119 Essen III
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Essen III in 2025
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	253,600 (2019)
Electorate	190,335 (2021)
Major settlements	Essen (partial)
Area	118.1 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CDU
Member	Matthias Hauer
Elected	2013, 2017, 2021

Essen III 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 119. It is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the southern part of the city of Essen.^[1]

Essen III was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2013, it has been represented by Matthias Hauer of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).^[2]

Essen III is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the Stadtbezirke II (Rüttenscheid/Bergerhausen), III (Essen-West), VIII (Essen-Ruhrhalbinsel), and IX (Werden/Kettwig/Bredeney) from the independent city of Essen.^[1]

Essen III was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 32 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 91. From 1965 through 1976, it was number 89. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 90. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 121. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 120. From the 2025 election, it has been number 119.

Originally, the constituency comprised the southern parts of the city of Essen. From 1980 through 1998, it comprised Stadtbezirke I (Stadtmitte/Frillendorf), II (Rüttenscheid/Bergerhausen), VIII (Essen-Ruhrhalbinsel), and IX (Werden/Kettwig/Bredeney). It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

The constituency was first represented by Jakob Kaiser of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1949 to 1957, followed by party fellow Hans Toussaint from 1957 to 1969. Antje Huber of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was elected in 1969, and served until the 1983 election, when Paul Hoffacker of the CDU held it for a single term. Ingrid Becker-Inglau regained it for the SPD in 1987, serving until 2002. Hans-Günter Bruckmann then served a single term from 2002 to 2005, followed by fellow SPD member Petra Hinz from 2005 to 2013. Matthias Hauer of the CDU was elected representative in 2013, and re-elected in 2017 and 2021.

Federal election (2021): Essen 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. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Y Matthias Hauer		46,635	30.7	6.4	37,053	24.4	5.7
	SPD	Gereon Wolters		45,612	30.0	0.8	42,629	28.0	3.3
	Greens	Kai Gehring		28,745	18.9	10.7	30,764	20.2	10.8
	FDP	Rüdiger König		10,871	7.2	1.2	17,995	11.8	3.3
	AfD	Stefan Keuter		8,225	5.4	2.7	8,398	5.5	2.8
	Left	Ezgi Güyildar		5,030	3.3	3.2	6,117	4.0	4.2
	Tierschutzpartei						2,005	1.3	0.4
	PARTEI	Martin O. Lange		2,931	1.9		1,718	1.1	0.0
	dieBasis	Volker Wild		1,695	1.1		1,521	1.0
	Team Todenhöfer						852	0.6
	FW	Kai Hemsteeg		1,685	1.1		845	0.6	0.4
	Volt						504	0.3
	Pirates						443	0.3	0.1
	LIEBE						151	0.1
	Humanists						137	0.1	0.0
	Gesundheitsforschung						129	0.1	0.0
	V-Partei3						116	0.1	0.1
	LfK						99	0.1
	The Homeland						90	0.1	0.1
	ÖDP						89	0.1	0.1
	DKP	Diana Kummer		172	0.1	0.0	90	0.1	0.0
	Bündnis C						78	0.1
	MLPD	Dirk Willing		109	0.1	0.1	64	0.0	0.0
	du.						61	0.0
	LKR	Dirk Schmidt		137	0.1		60	0.0
	PdF						40	0.0
	SGP						15	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,013			797
Total valid votes				151,847			152,063
Turnout				152,860	80.3	0.8
	CDU hold		Majority	1,023	0.7	5.6

Federal election (2017): Essen 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. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Y Matthias Hauer		56,393	37.1	2.5	45,826	30.1	6.2
	SPD	Gereon Wolters		46,829	30.8	8.7	37,699	24.7	8.4
	FDP	Tim Wortmann		12,639	8.3	6.3	23,068	15.1	9.4
	Greens	Kai Gehring		12,511	8.2	0.5	14,312	9.4	0.3
	AfD	Stefan Keuter		12,306	8.1	5.4	12,735	8.4	4.5
	Left	Ayten Kaplan		9,846	6.5	1.6	12,574	8.3	1.7
	PARTEI						1,791	1.2	0.7
	Tierschutzpartei						1,356	0.9
	Independent	Serge Menga Nsibu		1,175	0.8
	Pirates						554	0.4	1.7
	AD-DEMOKRATEN						364	0.2
	FW						292	0.2	0.0
	The Homeland						259	0.2	0.7
	V-Partei³						251	0.2
	DiB						249	0.2
	BGE						173	0.1
	ÖDP						173	0.1	0.0
	Volksabstimmung						151	0.1	0.0
	Gesundheitsforschung						134	0.1
	MLPD	Martina Stalleicken		208	0.1		134	0.1	0.0
	DM						115	0.1
	Die Humanisten						97	0.1
	DKP	Diana Kummer		197	0.1		89	0.1
	SGP						13	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,232			927
Total valid votes				152,104			152,409
Turnout				153,336	79.5	2.3
	CDU hold		Majority	9,564	6.3	6.2

Federal election (2013): Essen 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. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Matthias Hauer		59,101	39.5	3.5	54,310	36.3	6.2
	SPD	N Petra Hinz		59,008	39.5	0.8	49,626	33.1	2.1
	Greens	Kai Gehring		11,576	7.7	1.7	14,550	9.7	2.3
	Left	Cornelia Swillus-Knöchel		7,341	4.9	2.0	9,855	6.6	1.7
	AfD	Martin Erwin Renner		4,015	2.7		5,812	3.9
	Pirates	Frank Höschen		3,169	2.1		3,087	2.1	0.5
	FDP	Petra Hermann		3,007	2.0	5.5	8,581	5.7	8.3
	The Homeland	Manuel Mikolajtzyk		1,489	1.0	0.1	1,294	0.9	0.0
	PARTEI						757	0.5
	Independent	Gramm		570	0.4
	PRO						326	0.2
	FW						236	0.2
	REP						215	0.1	0.3
	Nichtwahler						205	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						190	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP						186	0.1	0.1
	BIG						140	0.1
	MLPD						100	0.1	0.0
	Party of Reason						98	0.1
	BüSo	Katarzyna Kruczkowski		213	0.1	0.2	91	0.1	0.0
	RRP						60	0.0	0.1
	PSG						32	0.0	0.0
	Die Rechte						21	0.0
Informal votes				1,551			1,268
Total valid votes				149,489			149,772
Turnout				151,040	77.2	1.7
	CDU gain from SPD		Majority	93	0.1

Federal election (2009): Essen 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. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	SPD	Y Petra Hinz		57,055	38.6	9.4	45,888	31.0	11.0
	CDU	Matthias Hauer		53,269	36.1	1.4	44,455	30.0	0.9
	Greens	Kai Gehring		13,969	9.5	3.9	17,807	12.0	2.3
	FDP	Petra Hermann		11,035	7.5	4.2	20,829	14.1	4.7
	Left	Cornelia Swillus-Knöchel		10,240	6.9	2.4	12,239	8.3	2.7
	Pirates						2,341	1.6
	The Homeland	Hermann August Schnarre		1,614	1.1	0.3	1,227	0.8	0.3
	Tierschutzpartei						915	0.6	0.1
	REP						598	0.4	0.1
	FAMILIE						525	0.4	0.1
	RENTNER						404	0.3
	RRP						173	0.1
	BüSo	Matthias Kraume		508	0.3		148	0.1	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						142	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP						109	0.1
	MLPD						91	0.1	0.0
	Centre						78	0.1	0.0
	DVU						75	0.1
	PSG						39	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,591			1,198
Total valid votes				147,690			148,083
Turnout				149,281	75.5	6.1
	SPD hold		Majority	3,786	2.5	8.0