Gütersloh I
# Gütersloh I

Gütersloh 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 131. It is located in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising most of the district of Gütersloh.

Gütersloh I was created for the 1980 federal election. Since 2009, it has been represented by Ralph Brinkhaus of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

## Geography

Gütersloh I is located in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Gütersloh district excluding the municipalities of Werther and Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock.

## History

Gütersloh I was created in 1980, then known as Gütersloh. It acquired its current name in the 2013 election. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 101 in the numbering system. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 132. Since 2013, it has been number 131.

Originally, the constituency was coterminous with the Gütersloh district. In the 1998 election, it lost the municipality of Werther. In the 2005 election, it lost the municipality of Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock.

| Election | No. | Name | Borders |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1980 | 101 | Gütersloh | Gütersloh district |
| 1983 | 101 | Gütersloh | Gütersloh district |
| 1987 | 101 | Gütersloh | Gütersloh district |
| 1990 | 101 | Gütersloh | Gütersloh district |
| 1994 | 101 | Gütersloh | Gütersloh district |
| 1998 | 101 | Gütersloh | Gütersloh district (excluding Werther municipality) |
| 2002 | 132 | Gütersloh | Gütersloh district (excluding Werther municipality) |
| 2005 | 132 | Gütersloh | Gütersloh district (excluding Werther and Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock municipalities) |
| 2009 | 132 | Gütersloh | Gütersloh district (excluding Werther and Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock municipalities) |
| 2013 | 131 | Gütersloh I | Gütersloh district (excluding Werther and Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock municipalities) |
| 2017 | 131 | Gütersloh I | Gütersloh district (excluding Werther and Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock municipalities) |
| 2021 | 131 | Gütersloh I | Gütersloh district (excluding Werther and Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock municipalities) |

## Members

The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation. It was first represented by Ottfried Hennig from 1980 to 1990, followed by Hubert Doppmeier until 1994. Hubert Deittert then served from 1994 to 2009. Ralph Brinkhaus was elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2013, 2017, and 2021.

| Election | Member | Party | % |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1980 | Ottfried Hennig | CDU | 51.8 |
| 1983 | Ottfried Hennig | CDU | 59.1 |
| 1987 | Ottfried Hennig | CDU | 52.0 |
| 1990 | Hubert Doppmeier | CDU | 48.6 |
| 1994 | Hubert Deittert | CDU | 48.2 |
| 1998 | Hubert Deittert | CDU | 46.0 |
| 2002 | Hubert Deittert | CDU | 46.2 |
| 2005 | Hubert Deittert | CDU | 48.9 |
| 2009 | Ralph Brinkhaus | CDU | 44.7 |
| 2013 | Ralph Brinkhaus | CDU | 50.2 |
| 2017 | Ralph Brinkhaus | CDU | 46.6 |
| 2021 | Ralph Brinkhaus | CDU | 40.0 |

## Election results

### 2021 election

Federal election (2021): Gütersloh 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 | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Y Ralph Brinkhaus | Y Ralph Brinkhaus | 71,185 | 40.0 | 6.6 | 52,421 | 29.4 | 9.0 |
| | SPD | Elvan Korkmaz | Elvan Korkmaz | 45,878 | 25.8 | 2.3 | 47,371 | 26.6 | 3.6 |
| | Greens | Sebastian Stölting | Sebastian Stölting | 22,851 | 12.8 | 7.1 | 28,308 | 15.9 | 8.0 |
| | FDP | Patrick Büker | Patrick Büker | 13,507 | 7.6 | 1.1 | 21,211 | 11.9 | 1.2 |
| | AfD | Axel Nußbaum | Axel Nußbaum | 12,812 | 7.2 | 0.8 | 13,299 | 7.5 | 1.2 |
| | Left | Camila Cirlini | Camila Cirlini | 4,284 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 5,173 | 2.9 | 3.2 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,896 | 1.1 | 0.5 |
| | PARTEI | Ann-Katrin Hanneforth | Ann-Katrin Hanneforth | 3,149 | 1.8 | | 1,851 | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| | FW | Kai Funke | Kai Funke | 2,083 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 1,441 | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| | dieBasis | René Markmann | René Markmann | 2,067 | 1.2 | | 2,010 | 1.1 | |
| | Team Todenhöfer | | | | | | 750 | 0.4 | |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 613 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| | Volt | | | | | | 378 | 0.2 | |
| | Bündnis C | | | | | | 272 | 0.2 | |
| | Independent | Werner Martinschledde | Werner Martinschledde | 269 | 0.2 | | | | |
| | LIEBE | | | | | | 263 | 0.1 | |
| | Gesundheitsforschung | | | | | | 219 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | LfK | | | | | | 157 | 0.1 | |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 147 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | NPD | | | | | | 135 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| | V-Partei3 | | | | | | 113 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | Humanists | | | | | | 97 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | du. | | | | | | 78 | 0.0 | |
| | PdF | | | | | | 50 | 0.0 | |
| | Independent | Anna Zajonc | Anna Zajonc | 37 | 0.0 | | | | |
| | LKR | | | | | | 33 | 0.0 | |
| | DKP | | | | | | 33 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | PSG | | | | | | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,604 | | | 1,378 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 178,122 | | | 178,348 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 179,726 | 76.7 | 1.3 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 25,307 | 14.2 | 4.3 | | | |

### 2017 election

Federal election (2017): Gütersloh 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 | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Y Ralph Brinkhaus | Y Ralph Brinkhaus | 81,298 | 46.6 | 3.7 | 67,175 | 38.4 | 7.9 |
| | SPD | Elvan Korkmaz | Elvan Korkmaz | 48,942 | 28.0 | 5.5 | 40,104 | 22.9 | 5.8 |
| | AfD | Udo Hemmelgarn | Udo Hemmelgarn | 13,996 | 8.0 | 5.5 | 15,081 | 8.6 | 5.5 |
| | FDP | Philip Winkler | Philip Winkler | 11,401 | 6.5 | 4.6 | 22,848 | 13.1 | 8.1 |
| | Greens | Jürgen Wächter | Jürgen Wächter | 9,992 | 5.7 | 0.3 | 13,817 | 7.9 | 0.0 |
| | Left | Shen Ibrahimsadeh | Shen Ibrahimsadeh | 7,582 | 4.3 | 0.1 | 10,595 | 6.1 | 1.1 |
| | PARTEI | | | | | | 1,081 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 975 | 0.6 | |
| | FW | Bernd Kirmes | Bernd Kirmes | 1,415 | 0.8 | | 655 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 595 | 0.3 | 1.5 |
| | AD-DEMOKRATEN | | | | | | 454 | 0.3 | |
| | NPD | | | | | | 329 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 220 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| | DM | | | | | | 178 | 0.1 | |
| | V-Partei³ | | | | | | 178 | 0.1 | |
| | Gesundheitsforschung | | | | | | 167 | 0.1 | |
| | Volksabstimmung | | | | | | 152 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | BGE | | | | | | 138 | 0.1 | |
| | DiB | | | | | | 130 | 0.1 | |
| | Die Humanisten | | | | | | 77 | 0.0 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 47 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | DKP | | | | | | 21 | 0.0 | |
| | SGP | | | | | | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,082 | | | 1,681 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 174,626 | | | 175,027 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 176,708 | 75.4 | 3.1 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 32,356 | 18.6 | 2.0 | | | |

### 2013 election

Federal election (2013): Gütersloh 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 | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Y Ralph Brinkhaus | Y Ralph Brinkhaus | 83,869 | 50.3 | 5.5 | 77,361 | 46.3 | 7.3 |
| | SPD | Thorsten Klute | Thorsten Klute | 56,031 | 33.6 | 1.3 | 47,962 | 28.7 | 3.1 |
| | Greens | Marco Mantovanelli | Marco Mantovanelli | 9,069 | 5.4 | 1.8 | 13,148 | 7.9 | 1.8 |
| | Left | Ludger Klein-Ridder | Ludger Klein-Ridder | 7,133 | 4.3 | 1.7 | 8,332 | 5.0 | 1.5 |
| | AfD | Georg Rust | Georg Rust | 4,178 | 2.5 | | 5,286 | 3.2 | |
| | FDP | Evelyn Dahlke | Evelyn Dahlke | 3,146 | 1.9 | 7.3 | 8,236 | 4.9 | 9.9 |
| | Pirates | Jonas Aust | Jonas Aust | 3,134 | 1.9 | | 3,070 | 1.8 | 0.3 |
| | NPD | | | | | | 1,260 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| | FW | | | | | | 454 | 0.3 | |
| | PARTEI | | | | | | 437 | 0.3 | |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 354 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| | PRO | | | | | | 228 | 0.1 | |
| | Volksabstimmung | | | | | | 222 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | Nichtwahler | | | | | | 171 | 0.1 | |
| | RRP | Rolf Wittkamp | Rolf Wittkamp | 343 | 0.2 | | 164 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | REP | | | | | | 139 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| | Party of Reason | | | | | | 112 | 0.1 | |
| | BIG | | | | | | 111 | 0.1 | |
| | PSG | | | | | | 38 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | BüSo | | | | | | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 20 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Die Rechte | | | | | | 17 | 0.0 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,080 | | | 1,840 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 166,903 | | | 167,143 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 168,983 | 72.3 | 0.1 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 27,838 | 16.7 | 4.3 | | | |

### 2009 election

Federal election (2009): Gütersloh :

| 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 | Ralph Brinkhaus | Ralph Brinkhaus | 74,149 | 44.7 | 4.1 | 64,808 | 39.0 | 3.0 |
| | SPD | Klaus Brandner | Klaus Brandner | 53,509 | 32.3 | 6.6 | 42,512 | 25.6 | 9.0 |
| | FDP | Heiner Kamp | Heiner Kamp | 15,138 | 9.1 | 4.6 | 24,698 | 14.8 | 4.6 |
| | Greens | Marco Mantovanelli | Marco Mantovanelli | 11,924 | 7.2 | 3.1 | 16,035 | 9.6 | 3.0 |
| | Left | Herbert Wessel | Herbert Wessel | 9,909 | 6.0 | 2.4 | 10,855 | 6.5 | 2.5 |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 2,639 | 1.6 | |
| | NPD | | | | | | 1,202 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 855 | 0.5 | 0.1 |
| | FAMILIE | | | | | | 824 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| | RENTNER | | | | | | 546 | 0.3 | |
| | Independent | Axel Dörken | Axel Dörken | 455 | 0.3 | | | | |
| | ÖDP | Renate Narayan | Renate Narayan | 625 | 0.4 | | 379 | 0.2 | |
| | REP | | | | | | 361 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| | RRP | | | | | | 177 | 0.1 | |
| | Volksabstimmung | | | | | | 152 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | DVU | | | | | | 118 | 0.1 | |
| | Centre | | | | | | 86 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 25 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | BüSo | | | | | | 24 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | PSG | | | | | | 24 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,536 | | | 1,925 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 165,709 | | | 166,320 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 168,245 | 72.2 | 7.3 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 20,640 | 12.4 | 2.4 | | | |
