Hagen – Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis I

Hagen – Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis 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 137. It is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the city of Hagen and the southern part of the Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis district.

137 Hagen – Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis I
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Hagen – Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis I in 2025
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	287,000 (2019)
Electorate	201,863 (2021)
Major settlements	Hagen Gevelsberg Ennepetal
Area	324.1 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	SPD
Member	Timo Schisanowski
Elected	2021

Hagen – Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis I was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Timo Schisanowski of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).

Geography

Hagen – Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis I is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Hagen and the municipalities of Breckerfeld, Ennepetal, Gevelsberg, and Schwelm from the Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis district.

History

Hagen – Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis I was created in 1949, then known as Hagen. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 53 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 114. From 1965 through 1976, it was number 113. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 108. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 139. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 138. From the 2025 election, it has been number 137.

Originally, the constituency was coterminous with the city of Hagen. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	53	Hagen	Hagen city
1953	114
1957
1961
1965	113
1969
1972
1976
1980	108
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	139	Hagen – Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis I	Hagen city Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis district (only Breckerfeld, Gevelsberg, Schwelm, and Ennepetal municipalities)
2005
2009
2013	138
2017
2021
2025	137

Members

The constituency has been held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) during all but three Bundestag terms since its creation. It was first represented by Luise Rehling of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1949 to 1961. Fritz Steinhoff of the SPD was elected in 1961 and served until 1969, followed by Lothar Wrede until 1983. Hans-Günther Toetemeyer was then representative from 1983 to 1994. Dietmar Thieser served a single term from 1994 to 1998. René Röspel was elected in 1998, and re-elected in 2002, 2005, 2009, 2013, and 2017. He was succeeded by Timo Schisanowski in 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Luise Rehling	CDU	32.4
	1953			48.2
	1957			47.0
	1961	Fritz Steinhoff	SPD	46.0
	1965			52.1
	1969	Lothar Wrede	SPD	52.2
	1972			50.3
	1976			47.7
	1980			52.2
	1983	Hans-Günther Toetemeyer	SPD	48.7
	1987			49.3
	1990			46.8
	1994	Dietmar Thieser	SPD	51.8
	1998	René Röspel	SPD	55.9
	2002			55.2
	2005			52.3
	2009			43.0
	2013			47.1
	2017			39.2
	2021	Timo Schisanowski	SPD	33.3

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Hagen – Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis I
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	Timo Schisanowski		47,581	33.3	6.0	47,400	33.0	3.7
	CDU	Christian Nienhaus		37,718	26.4	3.9	34,210	23.8	5.1
	Greens	Janosch Dahmen		17,954	12.5	8.7	17,237	12.0	6.2
	AfD	Andreas Geitz		14,419	10.1	1.2	13,760	9.6	2.3
	FDP	Katrin Helling-Plahr		13,531	9.4	1.5	16,179	11.3	1.3
	Left	Ingo Hentschel		4,552	3.2	2.2	4,857	3.4	3.8
	Human Environment Animal Protection						2,392	1.7	0.6
	PARTEI	Athanasios Sarakatsanos		2,830	2.0		1,591	1.1	0.3
	Team Todenhöfer						1,448	1.0
	FW	Sara Buschner		2,122	1.5		1,031	0.7	0.4
	dieBasis	Markus Effenberger		1,399	1.0		1,200	0.8
	Independent	Michael Tropp		809	0.6
	Pirates						573	0.4	0.1
	Volt						235	0.2
	LIEBE						235	0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung						194	0.1	0.0
	Bündnis C						169	0.1
	NPD						161	0.1	0.2
	LfK						162	0.1
	Humanists						110	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP						99	0.1	0.0
	V-Partei3						91	0.1	0.0
	MLPD	Reinhard Funk		185	0.1	0.1	76	0.1	0.1
	du.						57	0.0
	PdF						56	0.0
	DKP						45	0.0	0.0
	LKR						32	0.0
	SGP						9	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,651			1,142
Total valid votes				143,100			143,609
Turnout				144,751	71.8	0.5
	SPD hold		Majority	9,863	6.9	2.1

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Hagen – Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis I
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 René Röspel		58,206	39.2	7.8	43,548	29.3	7.4
	CDU	Cemile Giousouf		44,948	30.3	3.8	42,972	28.9	6.4
	AfD	Michael Eiche		16,716	11.3		17,622	11.8	7.5
	FDP	Katrin Helling-Plahr		11,727	7.9	4.5	18,722	12.6	8.0
	Left	Ralf Sondermeyer		8,045	5.4	0.2	10,743	7.2	0.5
	Greens	Karen Haltaufderheide		5,752	3.9	0.6	8,673	5.8	0.9
	Independent	Michael Tropp		2,627	1.8
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,533	1.0
	PARTEI						1,202	0.8	0.4
	AD-DEMOKRATEN						824	0.6
	Pirates						683	0.5	1.8
	NPD						457	0.3	0.8
	FW						410	0.3	0.0
	Volksabstimmung						182	0.1	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						177	0.1
	MLPD	Reinhard Funk		278	0.2	0.0	174	0.1	0.1
	ÖDP						154	0.1	0.0
	DM						153	0.1
	V-Partei³						149	0.1
	DiB						136	0.1
	BGE						120	0.1
	Die Humanisten						104	0.1
	DKP						41	0.0
	SGP						15	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,745			1,250
Total valid votes				148,299			148,794
Turnout				150,044	72.4	3.2
	SPD hold		Majority	13,258	8.9	4.1

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Hagen – Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis I
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 René Röspel		68,044	47.1	4.1	53,380	36.7	3.8
	CDU	Cemile Giousouf		49,329	34.1	0.6	51,328	35.3	5.0
	Left	Thomas Schock		8,181	5.7	2.5	9,820	6.8	2.9
	Greens	Frank Steinwender		6,521	4.5	1.4	9,806	6.7	2.4
	FDP	Katrin Helling-Plahr		4,978	3.4	4.1	6,604	4.5	7.7
	AfD						6,374	4.4
	Pirates	Maja Tiegs		3,931	2.7		3,262	2.2	0.6
	NPD	Udo Franke		2,822	2.0	0.2	1,611	1.1	0.1
	PRO						744	0.5
	PARTEI						566	0.4
	FW						373	0.3
	REP						310	0.2	0.4
	Volksabstimmung						305	0.2	0.1
	RRP	Brigitte Schiltz		514	0.4		189	0.1	0.1
	Nichtwahler						182	0.1
	ÖDP						159	0.1	0.1
	BIG						142	0.1
	Party of Reason						113	0.1
	MLPD	Reinhard Funk		268	0.2		96	0.1	0.0
	PSG						33	0.0	0.0
	Die Rechte						29	0.0
	BüSo						20	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,595			1,737
Total valid votes				144,588			145,446
Turnout				147,183	69.1	0.1
	SPD hold		Majority	18,715	13.0	3.5

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Hagen – Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis I
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 René Röspel		63,980	43.0	9.3	49,061	32.9	12.9
	CDU	Carmen Knollmann		49,893	33.5	1.2	45,225	30.3	0.5
	Left	Thomas Friedrich Schock		12,188	8.2	4.1	14,448	9.7	3.9
	FDP	Katrin Helling		11,251	7.6	4.0	18,246	12.2	3.7
	Greens	Karen Haltaufderheide		8,836	5.9	3.1	13,557	9.1	2.7
	Pirates						2,407	1.6
	NPD	Thorsten Crämer		2,679	1.8	0.5	1,774	1.2	0.2
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,231	0.8	0.0
	REP						937	0.6	0.1
	RENTNER						706	0.5
	FAMILIE						673	0.5	0.1
	RRP						278	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						137	0.1	0.0
	DVU						96	0.1
	MLPD						87	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP						79	0.1
	Centre						72	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						36	0.0	0.0
	PSG						12	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,885			1,650
Total valid votes				148,827			149,062
Turnout				150,712	69.2	7.4
	SPD hold		Majority	14,087	9.5	8.3