Osterholz – Verden
34 Osterholz – Verden | |
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Former electoral district for the Bundestag | |
![]() Osterholz – Verden in 2025 | |
State | Lower Saxony |
Population | 251,100 (2019) |
Electorate | 197,490 (2021) |
Major settlements | Achim Osterholz-Scharmbeck Verden an der Aller |
Area | 1,442.0 km2 |
Former electoral district | |
Created | 1949 2009 (re-established) |
Abolished | 2002 |
Party | CDU |
Member | Andreas Mattfeldt |
Elected | 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021 |
Osterholz – Verden 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 34. It is located in northern Lower Saxony, comprising the districts of Osterholz and Verden.[1]
Osterholz – Verden was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. It was abolished in 2002 and re-established in the 2009 federal election. Since 2009, it has been represented by Andreas Mattfeldt of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]
Geography
[edit]Osterholz – Verden is located in northern Lower Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the districts of Osterholz and Verden.[1]
History
[edit]Osterholz – Verden was created in 1949, then known as Verden – Rotenburg – Osterholz. In the 1965 through 1983 elections, it was named Verden. From 1987 until its abolition, it was named Verden – Osterholz. In the inaugural Bundestag election, it was Lower Saxony constituency 12 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 34. From 1965 until its abolition, it was number 29. Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Verden, Osterholz, and Rotenburg. In the 1980 election, the district of Rotenburg was transferred away. Verden – Osterholz was abolished in the 2002 election, and was divided between the new constituencies of Cuxhaven – Osterholz and Rotenburg – Verden.
The constituency was re-established in the 2009 election, acquiring the name Osterholz – Verden. It was constituency number 35, then number 34 since the 2013 election. Its borders have not changed since its re-establishment.
Election | No. | Name | Borders | |
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1949 | 12 | Verden – Rotenburg – Osterholz | ||
1953 | 45 | |||
1957 | ||||
1961 | ||||
1965 | 29 | Verden | ||
1969 | ||||
1972 | ||||
1976 | ||||
1980 | ||||
1983 | ||||
1987 | Verden – Osterholz | |||
1990 | ||||
1994 | ||||
1998 | ||||
2002 | Abolished | |||
2005 | ||||
2009 | 35 | Osterholz – Verden | ||
2013 | 34 | |||
2017 | ||||
2021 | ||||
2025 |
Members
[edit]The constituency was first held by Hans-Joachim von Merkatz of the German Party (DP), who served from 1949 until 1961. In 1961, Karl Ravens of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) won the constituency. In the 1965 election, von Merkatz regained his seat, now as a candidate of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Ravens won the constituency again in 1969, and served until 1980. He was succeeded by fellow SPD member Arne Börnsen, who served a single term before Martin Oldenstädt of the CDU won the constituency in 1983. In the 1987 election, Börnsen returned as representative. He served until 1998, when he was succeeded by fellow SPD member Joachim Stünker, who served a single term before the constituency was abolished in 2002. Upon its re-establishment, it was won by the CDU's Andreas Mattfeldt. He was re-elected in 2013, 2017, and 2021.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1949 | Hans-Joachim von Merkatz | DP | 32.7 | |
1953 | 47.3 | |||
1957 | 47.8 | |||
1961 | Karl Ravens | SPD | 36.9 | |
1965 | Hans-Joachim von Merkatz | CDU | 51.8 | |
1969 | Karl Ravens | SPD | 46.8 | |
1972 | 53.1 | |||
1976 | 48.5 | |||
1980 | Arne Börnsen | SPD | 50.6 | |
1983 | Martin Oldenstädt | CDU | 46.6 | |
1987 | Arne Börnsen | SPD | 46.4 | |
1990 | 44.6 | |||
1994 | 47.6 | |||
1998 | Joachim Stünker | SPD | 53.4 | |
Abolished (2002–2009) | ||||
2009 | Andreas Mattfeldt | CDU | 37.1 | |
2013 | 44.0 | |||
2017 | 39.2 | |||
2021 | 33.7 |
Election results
[edit]2021 election
[edit]Federal election (2021): Osterholz – Verden[3] | |||||||||
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Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
50,274 | 33.7 | ![]() |
36,183 | 24.1 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Michael Harjes | 48,574 | 32.5 | ![]() |
49,430 | 32.9 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Lena Gumnior | 21,933 | 14.7 | ![]() |
24,183 | 16.1 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Gero Hocker | 13,764 | 9.2 | ![]() |
15,653 | 10.4 | ![]() | ||
AfD | 11,329 | 7.5 | ![]() | ||||||
Left | Mizgin Ciftci | 6,375 | 4.3 | ![]() |
5,253 | 3.5 | ![]() | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,986 | 1.3 | ![]() | ||||||
FW | Dominique Paetz | 4,578 | 3.1 | ![]() |
1,494 | 1.0 | ![]() | ||
dieBasis | Anton Körner | 3,883 | 2.6 | 1,661 | 1.1 | ||||
PARTEI | 1,134 | 0.8 | ![]() | ||||||
Pirates | 443 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||||||
Team Todenhöfer | 440 | 0.3 | |||||||
Volt | 343 | 0.2 | |||||||
Humanists | 131 | 0.1 | |||||||
NPD | 125 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
V-Partei3 | 112 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
ÖDP | 105 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
du. | 103 | 0.1 | |||||||
LKR | 50 | 0.0 | |||||||
MLPD | 34 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
DKP | 27 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,927 | 1,089 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 149,381 | 150,219 | |||||||
Turnout | 151,308 | 76.6 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 1,700 | 1.2 | ![]() |
2017 election
[edit]Federal election (2017): Osterholz – Verden[3] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
59,560 | 39.2 | ![]() |
53,035 | 34.9 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Christina Jantz-Herrmann | 48,505 | 32.0 | ![]() |
40,047 | 26.4 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Jochen Rohrberg | 12,995 | 8.6 | ![]() |
14,675 | 9.7 | ![]() | ||
Left | Herbert Behrens | 10,714 | 7.1 | ![]() |
11,055 | 7.3 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Monika Geils | 10,146 | 6.7 | ![]() |
14,052 | 9.3 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Gero Hocker | 8,273 | 5.5 | ![]() |
13,464 | 8.9 | ![]() | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,445 | 1.0 | ![]() | ||||||
PARTEI | 1,252 | 0.8 | |||||||
FW | Ingo Lesch | 1,072 | 0.7 | 631 | 0.4 | ![]() | |||
Pirates | 560 | 0.4 | ![]() | ||||||
Independent | Susanne Hirsch-Sternberg | 503 | 0.3 | ||||||
NPD | 354 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
BGE | 343 | 0.2 | |||||||
DM | 284 | 0.2 | |||||||
DiB | 228 | 0.2 | |||||||
V-Partei³ | 194 | 0.1 | |||||||
ÖDP | 125 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | 35 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
DKP | 19 | 0.0 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,268 | 1,238 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 151,768 | 151,798 | |||||||
Turnout | 153,036 | 78.0 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 11,055 | 7.2 | ![]() |
2013 election
[edit]Federal election (2013): Osterholz – Verden[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
63,174 | 44.0 | ![]() |
57,243 | 40.0 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Christina Jantz | 53,660 | 37.4 | ![]() |
47,413 | 33.1 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Erich von Hofe | 9,729 | 6.8 | ![]() |
13,708 | 9.6 | ![]() | ||
Left | Herbert Behrens | 7,195 | 5.0 | ![]() |
8,008 | 5.6 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Thomas Hochrainer | 4,499 | 3.1 | 5,487 | 3.8 | ||||
Pirates | Ole Schwettmann | 2,516 | 1.8 | 2,655 | 1.9 | ![]() | |||
FDP | Cédrik Kamlah | 1,359 | 0.9 | ![]() |
5,235 | 3.7 | ![]() | ||
NPD | Claus Oeltjen | 1,289 | 0.9 | ![]() |
1,321 | 0.9 | ![]() | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,250 | 0.9 | ![]() | ||||||
FW | 392 | 0.3 | |||||||
PBC | 190 | 0.1 | |||||||
PRO | 165 | 0.1 | |||||||
REP | 90 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | 58 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,502 | 1,708 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 143,421 | 143,215 | |||||||
Turnout | 144,923 | 74.8 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 9,514 | 6.6 | ![]() |
2009 election
[edit]Federal election (2009): Osterholz – Verden[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Andreas Mattfeldt | 53,070 | 37.1 | ![]() |
45,908 | 32.0 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Joachim Stünker | 52,397 | 36.6 | ![]() |
41,979 | 29.2 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Heiner Haase | 12,318 | 8.6 | ![]() |
17,053 | 11.9 | ![]() | ||
Left | Herbert Behrens | 12,242 | 8.5 | ![]() |
13,830 | 9.6 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Tim Schardelmann | 10,787 | 7.5 | ![]() |
17,889 | 12.5 | ![]() | ||
NPD | Rigolf Hennig | 2,417 | 1.7 | ![]() |
1,981 | 1.4 | ![]() | ||
Pirates | 2,339 | 1.6 | |||||||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,228 | 0.9 | ![]() | ||||||
RRP | 976 | 0.7 | |||||||
DVU | 187 | 0.1 | |||||||
ÖDP | 152 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | 24 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,642 | 1,337 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 143,241 | 143,546 | |||||||
Turnout | 144,883 | 75.3 | ![]() |
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CDU win new seat | Majority | 683 | 0.5 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Constituency Osterholz – Verden". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Results for Osterholz – Verden". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ a b Results for Osterholz – Verden
- ^ Results for Osterholz – Verden
- ^ Results for Osterholz – Verden