Oberbergischer Kreis 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 98. It is located in southern North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the Oberbergischer Kreis district.
Oberbergischer Kreis was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Carsten Brodesser of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
Geography Oberbergischer Kreis is located in southern North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Oberbergischer Kreis district.
History Oberbergischer Kreis was created in 1949. It was named Oberbergischer Kreis upon its creation, but renamed to Oberbergischer Kreis – Siegkreis II in the 1965 and 1969 elections. In the 1972 and 1976 elections, it was named Oberbergischer Kreis – Rhein-Sieg-Kreis II. It returned to its current name in the 1980 election. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 12 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 71. From 1965 through 1976, it was number 65. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 66. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 100. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 99. From the 2025 election, it has been number 98.
Originally, it was coterminous with the Oberbergischer Kreis district. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it also contained the entirety of Siegkreis district (Rhein-Sieg-Kreis district from 1972) excluding the modern municipalities of Bad Honnef, Königswinter, Niederkassel, Troisdorf, and Sankt Augustin. It acquired its current borders in the 1980 election.
Election Name Borders 1949 Oberbergischer Kreis Oberbergischer Kreis district 1953 71 1957 1961 1965 65 Oberbergischer Kreis – Siegkreis II Oberbergischer Kreis district Siegkreis district (excluding Bad Honnef, Königswinter, Niederkassel, Troisdorf, and Sankt Augustin municipalities) 1969 1972 Oberbergischer Kreis – Rhein-Sieg-Kreis II Oberbergischer Kreis district Rhein-Sieg-Kreis district (excluding Bad Honnef, Königswinter, Niederkassel, Troisdorf, and Sankt Augustin municipalities) 1976 1980 66 Oberbergischer Kreis Oberbergischer Kreis district 1983 1987 1990 1994 1998 2002 100 2005 2009 2013 99 2017 2021 2025 98
Members The constituency has been held by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) during all but one Bundestag term since 1949. It was first represented by August Dresbach 1949 to 1965, followed by Gustav Stein until 1972. Horst Waffenschmidt was elected in 1972 and served until 1998. The Social Democratic Party (SPD)'s candidate Friedhelm Julius Beucher won the constituency in 1998, but the CDU regained it in 2002. Klaus-Peter Flosbach then represented it until 2017. Carsten Brodesser of the CDU was elected as representative in 2017 and re-elected in 2021 and 2025.
Election Member Party % 1949 August Dresbach CDU 37.0 1953 43.5 1957 56.0 1961 45.0 1965 Gustav Stein CDU 51.9 1969 45.7 1972 Horst Waffenschmidt CDU 47.7 1976 51.7 1980 49.1 1983 55.0 1987 50.3 1990 50.1 1994 48.8 1998 Friedhelm Julius Beucher SPD 44.9 2002 Klaus-Peter Flosbach CDU 45.2 2005 49.1 2009 48.4 2013 52.2 2017 Carsten Brodesser CDU 43.7 2021 33.9 2025 36.9
Election results 2025 election
2021 election
2017 election
2013 election
2009 election
2005 election
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