# Cologne III

Cologne III (German: Köln III) 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 94. It is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the northwestern part of the city of Cologne.
Cologne II was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. From 2002 to 2025, it has been represented by Rolf Mützenich of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Since 2025 it is been represented by Katharina Dröge of the Alliance 90/The Greens.

## Geography

Cologne III is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the northwestern part of the independent city of Cologne, specifically the districts of Ehrenfeld, Nippes, and Chorweiler.

## History

Cologne III was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 9 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 68. From 1965 through 1998, it was number 61. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 96. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 95. From the 2025 election, it has been number 94.
Originally, the constituency comprised the area of Cologne on the right bank of the Rhine. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it comprised the districts of Nippes, Niehl, Mengenich, Longerich, Chorweiler, and Worringen, as well as the area of Ehrenfeld north of Subbelrather Straße. It acquired its current borders in the 1980 election.
| Election | No. | Name | Borders |
| 1949 | 9 | Köln III | Cologne city (only the area on the right bank of the Rhine) |
| 1953 | 68 | Köln III | Cologne city (only the area on the right bank of the Rhine) |
| 1957 | 68 | Köln III | Cologne city (only the area on the right bank of the Rhine) |
| 1961 | 68 | Köln III | Cologne city (only the area on the right bank of the Rhine) |
| 1965 | 61 | Köln III | Cologne city (only Nippes, Niehl, Mengenich, Longerich, Chorweiler, and Worringen districts, and the area of Ehrenfeld district north of Subbelrather Straße) |
| 1969 | 61 | Köln III | Cologne city (only Nippes, Niehl, Mengenich, Longerich, Chorweiler, and Worringen districts, and the area of Ehrenfeld district north of Subbelrather Straße) |
| 1972 | 61 | Köln III | Cologne city (only Nippes, Niehl, Mengenich, Longerich, Chorweiler, and Worringen districts, and the area of Ehrenfeld district north of Subbelrather Straße) |
| 1976 | 61 | Köln III | Cologne city (only Nippes, Niehl, Mengenich, Longerich, Chorweiler, and Worringen districts, and the area of Ehrenfeld district north of Subbelrather Straße) |
| 1980 | 61 | Köln III | Cologne city (only Ehrenfeld, Nippes, and Chorweiler districts) |
| 1983 | 61 | Köln III | Cologne city (only Ehrenfeld, Nippes, and Chorweiler districts) |
| 1987 | 61 | Köln III | Cologne city (only Ehrenfeld, Nippes, and Chorweiler districts) |
| 1990 | 61 | Köln III | Cologne city (only Ehrenfeld, Nippes, and Chorweiler districts) |
| 1994 | 61 | Köln III | Cologne city (only Ehrenfeld, Nippes, and Chorweiler districts) |
| 1998 | 61 | Köln III | Cologne city (only Ehrenfeld, Nippes, and Chorweiler districts) |
| 2002 | 96 | Köln III | Cologne city (only Ehrenfeld, Nippes, and Chorweiler districts) |
| 2005 | 96 | Köln III | Cologne city (only Ehrenfeld, Nippes, and Chorweiler districts) |
| 2009 | 96 | Köln III | Cologne city (only Ehrenfeld, Nippes, and Chorweiler districts) |
| 2013 | 95 | Köln III | Cologne city (only Ehrenfeld, Nippes, and Chorweiler districts) |
| 2017 | 95 | Köln III | Cologne city (only Ehrenfeld, Nippes, and Chorweiler districts) |
| 2021 | 95 | Köln III | Cologne city (only Ehrenfeld, Nippes, and Chorweiler districts) |
| 2025 | 94 | Köln III | Cologne city (only Ehrenfeld, Nippes, and Chorweiler districts) |

## Members

The constituency was first represented by Johannes Albers of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1949 to 1957, followed by fellow CDU members Hans Katzer until 1965 and Aenne Brauksiepe until 1969. It was won by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in 1969 and represented by Hubert Weber. He was succeeded in 1980 by Konrad Gilges, who served from then until 2002. Rolf Mützenich was elected in 2002 and re-elected in 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, and 2021. Mützenich became leader of the SPD's Bundestag group in 2019. In 2025 Katharina Dröge of Alliance 90/The Greens was elected
| Election | Member | Party | % |
| 1949 | Johannes Albers | CDU | 43.4 |
| 1953 | Johannes Albers | CDU | 50.0 |
| 1957 | Hans Katzer | CDU | 55.0 |
| 1961 | Hans Katzer | CDU | 46.5 |
| 1965 | Aenne Brauksiepe | CDU | 48.4 |
| 1969 | Hubert Weber | SPD | 53.3 |
| 1972 | Hubert Weber | SPD | 59.1 |
| 1976 | Hubert Weber | SPD | 53.3 |
| 1980 | Konrad Gilges | SPD | 52.1 |
| 1983 | Konrad Gilges | SPD | 50.5 |
| 1987 | Konrad Gilges | SPD | 48.5 |
| 1990 | Konrad Gilges | SPD | 47.4 |
| 1994 | Konrad Gilges | SPD | 48.1 |
| 1998 | Konrad Gilges | SPD | 52.1 |
| 2002 | Rolf Mützenich | SPD | 50.3 |
| 2005 | Rolf Mützenich | SPD | 50.5 |
| 2009 | Rolf Mützenich | SPD | 35.9 |
| 2013 | Rolf Mützenich | SPD | 39.3 |
| 2017 | Rolf Mützenich | SPD | 32.3 |
| 2021 | Rolf Mützenich | SPD | 29.9 |
| 2025 | Katharina Dröge | Grüne | 26.0 |

## Election results
### 2025 election

Federal election (2025): Cologne III :
| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | Greens | Katharina Dröge | Katharina Dröge | 43,697 | 26.0 | 2.2 | 36,769 | 21.8 | 6.9 |
| | SPD | N Rolf Mützenich | N Rolf Mützenich | 43,307 | 25.8 | 4.1 | 33,496 | 19.9 | 5.9 |
| | CDU | Gisela Manderla | Gisela Manderla | 32,638 | 19.4 | 0.8 | 32,522 | 19.3 | 1.5 |
| | AfD | Jochen Haug | Jochen Haug | 19,459 | 11.6 | 6.4 | 18,860 | 11.2 | 6.1 |
| | Left | Nadine Mai | Nadine Mai | 18,806 | 11.2 | 5.7 | 27,502 | 16.3 | 9.9 |
| | BSW | | | | | | 7,190 | 4.3 | |
| | FDP | Maria Westphal | Maria Westphal | 4,773 | 2.8 | 41 | 5,715 | 3.4 | 5.6 |
| | Volt | Franziska Weber | Franziska Weber | 3,074 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 1,532 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,745 | 1.0 | 0.2 |
| | FW | Benjamin Krings | Benjamin Krings | 1,322 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 503 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| | PARTEI | | | | | 2.0 | 958 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| | PdF | Heike Herden | Heike Herden | 745 | 0.4 | | 335 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| | Team Todenhöfer | | | | | | 415 | 0.2 | 1.0 |
| | dieBasis | | | | | 1.2 | 311 | 0.2 | 0.9 |
| | BD | | | | | | 153 | 0.1 | |
| | MERA25 | | | | | | 137 | 0.1 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | 0.1 | 62 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Values | | | | | | 48 | 0.0 | |
| | Pirates | | | | | | | | 0.3 |
| | Gesundheitsforschung | | | | | | | | 0.1 |
| | Humanists | | | | | | | | 0.1 |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | | | 0.1 |
| | Bündnis C | | | | | | | | 0.0 |
| | SGP | | | | | | | | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,314 | | | 782 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 167,821 | | | 168,353 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 169,135 | 81.8 | 5.9 | | | |
| | SPD hold | SPD hold | Majority | 390 | 0.2 | | | | |

### 2021 election

Federal election (2021): Cologne III :
| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | SPD | Y Rolf Mützenich | Y Rolf Mützenich | 46,149 | 29.9 | 2.4 | 39,901 | 25.8 | 1.2 |
| | Greens | Katharina Dröge | Katharina Dröge | 43,600 | 28.3 | 15.1 | 44,407 | 28.8 | 14.7 |
| | CDU | Gisela Manderla | Gisela Manderla | 28,674 | 18.6 | 9.0 | 27,485 | 17.8 | 6.6 |
| | FDP | Volker Görzel | Volker Görzel | 10,708 | 6.9 | 0.2 | 13,845 | 9.0 | 2.3 |
| | Left | Michael Weisenstein | Michael Weisenstein | 8,435 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 9,903 | 6.4 | 6.4 |
| | AfD | Jochen Haug | Jochen Haug | 8,015 | 5.2 | 2.3 | 7,876 | 5.1 | 2.7 |
| | Team Todenhöfer | | | | | | 1,937 | 1.3 | |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,846 | 1.2 | 0.4 |
| | PARTEI | Stefan Pott | Stefan Pott | 3,143 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 1,784 | 1.2 | 0.2 |
| | dieBasis | Songül Schlürscheid | Songül Schlürscheid | 1,831 | 1.2 | | 1,605 | 1.0 | |
| | Volt | Christopher Peterka | Christopher Peterka | 2,108 | 1.4 | | 1,424 | 0.9 | |
| | FW | Norbert Theiß | Norbert Theiß | 1,100 | 0.7 | | 684 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 466 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| | Independent | Christoph Goldbeck | Christoph Goldbeck | 189 | 0.1 | | | | |
| | LIEBE | | | | | | 142 | 0.1 | |
| | du. | | | | | | 140 | 0.1 | |
| | Gesundheitsforschung | | | | | | 139 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | Humanists | | | | | | 135 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 121 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | V-Partei3 | | | | | | 119 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | LfK | | | | | | 109 | 0.1 | |
| | NPD | | | | | | 73 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| | MLPD | Reiner Dworschak | Reiner Dworschak | 113 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 72 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Maciej Podjaski | Maciej Podjaski | 70 | 0.0 | | | | |
| | Bündnis C | | | | | | 52 | 0.0 | |
| | PdF | | | | | | 48 | 0.0 | |
| | DKP | | | | | | 43 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | LKR | | | | | | 35 | 0.0 | |
| | SGP | | | | | | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,107 | | | 840 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 154,135 | | | 154,402 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 155,242 | 75.9 | 1.9 | | | |
| | SPD hold | SPD hold | Majority | 2,549 | 1.6 | 3.1 | | | |

### 2017 election

Federal election (2017): Cologne III :
| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | SPD | Y Rolf Mützenich | Y Rolf Mützenich | 48,148 | 32.3 | 7.0 | 36,849 | 24.6 | 6.9 |
| | CDU | Gisela Manderla | Gisela Manderla | 41,106 | 27.6 | 5.3 | 36,500 | 24.4 | 6.2 |
| | Greens | Katharina Dröge | Katharina Dröge | 19,621 | 13.2 | 0.3 | 20,973 | 14.0 | 0.9 |
| | Left | Güldane Tokyürek | Güldane Tokyürek | 14,431 | 9.7 | 1.9 | 19,118 | 12.8 | 3.6 |
| | AfD | Stephan Boyens | Stephan Boyens | 11,249 | 7.5 | | 11,731 | 7.8 | 4.6 |
| | FDP | Volker Görzel | Volker Görzel | 10,599 | 7.1 | 4.9 | 16,850 | 11.3 | 6.8 |
| | PARTEI | Lukas Herrmann | Lukas Herrmann | 3,632 | 2.4 | | 2,074 | 1.4 | 0.6 |
| | AD-DEMOKRATEN | | | | | | 1,156 | 0.8 | |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,144 | 0.8 | |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 704 | 0.5 | 2.2 |
| | DiB | | | | | | 468 | 0.3 | |
| | FW | | | | | | 317 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| | BGE | | | | | | 294 | 0.2 | |
| | V-Partei³ | | | | | | 213 | 0.1 | |
| | NPD | | | | | | 202 | 0.1 | 0.6 |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 176 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| | DM | | | | | | 170 | 0.1 | |
| | Die Humanisten | | | | | | 146 | 0.1 | |
| | Gesundheitsforschung | | | | | | 141 | 0.1 | |
| | Volksabstimmung | | | | | | 136 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| | MLPD | Matthias Sauter | Matthias Sauter | 312 | 0.2 | | 126 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | DKP | | | | | | 25 | 0.0 | |
| | SGP | | | | | | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,531 | | | 1,104 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 149,098 | | | 149,525 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 150,629 | 74.0 | 3.8 | | | |
| | SPD hold | SPD hold | Majority | 7,042 | 4.7 | 1.7 | | | |

### 2013 election

Federal election (2013): Cologne III :
| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | SPD | Y Rolf Mützenich | Y Rolf Mützenich | 55,021 | 39.3 | 3.4 | 44,240 | 31.5 | 3.7 |
| | CDU | Gisela Manderla | Gisela Manderla | 45,999 | 32.9 | 4.1 | 42,902 | 30.6 | 5.5 |
| | Greens | Katharina Dröge | Katharina Dröge | 18,046 | 12.9 | 4.1 | 20,905 | 14.9 | 3.8 |
| | Left | Michael Weisenstein | Michael Weisenstein | 10,883 | 7.8 | 0.8 | 12,960 | 9.2 | 0.9 |
| | Pirates | Thomas Hegenbarth | Thomas Hegenbarth | 4,161 | 3.0 | | 3,789 | 2.7 | 0.6 |
| | FDP | Volker Görzel | Volker Görzel | 3,158 | 2.3 | 6.2 | 6,339 | 4.5 | 8.4 |
| | AfD | | | | | | 4,513 | 3.2 | |
| | NPD | Tibor Herzog | Tibor Herzog | 1,750 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 1,057 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| | PARTEI | | | | | | 1,041 | 0.7 | |
| | PRO | | | | | | 488 | 0.3 | |
| | FW | Thomas Heilig | Thomas Heilig | 728 | 0.5 | | 405 | 0.3 | |
| | BIG | | | | | | 381 | 0.3 | |
| | Nichtwahler | | | | | | 293 | 0.2 | |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 263 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| | Volksabstimmung | | | | | | 248 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| | REP | | | | | | 151 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| | Party of Reason | | | | | | 127 | 0.1 | |
| | RRP | | | | | | 67 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| | BüSo | Stephan Hochstein | Stephan Hochstein | 203 | 0.1 | | 59 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 57 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | PSG | | | | | | 34 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Die Rechte | | | | | | 27 | 0.0 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,765 | | | 1,368 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 139,949 | | | 140,346 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 141,714 | 70.2 | 2.0 | | | |
| | SPD hold | SPD hold | Majority | 9,022 | 6.4 | 0.8 | | | |

### 2009 election

Federal election (2009): Cologne III :
| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | SPD | Y Rolf Mützenich | Y Rolf Mützenich | 47,625 | 35.9 | 14.6 | 37,019 | 27.8 | 13.0 |
| | CDU | Artur Tybussek | Artur Tybussek | 38,093 | 28.7 | 1.7 | 33,367 | 25.1 | 0.0 |
| | Greens | Kerstin Müller | Kerstin Müller | 22,550 | 17.0 | 7.7 | 24,797 | 18.7 | 3.2 |
| | Left | Ursula Lötzer | Ursula Lötzer | 11,390 | 8.6 | 3.8 | 13,540 | 10.2 | 4.0 |
| | FDP | Bettina Houben | Bettina Houben | 11,187 | 8.4 | 4.5 | 17,225 | 13.0 | 3.3 |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 2,791 | 2.1 | |
| | NPD | Bernhard Blankenheim | Bernhard Blankenheim | 1,788 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 1,231 | 0.9 | 0.2 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 847 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| | RENTNER | | | | | | 456 | 0.3 | |
| | FAMILIE | | | | | | 473 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 201 | 0.2 | |
| | REP | | | | | | 367 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| | RRP | | | | | | 257 | 0.2 | |
| | Volksabstimmung | | | | | | 153 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | Centre | | | | | | 58 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | DVU | | | | | | 57 | 0.0 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 53 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | PSG | | | | | | 26 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | BüSo | | | | | | 38 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,619 | | | 1,296 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 132,633 | | | 132,956 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 134,252 | 68.1 | 6.0 | | | |
| | SPD hold | SPD hold | Majority | 9,532 | 7.2 | 12.9 | | | |