How did the people from Essen vote in the federal election in 2021?
The results from the fourth largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia at a glance.
Essen - In the center of the Ruhr area, the Essen residents are called to vote in three constituencies.
The city is an important industrial, university and business location in the region.
Culturally, socially and economically, Essen is known as the “secret capital of the Ruhr area”.
Essen has a total of 753,400 inhabitants on an area of 301.6 km².
In a comparison of all three constituencies, Essen II has by far the highest population density with 246,200 inhabitants on 67.7 km² with the usual metropolitan area of 3642.6 inhabitants / km².
The voter turnout of the three constituencies showed big differences in 2017.
It fluctuates between 67.6% in Essen II, 76.1% in Mülheim - Essen I and 79.5% in Essen III.
Most of the average of 436.1 jobs subject to social security contributions per 1,000 inhabitants in Essen fall into the wide range of private, public services and other employment areas.
The unemployment rate is 11.5%.
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Federal election 2021: These are the results from the city of Essen
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Essen: These were the results of the 2017 federal election
Results for the constituency Mülheim - Essen I (2017):
Political party |
CDU |
SPD |
GREEN |
FDP |
THE LEFT |
AfD |
Others |
First vote |
31.3% |
34.9% |
6.2% |
9.0% |
6.5% |
11.5% |
0.5% |
Second vote |
28.1% |
29.5% |
6.7% |
12.9% |
7.4% |
11.4% |
3.9% |
(All data from bundeswahlleiter.de)
With 34.9 percent of the first votes, Arno Klare (SPD) prevailed in the Mühlheim - Essen I constituency.
Results for the constituency of Essen II (2017):
Political party |
CDU |
SPD |
GREEN |
FDP |
THE LEFT |
AfD |
Others |
First vote |
26.6% |
37.3% |
5.4% |
6.6% |
7.9% |
15.8% |
0.4% |
Second vote |
23.4% |
31.8% |
6.2% |
9.7% |
8.7% |
15.0% |
5.2% |
(All data from bundeswahlleiter.de)
Dirk Heidenblut (SPD) prevailed in the Essen II constituency with 37.3 percent of the first votes.
Results for the constituency of Essen III (2017):
Political party |
CDU |
SPD |
GREEN |
FDP |
THE LEFT |
AfD |
Others |
First vote |
37.1% |
30.8% |
8.2% |
8.3% |
6.5% |
8.1% |
1.0% |
Second vote |
30.1% |
24.7% |
9.4% |
15.1% |
8.3% |
8.4% |
4.1% |
(All data from bundeswahlleiter.de)
With 37.1 percent of the first votes, Matthias Hauer (CDU) prevailed in the Essen III constituency.
All results of the federal election 2021
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We also offer you all available data on the counting status on election day at the level of the constituencies, cities and municipalities.