Märkischer Kreis II

149 Märkischer Kreis II
149 Märkischer Kreis II
Electoral district; for the Bundestag
	Märkischer Kreis II in 2025
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	268,100 (2019)
Electorate	195,816 (2021)
Major settlements	Iserlohn; Menden; Hemer
Area	611.7 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1980
Party	CDU
Member	Paul Ziemiak
Elected	2021, 2025

StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia

Population268,100 (2019)

Electorate195,816 (2021)

Major settlementsIserlohn
Menden
Hemer

Märkischer Kreis II 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 149. It is located in southern North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the northern part of the Märkischer Kreis district.^[1]

Märkischer Kreis II was created for the 1980 federal election. Since 2002, it has been represented by Paul Ziemiak of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).^[2]

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Election	No.	Name	Borders
1980	123	Märkischer Kreis II	Märkischer Kreis district (only Lüdenscheid, Altena, Meinerzhagen, Kierspe, Plettenberg, Werdohl, Halver, Herscheid, and Schalksmühle municipalities)
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	151		Märkischer Kreis district (excluding Halver, Herscheid, Kierspe, Lüdenscheid, Meinerzhagen, and Schalksmühle municipalities)
2005
2009
2013	150
2017
2021
2025	149

	Member	Party	%
1980	Günter Topmann	SPD	51.0
1983	Wolfgang Lohmann	CDU	47.0
1987	Lisa Seuster	SPD	47.3
1990			45.2
1994			48.8
1998	Dieter Dzewas	SPD	52.0
2002	Dagmar Freitag	SPD	49.7
2005			47.5
2009			41.0
2013			41.7
2017			38.6
2021	Paul Ziemiak	CDU	33.6
2025	Paul Ziemiak	CDU	38.8

Federal election (2025): Märkischer Kreis II^[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 Paul Ziemiak		58,968	38.8	5.2	51,785	34.0	5.7
	SPD	Bettina Lugk		34,522	22.7	7.7	27,788	18.3	11.3
	AfD	Wolfgang Grudda		31,657	20.9	11.8	32,474	21.3	12.2
	Left	Jana Finke		9,917	6.5	3.3	10,286	6.8	3.4
	Greens	Marjan Eggers		8,878	6.5	2.5	11,435	7.5	2.9
	BSW						6,553	4.3
	FDP	Lydia Timmer		4,577	3.0	5.9	6,027	4.0	8.0
	Tierschutzpartei					3.1	2,350	1.5	0.6
	BD	Christof Trippe		1,317	0.9		382	0.3
	Independent	Franz-Josef Schulte		961	0.6
	PARTEI						701	0.5	0.5
	FW					1.4	649	0.4	0.4
	Volt						546	0.4
	dieBasis					1.1	418	0.3	0.8
	Team Todenhöfer						328	0.2	0.4
	PdF						229	0.2	0.1
	Values						103	0.1	0.1
	MERA25						55	0.0
	MLPD						37	0.0	0.0
	Pirates								0.4
	Gesundheitsforschung								0.2
	Humanists								0.1
	Bündnis C								0.1
	ÖDP								0.1
	SGP							0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,324			975
Total valid votes				151,797			152,146
Turnout				153,121	80.1	6.7
	CDU hold		Majority	24,446	16.1

Federal election (2021): Märkischer Kreis II^[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	Paul Ziemiak		47,937	33.6	4.2	40,368	28.3	5.7
	SPD	Bettina Lugk		43,346	30.4	8.2	42,230	29.6	3.8
	AfD	Daniel Bläsing		12,933	9.1		13,082	9.2	2.4
	Greens	Ingo Stuckmann		12,866	9.0	5.3	14,880	10.4	5.5
	FDP	Jochen Lipproß		12,749	8.9	1.8	17,125	12.0	1.4
	Left	Michael Thomas-Lienkämper		4,668	3.3	4.5	4,804	3.4	3.2
	Tierschutzpartei	Michael Siethoff		4,382	3.1		2,994	2.1	1.2
	FW	Hans Herbers		2,004	1.4		1,228	0.9	0.6
	dieBasis	Stefan Radtke		1,575	1.1		1,496	1.0
	PARTEI						1,300	0.9	0.3
	Team Todenhöfer						925	0.5
	Pirates						540	0.4	0.0
	Gesundheitsforschung						245	0.2	0.0
	LIEBE						222	0.2
	Volt						215	0.2
	NPD						185	0.1	0.1
	LfK						154	0.1
	Humanists						111	0.1	0.0
	Bündnis C						105	0.1
	ÖDP						85	0.1	0.0
	V-Partei3						75	0.1	0.0
	du.						68	0.0
	MLPD						52	0.0	0.0
	PdF						46	0.0
	DKP						32	0.0	0.0
	LKR						28	0.0
	SGP						13	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,229			1,081
Total valid votes				142,460			142,608
Turnout				143,689	73.4	0.8
	CDU gain from SPD		Majority	4,591	3.2

Federal election (2017): Märkischer Kreis II^[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	Y Dagmar Freitag		54,890	38.6	3.1	37,193	25.8	6.5
	CDU	Christel Voßbeck-Kayser		53,714	37.8	3.8	49,061	34.0	7.5
	FDP	Michael Schulte		15,221	10.7	8.8	19,328	13.4	8.9
	AfD						16,688	11.6	6.6
	Left	Christian Kißler		11,113	7.8	3.0	9,427	6.5	0.6
	Greens	John Haberle		5,356	3.8	0.6	7,060	4.9	0.7
	Independent	Konrad Maier		1,799	1.3
	Tierschutzpartei						1,262	0.9
	PARTEI						931	0.6	0.2
	AD-DEMOKRATEN						729	0.5
	Pirates						604	0.4	1.9
	FW						421	0.3	0.0
	NPD						352	0.2	0.9
	Gesundheitsforschung						189	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						187	0.1	0.1
	DiB						138	0.1
	ÖDP						134	0.1	0.0
	DM						133	0.1
	BGE						130	0.1
	V-Partei³						111	0.1
	Die Humanisten						59	0.0
	MLPD						56	0.0	0.0
	DKP						15	0.0
	SGP						14	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				3,381			1,252
Total valid votes				142,093			144,222
Turnout				145,474	72.5	2.1
	SPD hold		Majority	1,176	0.8	0.7

Märkischer Kreis II

History

Members

Election results

2025 election

2021 election

2017 election

2013 election

2009 election

2005 election

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149 Märkischer Kreis II
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Märkischer Kreis II in 2025
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	268,100 (2019)
Electorate	195,816 (2021)
Major settlements	Iserlohn Menden Hemer
Area	611.7 km²
Current electoral district
Created	1980
Party	CDU
Member	Paul Ziemiak
Elected	2021, 2025

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