Editing Münster (section)

=== Representation ===
Münster forms its own [[Münster (electoral district)|Electoral district]] (No. 129) for elections on a national level. Due to [[Electoral system of Germany|Germany's mixture of a direct and a proportional electoral system]] Münster sends a directly elected member into the [[Bundestag]] as well as other politicians have the chance to qualify via their [[Electoral list|party's state-wide list]]. As for the [[2021 German federal election]] health politician [[Maria Klein-Schmeink]] ([[Alliance 90/The Greens|The Greens]]) won the districts seat in the Bundestag with 32.3% of the personal vote.<ref name="bundeswahlleiter.de">{{Cite web |title=Ergebnisse Münster – Der Bundeswahlleiter |url=https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2021/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-5/wahlkreis-129.html |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=www.bundeswahlleiter.de}}</ref> Defeated candidates, former member of the [[Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=vCardvCard |date=2021-07-19 |title=Dr. Stefan Nacke |url=https://www.cdu-nrw.de/dr-stefan-nacke |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=CDU Nordrhein-Westfalen |language=de}}</ref> [[Stefan Nacke]] ([[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]]/26.2%)<ref name="bundeswahlleiter.de"/> and former [[Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection|environment minister]] [[Svenja Schulze]] ([[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]/24.1%) both became members of the [[20th Bundestag]] via their parties' lists.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gewählte in Landeslisten der Parteien in Nordrhein-Westfalen – Der Bundeswahlleiter |url=https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2021/gewaehlte/bund-99/land-5.html |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=www.bundeswahlleiter.de}}</ref> Svenja Schulze entered the new [[Scholz cabinet]] regaining a position as minister, this time in the [[Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Svenja Schulze |url=https://www.bmz.de/de/ministerium/leitung/schulze-99772 |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung |language=de}}</ref>

On the state level Münster was divided into two constituencies up until the [[2017 North Rhine-Westphalia state election]]. The election system of state elections mirrors that of national elections. During the legislative period of [[Laschet cabinet]] redistricting resulted in Münster now being split up into three constituencies, two of which now also include some surrounding [[Municipality|municipalities]]. The 2017 election saw both CDU candidates Stefan Nacke and Simone Wendland winning their seat via the constituency.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Landtagswahl 2017 |url=https://www.stadt-muenster.de/ms/wahlen/ergebnis/app/ltw2017.html |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=www.stadt-muenster.de}}</ref> Via party lists [[Svenja Schulze]] (SPD) and Josefine Paul (The Greens) entered the Landtag.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Landtagswahl 2017 in NRW |url=https://www.wahlergebnisse.nrw/landtagswahlen/2017/index.shtml |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=www.wahlergebnisse.nrw}}</ref> After Nacke and Schulze both changed into federal politics, Münster is left with only two representatives in the Landtag.