Hameln-Pyrmont – Holzminden

Hameln-Pyrmont – Holzminden 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 46. It is located in southern Lower Saxony, comprising the Hameln-Pyrmont and Holzminden districts and a small part of the Northeim district.[1]

46 Hameln-Pyrmont – Holzminden
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Hameln-Pyrmont – Holzminden in 2013
StateLower Saxony
Population236,200 (2019)
Electorate184,471 (2021)
Major settlementsHameln
Holzminden
Bad Pyrmont
Area1,802.4 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
PartySPD
MemberJohannes Schraps
Elected2017, 2021

Hameln-Pyrmont – Holzminden was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Johannes Schraps of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]

Geography

Hameln-Pyrmont – Holzminden is located in eastern Lower Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the district of Hameln-Pyrmont and Holzminden, as well as the municipalities of Bodenfelde and Uslar and Solling area from the Northeim district.[1]

History

Hameln-Pyrmont – Holzminden was created in 1949, then known as Hameln – Springe. In the 1980 through 1990 elections, it was named Hameln – Holzminden. It acquired its current name in the 1994 election. In the inaugural Bundestag election, it was Lower Saxony constituency 24 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 46. From 1965 through 1998, it was number 41. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 46. In the 2009 election, it was number 47. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 46.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Hameln and the districts of Hameln-Pyrmont and Springe. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, the constituency comprised the entirety of the Hameln-Pyrmont and Holzminden districts. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Election No. Name Borders
1949 24 Hameln – Springe
1953 46
1957
1961
1965 41
1969
1972
1976
1980 Hameln – Holzminden
1983
1987
1990
1994 Hameln-Pyrmont – Holzminden
1998
2002 46
2005
2009 47
2013 46
2017
2021

Members

The constituency has been held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) during all but one Bundestag term since its creation. Its first representative was Herbert Kriedemann of the SPD, who served from 1949 to 1953. Alexander Elbrächter of the German Party (DP) won in 1953, but Heinz Frehsee of the SPD was elected in 1957. He was succeeded in 1976 by Brigitte Schulte, who served until 2005. Gabriele Lösekrug-Möller then served from 2005 to 2017. Johannes Schraps has been representative since 2017.

Election Member Party  %
1949 Herbert Kriedemann SPD 34.1
1953 Alexander Elbrächter DP 42.3
1957 Heinz Frehsee SPD 37.7
1961 44.6
1965 46.7
1969 49.5
1972 53.6
1976 Brigitte Schulte SPD 49.3
1980 52.1
1983 47.6
1987 47.9
1990 46.0
1994 48.5
1998 55.8
2002 51.5
2005 Gabriele Lösekrug-Möller SPD 50.2
2009 39.6
2013 42.3
2017 Johannes Schraps SPD 39.1
2021 43.2

Election results

2021 election
Federal election (2021): Hameln-Pyrmont – Holzminden[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 % ±%
SPD Green tickY Johannes Schraps 56,893 43.2 Increase 4.2 48,438 36.8 Increase 4.9
CDU Mareike Wulf 33,575 25.5 Decrease 7.8 29,809 22.6 Decrease 9.4
Greens Helge Limburg 13,259 10.1 Increase 4.7 17,274 13.1 Increase 5.9
AfD Delia Klages 11,208 8.5 Decrease 1.0 11,590 8.8 Decrease 1.3
FDP Moritz Mönkemeyer 9,102 6.9 Increase 1.1 13,624 10.4 Increase 1.3
Left Stephan Marquardt 3,676 2.8 Decrease 3.1 3,734 2.8 Decrease 3.7
Tierschutzpartei   1,845 1.4 Increase 0.5
FW Carsten Schürmann 1,979 1.5 1,122 0.9 Increase 0.6
dieBasis Andreas Janus 1,856 1.4 1,546 1.2
PARTEI   963 0.7 Increase 0.1
Pirates   463 0.4 Decrease 0.1
Team Todenhöfer   416 0.3
Volt   211 0.2
NPD   152 0.1 Decrease 0.2
Humanists   113 0.1
V-Partei3   95 0.1 Decrease 0.1
du.   79 0.1
ÖDP   72 0.1 Steady 0.0
LKR   30 0.0
DKP   23 0.0 Steady 0.0
MLPD   10 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 1,345 1,284
Total Valid votes 131,548 131,609
Turnout 132,893 72.0 Decrease 2.6
SPD hold Majority 23,318 17.7 Increase 12.0

2017 election
Federal election (2017): Hameln-Pyrmont – Holzminden[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 % ±%
SPD Johannes Schraps 54,130 39.1 Decrease 3.2 44,190 31.9 Decrease 4.5
CDU Michael Vietz 46,181 33.4 Decrease 6.2 44,424 32.0 Decrease 5.4
AfD Armin-Paul Hampel 13,143 9.5 Increase 5.8 14,054 10.1 Increase 6.1
Left Jutta Krellmann 8,220 5.9 Increase 1.3 9,130 6.6 Increase 1.3
FDP Klaus-Peter Wennemann 8,034 5.8 Increase 4.0 12,531 9.0 Increase 4.6
Greens Ute Martha Michel 7,511 5.4 Decrease 0.6 9,995 7.2 Decrease 1.2
Tierschutzpartei   1,285 0.9 Increase 0.2
Pirates Hermann Gebauer 1,250 0.9 Decrease 1.0 560 0.4 Decrease 1.2
PARTEI   878 0.6
NPD   411 0.3 Decrease 0.6
FW   390 0.3 Decrease 0.1
V-Partei³ 187 0.1
BGE   185 0.1
DM 159 0.1
DiB 125 0.1
ÖDP   109 0.1
MLPD   33 0.0 Steady 0.0
DKP   27 0.0
Informal votes 1,311 1,107
Total Valid votes 138,469 138,673
Turnout 139,780 74.6 Increase 2.8
SPD hold Majority 7,949 5.7 Increase 3.0

2013 election
Federal election (2013): Hameln-Pyrmont – Holzminden[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 % ±%
SPD Green tickY Gabriele Lösekrug-Möller 57,484 42.3 Increase 2.7 49,411 36.4 Increase 3.0
CDU Michael Vietz 53,726 39.6 Increase 4.3 50,937 37.5 Increase 8.3
Greens Marcus Schaper 8,202 6.0 Decrease 1.7 11,428 8.4 Decrease 1.0
Left Jutta Krellmann 6,308 4.6 Decrease 3.7 7,201 5.3 Decrease 3.8
AfD Manfred Otto 4,971 3.7 5,550 4.1
Pirates Claudia Schumann 2,577 1.9 2,152 1.6 Decrease 0.2
FDP Klaus-Peter Wennemann 2,496 1.8 Decrease 5.5 5,985 4.4 Decrease 9.6
NPD   1,271 0.9 Decrease 0.5
Tierschutzpartei   1,031 0.8 Decrease 0.2
FW   461 0.3
PBC 185 0.1
PRO 150 0.1
REP   104 0.1
MLPD   30 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 2,075 1,943
Total Valid votes 135,764 135,896
Turnout 137,839 71.8 Decrease 0.7
SPD hold Majority 3,758 2.7 Decrease 1.6

2009 election
Federal election (2009): Hameln-Pyrmont – Holzminden[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 % ±%
SPD Green tickY Gabriele Lösekrug-Möller 55,842 39.6 Decrease 10.6 47,115 33.4 Decrease 14.0
CDU Hans Peter Thul 49,787 35.3 Increase 0.4 41,166 29.1 Decrease 0.2
Left Jutta Krellmann 11,820 8.4 Increase 4.1 12,911 9.1 Increase 4.6
Greens Marcus Schaper 10,849 7.7 Increase 3.3 13,322 9.4 Increase 3.2
FDP Martina Tigges-Friedrichs 10,401 7.4 Increase 2.7 19,736 14.0 Increase 4.3
Pirates   2,571 1.8
NPD Jürgen Neumann 2,283 1.6 Increase 0.1 1,982 1.4 Decrease 0.1
Tierschutzpartei   1,285 0.9 Increase 0.2
RRP 820 0.6
ÖDP   130 0.1
DVU   146 0.1
MLPD   53 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 2,203 1,948
Total Valid votes 140,982 141,237
Turnout 143,185 72.5 Decrease 6.3
SPD hold Majority 6,055 4.3 Decrease 11.0

References
  1. "Constituency Hameln-Pyrmont – Holzminden". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Hameln-Pyrmont – Holzminden". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. Results for Hameln-Pyrmont – Holzminden
  4. Results for Hameln-Pyrmont – Holzminden
  5. Results for Hameln-Pyrmont – Holzminden
  6. Results for Hameln-Pyrmont – Holzminden
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