Aachen II

Aachen II 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 87. It is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the area of Städteregion Aachen outside the city of Aachen.^[1]

87 Aachen II
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Aachen II in 2025
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	308,100 (2019)
Electorate	226,420 (2021)
Major settlements	Eschweiler Stolberg (Rhineland) Alsdorf
Area	546.1 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CDU
Member	Catarina dos Santos-Wintz
Elected	2025

Aachen II was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. From 2017-2025, it has been represented by Claudia Moll of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).^[2] Since 2025 it is represented by Catarina dos Santos-Wintz of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany.

Geography

Aachen II is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the Städteregion Aachen excluding the city of Aachen.^[1]

History

Aachen II was created in 1949, then known as Aachen-Land. From 1980 through 2009, it was named Kreis Aachen. It acquired its current name in the 2013 election. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 2 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 61. From 1965 through 1998, it was number 54. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 89. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 88. From the 2025 election, it has been number 87.

Originally, the constituency was coterminous with the Landkreis Aachen district. In the 1965 and 1969 elections, it also contained the Monschau district. In the 1972 through 2009 elections, it was coterminous with Kreis Aachen district. Though its borders have not changed since 1972, the former district of Kreis Aachen was incorporated into the Städteregion Aachen in 2009.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	2	Aachen-Land	Landkreis Aachen district
1953	61
1957
1961
1965	54		Landkreis Aachen district Monschau district
1969
1972			Kreis Aachen district
1976
1980		Kreis Aachen
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	89
2005
2009
2013	88	Aachen II	Städteregion Aachen (excluding Aachen municipality)
2017
2021
2025	87

Members

The constituency was first represented by Franz Mühlenberg of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1949 to 1961, followed by fellow CDU member Josef Müller until 1972. The constituency was won by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) candidate Kurt Koblitz in 1972, who served until 1980. Erich Berschkeit of the SPD then served a single term from 1980 to 1983. Hans Peter Schmitz regained the constituency for the CDU in 1983, but the SPD won again in 1987 with Achim Großmann. He served until 2009, when Helmut Brandt of the CDU was elected. Claudia Moll of the SPD was elected in 2017 and re-elected in 2021. In 2025 Catarina dos Santos-Wintz of the CDU beat Moll in that years election.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Franz Mühlenberg	CDU	50.2
	1953			56.1
	1957			61.2
	1961	Josef Müller	CDU	56.2
	1965			53.2
	1969			49.8
	1972	Kurt Koblitz	SPD	51.5
	1976			48.1
	1980	Erich Berschkeit	SPD	49.3
	1983	Hans Peter Schmitz	CDU	49.6
	1987	Achim Großmann	SPD	46.1
	1990			44.7
	1994			46.0
	1998			53.1
	2002			49.2
	2005			46.0
	2009	Helmut Brandt	CDU	40.2
	2013			45.6
	2017	Claudia Moll	SPD	36.9
	2021			34.5
	2025	Catarina dos Santos-Wintz	CDU	40.1

Election results

2025 election

Federal election (2025): Aachen II[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	Catarina dos Santos Firnhaber		70,536	40.1	7.6	57,089	31.5	2.1
	SPD	N Claudia Moll		53,748	30.5	3.9	37,902	20.9	10.6
	AfD					7.5	34,578	19.1	11.8
	Left	Florian Müller		13,329	7.6	4.9	12,303	6.8	3.7
	Greens	Lukas Benner		13,269	7.5	4.3	17,002	9.4	2.4
	FW	Andreas Wollermann		12,918	7.3	6.1	1,284	0.7	0.0
	FDP	Natalie Pütz		8,190	4.7	2.5	7,599	4.2	6.4
	BSW						7,358	4.1
	Volt	Marcel Verkooyen		4,001	2.3		1,026	0.6	0.3
	Tierschutzpartei						2,531	1.4	0.1
	PARTEI					1.7	882	0.5	0.4
	dieBasis					1.0	378	0.2	0.7
	Team Todenhöfer						349	0.2	0.4
	Humanists						275	0.2	0.1
	BD						192	0.1
	Values						109	0.1
	MERA25						80	0.0
	MLPD						27	0.0	0.0
	Pirates								0.4
	Gesundheitsforschung								0.1
	ÖDP								0.1
	Bündnis C								0.0
	SGP							0.0	0.0
Informal votes				6,369			1,396
Total valid votes				175,991			180,964
Turnout				182,360	81.1	5.7
	CDU gain from SPD		Majority	16,788	9.6

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Aachen II[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 Claudia Moll		58,189	34.5	2.4	53,408	31.6	3.7
	CDU	Catarina dos Santos Firnhaber		54,808	32.5	4.0	49,838	29.5	1.2
	Greens	Lukas Benner		19,976	11.8	7.3	19,918	11.8	6.9
	AfD	Michael Winterich		12,632	7.5	1.3	12,409	7.3	1.3
	FDP	Birgit Havenath		12,055	7.1	0.7	17,892	10.6	0.6
	Left	Johannes Koch		4,496	2.7	2.5	5,259	3.1	2.8
	Tierschutzpartei						2,525	1.5	0.8
	PARTEI	Eckhard Heck		2,893	1.7		1,584	0.9	0.5
	FW	Helmut Keischgens		2,034	1.2		1,131	0.7	0.5
	dieBasis	Axel Susen		1,704	1.0		1,587	0.9
	Team Todenhöfer						1,012	0.6
	Pirates						613	0.4	0.1
	Volt						471	0.3
	LIEBE						264	0.2
	NPD						189	0.1	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						188	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP						187	0.1	0.2
	LfK						164	0.1
	Humanists						113	0.1	0.0
	V-Partei3						86	0.1	0.0
	du.						75	0.0
	PdF						52	0.0
	Bündnis C						43	0.0
	MLPD						23	0.0	0.0
	DKP						21	0.0	0.0
	LKR						18	0.0
	SGP						17	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,883			1,583
Total valid votes				168,787			169,087
Turnout				170,670	75.4	0.5
	SPD hold		Majority	3,381	2.0	1.6

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Aachen II[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	%	±%
	SPD	Claudia Moll		63,135	36.9	1.2	60,539	35.3	2.7
	CDU	N Helmut Brandt		62,405	36.5	9.1	52,656	30.7	10.2
	AfD	Markus Matzerath		15,114	8.8		14,853	8.7	5.4
	FDP	Frank Schniske		11,038	6.4	4.1	19,213	11.2	6.3
	Left	Gabriele Halili		8,785	5.1	0.7	10,105	5.9	0.6
	Greens	Alexander Tietz-Latza		7,782	4.5	1.1	8,436	4.9	1.4
	Tierschutzpartei						1,275	0.7
	PARTEI						817	0.5	0.0
	Pirates	Maximilian Möhring		1,912	1.1	1.7	806	0.5	1.8
	AD-DEMOKRATEN						675	0.4
	ÖDP	Kurt Rieder		1,005	0.6		488	0.3	0.2
	NPD						423	0.2	0.8
	FW						351	0.2	0.1
	DiB						173	0.1
	DM						145	0.1
	BGE						135	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						133	0.1	0.1
	V-Partei³						127	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						116	0.1
	Die Humanisten						78	0.0
	MLPD						43	0.0	0.0
	DKP						15	0.0
	SGP						5	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,973			1,542
Total valid votes				171,176			171,607
Turnout				173,149	75.9	3.8
	SPD gain from CDU		Majority	730	0.4

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Aachen II[6]
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 Helmut Brandt		73,621	45.6	5.4	66,328	40.9	7.4
	SPD	Hans Detlef Loosz		57,635	35.7	1.4	52,897	32.6	3.6
	Left	Marika Jungblut		9,418	5.8	2.7	10,538	6.5	2.9
	Greens	Bettina Herlitzius		9,096	5.6	1.4	10,220	16.3	1.6
	Pirates	Kai Baumann		4,543	2.8		3,712	2.3	0.5
	FDP	Petra Müller		3,827	2.4	6.0	7,948	4.9	9.9
	AfD						5,337	3.3
	NPD	Willibert Kunkel		2,153	1.3	0.2	1,697	1.0	0.1
	REP	Mario Mauritz		1,256	0.8		792	0.5	0.0
	PARTEI						719	0.4
	FW						551	0.3
	Volksabstimmung						338	0.2
	PRO						320	0.2
	Nichtwahler						225	0.1
	ÖDP						213	0.1	0.1
	BIG						111	0.1
	Party of Reason						104	0.1
	RRP						77	0.0	0.1
	Die Rechte						55	0.0
	BüSo						30	0.0	0.0
	PSG						30	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						26	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				3,027			2,308
Total valid votes				161,549			162,268
Turnout				164,576	72.1	1.7
	CDU hold		Majority	15,986	9.9	4.0

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Kreis Aachen[7]
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	Helmut Brandt		63,511	40.2	0.6	53,062	33.5	0.8
	SPD	Martin Peters		54,205	34.3	11.7	45,981	29.0	11.9
	Left	Andreas Müller		13,502	8.5	3.3	14,926	9.4	3.1
	FDP	Stefan Rohmann		13,275	8.4	4.2	23,518	14.8	5.5
	Greens	Bettina Herlitzius		11,056	7.0	3.4	12,491	7.9	1.9
	Pirates						2,764	1.7
	NPD	Willibert Kunkel		2,501	1.6	0.3	1,767	1.1	0.2
	Tierschutzpartei						1,107	0.7	0.2
	REP						820	0.5	0.0
	FAMILIE						792	0.5	0.0
	RENTNER						597	0.4
	RRP						239	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						125	0.1	0.0
	DVU						114	0.1
	ÖDP						81	0.1
	Centre						70	0.0
	BüSo						29	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						19	0.0	0.0
	PSG						18	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,766			2,296
Total valid votes				158,050			158,520
Turnout				160,816	70.4	7.4
	CDU gain from SPD		Majority	9,306	5.9

2005 election

Federal election (2005): Kreis Aachen[8]
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 Achim Großmann		79,617	46.0	3.2	71,160	41.0	3.9
	CDU	Helmut Brandt		68,563	39.6	1.7	59,633	34.3	0.9
	Left	Jürgen Müller		9,139	5.30	4.5	11,003	6.30	5.4
	FDP	Rene Otten		7,308	4.2	2.0	16,243	9.30	0.1
	Greens	Werner Krickel		6,205	3.6	0.3	10,309	5.9	1.0
	NPD	Willibert Kunkel		2,302	1.3	1.0	1,676	1.0	0.7
	Tierschutzpartei						941	0.5	0.2
	REP						926	0.5	0.1
	Familie						818	0.5	0.2
	GRAUEN						584	0.3	0.2
	From Now on... Democracy Through Referendum						173	0.1
	PBC						90	0.1
	Socialist Equality Party						76	0.0
	Centre						42	0.0
	MLPD						37	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				3,509			2,894
Total valid votes				173,134			173,749
Turnout				176,643	77.80	2.7
	SPD hold		Majority	11,054	6.40