Kleve (electoral district)

111 Kleve
111 Kleve
Electoral district; for the Bundestag
	Kleve in 2025
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	312,500 (2019)
Electorate	225,463 (2021)
Major settlements	Kleve; Goch; Geldern
Area	1,233.0 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CDU
Member	Stefan Rouenhoff
Elected	2017, 2021, 2025

51°39′09″N 6°15′32″E / 51.652363°N 6.258809°E / 51.652363; 6.258809

StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia

Population312,500 (2019)

Electorate225,463 (2021)

Major settlementsKleve
Goch
Geldern

Kleve 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 111. It is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the district of Kleve.^[1]

Kleve was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Stefan Rouenhoff of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).^[2]

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Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	26	Geldern – Kleve	Geldern district Kleve district
1953	85
1957
1961
1965	83	Kleve	Geldern district Kleve district Moers district (only Rheinberg, Xanten, Alpen, and Sonsbeck municipalities)
1969
1972
1976
1980	81		Kleve district
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	113
2005
2009
2013	112
2017
2021
2025	111

	Member	Party	%
1949	Martin Frey	CDU	60.0
1953	Emil Solke	CDU	73.1
1957	Emil Solke	CDU	75.6
1961	Felix von Vittinghoff-Schell	CDU	70.6
1965	Felix von Vittinghoff-Schell	CDU	68.2
1969	Emil Solke	CDU	63.5
1972	Emil Solke	CDU	58.7
1976	Jochen van Aerssen	CDU	60.3
1980	Jochen van Aerssen	CDU	55.5
1983	Heinrich Seesing	CDU	60.2
1987			55.2
1990			52.5
1994	Ronald Pofalla	CDU	50.9
1998			47.3
2002			46.1
2005			50.3
2009			48.9
2013			50.9
2017	Stefan Rouenhoff	CDU	45.0
2021			37.6
2025			41.2

Federal election (2025): Kleve^[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 Stefan Rouenhoff		74,631	41.2	3.6	66,214	36.5	4.2
	SPD	Bodo Wißen		39,191	21.6	6.8	34,003	18.8	9.4
	AfD	Sven Elbers		28,974	16.0	10.2	29,096	16.0	10.4
	Greens	Olaf Plotke		16,447	9.1	4.8	18,986	10.5	3.4
	Left	Jolanda Douven		10,755	5.9	3.4	11,625	6.4	3.6
	FDP	Daniel Rütter		6,098	3.4	5.4	8,100	4.5	7.0
	BSW						6,094	3.4
	Volt	Fabian Schuchert		2,499	1.4		1,146	0.6	0.4
	FW	Maciej Klawczynski		2,429	1.3	0.7	1,338	0.7	0.1
	Tierschutzpartei						2,421	1.3	0.1
	PARTEI						891	0.5	0.4
	dieBasis					1.1	443	0.2	0.7
	PdF						328	0.2	0.1
	Team Todenhöfer						252	0.1	0.0
	BD						213	0.1
	Values						90	0.0
	MERA25						43	0.0
	MLPD						32	0.0	0.0
	Pirates								0.4
	Gesundheitsforschung								0.1
	Humanists								0.1
	ÖDP								0.1
	Bündnis C								0.0
	SGP							0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,351			1,060
Total valid votes				181,024			181,315
Turnout				182,375	81.5	5.7
	CDU hold		Majority	35,440	19.6

Federal election (2021): Kleve^[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 Stefan Rouenhoff		63,701	37.6	7.4	54,793	32.3	9.3
	SPD	Bodo Wißen		48,142	28.4	2.2	47,837	28.2	4.7
	Greens	Friederike Janitza		23,477	13.9	8.9	23,587	13.9	7.9
	FDP	Georg Cluse		14,821	8.7	1.2	19,542	11.5	2.0
	AfD	Gerd Plorin		9,788	5.8	0.8	9,632	5.7	1.3
	Left	Norbert Hayduk		4,235	2.5	1.7	4,728	2.8	2.8
	Tierschutzpartei						2,386	1.4	0.7
	FW	Adriana Hellmann		3,409	2.0	1.1	1,488	0.9	0.5
	dieBasis	Andreas Reiß		1,892	1.1		1,628	1.0
	PARTEI						1,438	0.8	0.3
	Pirates						605	0.4	0.0
	Volt						396	0.2
	Team Todenhöfer						297	0.2
	LIEBE						241	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						224	0.1	0.0
	LfK						167	0.1
	NPD						150	0.1	0.1
	Humanists						121	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP						115	0.1	0.0
	V-Partei3						107	0.1	0.0
	du.						77	0.0
	Bündnis C						60	0.0
	PdF						60	0.0
	MLPD						28	0.0	0.0
	LKR						28	0.0
	DKP						17	0.0	0.0
	SGP						15	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,628			1,326
Total valid votes				169,465			169,767
Turnout				171,093	75.9	1.1
	CDU hold		Majority	15,559	9.2	5.2

Federal election (2017): Kleve^[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	Stefan Rouenhoff		75,375	45.0	5.9	69,700	41.6	7.0
	SPD	Barbara Hendricks		51,197	30.6	2.5	39,316	23.5	3.6
	FDP	Ralf Klapdor		12,692	7.6	4.4	22,687	13.5	7.9
	AfD	Gerd Plorin		11,019	6.6	3.2	11,621	6.9	3.0
	Greens	Bruno Jöbkes		8,230	4.9	0.9	10,098	6.0	0.1
	Left	Ferdinand Niemann		7,096	4.2		9,366	5.6	1.0
	Tierschutzpartei						1,170	0.7
	PARTEI						969	0.6	0.3
	FW	Stephan Heintze		1,606	1.0		614	0.4	0.2
	Pirates						560	0.3	1.7
	NPD						330	0.2	0.6
	V-Partei³						171	0.1
	Independent	Willi Bovenkerk		168	0.1
	DiB						165	0.1
	ÖDP						157	0.1	0.0
	Gesundheitsforschung						142	0.1
	BGE						135	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						125	0.1	0.1
	DM						120	0.1
	Die Humanisten						73	0.0
	MLPD						63	0.0	0.0
	AD-DEMOKRATEN						56	0.0
	DKP						15	0.0
	SGP						5	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,674			1,399
Total valid votes				167,383			167,658
Turnout				169,057	74.8	3.1
	CDU hold		Majority	24,178	14.4	3.4

Kleve (electoral district)

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2017 election

2013 election

2009 election

2005 election

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111 Kleve
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Kleve in 2025
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	312,500 (2019)
Electorate	225,463 (2021)
Major settlements	Kleve Goch Geldern
Area	1,233.0 km²
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CDU
Member	Stefan Rouenhoff
Elected	2017, 2021, 2025

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