Mülheim – Essen I
# Mülheim – Essen I

Mülheim – Essen 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 118. It is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the city of Mülheim and northwestern parts of the city of Essen.

Mülheim – Essen I was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Sebastian Fiedler of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).

## Geography

Mülheim – Essen I is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Mülheim and the Stadtbezirk IV (Borbeck) from the independent city of Essen.

## History

Mülheim – Essen I was created in 1949, then known as Mülheim. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 29 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 88. From 1965 through 1976, it was number 86. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 87. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 119. Since 2013, it has been number 118.

Originally, the constituency comprised only the city of Mülheim. In the 2002 election, it acquired Stadtbezirk IV (Borbeck) from the city of Essen.

| Election | No. | Name | Borders |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1949 | 29 | Mülheim | Mülheim city |
| 1953 | 88 | Mülheim | Mülheim city |
| 1957 | 88 | Mülheim | Mülheim city |
| 1961 | 88 | Mülheim | Mülheim city |
| 1965 | 86 | Mülheim | Mülheim city |
| 1969 | 86 | Mülheim | Mülheim city |
| 1972 | 86 | Mülheim | Mülheim city |
| 1976 | 86 | Mülheim | Mülheim city |
| 1980 | 87 | Mülheim | Mülheim city |
| 1983 | 87 | Mülheim | Mülheim city |
| 1987 | 87 | Mülheim | Mülheim city |
| 1990 | 87 | Mülheim | Mülheim city |
| 1994 | 87 | Mülheim | Mülheim city |
| 1998 | 87 | Mülheim | Mülheim city |
| 2002 | 119 | Mülheim – Essen I | Mülheim city Essen city (only IV (Borbeck) Stadtbezirk) |
| 2005 | 119 | Mülheim – Essen I | Mülheim city Essen city (only IV (Borbeck) Stadtbezirk) |
| 2009 | 119 | Mülheim – Essen I | Mülheim city Essen city (only IV (Borbeck) Stadtbezirk) |
| 2013 | 118 | Mülheim – Essen I | Mülheim city Essen city (only IV (Borbeck) Stadtbezirk) |
| 2017 | 118 | Mülheim – Essen I | Mülheim city Essen city (only IV (Borbeck) Stadtbezirk) |
| 2021 | 118 | Mülheim – Essen I | Mülheim city Essen city (only IV (Borbeck) Stadtbezirk) |

## Members

The constituency has been held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) during all but two Bundestag terms since 1949. It was first represented by Otto Striebeck of the SPD from 1949 to 1953, followed by Gisela Praetorius of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) for a single term. Fellow CDU member Max Vehar then served from 1957 to 1961, before former member Striebeck regained the constituency for the SPD. Willi Müller of the SPD was representative from 1965 to 1980, when he was succeeded by Thomas Schröer. Dieter Schloten served from 1990 to 2002, followed by Anton Schaaf until 2013. Arno Klare was elected in 2013 and re-elected in 2017. He was succeeded by Sebastian Fiedler in 2021.

| Election | Member | Party | % |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1949 | Otto Striebeck | SPD | 34.9 |
| 1953 | Gisela Praetorius | CDU | 42.6 |
| 1957 | Max Vehar | CDU | 45.5 |
| 1961 | Otto Striebeck | SPD | 48.1 |
| 1965 | Willi Müller | SPD | 52.6 |
| 1969 | Willi Müller | SPD | 57.5 |
| 1972 | Willi Müller | SPD | 63.0 |
| 1976 | Willi Müller | SPD | 58.0 |
| 1980 | Thomas Schröer | SPD | 56.5 |
| 1983 | Thomas Schröer | SPD | 54.1 |
| 1987 | Thomas Schröer | SPD | 51.7 |
| 1990 | Dieter Schloten | SPD | 46.7 |
| 1994 | Dieter Schloten | SPD | 49.8 |
| 1998 | Dieter Schloten | SPD | 57.5 |
| 2002 | Anton Schaaf | SPD | 53.5 |
| 2005 | Anton Schaaf | SPD | 52.6 |
| 2009 | Anton Schaaf | SPD | 41.4 |
| 2013 | Arno Klare | SPD | 42.2 |
| 2017 | Arno Klare | SPD | 34.9 |
| 2021 | Sebastian Fiedler | SPD | 36.3 |

## Election results

### 2021 election

Federal election (2021): Mülheim – Essen I :

| 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 | % | ±% |
| | SPD | Sebastian Fiedler | Sebastian Fiedler | 50,168 | 36.3 | 1.4 | 46,084 | 33.3 | 3.8 |
| | CDU | Astrid Timmermann-Fechter | Astrid Timmermann-Fechter | 33,090 | 24.0 | 7.4 | 32,698 | 23.6 | 4.5 |
| | Greens | Franziska Krumwiede-Steiner | Franziska Krumwiede-Steiner | 19,547 | 14.1 | 8.0 | 20,232 | 14.6 | 7.9 |
| | FDP | Joachim vom Berg | Joachim vom Berg | 11,884 | 8.6 | 0.4 | 15,188 | 11.0 | 2.0 |
| | AfD | Alexander von Wrese | Alexander von Wrese | 11,704 | 8.5 | 3.0 | 11,135 | 8.0 | 3.4 |
| | Left | Eliseo Francesco Maugeri | Eliseo Francesco Maugeri | 3,663 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 4,494 | 3.2 | 4.2 |
| | Independent | Horst Bilo | Horst Bilo | 2,243 | 1.6 | | | | |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 2,126 | 1.5 | 0.6 |
| | PARTEI | Pascal Plew | Pascal Plew | 2,870 | 2.1 | | 1,613 | 1.2 | 0.3 |
| | dieBasis | Nicole Weber | Nicole Weber | 1,584 | 1.1 | | 1,224 | 0.9 | |
| | Team Todenhöfer | | | | | | 1,080 | 0.8 | |
| | FW | Joachim Kluft | Joachim Kluft | 1,105 | 0.8 | | 677 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 450 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| | Volt | | | | | | 338 | 0.2 | |
| | Gesundheitsforschung | | | | | | 186 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | LIEBE | | | | | | 184 | 0.1 | |
| | NPD | | | | | | 125 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| | LfK | | | | | | 120 | 0.1 | |
| | Humanists | | | | | | 98 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | V-Partei3 | | | | | | 88 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | Bündnis C | | | | | | 87 | 0.1 | |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 81 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | MLPD | Hannes Stockert | Hannes Stockert | 158 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 72 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| | DKP | Peter Köster | Peter Köster | 139 | 0.1 | | 58 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | du. | | | | | | 56 | 0.0 | |
| | LKR | | | | | | 40 | 0.0 | |
| | PdF | | | | | | 34 | 0.0 | |
| | PSG | | | | | | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,503 | | | 1,069 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 138,155 | | | 138,589 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 139,568 | 76.4 | 0.3 | | | |
| | SPD hold | SPD hold | Majority | 17,078 | 12.3 | 8.8 | | | |

### 2017 election

Federal election (2017): Mülheim – Essen I :

| 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 | % | ±% |
| | SPD | Y Arno Klare | Y Arno Klare | 49,226 | 34.9 | 7.3 | 41,731 | 29.5 | 8.7 |
| | CDU | Astrid Timmermann-Fechter | Astrid Timmermann-Fechter | 44,219 | 31.3 | 4.2 | 39,847 | 28.1 | 5.7 |
| | AfD | Alexander von Wrese | Alexander von Wrese | 16,221 | 11.5 | 7.6 | 16,200 | 11.4 | 6.8 |
| | FDP | Joachim vom Berg | Joachim vom Berg | 12,729 | 9.0 | 6.6 | 18,337 | 12.9 | 8.4 |
| | Left | Marc Scheffler | Marc Scheffler | 9,210 | 6.5 | 1.0 | 10,546 | 7.4 | 1.0 |
| | Greens | Franziska Krumwiede-Steiner | Franziska Krumwiede-Steiner | 8,690 | 6.2 | 0.2 | 9,465 | 6.7 | 0.4 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,297 | 0.9 | |
| | PARTEI | | | | | | 1,234 | 0.9 | 0.5 |
| | AD-DEMOKRATEN | | | | | | 570 | 0.4 | |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 552 | 0.4 | 1.7 |
| | DIE VIOLETTEN | Elisabeth Walther | Elisabeth Walther | 430 | 0.3 | | | | |
| | NPD | | | | | | 309 | 0.2 | 1.2 |
| | FW | | | | | | 274 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| | DiB | | | | | | 179 | 0.1 | |
| | MLPD | Hannes Stockert | Hannes Stockert | 339 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 163 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | V-Partei³ | | | | | | 151 | 0.1 | |
| | BGE | | | | | | 135 | 0.1 | |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 134 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | Gesundheitsforschung | | | | | | 126 | 0.1 | |
| | DM | | | | | | 117 | 0.1 | |
| | Volksabstimmung | | | | | | 116 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| | Die Humanisten | | | | | | 79 | 0.1 | |
| | DKP | | | | | | 62 | 0.0 | |
| | SGP | | | | | | 27 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,794 | | | 1,207 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 141,064 | | | 141,651 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 142,858 | 76.1 | 2.5 | | | |
| | SPD hold | SPD hold | Majority | 5,007 | 3.6 | 3.0 | | | |

### 2013 election

Federal election (2013): Mülheim – Essen I :

| 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 | % | ±% |
| | SPD | Arno Klare | Arno Klare | 58,741 | 42.2 | 0.8 | 53,275 | 38.2 | 2.7 |
| | CDU | Astrid Timmermann-Fechter | Astrid Timmermann-Fechter | 49,487 | 35.6 | 3.4 | 47,247 | 33.9 | 6.8 |
| | Greens | Tim Giesbert | Tim Giesbert | 8,824 | 6.3 | 1.4 | 9,837 | 7.1 | 2.5 |
| | Left | Sylvia von Häfen | Sylvia von Häfen | 7,664 | 5.5 | 3.2 | 8,968 | 6.4 | 3.1 |
| | AfD | Martin Fritz | Martin Fritz | 5,383 | 3.9 | | 6,404 | 4.6 | |
| | FDP | Susanne Rittershaus | Susanne Rittershaus | 3,412 | 2.5 | 6.1 | 6,388 | 4.6 | 8.6 |
| | Pirates | Carsten Trojahn | Carsten Trojahn | 3,093 | 2.2 | | 2,858 | 2.0 | 0.6 |
| | NPD | Marcel Haliti | Marcel Haliti | 2,339 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 2,029 | 1.5 | 0.4 |
| | PARTEI | | | | | | 491 | 0.4 | |
| | PRO | | | | | | 469 | 0.3 | |
| | REP | | | | | | 227 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| | Volksabstimmung | | | | | | 217 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| | BIG | | | | | | 209 | 0.1 | |
| | FW | | | | | | 167 | 0.1 | |
| | Nichtwahler | | | | | | 151 | 0.1 | |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 142 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | MLPD | Frank Stierlin | Frank Stierlin | 222 | 0.2 | | 108 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | Party of Reason | | | | | | 78 | 0.1 | |
| | RRP | | | | | | 77 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| | Die Rechte | | | | | | 53 | 0.0 | |
| | PSG | | | | | | 42 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | BüSo | | | | | | 41 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,796 | | | 1,483 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 139,165 | | | 139,478 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 140,961 | 73.6 | 1.4 | | | |
| | SPD hold | SPD hold | Majority | 9,254 | 6.6 | 2.7 | | | |

### 2009 election

Federal election (2009): Mülheim – Essen I :

| 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 | % | ±% |
| | SPD | Y Anton Schaaf | Y Anton Schaaf | 57,547 | 41.4 | 11.2 | 49,498 | 35.5 | 12.1 |
| | CDU | Andreas Schmidt | Andreas Schmidt | 44,653 | 32.1 | 0.7 | 37,762 | 27.1 | 0.4 |
| | Left | Nina Eumann | Nina Eumann | 12,143 | 8.7 | 3.6 | 13,226 | 9.5 | 3.2 |
| | FDP | Ulrike Flach | Ulrike Flach | 11,852 | 8.5 | 5.2 | 18,416 | 13.2 | 5.1 |
| | Greens | Tim Giesbert | Tim Giesbert | 10,801 | 7.8 | 3.7 | 13,253 | 9.5 | 2.0 |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 2,054 | 1.5 | |
| | NPD | Marcel Haliti | Marcel Haliti | 1,940 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 1,458 | 1.0 | 0.3 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,018 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| | FAMILIE | | | | | | 698 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| | REP | | | | | | 538 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| | RENTNER | | | | | | 518 | 0.4 | |
| | RRP | | | | | | 227 | 0.2 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 139 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | Volksabstimmung | | | | | | 108 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 97 | 0.1 | |
| | DVU | | | | | | 83 | 0.1 | |
| | Centre | | | | | | 66 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | BüSo | | | | | | 60 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | PSG | | | | | | 32 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,722 | | | 1,407 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 138,936 | | | 139,251 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 140,658 | 72.4 | 7.3 | | | |
| | SPD hold | SPD hold | Majority | 12,894 | 9.3 | 10.5 | | | |
