Cologne II

Cologne II (German: Köln 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 93. It is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the southwestern part of the city of Cologne.^[1]

93 Cologne II
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Cologne II in 2025
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	330,800 (2019)
Electorate	242,483 (2021)
Major settlements	Cologne (partial)
Area	101.5 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	GRÜNE
Member	Sven Lehmann
Elected	2021

Cologne II was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Sven Lehmann of the Alliance 90/The Greens.^[2]

Geography

Cologne II is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the southwestern part of the independent city of Cologne, specifically the districts of Rodenkirchen, Lindenthal, and the Stadtteile of Altstadt-Süd and Neustadt-Süd from Innenstadt.^[1]

History

Cologne II was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 8 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 67. From 1965 through 1998, it was number 60. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 95. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 94. From the 2025 election, it has been number 93.

Originally, the constituency comprised the area of Cologne on the left bank of the Rhine south of the line made by Aachener Straße and Innere Kanalstraße. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it comprised Bayenthal, Zollstock, Klettenberg, Sülz, Lindenthal, Müngersdorf, and Ehrenfeld south of Subbelrather Straße. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it comprised Rodenkirchen and Lindenthal. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	8	Köln II	Cologne city (only the area on the left bank of the Rhine south of the line made by Aachener Straße and Innere Kanalstraße)
1953	67
1957
1961
1965	60		Cologne city (only Bayenthal, Zollstock, Klettenberg, Sülz, Lindenthal, Müngersdorf, and Ehrenfeld south of Subbelrather Straße)
1969
1972
1976
1980			Cologne city (only Rodenkirchen and Lindenthal districts)
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	95		Cologne city (only Rodenkirchen and Lindenthal districts and Altstadt-Süd and Neustadt-Süd Stadtteile from Innenstadt district)
2005
2009
2013	94
2017
2021
2025	93

Members

The constituency was first represented by Hermann Pünder of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1949 to 1957, followed by fellow CDU members Fritz Hellwig until 1961 and Carl Hesberg until 1969. It was won by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in 1969 and represented by Katharina Focke. She was succeeded in 1980 by Anke Fuchs for a single term. The CDU regained the constituency in 1983, and Heribert Blens served from then until 1998, when former member Fuchs was elected representative for another term. She was succeeded by in 2002 by fellow SPD member Lale Akgün. Michael Paul of the CDU won the constituency in 2009 and served until 2013. Heribert Hirte was elected in 2013 and re-elected in 2017. Sven Lehmann of the Greens won the constituency in 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Hermann Pünder	CDU	44.9
	1953			54.5
	1957	Fritz Hellwig	CDU	60.6
	1961	Carl Hesberg	CDU	50.3
	1965			50.0
	1969	Katharina Focke	SPD	50.9
	1972			54.7
	1976			47.7
	1980	Anke Fuchs	SPD	44.0
	1983	Heribert Blens	CDU	50.2
	1987			45.2
	1990			41.9
	1994			43.2
	1998	Anke Fuchs	SPD	44.5
	2002	Lale Akgün	SPD	43.9
	2005			43.8
	2009	Michael Paul	CDU	34.9
	2013	Heribert Hirte	CDU	40.0
	2017			34.9
	2021	Sven Lehmann	GRÜNE	34.6

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Cologne 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	%	±%
	Greens	Sven Lehmann		70,658	34.6	20.0	65,240	31.9	16.4
	CDU	Sandra von Möller		50,918	25.0	9.9	41,834	20.5	8.0
	SPD	Marion Sollbach		40,103	19.7	7.2	43,193	21.1	1.6
	FDP	Joachim Krämer		16,950	8.3	0.7	26,470	13.0	4.2
	Left	Matthias Birkwald		8,771	4.3	3.7	10,399	5.1	5.6
	AfD	Luca Leittersdorf		5,587	2.7	1.9	5,891	2.9	2.2
	Volt	Olivier Fuchs		4,111	2.0		2,323	1.1
	PARTEI	Judit Géczi		3,312	1.6	0.3	1,898	0.9	0.2
	dieBasis	Markus Hoffleit		2,005	1.0		1,773	0.9
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,646	0.8	0.3
	Team Todenhöfer						1,049	0.5
	FW	Torsten Ilg		1,369	0.7		792	0.4	0.2
	Pirates						558	0.3	0.0
	Humanists						182	0.1	0.0
	V-Partei3						165	0.1	0.1
	ÖDP						159	0.1	0.0
	Gesundheitsforschung						127	0.1	0.0
	LIEBE						110	0.1
	du.						104	0.1
	LfK						102	0.0
	Bündnis C						83	0.0
	PdF						64	0.0
	NPD						53	0.0	0.0
	LKR						39	0.0
	MLPD	Mahdi Rezai		117	0.1	0.1	31	0.0	0.0
	DKP	Walter Stehling		82	0.0		36	0.0	0.0
	SGP						12	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				972			622
Total valid votes				203,983			204,333
Turnout				204,955	84.5	2.4
	Greens gain from CDU		Majority	19,740	9.6

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Cologne 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 Heribert Hirte		68,657	34.9	5.1	56,165	28.5	7.0
	SPD	Elfi Scho-Antwerpes		52,880	26.9	6.0	38,485	19.5	6.8
	Greens	Sven Lehmann		28,716	14.6	0.1	30,630	15.5	0.1
	FDP	Annette Wittmütz-Heublein		17,816	9.1	6.4	33,760	17.1	9.0
	Left	Matthias Birkwald		15,704	8.0	2.8	21,100	10.7	3.8
	AfD	Jochen Haugg		9,057	4.6	2.5	9,964	5.1	1.8
	PARTEI	Ingo Trapphagen		3,689	1.9		2,322	1.2	0.6
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,072	0.5
	Pirates						634	0.3	1.9
	DiB						582	0.3
	FW						368	0.2	0.0
	AD-DEMOKRATEN						350	0.2
	BGE						332	0.2
	V-Partei³						292	0.1
	ÖDP						235	0.1	0.1
	Die Humanisten						190	0.1
	DM						153	0.1
	NPD						107	0.1	0.3
	Gesundheitsforschung						105	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						97	0.0	0.1
	MLPD	Mahdi Rezai		242	0.1		85	0.0	0.0
	DKP						38	0.0
	SGP						12	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,218			901
Total valid votes				196,761			197,078
Turnout				197,979	82.2	3.2
	CDU hold		Majority	15,777	8.0	0.8

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Cologne 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	Heribert Hirte		73,011	40.0	5.1	64,909	35.5	7.2
	SPD	Elfi Scho-Antwerpes		59,975	32.8	0.4	48,190	26.3	4.4
	Greens	Volker Beck		26,426	14.5	1.1	28,642	15.6	4.2
	Left	Matthias Birkwald		9,521	5.2	0.4	12,689	6.9	0.1
	FDP	Hans Hermann Stein		4,762	2.6	8.2	14,871	8.1	10.9
	AfD	Stephan Boyens		3,839	2.1		5,955	3.3
	Pirates	Andreas Gärtner		3,677	2.0		4,072	2.2	0.3
	PARTEI						1,030	0.6
	NPD	Thorsten Peter März		783	0.4	0.2	596	0.3	0.1
	FW	Joachim Orth		583	0.3		403	0.2
	Nichtwahler						364	0.2
	ÖDP						328	0.2	0.0
	PRO						245	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						213	0.1	0.0
	BIG						132	0.1
	REP						103	0.1	0.1
	Party of Reason						96	0.1
	RRP						53	0.0	0.1
	MLPD						43	0.0	0.0
	BüSo	Johannes David Themba Faku		107	0.1		38	0.0	0.0
	PSG						37	0.0	0.0
	Die Rechte						10	0.0
Informal votes				1,478			1,143
Total valid votes				182,684			183,019
Turnout				184,162	79.0	2.1
	CDU hold		Majority	13,036	7.2	4.7

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Cologne 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	Michael Paul		59,710	34.9	0.3	48,545	28.3	1.1
	SPD	N Lale Akgün		55,471	32.4	11.4	37,665	22.0	11.2
	Greens	Volker Beck		26,614	15.5	5.6	34,040	19.8	3.2
	FDP	Werner Hoyer		18,455	10.8	3.1	32,663	19.0	4.7
	Left	Matthias Birkwald		9,550	5.6	2.1	12,138	7.1	2.3
	Pirates						3,237	1.9
	NPD	Erwine Lehming		1,131	0.7	0.1	809	0.5	0.1
	Human Environment Animal Protection						755	0.4	0.1
	RENTNER						341	0.2
	FAMILIE						337	0.2	0.0
	ÖDP						252	0.1
	REP						227	0.2	0.0
	RRP						207	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						129	0.1	0.0
	Centre						67	0.0	0.0
	DVU						48	0.0
	MLPD	Gottfried Schweizer		281	0.2		41	0.0	0.0
	PSG						28	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						27	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,350			1,006
Total valid votes				171,212			171,556
Turnout				172,562	76.9	4.0
	CDU gain from SPD		Majority	4,239	2.5

References

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