Cuxhaven – Stade 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 29. It is located in northern Lower Saxony, comprising the Cuxhaven district and the northern part of the Stade district.[1]

29 Cuxhaven – Stade II
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Cuxhaven – Stade II in 2025
StateLower Saxony
Population234,900 (2019)
Electorate188,602 (2021)
Major settlementsCuxhaven
Geestland
Area2,575.3 km2
Current electoral district
Created2009
PartySPD
MemberDaniel Schneider
Elected2021

Cuxhaven – Stade II was created for the 2009 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Daniel Schneider of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]

Geography

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Cuxhaven – Stade II is located in northern Lower Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the district of Cuxhaven and the northern part of the district of Stade, specifically the municipality of Drochtersen and the Samtgemeinden of Nordkehdingen and Oldendorf-Himmelpforten.[1]

History

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Cuxhaven – Stade II was created in 2009 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Cuxhaven – Osterholz and Stade – Cuxhaven. In the 2009 election, it was constituency 30 in the numbering system. Since the 2013 election, it has been constituency 29. Its borders have not changed since its creation.

Members

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The constituency was first held by Enak Ferlemann of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 2009 to 2021. Daniel Schneider won it for the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in 2021.

Election Member Party %
2009 Enak Ferlemann CDU 38.6
2013 46.8
2017 42.7
2021 Daniel Schneider SPD 36.8

Election results

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2021 election

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Federal election (2021): Cuxhaven – Stade 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 Daniel Schneider 51,417 36.8   6.1 48,858 35.0   7.3
CDU  N Enak Ferlemann 42,085 30.1   12.6 36,586 26.2   12.3
Greens Stefan Wenzel 15,389 11.0   5.0 17,553 12.6   5.7
AfD Hans Olaf Kappelt 10,227 7.3   1.1 11,000 7.9   1.1
FDP Günter Wichert 9,622 6.9   1.9 14,052 10.1   1.9
Human Environment Animal Protection Susanne Berghoff 2,954 2.1 2,405 1.7   0.8
Left Dietmar Buttler 2,694 1.9   3.9 3,672 2.6   3.9
FW Claudia Theis 2,102 1.5   0.2 1,535 1.1   0.5
PARTEI Dirk Sieling 1,766 1.3 1,145 0.8   0.2
dieBasis Peter Jens von der Geest 1,416 1.0 1,418 1.0
Pirates   433 0.3   0.0
Team Todenhöfer   231 0.2
Volt   225 0.2
NPD   180 0.1   0.2
V-Partei3   100 0.1   0.0
Humanists   90 0.1
ÖDP   87 0.1   0.0
du.   79 0.1
LKR   31 0.0
DKP   20 0.0   0.0
MLPD   16 0.0   0.0
Informal votes 1,067 1,023
Total valid votes 139,672 139,716
Turnout 140,739 74.6   0.9
SPD gain from CDU Majority 9,332 6.7

2017 election

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Federal election (2017): Cuxhaven – Stade 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 % ±%
CDU  Y Enak Ferlemann 59,930 42.7   4.0 54,163 38.5   5.4
SPD Susanne Puvogel 43,077 30.7   5.7 38,923 27.7   5.8
AfD Peter Würdig 11,862 8.5   5.5 12,650 9.0   5.5
Greens Marcel Duda 8,491 6.1   0.1 9,709 6.9   0.2
Left Nadije Memedi 8,121 5.8   2.2 9,121 6.5   1.9
FDP Marco Rützel 6,984 5.0   3.6 11,483 8.2   4.5
FW Lutz Mehrtens 1,828 1.3 907 0.6   0.2
Human Environment Animal Protection   1,338 1.0   0.2
PARTEI   890 0.6
Pirates   410 0.3   1.2
NPD   396 0.3   0.7
DM 181 0.1
BGE   163 0.1
V-Partei³ 133 0.1
ÖDP   106 0.1
DiB 100 0.1
MLPD   26 0.0   0.0
DKP   20 0.0
Informal votes 1,433 1,007
Total valid votes 140,293 140,719
Turnout 141,276 75.5   2.4
CDU hold Majority 16,853 12.0   1.6

2013 election

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Federal election (2013): Cuxhaven – Stade 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 % ±%
CDU  Y Enak Ferlemann 63,431 46.8   8.2 59,699 43.9   9.1
SPD Gunnar Wegener 49,395 36.4   1.3 45,534 33.5   3.2
Greens Eva Viehoff 8,326 6.1   0.1 9,592 7.1   1.8
Left Guido Hagelstede 4,904 3.6   4.1 6,241 4.6   4.3
AfD Bernhard Vogel 4,034 3.0 4,753 3.5
FDP Karl Behn 1,872 1.4   6.4 4,924 3.6   9.2
Pirates Christian Braun 2,120 1.6 1,968 1.4   0.0
NPD Andreas Haack 1,306 1.0   0.4 1,270 0.9   0.2
Human Environment Animal Protection   1,074 0.8   0.0
FW   586 0.4
RRP Gerald Lukas 273 0.2
PRO 140 0.1
PBC 101 0.1
REP   43 0.0
MLPD   42 0.0   0.0
Informal votes 1,490 1,184
Total valid votes 135,661 135,967
Turnout 137,151 73.1   1.3
CDU hold Majority 14,036 10.4   9.5

2009 election

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

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Enak Ferlemann 51,654 38.6   0.9 46,707 34.8   0.5
SPD Thurid Küber 50,481 37.7   11.3 40,643 30.3   13.8
FDP Frank Erkner 10,426 7.8   4.1 17,146 12.8   4.4
Left Ulrich Schröder 10,307 7.7   4.9 11,920 8.9   4.5
Greens Beate Adler 8,379 6.3   2.9 11,885 8.9   2.7
Pirates   1,938 1.4
NPD Helmut Walter 1,828 1.4   0.0 1,567 1.3   0.1
Human Environment Animal Protection   1,072 0.8   0.1
RRP 945 0.7
Independent Charlotte Didlap 847 0.6
DVU   225 0.2
ÖDP   173 0.1
MLPD   28 0.0   0.0
Informal votes 1,902 1,575
Total valid votes 133,922 134,249
Turnout 135,824 71.8   6.5
CDU win new seat Majority 1,173 0.9

References

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  1. ^ a b "Constituency Cuxhaven – Stade II". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. ^ "Results for Cuxhaven – Stade II". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. ^ Results for Cuxhaven – Stade II
  4. ^ Results for Cuxhaven – Stade II
  5. ^ Results for Cuxhaven – Stade II
  6. ^ Results for Cuxhaven – Stade II