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127 Steinfurt III
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Steinfurt III in 2025
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	256,300 (2019)
Electorate	195,513 (2021)
Major settlements	Ibbenbüren Greven Emsdetten
Area	1,092.5 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CDU
Member	Anja Karliczek
Elected	2013, 2017, 2021

Steinfurt 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 127. It is located in northern North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the eastern part of the Steinfurt district.^[1]

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

Steinfurt III is located in northern North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the municipalities of Emsdetten, Greven, Hörstel, Hopsten, Ibbenbüren, Ladbergen, Lengerich, Lienen, Lotte, Mettingen, Recke, Saerbeck, Tecklenburg, and Westerkappeln from the Steinfurt district.^[1]

Steinfurt III was created in 1949, then known as Steinfurt – Tecklenburg. From 1965 through 1976, it was named Tecklenburg. From 1980 through 1998, it was named Steinfurt II. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 36 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 95. From 1965 through 1976, it was number 93. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 98. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 129. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 128. From the 2025 election, it has been number 127.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Steinfurt and Tecklenburg. From 1965 through 1976, it was coterminous with the Tecklenburg district. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it comprised the municipalities of Emsdetten, Greven, Hörstel, Hopsten, Ibbenbüren, Ladbergen, Lengerich, Lienen, Lotte, Mettingen, Recke, Rheine, Saerbeck, Tecklenburg, and Westerkappeln from the Steinfurt district. In the 2002 election, it lost the municipality of Rheine.

The constituency was first represented by Georg Pelster of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1949 to 1961, followed by fellow CDU member Franz Falke for a single term. Wilhelm Rawe of the CDU was then representative from 1965 to 1980. Gottfried Köster was elected in 1980, and succeeded by Constantin Heereman von Zuydtwyck in 1983. Karl-Josef Laumann then served a single term from 1990 to 1994. Reinhold Hemker of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was elected in 1994 and served until 2009, when Dieter Jasper of the CDU became representative. Anja Karliczek was elected in 2013, and re-elected in 2017 and 2021.

Federal election (2021): Steinfurt 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 Anja Karliczek		52,445	34.0	10.8	42,528	27.5	10.3
	SPD	Jürgen Coße		48,068	31.1	0.9	50,555	32.7	5.1
	Greens	Jan-Niclas Gesenhues		23,978	15.5	9.0	23,996	15.5	8.2
	FDP	Christian Markert		11,394	7.4	1.7	16,113	10.4	0.9
	AfD	Florian Elixmann		8,785	5.7	0.6	9,253	6.0	0.8
	Left	Kathrin Vogler		4,611	3.0	2.6	4,723	3.1	3.3
	Tierschutzpartei						1,504	1.0	0.4
	PARTEI	Heidi Pelster		2,062	1.3		1,446	0.9	0.3
	dieBasis	Burkhard Recker		1,281	0.8		1,241	0.8
	FW	Ludwig Reichert		986	0.6	0.1	813	0.5	0.2
	Independent	Hendrik Kaldewei		683	0.4
	Pirates						482	0.3	0.1
	Team Todenhöfer						460	0.3
	Volt						401	0.3
	LIEBE						166	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						128	0.1	0.0
	The Homeland						116	0.1	0.1
	LfK						112	0.1
	ÖDP						97	0.1	0.0
	Humanists						94	0.1	0.0
	V-Partei3						73	0.0	0.0
	Bündnis C						69	0.0
	Independent	Gabriele Georgiou		50	0.0
	PdF						39	0.0
	du.						34	0.0
	MLPD						29	0.0	0.0
	LKR						27	0.0
	DKP						18	0.0	0.0
	SGP						15	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,292			1,103
Total valid votes				154,343			154,532
Turnout				155,635	79.6	1.6
	CDU hold		Majority	4,377	2.9	11.7

Federal election (2017): Steinfurt 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 Anja Karliczek		67,678	44.8	3.2	57,215	37.8	5.5
	SPD	Jürgen Coße		45,797	30.3	6.2	41,815	27.6	5.8
	Greens	Jan-Niclas Gesenhues		9,857	6.5	0.7	11,026	7.3	0.3
	AfD	Michael Espendiller		9,530	6.3	4.5	10,342	6.8	4.0
	FDP	Carsten Antrup		8,533	5.6	3.8	17,205	11.4	6.7
	Left	Kathrin Vogler		8,520	5.6	1.8	9,692	6.4	1.7
	PARTEI						899	0.6	0.3
	Tierschutzpartei						794	0.5
	Pirates						560	0.4	1.4
	FW	Olaf Wirl		1,124	0.7		421	0.3	0.1
	AD-DEMOKRATEN						265	0.2
	The Homeland						259	0.2	0.5
	ÖDP						118	0.1	0.0
	DM						119	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						113	0.1
	V-Partei³						109	0.1
	DiB						106	0.1
	BGE						105	0.1
	MLPD	Gabriele Georgiou		138	0.1		68	0.0	0.0
	Volksabstimmung						68	0.0	0.1
	Die Humanisten						52	0.0
	DKP						20	0.0
	SGP						12	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,364			1,158
Total valid votes				151,177			151,383
Turnout				152,541	78.0	2.7
	CDU hold		Majority	21,881	14.5	3.1

Federal election (2013): Steinfurt 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	Anja Karliczek		69,385	47.9	4.7	62,729	43.3	7.5
	SPD	Jürgen Coße[a]		52,786	36.5	4.9	48,324	33.4	2.8
	Greens	Hermann Stubbe		8,464	5.8		10,981	7.6	1.8
	Left	Kathrin Vogler		5,533	3.8	2.6	6,765	4.7	1.8
	FDP	Christophe Lüttmann		2,603	1.8	6.4	6,822	4.7	9.3
	AfD	Mario Mieruch		2,566	1.8		4,028	2.8
	Pirates	René Rottmann		2,356	1.6		2,504	1.7	0.3
	The Homeland			1,021	0.7	0.1	940	0.6	0.0
	PARTEI						465	0.3
	FW						279	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						156	0.1	0.1
	Nichtwahler						133	0.1
	ÖDP						123	0.1	0.0
	PRO						115	0.1
	REP						96	0.1	0.1
	Party of Reason						89	0.1
	BIG						74	0.1
	RRP						50	0.0	0.1
	MLPD						25	0.0	0.0
	PSG						24	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						16	0.0	0.0
	Die Rechte						16	0.0
Informal votes				1,336			1,296
Total valid votes				144,714			144,754
Turnout				146,050	75.3	0.8
	CDU hold		Majority	16,599	11.4	9.6

Federal election (2009): Steinfurt 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	%	±%
	CDU	Dieter Jasper		61,444	43.3	0.5	51,067	35.9	0.8
	SPD	N Reinhold Hemker		58,679	41.3	5.1	43,523	30.6	10.8
	FDP	Hubert Klodt		11,613	8.2	4.3	20,001	14.0	4.4
	Greens						13,366	9.4	2.9
	Left	Kathrin Vogler		9,075	6.4	3.4	9,250	6.5	2.7
	Pirates						2,047	1.4
	The Homeland	Matthias Pohl		1,129	0.8	0.1	929	0.7	0.0
	FAMILIE						686	0.5	0.1
	Tierschutzpartei						555	0.4	0.0
	RENTNER						286	0.2
	REP						204	0.1	0.0
	RRP						169	0.1
	ÖDP						85	0.1
	DVU						71	0.0
	Centre						63	0.0	0.0
	Volksabstimmung						56	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						24	0.0	0.0
	PSG						15	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						14	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,842			1,371
Total valid votes				141,940			142,411
Turnout				143,782	74.5	6.7
	CDU gain from SPD		Majority	2,765	2.0