116 Oberhausen – Wesel III
Electoral district for theBundestag
Oberhausen – Wesel III in 2025
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	278,100 (2019)
Electorate	199,156 (2021)
Major settlements	Oberhausen
Area	124.8 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	SPD
Member	Dirk Vöpel
Elected	2013,2017,2021,2025

Oberhausen – Wesel III 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 116. It is located in theRuhr region ofNorth Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the city ofOberhausen and a small part of theWesel district.^[1]

Oberhausen – Wesel III was created for the inaugural1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented byDirk Vöpel of theSocial Democratic Party (SPD).^[2]

Oberhausen – Wesel III is located in the Ruhr region ofNorth Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Oberhausen and theDinslaken municipality from Wesel district.^[1]

Oberhausen – Wesel III was created in 1949, then known asOberhausen. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 28 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 87. From 1965 through 1976, it was number 85. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 86. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 118. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 117. From the 2025 election, it has been number 116.

Originally, the constituency comprised only the city of Oberhausen. In the 2002 election, it acquired the municipality of Dinslaken from Wesel district.

The constituency has been held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) continuously since 1961. It was first represented byMartin Heix of theChristian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1949 to 1953. In the 1953 election, the CDU supportedCentre Party candidateJohannes Brockmann, who became the first and last candidate of his party to win a constituency in the Bundestag. The alliance was dissolved before the 1957 election, and former member Heix regained the constituency for the CDU. He was re-elected in 1961.Luise Albertz of the SPD was elected in 1965 and served a single term. Fellow SPD memberErich Meinike then served until 1983. He was succeeded byDieter Schanz from 1983 to 1998, followed byWolfgang Grotthaus from 2002 to 2009.Michael Groschek was representative for a single term from 2009 to 2013. Dirk Vöpel was elected in 2013, and re-elected in 2017, 2021, and 2025.

Federal election (2025): Oberhausen – Wesel III[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	YDirk Vöpel		48,434	31.4	7.4	38,967	25.2	11.7
	CDU	Simone Stehr		41,519	26.9	4.5	38,607	24.9	3.6
	AfD	Uwe Lindackers		32,461	21.0	11.6	31,565	20.4	11.3
	Greens	Franziska Krumwieder-Steiner		12,638	8.2	3.8	13,759	8.9	3.6
	Left	Sascha H. Wagner		12,062	7.8	4.4	12,770	8.2	4.4
	BSW						7,331	4.7
	FDP	Roman Müller-Böhm		4,456	2.9	4.2	5,245	3.4	6.0
	Tierschutzpartei						2,566	1.7	0.1
	Team Todenhöfer						564	0.4	0.4
	PARTEI					4.5	1,082	0.7	0.8
	Volt						734	0.5	0.2
	MLPD	Julia Scheller		641	0.4	0.3	99	0.1	0.0
	FW					1.0	561	0.4	0.2
	PdF						304	0.2	0.2
	dieBasis					1.0	273	0.2	0.6
	BD						230	0.1
	Values						79	0.1
	V-Partei3						73	0.0
	Pirates								0.4
	Gesundheitsforschung								0.1
	ÖDP								0.1
	Humanists								0.1
	Bündnis C								0.
	SGP							0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,507			1,005
Total valid votes				154,307			154,809
Turnout				155,814	80.4	7.4
	SPDhold		Majority	6,915	4.5

Federal election (2021): Oberhausen – Wesel III[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	YDirk Vöpel		55,790	38.8	0.3	53,034	36.8	3.8
	CDU	Marie-Luise Dött		32,277	22.5	6.6	30,770	21.4	4.9
	Greens	Stefanie Weyland		17,171	11.9	6.3	17,945	12.5	6.9
	AfD	Olaf Wilhelm		13,601	9.5	2.8	13,099	9.1	3.4
	FDP	Roman Müller-Böhm		10,132	7.0	0.7	13,573	9.4	0.6
	PARTEI	Hans-Joachim Sommers		6,464	4.5		2,199	1.5	0.7
	Left	Sascha H. Wagner		4,908	3.4	4.2	5,613	3.9	4.4
	Tierschutzpartei						2,473	1.7	0.8
	Team Todenhöfer						1,113	0.8
	dieBasis	Ralf Wosnek		1,434	1.0		1,064	0.7
	FW	Guido Horn		1,378	1.0		847	0.6	0.3
	Pirates						515	0.4	0.2
	Volt						357	0.2
	LIEBE						209	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						201	0.1	0.0
	NPD						182	0.1	0.2
	LfK						167	0.1
	V-Partei3	Simon Thomas		454	0.3		154	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP						100	0.1	0.0
	Humanists						87	0.1	0.0
	Bündnis C						74	0.1
	MLPD	Erhan Aktürk		145	0.1	0.1	71	0.0	0.0
	du.						54	0.0
	PdF						45	0.0
	DKP						28	0.0	0.0
	LKR						22	0.0
	SGP						20	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,478			1,216
Total valid votes				143,754			144,016
Turnout				145,232	72.9	0.5
	SPDhold		Majority	23,513	16.3	6.9

Federal election (2017): Oberhausen – Wesel III[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	%	±%
	SPD	YDirk Vöpel		56,987	38.5	6.6	49,165	33.0	8.3
	CDU	Marie-Luise Dött		43,077	29.1	3.2	39,085	26.3	3.8
	AfD	Uwe Kamann		18,197	12.3		18,560	12.5	8.3
	Left	Niema Movassat		11,331	7.6	0.3	12,373	8.3	0.3
	FDP	Roman Müller-Böhm		9,357	6.3	4.7	14,890	10.0	6.7
	Greens	Patrick Voss		8,349	5.6	2.2	8,228	5.5	1.1
	Tierschutzpartei						1,422	1.0
	PARTEI						1,284	0.9	0.5
	AD-DEMOKRATEN						942	0.6
	Pirates						795	0.5	1.9
	DIE VIOLETTEN	Karin Schäfer		554	0.4
	NPD						508	0.3	1.7
	FW						362	0.2	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						166	0.1	0.1
	V-Partei³						150	0.1
	MLPD	Wolf Dieter Rochlitz		269	0.2		146	0.1	0.0
	Gesundheitsforschung						143	0.1
	ÖDP						133	0.1	0.0
	DiB						131	0.1
	BGE						122	0.1
	DM						115	0.1
	Die Humanisten						86	0.1
	DKP						31	0.0
	SGP						24	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,191			1,451
Total valid votes				148,121			148,861
Turnout				150,312	73.4	2.7
	SPDhold		Majority	13,910	9.4	3.4

Federal election (2013): Oberhausen – Wesel III[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	Dirk Vöpel		65,442	45.1	0.5	60,222	41.3	1.9
	CDU	Marie-Luise Dött		46,889	32.3	4.9	43,882	30.1	5.7
	Greens	Bärbel Höhn		11,396	7.8	2.3	9,604	6.6	2.5
	Left	Niema Movassat		10,627	7.3	2.3	11,732	8.0	3.1
	AfD						6,145	4.2
	Pirates	Andreas Ronig		4,440	3.1		3,579	2.5	0.9
	NPD	Timo Diemer		4,001	2.8	0.9	2,938	2.0	0.6
	FDP	Dorothea Dresenkamp		2,415	1.7	4.7	4,802	3.3	7.0
	PRO						641	0.4
	PARTEI						525	0.4
	Volksabstimmung						293	0.2	0.1
	REP						234	0.2	0.2
	FW						225	0.2
	Nichtwahler						168	0.1
	ÖDP						167	0.1	0.0
	BIG						155	0.1
	Party of Reason						116	0.1
	RRP						104	0.1	0.1
	MLPD						92	0.1	0.0
	BüSo						49	0.0	0.0
	Die Rechte						47	0.0
	PSG						47	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,469			1,912
Total valid votes				145,210			145,767
Turnout				147,679	70.7	0.9
	SPDhold		Majority	18,553	12.8	4.4

Federal election (2009): Oberhausen – Wesel III[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	Michael Groschek		65,189	44.6	13.6	57,689	39.4	14.5
	CDU	Marie-Luise Dött		40,001	27.4	1.0	35,712	24.4	1.1
	Greens	Bärbel Höhn		14,772	10.1	4.2	13,352	9.1	2.2
	Left	Niema Movassat		14,008	9.6	4.0	16,311	11.1	4.5
	FDP	Gerald Schädlich		9,231	6.3	3.7	15,049	10.3	4.0
	Pirates						2,325	1.6
	NPD	Wolfgang Georg Duda		2,643	1.8	0.6	2,011	1.4	0.4
	Tierschutzpartei						1,109	0.8	0.2
	FAMILIE						740	0.5	0.1
	RENTNER						667	0.5
	REP						480	0.3	0.0
	RRP						211	0.1
	DVU						135	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						119	0.1	0.0
	MLPD	Reinhardt Meyer		282	0.2	0.0	118	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP						106	0.1
	Centre						93	0.1	0.0
	BüSo						43	0.0	0.0
	PSG						35	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,982			1,803
Total valid votes				146,126			146,305
Turnout				148,108	69.8	8.1
	SPDhold		Majority	25,188	17.2	14.6

Federal election (2005): Oberhausen – Wesel III[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 Wolfgang Grotthaus		95,580	58.2	3.6	88,560	53.9	3.0
	CDU	Marie-Luise Dött		43,411	26.4	0.9	38,228	23.3	0.48
	FDP	Gerd Arlt		34,443	2.6	2.6	10,362	6.3	0.7
	Greens	Bärbel Höhn		9,668	5.9	0.7	11,350	6.9	0.9
	Left	Dirk Paasch		9,108	5.5	4.0	10,843	6.6	5.2
	NPD	Klaus-Dieter Brominski		1,905	1.2		1,656	1.0	0.6
	Tierschutzpartei						848	0.5	0.1
	Familie						648	0.4	0.2
	GRAUEN						620	0.4	0.1
	REP						597	0.4
	MLPD	Reinhardt Meyer		274	0.2		180	0.1
	From Now on... Democracy Through Referendum						114	0.1
	PBC						89	0.1
	Socialist Equality Party						79	0.0
	Centre						60	0.0
	BüSo						40	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,328			2,344
Total valid votes				164,290			164,274
Turnout				166,618	77.9	0.6
	SPDhold		Majority	52,169	31.8

• Federal electoral districts in North Rhine-Westphalia
• Bundestag electoral districts established in 1949
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