Goslar – Northeim – Göttingen II
52 Goslar – Northeim – Göttingen II | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
![]() Goslar – Northeim – Göttingen II in 2025 | |
State | Lower Saxony |
Population | 250,400 (2019) |
Electorate | 197,519 (2021) |
Major settlements | Goslar Einbeck Northeim |
Area | 2,125.5 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 1949 |
Party | SPD |
Member | Frauke Heiligenstadt |
Elected | 2021 |
Goslar – Northeim – Göttingen 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 52. It is located in southern Lower Saxony, comprising most of the districts of Goslar, Northeim, and the former Osterode (now part of Göttingen district).[1]
Goslar – Northeim – Göttingen II was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Frauke Heiligenstadt of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]
Geography
[edit]Goslar – Northeim – Göttingen II is located in southern Lower Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the district of Goslar excluding the Samtgemeinde of Lutter am Barenberge and municipalities of Langelsheim, Liebenburg, and Seesen; the district of Northeim excluding the municipalities of Bodenfelde and Uslar and Solling area; and the area of the now-abolished district of Osterode excluding the municipalities of Bad Lauterberg, Bad Sachsa, and Herzberg am Harz (now part of the Göttingen district).[1]
History
[edit]Goslar – Northeim – Göttingen II was created in 1949, then known as Northeim – Einbeck – Duderstadt. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was named Northeim. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was named Northeim – Osterode. It was renamed Goslar – Northeim – Osterode at the 2002 election and acquired its current name at the 2025 election. In the inaugural Bundestag election, it was Lower Saxony constituency 33 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 55. From 1965 through 1998, it was number 48. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 52. In the 2009 election, it was number 53. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 52.
Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Northeim, Einbeck, and Duderstadt. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it comprised the district of Northeim excluding the Fürstenhagen municipality, as well as the districts of Osterode, Blankenburg, and Zellerfeld. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it comprised the district of Northeim and the municipalities of Osterode am Harz and Herzberg am Harz and the Samtgemeinden of Bad Grund and Hattorf from the Osterode district. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.
Election | No. | Name | Borders |
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1949 | 33 | Northeim – Einbeck – Duderstadt |
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1953 | 55 | ||
1957 | |||
1961 | |||
1965 | 48 | Northeim | |
1969 | |||
1972 | |||
1976 | |||
1980 | Northeim – Osterode |
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1983 | |||
1987 | |||
1990 | |||
1994 | |||
1998 | |||
2002 | 52 | Goslar – Northeim – Osterode |
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2005 | |||
2009 | 53 | ||
2013 | 52 | ||
2017 | |||
2021 | |||
2025 | Goslar – Northeim – Göttingen II |
Members
[edit]The constituency has been held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) during all but two Bundestag terms since 1949. Its first representative was Martin Schmidt of the SPD, who served from 1949 to 1957. Karl Hackethal of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won the constituency in 1957 and served a single term. Former member Schmidt returned in 1961 and served until 1987. He was succeeded by Edith Niehuis, who served until 2002. Wilhelm Priesmeier was then representative until 2017. In 2017, Roy Kühne of the CDU was elected representative. In 2021, Frauke Heiligenstadt regained it for the SPD.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1949 | Martin Schmidt | SPD | 30.4 | |
1953 | 30.7 | |||
1957 | Karl Hackethal | CDU | 46.4 | |
1961 | Martin Schmidt | SPD | 40.4 | |
1965 | 48.6 | |||
1969 | 52.3 | |||
1972 | 56.9 | |||
1976 | 52.7 | |||
1980 | 54.1 | |||
1983 | 48.7 | |||
1987 | Edith Niehuis | SPD | 49.2 | |
1990 | 46.8 | |||
1994 | 49.3 | |||
1998 | 56.8 | |||
2002 | Wilhelm Priesmeier | SPD | 52.4 | |
2005 | 50.5 | |||
2009 | 39.1 | |||
2013 | 42.4 | |||
2017 | Roy Kühne | CDU | 39.8 | |
2021 | Frauke Heiligenstadt | SPD | 36.7 |
Election results
[edit]2021 election
[edit]Federal election (2021): Goslar – Northeim – Osterode[3] | |||||||||
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Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
SPD | Frauke Heiligenstadt | 52,129 | 36.7 | ![]() |
53,876 | 37.9 | ![]() | ||
CDU | ![]() |
47,196 | 33.2 | ![]() |
33,614 | 23.6 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Karoline Otte | 14,954 | 10.5 | ![]() |
17,118 | 12.0 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Jens Kestner | 11,240 | 7.9 | ![]() |
11,819 | 8.3 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Jan Schwede | 8,827 | 6.2 | ![]() |
14,239 | 10.0 | ![]() | ||
Left | Eva Brunnemann | 3,835 | 2.7 | ![]() |
4,251 | 3.0 | ![]() | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,840 | 1.3 | ![]() | ||||||
FW | Christian Warzecha | 2,031 | 1.4 | 1,228 | 0.9 | ![]() | |||
dieBasis | Janine Reinecke | 1,797 | 1.3 | 1,505 | 1.1 | ||||
PARTEI | 1,184 | 0.8 | ![]() | ||||||
Pirates | 439 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||||||
Team Todenhöfer | 325 | 0.2 | |||||||
Volt | 249 | 0.2 | |||||||
NPD | 193 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Humanists | 118 | 0.1 | |||||||
V-Partei3 | 97 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
ÖDP | 84 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
du. | 67 | 0.0 | |||||||
Independent | Jürgen Schäuble-Leopold | 58 | 0.0 | ||||||
DKP | 21 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
LKR | 25 | 0.0 | |||||||
MLPD | 23 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,544 | 1,296 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 142,067 | 142,315 | |||||||
Turnout | 143,611 | 72.7 | ![]() |
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SPD gain from CDU | Majority | 4,933 | 3.5 |
2017 election
[edit]Federal election (2017): Goslar – Northeim – Osterode[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Roy Kühne | 59,391 | 39.8 | ![]() |
48,131 | 32.1 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Marcus Seidel | 51,953 | 34.8 | ![]() |
48,016 | 32.1 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Jens Kestner | 13,937 | 9.3 | 15,132 | 10.1 | ![]() | |||
Left | Lukas David Jacobs | 8,525 | 5.7 | ![]() |
9,521 | 6.4 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Viola von Cramon-Taubadel | 8,128 | 5.4 | ![]() |
9,929 | 6.6 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Nicole Langer | 7,438 | 5.0 | ![]() |
13,734 | 9.2 | ![]() | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,512 | 1.0 | ![]() | ||||||
PARTEI | 1,246 | 0.8 | |||||||
NPD | 595 | 0.4 | ![]() | ||||||
FW | 513 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||||||
Pirates | 426 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||||||
DM | 329 | 0.2 | |||||||
BGE | 199 | 0.1 | |||||||
DiB | 173 | 0.1 | |||||||
V-Partei³ | 169 | 0.1 | |||||||
ÖDP | 102 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | 36 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
DKP | 27 | 0.0 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,605 | 1,187 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 149,372 | 149,790 | |||||||
Turnout | 150,977 | 74.4 | ![]() |
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CDU gain from SPD | Majority | 7,438 | 5.0 |
2013 election
[edit]Federal election (2013): Goslar – Northeim – Osterode[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
SPD | ![]() |
62,209 | 42.4 | ![]() |
55,985 | 38.0 | ![]() | ||
CDU | Roy Kühne | 61,723 | 42.0 | ![]() |
55,775 | 37.9 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Viola von Cramon-Taubadel | 7,833 | 5.3 | ![]() |
10,141 | 6.9 | ![]() | ||
Left | Michael Ohse | 6,805 | 4.6 | ![]() |
7,475 | 5.1 | ![]() | ||
AfD | 5,733 | 3.9 | |||||||
Pirates | Meinhart Ramaswamy | 2,373 | 1.6 | 2,141 | 1.5 | ![]() | |||
FDP | Olaf Torsten Franz | 2,249 | 1.5 | ![]() |
6,099 | 4.1 | ![]() | ||
NPD | Michael Ellies | 1,967 | 1.3 | ![]() |
1,493 | 1.0 | ![]() | ||
FW | Georg Sponfeldner | 1,402 | 1.0 | 835 | 0.6 | ||||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,086 | 0.7 | ![]() | ||||||
Independent | Lothar Baumelt | 269 | 0.2 | ||||||
PRO | 241 | 0.2 | |||||||
PBC | 134 | 0.1 | |||||||
REP | 93 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | 33 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,599 | 2,165 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 146,830 | 147,264 | |||||||
Turnout | 149,429 | 71.7 | ![]() |
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SPD hold | Majority | 486 | 0.4 | ![]() |
2009 election
[edit]Federal election (2009): Goslar – Northeim – Osterode[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
SPD | ![]() |
60,107 | 39.1 | ![]() |
50,912 | 33.0 | ![]() | ||
CDU | Hans Georg Faust | 54,451 | 35.5 | ![]() |
46,256 | 30.0 | ![]() | ||
Left | Rüdiger Wohltmann | 14,083 | 9.2 | ![]() |
14,988 | 9.7 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Christian Eberl | 12,719 | 8.3 | ![]() |
21,481 | 13.9 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Viola von Cramon-Taubadel | 9,624 | 6.3 | ![]() |
12,983 | 8.4 | ![]() | ||
Pirates | 2,787 | 1.8 | |||||||
NPD | Patrick Kallweit | 2,599 | 1.7 | ![]() |
2,352 | 1.5 | ![]() | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,247 | 0.8 | ![]() | ||||||
RRP | 866 | 0.6 | |||||||
ÖDP | 144 | 0.1 | |||||||
DVU | 131 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | 27 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,638 | 2,047 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 153,583 | 154,174 | |||||||
Turnout | 156,221 | 72.9 | ![]() |
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SPD hold | Majority | 5,656 | 3.7 | ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Constituency Goslar – Northeim – Osterode". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Results for Goslar – Northeim – Osterode". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ Results for Goslar – Northeim – Osterode
- ^ Results for Goslar – Northeim – Osterode
- ^ Results for Goslar – Northeim – Osterode
- ^ Results for Goslar – Northeim – Osterode