92 Cologne I
Electoral district for theBundestag
Cologne I in 2025
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	297,600 (2019)
Electorate	190,630 (2021)
Major settlements	Cologne (partial)
Area	128.3 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	SPD
Member	Sanae Abdi
Elected	2021,2025

Cologne I (German:Köln I) 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 92. It is located in westernNorth Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the southeastern part of the city ofCologne.^[1]

Cologne I was created for the inaugural1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented bySanae Abdi of theSocial Democratic Party (SPD).^[2]

Cologne I is located in westernNorth Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the southeastern part of the independent city of Cologne, specifically thedistricts ofPorz,Kalk, and theStadtteile of Altstadt-Nord,Deutz, and Neustadt-Nord fromInnenstadt.^[1]

Cologne I was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 7 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 66. From 1965 through 1998, it was number 59. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 94. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 93. From the 2025 election, it has been number 92.

Originally, the constituency comprised the area of Cologne on the left bank of theRhine and north of the line made by Aachener Straße and Innere Kanalstraße. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it comprised today's Innenstadt district as well as Kalk, Humboldt-Gremberg, and Poll. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it comprised Innenstadt and Porz. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

The constituency was first represented byAenne Brauksiepe of theChristian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1949 to 1965. It was won by the Social Democratic Party (SPD)'s candidateHans-Jürgen Wischnewski in 1965. The SPD held the constituency until 2017. Wischnewski represented it until 1990, when he was succeeded byWalter Rempe, who served a single term.Volkmar Schultz was elected in 1994 and served until 2002, followed byMartin Dörmann.Karsten Möring of the CDU was elected in 2017. Sanae Abdi regained the constituency for the SPD in 2021 and was subsequently reelected in 2025.

Federal election (2025): Cologne I[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	%	±%
	SPD	YSanae Abdi		37,717	24.9	3.0	29,775	19.6	6.8
	CDU	Serap Güler		37,261	23.6	2.0	33,934	22.3	2.5
	Greens	Roman Schulte		30,496	20.1	3.8	27,273	17.9	6.0
	AfD	Fabian Jacobi		20,022	12.2	6.9	18,853	12.4	6.4
	Left	Kalle Grerigk		16,894	11.1	6.0	22,716	14.9	9.0
	BSW						7,170	4.7
	FDP	Fardad Hooghoughi		4,672	3.1	5.1	6,409	4.2	6.5
	Volt	Mihir Nayak		2,698	1.8	0.1	1,671	1.1	0.1
	Tierschutzpartei						1,598	1.0	0.2
	FW	Dominik Meißner		1,488	1.0	0.2	580	0.4	0.2
	PARTEI					2.0	851	0.6	0.6
	MLPD	Elisabeth Höchtl		347	0.2	0.1	96	0.1	0.0
	Team Todenhöfer						344	0.2	0.2
	PdF						310	0.2
	dieBasis					1.2	297	0.2	0.8
	BD						181	0.1
	MERA25						125	0.1
	Values						50	0.0
	Pirates								0.4
	Humanists								0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung								0.1
	ÖDP								0.1
	Bündnis C								0.1
	SGP								0.0
Informal votes				1,515			877
Total valid votes				151,595			152,233
Turnout				153,110	80.2	6.3
	SPDhold		Majority	456	1.3

Federal election (2021): Cologne I[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	%	±%
	SPD	Sanae Abdi		38,985	27.9	3.1	36,933	26.4	2.1
	Greens	Lisa-Marie Friede		33,405	23.9	14.1	33,501	23.9	12.5
	CDU	NKarsten Möring		31,636	22.6	9.0	27,695	19.8	6.6
	FDP	Reinhard Houben		11,490	8.2	0.5	15,040	10.7	2.3
	AfD	Fabian Jacobi		8,789	6.3	2.4	8,363	6.0	2.9
	Left	Madeine Eisfeld		7,213	5.2	3.5	8,267	5.9	5.1
	Team Todenhöfer						1,768	1.3
	Tierschutzpartei						1,704	1.2	0.4
	PARTEI	Aaron Baron von Kruedener		2,768	2.0	0.5	1,607	1.1	0.2
	Volt	Rebekka Müller		2,353	1.7		1,340	1.0
	dieBasis	Ralf Schäfer		1,615	1.2		1,327	0.9
	FW	Detlef Hagenbruch		1,108	0.8		753	0.5	0.3
	Pirates						548	0.4	0.1
	Independent	Martin Przybylski		261	0.2
	LIEBE						173	0.1
	Humanists						152	0.1	0.0
	Gesundheitsforschung						127	0.1	0.0
	du.						116	0.1
	V-Partei3						109	0.1	0.1
	LfK						105	0.1
	ÖDP						88	0.1	0.1
	NPD						76	0.1	0.1
	Bündnis C						72	0.1
	PdF						67	0.0
	MLPD	Elisabeth Höchtl		181	0.1	0.1	64	0.0	0.1
	DKP						43	0.0	0.0
	LKR						27	0.0
	SGP						15	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,097			821
Total valid votes				139,804			140,080
Turnout				140,901	73.9	1.4
	SPDgain fromCDU		Majority	5,580	4.0

Federal election (2017): Cologne I[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	Karsten Möring		43,683	31.6	5.1	36,565	26.4	7.0
	SPD	N Martin Dörmann		42,799	31.0	6.0	33,666	24.3	6.7
	Greens	Hans Schwanitz		13,535	9.8	0.5	15,800	11.4	0.8
	AfD	Fabian Jacobi		11,952	8.6	5.7	12,290	8.9	4.8
	Left	Murat Yilmaz		11,898	8.6	2.1	15,271	11.0	2.9
	FDP	Reinhard Houben		10,652	7.7	5.2	18,067	13.0	7.5
	PARTEI	Sabine Kader		3,369	2.4		1,905	1.4	0.7
	Tierschutzpartei						1,068	0.8
	AD-DEMOKRATEN						970	0.7
	Pirates						689	0.5	2.2
	DiB						398	0.3
	FW						356	0.3	0.0
	BGE						233	0.2
	NPD						224	0.2	0.6
	V-Partei³						184	0.1
	ÖDP						164	0.1	0.0
	MLPD	Reiner Dworschak		308	0.2		155	0.1	0.1
	Die Humanisten						150	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						146	0.1
	DM						140	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						136	0.1	0.1
	DKP						38	0.0
	SGP						16	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,522			1,087
Total valid votes				138,196			138,631
Turnout				139,718	72.6	3.1
	CDUgain fromSPD		Majority	884	0.6

Federal election (2013): Cologne I[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	%	±%
	SPD	Y Martin Dörmann		48,632	37.0	2.0	40,759	31.0	4.1
	CDU	Karsten Möring		48,232	36.7	3.1	43,863	33.3	6.2
	Greens	Berivan Aymaz		13,513	10.3	2.1	16,056	12.2	3.7
	Left	Heinz Peter Karl Fischer		8,583	6.5	1.9	10,709	8.1	1.5
	AfD	Hendrik Rottmann		3,885	3.0		5,367	4.1
	Pirates	Gerald Günther Teybig		3,361	2.6		3,501	2.7	0.7
	FDP	Stefanie Ruffen		3,243	2.5	6.2	7,235	5.5	9.6
	NPD	Melanie Händelkes		1,329	1.0	0.6	1,032	0.8	0.3
	PARTEI						883	0.7
	FW	Christine-Maria Hudyma		444	0.3		337	0.3
	PRO						411	0.3
	BIG						254	0.2
	Nichtwahler						241	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						208	0.2	0.0
	ÖDP						204	0.2	0.0
	REP						168	0.1	0.2
	Party of Reason						111	0.1
	RRP						80	0.1	0.1
	MLPD						73	0.1	0.0
	BüSo	Tamas Antal Bech		170	0.1		61	0.0	0.0
	PSG						31	0.0	0.0
	Die Rechte						18	0.0
Informal votes				1,445			1,235
Total valid votes				131,392			131,602
Turnout				132,837	69.4	1.5
	SPDhold		Majority	400	0.3	1.1

Federal election (2009): Cologne I[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	%	±%
	SPD	Y Martin Dörmann		43,837	35.0	13.6	33,774	26.8	12.8
	CDU	Ursula Heinen-Esser		42,094	33.6	0.3	34,195	27.2	0.0
	Greens	Max Löffler		15,557	12.4	5.1	20,019	15.9	2.6
	FDP	Alexander Vogel		10,902	8.7	4.7	18,981	15.1	4.0
	Left	Cindy Kolter		10,614	8.5	3.5	12,092	9.6	3.5
	Pirates						2,522	2.0
	NPD	Benedikt Frings		1,971	1.6	0.6	1,398	1.1	0.3
	Tierschutzpartei						816	0.6	0.2
	RENTNER						454	0.4
	FAMILIE						433	0.3	0.0
	REP						368	0.3	0.0
	Independent	Mali Dieckmann		318	0.3
	RRP						214	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						179	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP						146	0.1
	Centre						74	0.1	0.0
	MLPD						70	0.1	0.0
	DVU						53	0.0
	BüSo						25	0.0	0.0
	PSG						20	0.0	0.1
Informal votes				1,718			1,178
Total valid votes				125,293			125,833
Turnout				127,011	68.0	6.5
	SPDhold		Majority	1,743	1.4	13.3

Federal election (2005): Cologne I[8]
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	%	±%
	SPD	Y Martin Dörmann		66,317	48.6	1.4	54,131	39.6	3.3
	CDU	Ursula Heinen-Esser		46,224	33.9	1.5	37,104	27.1	9.3
	Greens	Max Löffler		9,992	7.3	1.8	18,127	13.3	9.3
	Left	Cindy Kolter		6,717	4.9	3.3	8,340	6.1	4.2
	FDP	Alexander Vogel		5,516	4.0	1.4	15,085	11.0	2.4
	NPD						1,079	0.8	0.5
	GRAUEN						912	0.7	0.3
	Tierschutzpartei						591	0.4	0.1
	REP						411	0.3	0.1
	Familie						405	0.3	0.2
	Independent	Mali Dieckmann		404	0.3
	From Now on... Democracy Through Referendum						157	0.1
	PBC						105	0.1
	Socialist Equality Party						91	0.1
	BüSo						38	0.0
	Centre						47	0.0
	MLPD						61	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				708			480
Total valid votes				136,456			136,684
Turnout				137,164	74.5	1.2
	SPDhold		Majority	20,093	14.7

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