Rhein-Sieg-Kreis I

96 Rhein-Sieg-Kreis I
96 Rhein-Sieg-Kreis I
Electoral district; for the Bundestag
	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis I in 2025
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	314,900 (2019)
Electorate	238,627 (2021)
Major settlements	Troisdorf; Hennef (Sieg); Siegburg
Area	660.7 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CDU
Member	Elisabeth Winkelmeier-Becker
Elected	2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021, 2025

StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia

Population314,900 (2019)

Electorate238,627 (2021)

Major settlementsTroisdorf
Hennef (Sieg)
Siegburg

Rhein-Sieg-Kreis 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 96. It is located in southwestern North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the eastern part of the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis district.^[1]

Rhein-Sieg-Kreis I was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2002, it has been represented by Elisabeth Winkelmeier-Becker of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).^[2]

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Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	11	Siegkreis	Siegkreis district
1953	70
1957
1961
1965	64	Siegkreis I – Bonn-Land	Landkreis Bonn district Siegkreis district (only Bad Honnef, Königswinter, Niederkassel, Troisdorf, and Sankt Augustin municipalities)
1969
1972
1976
1980		Rhein-Sieg-Kreis I	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis district (only Eitorf, Hennef (Sieg), Lohmar, Much, Neunkirchen-Seelscheid, Niederkassel, Ruppichteroth, Siegburg, Troisdorf, and Windeck municipalities)
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	98
2005
2009
2013	97
2017
2021
2025	96

	Member	Party	%
1949	Peter Etzenbach	CDU	37.2
1953			64.8
1957			65.4
1961	Georg Kliesing	CDU	59.1
1965			61.8
1969			54.8
1972			52.6
1976	Franz Möller	CDU	55.6
1980	Adolf Herkenrath	CDU	46.6
1983			54.8
1987			49.6
1990			46.0
1994	Andreas Krautscheid	CDU	45.8
1998	Uwe Göllner	SPD	44.6
2002	Uwe Göllner	SPD	44.2
2005	Elisabeth Winkelmeier-Becker	CDU	45.5
2009			44.9
2013			49.6
2017			44.3
2021			32.6
2025			35.6

Federal election (2025): Rhein-Sieg-Kreis 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 Elisabeth Winkelmeier-Becker		70,350	35.6	3.0	63,340	31.9	4.4
	SPD	Sebastian Hartmann		44,274	22.4	6.1	35,512	17.9	8.6
	AfD	Tobias Ebenberger		34,562	17.5	10.5	34,457	17.4	10.1
	Greens	Rebecca Stümper		22,218	11.2	2.8	24,764	12.5	3.2
	Left	Jason Osterhagen		11,330	5.7	2.4	13,448	6.8	3.4
	BSW						8,457	4.3
	FDP	Niko Gräfrath		8,438	4.3	4.6	9.897	5.0	7.4
	FW	Martin Wunshock		3,318	1.7	0.6	1,251	0.6	0.1
	Volt	Marcel Landsberg		3,101	1.6	1.0	1,712	0.9	0.4
	Tierschutzpartei						2,598	1.3	0.3
	PARTEI					2.1	1,089	0.5	0.6
	dieBasis					1.6	510	0.3	1.1
	PdF						367	0.2	0.2
	Team Todenhöfer						347	0.2	0.3
	BD						270	0.1
	Values						146	0.1
	MERA25						66	0.0
	MLPD						43	0.0	0.0
	Pirates								0.4
	Gesundheitsforschung								0.1
	Bündnis C								0.1
	ÖDP								0.1
	Humanists								0.1
	SGP							0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,772			1,089
Total valid votes				197,591			198,274
Turnout				199,363	83.7	4.8
	CDU hold		Majority	26,076	13.2

Federal election (2021): Rhein-Sieg-Kreis 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 Elisabeth Winkelmeier-Becker		60,776	32.6	11.7	51,474	27.6	6.6
	SPD	Sebastian Hartmann		53,213	28.5	0.9	49,529	26.5	4.1
	Greens	Lisa Anschütz		26,270	14.1	7.6	29,305	15.7	8.2
	FDP	Ralph Lorenz		16,604	8.9	1.5	23,122	12.4	2.5
	AfD	Hans Günter Eifler		13,045	7.0		13,604	7.3	2.7
	Left	Alexander Neu		6,242	3.3	4.8	6,353	3.4	3.7
	Tierschutzpartei						3,021	1.6	0.8
	PARTEI	Andreas Langel		3,828	2.1		2,067	1.1	0.2
	dieBasis	Ellen Hölzer		2,951	1.6		2,583	1.4
	FW	Andreas Irion		1,929	1.0		1,392	0.7	0.5
	Team Todenhöfer						921	0.5
	Volt	Christian Sontag		1,006	0.5		921	0.5
	Pirates						804	0.4	0.0
	Volksabstimmung	Helmut Fleck		602	0.3	2.7
	LIEBE						278	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						223	0.1	0.0
	Bündnis C						220	0.1
	NPD						164	0.1	0.1
	ÖDP						156	0.1	0.0
	Humanists						153	0.1	0.0
	LfK						154	0.1
	V-Partei3						134	0.1	0.0
	du.						87	0.0
	PdF						52	0.0
	LKR						46	0.0
	SGP						23	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						19	0.0	0.0
	DKP						19	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,751			1,393
Total valid votes				186,466			186,824
Turnout				188,217	78.9	1.2
	CDU hold		Majority	7,563	4.1	12.6

Federal election (2017): Rhein-Sieg-Kreis 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 Elisabeth Winkelmeier-Becker		79,987	44.3	5.3	62,334	34.1	9.3
	SPD	Sebastian Hartmann		49,988	27.7	1.8	40,922	22.4	4.6
	FDP	Ralph Lorenz		18,768	10.4	7.9	27,267	14.9	8.6
	AfD						18,237	10.0	5.6
	Left	Alexander Neu		14,684	8.1	3.5	13,038	7.1	1.6
	Greens	Elisabeth Anschütz		11,762	6.5	0.1	13,757	7.5	0.7
	PARTEI						1,610	0.9	0.5
	Tierschutzpartei						1,538	0.8
	Pirates						771	0.4	1.8
	Volksabstimmung	Helmut Fleck		5,374	3.0	2.3	630	0.3	0.1
	FW						509	0.3	0.0
	AD-DEMOKRATEN						374	0.2
	NPD						300	0.2	0.7
	DiB						237	0.1
	ÖDP						233	0.1	0.0
	BGE						211	0.1
	V-Partei³						206	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						181	0.1
	DM						178	0.1
	Die Humanisten						123	0.1
	MLPD						73	0.0	0.0
	DKP						18	0.0
	SGP						10	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				3,732			1,538
Total valid votes				180,563			182,757
Turnout				184,295	77.6	4.0
	CDU hold		Majority	29,999	16.6	3.5

Rhein-Sieg-Kreis I

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2013 election

2009 election

2005 election

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96 Rhein-Sieg-Kreis I
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Rhein-Sieg-Kreis I in 2025
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	314,900 (2019)
Electorate	238,627 (2021)
Major settlements	Troisdorf Hennef (Sieg) Siegburg
Area	660.7 km²
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CDU
Member	Elisabeth Winkelmeier-Becker
Elected	2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021, 2025

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