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Leverkusen – Cologne IV (German: Leverkusen – Köln IV) 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 100. It is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the city of Leverkusen and the northeastern part of Cologne.[1]
100 Leverkusen – Cologne IV | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
![]() Leverkusen – Cologne IV in 2025 | |
State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Population | 313,500 (2019) |
Electorate | 209,102 (2021) |
Major settlements | Leverkusen Cologne (partial) |
Area | 131.1 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 2002 |
Party | SPD |
Member | Karl Lauterbach |
Elected | 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021 |
Leverkusen – Cologne IV was created for the 2002 federal election. Since 2005, it has been represented by Karl Lauterbach of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]
Leverkusen – Cologne IV is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Leverkusen and the district of Mülheim from the independent city of Cologne.[1]
Leverkusen – Cologne IV was created in 2002 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Leverkusen – Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis II and Köln IV. In the 2002 through 2009 elections, it was constituency 102 in the numbering system. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 101. From the 2025 election, it has been number 100.
The constituency was first represented by Ernst Küchler of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 2002 to 2005. He was succeeded by fellow SPD member Karl Lauterbach in the 2005 election. Lauterbach was re-elected in 2009, 2013, 2017, and 2021.
Federal election (2021): Leverkusen – Cologne IV[3] | |||||||||
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Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
SPD | ![]() |
69,662 | 45.6 | ![]() |
44,586 | 29.1 | ![]() | ||
CDU | Serap Güler | 31,197 | 20.4 | ![]() |
33,246 | 21.7 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Nyke Slawik | 17,290 | 11.3 | ![]() |
29,329 | 19.2 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Cornelia Besser | 11,050 | 7.2 | ![]() |
15,931 | 10.4 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Christer Cremer | 10,797 | 7.1 | ![]() |
10,966 | 7.2 | ![]() | ||
Left | Beate Hane-Knoll | 5,657 | 3.7 | ![]() |
7,318 | 4.8 | ![]() | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 2,081 | 1.4 | ![]() | ||||||
PARTEI | Frauke Petzold | 2,782 | 1.8 | ![]() |
2,076 | 1.4 | ![]() | ||
dieBasis | Dirk Sattelmaier | 2,222 | 1.5 | 1,715 | 1.1 | ||||
Team Todenhöfer | 1,669 | 1.1 | |||||||
Volt | 996 | 0.7 | |||||||
FW | Stephan Heintze | 1,479 | 1.0 | 918 | 0.6 | ![]() | |||
Pirates | 664 | 0.4 | ![]() | ||||||
Independent | Jacqueline Blum | 412 | 0.3 | ||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 216 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
LIEBE | 195 | 0.1 | |||||||
LfK | 149 | 0.1 | |||||||
V-Partei3 | 139 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Humanists | 124 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
NPD | 123 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
ÖDP | 112 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Bündnis C | 100 | 0.1 | |||||||
du. | 98 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | Jonathan Meier | 212 | 0.1 | ![]() |
96 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||
57 | 0.0 | ||||||||
LKR | 36 | 0.0 | |||||||
DKP | 36 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
SGP | 24 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,403 | 1,163 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 152,760 | 153,000 | |||||||
Turnout | 154,163 | 73.7 | ![]() |
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SPD hold | Majority | 38,465 | 25.2 | ![]() |
Federal election (2017): Leverkusen – Cologne IV[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
SPD | ![]() |
59,373 | 38.7 | ![]() |
41,671 | 27.1 | ![]() | ||
CDU | Helmut Nowak | 47,272 | 30.8 | ![]() |
43,175 | 28.1 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Günter Theodor Witzmann | 13,408 | 8.7 | 14,970 | 9.7 | ![]() | |||
FDP | Rolf William Albach | 10,114 | 6.6 | ![]() |
18,719 | 12.2 | ![]() | ||
Left | Beate Hane-Knoll | 9,430 | 6.1 | ![]() |
14,284 | 9.3 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Lisa-Marie Friede | 8,722 | 5.7 | ![]() |
13,472 | 8.8 | ![]() | ||
PARTEI | Mark Benecke | 3,990 | 2.6 | ![]() |
2,102 | 1.4 | ![]() | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,153 | 0.8 | |||||||
AD-DEMOKRATEN | 1,007 | 0.7 | |||||||
Independent | Daniel Werner | 861 | 0.6 | ||||||
Pirates | 774 | 0.5 | ![]() | ||||||
FW | 373 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
NPD | 352 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
DiB | 265 | 0.2 | |||||||
MLPD | Ernst Albert Herbert | 350 | 0.2 | ![]() |
207 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||
V-Partei³ | 194 | 0.1 | |||||||
Volksabstimmung | 192 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
BGE | 176 | 0.1 | |||||||
DM | 164 | 0.1 | |||||||
ÖDP | 155 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 126 | 0.1 | |||||||
Die Humanisten | 116 | 0.1 | |||||||
DKP | 36 | 0.0 | |||||||
SGP | 28 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,619 | 1,328 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 153,520 | 153,711 | |||||||
Turnout | 155,139 | 73.1 | ![]() |
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SPD hold | Majority | 12,101 | 7.9 | ![]() |
Federal election (2013): Leverkusen – Cologne IV[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
SPD | ![]() |
61,172 | 41.3 | ![]() |
48,511 | 32.7 | ![]() | ||
CDU | Helmut Nowak | 58,201 | 39.3 | ![]() |
52,884 | 35.6 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Rainer Blum | 10,589 | 7.2 | ![]() |
14,283 | 9.6 | ![]() | ||
Left | Hamide Akbayir | 8,554 | 5.8 | ![]() |
10,615 | 7.2 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Guido Fischer | 3,447 | 2.3 | ![]() |
7,212 | 4.9 | ![]() | ||
AfD | 5,807 | 3.9 | |||||||
Pirates | 3,816 | 2.6 | ![]() | ||||||
NPD | Bernhard Blankenheim | 2,450 | 1.7 | ![]() |
1,578 | 1.1 | ![]() | ||
FW | Bettina Bernhard | 1,604 | 1.1 | 632 | 0.4 | ||||
PARTEI | Torsten Arnold Tofahrn | 1,529 | 1.0 | 993 | 0.7 | ||||
PRO | 514 | 0.3 | |||||||
Volksabstimmung | 315 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
BIG | 277 | 0.2 | |||||||
Nichtwahler | 230 | 0.2 | |||||||
ÖDP | 202 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
REP | 177 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
MLPD | Ernst Albert Herbert | 398 | 0.3 | ![]() |
164 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||
Party of Reason | 96 | 0.1 | |||||||
RRP | 65 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
BüSo | 30 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
PSG | 23 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Die Rechte | 16 | 0.0 | |||||||
Informal votes | 2,086 | 1,590 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 147,944 | 148,440 | |||||||
Turnout | 150,030 | 70.1 | ![]() |
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SPD hold | Majority | 2,971 | 2.0 | ![]() |
Federal election (2009): Leverkusen – Cologne IV[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
SPD | ![]() |
53,517 | 37.1 | ![]() |
40,982 | 28.3 | ![]() | ||
CDU | Thomas Portz | 51,242 | 35.5 | ![]() |
43,188 | 29.8 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Ulrike Kessing | 13,386 | 9.3 | ![]() |
18,064 | 12.5 | ![]() | ||
Left | Manuel Lindlar | 11,723 | 8.1 | ![]() |
13,715 | 9.5 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Benedikt Vennemann | 11,332 | 7.8 | ![]() |
20,670 | 14.3 | ![]() | ||
Pirates | 2,578 | 1.8 | |||||||
NPD | Bruno Kirchner | 2,364 | 1.6 | ![]() |
1,815 | 1.3 | ![]() | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,039 | 0.7 | ![]() | ||||||
FAMILIE | 712 | 0.5 | ![]() | ||||||
RENTNER | 620 | 0.4 | |||||||
Independent | Jan Dieckmann | 529 | 0.4 | ||||||
REP | 448 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||||||
RRP | 292 | 0.2 | |||||||
MLPD | Ernst Herbert | 323 | 0.2 | ![]() |
180 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||
ÖDP | 160 | 0.1 | |||||||
Volksabstimmung | 153 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
DVU | 92 | 0.1 | |||||||
Centre | 76 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
BüSo | 42 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
PSG | 29 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,044 | 1,605 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 144,416 | 144,855 | |||||||
Turnout | 146,460 | 68.7 | ![]() |
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SPD hold | Majority | 2,275 | 1.6 | ![]() |
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