Gifhorn – Peine

Gifhorn – Peine 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 45. It is located in eastern Lower Saxony, comprising the Peine district and most of the Gifhorn district.[1]

45 Gifhorn – Peine
electoral district
for the Bundestag
Gifhorn – Peine in 2013
StateLower Saxony
Population280,100 (2015)
Electorate218,556 (2017)
Major settlementsPeine
Gifhorn
Area1,814.0 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
PartySPD
MemberHubertus Heil
Elected1998, 2002, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017

Gifhorn – Peine was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 1998, it has been represented by Hubertus Heil of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]

Geography

Gifhorn – Peine is located in eastern Lower Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the district of Peine and the district of Gifhorn with the exception of the Samtgemeinden of Boldecker Land and Brome, as well as the Giebel area.[1]

History

Gifhorn – Peine was created in 1949, then known as Peine – Gifhorn. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was named Gifhorn. It acquired its current name in the 1980 election. In the inaugural Bundestag election, it was Lower Saxony constituency 32 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 54. From 1965 through 1998, it was number 40. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 45. In the 2009 election, it was number 46. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 45.

Originally, the constituency comprised the Peine district, the independent city of Wolfsburg, and the municipalities of Gifhorn and Meine and the Samtgemeinden of Isenbüttel and Meinersen from the Gifhorn district. From the 1965 through 1972 elections, it comprised the districts of Gifhorn and Peine and the municipality of Uetze from the district of Burgdorf. In the 1976 election, Uetze became part of the district of Landkreis Hannover, though the borders of Gifhorn constituency did not change. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, the constituency comprised the entirety of the Gifhorn and Peine districts. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Election No. Name Borders
1949 32 Peine – Gifhorn
1953 54
1957
1961
1965 40 Gifhorn
1969
1972
1976
  • Gifhorn district
  • Peine district
  • Landkreis Hannover district (only Uetze municipality)
1980 Gifhorn – Peine
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 45
2005
2009 46
2013 45
2017
2021

Members

The constituency was first held by Joachim Schöne of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), who served from 1949 to 1957. Arthur Enk of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won in 1957 and served a single term. Uwe-Jens Nissen of the SPD won the constituency in 1961, but Enk returned in 1965. In 1969, Philipp von Bismarck replaced Enk as CDU candidate and won. Hermann Barche of the SPD was elected in 1972, but served only a single term before von Bismarck returned as representative in 1976. In 1980, the SPD regained the constituency again, this time with candidate Adolf Stockleben. In 1983, Engelbert Nelle of the CDU won, and served until 1998. In 1998, Hubertus Heil of the SPD was elected representative. He was re-elected in 2002, 2005, 2009, 2013, and 2017.

Election Member Party %
1949 Joachim Schöne SPD 34.3
1953 30.0
1957 Arthur Enk CDU 38.1
1961 Uwe-Jens Nissen SPD 43.0
1965 Arthur Enk CDU 48.1
1969 Philipp von Bismarck CDU 48.6
1972 Hermann Barche SPD 50.4
1976 Philipp von Bismarck CDU 48.3
1980 Adolf Stockleben SPD 48.7
1983 Engelbert Nelle CDU 50.7
1987 45.8
1990 48.3
1994 45.7
1998 Hubertus Heil SPD 53.4
2002 54.2
2005 51.1
2009 40.5
2013 43.3
2017 37.8

Election results

2017 election
Federal election (2017): Gifhorn – Peine[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
SPD Y Hubertus Heil 63,294 37.8 5.4 50,445 30.1 6.0
CDU Ingrid Pahlmann 60,345 36.1 6.0 56,567 33.8 6.4
AfD Rupert Ostrowski 16,501 9.9 18,289 10.9 7.3
Green Stefanie Maria Weigand 9,342 5.6 0.8 12,094 7.2 0.2
Left Klaus Brinkmann 8,827 5.3 1.0 10,166 6.3 1.3
FDP Holger Flöge 8,062 4.8 3.4 14,004 8.4 4.8
Tierschutzpartei   1,591 0.9 0.2
PARTEI   1,454 0.9
Bündnis C Klaus-Dieter Schlottmann 725 0.4
Pirates   663 0.4 1.4
FW   581 0.3 0.1
NPD   463 0.3 0.7
DM 367 0.2
V-Partei³ 259 0.2
MLPD Peter Volker Kunick 277 0.2 97 0.1 0.0
BGE   208 0.1
DiB 185 0.1
ÖDP   123 0.1
DKP   17 0.0
Informal votes 1,488 1,288
Total Valid votes 167,373 167,573
Turnout 168,861 77.3 2.7
CDU hold Majority 2,949 1.7 0.6

2013 election
Federal election (2013): Gifhorn – Peine[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
SPD Y Hubertus Heil 69,259 43.2 2.8 57,875 36.1 3.2
CDU Ingrid Pahlmann 67,368 42.1 5.1 64,451 40.2 6.8
Green Monika Berkhan 7,666 4.8 1.2 11,855 7.4 1.5
Left Jürgen Eggers 6,810 4.3 3.1 7,575 4.7 3.6
AfD   5,786 3.6
Pirates Matthias Stoll 3,063 1.9 2,833 1.8 0.3
FDP Ernst Schreiber 2,266 1.4 4.9 5,648 3.5 7.7
NPD David Grahn 1,937 1.2 0.1 1,524 0.9 0.2
Tierschutzpartei   1,242 0.8 0.0
FW Mathias Djelassi 934 0.6 671 0.4
PBC Klaus-Dieter Schlottmann 850 0.5 0.0 616 0.4
PRO 212 0.1
REP   134 0.1
MLPD   46 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 1,788 1,473
Total Valid votes 160,153 160,468
Turnout 161,941 74.5 0.3
SPD hold Majority 1,891 1.1 2.4

2009 election
Federal election (2009): Gifhorn – Peine[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
SPD Y Hubertus Heil 64,365 40.5 10.6 52,292 32.8 13.5
CDU Ewa Klamt 58,827 37.0 0.2 53,085 33.3 1.0
Left Jürgen Eggers 11,663 7.3 3.9 13,314 8.4 4.2
FDP Holger Flöge 10,073 6.3 3.2 17,875 11.2 3.1
Green Rolf Bräuer 9,476 6.0 2.7 14,217 8.9 2.8
Pirates   3,359 2.1
NPD Uwe Kallweit 2,029 1.3 0.0 1,882 1.2 0.1
RRP Detlef Haar 1,346 0.8 1,497 0.9
Tierschutzpartei   1,297 0.8 0.2
PBC Klaus-Dieter Schlottmann 838 0.5 0.1
Independent Ute Vibeke Neumann 388 0.2
ÖDP   181 0.1
DVU   155 0.1
MLPD   41 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 2,012 1,822
Total Valid votes 159,005 159,195
Turnout 161,017 74.2 6.6
SPD hold Majority 5,538 3.5 10.8

References
  1. "Constituency Gifhorn – Peine". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Gifhorn – Peine". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. Results for Gifhorn – Peine
  4. Results for Gifhorn – Peine
  5. Results for Gifhorn – Peine
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