Hannover-Land II

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47 Hannover-Land II
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Bundestagswahlkreis 47-2025.svg
Hannover-Land II in 2025
State Lower Saxony
Population313,800 (2019)
Electorate238,323 (2021)
Major settlements Lehrte
Laatzen
Seelze
Area957.1 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
Party SPD
Member Matthias Miersch
Elected 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021

Hannover-Land 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 47. It is located in central Lower Saxony, comprising the southern part of the Hanover Region. [1]

Contents

Hannover-Land II was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2005, it has been represented by Matthias Miersch of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). [2]

Geography

Hannover-Land II 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 Barsinghausen, Gehrden, Hemmingen, Laatzen, Lehrte, Pattensen, Ronnenberg, Seelze, Sehnde, Springe, Uetze, and Wennigsen. [1]

History

Hannover-Land II was created in 1949, then known as Hannover-Land. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was named Hannover III. It acquired its current name in the 1980 election. In the inaugural Bundestag election, it was Lower Saxony constituency 20 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 42. From 1965 through 1976, it was number 38. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 42. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 47. In the 2009 election, it was number 48. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 47.

Originally, the constituency comprised the entirety of the now-abolished Landkreis Hannover district, as well as the municipalities of Lehrte and Sehnde from the Burgdorf district. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it comprised the Landkreis Hannover district and the quarters of Döhren, Wülfel, Kirchrode, Bemerode, and Wülferode from the independent city of Hanover. After administrative boundaries were redrawn, from the 1980 election the constituency comprised the municipalities of Barsinghausen, Gehrden, Hemmingen, Laatzen, Pattensen, Ronnenberg, Seelze, Sehnde, Springe, Wennigsen, and Wunstorf from the Landkreis Hannover district. In the 2002 election, it lost Wunstorf while gaining Uetze und Lehrte.

ElectionNo.NameBorders
1949 20Hannover-Land
1953 42
1957
1961
1965 38Hannover III
  • Landkreis Hannover district
  • Hanover city (only Döhren, Wülfel, Kirchrode, Bemerode, and Wülferode quarters)
1969
1972
1976
1980 42Hannover-Land II
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 47
2005
2009 48
2013 47
2017
2021
2025

Members

The constituency has been held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) during all but three Bundestag terms since its creation. Its first representative was Hans Jahn of the SPD, who served from 1949 to 1961. He was succeeded by fellow SPD member Werner Marquardt, who served until 1976. The SPD's Günter Kiehm served a single term before the constituency was won by Herbert Lattmann of the CDU in 1983. Kiehm regained it in 1987, but Lattmann was elected in 1990 and again in 1994. In 1998, Horst Schild of the SPD won the constituency and served two terms as representative. He was succeeded in 2005 by Matthias Miersch, who was re-elected in 2009, 2013, 2017, and 2021.

ElectionMemberParty %
1949 Hans Jahn SPD 45.9
1953 43.6
1957 44.1
1961 Werner Marquardt SPD 49.0
1965 48.0
1969 51.9
1972 55.7
1976 49.2
1980 Günter Kiehm SPD 50.8
1983 Herbert Lattmann CDU 46.6
1987 Günter Kiehm SPD 45.1
1990 Herbert Lattmann CDU 44.9
1994 44.8
1998 Horst Schild SPD 55.2
2002 54.2
2005 Matthias Miersch SPD 51.5
2009 40.4
2013 43.4
2017 37.0
2021 40.7

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Hannover-Land II [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 Matthias Miersch 73,08840.7Increase2.svg 3.762,02434.6Increase2.svg 5.1
CDU Tilman Kuban 45,72125.5Decrease2.svg 9.840,61222.7Decrease2.svg 8.9
Greens Simone Meyer22,28312.4Increase2.svg 6.729,20116.3Increase2.svg 7.6
AfD Dirk Brandes 13,3777.5Decrease2.svg 2.013,8507.7Decrease2.svg 2.6
FDP Nadin Zaya11,8836.6Increase2.svg 1.218,32010.2Increase2.svg 0.6
Left Thorsten Kuhn4,0952.3Decrease2.svg 3.14,9942.8Decrease2.svg 3.8
Tierschutzpartei Claudia Klitz2,6181.52,5351.4Increase2.svg 0.6
FW Moritz Krienke1,9781.1Increase2.svg 0.21,6720.9Increase2.svg 0.5
PARTEI Lisa-Marie Rosien1,7010.91,4320.8Decrease2.svg 0.1
dieBasis Eva-Maria Görres1,6350.91,6500.9
Pirates Uwe Kopec1,1190.6Decrease2.svg 0.38670.5Steady2.svg 0.0
Team Todenhöfer  7520.4
Volt  4210.2
NPD  1690.1Decrease2.svg 0.2
Humanists  1580.1
V-Partei3  1250.1Decrease2.svg 0.1
ÖDP  1130.1Steady2.svg 0.0
du.  860.0
Independent Wolfgang Göller500.0
LKR  400.0
DKP  360.0Steady2.svg 0.0
MLPD  350.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes1,6542,110
Total valid votes179,548179,092
Turnout 181,20276.0Decrease2.svg 2.5
SPD holdMajority27,36715.2Increase2.svg 13.4

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Hannover-Land II [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 Green check.svgY Matthias Miersch 69,10437.0Decrease2.svg 6.455,16129.5Decrease2.svg 6.5
CDU Maria Flachsbarth 65,81535.2Decrease2.svg 6.658,98431.5Decrease2.svg 6.9
AfD Sabine Ehrke17,5709.419,39210.4Increase2.svg 6.5
Greens Roland Christoph Panter10,6935.7Increase2.svg 0.516,2908.7Decrease2.svg 0.2
Left Jessica Kaußen10,1245.4Increase2.svg 1.412,3056.6Increase2.svg 1.8
FDP Harald Klotz10,0925.4Increase2.svg 4.017,9259.6Increase2.svg 5.6
FW Beate Julitta Lange1,6910.9Decrease2.svg 0.28220.4Decrease2.svg 0.1
PARTEI  1,6790.9
Pirates Gerhard Posywio1,6770.9Decrease2.svg 0.89360.5Decrease2.svg 1.0
Tierschutzpartei  1,5560.8Steady2.svg 0.0
NPD  5080.3Decrease2.svg 0.6
DM3960.2
DiB 3120.2
BGE  2500.1
V-Partei³ 2370.1
ÖDP  1630.1
MLPD  660.0Steady2.svg 0.0
DKP  340.0
Informal votes1,7291,479
Total valid votes186,766187,016
Turnout 188,49578.6Increase2.svg 2.5
SPD holdMajority3,2891.8Increase2.svg 0.3

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Hannover-Land II [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 Matthias Miersch 78,43343.4Increase2.svg 2.965,16935.9Increase2.svg 3.1
CDU Maria Flachsbarth 75,76141.9Increase2.svg 5.769,64438.4Increase2.svg 6.9
Greens Abdulselam Dogan9,4225.2Decrease2.svg 1.716,2128.9Decrease2.svg 1.5
Left Agnes Hasenjäger7,3504.1Decrease2.svg 2.68,6694.8Decrease2.svg 2.9
AfD  6,9583.8
Pirates Thomas Gundelbacher3,1441.72,7371.5Decrease2.svg 0.4
FDP Dirk Weissleder2,5671.4Decrease2.svg 5.87,2284.0Decrease2.svg 8.1
NPD Sebastian Wolf2,2471.2Decrease2.svg 0.31,4990.8Decrease2.svg 0.6
FW Arno Ulrichs1,9721.11,0440.6
Tierschutzpartei  1,4290.8Steady2.svg 0.0
PRO 3090.2
REP  1720.1
PBC1680.1
MLPD  530.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes2,0671,672
Total valid votes180,896181,291
Turnout 182,96376.1Decrease2.svg 0.5
SPD holdMajority2,6721.5Decrease2.svg 2.7

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Hannover-Land II [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 Matthias Miersch 73,21540.4Decrease2.svg 11.059,49332.8Decrease2.svg 14.0
CDU Maria Flachsbarth 65,57336.2Increase2.svg 0.157,14431.5Increase2.svg 1.1
FDP Dirk Weissleder12,9827.2Increase2.svg 3.722,00412.1Increase2.svg 3.6
Greens Dorota Szymanska12,5336.9Increase2.svg 2.818,93610.4Increase2.svg 2.7
Left Gerhard-Walter Schulz11,9766.6Increase2.svg 3.313,9087.7Increase2.svg 4.0
Pirates  3,5281.9
NPD Karin Hollack2,8531.6Increase2.svg 0.12,5341.4Steady2.svg 0.0
RRPWalter Heinrich Christian Mehring1,4220.81,7671.0
Tierschutzpartei  1,5130.8Increase2.svg 0.2
Independent Jorg Böttcher5020.3
ÖDP  2480.1
DVU  1810.1
MLPD  530.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes2,2582,005
Total valid votes181,056181,309
Turnout 183,31476.6Decrease2.svg 5.5
SPD holdMajority7,6424.2Decrease2.svg 11.1

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