title: Rhein-Sieg-Kreis II
text: # Rhein-Sieg-Kreis II
  
  Rhein-Sieg-Kreis 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 98. It is located in southwestern North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the western part of the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis district.
  
  Rhein-Sieg-Kreis II was created for the 1980 federal election. Since 1994, it has been represented by Norbert Röttgen of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
  
  ## Geography
  
  Rhein-Sieg-Kreis II is located in southwestern North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the municipalities of Alfter, Bad Honnef, Bornheim, Königswinter, Meckenheim, Rheinbach, Sankt Augustin, Swisttal, and Wachtberg from the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis district.
  
  ## History
  
  Rhein-Sieg-Kreis II was created in 1980 and contained parts of the redistributed Rhein-Sieg-Kreis I constituency. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 65 in the numbering system. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 99. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 98. Its borders have not changed since its creation.
  
  ## Members
  
  The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation. It was first represented by Franz Möller 1980 to 1994. Since 1994, it has been represented by Norbert Röttgen.
  
  | Election | Member | Party | % |
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  | 1980 | Franz Möller | CDU | 54.5 |
  | 1983 | Franz Möller | CDU | 61.0 |
  | 1987 | Franz Möller | CDU | 55.4 |
  | 1990 | Franz Möller | CDU | 52.7 |
  | 1994 | Norbert Röttgen | CDU | 49.8 |
  | 1998 | Norbert Röttgen | CDU | 48.8 |
  | 2002 | Norbert Röttgen | CDU | 48.2 |
  | 2005 | Norbert Röttgen | CDU | 51.8 |
  | 2009 | Norbert Röttgen | CDU | 50.3 |
  | 2013 | Norbert Röttgen | CDU | 52.4 |
  | 2017 | Norbert Röttgen | CDU | 46.5 |
  | 2021 | Norbert Röttgen | CDU | 40.0 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### 2021 election
  
  Federal election (2021): Rhein-Sieg-Kreis II :
  
  | 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 Norbert Röttgen | Y Norbert Röttgen | 70,144 | 40.0 | 6.5 | 51,795 | 29.5 | 5.9 |
  | | SPD | Katja Stoppenbrink | Katja Stoppenbrink | 41,004 | 23.4 | 0.7 | 41,753 | 23.8 | 3.8 |
  | | Greens | Richard Ralfs | Richard Ralfs | 26,956 | 15.4 | 7.5 | 31,027 | 17.7 | 8.9 |
  | | FDP | Nicole Westig | Nicole Westig | 13,914 | 7.9 | 0.4 | 23,435 | 13.4 | 4.0 |
  | | AfD | Roger Beckamp | Roger Beckamp | 10,385 | 5.9 | 2.5 | 10,551 | 6.0 | 2.8 |
  | | Left | Andreas Danne | Andreas Danne | 4,607 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 5,687 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
  | | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 2,215 | 1.3 | 0.6 |
  | | PARTEI | Marcel Bratwurst Klingenstein | Marcel Bratwurst Klingenstein | 2,537 | 1.4 | | 1,530 | 0.9 | 0.1 |
  | | dieBasis | Nathalie Sanchez Friedrich | Nathalie Sanchez Friedrich | 2,285 | 1.3 | | 2,111 | 1.2 | |
  | | FW | Michael Stehr | Michael Stehr | 1,697 | 1.0 | | 1,303 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
  | | Volt | Philipp Prause | Philipp Prause | 1,140 | 0.7 | | 1,022 | 0.6 | |
  | | Team Todenhöfer | | | | | | 855 | 0.5 | |
  | | Pirates | | | | | | 599 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
  | | Volksabstimmung | Andreas Frick | Andreas Frick | 484 | 0.3 | 0.3 | | | |
  | | LIEBE | | | | | | 223 | 0.1 | |
  | | Gesundheitsforschung | | | | | | 196 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
  | | LfK | | | | | | 170 | 0.1 | |
  | | Bündnis C | | | | | | 169 | 0.1 | |
  | | ÖDP | | | | | | 166 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
  | | Humanists | | | | | | 135 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
  | | V-Partei3 | | | | | | 128 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
  | | NPD | | | | | | 112 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
  | | LKR | Jörg Drenkelfort | Jörg Drenkelfort | 167 | 0.1 | | 78 | 0.0 | |
  | | PdF | | | | | | 61 | 0.0 | |
  | | du. | | | | | | 59 | 0.0 | |
  | | MLPD | | | | | | 20 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | | DKP | | | | | | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | | PSG | | | | | | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,317 | | | 1,216 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 175,320 | | | 175,421 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 176,637 | 81.8 | 1.0 | | | |
  | | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 29,140 | 16.6 | 7.2 | | | |
  
  ### 2017 election
  
  Federal election (2017): Rhein-Sieg-Kreis II :
  
  | 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 Norbert Röttgen | Y Norbert Röttgen | 80,441 | 46.5 | 5.8 | 61,425 | 35.5 | 9.9 |
  | | SPD | Bettina Bähr-Losse | Bettina Bähr-Losse | 39,246 | 22.7 | 4.4 | 34,583 | 20.0 | 4.3 |
  | | AfD | Manfred Berchem | Manfred Berchem | 14,592 | 8.4 | 5.3 | 15,226 | 8.8 | 4.3 |
  | | FDP | Nicole Westig | Nicole Westig | 14,491 | 8.4 | 5.3 | 30,142 | 17.4 | 9.1 |
  | | Greens | Martin Metz | Martin Metz | 13,643 | 7.9 | 0.7 | 15,192 | 8.8 | 0.1 |
  | | Left | Michael Droste | Michael Droste | 9,543 | 5.5 | 2.2 | 11,116 | 6.4 | 1.9 |
  | | PARTEI | | | | | | 1,268 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
  | | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,092 | 0.6 | |
  | | Pirates | | | | | | 596 | 0.3 | 1.6 |
  | | FW | | | | | | 457 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
  | | Volksabstimmung | Claus Plantiko | Claus Plantiko | 942 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 337 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
  | | NPD | | | | | | 246 | 0.1 | 0.5 |
  | | BGE | | | | | | 221 | 0.1 | |
  | | ÖDP | | | | | | 216 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
  | | DiB | | | | | | 213 | 0.1 | |
  | | V-Partei³ | | | | | | 209 | 0.1 | |
  | | DM | | | | | | 178 | 0.1 | |
  | | AD-DEMOKRATEN | | | | | | 159 | 0.1 | |
  | | Gesundheitsforschung | | | | | | 123 | 0.1 | |
  | | Die Humanisten | | | | | | 102 | 0.1 | |
  | | MLPD | | | | | | 42 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | | DKP | | | | | | 15 | 0.0 | |
  | | SGP | | | | | | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,615 | | | 1,350 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 172,898 | | | 173,163 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 174,513 | 80.8 | 3.8 | | | |
  | | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 41,195 | 23.8 | 1.5 | | | |
  
  ### 2013 election
  
  Federal election (2013): Rhein-Sieg-Kreis II :
  
  | 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 Norbert Röttgen | Y Norbert Röttgen | 85,058 | 52.4 | 2.1 | 73,860 | 45.3 | 8.2 |
  | | SPD | Bettina Bähr-Losse | Bettina Bähr-Losse | 44,098 | 27.1 | 2.4 | 39,571 | 24.3 | 3.5 |
  | | Greens | Arnd Kuhn | Arnd Kuhn | 11,732 | 7.2 | 1.6 | 14,122 | 8.7 | 1.9 |
  | | Left | Andreas Danne | Andreas Danne | 5,445 | 3.4 | 1.3 | 7,433 | 4.6 | 0.9 |
  | | FDP | Thorsten Knott | Thorsten Knott | 5,058 | 3.1 | 6.9 | 13,468 | 8.3 | 13.5 |
  | | AfD | Vladimir Skoda | Vladimir Skoda | 5,058 | 3.1 | | 7,362 | 4.5 | |
  | | Pirates | Jakob Jürgen Weiler | Jakob Jürgen Weiler | 3,151 | 1.9 | | 3,163 | 1.9 | 0.4 |
  | | NPD | Ariane Christine Meise | Ariane Christine Meise | 1,207 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1,091 | 0.7 | 0.1 |
  | | PARTEI | | | | | | 589 | 0.4 | |
  | | FW | Iris Häger | Iris Häger | 1,040 | 0.6 | | 585 | 0.4 | |
  | | Volksabstimmung | Claus Plantiko | Claus Plantiko | 598 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 421 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
  | | PRO | | | | | | 299 | 0.2 | |
  | | ÖDP | | | | | | 270 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
  | | Nichtwahler | | | | | | 163 | 0.1 | |
  | | BIG | | | | | | 146 | 0.1 | |
  | | Party of Reason | | | | | | 115 | 0.1 | |
  | | REP | | | | | | 111 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
  | | RRP | | | | | | 75 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
  | | BüSo | | | | | | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | | MLPD | | | | | | 18 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | | PSG | | | | | | 17 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | | Die Rechte | | | | | | 10 | 0.0 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,190 | | | 1,725 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 162,445 | | | 162,910 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 164,635 | 77.0 | 0.7 | | | |
  | | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 40,960 | 25.3 | 0.3 | | | |
  
  ### 2009 election
  
  Federal election (2009): Rhein-Sieg-Kreis II :
  
  | 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 Norbert Röttgen | Y Norbert Röttgen | 80,363 | 50.3 | 1.5 | 59,487 | 37.2 | 3.9 |
  | | SPD | Ulrike Merten | Ulrike Merten | 39,489 | 24.7 | 10.6 | 33,235 | 20.8 | 9.7 |
  | | FDP | Thorsten Knott | Thorsten Knott | 16,012 | 10.0 | 5.3 | 34,858 | 21.8 | 7.1 |
  | | Greens | Arnd Kuhn | Arnd Kuhn | 14,046 | 8.8 | 4.2 | 16,898 | 10.6 | 2.4 |
  | | Left | Heinz-Jürgen Hörster | Heinz-Jürgen Hörster | 7,430 | 4.7 | 2.0 | 8,800 | 5.5 | 2.0 |
  | | Pirates | | | | | | 2,445 | 1.5 | |
  | | NPD | Wolfgang Bruhn | Wolfgang Bruhn | 1,443 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 1,188 | 0.7 | 0.1 |
  | | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 974 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
  | | FAMILIE | | | | | | 605 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
  | | Volksabstimmung | Werner Henrichs | Werner Henrichs | 969 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 452 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
  | | RENTNER | | | | | | 331 | 0.2 | |
  | | REP | | | | | | 224 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
  | | RRP | | | | | | 163 | 0.1 | |
  | | ÖDP | | | | | | 149 | 0.1 | |
  | | Centre | | | | | | 96 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
  | | DVU | | | | | | 69 | 0.0 | |
  | | MLPD | | | | | | 27 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | | BüSo | | | | | | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | | PSG | | | | | | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,994 | | | 1,715 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 159,752 | | | 160,031 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 161,746 | 76.3 | 5.5 | | | |
  | | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 40,874 | 25.6 | 9.1 | | | |
  