Diepholz – Nienburg I

Diepholz – Nienburg I 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 33. It is located in central Lower Saxony, comprising the Diepholz district and parts of the Nienburg district.[1]

33 Diepholz – Nienburg I
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Diepholz – Nienburg I in 2013
StateLower Saxony
Population247,900 (2019)
Electorate194,371 (2021)
Major settlementsSyke
Diepholz
Area2,490.9 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
PartyCDU
MemberAxel Knoerig
Elected2009, 2013, 2017, 2021

Diepholz – Nienburg I was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2009, it has been represented by Axel Knoerig of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]

Geography

Diepholz – Nienburg I is located in central Lower Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Diepholz district as well as the Samtgemeinden of Grafschaft Hoya and Uchte from the Nienburg district.[1]

History

Diepholz – Nienburg I was created in 1949, then known as Diepholz – Melle – Wittlage. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was named Nienburg. From 1980 through 1998, it was named Diepholz. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the inaugural Bundestag election, it was Lower Saxony constituency 23 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 45. From 1965 through 1976, it was number 34. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 28. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 34. Since 2013, it has been constituency 33.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Grafschaft Diepholz, Melle, and Wittlage. It also included part of the Nienburg district, specifically the territory which now comprises the Samtgemeinde of Uchte. In the 1965 election, the entirety of the Nienburg district was transferred to the constituency. In the 1980 election, the area of the abolished Melle and Wittlage districts was transferred away, as was the Nienburg district. From then until 2002, the constituency comprised only the district of Diepholz. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Election No. Name Borders
1949 23 Diepholz – Melle – Wittlage
1953 45
1957
1961
1965 34 Nienburg
  • Grafschaft Diepholz district
  • Melle district
  • Nienburg district
  • Wittlage district
1969
1972
1976
1980 28 Diepholz
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 34 Diepholz – Nienburg I
2005
2009
2013 33
2017
2021

Members

The constituency was first held by Rudolf Eickhoff of the German Party (DP), who served from 1949 until 1957. He was succeeded by Karl Gossel of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), who served two terms. Fellow CDU members Günter von Nordenskjöld (1965–72) and Richard Ey (1972–80) then each served two terms. In 1980, the Social Democratic Party (SPD) won the constituency, and Peter Würtz was its representative for a single term. The CDU's Walter Link regained it in 1983, and served until 1998. In 1998, the SPD's Detlev von Larcher won, and served a single term. Rolf Kramer of the SPD was representative from 2002 to 2009. Axel Knoerig of the CDU has served as representative since 2009.

Election Member Party  %
1949 Rudolf Eickhoff DP 34.2
1953 26.7
1957 Karl Gossel CDU 30.5
1961 35.4
1965 Günter von Nordenskjöld CDU 45.1
1969 46.4
1972 Richard Ey CDU 45.5
1976 49.2
1980 Peter Würtz SPD 46.0
1983 Walter Link CDU 50.1
1987 44.3
1990 46.3
1994 44.3
1998 Detlev von Larcher SPD 48.4
2002 Rolf Kramer SPD 48.3
2005 45.7
2009 Axel Knoerig CDU 37.5
2013 47.5
2017 44.6
2021 33.8

Election results

2021 election
Federal election (2021): Diepholz – Nienburg I[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Axel Knoerig 49,116 33.8 Decrease 10.8 36,915 25.3 Decrease 12.6
SPD Peggy Schierenbeck 46,455 31.9 Increase 4.6 48,196 33.0 Increase 7.6
Greens Sylvia Holste-Hagen 19,702 13.5 Increase 5.9 21,139 14.5 Increase 6.3
FDP Jan Andreas Hinderks 13,671 9.4 Increase 2.4 17,628 12.1 Increase 1.5
AfD Alfons Muhle 9,683 6.7 Decrease 1.5 10,372 7.1 Decrease 1.3
Left Jürgen Abelmann 4,029 2.8 Decrease 2.5 3,920 2.7 Decrease 3.4
Tierschutzpartei   1,774 1.2 Increase 0.3
dieBasis Detlev Pigors 2,111 1.5 1,722 1.2
FW   1,322 0.9 Increase 0.5
PARTEI   1,294 0.9 Increase 0.1
Independent Rüdiger Gums 727 0.5
Pirates   465 0.3 Steady 0.0
Team Todenhöfer   395 0.3
Volt   228 0.2
NPD   123 0.1 Decrease 0.2
Humanists   118 0.1
ÖDP   113 0.1 Decrease 0.1
V-Partei3   98 0.1 Decrease 0.1
du.   78 0.1
LKR   39 0.0
MLPD   21 0.0 Steady 0.0
DKP   12 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 1,460 982
Total Valid votes 145,494 145,972
Turnout 146,954 75.6 Decrease 0.9
CDU hold Majority 2,661 1.9 Decrease 15.4

2017 election
Federal election (2017): Diepholz – Nienburg I[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Axel Knoerig 65,465 44.6 Decrease 2.9 55,833 37.9 Decrease 5.6
SPD Tevfik Özkan 40,102 27.3 Decrease 6.1 37,505 25.5 Decrease 6.0
AfD Karl-Heinz Gerd Breternitz 11,955 8.1 Increase 5.6 12,434 8.4 Increase 5.0
Greens Klaus-Joachim Schmelz 11,252 7.7 Increase 0.1 11,992 8.1 Steady 0.0
FDP Alexander Carapinha-Hesse 10,285 7.0 Increase 5.0 15,515 10.5 Increase 5.6
Left Jürgen Abelmann 7,759 5.3 Increase 1.8 8,951 6.1 Increase 1.6
Tierschutzpartei   1,353 0.9 Increase 0.1
PARTEI   1,104 0.7
FW   668 0.5
Pirates   476 0.3 Decrease 1.2
NPD   366 0.2 Decrease 0.6
BGE   258 0.2
ÖDP   219 0.1
DM 206 0.1
V-Partei³ 191 0.1
DiB 162 0.1
MLPD   28 0.0 Steady 0.0
DKP   17 0.0
Informal votes 1,480 1,020
Total Valid votes 146,818 147,278
Turnout 148,298 76.5 Increase 2.7
CDU hold Majority 25,363 17.3 Increase 3.2

2013 election
Federal election (2013): Diepholz – Nienburg I[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Axel Knoerig 66,862 47.5 Increase 9.9 61,404 43.5 Increase 9.7
SPD Christoph Lanzendörfer 47,067 33.4 Decrease 1.0 44,431 31.5 Increase 3.8
Greens Torsten Eggelmann 10,651 7.6 Decrease 0.9 11,556 8.2 Decrease 1.8
Left Ingo Waschner 4,933 3.5 Decrease 3.5 6,359 4.5 Decrease 3.8
AfD Arno Heinz Staschewski 3,571 2.5 4,840 3.4
FDP Marcel Schiller 2,797 2.0 Decrease 9.4 6,929 4.9 Decrease 10.8
Pirates Mario Gärtner 2,166 1.5 2,143 1.5 Decrease 0.2
NPD Bernd Neumann 1,288 0.9 Decrease 0.3 1,175 0.8 Decrease 0.2
Tierschutzpartei   1,196 0.8 Increase 0.1
FW Olaf Schulz 903 0.6 673 0.5
Independent Rüdiger Gums 616 0.4
PRO 169 0.1
PBC 137 0.1
REP   102 0.1
MLPD   21 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 1,496 1,215
Total Valid votes 140,854 141,135
Turnout 142,350 73.7 Increase 0.4
CDU hold Majority 19,795 14.1 Increase 11.1

2009 election
Federal election (2009): Diepholz – Nienburg I[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Axel Knoerig 52,599 37.5 Decrease 1.5 47,565 33.8 Increase 0.4
SPD Red XN Rolf Kramer 48,313 34.5 Decrease 11.3 38,955 27.7 Decrease 14.0
FDP Horst Gaumann 15,928 11.4 Increase 6.4 22,067 15.7 Increase 5.0
Greens Stefanie Henneke 11,917 8.5 Increase 3.0 13,999 10.0 Increase 2.6
Left Ulrich Vanek 9,775 7.0 Increase 3.4 11,701 8.3 Increase 4.0
Pirates   2,453 1.7
NPD Dietrich Seidel 1,660 1.2 Steady 0.0 1,442 1.0 Decrease 0.2
Tierschutzpartei   1,059 0.8 Increase 0.2
RRP 937 0.7
DVU   193 0.1
ÖDP   143 0.1
MLPD   27 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 1,646 1,315
Total Valid votes 140,192 140,523
Turnout 141,838 73.3 Decrease 5.7
CDU gain from SPD Majority 4,286 3.1

References
  1. "Constituency Diepholz – Nienburg I". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Diepholz – Nienburg I". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. Results for Diepholz – Nienburg I
  4. Results for Diepholz – Nienburg I
  5. Results for Diepholz – Nienburg I
  6. Results for Diepholz – Nienburg I
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