Borken II

Borken 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 125. It is located in northern North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the western and central part of the Borken district.^[1]

125 Borken II
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Borken II in 2025
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	260,800 (2019)
Electorate	201,102 (2021)
Major settlements	Bocholt Borken Vreden
Area	996.4 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CDU
Member	Anne König
Elected	2021

Borken II was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Anne König of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).^[2]

Geography

Borken II is located in northern North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Borken district excluding the municipalities of Ahaus, Gronau, Heek, Legden, and Schöppingen.^[1]

History

Borken II was created in 1949, then known as Borken – Bocholt – Ahaus. From 1965 through 1976, it was named Ahaus – Bocholt. From 1980 through 1987, it was named Borken. It acquired its current name in the 1990 election. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 35 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 94. From 1965 through 1976, it was number 92. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 96. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 127. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 126. From the 2025 election, it has been number 125.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Borken and Ahaus and the independent city of Bocholt. In the 1980 through 1987 elections, it was coterminous with the district of Borken. From 1990 through 1998, it comprised the municipalities of Ahaus, Bocholt, Borken, Gescher, Gronau, Heek, Isselburg, Legden, Rhede, Schöppingen, Stadtlohn, Südlohn, Velen, and Vreden from Borken district. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	35	Borken – Bocholt – Ahaus	Borken district Ahaus district Bocholt city
1953	94
1957
1961
1965	92	Ahaus – Bocholt
1969
1972
1976
1980	96	Borken	Borken district
1983
1987
1990		Borken II	Borken district (only Ahaus, Bocholt, Borken, Gescher, Gronau, Heek, Isselburg, Legden, Rhede, Schöppingen, Stadtlohn, Südlohn, Velen, and Vreden municipalities)
1994
1998
2002	127		Borken district (excluding Ahaus, Gronau, Heek, Legden, and Schöppingen municipalities)
2005
2009
2013	126
2017
2021
2025	125

Members

The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation. It was first represented by Theodor Blank from 1949 to 1969. Hermann Josef Unland then served as representative from 1969 to 1990. Elke Wülfing served from 1990 to 2005. Johannes Röring was elected in 2005, and re-elected in 2009, 2013, and 2017. He was succeeded by Anne König in 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Theodor Blank	CDU	41.8
	1953			75.0
	1957			74.2
	1961			71.9
	1965			71.2
	1969	Hermann Josef Unland	CDU	66.6
	1972			64.0
	1976			65.7
	1980			60.8
	1983			53.7
	1987			45.6
	1990	Elke Wülfing	CDU	59.1
	1994			55.6
	1998			50.2
	2002			51.5
	2005	Johannes Röring	CDU	56.1
	2009			54.2
	2013			57.4
	2017			52.3
	2021	Anne König	CDU	43.7

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Borken 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	Anne König		70,334	43.7	8.6	59,102	36.6	10.4
	SPD	Nadine Heselhaus		40,851	25.4	0.1	42,303	26.2	4.8
	Greens	Bernhard Lammersmann		20,028	12.4	5.7	21,738	13.5	7.6
	FDP	Karlheinz Busen		13,404	8.3	0.8	19,081	11.8	1.3
	AfD	Michael Espendiller		7,909	4.9		7,724	4.8	1.2
	Left	Michael Frieg		3,928	2.4	2.0	3,914	2.4	1.7
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,517	0.9	0.5
	PARTEI	Tobias Finke		2,795	1.7		1,324	0.8	0.4
	dieBasis						1,219	0.8
	FW	Bastian Nitsche		1,650	1.0	1.0	1,056	0.7	0.3
	Pirates						486	0.3	0.0
	Team Todenhöfer						396	0.2
	Volt						311	0.2
	LIEBE						176	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						163	0.1	0.0
	LfK						140	0.1
	ÖDP						116	0.1	0.0
	V-Partei3						86	0.1	0.0
	Humanists						78	0.0	0.0
	NPD						75	0.0	0.1
	du.						69	0.0
	Bündnis C						68	0.0
	PdF						45	0.0
	LKR						31	0.0
	DKP						27	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						22	0.0	0.0
	SGP						9	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,260			883
Total valid votes				160,899			161,276
Turnout				162,159	80.6	1.6
	CDU hold		Majority	29,483	18.3	8.7

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Borken 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	%	±%
	CDU	Y Johannes Röring		81,496	52.3	5.0	73,881	47.0	6.4
	SPD	Ursula Schulte		39,412	25.3	1.8	33,697	21.5	4.1
	FDP	Karlheinz Busen		14,216	9.1	6.9	20,609	13.1	7.9
	AfD						9,405	6.0	3.3
	Greens	Holger Lordieck		10,496	6.7	0.4	9,220	5.9	0.2
	Left	Rolf Paul Christian Kohn		6,969	4.5	1.5	6,540	4.2	0.5
	Human Environment Animal Protection						768	0.5
	PARTEI						711	0.5	0.2
	FW	Markus Krafczyk		3,182	2.0		553	0.4	0.2
	Pirates						441	0.3	1.4
	NPD						195	0.1	0.5
	ÖDP						156	0.1	0.0
	Gesundheitsforschung						125	0.1
	AD-DEMOKRATEN						123	0.1
	V-Partei³						108	0.1
	DM						104	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						100	0.1	0.1
	DiB						99	0.1
	Die Humanisten						76	0.0
	BGE						65	0.0
	MLPD						45	0.0	0.0
	DKP						22	0.0
	SGP						13	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,375			1,090
Total valid votes				155,771			157,056
Turnout				158,146	79.1	2.9
	CDU hold		Majority	42,084	27.0	3.3

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Borken 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	%	±%
	CDU	Y Johannes Röring		86,028	57.4	3.2	80,352	53.5	7.7
	SPD	Ursula Schulte		40,643	27.1	1.6	38,391	25.5	3.5
	Greens	Frank Büning		9,548	6.4	0.3	9,138	6.1	1.3
	Left	Heidi Breuer		4,513	3.0	1.4	5,447	3.6	1.3
	FDP	Kevin Schneider		3,389	2.3	6.3	7,915	5.3	11.3
	Pirates	Siegfried Kerkhoff		3,016	2.0		2,468	1.6	0.4
	AfD	Alfred Heitmann		2,849	1.9		4,042	2.7
	NPD						948	0.6	0.1
	PARTEI						352	0.2
	FW						248	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						182	0.1	0.1
	PRO						170	0.1
	ÖDP						167	0.1	0.0
	Nichtwahler						117	0.1
	REP						103	0.1	0.1
	Party of Reason						78	0.1
	RRP						61	0.0	0.0
	BIG						22	0.0
	PSG						22	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						17	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						17	0.0	0.0
	Die Rechte						12	0.0
Informal votes				1,401			1,118
Total valid votes				149,986			150,269
Turnout				151,387	76.2	1.1
	CDU hold		Majority	45,385	30.3	1.6

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Borken 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 Johannes Röring		79,254	54.2	1.9	67,056	45.8	4.0
	SPD	Christoph Pries		37,324	25.5	7.2	32,344	22.1	8.1
	FDP	Winfried Polch		12,521	8.6	4.6	24,230	16.5	6.6
	Greens	Ludwig Artmeyer		9,706	6.6	2.7	10,793	7.4	2.2
	Left	Martin Rath		6,385	4.4	1.5	7,222	4.9	1.8
	Pirates						1,823	1.2
	NPD	Sascha Andre Maier		1,044	0.7	0.2	805	0.5	0.0
	FAMILIE						625	0.4	0.0
	Human Environment Animal Protection						599	0.4	0.1
	RENTNER						344	0.2
	REP						188	0.1	0.0
	Centre						103	0.1	0.0
	RRP						100	0.1
	ÖDP						94	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						73	0.0	0.0
	DVU						56	0.0
	MLPD						17	0.0	0.0
	PSG						13	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						12	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,494			1,231
Total valid votes				146,234			146,497
Turnout				147,728	75.1	6.7
	CDU hold		Majority	41,930	28.7	5.3

References

1. "Constituency Borken II". Federal Returning Officer.
2. "Results for Borken II". Federal Returning Officer.
3. Results for Borken II
4. Results for Borken II
5. Results for Borken II
6. Results for Borken II