Braunschweig (electoral district)

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50 Braunschweig
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Bundestagswahlkreis 50-2025.svg
Braunschweig in 2025
State Lower Saxony
Population249,400 (2019)
Electorate187,721 (2021)
Major settlements Braunschweig
Area192.7 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
Party SPD
Member Christos Pantazis
Elected 2021, 2025

Braunschweig 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 50. It is located in southeastern Lower Saxony, comprising the city of Braunschweig. [1]

Contents

Braunschweig was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Christos Pantazis of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). [2]

Geography

Braunschweig is located in southeastern Lower Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Braunschweig. [1]

History

Braunschweig was created in 1949, then known as Stadt Braunschweig. It acquired its current name in the 1965 election. In the inaugural Bundestag election, it was Lower Saxony constituency 28 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 50. From 1965 through 1998, it was number 45. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 50. In the 2009 election, it was number 51. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 50. Its borders have not changed since its creation.

ElectionNo.NameBorders
1949 28Stadt Braunschweig
1953 50
1957
1961
1965 45Braunschweig
1969
1972
1976
1980
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 50
2005
2009 51
2013 50
2017
2021
2025

Members

The constituency was first held by Otto Arnholz of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), who served from 1949 to 1957. Hermann Koch  [ de ] of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won in 1957 and served a single term. Walter Schmidt of the SPD then served from 1961 to 1972, followed by Hermann Oetting for a single term. Klaus-Dieter Kühbacher was elected in 1976 and served two terms. In 1983, Joachim Clemens of the CDU was elected representative, and served until 1994. Leyla Onur regained the constituency for the SPD in 1994, and was re-elected in 1998. Carola Reimann won in 2002, and was re-elected in 2005, 2009, 2013, and 2017. She resigned in November 2017 after being appointed to the state government of Lower Saxony. Christos Pantazis of the SPD was elected in 2021.

ElectionMemberParty %
1949 Otto Arnholz SPD 39.9
1953 37.1
1957 Hermann Koch  [ de ] CDU 42.0
1961 Walter Schmidt SPD 45.2
1965 47.0
1969 54.1
1972 Hermann Oetting SPD 58.6
1976 Klaus-Dieter Kühbacher SPD 51.0
1980 51.5
1983 Joachim Clemens CDU 46.7
1987 43.8
1990 44.3
1994 Leyla Onur SPD 44.6
1998 55.8
2002 Carola Reimann SPD 54.1
2005 51.5
2009 38.7
2013 43.6
2017 38.0
2021 Christos Pantazis SPD 36.7
2025 33.4

Election results

2025 election

Federal election (2025): Braunschweig [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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
SPD Green check.svgY Christos Pantazis 51,55133.4Decrease2.svg 3.334,99222.6Decrease2.svg 7.8
CDU Carsten Müller 38,15624.7Increase2.svg 2.334,95622.6Increase2.svg 4.0
Greens Lisa-Marie Jalyschko21,98314.3Decrease2.svg 6.027,78818.0Decrease2.svg 6.0
AfD Mirco Hanker 20,47113.3Increase2.svg 7.520,62213.3Increase2.svg 7.4
Left Leon Huesmann12,6608.2Increase2.svg 4.417,97911.6Increase2.svg 7.1
BSW  5,9663.9
FDP Anikó Merten 4,4612.9Decrease2.svg 4.16,1424.0Decrease2.svg 6.1
Volt Martin Piepgras2,4471.61,7291.1Increase2.svg 0.4
FW Olaf Funke1,6681.1Increase2.svg 0.27990.5Decrease2.svg 0.1
Tierschutzpartei  1,6611.1Decrease2.svg 0.1
PARTEI  8690.6Decrease2.svg 0.6
Independent Andreas Wolter6150.4
dieBasis Decrease2.svg 1.23750.2Decrease2.svg 0.8
Pirates  2870.2Decrease2.svg 0.4
Humanists  1450.1Steady2.svg 0.0
Volt  1,0120.7
BD  1580.1
MLPD Paul Deutsch2510.2Increase2.svg 0.1870.1Steady2.svg 0.0
Team Todenhöfer  Decrease2.svg 0.5
ÖDP Decrease2.svg 0.3Decrease2.svg 0.1
Informal votes1,116824
Total valid votes154,263154,555
Turnout 155,37983.4Increase2.svg 8.4
SPD holdMajority13,3958.7Decrease2.svg 6.6

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Braunschweig [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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
SPD Christos Pantazis 51,22036.7Decrease2.svg 1.342,37730.4Increase2.svg 4.0
CDU Carsten Müller 31,27622.4Decrease2.svg 8.925,92918.6Decrease2.svg 10.4
Greens Margaux Erdmann28,21420.2Increase2.svg 12.233,40124.0Increase2.svg 12.2
FDP Anikó Merten 9,8167.0Increase2.svg 1.714,04610.1Increase2.svg 0.1
AfD Frank Weber8,0455.8Decrease2.svg 2.08,2385.9Decrease2.svg 2.5
Left Alper Özgür5,3523.8Decrease2.svg 3.86,3554.6Decrease2.svg 4.8
PARTEI  1,6521.2Decrease2.svg 0.7
Tierschutzpartei  1,5671.1Increase2.svg 0.2
dieBasis Christoph Bedürftig1,6401.21,4441.0
Independent Peter Rosenbaum1,3591.0
Volt  1,0120.7
FW Eike Jankun1,1940.98440.6Increase2.svg 0.3
Pirates  7850.6Decrease2.svg 0.1
Team Todenhöfer  6750.5
V-Partei3 Anna Saskia Wolters6300.52800.2Steady2.svg 0.0
Independent Andreas Wolter2120.2
Humanists  1890.1
ÖDP Klaus Joachim Arndt3520.31800.1Steady2.svg 0.0
NPD  1010.1Decrease2.svg 0.1
du.  810.1
MLPD Philipp Schwartz1010.1Decrease2.svg 0.2520.0Decrease2.svg 0.1
LKR Christian Helck800.1530.0
Independent Erdmann Gust620.0
DKP  330.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes1,2541,513
Total valid votes139,553139,294
Turnout 140,80775.0Decrease2.svg 1.9
SPD holdMajority19,94414.3Increase2.svg 7.7

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Braunschweig [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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
SPD Green check.svgY Carola Reimann 55,64138.0Decrease2.svg 5.638,69526.4Decrease2.svg 7.2
CDU Carsten Müller 45,88131.4Decrease2.svg 3.642,53429.0Decrease2.svg 5.0
Greens Juliane Krause11,7618.0Increase2.svg 0.917,29511.8Decrease2.svg 0.6
AfD Mirco Hanker 11,3777.8Increase2.svg 5.012,2688.4Increase2.svg 4.8
Left Cihane Gürtas-Yildirim11,1457.6Increase2.svg 2.613,6739.3Increase2.svg 2.6
FDP Ingo Schramm7,8775.4Increase2.svg 3.114,68410.0Increase2.svg 5.6
PARTEI  2,6981.8
Independent Peter Rosenbaum2,3241.6
Tierschutzpartei  1,4231.0Increase2.svg 0.1
Pirates  9050.6Decrease2.svg 2.3
FW  4130.3Decrease2.svg 0.2
BGE  3940.3
DiB 3900.3
NPD  3080.2Decrease2.svg 0.5
DM2980.2
V-Partei³ 2960.2
ÖDP  2230.2
MLPD Paul Deutsch3440.21300.1Steady2.svg 0.0
DKP  300.0
Informal votes1,3621,055
Total valid votes146,350146,657
Turnout 147,71276.9Increase2.svg 2.7
SPD holdMajority9,7606.6Decrease2.svg 2.0

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Braunschweig [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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
SPD Green check.svgY Carola Reimann 61,95243.6Increase2.svg 4.847,74133.6Increase2.svg 4.8
CDU Carsten Müller 49,71035.0Increase2.svg 0.648,41934.0Increase2.svg 5.0
Greens Gesche Hand10,1177.1Decrease2.svg 1.617,61412.4Decrease2.svg 1.9
Left André Patrick Fricke7,1195.0Decrease2.svg 2.89,5276.7Decrease2.svg 3.2
Pirates Jens-Wolfhard Schicke-Uffmann4,0122.8Decrease2.svg 0.24,1692.9Decrease2.svg 0.7
AfD Klaus Harig3,8942.75,0923.6
FDP Florian Bernschneider3,2432.3Decrease2.svg 3.16,2144.4Decrease2.svg 7.1
Tierschutzpartei  1,2950.9Increase2.svg 0.1
NPD Eckhard Aden1,0320.7Decrease2.svg 0.21,0380.7Decrease2.svg 0.2
FW Stefan Roßmann9080.67240.5
PBC1280.1
PRO 1270.1
MLPD Paul Deutsch1160.1Steady2.svg 0.01000.1Steady2.svg 0.0
REP  970.1
Informal votes1,6491,467
Total valid votes142,103142,285
Turnout 143,75274.2Increase2.svg 0.5
SPD holdMajority12,2428.6Increase2.svg 4.4

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Braunschweig [7]
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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
SPD Green check.svgY Carola Reimann 53,57238.8Decrease2.svg 12.739,77428.7Decrease2.svg 15.7
CDU Carsten Müller 47,58434.4Decrease2.svg 0.940,13529.0Increase2.svg 0.1
Greens Helmut Blöcker12,0128.7Increase2.svg 4.119,83114.3Increase2.svg 4.4
Left Thomas Röver10,8017.8Increase2.svg 3.413,7639.9Increase2.svg 4.4
FDP Florian Bernschneider7,5075.4Increase2.svg 2.415,84511.4Increase2.svg 3.0
Pirates Jens-Wolfhard Schicke4,2143.04,9623.6
NPD Andreas Wolf1,3100.9Decrease2.svg 0.11,3241.0Decrease2.svg 0.1
RRP1,2700.9
Tierschutzpartei  1,1140.8Increase2.svg 0.1
Independent Frank Thomas8020.6
Independent Horst Dauter2940.2
ÖDP  1840.1
DVU  1340.1
MLPD Paul Deutsch1180.1Decrease2.svg 0.1770.1Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes1,7361,535
Total valid votes138,212138,413
Turnout 139,94873.7Decrease2.svg 4.8
SPD holdMajority5,9884.3Decrease2.svg 11.9

References

  1. 1 2 "Constituency Braunschweig". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Braunschweig". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. Results for Braunschweig
  4. Results for Braunschweig
  5. Results for Braunschweig
  6. Results for Braunschweig
  7. Results for Braunschweig