Höxter – Gütersloh III – Lippe II

Höxter – Gütersloh III – Lippe 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 135. It is located in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the Höxter district, a small part of the Gütersloh district, and the southern part of the Lippe district.

135 Höxter – Gütersloh III – Lippe II
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Höxter – Gütersloh III – Lippe II in 2025
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	221,400 (2019)
Electorate	172,435 (2021)
Major settlements	Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock Höxter Bad Driburg
Area	1,625.9 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CDU
Member	Christian Haase
Elected	2013, 2017, 2021

Höxter – Gütersloh III – Lippe II was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2013, it has been represented by Christian Haase of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

Geography

Höxter – Gütersloh III – Lippe II is located in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Höxter district, the municipality of Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock from the Gütersloh district, and the municipalities of Augustdorf, Horn-Bad Meinberg, Lügde, Schieder-Schwalenberg, and Schlangen from the Lippe district.

History

Höxter – Gütersloh III – Lippe II was created in 1949, then known as Warburg–Höxter–Büren. From 1965 through 1976, it was named Höxter. From 1980 through 2017, it was named Höxter – Lippe II. It acquired its current name in the 2021 election. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 44 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 103. From 1965 through 1976, it was number 102. From 1980 through 1998, it was a number 106. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 137. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 136. From the 2025 election, it has been number 135.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Höxter, Warburg, and Büren. From 1980 through 2017, it comprised the district of Höxter and the municipalities of Augustdorf, Detmold, Horn-Bad Meinberg, Lügde, Schieder-Schwalenberg, and Schlangen from the Lippe district. Ahead of the 2021 election, it lost the municipality of Detmold from the Lippe district while acquiring the municipality of Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock from the Gütersloh district.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	44	Warburg–Höxter–Büren	Höxter district Warburg district Büren district
1953	103
1957
1961
1965	102	Höxter
1969
1972
1976
1980	106	Höxter – Lippe II	Höxter district Lippe district (only Augustdorf, Detmold, Horn-Bad Meinberg, Lügde, Schieder-Schwalenberg, and Schlangen municipalities)
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	137
2005
2009
2013	136
2017
2021		Höxter – Gütersloh III – Lippe II	Höxter district Gütersloh district (only Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock municipality) Lippe district (only Augustdorf, Horn-Bad Meinberg, Lügde, Schieder-Schwalenberg, and Schlangen municipalities)
2025	135

Members

The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation. It was first represented by Friedrich Holzapfel from 1949 to 1953, followed by Josef Menke until 1965. Heinrich Wilper and Gerd Ritgen then each served a single term. Leo Ernesti was representative from 1972 to 1980, when he was succeeded by Meinolf Michels, who served until 2002. Jürgen Herrmann was representative from 2002 to 2013. Christian Haase was elected in 2013, and re-elected in 2017 and 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Friedrich Holzapfel	CDU	40.3
	1953	Josef Menke	CDU	71.7
	1957			70.5
	1961			71.8
	1965	Heinrich Wilper	CDU	69.8
	1969	Gerd Ritgen	CDU	67.5
	1972	Leo Ernesti	CDU	67.0
	1976			68.2
	1980	Meinolf Michels	CDU	52.6
	1983			58.7
	1987			52.6
	1990			51.7
	1994			50.3
	1998			47.2
	2002	Jürgen Herrmann	CDU	47.2
	2005			49.2
	2009			46.1
	2013	Christian Haase	CDU	50.0
	2017			44.3
	2021			40.1

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Höxter – Gütersloh III – Lippe II
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 Christian Haase		53,294	40.1	8.0	43,265	32.5	7.3
	SPD	Ulrich Kros		37,210	28.0	3.2	36,253	27.2	3.8
	Greens	Nik Riesmeier		12,685	9.5	4.5	14,717	11.1	5.4
	AfD	Klaus Lange		11,244	8.5	0.8	11,533	8.7	0.9
	FDP	Tanja Kuffner		9,462	7.1	0.4	15,488	11.6	1.0
	Left	Alina Wolf		3,345	2.5	2.3	3,762	2.8	2.9
	PARTEI	Annalena Thiel		2,429	1.8		1,367	1.0	0.5
	dieBasis	Sandra Fröhlingsdorf		1,732	1.3		1,636	1.2
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,553	1.2	0.6
	FW	Michael Schröder		1,529	1.2	0.5	1,024	0.8	0.4
	Pirates						566	0.4	0.1
	Team Todenhöfer						335	0.3
	Bündnis C						300	0.2
	LIEBE						190	0.1
	ÖDP						186	0.1	0.1
	Volt						183	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						172	0.1	0.0
	LfK						126	0.1
	NPD						121	0.1	0.1
	Humanists						91	0.1	0.0
	V-Partei3						74	0.1	0.0
	du.						48	0.0
	PdF						40	0.0
	LKR						34	0.0
	MLPD						10	0.0	0.0
	DKP						8	0.0	0.0
	SGP						6	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,416			1,258
Total valid votes				132,930			133,088
Turnout				134,346	77.9	1.7
	CDU hold		Majority	16,084	12.1	11.2

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Höxter – Lippe II
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 Christian Haase		69,910	44.3	5.7	58,939	37.3	8.5
	SPD	Petra Rode-Bosse		42,211	26.7	4.6	39,038	24.7	5.0
	AfD	Norbert Senges		14,443	9.1	6.5	15,197	9.6	6.0
	FDP	Hermann Graf von der Schulenburg		10,813	6.9	4.9	19,543	12.4	7.5
	Greens	Robin Wagener		9,400	6.0	0.3	10,194	6.4	0.2
	Left	Lothar Kowalek		8,724	5.5	1.4	10,188	6.4	1.3
	PARTEI						959	0.6	0.3
	Human Environment Animal Protection						956	0.6
	FW	Ralf Ochsenfahrt		1,482	0.9	0.2	758	0.5	0.0
	Pirates						603	0.4	1.5
	ÖDP	Wolfgang Seemann		871	0.6	0.1	348	0.2	0.0
	NPD						336	0.2	0.6
	AD-DEMOKRATEN						211	0.1
	BGE						158	0.1
	DM						149	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						145	0.1
	V-Partei³						139	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						120	0.1	0.1
	DiB						98	0.1
	Die Humanisten						55	0.0
	MLPD						32	0.0	0.0
	DKP						14	0.0
	SGP						11	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,029			1,692
Total valid votes				157,854			158,191
Turnout				159,883	75.8	2.7
	CDU hold		Majority	27,699	17.6	1.1

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Höxter – Lippe II
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	Christian Haase		76,882	50.0	3.9	70,520	45.8	8.1
	SPD	Petra Rode-Bosse		48,159	31.3	0.3	45,707	29.7	0.7
	Greens	Dirk Brinkschmidt		8,757	5.7	0.7	10,266	6.7	0.8
	Left	Ursula Jacob-Reisinger		6,328	4.1	1.7	7,894	5.1	1.5
	FDP	Horst Grumich		2,956	1.9	5.8	7,423	4.8	10.0
	Pirates	Wilk Spieker		2,854	1.9		2,853	1.9	0.3
	AfD	Markus Jäckel		4,004	2.6		5,545	3.6
	NPD			1,312	0.9	0.1	1,188	0.8	0.0
	FW			1,086	0.7		807	0.5
	Independent	Kohler		703	0.5
	PARTEI						438	0.3
	ÖDP			693	0.5	0.2	400	0.3	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						221	0.1	0.1
	PRO						198	0.1
	Nichtwahler						113	0.1
	BIG						91	0.0
	Party of Reason						91	0.1
	REP						88	0.1	0.1
	RRP						63	0.0	0.0
	PSG						29	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						22	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						22	0.0	0.0
	Die Rechte						19	0.0
Informal votes				2,260			1,996
Total valid votes				153,734			153,998
Turnout				155,994	73.1	0.1
	CDU hold		Majority	28,723	18.7	4.2

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Höxter – Lippe II
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 Jürgen Herrmann		71,813	46.1	3.1	58,814	37.7	4.3
	SPD	Werner Böhler		49,149	31.6	5.9	45,184	29.0	4.9
	FDP	Christoph Wiemers		12,086	7.8	3.9	23,125	14.8	4.0
	Greens	Herbert Falke		9,957	6.4	2.8	11,708	7.5	1.5
	Left	Wolfgang McGregor		9,100	5.8	2.7	10,266	6.6	2.5
	Pirates						2,474	1.6
	FAMILIE	Dagmar Feldmann		1,586	1.0	0.2	1,037	0.7	0.2
	NPD	Burkhard Becker		1,502	1.0	0.0	1,151	0.7	0.1
	Human Environment Animal Protection						727	0.5	0.1
	RENTNER						374	0.2
	ÖDP	Kirsten Wallbraun		455	0.3		309	0.2
	REP						254	0.2	0.1
	RRP						132	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						125	0.1	0.0
	DVU						109	0.1
	Centre						91	0.1	0.0
	PSG						31	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						21	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						21	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,673			2,368
Total valid votes				155,648			155,953
Turnout				158,321	73.0	6.7
	CDU hold		Majority	22,664	14.5	2.8