Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg

Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg 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 37. It is located in northeastern Lower Saxony, comprising the Lüchow-Dannenberg and Lüneburg districts.[1]

37 Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg
electoral district
for the Bundestag
Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg in 2013
StateLower Saxony
Population230,800 (2015)
Electorate180,865 (2017)
Major settlementsLüneburg
Area2,544.4 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
PartyCDU
MemberEckhard Pols
Elected2009, 2013, 2017

Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2009, it has been represented by Eckhard Pols of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]

Geography

Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg is located in northeastern Lower Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the districts of Lüchow-Dannenberg and Lüneburg.[1]

History

Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg was created in 1949, then known as Lüneburg – Dannenberg. In the 1965 through 1998 elections, it was named Lüneburg – Lüchow-Dannenberg. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the inaugural Bundestag election, it was Lower Saxony constituency 13 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 35. From 1965 through 1998, it was number 31. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 37. In the 2009 election, it was number 38. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 37.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Lüneburg and the districts of Landkreis Lüneburg and Lüchow-Dannenberg. In the 1953 election, it gained the Uelzen district with the exception of the city of Uelzen and the Samtgemeinden of Altes Amt Ebstorf and Suderburg. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it comprised only the Lüchow-Dannenberg and Lüneburg districts. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it also contained the Samtgemeinden of Elbmarsch, Hanstedt, and Salzhausen from Harburg district and the municipality of Munster from Soltau-Fallingbostel district. Since the 2009 election, it has comprised only the Lüchow-Dannenberg and Lüneburg districts.

Election No. Name Borders
1949 13 Lüneburg – Dannenberg
1953 35
1957
1961
1965 31 Lüneburg – Lüchow-Dannenberg
1969
1972
1976
1980
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 37 Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg
2005
2009 38
2013 37
2017
2021

Members

The constituency was first held by Friedrich Nowack of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), who served from 1949 until 1953. He was succeeded by Willi Koops of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), who served a single term. He was succeeded by fellow CDU member Lambert Huys. In 1972, Horst Schröder of the CDU was elected representative. Klaus Harries served from 1987 to 1994, then Kurt-Dieter Grill from 1994 to 1998. The SPD won the constituency in 1998, and Arne Fuhrmann served a single term as representative. Hedi Wegener then served from 2002 to 2005. In 2009, Eckhard Pols of the CDU won the constituency. He was re-elected in 2013 and 2017.

Election Member Party %
1949 Friedrich Nowack SPD 31.7
1953 Willi Koops CDU 25.5
1957 Lambert Huys CDU 36.4
1961 36.0
1965 51.5
1969 49.7
1972 Horst Schröder CDU 47.4
1976 51.2
1980 43.9
1983 49.0
1987 Klaus Harries CDU 46.1
1990 46.5
1994 Kurt-Dieter Grill CDU 44.6
1998 Arne Fuhrmann SPD 49.4
2002 Hedi Wegener SPD 46.8
2005 43.8
2009 Eckhard Pols CDU 33.3
2013 39.8
2017 33.5

Election results

2017 election
Federal election (2017): Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg[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 % ±%
CDU Y Eckhard Pols 46,740 33.5 6.3 43,861 31.3 5.5
SPD Hiltrud Lotze 39,169 28.1 5.6 32,865 23.5 5.6
Green Julia Verlinden 20,604 14.8 2.7 18,906 13.5 0.8
AfD Gunter Runkel 12,131 8.7 5.0 12,498 8.9 4.5
Left Michèl Pauly 11,729 8.4 2.5 12,705 9.1 2.1
FDP Edzard Schmidt-Jortzig 9,245 6.6 5.0 12,959 9.2 5.3
Tierschutzpartei   1,506 1.1 0.3
PARTEI   1,387 1.0
BGE   881 0.6
FW   552 0.4
Pirates   486 0.3 1.9
NPD   395 0.3 0.6
DiB 312 0.2
DM 263 0.2
ÖDP   250 0.2
V-Partei³ 241 0.2
DKP   36 0.0
MLPD   36 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 1,382 861
Total Valid votes 139,618 140,139
Turnout 141,000 78.0 3.4
CDU hold Majority 7,571 5.4 0.7

2013 election
Federal election (2013): Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg[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 % ±%
CDU Y Eckhard Pols 52,644 39.8 6.5 48,756 36.8 8.2
SPD Hiltrud Lotze 44,491 33.7 2.5 38,415 29.0 4.2
Green Julia Verlinden 15,918 12.0 3.1 18,892 14.3 3.8
Left Johanna Voß 7,784 5.9 3.3 9,202 6.9 3.2
AfD Michael Recha 4,925 3.7 5,852 4.4
Pirates Olaf Forberger 2,879 2.2 3,000 2.3 0.1
FDP Tobias Debuch 2,112 1.6 7.1 5,281 4.0 8.6
NPD Manfred Börm 1,240 0.9 0.5 1,145 0.9 0.4
Tierschutzpartei   1,081 0.8 0.0
FW   402 0.3
PBC Sonni Tonne 206 0.2 177 0.1
PRO 136 0.1
REP   47 0.0
MLPD   30 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 1,375 1,158
Total Valid votes 132,199 132,416
Turnout 133,574 74.6 0.4
CDU hold Majority 8,153 6.1 3.9

2009 election
Federal election (2009): Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg[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 % ±%
CDU Eckhard Pols 43,229 33.3 2.7 37,291 28.7 2.1
SPD Hiltrud Lotze 40,411 31.1 13.7 32,321 24.8 14.5
Green Andreas Meihsies 19,645 15.1 6.7 23,543 18.1 6.1
Left Johanna Voß 11,935 9.2 4.0 13,166 10.1 4.1
FDP Boris Freiherr von der Bussche 11,242 8.7 4.6 16,323 12.5 3.3
Pirates   2,795 2.0
NPD Christian Berisha 1,860 1.4 0.0 1,594 1.2 0.1
Tierschutzpartei   1,002 0.8 0.2
RRP Horst Gilles 1,449 1.1 1,703 1.3
ÖDP   194 0.1
DVU   135 0.1
MLPD   32 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 1,695 1,366
Total Valid votes 129,771 130,100
Turnout 131,466 74.2 5.0
CDU gain from SPD Majority 2,818 2.2

References
  1. "Constituency Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. Results for Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg
  4. Results for Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg
  5. Results for Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg
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