Aachen II

87 Aachen II
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Aachen II in 2025
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	308,100 (2019)
Electorate	226,420 (2021)
Major settlements	Eschweiler Stolberg (Rhineland) Alsdorf
Area	546.1 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	SPD
Member	Claudia Moll
Elected	2017, 2021

Aachen 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 87. It is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the area of Städteregion Aachen outside the city of Aachen.^[1]

Aachen II was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Claudia Moll of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).^[2]

Aachen II is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the Städteregion Aachen excluding the city of Aachen.^[1]

Aachen II was created in 1949, then known as Aachen-Land. From 1980 through 2009, it was named Kreis Aachen. It acquired its current name in the 2013 election. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 2 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 61. From 1965 through 1998, it was number 54. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 89. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 88. From the 2025 election, it has been number 87.

Originally, the constituency was coterminous with the Landkreis Aachen district. In the 1965 and 1969 elections, it also contained the Monschau district. In the 1972 through 2009 elections, it was coterminous with Kreis Aachen district. Though its borders have not changed since 1972, the former district of Kreis Aachen was incorporated into the Städteregion Aachen in 2009.

The constituency was first represented by Franz Mühlenberg of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1949 to 1961, followed by fellow CDU member Josef Müller until 1972. The constituency was won by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) candidate Kurt Koblitz in 1972, who served until 1980. Erich Berschkeit of the SPD then served a single term from 1980 to 1983. Hans Peter Schmitz regained the constituency for the CDU in 1983, but the SPD won again in 1987 with Achim Großmann. He served until 2009, when Helmut Brandt of the CDU was elected. Claudia Moll of the SPD was elected in 2017 and re-elected in 2021.

Federal election (2021): Aachen 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 Claudia Moll		58,189	34.5	2.4	53,408	31.6	3.7
	CDU	Catarina dos Santos Firnhaber		54,808	32.5	4.0	49,838	29.5	1.2
	Greens	Lukas Benner		19,976	11.8	7.3	19,918	11.8	6.9
	AfD	Michael Winterich		12,632	7.5	1.3	12,409	7.3	1.3
	FDP	Birgit Havenath		12,055	7.1	0.7	17,892	10.6	0.6
	Left	Johannes Koch		4,496	2.7	2.5	5,259	3.1	2.8
	Human Environment Animal Protection						2,525	1.5	0.8
	PARTEI	Eckhard Heck		2,893	1.7		1,584	0.9	0.5
	FW	Helmut Keischgens		2,034	1.2		1,131	0.7	0.5
	dieBasis	Axel Susen		1,704	1.0		1,587	0.9
	Team Todenhöfer						1,012	0.6
	Pirates						613	0.4	0.1
	Volt						471	0.3
	LIEBE						264	0.2
	NPD						189	0.1	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						188	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP						187	0.1	0.2
	LfK						164	0.1
	Humanists						113	0.1	0.0
	V-Partei3						86	0.1	0.0
	du.						75	0.0
	PdF						52	0.0
	Bündnis C						43	0.0
	MLPD						23	0.0	0.0
	DKP						21	0.0	0.0
	LKR						18	0.0
	SGP						17	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,883			1,583
Total valid votes				168,787			169,087
Turnout				170,670	75.4	0.5
	SPD hold		Majority	3,381	2.0	1.6

Federal election (2017): Aachen 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	Claudia Moll		63,135	36.9	1.2	60,539	35.3	2.7
	CDU	N Helmut Brandt		62,405	36.5	9.1	52,656	30.7	10.2
	AfD	Markus Matzerath		15,114	8.8		14,853	8.7	5.4
	FDP	Frank Schniske		11,038	6.4	4.1	19,213	11.2	6.3
	Left	Gabriele Halili		8,785	5.1	0.7	10,105	5.9	0.6
	Greens	Alexander Tietz-Latza		7,782	4.5	1.1	8,436	4.9	1.4
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,275	0.7
	PARTEI						817	0.5	0.0
	Pirates	Maximilian Möhring		1,912	1.1	1.7	806	0.5	1.8
	AD-DEMOKRATEN						675	0.4
	ÖDP	Kurt Rieder		1,005	0.6		488	0.3	0.2
	NPD						423	0.2	0.8
	FW						351	0.2	0.1
	DiB						173	0.1
	DM						145	0.1
	BGE						135	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						133	0.1	0.1
	V-Partei³						127	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						116	0.1
	Die Humanisten						78	0.0
	MLPD						43	0.0	0.0
	DKP						15	0.0
	SGP						5	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,973			1,542
Total valid votes				171,176			171,607
Turnout				173,149	75.9	3.8
	SPD gain from CDU		Majority	730	0.4

Federal election (2013): Aachen 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 Helmut Brandt		73,621	45.6	5.4	66,328	40.9	7.4
	SPD	Hans Detlef Loosz		57,635	35.7	1.4	52,897	32.6	3.6
	Left	Marika Jungblut		9,418	5.8	2.7	10,538	6.5	2.9
	Greens	Bettina Herlitzius		9,096	5.6	1.4	10,220	16.3	1.6
	Pirates	Kai Baumann		4,543	2.8		3,712	2.3	0.5
	FDP	Petra Müller		3,827	2.4	6.0	7,948	4.9	9.9
	AfD						5,337	3.3
	NPD	Willibert Kunkel		2,153	1.3	0.2	1,697	1.0	0.1
	REP	Mario Mauritz		1,256	0.8		792	0.5	0.0
	PARTEI						719	0.4
	FW						551	0.3
	Volksabstimmung						338	0.2
	PRO						320	0.2
	Nichtwahler						225	0.1
	ÖDP						213	0.1	0.1
	BIG						111	0.1
	Party of Reason						104	0.1
	RRP						77	0.0	0.1
	Die Rechte						55	0.0
	BüSo						30	0.0	0.0
	PSG						30	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						26	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				3,027			2,308
Total valid votes				161,549			162,268
Turnout				164,576	72.1	1.7
	CDU hold		Majority	15,986	9.9	4.0

Federal election (2009): Kreis Aachen[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	Helmut Brandt		63,511	40.2	0.6	53,062	33.5	0.8
	SPD	Martin Peters		54,205	34.3	11.7	45,981	29.0	11.9
	Left	Andreas Müller		13,502	8.5	3.3	14,926	9.4	3.1
	FDP	Stefan Rohmann		13,275	8.4	4.2	23,518	14.8	5.5
	Greens	Bettina Herlitzius		11,056	7.0	3.4	12,491	7.9	1.9
	Pirates						2,764	1.7
	NPD	Willibert Kunkel		2,501	1.6	0.3	1,767	1.1	0.2
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,107	0.7	0.2
	REP						820	0.5	0.0
	FAMILIE						792	0.5	0.0
	RENTNER						597	0.4
	RRP						239	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						125	0.1	0.0
	DVU						114	0.1
	ÖDP						81	0.1
	Centre						70	0.0
	BüSo						29	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						19	0.0	0.0
	PSG						18	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,766			2,296
Total valid votes				158,050			158,520
Turnout				160,816	70.4	7.4
	CDU gain from SPD		Majority	9,306	5.9

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