Cologne I

Cologne I (German: Köln 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 92. It is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the southeastern part of the city of Cologne.^[1]

92 Cologne I
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Cologne I in 2025
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	297,600 (2019)
Electorate	190,630 (2021)
Major settlements	Cologne (partial)
Area	128.3 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	SPD
Member	Sanae Abdi
Elected	2021

Cologne I was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Sanae Abdi of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).^[2]

Geography

Cologne I is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the southeastern part of the independent city of Cologne, specifically the districts of Porz, Kalk, and the Stadtteile of Altstadt-Nord, Deutz, and Neustadt-Nord from Innenstadt.^[1]

History

Cologne I was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 7 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 66. From 1965 through 1998, it was number 59. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 94. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 93. From the 2025 election, it has been number 92.

Originally, the constituency comprised the area of Cologne on the left bank of the Rhine and north of the line made by Aachener Straße and Innere Kanalstraße. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it comprised today's Innenstadt district as well as Kalk, Humboldt-Gremberg, and Poll. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it comprised Innenstadt and Porz. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	7	Köln I	Cologne city (only the area on the left bank of the Rhine and north of the line made by Aachener Straße and Innere Kanalstraße)
1953	66
1957
1961
1965	59		Cologne city (only Innenstadt, Kalk, Humboldt-Gremberg, and Poll districts)
1969
1972
1976
1980			Cologne city (only Porz and Innenstadt districts)
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	94		Cologne city (only Porz and Kalk districts and Altstadt-Nord, Deutz, and Neustadt-Nord Stadtteile from Innenstadt district)
2005
2009
2013	93
2017
2021
2025	92

Members

The constituency was first represented by Aenne Brauksiepe of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1949 to 1965. It was won by the Social Democratic Party (SPD)'s candidate Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski in 1965. The SPD held the constituency until 2017. Wischnewski represented it until 1990, when he was succeeded by Walter Rempe, who served a single term. Volkmar Schultz was elected in 1994 and served until 2002, followed by Martin Dörmann. Karsten Möring of the CDU was elected in 2017. Sanae Abdi regained the constituency for the SPD in 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Aenne Brauksiepe	CDU	42.2
	1953			53.5
	1957			58.4
	1961			50.0
	1965	Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski	SPD	46.0
	1969			54.1
	1972			58.5
	1976			52.5
	1980			50.5
	1983			48.9
	1987			47.3
	1990	Walter Rempe	SPD	45.2
	1994	Volkmar Schultz	SPD	45.0
	1998			51.6
	2002	Martin Dörmann	SPD	50.0
	2005			48.6
	2009			35.0
	2013			37.0
	2017	Karsten Möring	CDU	31.6
	2021	Sanae Abdi	SPD	27.9

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Cologne 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	%	±%
	SPD	Sanae Abdi		38,985	27.9	3.1	36,933	26.4	2.1
	Greens	Lisa-Marie Friede		33,405	23.9	14.1	33,501	23.9	12.5
	CDU	N Karsten Möring		31,636	22.6	9.0	27,695	19.8	6.6
	FDP	Reinhard Houben		11,490	8.2	0.5	15,040	10.7	2.3
	AfD	Fabian Jacobi		8,789	6.3	2.4	8,363	6.0	2.9
	Left	Madeine Eisfeld		7,213	5.2	3.5	8,267	5.9	5.1
	Team Todenhöfer						1,768	1.3
	Tierschutzpartei						1,704	1.2	0.4
	PARTEI	Aaron Baron von Kruedener		2,768	2.0	0.5	1,607	1.1	0.2
	Volt	Rebekka Müller		2,353	1.7		1,340	1.0
	dieBasis	Ralf Schäfer		1,615	1.2		1,327	0.9
	FW	Detlef Hagenbruch		1,108	0.8		753	0.5	0.3
	Pirates						548	0.4	0.1
	Independent	Martin Przybylski		261	0.2
	LIEBE						173	0.1
	Humanists						152	0.1	0.0
	Gesundheitsforschung						127	0.1	0.0
	du.						116	0.1
	V-Partei3						109	0.1	0.1
	LfK						105	0.1
	ÖDP						88	0.1	0.1
	NPD						76	0.1	0.1
	Bündnis C						72	0.1
	PdF						67	0.0
	MLPD	Elisabeth Höchtl		181	0.1	0.1	64	0.0	0.1
	DKP						43	0.0	0.0
	LKR						27	0.0
	SGP						15	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,097			821
Total valid votes				139,804			140,080
Turnout				140,901	73.9	1.4
	SPD gain from CDU		Majority	5,580	4.0

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Cologne 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	Karsten Möring		43,683	31.6	5.1	36,565	26.4	7.0
	SPD	N Martin Dörmann		42,799	31.0	6.0	33,666	24.3	6.7
	Greens	Hans Schwanitz		13,535	9.8	0.5	15,800	11.4	0.8
	AfD	Fabian Jacobi		11,952	8.6	5.7	12,290	8.9	4.8
	Left	Murat Yilmaz		11,898	8.6	2.1	15,271	11.0	2.9
	FDP	Reinhard Houben		10,652	7.7	5.2	18,067	13.0	7.5
	PARTEI	Sabine Kader		3,369	2.4		1,905	1.4	0.7
	Tierschutzpartei						1,068	0.8
	AD-DEMOKRATEN						970	0.7
	Pirates						689	0.5	2.2
	DiB						398	0.3
	FW						356	0.3	0.0
	BGE						233	0.2
	NPD						224	0.2	0.6
	V-Partei³						184	0.1
	ÖDP						164	0.1	0.0
	MLPD	Reiner Dworschak		308	0.2		155	0.1	0.1
	Die Humanisten						150	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						146	0.1
	DM						140	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						136	0.1	0.1
	DKP						38	0.0
	SGP						16	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,522			1,087
Total valid votes				138,196			138,631
Turnout				139,718	72.6	3.1
	CDU gain from SPD		Majority	884	0.6

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Cologne 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	%	±%
	SPD	Y Martin Dörmann		48,632	37.0	2.0	40,759	31.0	4.1
	CDU	Karsten Möring		48,232	36.7	3.1	43,863	33.3	6.2
	Greens	Berivan Aymaz		13,513	10.3	2.1	16,056	12.2	3.7
	Left	Heinz Peter Karl Fischer		8,583	6.5	1.9	10,709	8.1	1.5
	AfD	Hendrik Rottmann		3,885	3.0		5,367	4.1
	Pirates	Gerald Günther Teybig		3,361	2.6		3,501	2.7	0.7
	FDP	Stefanie Ruffen		3,243	2.5	6.2	7,235	5.5	9.6
	NPD	Melanie Händelkes		1,329	1.0	0.6	1,032	0.8	0.3
	PARTEI						883	0.7
	FW	Christine-Maria Hudyma		444	0.3		337	0.3
	PRO						411	0.3
	BIG						254	0.2
	Nichtwahler						241	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						208	0.2	0.0
	ÖDP						204	0.2	0.0
	REP						168	0.1	0.2
	Party of Reason						111	0.1
	RRP						80	0.1	0.1
	MLPD						73	0.1	0.0
	BüSo	Tamas Antal Bech		170	0.1		61	0.0	0.0
	PSG						31	0.0	0.0
	Die Rechte						18	0.0
Informal votes				1,445			1,235
Total valid votes				131,392			131,602
Turnout				132,837	69.4	1.5
	SPD hold		Majority	400	0.3	1.1

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Cologne 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	%	±%
	SPD	Y Martin Dörmann		43,837	35.0	13.6	33,774	26.8	12.8
	CDU	Ursula Heinen-Esser		42,094	33.6	0.3	34,195	27.2	0.0
	Greens	Max Löffler		15,557	12.4	5.1	20,019	15.9	2.6
	FDP	Alexander Vogel		10,902	8.7	4.7	18,981	15.1	4.0
	Left	Cindy Kolter		10,614	8.5	3.5	12,092	9.6	3.5
	Pirates						2,522	2.0
	NPD	Benedikt Frings		1,971	1.6	0.6	1,398	1.1	0.3
	Tierschutzpartei						816	0.6	0.2
	RENTNER						454	0.4
	FAMILIE						433	0.3	0.0
	REP						368	0.3	0.0
	Independent	Mali Dieckmann		318	0.3
	RRP						214	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						179	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP						146	0.1
	Centre						74	0.1	0.0
	MLPD						70	0.1	0.0
	DVU						53	0.0
	BüSo						25	0.0	0.0
	PSG						20	0.0	0.1
Informal votes				1,718			1,178
Total valid votes				125,293			125,833
Turnout				127,011	68.0	6.5
	SPD hold		Majority	1,743	1.4	13.3

References

1. "Constituency Cologne I". Federal Returning Officer.
2. "Results for Cologne I". Federal Returning Officer.
3. Results for Cologne I
4. Results for Cologne I
5. Results for Cologne I
6. Results for Cologne I