Herford – Minden-Lübbecke II

Herford – Minden-Lübbecke II 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 133. It is located in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the Herford district and a small part of the Minden-Lübbecke district.[1]

133 Herford – Minden-Lübbecke II
electoral district
for the Bundestag
Herford – Minden-Lübbecke II in 2013
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Population301,100 (2015)
Electorate228,976 (2017)
Major settlementsHerford
Bad Oeynhausen
Bünde
Area515.2 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
PartySPD
MemberStefan Schwartze
Elected2009, 2013, 2017

Herford – Minden-Lübbecke II was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2009, it has been represented by Stefan Schwartze of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]

Geography

Herford – Minden-Lübbecke II is located in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Herford district and the municipality of Bad Oeynhausen from the Minden-Lübbecke district.[1]

History

Herford – Minden-Lübbecke II was created in 1949, then known as Herford-Stadt und -Land. From 1965 through 1994, it was named Herford. In the 1998 election, it was named Herford – Minden-Lübbecke I. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 48 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1976, it was number 107. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 103. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 134. Since 2013, it has been number 133.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Herford and the district of Landkreis Herford. In the 1972 and 1976 elections, it comprised the district of Herford and the municipality of Kalletal from the Lippe district. In the 1980 through 1994 elections, it was coterminous with the Herford district. In the 1998 election, it comprised the Herford district and the Ortsteile of Bad Oeynhausen-Lohe and Bad Oeynhausen-Rehme from the Minden-Lübbecke district. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Election No. Name Borders
1949 48 Herford-Stadt und -Land
1953 107
1957
1961
1965 Herford
1969
1972
1976
1980 103
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998 Herford – Minden-Lübbecke I
2002 134 Herford – Minden-Lübbecke II
2005
2009
2013 133
2017
2021

Members

The constituency has been held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) during all but one Bundestag term since 1949. It was first represented by Heinrich Höcker of the SPD from 1949 to 1961, followed by Rudolf Bäumer for a single term. Günter Biermann served from 1965 to 1983, when Heinz Landré of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was elected. Rolf Koltzsch regained the constituency for the SPD in 1987 and served until 1994. Wolfgang Spanier then served until 2009. Stefan Schwartze was elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2013 and 2017.

Election Member Party %
1949 Heinrich Höcker SPD 45.9
1953 47.3
1957 48.1
1961 Rudolf Bäumer SPD 49.0
1965 Günter Biermann SPD 50.7
1969 52.5
1972 57.3
1976 51.5
1980 52.1
1983 Heinz Landré CDU 46.7
1987 Rolf Koltzsch SPD 47.5
1990 43.8
1994 Wolfgang Spanier SPD 48.3
1998 53.1
2002 53.1
2005 47.5
2009 Stefan Schwartze SPD 38.5
2013 41.3
2017 36.8

Election results

2017 election
Federal election (2017): Herford – Minden-Lübbecke II[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 Stefan Schwartze 61,205 36.7 4.6 47,940 28.7 6.2
CDU Tim Ostermann 59,571 35.8 5.1 52,994 31.7 7.6
AfD Sebastian Richard Schulze 16,633 10.0 18,098 10.8 7.2
FDP Siegfried Mühlenweg 9,411 5.6 2.1 19,186 11.5 7.3
Left Fabian Alexander Stoffel 9,353 5.6 0.2 11,589 6.9 1.1
Green Maik Babenhauserheide 8,444 5.1 0.0 11,485 6.9 0.7
Tierschutzpartei   1,222 0.7
PARTEI   1,002 0.6 0.3
FW Jörn Döring 1,975 1.2 0.5 972 0.6 0.2
Pirates   640 0.4 1.7
AD-DEMOKRATEN 408 0.2
NPD   342 0.2 0.6
V-Partei³ 171 0.1
DM 159 0.1
Volksabstimmung 153 0.1 0.1
Gesundheitsforschung 140 0.1
ÖDP   133 0.1 0.0
DiB 127 0.1
BGE   112 0.1
Die Humanisten 73 0.0
MLPD   70 0.0 0.0
DKP   23 0.0
SGP 8 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 2,072 1,617
Total Valid votes 166,592 167,047
Turnout 168,664 73.7 2.7
SPD hold Majority 1,634 0.9 0.4

2013 election
Federal election (2013): Herford – Minden-Lübbecke II[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 Stefan Schwartze 66,637 41.3 2.8 56,554 34.9 2.0
CDU Tim Ostermann 65,873 40.8 3.2 63,755 39.4 6.8
Left Inge Höger 8,706 5.4 2.0 9,409 5.8 2.1
Green Eyüp Odabasi 8,209 5.1 1.7 12,297 7.6 1.1
FDP Frank Schäffler 5,651 3.5 6.1 6,798 4.2 9.3
AfD   5,832 3.6
Pirates Dennis Deutschkämer 4,697 2.9 3,350 2.1 0.6
NPD   1,267 0.8 0.1
FW Lutz Schröter 1,119 0.7 661 0.4
PARTEI   476 0.3
Independent Rein 441 0.3
PRO 332 0.2
Volksabstimmung 286 0.2 0.1
REP   211 0.1 0.2
ÖDP   186 0.1 0.0
Nichtwahler 175 0.1
Party of Reason 109 0.1
RRP 76 0.0 0.1
BIG 67 0.0
MLPD   36 0.0 0.0
PSG 32 0.0 0.0
BüSo 29 0.0 0.0
Die Rechte 22 0.0
Informal votes 2,842 1,855
Total Valid votes 161,333 161,960
Turnout 163,815 70.9 0.3
SPD hold Majority 764 0.5 0.3

2009 election
Federal election (2009): Herford – Minden-Lübbecke II[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 Stefan Schwartze 62,644 38.5 9.0 53,661 32.9 7.8
CDU Wolfgang Rußkamp 61,244 37.7 3.3 53,025 32.5 2.7
FDP Frank Schäffler 15,549 9.6 6.0 22,018 13.5 4.0
Left Inge Höger 12,090 7.4 3.6 12,887 7.9 2.9
Green Irmgard Pehle 11,091 6.8 3.9 14,121 8.7 2.0
Pirates   2,373 1.5
NPD   1,362 0.8 0.0
Tierschutzpartei   942 0.6 0.1
FAMILIE 856 0.5 0.1
REP   603 0.4 0.0
RENTNER 421 0.3
RRP 215 0.1
Volksabstimmung 189 0.1 0.0
ÖDP   137 0.1
DVU   90 0.1
Centre   56 0.0 0.0
MLPD   31 0.0 0.0
BüSo 26 0.0 0.0
PSG 23 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 2,497 2,079
Total Valid votes 162,618 163,036
Turnout 165,115 70.6 7.7
SPD hold Majority 1,400 0.8 5.7

References
  1. "Constituency Herford – Minden-Lübbecke II". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Herford – Minden-Lübbecke II". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. Results for Herford – Minden-Lübbecke II
  4. Results for Herford – Minden-Lübbecke II
  5. Results for Herford – Minden-Lübbecke II

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