Hannover-Land I

43 Hannover-Land I
43 Hannover-Land I
Electoral district; for the Bundestag
	Hannover-Land I in 2025
State	Lower Saxony
Population	306,400 (2019)
Electorate	231,250 (2021)
Major settlements	Garbsen ; Langenhagen ; Neustadt am Rübenberge
Area	1,135.7 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1980
Party	SPD
Member	Rebecca Schamber
Elected	2021

Last updated April 27, 2024

Hannover-Land 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 43. It is located in central Lower Saxony, comprising the northern part of the Hanover Region.^[1]

Geography

Hannover-Land I is located in central Lower Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the northern part of the Hanover Region, specifically the municipalities of Burgdorf, Burgwedel, Garbsen, Isernhagen, Langenhagen, Neustadt am Rübenberge, Wedemark, and Wunstorf.^[1]

History

Hannover-Land I was created in 1980 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Hannover III, Schaumburg, Celle, and Gifhorn. From the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 38. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 43. In the 2009 election, it was number 44. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 43.

Originally, the constituency comprised the municipalities of Burgdorf, Burgwedel, Garbsen, Isernhagen, Langenhagen, Neustadt am Rübenberge, Wedemark, Lehrte, and Uetze from the now-abolished Landkreis Hannover district. In the 2002 election, it lost the municipalities of Lehrte and Uetze while gaining Wunstorf.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1980	38	Hannover-Land I	Landkreis Hannover district (only Burgdorf, Burgwedel, Garbsen, Isernhagen, Langenhagen, Neustadt am Rübenberge, Wedemark, Lehrte, and Uetze municipalities)
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	43		Hanover Region (only Burgdorf, Burgwedel, Garbsen, Isernhagen, Langenhagen, Neustadt am Rübenberge, Wedemark, and Wunstorf municipalities)
2005	43
2009	44
2013	43
2017
2021
2025

Members

The constituency was first held by future Chancellor of Germany Gerhard Schröder, a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), who served from 1980 to 1983. Dietmar Kansy of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was elected in 1983 and served until 1998. SPD candidate Monika Ganseforth won in 1998 and served a single term, before being succeeded by party fellow Caren Marks in 2002. In 2013, Hendrik Hoppenstedt of the CDU was elected representative. Rebecca Schamber regained the constituency for the SPD in 2021.

	Member	Party	%
1980	Gerhard Schröder	SPD	50.0
1983	Dietmar Kansy	CDU	49.0
1987			45.0
1990			46.3
1994			46.5
1998	Monika Ganseforth	SPD	53.3
2002	Caren Marks	SPD	52.8
2005			49.9
2009			38.7
2013	Hendrik Hoppenstedt	CDU	44.3
2017	Hendrik Hoppenstedt	CDU	40.1
2021	Rebecca Schamber	SPD	33.7

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Hannover-Land I^[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	%	±%
	SPD	Rebecca Schamber		58,297	33.7	0.6	55,464	32.1	5.1
	CDU	N Hendrik Hoppenstedt		55,185	31.9	8.3	44,529	25.8	9.0
	Greens	Jens Palandt		22,490	13.0	7.0	26,219	15.2	7.2
	AfD	Dietmar Friedhoff		12,942	7.5	2.1	13,295	7.7	2.5
	FDP	Grigorios Aggelidis		12,557	7.3	2.1	19,550	11.3	0.9
	Left	Michael Braedt		3,981	2.3	2.7	4,504	2.6	3.4
	Tierschutzpartei	Jens Klingebiel		3,080	1.8		2,637	1.5	0.7
	dieBasis	Iris Krobjinski		1,727	1.0		1,564	0.9
	PARTEI	Ýr Langhorst		1,662	1.0		1,355	0.8	0.0
	FW						1,077	0.6	0.2
	Team Todenhöfer						802	0.5
	Pirates	Olaf Engel		988	0.6		692	0.4	0.0
	Volt						328	0.2
	Humanists						141	0.1
	NPD						130	0.1	0.1
	ÖDP						113	0.1	0.0
	V-Partei3						95	0.1	0.1
	du.						72	0.0
	LKR	Mirco Zschoch		142	0.1		66	0.0
	MLPD						36	0.0	0.0
	DKP						33	0.0	0.0
	Independent	Inessa Kober		66	0.0
Informal votes				1,464			1,879
Total valid votes				173,117			172,702
Turnout				174,581	75.5	2.5
	SPD gain from CDU		Majority	3,112	1.8

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Hannover-Land I^[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 Hendrik Hoppenstedt		72,282	40.1	4.2	62,828	34.8	6.4
	SPD	Caren Marks		59,552	33.1	5.5	48,783	27.0	6.0
	AfD	Dietmar Friedhoff		17,217	9.6	6.5	18,366	10.2	6.2
	Greens	Eike Lengemann		10,725	6.0	1.0	14,335	7.9	0.2
	FDP	Grigorios Aggelidis		9,325	5.2	2.6	18,869	10.5	5.5
	Left	Diether Dehm		8,958	5.0	1.4	10,890	6.0	1.5
	FW	Markus Moschner		2,037	1.1	0.5	830	0.5	0.1
	Tierschutzpartei						1,516	0.8	0.1
	PARTEI						1,450	0.8
	Pirates						653	0.4	1.1
	DM						463	0.3
	NPD						406	0.2	0.6
	BGE						250	0.1
	V-Partei³						249	0.1
	DiB						228	0.1
	ÖDP						154	0.1
	MLPD						59	0.0	0.0
	DKP						47	0.0
Informal votes				1,554			1,274
Total valid votes				180,096			180,376
Turnout				181,650	78.0	2.1
	CDU hold		Majority	12,730	7.0	1.2

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Hannover-Land I^[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	Hendrik Hoppenstedt		77,509	44.3	6.1	72,286	41.3	7.8
	SPD	N Caren Marks		67,440	38.5	0.2	57,922	33.1	2.5
	Greens	Wolf von Nordheim		8,735	5.0	1.7	14,308	8.2	1.6
	Left	Diether Dehm		6,220	3.6	2.9	7,931	4.5	2.7
	AfD	Hans-Peter Wendt		5,393	3.1		7,038	4.0
	FDP	Philipp Rösler		4,504	2.6	5.8	8,725	5.0	9.1
	Pirates	Walter Naumann		2,232	1.3		2,516	1.4	0.4
	NPD	Christina Krieger		1,619	0.9	0.6	1,487	0.8	0.5
	Tierschutzpartei						1,346	0.8	0.0
	FW	Gerriet Kohls		1,109	0.6		937	0.5
	BIG	Üsler Ünsal		252	0.1
	PBC						213	0.1
	PRO						210	0.1
	REP						185	0.1
	MLPD						37	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,658			1,530
Total valid votes				175,013			175,141
Turnout				176,671	75.8	0.2
	CDU gain from SPD		Majority	10,069	5.8

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Hannover-Land I^[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	%	±%
	SPD	Y Caren Marks		67,178	38.7	11.2	53,236	30.6	14.0
	CDU	Sebastian Lechner		66,311	38.2	0.0	58,219	33.5	1.0
	FDP	Thomas Iseke		14,560	8.4	4.1	24,492	14.1	4.3
	Greens	Detlef Knauer		11,642	6.7	3.4	16,993	9.8	2.7
	Left	Brigitta Runge		11,173	6.4	3.5	12,601	7.2	3.7
	Pirates						3,137	1.8
	NPD	Andreas Büschleb		2,642	1.5	0.2	2,288	1.3	0.1
	Tierschutzpartei						1,362	0.8	0.2
	RRP						1,139	0.7
	ÖDP						301	0.2
	DVU						179	0.1
	MLPD						46	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,251			1,764
Total valid votes				173,506			173,993
Turnout				175,757	75.7	5.6
	SPD hold		Majority	867	0.5	11.2

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References

1 2 "Constituency Hannover-Land I". Federal Returning Officer.
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v t e Electoral districts of Lower Saxony in the German Bundestag
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See also	List of Bundestag constituencies Elections in Germany

43 Hannover-Land I
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Hannover-Land I in 2025
State	Lower Saxony
Population	306,400 (2019)
Electorate	231,250 (2021)
Major settlements	Garbsen Langenhagen Neustadt am Rübenberge
Area	1,135.7 km²
Current electoral district
Created	1980
Party	SPD
Member	Rebecca Schamber
Elected	2021