Dortmund II

Dortmund 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 142. It is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the eastern part of the city of Dortmund.^[1]

142 Dortmund II
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Dortmund II in 2025
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	304,800 (2019)
Electorate	199,317 (2021)
Major settlements	Dortmund (partial)
Area	154.4 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	SPD
Member	Sabine Poschmann
Elected	2013, 2017, 2021, 2025

Dortmund II was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2013, it has been represented by Sabine Poschmann of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).^[2]

Geography

Dortmund II is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the Stadtbezirke of 1 Eving, 2 Scharnhorst, 3 Brackel, 4 Aplerbeck, and 5 Hörde and the Stadtteil of Innenstadt-Nord from 0 Innenstadt.^[1]

History

Dortmund II was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 57 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 116. From 1965 through 1976, it was number 115. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 114. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 144. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 143. From the 2025 election, it has been number 142.

Originally, the constituency comprised the southern part of the independent city of Dortmund. From 1980 through 1998, it comprised the Stadtbezirke of 1 Eving, 2 Scharnhorst, 3 Brackel, and 9 Mengede, as well as the Stadtteil of Innenstadt-Nord from 0 Innenstadt. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	57	Dortmund II	Dortmund city (only southern parts)
1953	116
1957
1961
1965	115
1969
1972
1976
1980	114		Dortmund city (only 0 Innenstadt (only Innenstadt-Nord Stadtteil), 1 Eving, 2 Scharnhorst, 3 Brackel, and 9 Mengede Stadtbezirke)
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	144		Dortmund city (only 0 Innenstadt (only Innenstadt-Nord Stadtteil), 1 Eving, 2 Scharnhorst, 3 Brackel, 4 Aplerbeck, and 5 Hörde Stadtbezirke)
2005
2009
2013	143
2017
2021
2025	142

Members

The constituency has been held continuously by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) since its creation. It was first represented by Dietrich Keuning from 1949 to 1961, when he was succeeded by Willi Beuster until 1969. Friedhelm Dohmann then served a single term. Hans-Eberhard Urbaniak was elected in 1982 and was representative until 1980. Alfred Meininghaus served two terms from 1980 to 1987. Wolfgang Weiermann was then representative from 1987 to 2002. Ulla Burchardt served from 2002 to 2013. Sabine Poschmann was elected in 2013, and re-elected in 2017, 2021 and 2025.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Dietrich Keuning	SPD	41.4
	1953			45.8
	1957			49.7
	1961	Willi Beuster	SPD	52.0
	1965			60.6
	1969	Friedhelm Dohmann	SPD	63.0
	1972	Hans-Eberhard Urbaniak	SPD	69.4
	1976			66.1
	1980	Alfred Meininghaus	SPD	64.1
	1983			60.8
	1987	Wolfgang Weiermann	SPD	60.7
	1990			58.9
	1994			60.0
	1998			63.5
	2002	Ulla Burchardt	SPD	60.0
	2005			57.9
	2009			42.4
	2013	Sabine Poschmann	SPD	46.7
	2017			38.8
	2021			39.1
	2025			32.4

Election results

2025 election

Federal election (2025): Dortmund 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	%	±%
	SPD	Y Sabine Poschmann		49,485	32.4	6.7	37,510	24.5	11.3
	CDU	Michael Depenbrock		37,960	24.8	4.6	36,026	23.5	4.1
	AfD	Matthias Helferich		28,240	18.5	10.2	27,597	18.0	10.1
	Greens	Hannah Rosenbaum		15,742	10.3	4.4	17,291	11.3	3.9
	Left	Sonja Lemke		13,794	9.0	4.9	15,577	10.2	5.7
	BSW						7,330	4.8
	FDP	Nils Mehrer		4,047	2.6	4.6	5,405	3.5	6.0
	PARTEI	Nadja Reigl		3,503	2.3	0.1	1,247	0.8	0.9
	Tierschutzpartei					2.5	2,642	1.7	0.3
	Volt					0.3	852	0.6	0.3
	FW					0.9	491	0.3	0.3
	Team Todenhöfer						368	0.2	0.8
	dieBasis						330	0.2	0.5
	PdF						226	0.1	0.1
	BD						176	0.1
	MLPD					0.1	80	0.1	0.0
	MERA25						78	0.1
	Values						64	0.0
	Pirates								0.4
	Gesundheitsforschung								0.1
	Humanists								0.1
	ÖDP								0.1
	Bündnis C								0.0
	SGP								0.0
Informal votes				1,537			1,018
Total valid votes				152,771			153,290
Turnout				154,308	78.9	6.8
	SPD hold		Majority	11,525	7.6	3.7

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Dortmund 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 Sabine Poschmann		55,695	39.1	0.3	51,080	35.8	3.1
	CDU	Michael Depenbrock		28,897	20.3	7.9	27,650	19.4	5.1
	Greens	Anke Weber		21,028	14.8	8.4	21,714	15.2	8.1
	AfD	Matthias Helferich		11,816	8.3	2.3	11,290	7.9	3.0
	FDP	Frieder Löhrer		10,270	7.2	0.8	13,629	9.5	1.3
	Left	Sonja Lemke		5,823	4.1	4.5	6,361	4.5	4.6
	Tierschutzpartei	Stephanie Linde		3,589	2.5		2,943	2.1	1.1
	PARTEI	Sandra Goerdt		3,446	2.4		2,426	1.7	0.6
	Team Todenhöfer						1,516	1.1
	dieBasis						1,079	0.8
	FW	Iris Häger		1,318	0.9	0.1	839	0.6	0.2
	Pirates						626	0.4	0.1
	Volt	Nancy Meyer		425	0.3		354	0.2
	NPD						194	0.1	0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung						191	0.1	0.0
	LIEBE						168	0.1
	LfK						147	0.1
	Humanists						85	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP						79	0.1	0.0
	du.						78	0.1
	MLPD	Klara Kossack		139	0.1		60	0.0	0.0
	DKP	Nils Märtin		111	0.1		68	0.0	0.0
	V-Partei3						65	0.0	0.1
	Bündnis C						65	0.0
	PdF						37	0.0
	LKR						25	0.0
	SGP						21	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,298			1,065
Total valid votes				142,557			142,790
Turnout				143,855	72.2	1.4
	SPD hold		Majority	26,798	18.8	8.2

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Dortmund 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	Y Sabine Poschmann		55,038	38.8	7.9	46,513	32.7	8.3
	CDU	Steffen Kanitz		39,933	28.1	4.1	34,822	24.5	4.7
	AfD	Matthias Helferich		15,074	10.6		15,510	10.9	6.8
	Left	Celine Ellenore Erlenhofer		12,242	8.6	1.7	12,924	9.1	1.3
	Greens	Ingrid Reuter		9,047	6.4	0.4	10,190	7.2	1.2
	FDP	Sven Görgens		9,031	6.4	4.9	15,403	10.8	7.0
	PARTEI						1,532	1.1	0.6
	Tierschutzpartei						1,297	0.9
	AD-DEMOKRATEN						1,030	0.7
	Pirates						835	0.6	1.9
	FW	Henning Müller-Späth		1,524	1.1	0.2	527	0.4	0.1
	NPD						460	0.3	1.1
	DiB						203	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						173	0.1
	BGE						163	0.1
	V-Partei³						152	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						148	0.1	0.1
	DM						140	0.1
	MLPD						116	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP						111	0.1	0.0
	Die Humanisten						97	0.1
	DKP						57	0.0
	SGP						13	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,945			1,418
Total valid votes				141,889			142,416
Turnout				143,834	70.7	4.2
	SPD hold		Majority	15,105	10.7	3.8

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Dortmund 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	%	±%
	SPD	Sabine Poschmann		63,388	46.7	4.4	55,683	40.9	5.3
	CDU	Steffen Kanitz		43,688	32.2	3.1	39,604	29.1	4.8
	Left	Hannelore Tölke		9,340	6.9	3.7	10,568	7.8	3.8
	Greens	Katja Bender		9,228	6.8	2.0	11,328	8.3	2.8
	AfD						5,571	4.1
	Pirates	Andrea Pieczka		4,036	3.0		3,322	2.4	0.7
	NPD	Axel Thieme		2,741	2.0	0.3	1,894	1.4	0.2
	FDP	Daniel Poznanski		2,014	1.5	5.2	5,139	3.8	7.7
	PARTEI						643	0.5
	FW	Henning Müller-Späth		1,218	0.9		609	0.4
	PRO						311	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						297	0.2	0.1
	BIG						241	0.2
	REP						160	0.1	0.1
	Nichtwahler						129	0.1
	ÖDP						125	0.1	0.0
	Party of Reason						122	0.1
	RRP						81	0.1	0.1
	MLPD						71	0.1	0.0
	Die Rechte						50	0.0
	PSG						33	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						21	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,850			1,501
Total valid votes				135,653			136,002
Turnout				137,503	66.5	1.1
	SPD hold		Majority	19,700	14.5	1.2

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Dortmund II[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	%	±%
	SPD	Y Ulla Burchardt		59,141	42.4	15.5	49,813	35.6	15.1
	CDU	Erich G. Fritz		40,622	29.1	0.0	34,006	24.3	0.5
	Left	Ulla Jelpke		14,819	10.6	5.2	16,104	11.5	5.0
	Greens	Barbara Blotenberg		12,292	8.8	4.8	15,553	11.1	2.9
	FDP	Daniel Poznanski		9,387	6.7	4.2	15,993	11.4	4.3
	Pirates						2,383	1.7
	NPD	Cassandra Wächter		2,379	1.7	0.6	1,654	1.2	0.4
	Tierschutzpartei						1,000	0.7	0.3
	RENTNER						931	0.7
	Independent	Michael Balke		922	0.7
	FAMILIE						677	0.5	0.2
	DVU						663	0.5
	RRP						275	0.2
	REP						263	0.2	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						149	0.1	0.0
	MLPD						101	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP						70	0.1
	Centre						53	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						42	0.0	0.0
	PSG						25	0.0	0.1
Informal votes				1,605			1,412
Total valid votes				139,562			139,755
Turnout				141,167	67.6	7.0
	SPD hold		Majority	18,519	13.3	15.5