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Cologne II (German: Köln II) is one of the four electoral districts (German: Wahlkreis) covering the city of Cologne in the German Bundestag. Part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, the constituency elects one representative under the mixed member proportional representation (MMP) system. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 95.
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Boundaries
Covering the south western quarter of the city of Cologne, since 1980 the constituency has contained the entirety of two of the city's nine districts: Rodenkirchen and Lindenthal. Since 2002, it has also stretched into the city centre to include two of the five areas of the Innenstadt district: Altstadt-Süd und Neustadt-Süd. The latter area includes about half of Cologne's old and new town areas. and was transferred from the Cologne I district when the number of constituencies in Cologne was reduced from four whole constituencies to three and half of a fourth at the 2002 election.
2009 election
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District representatives
The District's MPs have been: