Minden-Lübbecke I

Minden-Lübbecke I 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 most of the Minden-Lübbecke district.

133 Minden-Lübbecke I
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Minden-Lübbecke I in 2025
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	261,800 (2019)
Electorate	201,888 (2021)
Major settlements	Minden Porta Westfalica Lübbecke
Area	1,087.6 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	SPD
Member	Achim Post
Elected	2017, 2021

Minden-Lübbecke I was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Achim Post of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).

Geography

Minden-Lübbecke I is located in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Minden-Lübbecke district excluding the municipality of Bad Oeynhausen.

History

Minden-Lübbecke I was created in 1949, then known as Minden – Lübbecke. From 1965 through 1976, it was named Minden. From 1980 through 1994, it was named Minden-Lübbecke. In the 1998 election, it was named Minden-Lübbecke II. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 51 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 110. From 1965 through 1976, it was number 108. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 104. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 135. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 134. From the 2025 election, it has been number 133.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Minden and Lübbecke. In the 1976 through 1994 elections, it was coterminous with the Minden-Lübbecke district. In the 1998 election, it lost the Ortsteile of Bad Oeynhausen-Lohe and Bad Oeynhausen-Rehme. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	51	Minden – Lübbecke	Minden district Lübbecke district
1953	110
1957
1961
1965	108	Minden
1969
1972
1976			Minden-Lübbecke district
1980	104	Minden-Lübbecke
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998		Minden-Lübbecke II	Minden-Lübbecke district (excluding Bad Oeynhausen-Lohe and Bad Oeynhausen-Rehme Ortsteile)
2002	135	Minden-Lübbecke I	Minden-Lübbecke district (excluding Bad Oeynhausen municipality)
2005
2009
2013	134
2017
2021
2025	133

Members

The constituency has been held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) during all but two Bundestag terms since 1949. It was first represented by Paul Bleiß of the SPD from 1949 to 1965, followed by Friedrich Schonhofen until 1976. Lothar Ibrügger then served from 1976 to 2009, a total of nine consecutive terms. Steffen Kampeter of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won the constituency in 2009, and was re-elected in 2013. Achim Post regained it for the SPD in 2017 and was re-elected in 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Paul Bleiß	SPD	41.8
	1953			40.4
	1957			41.7
	1961			44.0
	1965	Friedrich Schonhofen	SPD	45.9
	1969			48.3
	1972			52.8
	1976	Lothar Ibrügger	SPD	49.7
	1980			51.4
	1983			46.7
	1987			50.1
	1990			46.9
	1994			48.7
	1998			52.9
	2002			49.7
	2005			47.5
	2009	Steffen Kampeter	CDU	42.5
	2013			41.1
	2017	Achim Post	SPD	37.4
	2021			38.4

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Minden-Lübbecke I
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 Achim Post		58,168	38.4	1.0	49,351	32.6	3.2
	CDU	Oliver Vogt		39,679	26.2	9.3	35,814	23.6	9.2
	Greens	Schahina Gambir		15,886	10.5	5.6	19,762	13.0	6.6
	AfD	Sebastian Landwehr		13,445	8.9	1.0	13,892	9.2	1.4
	FDP	Frank Schäffler		12,494	8.2	1.2	17,486	11.5	0.3
	Left	Jule Kegel		3,940	2.6	2.7	4,857	3.2	3.1
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,838	1.2	0.6
	PARTEI	Sebastian Schmitz		2,648	1.7		1,743	1.1	0.4
	FW	Michael Müller		2,098	1.4		1,378	0.9	0.6
	dieBasis	Stephan Lorenzen		1,974	1.3		2,050	1.4
	Bündnis C	Dietrich Janzen		1,184	0.8		1,050	0.7
	Pirates						542	0.4	0.1
	Team Todenhöfer						394	0.3
	Volt						226	0.1
	LIEBE						187	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						171	0.1	0.0
	LfK						164	0.1
	NPD						132	0.1	0.1
	Humanists						132	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP						102	0.1	0.0
	du.						93	0.1
	V-Partei3						73	0.0	0.1
	PdF						45	0.0
	LKR						30	0.0
	DKP						24	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						23	0.0	0.0
	SGP						13	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,419			1,363
Total valid votes				151,516			151,572
Turnout				152,935	75.8	1.7
	SPD hold		Majority	18,489	12.2	10.3

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Minden-Lübbecke I
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	Achim Post		55,868	37.4	3.2	43,966	29.4	5.0
	CDU	Oliver Vogt		53,057	35.5	10.8	49,160	32.8	8.2
	AfD	Jürgen Sprick		14,796	9.9		15,829	10.6	7.0
	FDP	Frank Schäffler		10,575	7.1	5.2	16,865	11.3	6.7
	Left	Sebastian Jerry Neumann		7,862	5.3	1.1	9,432	6.3	1.4
	Greens	Jana Sasse		7,372	4.9	0.8	9,625	6.4	0.9
	PARTEI						1,052	0.7	0.4
	Human Environment Animal Protection						947	0.6
	Pirates						626	0.4	1.6
	FW						484	0.3	0.1
	NPD						293	0.2	0.5
	AD-DEMOKRATEN						228	0.2
	BGE						169	0.1
	ÖDP						157	0.1	0.0
	DM						156	0.1
	V-Partei³						153	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						148	0.1	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						145	0.1
	DiB						121	0.1
	Die Humanisten						79	0.1
	MLPD						51	0.0	0.0
	DKP						19	0.0
	SGP						4	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,651			1,508
Total valid votes				149,530			149,673
Turnout				151,181	74.0	3.5
	SPD gain from CDU		Majority	2,811	1.9

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Minden-Lübbecke I
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 Steffen Kampeter		66,385	46.3	3.8	59,134	41.1	5.4
	SPD	Achim Post		58,186	40.5	0.9	49,536	34.4	1.9
	Left	Nadja Bühren		5,943	4.1	1.9	7,114	4.9	2.2
	Greens	Burghard Grote		5,923	4.1	1.1	10,527	7.3	0.6
	Pirates	Alexander Jäger		3,756	2.6		2,893	2.0	0.4
	FDP	Andreas Eickmeier		2,738	1.9	4.7	6,640	4.6	7.8
	AfD						5,170	3.6
	NPD						936	0.6	0.0
	PARTEI						395	0.3
	FW	Thomas Gattner		593	0.4		358	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						254	0.2	0.1
	PRO						244	0.2
	REP						239	0.2	0.4
	ÖDP						151	0.1	0.0
	Nichtwahler						141	0.1
	Party of Reason						89	0.1
	RRP						61	0.0	0.1
	BIG						39	0.0
	PSG						31	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						30	0.0	0.0
	Die Rechte						28	0.0
	BüSo						16	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,113			1,611
Total valid votes				143,524			144,026
Turnout				145,637	70.5	0.1
	CDU hold		Majority	8,199	5.8	2.9

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Minden-Lübbecke I
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	Steffen Kampeter		61,751	42.5	1.7	51,869	35.6	0.8
	SPD	Achim Post		57,561	39.6	7.9	47,299	32.5	8.6
	FDP	Andreas Eickmeier		9,628	6.6	3.0	18,097	12.4	2.8
	Left	Luzian Junkereit		8,809	6.1	2.5	10,401	7.1	2.3
	Greens	Uwe Lämmel		7,636	5.3	2.7	11,482	7.9	1.6
	Pirates						2,284	1.6
	NPD						917	0.6	0.2
	FAMILIE						820	0.6	0.0
	REP						771	0.5	0.1
	Human Environment Animal Protection						713	0.5	0.1
	RENTNER						397	0.3
	RRP						153	0.1
	ÖDP						113	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						98	0.1	0.0
	DVU						83	0.1
	Centre						56	0.0	0.0
	PSG						29	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						22	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						21	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,996			1,756
Total valid votes				145,385			145,625
Turnout				147,381	70.5	7.7
	CDU gain from SPD		Majority	4,190	2.9