125 Borken II
Electoral district for theBundestag
Borken II in 2025
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	260,800 (2019)
Electorate	201,102 (2021)
Major settlements	Bocholt Borken Vreden
Area	996.4 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CDU
Member	Anne König
Elected	2021,2025

Borken II is an electoral constituency (German:Wahlkreis) represented in theBundestag. It elects one member viafirst-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 125. It is located in northernNorth Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the western and central part of theBorken district.^[1]

Borken II was created for the inaugural1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented byAnne König of theChristian Democratic Union (CDU).^[2]

Borken II is located in northernNorth Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Borken district excluding the municipalities ofAhaus,Gronau,Heek,Legden, andSchöppingen.^[1]

Borken II was created in 1949, then known asBorken – Bocholt – Ahaus. From 1965 through 1976, it was namedAhaus – Bocholt. From 1980 through 1987, it was namedBorken. It acquired its current name in the 1990 election. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 35 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 94. From 1965 through 1976, it was number 92. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 96. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 127. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 126. From the 2025 election, it has been number 125.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Borken and Ahaus and the independent city ofBocholt. In the 1980 through 1987 elections, it was coterminous with the district of Borken. From 1990 through 1998, it comprised the municipalities ofAhaus, Bocholt,Borken,Gescher, Gronau, Heek,Isselburg, Legden,Rhede, Schöppingen,Stadtlohn,Südlohn,Velen, andVreden from Borken district. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation. It was first represented byTheodor Blank from 1949 to 1969.Hermann Josef Unland then served as representative from 1969 to 1990.Elke Wülfing served from 1990 to 2005.Johannes Röring was elected in 2005, and re-elected in 2009, 2013, and 2017. He was succeeded by Anne König in 2021, who was re-elected in 2025.

Federal election (2025): Borken 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. AY orN denotes status of anyincumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	YAnne König		82,000	47.9	4.1	72,745	42.4	5.7
	SPD	Nadine Heselhaus		33,511	19.6	5.8	29,836	17.4	8.9
	AfD	Michael Espendiller		22,179	12.9	8.0	22,829	13.3	8.5
	Greens	Heinrich Rülfing		16,486	9.6	2.8	18,303	10.7	2.8
	Left	Lif Licht		8,742	5.1	2.7	9,358	5.5	3.0
	BSW						5,065	3.0
	FDP	Karlheinz Busen		5,043	2.9	5.4	7,571	4.4	7.4
	FW	Hubert Weilinghoff		3,362	2.0	0.9	1,352	0.8	0.1
	Tierschutzpartei						1,684	1.0	0.0
	Volt						972	0.6	0.4
	PARTEI	Tobias Finke				1.7	780	0.5	0.4
	PdF						346	0.2	0.2
	dieBasis						312	0.2	0.6
	Team Todenhöfer						195	0.1	0.1
	BD						171	0.1
	MERA25						80	0.0
	Values						44	0.0
	MLPD						36	0.0	0.0
	Pirates								0.3
	Gesundheitsforschung								0.1
	ÖDP								0.1
	Humanists								0.0
	Bündnis C							0.0	0.0
	SGP							0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,175			819
Total valid votes				171,323			171,679
Turnout				172,498	85.8	5.2
	CDUhold		Majority	48,489	28.3

Federal election (2021): Borken 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. AY orN denotes status of anyincumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Anne König		70,334	43.7	8.6	59,102	36.6	10.4
	SPD	Nadine Heselhaus		40,851	25.4	0.1	42,303	26.2	4.8
	Greens	Bernhard Lammersmann		20,028	12.4	5.7	21,738	13.5	7.6
	FDP	Karlheinz Busen		13,404	8.3	0.8	19,081	11.8	1.3
	AfD	Michael Espendiller		7,909	4.9		7,724	4.8	1.2
	Left	Michael Frieg		3,928	2.4	2.0	3,914	2.4	1.7
	Tierschutzpartei						1,517	0.9	0.5
	PARTEI	Tobias Finke		2,795	1.7		1,324	0.8	0.4
	dieBasis						1,219	0.8
	FW	Bastian Nitsche		1,650	1.0	1.0	1,056	0.7	0.3
	Pirates						486	0.3	0.0
	Team Todenhöfer						396	0.2
	Volt						311	0.2
	LIEBE						176	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						163	0.1	0.0
	LfK						140	0.1
	ÖDP						116	0.1	0.0
	V-Partei3						86	0.1	0.0
	Humanists						78	0.0	0.0
	NPD						75	0.0	0.1
	du.						69	0.0
	Bündnis C						68	0.0
	PdF						45	0.0
	LKR						31	0.0
	DKP						27	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						22	0.0	0.0
	SGP						9	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,260			883
Total valid votes				160,899			161,276
Turnout				162,159	80.6	1.6
	CDUhold		Majority	29,483	18.3	8.7

Federal election (2017): Borken 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. AY orN denotes status of anyincumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	YJohannes Röring		81,496	52.3	5.0	73,881	47.0	6.4
	SPD	Ursula Schulte		39,412	25.3	1.8	33,697	21.5	4.1
	FDP	Karlheinz Busen		14,216	9.1	6.9	20,609	13.1	7.9
	AfD						9,405	6.0	3.3
	Greens	Holger Lordieck		10,496	6.7	0.4	9,220	5.9	0.2
	Left	Rolf Paul Christian Kohn		6,969	4.5	1.5	6,540	4.2	0.5
	Tierschutzpartei						768	0.5
	PARTEI						711	0.5	0.2
	FW	Markus Krafczyk		3,182	2.0		553	0.4	0.2
	Pirates						441	0.3	1.4
	NPD						195	0.1	0.5
	ÖDP						156	0.1	0.0
	Gesundheitsforschung						125	0.1
	AD-DEMOKRATEN						123	0.1
	V-Partei³						108	0.1
	DM						104	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						100	0.1	0.1
	DiB						99	0.1
	Die Humanisten						76	0.0
	BGE						65	0.0
	MLPD						45	0.0	0.0
	DKP						22	0.0
	SGP						13	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,375			1,090
Total valid votes				155,771			157,056
Turnout				158,146	79.1	2.9
	CDUhold		Majority	42,084	27.0	3.3

Federal election (2013): Borken II[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. AY orN denotes status of anyincumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	YJohannes Röring		86,028	57.4	3.2	80,352	53.5	7.7
	SPD	Ursula Schulte		40,643	27.1	1.6	38,391	25.5	3.5
	Greens	Frank Büning		9,548	6.4	0.3	9,138	6.1	1.3
	Left	Heidi Breuer		4,513	3.0	1.4	5,447	3.6	1.3
	FDP	Kevin Schneider		3,389	2.3	6.3	7,915	5.3	11.3
	Pirates	Siegfried Kerkhoff		3,016	2.0		2,468	1.6	0.4
	AfD	Alfred Heitmann		2,849	1.9		4,042	2.7
	NPD						948	0.6	0.1
	PARTEI						352	0.2
	FW						248	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						182	0.1	0.1
	PRO						170	0.1
	ÖDP						167	0.1	0.0
	Nichtwahler						117	0.1
	REP						103	0.1	0.1
	Party of Reason						78	0.1
	RRP						61	0.0	0.0
	BIG						22	0.0
	PSG						22	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						17	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						17	0.0	0.0
	Die Rechte						12	0.0
Informal votes				1,401			1,118
Total valid votes				149,986			150,269
Turnout				151,387	76.2	1.1
	CDUhold		Majority	45,385	30.3	1.6

Federal election (2009): Borken II[7]
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. AY orN denotes status of anyincumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	YJohannes Röring		79,254	54.2	1.9	67,056	45.8	4.0
	SPD	Christoph Pries		37,324	25.5	7.2	32,344	22.1	8.1
	FDP	Winfried Polch		12,521	8.6	4.6	24,230	16.5	6.6
	Greens	Ludwig Artmeyer		9,706	6.6	2.7	10,793	7.4	2.2
	Left	Martin Rath		6,385	4.4	1.5	7,222	4.9	1.8
	Pirates						1,823	1.2
	NPD	Sascha Andre Maier		1,044	0.7	0.2	805	0.5	0.0
	FAMILIE						625	0.4	0.0
	Tierschutzpartei						599	0.4	0.1
	RENTNER						344	0.2
	REP						188	0.1	0.0
	Centre						103	0.1	0.0
	RRP						100	0.1
	ÖDP						94	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						73	0.0	0.0
	DVU						56	0.0
	MLPD						17	0.0	0.0
	PSG						13	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						12	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,494			1,231
Total valid votes				146,234			146,497
Turnout				147,728	75.1	6.7
	CDUhold		Majority	41,930	28.7	5.3

• Federal electoral districts in North Rhine-Westphalia
• 1949 establishments in West Germany
• Constituencies established in 1949
• Borken (district)

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