Düsseldorf city (only 1 (only Derendorf, Golzheim, and Pempelfort), 4, 5 (excluding Angermund, Kalkum, and Wittlaer), and 6 (only Lichtenbroich and Unterrath) districts)
1969
1972
1976
1980			Düsseldorf city (only 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, and 7 districts)
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	107
2005
2009
2013	106
2017
2021
2025	105

	Member	Party	%
1949	Robert Lehr	CDU	42.5
1953	Josef Gockeln	CDU	58.0
1957	Josef Gockeln	CDU	59.7
1961	Gottfried Arnold	CDU	48.9
1965			50.5
1969			45.4
1972			43.9
1976			48.7
1980			43.8
1983	Wolfgang Schulhoff	CDU	49.7
1987			45.4
1990			42.6
1994			43.9
1998	Michael Müller	SPD	44.7
2002	Michael Müller	SPD	44.1
2005	Hildegard Müller	CDU	44.6
2009	Thomas Jarzombek	CDU	43.5
2013			47.9
2017			40.4
2021			31.1
2025			36.1

Federal election (2025): Düsseldorf 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	Y Thomas Jarzombek		67,108	36.1	5.0	56,461	30.3	4.6
	SPD	Zanda Martens		39,356	21.2	1.2	32,067	17.2	4.7
	Greens	Anas Al-Qura’an		32,269	17.4	3.8	34,053	18.3	4.4
	AfD	Andrea Kraljic		18,227	9.8	5.8	18,536	9.9	5.6
	Left	Julia Marmulla		13,321	7.2	4.2	17,731	9.5	5.7
	FDP	Moritz Kracht		9,883	5.3	8.6	14,546	7.8	8.1
	BSW						6,791	3.6
	Volt	Jennifer Scharpenberg		3,344	1.8	0.9	1,839	1.0	0.4
	Tierschutzpartei						1,561	0.8	0.1
	FW	Burkhard Harting		1,026	0.6	0.1	469	0.3	0.2
	BD	Alexander Giannakis		839	0.5		249	0.1
	PARTEI					1.5	817	0.4	0.5
	PdF						324	0.2	0.1
	MLPD	Paul Straif		292	0.2	0.1	92	0.0	0.0
	Team Todenhöfer						274	0.1	0.6
	dieBasis					1.0	270	0.1	0.7
	MERA25						108	0.1
	Values						106	0.1
	Pirates								0.3
	Humanists								0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung								0.1
	ÖDP								0.1
	Bündnis C								0.0
	SGP							0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,392			763
Total valid votes				185,665			186,294
Turnout				187,057	83.3	4.0
	CDU hold		Majority	27,752	14.9

Federal election (2021): Düsseldorf 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 Thomas Jarzombek		54,158	31.1	9.3	44,892	25.8	6.3
	SPD	Zanda Martens		38,955	22.4	2.1	38,195	21.9	2.4
	Greens	Frederik Hartmann		36,926	21.2	12.8	39,452	22.6	12.7
	FDP	Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann		24,242	13.9	1.1	27,743	15.9	3.8
	AfD	Andrea Kraljic		7,002	4.0	2.3	7,495	4.3	2.7
	Left	Helmut Born		5,094	2.9	4.4	6,741	3.9	4.7
	Tierschutzpartei						1,635	0.9	0.3
	PARTEI	Jan Knichala		2,531	1.5		1,561	0.9	0.1
	dieBasis	Susanne Bachmann		1,802	1.0		1,535	0.9
	Team Todenhöfer						1,315	0.8
	Volt	Jennifer Scharpenberg		1,546	0.9		1,108	0.6
	FW	Burkhard Harting		1,089	0.6		851	0.5	0.3
	Pirates						516	0.3	0.1
	Independent	Lara Baumanns		423	0.2
	Humanists						165	0.1	0.0
	LfK						147	0.1
	V-Partei3						145	0.1	0.0
	Gesundheitsforschung						143	0.1	0.0
	LIEBE						139	0.1
	ÖDP						110	0.1	0.0
	du.						89	0.1
	NPD						84	0.0	0.1
	PdF						52	0.0
	MLPD	Paul Straif		104	0.1	0.1	49	0.0	0.0
	DKP						45	0.0	0.0
	LKR	Nadin Lindermann		76	0.0		42	0.0
	Bündnis C						42	0.0
	SGP						12	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,162			807
Total valid votes				173,948			174,303
Turnout				175,110	79.3	1.0
	CDU hold		Majority	15,203	8.7	7.2

Federal election (2017): Düsseldorf 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 Thomas Jarzombek		69,273	40.4	7.4	55,052	32.0	8.3
	SPD	Philipp Tacer		41,903	24.4	4.8	33,493	19.5	7.0
	FDP	Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann		21,944	12.8	9.2	33,940	19.7	10.6
	Greens	Paula Elsholz		14,408	8.4	0.2	17,148	10.0	0.5
	Left	Udo Bonn		12,611	7.4	2.1	14,675	8.5	2.1
	AfD	Guido Dietel		10,912	6.4	3.3	12,029	7.0	2.8
	Tierschutzpartei						1,024	0.6
	PARTEI						1,417	0.8	0.5
	Pirates						620	0.4	1.8
	AD-DEMOKRATEN						444	0.3
	DiB						328	0.2
	FW						310	0.2	0.0
	BGE						213	0.1
	NPD						204	0.1	0.4
	V-Partei³						203	0.1
	DM						163	0.1
	Die Humanisten						138	0.1
	ÖDP						130	0.1	0.0
	MLPD	Herbert Nussbaum		336	0.2	0.1	121	0.1	0.0
	Gesundheitsforschung						105	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						93	0.1	0.1
	DKP						46	0.0
	SGP						14	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,560			1,037
Total valid votes				171,387			171,910
Turnout				172,947	78.3	2.9
	CDU hold		Majority	27,370	16.0	2.7

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105 Düsseldorf I
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Düsseldorf I in 2025
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	331,800 (2019)
Electorate	220,827 (2021)
Major settlements	Düsseldorf (partial)
Area	129.6 km²
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CDU
Member	Thomas Jarzombek
Elected	2009, 2013, 2017, 2021, 2025

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