Warendorf (electoral district)
# Warendorf (electoral district)

Warendorf 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 130. It is located in northern North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the district of Warendorf.

Warendorf was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Henning Rehbaum of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

## Geography

Warendorf is located in northern North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the district of Warendorf.

## History

Warendorf was created in 1949, then known as Beckum – Warendorf. It acquired its current name in the 1980 election. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 37 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 96. From 1965 through 1976, it was number 94. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 100. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 131. Since 2013, it has been number 130.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Warendorf and Beckum. Since the 1980 election, it has been coterminous with the district of Warendorf.

| Election | No. | Name | Borders |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1949 | 37 | Beckum – Warendorf | Beckum district Warendorf district |
| 1953 | 96 | Beckum – Warendorf | Beckum district Warendorf district |
| 1957 | 96 | Beckum – Warendorf | Beckum district Warendorf district |
| 1961 | 96 | Beckum – Warendorf | Beckum district Warendorf district |
| 1965 | 94 | Beckum – Warendorf | Beckum district Warendorf district |
| 1969 | 94 | Beckum – Warendorf | Beckum district Warendorf district |
| 1972 | 94 | Beckum – Warendorf | Beckum district Warendorf district |
| 1976 | 94 | Beckum – Warendorf | Beckum district Warendorf district |
| 1980 | 100 | Warendorf | Warendorf district |
| 1983 | 100 | Warendorf | Warendorf district |
| 1987 | 100 | Warendorf | Warendorf district |
| 1990 | 100 | Warendorf | Warendorf district |
| 1994 | 100 | Warendorf | Warendorf district |
| 1998 | 100 | Warendorf | Warendorf district |
| 2002 | 131 | Warendorf | Warendorf district |
| 2005 | 131 | Warendorf | Warendorf district |
| 2009 | 131 | Warendorf | Warendorf district |
| 2013 | 130 | Warendorf | Warendorf district |
| 2017 | 130 | Warendorf | Warendorf district |
| 2021 | 130 | Warendorf | Warendorf district |

## Members

The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation. It was first represented by Bernhard Raestrup from 1949 to 1957. Heinrich Windelen then served from 1957 to 1990. Peter Paziorek was representative from 1990 to 2009. Reinhold Sendker was elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2013 and 2017. He was succeeded by Henning Rehbaum in 2021.

| Election | Member | Party | % |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1949 | Bernhard Raestrup | CDU | 41.7 |
| 1953 | Bernhard Raestrup | CDU | 67.5 |
| 1957 | Heinrich Windelen | CDU | 66.5 |
| 1961 | Heinrich Windelen | CDU | 63.0 |
| 1965 | Heinrich Windelen | CDU | 63.3 |
| 1969 | Heinrich Windelen | CDU | 60.5 |
| 1972 | Heinrich Windelen | CDU | 53.4 |
| 1976 | Heinrich Windelen | CDU | 54.5 |
| 1980 | Heinrich Windelen | CDU | 52.7 |
| 1983 | Heinrich Windelen | CDU | 58.4 |
| 1987 | Heinrich Windelen | CDU | 51.7 |
| 1990 | Peter Paziorek | CDU | 50.0 |
| 1994 | Peter Paziorek | CDU | 50.0 |
| 1998 | Peter Paziorek | CDU | 46.9 |
| 2002 | Peter Paziorek | CDU | 45.3 |
| 2005 | Peter Paziorek | CDU | 50.3 |
| 2009 | Reinhold Sendker | CDU | 49.0 |
| 2013 | Reinhold Sendker | CDU | 51.3 |
| 2017 | Reinhold Sendker | CDU | 46.4 |
| 2021 | Henning Rehbaum | CDU | 36.3 |

## Election results

### 2021 election

Federal election (2021): Warendorf :

| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
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| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Henning Rehbaum | Henning Rehbaum | 59,631 | 36.3 | 10.1 | 51,722 | 31.4 | 8.9 |
| | SPD | Bernhard Daldrup | Bernhard Daldrup | 50,685 | 30.8 | 2.9 | 47,648 | 28.9 | 4.9 |
| | Greens | Jessica Wessels | Jessica Wessels | 21,245 | 12.9 | 7.4 | 23,309 | 14.2 | 7.5 |
| | FDP | Oliver Niedostadek | Oliver Niedostadek | 12,768 | 7.8 | 0.8 | 18,193 | 11.1 | 2.0 |
| | AfD | Dennis Dinter | Dennis Dinter | 10,211 | 6.2 | 0.6 | 10,533 | 6.4 | 1.0 |
| | Left | Reiner Jenkel | Reiner Jenkel | 4,074 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 4,525 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,729 | 1.1 | 0.6 |
| | PARTEI | Joachim Göbel | Joachim Göbel | 2,772 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 1,553 | 0.9 | 0.3 |
| | dieBasis | Thomas Hesse | Thomas Hesse | 1,773 | 1.1 | | 1,518 | 0.9 | |
| | FW | | | | | | 1,014 | 0.6 | 0.3 |
| | Independent | Marius Brehm | Marius Brehm | 709 | 0.4 | | | | |
| | Team Todenhöfer | | | | | | 635 | 0.4 | |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 535 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| | Volt | | | | | | 351 | 0.2 | |
| | LIEBE | | | | | | 207 | 0.1 | |
| | ÖDP | Ludger Gerhardt | Ludger Gerhardt | 497 | 0.3 | | 200 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | Gesundheitsforschung | | | | | | 179 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | LfK | | | | | | 132 | 0.1 | |
| | NPD | | | | | | 128 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| | Bündnis C | | | | | | 113 | 0.1 | |
| | Humanists | | | | | | 108 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | V-Partei3 | | | | | | 84 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | du. | | | | | | 62 | 0.0 | |
| | PdF | | | | | | 54 | 0.0 | |
| | LKR | | | | | | 33 | 0.0 | |
| | DKP | | | | | | 31 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | PSG | | | | | | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,443 | | | 1,186 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 164,365 | | | 164,622 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 165,808 | 79.4 | 1.4 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 8,946 | 5.5 | 13.0 | | | |

### 2017 election

Federal election (2017): Warendorf :

| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
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| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Y Reinhold Sendker | Y Reinhold Sendker | 75,017 | 46.4 | 4.9 | 65,357 | 40.3 | 6.8 |
| | SPD | Bernhard Daldrup | Bernhard Daldrup | 45,094 | 27.9 | 4.1 | 38,992 | 24.0 | 5.1 |
| | FDP | Oliver Niedostadek | Oliver Niedostadek | 11,291 | 7.0 | 4.7 | 21,175 | 13.1 | 7.6 |
| | AfD | Joachim Multermann | Joachim Multermann | 11,078 | 6.9 | 4.6 | 12,025 | 7.4 | 4.5 |
| | Greens | Marion Schniggendiller | Marion Schniggendiller | 8,968 | 5.5 | 0.4 | 10,815 | 6.7 | 0.6 |
| | Left | Reiner Jenkel | Reiner Jenkel | 7,738 | 4.8 | 1.3 | 8,997 | 5.5 | 1.2 |
| | PARTEI | Paulo da Silva | Paulo da Silva | 1,886 | 1.2 | | 1,056 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 808 | 0.5 | |
| | AD-DEMOKRATEN | | | | | | 622 | 0.4 | |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 538 | 0.3 | 1.7 |
| | Independent | Olaf Barton | Olaf Barton | 514 | 0.3 | | | | |
| | FW | | | | | | 472 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| | NPD | | | | | | 271 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| | DM | | | | | | 153 | 0.1 | |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 153 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | Volksabstimmung | | | | | | 142 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| | V-Partei³ | | | | | | 133 | 0.1 | |
| | Gesundheitsforschung | | | | | | 119 | 0.1 | |
| | BGE | | | | | | 102 | 0.1 | |
| | DiB | | | | | | 90 | 0.1 | |
| | Die Humanisten | | | | | | 69 | 0.0 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 30 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | SGP | | | | | | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | DKP | | | | | | 12 | 0.0 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,945 | | | 1,387 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 161,586 | | | 162,144 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 163,531 | 78.0 | 2.9 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 29,923 | 18.5 | 0.8 | | | |

### 2013 election

Federal election (2013): Warendorf :

| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
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| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Y Reinhold Sendker | Y Reinhold Sendker | 80,272 | 51.3 | 2.3 | 73,764 | 47.1 | 6.5 |
| | SPD | Bernhard Daldrup | Bernhard Daldrup | 50,056 | 32.0 | 0.6 | 45,609 | 29.1 | 4.8 |
| | Greens | Alexander Ringbeck | Alexander Ringbeck | 9,300 | 5.9 | | 11,305 | 7.2 | 2.2 |
| | Left | Karl Stephan Schulte | Karl Stephan Schulte | 5,488 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 6,858 | 4.4 | 2.0 |
| | FDP | Johannes Philipper | Johannes Philipper | 3,533 | 2.3 | 8.4 | 8,486 | 5.4 | 9.9 |
| | AfD | | | 3,455 | 2.2 | | 4,571 | 2.9 | |
| | Pirates | Sebastian Wiesendahl | Sebastian Wiesendahl | 3,163 | 2.0 | | 3,123 | 2.0 | 0.5 |
| | NPD | | | 1,134 | 0.7 | | 1,090 | 0.7 | 0.1 |
| | FW | | | | | | 378 | 0.2 | |
| | PARTEI | | | | | | 329 | 0.2 | |
| | Volksabstimmung | | | | | | 223 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 178 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | PRO | | | | | | 147 | 0.1 | |
| | REP | | | | | | 122 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| | Nichtwahler | | | | | | 93 | 0.1 | |
| | Party of Reason | | | | | | 70 | 0.0 | |
| | BIG | | | | | | 53 | 0.0 | |
| | RRP | | | | | | 53 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| | PSG | | | | | | 29 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | BüSo | | | | | | 25 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 23 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Die Rechte | | | | | | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,684 | | | 1,552 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 156,401 | | | 156,533 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 158,085 | 75.2 | 1.2 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 30,216 | 19.3 | 2.9 | | | |

### 2009 election

Federal election (2009): Warendorf :

| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
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| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Reinhold Sendker | Reinhold Sendker | 75,187 | 49.0 | 1.3 | 62,706 | 40.6 | 1.7 |
| | SPD | Bernhard Daldrup | Bernhard Daldrup | 49,996 | 32.6 | 5.5 | 37,608 | 24.4 | 10.7 |
| | FDP | Jutta Wonnemann | Jutta Wonnemann | 16,333 | 10.6 | 6.9 | 23,668 | 15.3 | 4.7 |
| | Greens | | | | | | 14,609 | 9.5 | 3.4 |
| | Left | Reiner Jenkel | Reiner Jenkel | 12,005 | 7.8 | 4.7 | 9,824 | 6.4 | 2.5 |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 2,308 | 1.5 | |
| | NPD | | | | | | 977 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 688 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| | FAMILIE | | | | | | 685 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| | RENTNER | | | | | | 443 | 0.3 | |
| | REP | | | | | | 302 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| | RRP | | | | | | 132 | 0.1 | |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 119 | 0.1 | |
| | Volksabstimmung | | | | | | 112 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | Centre | | | | | | 107 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | DVU | | | | | | 82 | 0.1 | |
| | PSG | | | | | | 16 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | BüSo | | | | | | 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,696 | | | 1,809 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 153,521 | | | 154,408 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 156,217 | 73.9 | 7.0 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 25,191 | 16.4 | 4.2 | | | |
