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Federal electoral district of Germany

102 Solingen – Remscheid – Wuppertal II
Electoral districtfor the Bundestag
Solingen – Remscheid – Wuppertal II in 2025
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	312,700 (2019)
Electorate	220,204 (2021)
Major settlements	SolingenRemscheidWuppertal (partial)
Area	201.7 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	SPD
Member	Ingo Schäfer
Elected	2021

Solingen – Remscheid – Wuppertal 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 102. It is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the cities of Solingen, Remscheid, and small parts of Wuppertal.[1]

Solingen – Remscheid – Wuppertal II was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Ingo Schäfer of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]

Solingen – Remscheid – Wuppertal II is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the independent cities of Solingen and Remscheid, as well as the districts of Cronenberg and Ronsdorf from the independent city of Wuppertal.[1]

Solingen – Remscheid – Wuppertal II was created in 1949, then known as Remscheid – Solingen. From 1965 through 1976, it was named Solingen. From 1980 through 1998, it was named Solingen – Remscheid. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 15 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 74. From 1965 through 1998, it was number 71. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 104. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 103. From the 2025 election, it has been number 102.

Originally, the constituency comprised the cities of Solingen and Remscheid. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was coterminous with Solingen. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it again comprised Solingen and Remscheid. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

The constituency was first represented by Hermann Runge of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1949 to 1953. It was won by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in 1953 and represented by Fritz Hellwig for a single term, followed by fellow CDU member Franz Etzel for two terms. Arthur Killat of the CDU was elected in 1965 and served until 1972, when the SPD won the constituency. Heinz Schreiber then served until 1983, when Bernd Wilz of the CDU was elected. He served three terms before SPD candidate Hans-Werner Bertl won in 1994. He was succeeded in 2005 by Jürgen Kucharczyk, who served a single term. The CDU's Jürgen Hardt was elected in 2009 and re-elected in 2013 and 2017. Ingo Schäfer regained the constituency for the SPD in 2021.

Federal election (2021): Solingen – Remscheid – Wuppertal 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	Ingo Schäfer	52,852	32.6	1.8	48,196	29.7
	CDU	N Jürgen Hardt	44,778	27.6	10.6	39,413	24.3
	Greens	Silvia Vaeckenstedt	20,967	12.9	7.1	24,296	15.0
	FDP	Robert Weindl	17,406	10.7	3.0	20,256	12.5
	AfD	Frederick Kühne	12,335	7.6	1.8	12,506	7.7
	Left	Mohamad Shoan Vaisi	5,099	3.1	3.1	6,076	3.7
	Tierschutzpartei		2,521	1.6	0.7
	PARTEI	Judith Röder	3,398	2.1	0.6	2,044	1.3
	dieBasis	Volker Dörner	2,233	1.4		1,913	1.2
	Team Todenhöfer		1,312	0.8
	FW	Jan Klein	1,662	1.0		1,086	0.7
	Independent	Peter Kramer	1,070	0.7
	Pirates		624	0.4	0.1
	Volt		470	0.3
	LIEBE		260	0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung		194	0.1	0.0
	Humanists		174	0.1	0.0
	LfK		168	0.1
	NPD		143	0.1	0.1
	V-Partei3		118	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP		99	0.1	0.0
	Bündnis C		83	0.1
	MLPD	Christoph Gärtner	169	0.1	0.0	80	0.0
	PdF		70	0.0
	du.		56	0.0
	LKR		30	0.0
	DKP		17	0.0	0.0
	SGP		13	0.0	0.0
Informal votes	1,526			1,277
Total valid votes	161,969			162,218
Turnout	163,495	74.2	0.6
	SPD gain from CDU	Majority	8,074	5.0

Federal election (2017): Solingen – Remscheid – Wuppertal 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	%	±%
	CDU	Y Jürgen Hardt	61,871	38.2	6.1	51,318	31.6
	SPD	Ingo Schäfer	49,863	30.8	2.6	40,743	25.1
	AfD	Frederick Kühne	15,303	9.5	5.8	16,221	10.0
	FDP	Karin van der Most	12,548	7.8	5.1	22,947	14.1
	Left	Adrian Scheffels	10,105	6.2	0.4	12,689	7.8
	Greens	Ilka Brehmer	9,403	5.8	1.3	11,726	7.2
	Tierschutzpartei		1,346	0.8
	PARTEI	Matthias Streib	2,403	1.5		1,331	0.8
	AD-DEMOKRATEN		1,214	0.7
	Pirates		774	0.5	2.0
	NPD		334	0.2	0.8
	FW		331	0.2	0.0
	DM		249	0.2
	DiB		185	0.1
	V-Partei³		173	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung		171	0.1
	BGE		166	0.1
	ÖDP		164	0.1	0.0
	Volksabstimmung		140	0.1	0.1
	MLPD	Gabriele Fechtner	266	0.2	0.1	106	0.1
	Die Humanisten		102	0.1
	DKP		21	0.0
	SGP		18	0.0	0.0
Informal votes	2,257			1,550
Total valid votes	161,762			162,469
Turnout	164,019	73.6	2.4
	CDU hold	Majority	12,008	7.4	3.5

Federal election (2013): Solingen – Remscheid – Wuppertal 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	%	±%
	CDU	Y Jürgen Hardt	70,269	44.3	5.3	62,029	39.0
	SPD	Sven Wiertz	52,931	33.4	0.9	48,123	30.3
	Greens	Ursula Linda Zarniko	11,334	7.1	0.9	12,676	8.0
	Left	Gunhild Böth	9,222	5.8	2.6	10,740	6.8
	AfD	Hans Werner Karl Schmitz	5,784	3.6		6,853	4.3
	Pirates	Ulrich Hasecke	4,432	2.8		3,901	2.5
	FDP	Gerd Brems	4,170	2.6	6.1	9,650	6.1
	NPD		1,590	1.0	0.0
	PARTEI		786	0.5
	PRO		500	0.3
	FW		347	0.2
	REP		345	0.2	0.2
	Volksabstimmung		320	0.2	0.1
	BIG		263	0.2
	ÖDP		216	0.1	0.0
	Nichtwahler		200	0.1
	MLPD	Gabriele Gärtner	430	0.3		177	0.1
	Party of Reason		138	0.1
	RRP		74	0.0	0.1
	PSG		36	0.0	0.0
	Die Rechte		25	0.0
	BüSo		21	0.0	0.0
Informal votes	2,357			1,908
Total valid votes	158,572			159,021
Turnout	160,929	71.2	0.6
	CDU hold	Majority	17,338	10.9	6.2

Federal election (2009): Solingen – Remscheid – Wuppertal 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	%	±%
	CDU	Jürgen Hardt	62,365	39.0	2.0	51,248	32.0
	SPD	N Jürgen Kucharczyk	54,910	34.3	8.9	42,869	26.7
	FDP	Hans Lothar Schiffer	13,940	8.7	3.3	26,079	16.3
	Left	Heinz Hillebrand	13,418	8.4	3.7	15,057	9.4
	Greens	David Schichel	12,956	8.1	3.8	16,357	10.2
	Pirates		2,891	1.8
	NPD	Detlef Hartmann	2,446	1.5	0.4	1,668	1.0
	Tierschutzpartei		1,103	0.7	0.1
	FAMILIE		819	0.5	0.1
	RENTNER		668	0.4
	REP		664	0.4	0.1
	RRP		223	0.1
	Volksabstimmung		193	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP		157	0.1
	DVU		139	0.1
	Centre		102	0.1	0.0
	MLPD		91	0.1	0.0
	BüSo		44	0.0	0.0
	PSG		26	0.0	0.0
Informal votes	2,157			1,794
Total valid votes	160,035			160,398
Turnout	162,192	70.5	6.6
	CDU gain from SPD	Majority	7,455	4.7

1. ^ a b "Constituency Solingen – Remscheid – Wuppertal II". Federal Returning Officer.
2. ^ "Results for Solingen – Remscheid – Wuppertal II". Federal Returning Officer.
3. ^ Results for Solingen – Remscheid – Wuppertal II
4. ^ Results for Solingen – Remscheid – Wuppertal II
5. ^ Results for Solingen – Remscheid – Wuppertal II
6. ^ Results for Solingen – Remscheid – Wuppertal II