Rendsburg-Eckernförde (electoral district)

4 Rendsburg-Eckernförde
4 Rendsburg-Eckernförde
Electoral district; for the Bundestag
	Rendsburg-Eckernförde in 2025
State	Schleswig-Holstein
Population	252,100 (2019)
Electorate	202,226 (2021)
Major settlements	Rendsburg; Eckernförde
Area	2,165.4 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1976
Party	CDU
Member	Johann Wadephul
Elected	2025

StateSchleswig-Holstein

Population252,100 (2019)

Electorate202,226 (2021)

Major settlementsRendsburg
Eckernförde

Rendsburg-Eckernförde is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the German Bundestag. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 4. It is located in north central Schleswig-Holstein, comprising almost the entirety of the Rendsburg-Eckernförde district.^[1]

Rendsburg-Eckernförde was created for the 1976 federal election. From 2021 to 2025, it has been represented by Sönke Rix of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).^[2] Since 2025 it is been represented by Johann Wadephul of the CDU.

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Election	No.	Name	Borders
1976	4	Rendsburg-Eckernförde	Rendsburg-Eckernförde district
1980
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002			Rendsburg-Eckernförde district (excluding Altenholz and Kronshagen municipalities)
2005
2009
2013
2017
2021
2025

	Member	Party	%
1976	Heide Simonis	SPD	47.7
1980	Heide Simonis	SPD	49.8
1983	Gerhard Stoltenberg	CDU	52.4
1987			48.7
1990			47.4
1994			46.9
1998	Ulrike Mehl	SPD	48.8
2002	Ulrike Mehl	SPD	48.1
2005	Otto Bernhardt	CDU	44.1
2009	Johann Wadephul	CDU	40.2
2013			45.2
2017			42.7
2021	Sönke Rix	SPD	30.8
2025	Johann Wadephul	CDU	32.8

Federal election (2025): Rendsburg-Eckernförde^[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	Johann Wadephul		56,163	32.8	3.1	50,231	29.3	5.3
	SPD	Felix Wilsberg		36,266	21.2	9.6	30,418	17.7	9.1
	AfD	Gereon Bollmann		26,417	15.4	9.1	27,498	16.0	9.5
	Greens	Monika Wegener		20,473	11.9	2.9	25,226	14.7	3.2
	SSW	Maylis Roßberg		11,075	6.5	2.8	10,500	6.1	1.6
	Left	Mark Hintz		8,675	5.1	2.3	10,887	6.3	3.1
	FDP	Wolfgang Kubicki		8,170	4.8	3.3	7,956	4.6	7.4
	BSW						5,463	3.2	New
	PARTEI						1,161	0.7	0.3
	FW	Nicole Andres		1,367	0.8	0.2	992	0.6	0.2
	Volt	Christoph Thurner		1,327	0.8	New	974	0.6	0.4
	Independent	Björn Baasch		500	0.3	New
	Independent	Murat Kisifli		302	0.2	New
	BD	Dieter Schulz		632	0.4	New	298	0.2	New
	MLPD						42	<0.1	0.0
Informal votes				1,152			873
Total valid votes				171,367			171,646
Turnout				172,519	85.1	5.0
	CDU gain from SPD		Majority	19,897	11.6	N/A

Federal election (2021): Rendsburg-Eckernförde^[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	Sönke Rix		49,474	30.8	1.9	43,148	26.8	3.9
	CDU	N Johann Wadephul		47,688	29.7	13.0	38,517	23.9	12.3
	Greens	Jakob Blasel		23,832	14.8	5.9	28,828	17.9	5.5
	FDP	Christine Aschenberg-Dugnus		12,903	8.0	1.6	19,322	12.0	0.2
	AfD	Gereon Bollmann		10,200	6.3	0.5	10,564	6.6	0.8
	SSW	Maylis Roßberg		5,834	3.6		7,304	4.5
	Left	Hauke Schultze		4,416	2.7	2.4	5,163	3.2	3.2
	dieBasis	Holger Thiesen		2,502	1.6		2,375	1.5
	Tierschutzpartei						1,728	1.1
	PARTEI	Nils-H. Saul		2,150	1.3		1,618	1.0	0.1
	FW	Bärbel Kahlund		1,651	1.0	0.0	1,174	0.7	0.1
	Volt						253	0.2
	Team Todenhöfer						244	0.2
	NPD						158	0.1	0.1
	Humanists						136	0.1
	V-Partei3						127	0.1
	ÖDP						122	0.1	0.1
	du.						69	0.1
	LKR						49	0.0
	MLPD						33	0.0	0.0
	DKP						23	0.0
Informal votes				1,410			1,105
Total valid votes				160,650			160,955
Turnout				162,060	80.1	1.8
	SPD gain from CDU		Majority	1,786	1.1

Federal election (2017): Rendsburg-Eckernförde^[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 Johann Wadephul		66,625	42.7	2.5	56,585	36.2	4.6
	SPD	Sönke Rix		45,070	28.9	7.9	35,766	22.9	8.6
	Greens	Claudia Ulrich		13,978	9.0	2.0	19,337	12.4	3.1
	AfD	Gereon Bollmann		10,656	6.8	3.4	11,578	7.4	3.0
	FDP	Christine Aschenberg-Dugnus		10,077	6.5	4.6	19,071	12.2	6.7
	Left	Stefan Karstens		8,074	5.2	1.9	9,962	6.4	2.0
	PARTEI						1,754	1.1
	FW	Hans-Werner Last		1,622	1.0		1,031	0.7	0.2
	BGE						584	0.4
	NPD						307	0.2	0.4
	ÖDP						237	0.2
	MLPD						55	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,252			1,087
Total valid votes				156,102			156,267
Turnout				157,354	78.4	3.1
	CDU hold		Majority	21,555	13.8	5.4

Rendsburg-Eckernförde (electoral district)

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2017 election

2013 election

2009 election

2005 election

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4 Rendsburg-Eckernförde
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Rendsburg-Eckernförde in 2025
State	Schleswig-Holstein
Population	252,100 (2019)
Electorate	202,226 (2021)
Major settlements	Rendsburg Eckernförde
Area	2,165.4 km²
Current electoral district
Created	1976
Party	CDU
Member	Johann Wadephul
Elected	2025

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