Stade I – Rotenburg II

Stade I – Rotenburg 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 30. It is located in northern Lower Saxony, comprising the southern part of the Stade district and the northern part of the Rotenburg district.[1]

30 Stade I – Rotenburg II
Former electoral district
for the Bundestag
Stade I – Rotenburg II in 2025
StateLower Saxony
Population256,300 (2019)
Electorate198,576 (2021)
Major settlementsStade
Buxtehude
Area1,972.8 km2
Former electoral district
Created1949
2009 (re-established)
Abolished2002
PartyCDU
MemberOliver Grundmann
Elected2013, 2017, 2021

Stade I – Rotenburg II was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. It was abolished in 2002 and re-established in the 2009 federal election. Since 2013, it has been represented by Oliver Grundmann of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]

Geography

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Stade I – Rotenburg II is located in northern Lower Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it contains the southern part of the district of Stade, specifically the municipalities of Buxtehude, Jork, and Stade and the Samtgemeinden of Apensen, Fredenbeck, Harsefeld, Horneburg, and Lühe. It also includes the northern part of the district of Rotenburg, specifically the municipalities of Bremervörde and Gnarrenburg and the Samtgemeinden of Geestequelle, Selsingen, Sittensen, Tarmstedt, and Zeven.[1]

History

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Stade I – Rotenburg II was created in 1949, then known as Stade – Bremervörde. In the 1949 election, it was Lower Saxony constituency 11. From 1953 to 1965, it was constituency number 33. From 1965 until its abolition, it was constituency number 25. From 1987 until its abolition, it was known as Stade – Rotenburg I. Originally, it comprised the districts of Stade and Bremervörde. The latter was incorporated into the Rotenburg district in 1977, but the borders of Stade – Bremervörde (and later Stade – Rotenburg I) did not change.

Stade – Rotenburg I was abolished in the 2002 federal election, and divided between the new constituencies of Stade – Cuxhaven and Rotenburg – Verden.

In the 2009 federal election, it was re-established as Stade I – Rotenburg II and was constituency 31. Since 2013, it has been constituency 30. Its borders have not changed since its re-establishment.

Election No. Name Borders
1949 11 Stade – Bremervörde
  • Stade district
  • Bremervörde district
1953 33
1957
1961
1965 25
1969
1972
1976
1980
1983
1987 Stade – Rotenburg I
1990
1994
1998
2002 Abolished
2005
2009 31 Stade I – Rotenburg II
2013 30
2017
2021
2025

Members

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The constituency was first held by Heinrich Hellwege, leader of the German Party (DP). He served from 1949 until his resignation in 1955 to become Minister-President of Lower Saxony. He was succeeded in 1957 by Peter Tobaben, also from the DP. He joined the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in 1961 and was re-elected for that party in the federal election a few months later. He served until 1972, when he was succeeded by fellow CDU member Nicolaus Dreyer. In 1980, the Social Democratic Party (SPD) won the constituency, and it was represented by Wolfgang Schwenk for a single term. Horst Eylmann of the CDU regained it in 1983, and served until 1998, when it was won by Margrit Wetzel of the SPD. She served until the constituency's abolition in 2002.

After its re-establishment in 2009, it was represented by Martina Krogmann of the CDU. She was succeeded in 2013 by Oliver Grundmann, who was re-elected in 2017 and 2021.

Election Member Party %
1949 Heinrich Hellwege DP 40.4
1953 55.0
1957 Peter Tobaben DP 34.5
1961 CDU 34.4
1965 55.8
1969 51.3
1972 Nicolaus Dreyer CDU 49.0
1976 50.2
1980 Wolfgang Schwenk SPD 46.5
1983 Horst Eylmann CDU 51.7
1987 48.5
1990 48.4
1994 48.0
1998 Margrit Wetzel SPD 49.9
Abolished (2002–2009)
2009 Martina Krogmann CDU 44.2
2013 Oliver Grundmann CDU 47.6
2021 44.4
2021 34.6

Election results

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2021 election

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Federal election (2021): Stade I – Rotenburg 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 % ±%
CDU  Y Oliver Grundmann 52,069 34.6   9.9 39,969 26.5   12.4
SPD Kai Koeser 47,763 31.7   3.5 48,301 32.0   7.5
Greens Claas Goldenstein 19,923 13.2   6.2 22,091 14.6   6.4
FDP Steven Hermeling 12,019 8.0   2.2 16,720 11.1   1.5
AfD Marie-Thérèse Kaiser 10,735 7.1   1.2 11,002 7.3   1.6
Left Klemens Kowalski 4,340 2.9   2.4 4,301 2.9   3.4
Human Environment Animal Protection   1,881 1.2   0.4
FW   1,620 1.1   0.6
dieBasis Kai Bartos 2,029 1.3 1,485 1.0
PARTEI   1,388 0.9   0.2
Pirates Richard Klaus 1,755 1.2   0.3 691 0.5   0.0
Volt   378 0.3
Team Todenhöfer   373 0.2
NPD   175 0.1   0.2
Humanists   119 0.1
ÖDP   118 0.1   0.0
V-Partei3   107 0.1   0.0
du.   80 0.1
LKR   42 0.0
DKP   28 0.0   0.0
MLPD   17 0.0   0.0
Informal votes 1,188 935
Total valid votes 150,633 150,886
Turnout 151,821 76.5   1.1
CDU hold Majority 4,306 2.9   13.3

2017 election

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Federal election (2017): Stade I – Rotenburg 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 Oliver Grundmann 67,463 44.4   3.2 59,229 38.9   5.8
SPD Oliver Kellmer 42,829 28.2   5.9 37,361 24.5   6.4
AfD Astrid zum Felde 12,590 8.3   4.4 13,513 8.9   4.3
Greens Ralf Poppe 10,613 7.0   0.7 12,511 8.2   0.4
FDP André Grote 8,797 5.8   4.1 14,538 9.6   5.4
Left Klemens Kowalski 7,994 5.3   1.9 9,564 6.3   2.1
Human Environment Animal Protection   1,335 0.9   0.2
Pirates Richard Klaus 1,334 0.9   0.4 645 0.4   1.1
PARTEI   1,147 0.8
FW   778 0.5   0.1
NPD   555 0.4   0.5
BGE   262 0.2
Independent Udo Knoop 232 0.2
DiB 196 0.1
DM 193 0.1
V-Partei³ 177 0.1
ÖDP   139 0.1
MLPD   29 0.0   0.0
DKP   23 0.0
Informal votes 1,192 849
Total valid votes 151,852 152,195
Turnout 153,044 77.6   3.1
CDU hold Majority 24,634 16.2   2.7

2013 election

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Federal election (2013): Stade I – Rotenburg 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 Oliver Grundmann 68,545 47.6   3.4 64,472 44.7   8.2
SPD Oliver Kellmer 49,111 34.1   0.7 44,598 30.9   4.1
Greens Michael Lemke 9,099 6.3   0.4 11,209 7.8   2.4
AfD Jens Paulsen 5,632 3.9 6,531 4.5
Left Michael Quelle 4,878 3.4   3.1 6,021 4.2   3.3
FDP Serkan Tören 2,505 1.7   5.3 6,023 4.2   10.1
Pirates Richard Klaus 1,985 1.4 2,131 1.5   0.3
NPD Manfred Dammann 1,457 1.0   0.7 1,302 0.9   0.6
Human Environment Animal Protection   979 0.7   0.0
FW Gerd Krümmel 758 0.5 620 0.4
PBC 119 0.1
PRO 108 0.1
REP   54 0.0
MLPD   17 0.0   0.0
Informal votes 1,161 947
Total valid votes 143,970 144,184
Turnout 145,131 74.4   0.8
CDU hold Majority 19,434 13.5   2.7

2009 election

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Federal election (2009): Stade I – Rotenburg 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 Martina Krogmann 62,035 44.2   1.1 51,303 36.5   0.1
SPD Margrit Wetzel 46,851 33.4   12.4 37,784 26.9   13.2
FDP Serkan Tören 9,946 7.1   2.7 20,056 14.3   4.6
Left Helmut-Hartwig Doll 9,096 6.5   5.4 10,541 7.5   3.7
Greens Philip Kossack 9,409 6.7   2.7 14,253 10.1   3.0
Pirates   2,503 1.8
NPD Adolf Dammann 2,349 1.7   0.1 2,061 1.5   0.0
Human Environment Animal Protection   999 0.7   0.1
RRP 945 0.7
RRP 837 0.6
Independent Erich Nagel 431 0.3
BüSo Maria Räuschel 307 0.2
ÖDP   170 0.1
DVU   140 0.1
MLPD   43 0.0   0.0
Informal votes 1,690 1,424
Total valid votes 140,424 140,690
Turnout 142,114 73.7   6.1
CDU win new seat Majority 15,184 10.8

References

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