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German federal electoral constituency

142 Dortmund II
Electoral districtfor the Bundestag
Dortmund II in 2025
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	304,800 (2019)
Electorate	199,317 (2021)
Major settlements	Dortmund (partial)
Area	154.4 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	SPD
Member	Sabine Poschmann
Elected	2013, 2017, 2021

Dortmund II 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 142. It is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the eastern part of the city of Dortmund.[1]

Dortmund II was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2013, it has been represented by Sabine Poschmann of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]

Dortmund II is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the Stadtbezirke of 1 Eving, 2 Scharnhorst, 3 Brackel, 4 Aplerbeck, and 5 Hörde and the Stadtteil of Innenstadt-Nord from 0 Innenstadt.[1]

Dortmund II was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 57 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 116. From 1965 through 1976, it was number 115. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 114. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 144. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 143. From the 2025 election, it has been number 142.

Originally, the constituency comprised the southern part of the independent city of Dortmund. From 1980 through 1998, it comprised the Stadtbezirke of 1 Eving, 2 Scharnhorst, 3 Brackel, and 9 Mengede, as well as the Stadtteil of Innenstadt-Nord from 0 Innenstadt. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

The constituency has been held continuously by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) since its creation. It was first represented by Dietrich Keuning from 1949 to 1961, when he was succeeded by Willi Beuster until 1969. Friedhelm Dohmann then served a single term. Hans-Eberhard Urbaniak was elected in 1982 and was representative until 1980. Alfred Meininghaus served two terms from 1980 to 1987. Wolfgang Weiermann was then representative from 1987 to 2002. Ulla Burchardt served from 2002 to 2013. Sabine Poschmann was elected in 2013, and re-elected in 2017 and 2021.

Federal election (2021): Dortmund II[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 Sabine Poschmann	55,695	39.1	0.3	51,080	35.8
	CDU	Michael Depenbrock	28,897	20.3	7.9	27,650	19.4
	Greens	Anke Weber	21,028	14.8	8.4	21,714	15.2
	AfD	Matthias Helferich	11,816	8.3	2.3	11,290	7.9
	FDP	Frieder Löhrer	10,270	7.2	0.8	13,629	9.5
	Left	Sonja Lemke	5,823	4.1	4.5	6,361	4.5
	Tierschutzpartei	Stephanie Linde	3,589	2.5		2,943	2.1
	PARTEI	Sandra Goerdt	3,446	2.4		2,426	1.7
	Team Todenhöfer		1,516	1.1
	dieBasis		1,079	0.8
	FW	Iris Häger	1,318	0.9	0.1	839	0.6
	Pirates		626	0.4	0.1
	Volt	Nancy Meyer	425	0.3		354	0.2
	NPD		194	0.1	0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung		191	0.1	0.0
	LIEBE		168	0.1
	LfK		147	0.1
	Humanists		85	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP		79	0.1	0.0
	du.		78	0.1
	MLPD	Klara Kossack	139	0.1		60	0.0
	DKP	Nils Märtin	111	0.1		68	0.0
	V-Partei3		65	0.0	0.1
	Bündnis C		65	0.0
	PdF		37	0.0
	LKR		25	0.0
	SGP		21	0.0	0.0
Informal votes	1,298			1,065
Total valid votes	142,557			142,790
Turnout	143,855	72.2	1.4
	SPD hold	Majority	26,798	18.8	8.2

Federal election (2017): Dortmund II[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	Y Sabine Poschmann	55,038	38.8	7.9	46,513	32.7
	CDU	Steffen Kanitz	39,933	28.1	4.1	34,822	24.5
	AfD	Matthias Helferich	15,074	10.6		15,510	10.9
	Left	Celine Ellenore Erlenhofer	12,242	8.6	1.7	12,924	9.1
	Greens	Ingrid Reuter	9,047	6.4	0.4	10,190	7.2
	FDP	Sven Görgens	9,031	6.4	4.9	15,403	10.8
	PARTEI		1,532	1.1	0.6
	Tierschutzpartei		1,297	0.9
	AD-DEMOKRATEN		1,030	0.7
	Pirates		835	0.6	1.9
	FW	Henning Müller-Späth	1,524	1.1	0.2	527	0.4
	NPD		460	0.3	1.1
	DiB		203	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung		173	0.1
	BGE		163	0.1
	V-Partei³		152	0.1
	Volksabstimmung		148	0.1	0.1
	DM		140	0.1
	MLPD		116	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP		111	0.1	0.0
	Die Humanisten		97	0.1
	DKP		57	0.0
	SGP		13	0.0	0.0
Informal votes	1,945			1,418
Total valid votes	141,889			142,416
Turnout	143,834	70.7	4.2
	SPD hold	Majority	15,105	10.7	3.8

Federal election (2013): Dortmund II[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	Sabine Poschmann	63,388	46.7	4.4	55,683	40.9
	CDU	Steffen Kanitz	43,688	32.2	3.1	39,604	29.1
	Left	Hannelore Tölke	9,340	6.9	3.7	10,568	7.8
	Greens	Katja Bender	9,228	6.8	2.0	11,328	8.3
	AfD		5,571	4.1
	Pirates	Andrea Pieczka	4,036	3.0		3,322	2.4
	NPD	Axel Thieme	2,741	2.0	0.3	1,894	1.4
	FDP	Daniel Poznanski	2,014	1.5	5.2	5,139	3.8
	PARTEI		643	0.5
	FW	Henning Müller-Späth	1,218	0.9		609	0.4
	PRO		311	0.2
	Volksabstimmung		297	0.2	0.1
	BIG		241	0.2
	REP		160	0.1	0.1
	Nichtwahler		129	0.1
	ÖDP		125	0.1	0.0
	Party of Reason		122	0.1
	RRP		81	0.1	0.1
	MLPD		71	0.1	0.0
	Die Rechte		50	0.0
	PSG		33	0.0	0.0
	BüSo		21	0.0	0.0
Informal votes	1,850			1,501
Total valid votes	135,653			136,002
Turnout	137,503	66.5	1.1
	SPD hold	Majority	19,700	14.5	1.2

Federal election (2009): Dortmund II[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 Ulla Burchardt	59,141	42.4	15.5	49,813	35.6
	CDU	Erich G. Fritz	40,622	29.1	0.0	34,006	24.3
	Left	Ulla Jelpke	14,819	10.6	5.2	16,104	11.5
	Greens	Barbara Blotenberg	12,292	8.8	4.8	15,553	11.1
	FDP	Daniel Poznanski	9,387	6.7	4.2	15,993	11.4
	Pirates		2,383	1.7
	NPD	Cassandra Wächter	2,379	1.7	0.6	1,654	1.2
	Tierschutzpartei		1,000	0.7	0.3
	RENTNER		931	0.7
	Independent	Michael Balke	922	0.7
	FAMILIE		677	0.5	0.2
	DVU		663	0.5
	RRP		275	0.2
	REP		263	0.2	0.2
	Volksabstimmung		149	0.1	0.0
	MLPD		101	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP		70	0.1
	Centre		53	0.0	0.0
	BüSo		42	0.0	0.0
	PSG		25	0.0	0.1
Informal votes	1,605			1,412
Total valid votes	139,562			139,755
Turnout	141,167	67.6	7.0
	SPD hold	Majority	18,519	13.3	15.5

1. ^ a b "Constituency Dortmund II". Federal Returning Officer.
2. ^ "Results for Dortmund II". Federal Returning Officer.
3. ^ Results for Dortmund II
4. ^ Results for Dortmund II
5. ^ Results for Dortmund II
6. ^ Results for Dortmund II