Gütersloh I

130 Gütersloh I
130 Gütersloh I
Electoral district; for the Bundestag
	Gütersloh I in 2025
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	326,900 (2019)
Electorate	234,177 (2021)
Major settlements	Gütersloh; Rheda-Wiedenbrück; Rietberg
Area	866.3 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1980
Party	CDU
Member	Ralph Brinkhaus
Elected	2009, 2013, 2017, 2021, 2025

StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia

Population326,900 (2019)

Electorate234,177 (2021)

Major settlementsGütersloh
Rheda-Wiedenbrück
Rietberg

Gütersloh 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 130. It is located in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising most of the district of Gütersloh.^[1]

Gütersloh I was created for the 1980 federal election. Since 2009, it has been represented by Ralph Brinkhaus of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).^[2]

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Election	No.	Name	Borders
1980	101	Gütersloh	Gütersloh district
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998			Gütersloh district (excluding Werther municipality)
2002	132		Gütersloh district (excluding Werther municipality)
2005			Gütersloh district (excluding Werther and Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock municipalities)
2009
2013	131	Gütersloh I
2017
2021
2025	130

	Member	Party	%
1980	Ottfried Hennig	CDU	51.8
1983			59.1
1987			52.0
1990	Hubert Doppmeier	CDU	48.6
1994	Hubert Deittert	CDU	48.2
1998			46.0
2002			46.2
2005			48.9
2009	Ralph Brinkhaus	CDU	44.7
2013			50.2
2017			46.6
2021			40.0
2025			41.6

Federal election (2025): Gütersloh 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 Ralph Brinkhaus		79,377	41.6	1.6	63,908	33.4	4.0
	SPD	Elvan Korkmaz		40,230	21.1	4.7	34,663	18.1	8.4
	AfD	Kai Röchter		32,668	17.1	9.9	35,110	18.3	10.9
	Greens	Sebastian Stölting		17,265	9.0	3.8	22,189	11.6	4.3
	Left	Margrit Dorn		10,489	5.5	3.1	12,240	6.4	3.5
	BSW						8,059	4.2
	FDP	Patrick Büker		5,941	3.1	4.5	8,477	4.4	7.51.2
	FW	Kai Funke		2,493	1.2	0.1	1,125	0.6	0.2
	Volt	Heinrich Ketteler		1,966	1.0		1,229	0.6	0.4
	Tierschutzpartei						1,908	1.0	0.1
	PARTEI					1.8	956	0.5	0.5
	Independent	Werner Martinschledde		473	0.2
	dieBasis					1.2	423	0.2	0.9
	Team Todenhöfer						325	0.2	0.3
	PdF						318	0.2	0.1
	BD						230	0.1
	Values						127	0.1
	MERA25						54	0.0
	MLPD						30	0.0	0.0
	Pirates								0.3
	Bündnis C								0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung								0.1
	ÖDP								0.1
	Humanists								0.1
	SGP							0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,780			1,311
Total valid votes				190,902			191,371
Turnout				192,682	82.8	6.0
	CDU hold		Majority	39,147	20.5

Federal election (2021): Gütersloh 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 Ralph Brinkhaus		71,185	40.0	6.6	52,421	29.4	9.0
	SPD	Elvan Korkmaz		45,878	25.8	2.3	47,371	26.6	3.6
	Greens	Sebastian Stölting		22,851	12.8	7.1	28,308	15.9	8.0
	FDP	Patrick Büker		13,507	7.6	1.1	21,211	11.9	1.2
	AfD	Axel Nußbaum		12,812	7.2	0.8	13,299	7.5	1.2
	Left	Camila Cirlini		4,284	2.4	1.9	5,173	2.9	3.2
	Tierschutzpartei						1,896	1.1	0.5
	PARTEI	Ann-Katrin Hanneforth		3,149	1.8		1,851	1.0	0.4
	FW	Kai Funke		2,083	1.2	0.4	1,441	0.8	0.4
	dieBasis	René Markmann		2,067	1.2		2,010	1.1
	Team Todenhöfer						750	0.4
	Pirates						613	0.3	0.0
	Volt						378	0.2
	Bündnis C						272	0.2
	Independent	Werner Martinschledde		269	0.2
	LIEBE						263	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						219	0.1	0.0
	LfK						157	0.1
	ÖDP						147	0.1	0.0
	NPD						135	0.1	0.1
	V-Partei3						113	0.1	0.0
	Humanists						97	0.1	0.0
	du.						78	0.0
	PdF						50	0.0
	Independent	Anna Zajonc		37	0.0
	LKR						33	0.0
	DKP						33	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						21	0.0	0.0
	SGP						8	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,604			1,378
Total valid votes				178,122			178,348
Turnout				179,726	76.7	1.3
	CDU hold		Majority	25,307	14.2	4.3

Federal election (2017): Gütersloh 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 Ralph Brinkhaus		81,298	46.6	3.7	67,175	38.4	7.9
	SPD	Elvan Korkmaz		48,942	28.0	5.5	40,104	22.9	5.8
	AfD	Udo Hemmelgarn		13,996	8.0	5.5	15,081	8.6	5.5
	FDP	Philip Winkler		11,401	6.5	4.6	22,848	13.1	8.1
	Greens	Jürgen Wächter		9,992	5.7	0.3	13,817	7.9	0.0
	Left	Shen Ibrahimsadeh		7,582	4.3	0.1	10,595	6.1	1.1
	PARTEI						1,081	0.6	0.4
	Tierschutzpartei						975	0.6
	FW	Bernd Kirmes		1,415	0.8		655	0.4	0.1
	Pirates						595	0.3	1.5
	AD-DEMOKRATEN						454	0.3
	NPD						329	0.2	0.6
	ÖDP						220	0.1	0.1
	DM						178	0.1
	V-Partei³						178	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						167	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						152	0.1	0.0
	BGE						138	0.1
	DiB						130	0.1
	Die Humanisten						77	0.0
	MLPD						47	0.0	0.0
	DKP						21	0.0
	SGP						10	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,082			1,681
Total valid votes				174,626			175,027
Turnout				176,708	75.4	3.1
	CDU hold		Majority	32,356	18.6	2.0

Gütersloh I

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130 Gütersloh I
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Gütersloh I in 2025
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	326,900 (2019)
Electorate	234,177 (2021)
Major settlements	Gütersloh Rheda-Wiedenbrück Rietberg
Area	866.3 km²
Current electoral district
Created	1980
Party	CDU
Member	Ralph Brinkhaus
Elected	2009, 2013, 2017, 2021, 2025

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