Wuppertal I

101 Wuppertal I
101 Wuppertal I
Electoral district; for the Bundestag
	Wuppertal I in 2025
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	313,000 (2019)
Electorate	202,528 (2021)
Major settlements	Wuppertal (partial)
Area	130.8 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	SPD
Member	Helge Lindh
Elected	2017, 2021, 2025

StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia

Population313,000 (2019)

Electorate202,528 (2021)

Major settlementsWuppertal (partial)

Wuppertal 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 101. It is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising most of the city of Wuppertal.^[1]

Wuppertal I was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Helge Lindh of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).^[2]

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Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	16	Wuppertal I	Wuppertal city (only Elberfeld, Elberfeld-West, Uellendahl-Katernberg, Vohwinkel, and Cronenberg districts)
1953	75
1957
1961
1965	69
1969
1972
1976
1980
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	103		Wuppertal city (excluding Cronenberg and Ronsdorf districts)
2005
2009
2013	102
2017
2021
2025	101

	Member	Party	%
1949	Carl Wirths	FDP	39.4
1953	Carl Wirths	FDP	50.5
1957	Otto Schmidt	CDU	53.4
1961	Otto Schmidt	CDU	39.8
1965	Hermann Herberts	SPD	45.3
1969	Adolf Scheu	SPD	50.4
1972			50.2
1976			42.6
1980	Rudolf Dreßler	SPD	45.1
1983			45.8
1987			45.6
1990			40.0
1994			45.5
1998			53.1
2002	Manfred Zöllmer	SPD	49.9
2005			47.9
2009			35.8
2013			40.7
2017	Helge Lindh	SPD	31.5
2021			37.3
2025			33.6

Federal election (2025): Wuppertal 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	%	±%
	SPD	Y Helge Lindh		50,907	33.6	3.7	30,704	20.2	9.0
	CDU	Thomas Haldenwang		36,841	24.3	2.2	35,829	23.5	2.6
	AfD	Frank Schnaack		27,707	18.3	10.0	27,299	17.9	9.6
	Left	Till Sörensen-Siebel		13,852	9.1	4.5	18,608	12.2	6.7
	Greens	Anja Liebert		13,033	8.6	4.5	19,165	12.6	4.9
	BSW						8,248	5.4
	FDP	René Schunck		4,563	3.0	6.5	6,286	4.1	6.9
	Tierschutzpartei						1,923	1.3	0.2
	Volt	Samuel Scholz		1,913	1.3	0.6	1,169	0.8	0.3
	FW	Henrik Dahlmann		1,805	1.2	0.1	670	0.4	0.2
	Independent	Reiner Füllmich		1,051	0.7
	PARTEI					1.8	890	0.6	0.6
	dieBasis					1.4	354	0.2	1.0
	Team Todenhöfer						326	0.2	1.0
	PdF						249	0.2	0.1
	BD						149	0.1
	MERA25						98	0.1
	MLPD					0.1	93	0.1	0.0
	Values						91	0.1
	Pirates								0.4
	Gesundheitsforschung								0.1
	Humanists								0.1
	Bündnis C								0.1
	ÖDP								0.1
	SGP							0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,442			963
Total valid votes				151,672			152,151
Turnout				153,114	78.9	5.5
	SPD hold		Majority	14,066	9.3

Federal election (2021): Wuppertal 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	%	±%
	SPD	Y Helge Lindh		54,065	37.3	5.8	42,421	29.2	3.1
	CDU	Caroline Lünenschloss		31,960	22.0	7.6	30,527	21.0	5.5
	Greens	Anja Liebert		18,932	13.1	5.6	25,388	17.5	8.9
	FDP	Manfred Todtenhausen		13,756	9.5	0.8	15,970	11.0	1.4
	AfD	Martin Liedtke-Bentlage		11,995	8.3	2.8	12,090	8.3	2.7
	Left	Till Sörensen-Siebel		6,742	4.7	4.2	8,055	5.5	5.3
	Tierschutzpartei						2,159	1.5	0.6
	Team Todenhöfer						1,713	1.2
	PARTEI	Thomas Hofmann		2,665	1.8	0.1	1,674	1.2	0.1
	dieBasis	Alexander Grefarth		2,068	1.4		1,733	1.2
	FW	Henrik Dahlmann		1,544	1.1		964	0.7	0.4
	Volt	Lars Herbold		1,028	0.7		732	0.5
	Pirates						533	0.4	0.2
	LIEBE						167	0.1
	NPD						167	0.1	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						152	0.1	0.0
	LfK						129	0.1
	V-Partei3						126	0.1	0.0
	Humanists						123	0.1	0.0
	MLPD	Nuran Cakmakli-Kraft		203	0.1	0.0	122	0.1	0.0
	Bündnis C						115	0.1
	ÖDP						97	0.1	0.1
	du.						78	0.1
	DKP						58	0.0	0.0
	PdF						49	0.0
	SGP						30	0.0	0.0
	LKR						27	0.0
Informal votes				1,741			1,300
Total valid votes				144,958			145,399
Turnout				146,699	72.4	0.4
	SPD hold		Majority	22,105	15.3	13.4

Federal election (2017): Wuppertal 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	%	±%
	SPD	Helge Lindh		46,657	31.5	9.2	38,696	26.0	6.4
	CDU	Rainer Spiecker		43,814	29.6	7.0	39,341	26.5	6.5
	AfD	Dietmar Gedig		16,339	11.0		16,431	11.1	6.9
	Left	Bernhard Sander		13,120	8.9	1.2	16,100	10.8	2.2
	FDP	Manfred Todtenhausen		12,910	8.7	5.7	18,437	12.4	6.7
	Greens	Sylvia Meyer		10,987	7.4	0.3	12,754	8.6	1.4
	PARTEI	Julia Wiedow		2,536	1.7		1,504	1.0	0.3
	Tierschutzpartei						1,250	0.8
	Pirates	Stefan Kottas		1,407	1.0	2.0	839	0.6	1.9
	AD-DEMOKRATEN						816	0.5
	NPD						376	0.3	0.9
	FW						320	0.2	0.1
	DM						252	0.2
	DiB						228	0.2
	BGE						202	0.1
	MLPD	Fritz Ullmann		236	0.2		194	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP						183	0.1	0.0
	V-Partei³						163	0.1
	Die Humanisten						151	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						137	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						135	0.1	0.1
	DKP						46	0.0
	SGP						12	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,944			1,383
Total valid votes				148,006			148,567
Turnout				149,950	72.0	3.6
	SPD hold		Majority	2,843	1.9	2.2

Wuppertal I

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101 Wuppertal I
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Wuppertal I in 2025
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	313,000 (2019)
Electorate	202,528 (2021)
Major settlements	Wuppertal (partial)
Area	130.8 km²
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	SPD
Member	Helge Lindh
Elected	2017, 2021, 2025

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