Steinfurt I – Borken I

Steinfurt I – Borken 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 123. It is located in northern North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the western part of Steinfurt district and the eastern part of Borken district.^[1]

123 Steinfurt I – Borken I
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Steinfurt I – Borken I in 2025
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	275,800 (2019)
Electorate	202,388 (2021)
Major settlements	Rheine Gronau Ahaus
Area	978.0 km2
Current electoral district
Created	2002
Party	CDU
Member	Jens Spahn
Elected	2002, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021, 2025

Steinfurt I – Borken I was created for the 2002 federal election. Since 2002, it has been represented by Jens Spahn of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).^[2]

Geography

Steinfurt I – Borken I is located in northern North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the municipalities of Horstmar, Metelen, Neuenkirchen, Ochtrup, Rheine, Steinfurt, and Wettringen from Steinfurt district, and the municipalities of Ahaus, Gronau, Heek, Legden, and Schöppingen from Borken district.^[1]

History

Steinfurt I – Borken I was created in 2002. Until the 2013 election, it was constituency 125 in the numbering system. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 124. From the 2025 election, it has been number 123.

Members

The constituency has been held by Jens Spahn of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation. When he was first elected in 2002, Spahn was the youngest member of the Bundestag.

Election		Member	Party	%
	2002	Jens Spahn	CDU	48.2
	2005			51.2
	2009			44.5
	2013			52.0
	2017			51.2
	2021			40.0
	2025			41.8

Election results

2025 election

Federal election (2025): Steinfurt I – Borken 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	%	±%
	CDU	Y Jens Spahn		70,066	41.8	1.8	65,100	38.8	5.1
	SPD	Sarah Lahrkamp		38,037	22.7	5.6	31,174	18.6	10.1
	AfD	Martin Ostermann		25,233	15.1	9.6	24,879	14.8	9.5
	Greens	Alexandra Schoo		15,800	9.4	2.6	17,571	10.5	2.7
	Left	Mareike Hermeier		10,029	6.0	3.6	10,636	6.3	3.5
	FDP	Ekkehard Grütner		5,775	3.4	5.9	7,070	4.2	7.2
	BSW						5,420	3.2
	FW	Maximilian Gerdes		2,633	1.6	0.6	1,122	0.7	0.1
	Tierschutzpartei						1,809	1.1	0.1
	Volt						949	0.6	0.3
	PARTEI					1.6	836	0.5	0.4
	PdF						327	0.2	0.2
	dieBasis						324	0.2	0.5
	Team Todenhöfer						206	0.1	0.2
	BD						167	0.1
	MERA25						74	0.0
	Values						63	0.0
	MLPD						25	0.0	0.0
	Pirates								0.3
	Gesundheitsforschung								0.1
	Humanists								0.1
	ÖDP								0.1
	Bündnis C							0.0	0.0
	SGP							0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,062			883
Total valid votes				167,573			167,752
Turnout				168,635	83.6	6.1
	CDU hold		Majority	32,029	19.1

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Steinfurt I – Borken 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	%	±%
	CDU	Y Jens Spahn		62,322	40.0	11.3	52,625	33.8	10.2
	SPD	Sarah Lahrkamp		44,047	28.3	2.4	44,788	28.7	5.6
	Greens	Alexandra Schoo		18,743	12.0	6.7	20,525	13.2	7.2
	FDP	Alexander Brockmeier		14,515	9.3	2.7	17,783	11.4	1.2
	AfD	Torsten Etgeton		8,482	5.4	0.6	8,385	5.4	1.0
	Left	Gerrit Bresch		3,699	2.4	2.6	4,469	2.9	2.6
	Tierschutzpartei						1,510	1.0	0.5
	PARTEI	Lars Nowak		2,437	1.6		1,354	0.9	0.3
	dieBasis						1,050	0.7
	FW	Markus Krafczyk		1,473	0.9		937	0.6	0.4
	Pirates						521	0.3	0.0
	Volt						492	0.3
	Team Todenhöfer						432	0.3
	LIEBE						163	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						137	0.1	0.0
	NPD						130	0.1	0.1
	LfK						130	0.1
	Humanists						95	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP						84	0.1	0.0
	V-Partei3						72	0.0	0.0
	Bündnis C						60	0.0
	PdF						53	0.0
	du.						52	0.0
	LKR						23	0.0
	MLPD						19	0.0	0.0
	DKP						15	0.0	0.0
	SGP						15	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,176			975
Total valid votes				155,718			155,919
Turnout				156,894	77.5	1.1
	CDU hold		Majority	18,275	11.7	13.7

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Steinfurt I – Borken I[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	Y Jens Spahn		78,579	51.3	0.7	67,425	43.9	5.9
	SPD	Ingrid Arndt-Brauer		39,584	25.8	6.0	35,466	23.1	5.0
	FDP	Dietmar Lütkemeyer		10,082	6.6	3.8	19,339	12.6	7.5
	AfD	Mario Mieruch		9,265	6.0	3.8	9,719	6.3	3.5
	Greens	Bernhard Lammersmann		8,118	5.3	0.2	9,142	6.0	0.2
	Left	Hannes Draeger		7,554	4.9	1.2	8,433	5.5	1.1
	PARTEI						883	0.6	0.3
	Tierschutzpartei						762	0.5
	Pirates						541	0.4	1.5
	FW						368	0.2	0.0
	AD-DEMOKRATEN						290	0.2
	NPD						255	0.2	0.5
	DM						130	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						127	0.1
	ÖDP						122	0.1	0.0
	BGE						120	0.1
	DiB						120	0.1
	V-Partei³						96	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						90	0.1	0.0
	Die Humanisten						72	0.0
	MLPD						56	0.0	0.0
	DKP						15	0.0
	SGP						7	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,424			1,028
Total valid votes				153,182			153,678
Turnout				154,606	76.5	3.1
	CDU hold		Majority	38,995	25.5	5.4

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Steinfurt I – Borken I[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 Jens Spahn		75,853	52.0	7.5	72,802	49.8	8.2
	SPD	Ingrid Arndt-Brauer		46,459	31.9	1.7	41,073	28.1	3.6
	Greens	Jörg Winterfeldt		7,458	5.1	1.1	8,936	6.1	1.6
	Left	Robert Brandt		5,484	3.8	2.1	6,420	4.4	2.1
	FDP	Claudia Bögel		4,075	2.8	9.6	7,434	5.1	10.6
	AfD	Helmut Seifen		3,272	2.2		4,126	2.8
	Pirates	Wiebke van den Berg		3,246	2.2		2,778	1.9	0.3
	NPD						943	0.6	0.1
	PARTEI						434	0.3
	FW						282	0.2
	ÖDP						155	0.1	0.0
	Volksabstimmung						152	0.1	0.1
	PRO						146	0.1
	Nichtwahler						130	0.1
	REP						123	0.1	0.1
	Party of Reason						90	0.1
	RRP						54	0.0	0.1
	BIG						40	0.0
	Die Rechte						28	0.0
	PSG						24	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						20	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						16	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,602			1,243
Total valid votes				145,847			146,206
Turnout				147,449	73.3	1.6
	CDU hold		Majority	29,394	20.1	5.8

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Steinfurt I – Borken I[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	Y Jens Spahn		63,123	44.5	6.6	59,231	41.6	2.8
	SPD	Ingrid Arndt-Brauer		42,736	30.2	7.8	34,893	24.5	10.2
	FDP	Claudia Bögel		17,533	12.4	8.6	22,277	15.7	6.0
	Greens	Dietmar Eisele		8,774	6.2	2.9	10,999	7.7	2.2
	Left	Ulf Jäger		8,306	5.9	3.0	9,197	6.5	2.9
	Pirates						2,249	1.6
	NPD	Markus Pohl		1,226	0.9	0.2	993	0.7	0.1
	FAMILIE						647	0.5	0.1
	Tierschutzpartei						568	0.4	0.0
	RENTNER						358	0.3
	RRP						227	0.2
	REP						201	0.1	0.1
	Centre						128	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP						113	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						67	0.0	0.0
	DVU						62	0.0
	BüSo						20	0.0	0.0
	PSG						20	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						16	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,979			1,411
Total valid votes				141,698			142,266
Turnout				143,677	71.7	7.2
	CDU hold		Majority	20,387	14.3	1.2

2005 election

Federal election (2005): Steinfurt I – Borken I[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	%	±%
	CDU	Y Jens Spahn		78,554	51.2	3.0	68,221	44.4	0.7
	SPD	Ingrid Arndt-Brauer		58,301	38.0	3.1	53,336	34.7	3.0
	FDP	Karl-Heinz Reinartz		5,752	3.7	2.2	14,878	9.7	0.2
	Greens	Manfred Epping		5,028	3.3	0.9	8,483	5.5	0.9
	Left	Gunther Heuchel		4,424	2.9	2.2	5,498	3.6	2.9
	NPD	Karl-Heinz Böwering		1,075	0.7		892	0.6	0.4
	Tierschutzpartei						537	0.3	0.1
	Familie						525	0.3	0.1
	PBC	Heinz Kaulbach		388	0.3		215	0.1	0.1
	GRAUEN						356	0.2	0.1
	REP						298	0.2
	From Now on... Democracy Through Referendum						104	0.1
	Centre						100	0.1
	Socialist Equality Party						51	0.0
	BüSo						30	0.0
	MLPD						25	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,739			1,712
Total valid votes				153,522			153,549
Turnout				155,261	78.9	2.4
	CDU hold		Majority	20,253	13.2