Helmstedt – Wolfsburg

Helmstedt – Wolfsburg 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 51. It is located in southeastern Lower Saxony, comprising the city of Wolfsburg, the district of Helmstedt, and part of the district of Gifhorn.[1]

51 Helmstedt – Wolfsburg
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Helmstedt – Wolfsburg in 2013
StateLower Saxony
Population242,200 (2019)
Electorate180,147 (2021)
Major settlementsWolfsburg
Helmstedt
Area1,165.2 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
PartySPD
MemberFalko Mohrs
Elected2017, 2021

Helmstedt – Wolfsburg was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Falko Mohrs of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2] Mohrs resigned in 2022, to join the Second Weil cabinet.

Geography

Helmstedt – Wolfsburg is located in southeastern Lower Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Wolfsburg, the district of Helmstedt, and the Samtgemeinden of Boldecker Land and Brome and the Giebel area from the Gifhorn district.[1]

History

Helmstedt – Wolfsburg was created in 1949, then known as Braunschweig-Land – Helmstedt. It acquired its current name in the 1965 election. In the inaugural Bundestag election, it was Lower Saxony constituency 29 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 51. From 1965 through 1998, it was number 46. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 51. In the 2009 election, it was number 52. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 51.

Originally, the constituency comprised the district of Helmstedt and the now-abolished Landkreis Braunschweig district without the Samtgemeinde of Thedinghausen. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it comprised the independent city of Wolfsburg and the districts of Helmtedt and Landkreis Braunschweig, again excluding Thedinghausen. In the 1976 election, it comprised Wolfsburg, Helmstedt, and the municipality of Cremlingen and Samtgemeinde of Sickte from the district of Wolfenbüttel. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it comprised the city of Wolfsburg and district of Helmstedt. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Election No. Name Borders
1949 29 Braunschweig-Land – Helmstedt
1953 51
1957
1961
1965 46 Helmstedt – Wolfsburg
1969
1972
1976
1980
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 51
2005
2009 52
2013 51
2017
2021

Members

The constituency was first held by Hermann Troppenz of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), who served from 1949 to 1953. Alfred Burgemeister of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won in 1953 and served until 1969. Rudolf Hauck of the SPD then served until 1983, when Volkmar Köhler of the CDU won the constituency. Fellow party member Heinrich-Wilhelm Ronsöhr served from 1994 to 1998. In 1998, SPD candidate Bodo Seidenthal regained the constituency, and served a single term. He was succeeded by Hans-Jürgen Uhl, who was elected in 2002 and 2005. Günter Lach of the CDU served from 2009 to 2017. Falko Mohrs has been representative since the 2017 election.

Election Member Party  %
1949 Hermann Troppenz SPD 31.3
1953 Alfred Burgemeister CDU 36.9
1957 46.2
1961 44.5
1965 49.7
1969 Rudolf Hauck SPD 47.1
1972 53.0
1976 47.2
1980 48.2
1983 Volkmar Köhler CDU 52.4
1987 47.7
1990 50.6
1994 Heinrich-Wilhelm Ronsöhr CDU 47.7
1998 Bodo Seidenthal SPD 52.7
2002 Hans-Jürgen Uhl SPD 53.5
2005 49.5
2009 Günter Lach CDU 39.4
2013 44.7
2017 Falko Mohrs SPD 38.0
2021 42.1

Election results

2021 election
Federal election (2021): Helmstedt – Wolfsburg[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 Falko Mohrs 54,349 42.1 Increase 4.1 45,414 35.1 Increase 5.2
CDU Andreas Weber 34,367 26.6 Decrease 8.3 31,827 24.6 Decrease 9.9
AfD Stephanie Scharfenberg 12,339 9.6 Decrease 0.6 12,241 9.5 Decrease 1.5
Greens Frank Bsirske 11,305 8.8 Increase 4.3 15,481 12.0 Increase 6.1
FDP Kristin Krumm 9,766 7.6 Increase 1.8 13,073 10.1 Increase 2.0
Left Bernd Mex 3,575 2.8 Decrease 3.2 3,496 2.7 Decrease 3.9
Tierschutzpartei   1,749 1.4 Increase 0.4
dieBasis   1,520 1.2
PARTEI   1,192 0.9 Steady 0.0
FW Frank Schrödl 2,113 1.6 1,128 0.9 Increase 0.5
Pirates   529 0.4 Steady 0.0
Team Todenhöfer   381 0.3
Volt   362 0.3
ÖDP Dora Weigl 486 0.4 204 0.2 Steady 0.0
Independent Johann Hönig 485 0.4
Independent Wilfried Wiesenthal 200 0.2
NPD   200 0.2 Decrease 0.3
Humanists   118 0.1
du.   106 0.1
V-Partei3   85 0.1 Decrease 0.1
Independent Peter Kunick 63 0.0
LKR   40 0.0
DKP   32 0.0 Steady 0.0
MLPD   26 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 1,623 1,467
Total Valid votes 129,048 129,204
Turnout 130,671 72.5 Decrease 2.1
SPD hold Majority 19,982 15.5 Increase 12.4

2017 election
Federal election (2017): Helmstedt – Wolfsburg[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 Falko Mohrs 51,646 38.0 Decrease 0.7 40,740 30.0 Decrease 4.8
CDU Red XN Günter Lach 47,416 34.9 Decrease 9.8 47,037 34.6 Decrease 6.5
AfD Thomas Schlick 13,857 10.2 14,862 10.9 Increase 7.2
Left Pia Zimmermann 8,128 6.0 Increase 1.6 9,050 6.7 Increase 1.8
FDP Kristin Krumm 7,791 5.7 Increase 4.3 10,988 8.1 Increase 4.4
Greens Volker Möll 6,096 4.5 Increase 0.6 8,064 5.9 Decrease 0.9
Tierschutzpartei   1,307 1.0 Increase 0.1
PARTEI   1,229 0.9
Independent Günter Hönig 746 0.5
NPD   623 0.5 Decrease 0.9
Pirates   592 0.4 Decrease 1.4
FW   455 0.3 Decrease 0.2
DM 276 0.2
ÖDP   198 0.1
V-Partei³ 194 0.1
MLPD Gerhard Pfisterer 152 0.1 82 0.1 Steady 0.0
DiB 141 0.1
BGE   138 0.1
DKP   36 0.0
Informal votes 1,471 1,291
Total Valid votes 135,832 136,012
Turnout 137,303 74.6 Increase 3.5
SPD gain from CDU Majority 4,230 3.1

2013 election
Federal election (2013): Helmstedt – Wolfsburg[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 Günter Lach 58,760 44.7 Increase 5.3 54,188 41.1 Increase 7.2
SPD Heinz-Joachim Barchmann 50,826 38.7 Increase 4.1 45,837 34.8 Increase 3.0
Greens Volker Möll 6,666 5.1 Decrease 3.0 9,004 6.8 Decrease 2.0
Left Pia Zimmermann 5,731 4.4 Decrease 3.3 6,440 4.9 Decrease 3.6
AfD   4,892 3.7
Pirates Jürgen Stemke 2,972 2.3 2,460 1.9 Decrease 0.3
NPD Friedrich Preuß 2,599 2.0 Decrease 0.3 1,840 1.4 Decrease 0.6
FDP Verony Reichelt 1,839 1.4 Decrease 5.0 4,796 3.6 Decrease 6.9
Tierschutzpartei   1,182 0.9 Steady 0.0
FW Gabriele Chartier 1,049 0.8 643 0.5
Independent Günter Hönig 569 0.4
PBC Detleff Karstens 331 0.3 Decrease 0.1 254 0.2
PRO 157 0.1
REP   44 0.0
MLPD   38 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 1,927 1,494
Total Valid votes 131,342 131,775
Turnout 133,269 71.1 Decrease 0.9
CDU hold Majority 7,934 6.0 Increase 1.2

2009 election
Federal election (2009): Helmstedt – Wolfsburg[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 Günter Lach 52,427 39.4 Increase 2.1 45,319 34.0 Increase 2.1
SPD Heinz-Joachim Barchmann 46,064 34.6 Decrease 14.9 42,391 31.8 Decrease 15.0
Greens Torsten Koch 10,692 8.0 Increase 4.3 11,801 8.8 Increase 3.1
Left Dorothée Menzner 10,216 7.7 Increase 3.8 11,309 8.5 Increase 4.0
FDP Michael Heitchen 8,480 6.4 Increase 3.1 14,114 10.6 Increase 2.8
NPD Friedrich Preuß 3,023 2.3 Increase 0.4 2,606 2.0 Increase 0.2
Pirates   2,905 2.2
RRP Klaus Glahn 1,748 1.3 1,591 1.2
Tierschutzpartei   1,176 0.9 Increase 0.2
PBC Detleff Karstens 415 0.3
ÖDP   112 0.1
DVU   101 0.1
MLPD   46 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 2,196 1,790
Total Valid votes 133,065 133,471
Turnout 135,261 72.0 Decrease 6.5
CDU gain from SPD Majority 6,363 4.8

References
  1. "Constituency Helmstedt – Wolfsburg". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Helmstedt – Wolfsburg". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. Results for Helmstedt – Wolfsburg
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  6. Results for Helmstedt – Wolfsburg
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