Kiel (electoral district)

Kiel 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 5. It is located in central Schleswig-Holstein, comprising the city of Kiel.^[1]

5 Kiel
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Kiel in 2025
State	Schleswig-Holstein
Population	268,800 (2019)
Electorate	202,482 (2021)
Major settlements	Kiel
Area	143.0 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	SPD
Member	Mathias Stein
Elected	2017, 2021

Kiel was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Mathias Stein of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).^[2]

Geography

Kiel is located in central Schleswig-Holstein. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the urban district of Kiel, as well as the municipalities of Altenholz and Kronshagen from the Rendsburg-Eckernförde district.^[1]

History

Kiel was created in 1949. Until 1972, it was constituency 6 in the numbering system. In the 1949 and 1953 elections, it covered the entirety of the city of Kiel with the exception of voting districts 23 and 26–42. In the 1957 and 1961 elections, it did not contain the city districts of Wik and Ravensberg, which were part of the Rendsburg constituency. From 1965 to 1972, it did not include the city districts of Friedrichsort, Holtenau, Pries and Schilksee, which were part of the Schleswig - Eckernförde constituency.

From 1976 to 2002, Kiel was coterminous with the city of Kiel. For the 2002 election, the municipalities of Altenholz and Kronshagen were transferred from the Rendsburg-Eckernförde constituency to Kiel.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	6	Kiel	Kiel city (excluding voting districts 23 and 26–42)
1953
1957			Kiel city (excluding Wik and Ravensberg)
1961
1965			Kiel city (excluding Friedrichsort, Holtenau, Pries, and Schilksee)
1969
1972	5
1976			Kiel city
1980
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002			Kiel city Rendsburg-Eckernförde district (only Altenholz and Kronshagen municipalities)
2005
2009
2013
2017
2021
2025

Members

The constituency has been held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) during all but three Bundestag terms since 1949; it has returned a representative from the SPD in every federal election since 1961. Its first representative was Walter Brookmann of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1949–57, followed by Hans-Carl Rüdel, also from the CDU. It was won by the SPD in 1961, and represented by Fritz Baade for a single term. He was succeeded by Hans Müthling, who served until 1972. Between then and 1998, it was represented by Norbert Gansel. Gansel left the Bundestag to become mayor of Kiel, and Hans-Peter Bartels was elected as representative in the 1998 federal election, and served until 2017, when he was succeeded by Mathias Stein.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Walter Brookmann	CDU	52.9
	1953			55.6
	1957	Hans-Carl Rüdel	CDU	50.0
	1961	Fritz Baade	SPD	47.0
	1965	Hans Müthling	SPD	49.0
	1969			54.6
	1972	Norbert Gansel	SPD	59.4
	1976			57.2
	1980			58.3
	1983			53.9
	1987			53.0
	1990			51.0
	1994			52.7
	1998	Hans-Peter Bartels	SPD	54.9
	2002			53.7
	2005			50.7
	2009			38.3
	2013			43.0
	2017	Mathias Stein	SPD	31.0
	2021			29.5

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Kiel[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 Mathias Stein		45,709	29.5	1.5	40,338	26.0	2.2
	Greens	Luise Amtsberg		43,532	28.1	13.8	44,089	28.4	11.2
	CDU	Thomas Stritzl		28,416	18.4	12.3	23,920	15.4	11.4
	FDP	Maximilian Mordhorst		11,445	7.4	0.1	16,110	10.4	1.3
	Left	Lorenz Gösta Beutin		7,275	4.7	2.6	9,430	6.1	4.1
	AfD	Eike Reimers		7,147	4.6	1.5	7,654	4.9	2.0
	SSW	Marcel Schmidt		4,141	2.7		4,486	2.9
	PARTEI	Florian Wrobel		2,944	1.9	0.7	2,185	1.4	0.7
	dieBasis	Björn Michel		2,009	1.3		1,924	1.2
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,676	1.1
	FW	Christian Görtz		1,144	0.7		954	0.6	0.3
	Team Todenhöfer						747	0.5
	Volt	Simon Wadehn		666	0.4		556	0.4
	Humanists						299	0.2
	V-Partei3						171	0.1
	NPD						122	0.1	0.1
	ÖDP						116	0.1	0.2
	du.	Paula Bianka Abramik		202	0.1		114	0.1
	DKP	Barbara Müller		110	0.1		88	0.1
	LKR						50	0.0
	MLPD	Karin Zan Bi		76	0.0	0.1	39	0.0	0.1
Informal votes				1,170			918
Total valid votes				154,816			155,068
Turnout				155,986	77.0	2.1
	SPD hold		Majority	2,177	1.4	1.1

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Kiel[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	Mathias Stein		46,991	31.0	12.0	36,208	23.8	10.9
	CDU	Thomas Stritzl		46,560	30.7	2.4	40,736	26.8	3.5
	Greens	Luise Amtsberg		21,743	14.3	4.4	26,143	17.2	3.1
	FDP	Sebastian Blumenthal		11,363	7.5	5.4	17,804	11.7	6.4
	Left	Maxim Smirnow		11,114	7.3	2.1	15,546	10.2	3.3
	AfD	Eike Reimers		9,283	6.1	3.3	10,504	6.9	3.2
	PARTEI	Ove Schröter		4,017	2.6		3,214	2.1
	BGE						632	0.4
	FW						540	0.4
	ÖDP						345	0.2
	New Liberals	Markus Jakupak		342	0.2
	MLPD	Karin Zan Bi		266	0.2		147	0.1	0.0
	NPD						250	0.2	0.4
Informal votes				1,594			1,204
Total valid votes				151,679			152,069
Turnout				153,273	74.9	3.5
	SPD hold		Majority	431	0.3	9.6

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Kiel[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 Hans-Peter Bartels		62,271	43.0	4.7	50,262	34.7	5.1
	CDU	Thomas Stritzl		47,925	33.1	3.0	43,893	30.3	4.9
	Greens	Luise Amtsberg		14,435	10.0	3.2	20,394	14.1	3.1
	Left	Raju Sharma		7,622	5.3	3.1	10,023	6.9	2.5
	AfD	Arne Stanneck		4,040	2.8		5,379	3.7
	Pirates	Bastian Grundmann		3,575	2.5		3,946	2.7	0.3
	FDP	Sebastian Blumenthal		3,069	2.1	6.5	7,708	5.3	8.1
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,201	0.8
	Rentner	Helmut Lemke		920	0.6		817	0.6	0.4
	NPD	Hermann Josef Andreas Gutsche		834	0.6	0.4	802	0.6	0.3
	FW						473	0.3
	Independent	Gerald Hohmann		87	0.1
	MLPD						71	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,674			1,483
Total valid votes				144,778			144,969
Turnout				146,452	71.4	1.3
	SPD hold		Majority	14,346	9.9	1.7

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Kiel[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 Hans-Peter Bartels		54,398	38.3	12.4	42,369	29.6	11.9
	CDU	Michaela Pries		42,733	30.1	3.8	36,397	25.4	3.4
	Greens	Lutz Oschmann		18,699	13.2	7.0	24,659	17.2	4.5
	FDP	Sebastian Blumenthal		12,188	8.6	5.6	19,156	13.4	4.5
	Left	Cornelia Möhring		11,817	8.3	4.2	13,430	9.4	3.4
	Pirates						4,267	3.0
	Rentner						1,448	1.0
	NPD	Hermann Gutsche		1,392	1.0	0.1	1,275	0.9	0.0
	Independent	Peter von Wildenradt		814	0.6
	DVU						139	0.1
	MLPD						80	0.1	0.0
Informal votes				3,442			2,263
Total valid votes				142,041			143,220
Turnout				145,483	72.6	5.1
	SPD hold		Majority	11,665	8.2	8.6

References

1. "Constituency Kiel". Federal Returning Officer.
2. "Results for Kiel". Federal Returning Officer.
3. Results for Flensburg – Schleswig
4. Results for Kiel
5. Results for Kiel
6. Results for Kiel