Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis (electoral district)

99 Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis
99 Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis
Electoral district; for the Bundestag
	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis in 2025
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	283,300 (2019)
Electorate	217,193 (2021)
Major settlements	Bergisch Gladbach; Wermelskirchen; Rösrath
Area	437.3 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CDU
Member	Caroline Bosbach
Elected	2025

StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia

Population283,300 (2019)

Electorate217,193 (2021)

Major settlementsBergisch Gladbach
Wermelskirchen
Rösrath

Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis 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 99. It is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis district.^[1]

Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. From 2017 to 2025, it has been represented by Hermann-Josef Tebroke of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).^[2] Since 2025 it is been represented by Caroline Bosbach of the CDU.

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Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	13	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis district
1953	72
1957
1961
1965	66
1969
1972
1976
1980	67	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis I	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis district (only Bergisch Gladbach, Kürten, Odenthal, Overath, Rösrath, and Wermelskirchen municipalities)
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	101	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis district
2005
2009
2013	100
2017
2021
2025	99

	Member	Party	%
1949	Paul Lücke	CDU	48.6
1953			60.1
1957			64.4
1961			57.2
1965			56.6
1969			48.3
1972	Bertram Blank	SPD	48.4
1976	Franz Heinrich Krey	CDU	49.3
1980			48.2
1983			55.9
1987			51.4
1990			48.1
1994	Wolfgang Bosbach	CDU	48.7
1998			45.2
2002			44.8
2005			49.3
2009			50.0
2013			58.5
2017	Hermann-Josef Tebroke	CDU	40.0
2021	Hermann-Josef Tebroke	CDU	30.0
2025	Caroline Bosbach	CDU	42.2

Federal election (2025): Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis^[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	Caroline Bosbach		77,303	42.2	12.2	61,967	33.8	6.4
	SPD	Hinrich Schipper		34,423	18.8	3.9	33,924	18.5	6.8
	Greens	Maik Außendorf		25,245	13.8	4.2	27,582	15.0	3.3
	AfD	Harald Weyel		22,757	12.4	7.0	24,340	13.3	7.6
	Left	Tomás Santillán		9,308	5.1	2.3	11,972	6.5	3.6
	FDP	Christian Lindner		9,053	4.9	11.9	10,199	5.6	8.3
	BSW						6,243	3.4
	Volt	Alexander Becker		2,531	1.4	0.6	1,680	0.9	0.3
	Tierschutzpartei						2,152	1.2	0.1
	FW	Marcel Liebegott		1,692	0.9	1.1	1,002	0.5	0.4
	PARTEI						859	0.5	0.3
	BD	Stefan Schäfer		844	0.5		323	0.2
	dieBasis					1.4	424	0.2	1.0
	PdF						303	0.2	0.1
	Team Todenhöfer						226	0.1	0.3
	Values						114	0.1
	MERA25						66	0.0
	MLPD						74	0.0	0.0
	Pirates								0.3
	Gesundheitsforschung								0.1
	Bündnis C								0.1
	Humanists								0.1
	ÖDP						115	0.1	0.1
	SGP							0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,295			1,001
Total valid votes				183,156			183,450
Turnout				184,451	86.0	4.5
	CDU hold		Majority	42,880	23.4

Federal election (2021): Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis^[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 Hermann-Josef Tebroke		52,714	30.0	10.0	48,224	27.4	8.2
	SPD	Kastriot Krasniqi		39,827	22.7	1.8	44,429	25.3	4.3
	Greens	Maik Außendorf		31,626	18.0	11.1	32,285	18.4	9.3
	FDP	Christian Lindner		29,576	16.8	1.1	24,373	13.9	2.8
	AfD	Harald Weyel		9,518	5.4	1.8	10,051	5.7	2.3
	Left	Isabelle Casel		4,845	2.8	2.1	5,222	3.0	3.4
	FW	Uwe Wirges		3,632	2.1	1.2	1,697	1.0	0.5
	dieBasis	Helfa Aufmkolk		2,455	1.4		2,247	1.3
	Tierschutzpartei						2,199	1.3	0.5
	PARTEI						1,419	0.8	0.1
	Volt	Markus Blümke		1,391	0.8		1,144	0.6
	Team Todenhöfer						662	0.4
	Pirates						554	0.3	0.0
	LIEBE						223	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						208	0.1	0.0
	LfK						157	0.1
	Bündnis C						132	0.1
	Humanists						127	0.1	0.0
	V-Partei3						119	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP						115	0.1	0.1
	NPD						100	0.1	0.1
	du.						76	0.0
	PdF						41	0.0
	LKR						34	0.0
	MLPD						27	0.0	0.0
	DKP						22	0.0	0.0
	SGP						9	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,349			1,037
Total valid votes				175,584			175,896
Turnout				176,933	81.5	1.2
	CDU hold		Majority	12,887	7.3	8.2

Federal election (2017): Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis^[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	Hermann-Josef Tebroke		68,948	40.0	18.5	61,423	35.6	8.1
	SPD	Nikolaus Kleine		42,098	24.4	0.6	36,221	21.0	5.1
	FDP	Christian Lindner		27,049	15.7	14.0	28,787	16.7	9.7
	AfD	Roland Hartwig		12,476	7.2	4.4	13,777	8.0	3.2
	Greens	Maik Außendorf		11,846	6.9	0.0	15,581	9.0	0.0
	Left	Lucie Misini		8,409	4.9	0.8	11,042	6.4	1.3
	Tierschutzpartei						1,286	0.7
	PARTEI						1,173	0.7	0.2
	FW	Joachim Orth		1,414	0.8		802	0.5	0.2
	Pirates						505	0.3	1.7
	AD-DEMOKRATEN						296	0.2
	ÖDP						231	0.1	0.0
	NPD						225	0.1	0.6
	DiB						205	0.1
	BGE						187	0.1
	DM						175	0.1
	V-Partei³						172	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						142	0.1	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						132	0.1
	Die Humanisten						97	0.1
	MLPD						43	0.0	0.0
	DKP						17	0.0
	SGP						10	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,180			1,891
Total valid votes				172,240			172,529
Turnout				174,420	70.2	2.1
	CDU hold		Majority	26,850	15.6	17.9

Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis (electoral district)

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2017 election

2013 election

2009 election

2005 election

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99 Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis in 2025
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	283,300 (2019)
Electorate	217,193 (2021)
Major settlements	Bergisch Gladbach Wermelskirchen Rösrath
Area	437.3 km²
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CDU
Member	Caroline Bosbach
Elected	2025

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