title: Kleve (electoral district)
text: # Kleve (electoral district)
  
  Kleve 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 112. It is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the district of Kleve.
  
  Kleve was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Stefan Rouenhoff of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
  
  ## Geography
  
  Kleve is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Kleve district.
  
  ## History
  
  Kleve was created in 1949, then known as Geldern – Kleve. It acquired its current name in the 1965 election. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 26 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 85. From 1965 through 1976, it was number 83. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 81. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 113. Since 2013, it has been number 112.
  
  Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Geldern and Kleve. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it comprised the Geldern and Kleve districts as well as the municipalities of Rheinberg, Xanten, Alpen, and Sonsbeck from the Moers district. Since 1980, it has been coterminous with the Kleve district.
  
  | Election | No. | Name | Borders |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1949 | 26 | Geldern – Kleve | Geldern district Kleve district |
  | 1953 | 85 | Geldern – Kleve | Geldern district Kleve district |
  | 1957 | 85 | Geldern – Kleve | Geldern district Kleve district |
  | 1961 | 85 | Geldern – Kleve | Geldern district Kleve district |
  | 1965 | 83 | Kleve | Geldern district Kleve district Moers district (only Rheinberg, Xanten, Alpen, and Sonsbeck municipalities) |
  | 1969 | 83 | Kleve | Geldern district Kleve district Moers district (only Rheinberg, Xanten, Alpen, and Sonsbeck municipalities) |
  | 1972 | 83 | Kleve | Geldern district Kleve district Moers district (only Rheinberg, Xanten, Alpen, and Sonsbeck municipalities) |
  | 1976 | 83 | Kleve | Geldern district Kleve district Moers district (only Rheinberg, Xanten, Alpen, and Sonsbeck municipalities) |
  | 1980 | 81 | Kleve | Kleve district |
  | 1983 | 81 | Kleve | Kleve district |
  | 1987 | 81 | Kleve | Kleve district |
  | 1990 | 81 | Kleve | Kleve district |
  | 1994 | 81 | Kleve | Kleve district |
  | 1998 | 81 | Kleve | Kleve district |
  | 2002 | 113 | Kleve | Kleve district |
  | 2005 | 113 | Kleve | Kleve district |
  | 2009 | 113 | Kleve | Kleve district |
  | 2013 | 112 | Kleve | Kleve district |
  | 2017 | 112 | Kleve | Kleve district |
  | 2021 | 112 | Kleve | Kleve district |
  
  ## Members
  
  The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since 1949. It was first represented by Martin Frey from 1949 to 1953, followed by Emil Solke until 1961, Felix von Vittinghoff-Schell until 1969, and Solke again until 1976. Jochen van Aerssen then served from 1976 to 1983. Heinrich Seesing was representative from 1983 to 1994. Ronald Pofalla served from 1949 to 2017. Stefan Rouenhoff has been representative since the 2017 election.
  
  | Election | Member | Party | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1949 | Martin Frey | CDU | 60.0 |
  | 1953 | Emil Solke | CDU | 73.1 |
  | 1957 | Emil Solke | CDU | 75.6 |
  | 1961 | Felix von Vittinghoff-Schell | CDU | 70.6 |
  | 1965 | Felix von Vittinghoff-Schell | CDU | 68.2 |
  | 1969 | Emil Solke | CDU | 63.5 |
  | 1972 | Emil Solke | CDU | 58.7 |
  | 1976 | Jochen van Aerssen | CDU | 60.3 |
  | 1980 | Jochen van Aerssen | CDU | 55.5 |
  | 1983 | Heinrich Seesing | CDU | 60.2 |
  | 1987 | Heinrich Seesing | CDU | 55.2 |
  | 1990 | Heinrich Seesing | CDU | 52.5 |
  | 1994 | Ronald Pofalla | CDU | 50.9 |
  | 1998 | Ronald Pofalla | CDU | 47.3 |
  | 2002 | Ronald Pofalla | CDU | 46.1 |
  | 2005 | Ronald Pofalla | CDU | 50.3 |
  | 2009 | Ronald Pofalla | CDU | 48.9 |
  | 2013 | Ronald Pofalla | CDU | 50.9 |
  | 2017 | Stefan Rouenhoff | CDU | 45.0 |
  | 2021 | Stefan Rouenhoff | CDU | 37.6 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### 2021 election
  
  Federal election (2021): Kleve :
  
  | 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 Stefan Rouenhoff | Y Stefan Rouenhoff | 63,701 | 37.6 | 7.4 | 54,793 | 32.3 | 9.3 |
  | | SPD | Bodo Wißen | Bodo Wißen | 48,142 | 28.4 | 2.2 | 47,837 | 28.2 | 4.7 |
  | | Greens | Friederike Janitza | Friederike Janitza | 23,477 | 13.9 | 8.9 | 23,587 | 13.9 | 7.9 |
  | | FDP | Georg Cluse | Georg Cluse | 14,821 | 8.7 | 1.2 | 19,542 | 11.5 | 2.0 |
  | | AfD | Gerd Plorin | Gerd Plorin | 9,788 | 5.8 | 0.8 | 9,632 | 5.7 | 1.3 |
  | | Left | Norbert Hayduk | Norbert Hayduk | 4,235 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 4,728 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
  | | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 2,386 | 1.4 | 0.7 |
  | | FW | Adriana Hellmann | Adriana Hellmann | 3,409 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 1,488 | 0.9 | 0.5 |
  | | dieBasis | Andreas Reiß | Andreas Reiß | 1,892 | 1.1 | | 1,628 | 1.0 | |
  | | PARTEI | | | | | | 1,438 | 0.8 | 0.3 |
  | | Pirates | | | | | | 605 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
  | | Volt | | | | | | 396 | 0.2 | |
  | | Team Todenhöfer | | | | | | 297 | 0.2 | |
  | | LIEBE | | | | | | 241 | 0.1 | |
  | | Gesundheitsforschung | | | | | | 224 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
  | | LfK | | | | | | 167 | 0.1 | |
  | | NPD | | | | | | 150 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
  | | Humanists | | | | | | 121 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
  | | ÖDP | | | | | | 115 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
  | | V-Partei3 | | | | | | 107 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
  | | du. | | | | | | 77 | 0.0 | |
  | | Bündnis C | | | | | | 60 | 0.0 | |
  | | PdF | | | | | | 60 | 0.0 | |
  | | MLPD | | | | | | 28 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | | LKR | | | | | | 28 | 0.0 | |
  | | DKP | | | | | | 17 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | | PSG | | | | | | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,628 | | | 1,326 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 169,465 | | | 169,767 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 171,093 | 75.9 | 1.1 | | | |
  | | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 15,559 | 9.2 | 5.2 | | | |
  
  ### 2017 election
  
  Federal election (2017): Kleve :
  
  | 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 | Stefan Rouenhoff | Stefan Rouenhoff | 75,375 | 45.0 | 5.9 | 69,700 | 41.6 | 7.0 |
  | | SPD | Barbara Hendricks | Barbara Hendricks | 51,197 | 30.6 | 2.5 | 39,316 | 23.5 | 3.6 |
  | | FDP | Ralf Klapdor | Ralf Klapdor | 12,692 | 7.6 | 4.4 | 22,687 | 13.5 | 7.9 |
  | | AfD | Gerd Plorin | Gerd Plorin | 11,019 | 6.6 | 3.2 | 11,621 | 6.9 | 3.0 |
  | | Greens | Bruno Jöbkes | Bruno Jöbkes | 8,230 | 4.9 | 0.9 | 10,098 | 6.0 | 0.1 |
  | | Left | Ferdinand Niemann | Ferdinand Niemann | 7,096 | 4.2 | | 9,366 | 5.6 | 1.0 |
  | | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,170 | 0.7 | |
  | | PARTEI | | | | | | 969 | 0.6 | 0.3 |
  | | FW | Stephan Heintze | Stephan Heintze | 1,606 | 1.0 | | 614 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
  | | Pirates | | | | | | 560 | 0.3 | 1.7 |
  | | NPD | | | | | | 330 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
  | | V-Partei³ | | | | | | 171 | 0.1 | |
  | | Independent | Willi Bovenkerk | Willi Bovenkerk | 168 | 0.1 | | | | |
  | | DiB | | | | | | 165 | 0.1 | |
  | | ÖDP | | | | | | 157 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
  | | Gesundheitsforschung | | | | | | 142 | 0.1 | |
  | | BGE | | | | | | 135 | 0.1 | |
  | | Volksabstimmung | | | | | | 125 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
  | | DM | | | | | | 120 | 0.1 | |
  | | Die Humanisten | | | | | | 73 | 0.0 | |
  | | MLPD | | | | | | 63 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | | AD-DEMOKRATEN | | | | | | 56 | 0.0 | |
  | | DKP | | | | | | 15 | 0.0 | |
  | | SGP | | | | | | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,674 | | | 1,399 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 167,383 | | | 167,658 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 169,057 | 74.8 | 3.1 | | | |
  | | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 24,178 | 14.4 | 3.4 | | | |
  
  ### 2013 election
  
  Federal election (2013): Kleve :
  
  | 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 Ronald Pofalla | Y Ronald Pofalla | 81,216 | 50.9 | 2.0 | 77,833 | 48.6 | 6.4 |
  | | SPD | Barbara Hendricks | Barbara Hendricks | 52,778 | 33.1 | 3.5 | 43,253 | 27.0 | 3.5 |
  | | Greens | Bruno Jöbkes | Bruno Jöbkes | 9,220 | 5.8 | 0.7 | 9,856 | 6.2 | 1.7 |
  | | FDP | Ralf Klapdor | Ralf Klapdor | 5,003 | 3.1 | 6.2 | 9,094 | 5.7 | 10.4 |
  | | Left | | | | | | 7,322 | 4.6 | 1.5 |
  | | AfD | Gerd Plorin | Gerd Plorin | 5,316 | 3.3 | | 6,300 | 3.9 | |
  | | Pirates | Michael Peters | Michael Peters | 4,327 | 2.7 | | 3,212 | 2.0 | 0.6 |
  | | NPD | Viktor Schlak | Viktor Schlak | 1,630 | 1.0 | | 1,293 | 0.8 | 0.1 |
  | | PARTEI | | | | | | 377 | 0.2 | |
  | | PRO | | | | | | 306 | 0.2 | |
  | | Volksabstimmung | | | | | | 280 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
  | | FW | | | | | | 234 | 0.1 | |
  | | ÖDP | | | | | | 198 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
  | | Nichtwahler | | | | | | 137 | 0.1 | |
  | | REP | | | | | | 115 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
  | | Party of Reason | | | | | | 101 | 0.1 | |
  | | RRP | | | | | | 94 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
  | | BIG | | | | | | 47 | 0.0 | |
  | | MLPD | | | | | | 31 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | | Die Rechte | | | | | | 30 | 0.0 | |
  | | BüSo | | | | | | 24 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | | PSG | | | | | | 23 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,383 | | | 1,713 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 159,490 | | | 160,160 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 161,873 | 71.7 | 1.6 | | | |
  | | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 28,438 | 17.8 | 1.5 | | | |
  
  ### 2009 election
  
  Federal election (2009): Kleve :
  
  | 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 Ronald Pofalla | Y Ronald Pofalla | 76,480 | 48.9 | 1.4 | 66,161 | 42.2 | 2.2 |
  | | SPD | Barbara Hendricks | Barbara Hendricks | 46,290 | 29.6 | 7.6 | 36,810 | 23.5 | 9.6 |
  | | FDP | Paul Friedhoff | Paul Friedhoff | 14,620 | 9.4 | 4.4 | 25,249 | 16.1 | 5.4 |
  | | Greens | Bruno Jöbkes | Bruno Jöbkes | 10,148 | 6.5 | 2.8 | 12,355 | 7.9 | 2.3 |
  | | Left | Axel Gonder | Axel Gonder | 8,787 | 5.6 | 2.6 | 9,566 | 6.1 | 2.3 |
  | | Pirates | | | | | | 2,277 | 1.5 | |
  | | NPD | | | | | | 1,045 | 0.7 | 0.1 |
  | | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 974 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
  | | FAMILIE | | | | | | 819 | 0.5 | 0.1 |
  | | RENTNER | | | | | | 511 | 0.3 | |
  | | REP | | | | | | 299 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
  | | RRP | | | | | | 166 | 0.1 | |
  | | ÖDP | | | | | | 138 | 0.1 | |
  | | Volksabstimmung | | | | | | 115 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
  | | DVU | | | | | | 95 | 0.1 | |
  | | Centre | | | | | | 90 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
  | | BüSo | | | | | | 29 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | | MLPD | | | | | | 25 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | | PSG | | | | | | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,128 | | | 1,714 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 156,325 | | | 156,739 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 158,453 | 70.1 | 7.8 | | | |
  | | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 30,190 | 19.3 | 6.2 | | | |
  