North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine-Westphalia is one of the 16 multi-member upper-tier state electoral districts of the Bundestag, one of the two national legislatures of Germany. The district was created in 1949 following the restoration of democracy in West Germany with the creation of the Federal Republic of Germany. It is conterminous with the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. At the 2025 federal election the constituency had 12,884,209 registered electors and elected 136 of the 630 members of the Bundestag. The district's members are elected using the mixed-member proportional representation electoral system and is currently divided into 64 lower-tier constituencies.