25 Unterems | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
![]() Unterems in 2025 | |
State | Lower Saxony |
Population | 321,300 (2019) |
Electorate | 238,506 (2021) |
Major settlements | Papenburg Leer Haren |
Area | 2,597.8 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 1980 |
Party | CDU |
Member | Gitta Connemann |
Elected | 2002, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021 |
Unterems 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 25. It is located in northwestern Lower Saxony, comprising the district of Leer and the northern part of the district of Emsland. [1]
Unterems was created for the 1980 federal election. Since 2002, it has been represented by Gitta Connemann of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). [2]
Unterems is located in northwestern Lower Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the district of Leer and the northern part of the district of Emsland, specifically the municipalities of Haren, Papenburg, Rhede, and Twist and the Samtgemeinden of Dörpen, Lathen, Nordhümmling, Sögel, and Werlte. [1]
Unterems was created in 1980 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Emden – Leer and Emsland. Originally, it was constituency 20 in the number system. From the 2002 through 2009 elections, it was constituency 26. Since the 2013 election, it has been constituency 25. Its borders have not changed since its creation.
The constituency has been held by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation. Its first representative was Rudolf Seiters, who served from 1980 to 2002. Since 2002, it has been represented by Gitta Connemann.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1980 | Rudolf Seiters | CDU | 51.0 | |
1983 | 56.8 | |||
1987 | 51.3 | |||
1990 | 56.6 | |||
1994 | 56.7 | |||
1998 | 49.4 | |||
2002 | Gitta Connemann | CDU | 47.4 | |
2005 | 47.1 | |||
2009 | 45.2 | |||
2013 | 54.7 | |||
2017 | 50.0 | |||
2021 | 44.4 |
Federal election (2021): Unterems [3] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() | 77,143 | 44.4 | ![]() | 52,067 | 29.9 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Anja Troff-Schaffarzyk | 49,440 | 28.5 | ![]() | 59,229 | 34.0 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Julian Pahlke | 16,434 | 9.5 | ![]() | 18,576 | 10.7 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Holger Kühnlenz | 13,584 | 7.8 | ![]() | 14,248 | 8.2 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Ferhat Asi | 10,763 | 6.2 | ![]() | 17,671 | 10.1 | ![]() | ||
Left | Kai Jesiek | 4,358 | 2.5 | ![]() | 4,650 | 2.7 | ![]() | ||
Tierschutzpartei | 2,044 | 1.2 | ![]() | ||||||
PARTEI | 1,649 | 0.9 | ![]() | ||||||
dieBasis | Rafael Gil Brand | 1,866 | 1.1 | 1,619 | 0.9 | ||||
FW | 856 | 0.5 | ![]() | ||||||
Pirates | 534 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||||||
Volt | 334 | 0.2 | |||||||
Team Todenhöfer | 211 | 0.1 | |||||||
NPD | 161 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Independent | Siegfried Balzer | 159 | 0.1 | ||||||
Humanists | 103 | 0.1 | |||||||
V-Partei3 | 97 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
du. | 92 | 0.1 | |||||||
ÖDP | 58 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
LKR | 31 | 0.0 | |||||||
DKP | 28 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
MLPD | 18 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,079 | 1,550 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 173,747 | 174,276 | |||||||
Turnout | 175,826 | 73.7 | ![]() | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 27,703 | 15.9 | ![]() |
Federal election (2017): Unterems [4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() | 87,406 | 50.0 | ![]() | 74,173 | 42.4 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Markus Paschke [lower-alpha 1] | 48,959 | 28.0 | ![]() | 48,194 | 27.5 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Christoph Merkel | 13,387 | 7.7 | 14,620 | 8.4 | ![]() | |||
Greens | Harald Kleem | 8,255 | 4.7 | ![]() | 10,258 | 5.9 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Marion Terhalle | 7,758 | 4.4 | ![]() | 13,629 | 7.8 | ![]() | ||
Left | Bettina Kubiak | 7,726 | 4.4 | ![]() | 9,459 | 5.4 | ![]() | ||
PARTEI | Marius Wolters | 1,298 | 0.7 | 1,359 | 0.8 | ||||
Pirates | 491 | 0.3 | |||||||
Tierschutzpartei | 1,185 | 0.7 | ![]() | ||||||
NPD | 421 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
FW | 413 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
BGE | 159 | 0.1 | |||||||
DiB | 147 | 0.1 | |||||||
DM | 144 | 0.1 | |||||||
ÖDP | 127 | 0.1 | |||||||
V-Partei³ | 122 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | 30 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
DKP | 21 | 0.0 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,553 | 1,390 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 174,789 | 174,952 | |||||||
Turnout | 176,342 | 75.0 | ![]() | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 38,447 | 22.0 | ![]() |
Federal election (2013): Unterems [5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() | 90,236 | 54.7 | ![]() | 80,616 | 48.8 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Markus Paschke | 51,409 | 31.2 | ![]() | 51,079 | 30.9 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Harald Kleem | 8,441 | 5.1 | ![]() | 9,506 | 5.8 | ![]() | ||
Left | Charlotte Lenzen | 6,426 | 3.9 | ![]() | 6,771 | 4.1 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Hans-Michael Goldmann | 4,288 | 1.6 | ![]() | 6,537 | 4.0 | ![]() | ||
AfD | 4,870 | 2.9 | |||||||
Pirates | 2,218 | 1.3 | ![]() | ||||||
FW | Ingo Tonsor | 1,280 | 1.1 | 747 | 0.5 | ||||
NPD | Albert Wille | 1,656 | 1.0 | ![]() | 1,339 | 0.8 | ![]() | ||
Tierschutzpartei | 1,070 | 0.6 | ![]() | ||||||
Independent | Ralf Lükensmeier | 587 | 0.4 | ||||||
PBC | 281 | 0.2 | |||||||
PRO | 165 | 0.1 | |||||||
REP | 91 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | 24 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,096 | 1,645 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 164,863 | 165,314 | |||||||
Turnout | 166,959 | 71.7 | ![]() | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 38,827 | 23.5 | ![]() |
Federal election (2009): Unterems [6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() | 73,405 | 45.2 | ![]() | 63,545 | 39.1 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Keno Borde | 47,481 | 29.3 | ![]() | 44,913 | 27.6 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Hans-Michael Goldmann | 15,470 | 9.5 | ![]() | 20,731 | 12.8 | ![]() | ||
Left | Franziska Junker | 12,062 | 7.4 | ![]() | 14,219 | 8.7 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Tammo Lenger | 11,981 | 7.4 | ![]() | 12,222 | 7.5 | ![]() | ||
Pirates | 2,899 | 1.8 | |||||||
NPD | Wilhelm Sudmann | 1,862 | 1.1 | ![]() | 1,707 | 1.1 | ![]() | ||
Tierschutzpartei | 1,149 | 0.7 | ![]() | ||||||
RRP | 648 | 0.4 | |||||||
ÖDP | 304 | 0.2 | |||||||
DVU | 152 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | 28 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,392 | 2,136 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 162,261 | 162,517 | |||||||
Turnout | 164,653 | 71.3 | ![]() | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 25,924 | 16.0 | ![]() |
Gitta Connemann is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the German Parliament since 2002. Since 2021, she has been serving as the chairwoman of MIT, the pro-business wing in the CDU/CSU.
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