Gelsenkirchen (electoral district)

122 Gelsenkirchen
122 Gelsenkirchen
Electoral district; for the Bundestag
	Gelsenkirchen in 2025
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	259,600 (2019)
Electorate	168,496 (2021)
Major settlements	Gelsenkirchen
Area	104.9 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	SPD
Member	Markus Töns
Elected	2017, 2021, 2025

StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia

Population259,600 (2019)

Electorate168,496 (2021)

Major settlementsGelsenkirchen

Gelsenkirchen 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 122. It is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the city of Gelsenkirchen.^[1]

Gelsenkirchen was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Markus Töns of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).^[2]

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Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	40	Gelsenkirchen	Gelsenkirchen city
1953	99
1957
1961
1965	97	Gelsenkirchen I	Gelsenkirchen city (only Hassel, Buer, Horst, Heßler, and Rotthausen Stadtteile)
1969
1972
1976
1980	93		Gelsenkirchen city (only Hassel, Mitte, West, and Süd Stadtbezirke)
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	124	Gelsenkirchen	Gelsenkirchen city
2005
2009
2013	123
2017
2021
2025	122

	Member	Party	%
1949	Robert Geritzmann	SPD	36.5
1953			43.5
1957			47.5
1961	Walter Arendt	SPD	48.6
1965	Josef Löbbert	SPD	56.2
1969			58.9
1972			66.2
1976	Heinz Menzel	SPD	63.0
1980	Joachim Poß	SPD	59.9
1983			60.2
1987			59.4
1990			55.9
1994			59.3
1998			65.4
2002			60.3
2005			59.7
2009			54.3
2013			50.5
2017	Markus Töns	SPD	38.3
2021			40.5
2025			31.4

Federal election (2025): Gelsenkirchen^[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 Markus Töns		38,118	31.4	9.1	29,342	24.1	13.0
	AfD	Friedhelm Rikowski		31,302	25.8	11.8	30,032	24.7	11.9
	CDU	Sascha Kurth		28,051	23.1	3.3	27,665	22.7	2.9
	Left	Martin Gatzemier		10,246	8.4	5.2	11,485	9.4	6.0
	Greens	Irene Mihalic		7,379	6.1	4.1	7,944	6.5	3.5
	BSW						6,174	5.1
	FDP	Marco Buschmann		4,038	3.3	4.8	3,682	3.0	5.7
	Tierschutzpartei						2,359	1.9	0.4
	FW	Frank Perlik		1,720	1.4	0.5	626	0.5	0.1
	PARTEI					1.7	685	0.6	0.6
	MLPD	Lisa Gärtner		599	0.5	0.2	239	0.2	0.0
	Volt						444	0.4	0.2
	Team Todenhöfer						442	0.4	1.2
	dieBasis					1.0	191	0.2	0.5
	PdF						167	0.1	0.1
	BD						142	0.1
	MERA25						100	0.1
	Values						57	0.0	0.0
	Pirates								0.4
	Gesundheitsforschung								0.2
	Humanists								0.1
	Bündnis C								0.0
	ÖDP							0.0	0.0
	SGP							0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,223			900
Total valid votes				121,453			121,776
Turnout				122,676	74.5	7.8
	SPD hold		Majority	6,816	5.6

Federal election (2021): Gelsenkirchen^[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 Markus Töns		44,965	40.5	2.1	41,326	37.1	3.7
	CDU	Laura Rosen		21,954	19.8	5.6	22,091	19.9	2.6
	AfD	Jörg Schneider		15,555	14.0	2.9	14,204	12.8	4.3
	Greens	Irene Mihalic		11,286	10.2	5.5	11,170	10.0	5.4
	FDP	Marco Buschmann		9,014	8.1	1.4	9,721	8.7	0.4
	Left	Ayten Kaplan		3,559	3.2	3.3	3,853	3.5	3.9
	Tierschutzpartei						2,572	2.3	1.2
	Team Todenhöfer						1,753	1.6
	PARTEI	Claudia Kapuschinski		1,904	1.7		1,245	1.1	0.3
	dieBasis	Frank Lustig		1,118	1.0		775	0.7
	FW	Frank Perlik		1,054	0.9	0.1	723	0.6	0.3
	Pirates						394	0.4	0.1
	MLPD	Lisa Gärtner		356	0.3	0.2	222	0.2	0.1
	Independent	Ronald Wetklo		319	0.3
	Volt						186	0.2
	LIEBE						184	0.2
	NPD						181	0.2	0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung						176	0.2	0.0
	LfK						128	0.1
	V-Partei3						70	0.1	0.0
	Humanists						69	0.1	0.0
	Bündnis C						55	0.0
	ÖDP						51	0.0	0.0
	du.						51	0.0
	DKP						28	0.0	0.0
	PdF						22	0.0
	LKR						21	0.0
	SGP						13	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,233			1,033
Total valid votes				111,084			111,284
Turnout				112,317	66.7	1.5
	SPD hold		Majority	23,011	20.7	7.7

Federal election (2017): Gelsenkirchen^[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	Markus Töns		45,017	38.3	12.1	39,524	33.5	10.6
	CDU	Oliver Wittke		29,768	25.4	3.3	26,452	22.4	5.3
	AfD	Jörg Schneider		19,836	16.9	13.1	20,113	17.0	12.3
	FDP	Marco Buschmann		7,864	6.7	5.0	10,834	9.2	6.2
	Left	Ingrid Remmers		7,614	6.5	0.4	8,703	7.4	0.2
	Greens	Irene Mihalic		5,444	4.6	1.0	5,489	4.6	0.8
	AD-DEMOKRATEN						1,904	1.6
	Tierschutzpartei						1,273	1.1
	PARTEI						1,010	0.9	0.5
	Pirates						550	0.5	1.7
	FW	Iris Häger		1,276	1.1	0.5	461	0.4	0.0
	NPD						417	0.4	1.8
	MLPD	Lisa Ursula Gärtner		602	0.5	0.1	384	0.3	0.0
	Gesundheitsforschung						163	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						132	0.1	0.1
	BGE						115	0.1
	ÖDP						109	0.1	0.0
	V-Partei³						109	0.1
	DiB						100	0.1
	DM						86	0.1
	Die Humanisten						75	0.1
	DKP						39	0.0
	SGP						24	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,993			1,348
Total valid votes				117,421			118,066
Turnout				119,414	68.2	2.9
	SPD hold		Majority	15,249	12.9	9.0

Gelsenkirchen (electoral district)

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122 Gelsenkirchen
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Gelsenkirchen in 2025
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	259,600 (2019)
Electorate	168,496 (2021)
Major settlements	Gelsenkirchen
Area	104.9 km²
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	SPD
Member	Markus Töns
Elected	2017, 2021, 2025

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