Stadt Osnabrück

Stadt Osnabrück 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 39. It is located in western Lower Saxony, comprising the independent city of Osnabrück.[1]

39 Stadt Osnabrück
electoral district
for the Bundestag
Stadt Osnabrück in 2013
StateLower Saxony
Population254,900 (2015)
Electorate196,720 (2017)
Major settlementsOsnabrück
Area325.3 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
PartyCDU
MemberMathias Middelberg
Elected2009, 2013, 2017

Stadt Osnabrück was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2009, it has been represented by Mathias Middelberg of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]

Geography

Stadt Osnabrück is located in western Lower Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Osnabrück and the municipalities of Belm, Georgsmarienhütte, Hagen am Teutoburger Wald, Hasbergen, and Wallenhorst from the district of Osnabrück.[1]

History

Stadt Osnabrück was created in 1949, then known as Osnabrück-Stadt und -Land. In the 1965 through 1983 elections, it was simply named Osnabrück. It acquired its current name in the 1987 election. In the inaugural Bundestag election, it was Lower Saxony constituency 6 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 28. From 1965 through 1998, it was number 33. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 39. In the 2009 election, it was number 40. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 39.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Osnabrück and the entirety of the district of Osnabrück, which at the time was significantly smaller than its present area. In the 1980 election, it acquired its current borders.

Election No. Name Borders
1949 6 Osnabrück-Stadt und -Land
1953 28
1957
1961
1965 33 Osnabrück
1969
1972
1976
1980
1983
1987 Stadt Osnabrück
1990
1994
1998
2002 39
2005
2009 40
2013 39
2017
2021

Members

The constituency was first held by Anton Storch of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), who served from 1949 until 1965. He was succeeded by fellow CDU member Ferdinand Erpenbeck. In 1972, Alfred Emmerlich of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) won the constituency. In 1976, Karl-Heinz Hornhues of the CDU was elected representative, but Emmerlich won again in 1980. Hornhues was against elected in 1983, and served until 1998. In 1998, Ernst Schwanhold of the SPD won the constituency. He was succeeded by fellow SPD member Martin Schwanholz in 2002. Mathias Middelberg of the CDU was elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2013 and 2017.

Election Member Party %
1949 Anton Storch CDU 35.4
1953 52.1
1957 52.3
1961 47.1
1965 Ferdinand Erpenbeck CDU 50.0
1969 49.0
1972 Alfred Emmerlich SPD 48.7
1976 Karl-Heinz Hornhues CDU 48.8
1980 Alfred Emmerlich SPD 49.4
1983 Karl-Heinz Hornhues CDU 51.0
1987 45.8
1990 47.4
1994 46.8
1998 Ernst Schwanhold SPD 47.8
2002 Martin Schwanholz SPD 45.7
2005 44.1
2009 Mathias Middelberg CDU 38.4
2013 45.7
2017 40.3

Election results

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Stadt Osnabrück[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 % ±%
CDU Y Mathias Middelberg 60,185 40.3 5.4 53,977 35.7 7.3
SPD Antje Schulte-Schoh 47,279 31.6 3.2 37,336 24.7 5.8
Green Günther Westermann 15,108 10.1 1.2 18,353 12.1 1.2
FDP Thomas Thiele 13,353 8.9 6.1 14,309 9.5 5.3
Left Giesela Brandes-Steggewentz 12,521 8.4 4.2 12,759 8.4 3.3
AfD   9,499 6.3 3.6
PARTEI   1,361 0.9
DKP Joachim Bigus 962 0.6 77 0.1
Tierschutzpartei   933 0.6 0.0
Pirates   702 0.5 1.5
BGE   402 0.3
FW   344 0.2 0.1
DiB 264 0.2
DM 232 0.2
NPD   211 0.1 0.3
V-Partei³ 209 0.1
ÖDP   173 0.1
MLPD   28 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 2,699 938
Total Valid votes 149,408 151,169
Turnout 152,107 77.3 3.8
CDU hold Majority 12,906 8.7 2.2

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Stadt Osnabrück[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 Mathias Middelberg 64,416 45.7 7.3 60,754 43.0 9.0
SPD Martin Schwanholz 49,059 34.8 1.8 43,099 30.5 3.8
Green Dorothea Steiner 12,568 8.9 1.1 15,390 10.9 2.1
Left Derk-Olaf Steggewentz 5,840 4.1 2.8 7,188 5.1 3.3
FDP Thomas Thiele 3,934 2.8 7.6 5,874 4.2 9.8
AfD   3,765 2.7
Pirates Kerstin Demuth 3,102 2.2 2,794 2.0 0.2
NPD Helmut Walter 884 0.6 0.0 652 0.5 0.1
FW Robert Kiauka 828 0.6 472 0.3
Tierschutzpartei   815 0.6 0.0
PBC Ralf Gervelmeyer 290 0.2 226 0.2
PRO 88 0.1
REP   49 0.0
MLPD   33 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 1,919 1,641
Total Valid votes 140,921 141,199
Turnout 142,840 73.5 1.1
CDU hold Majority 15,357 10.9 5.5

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Stadt Osnabrück[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 Mathias Middelberg 54,522 38.4 2.1 48,398 34.0 1.7
SPD N Martin Schwanholz 46,979 33.1 11.1 38,000 26.7 13.3
FDP Carl-Ludwig Thiele 14,823 10.4 5.1 19,941 14.0 4.8
Green Dorothea Steiner 14,282 10.0 3.8 18,463 13.0 3.3
Left Maren Kaminski 9,918 7.0 3.8 11,878 8.3 4.7
Pirates   3,168 2.2
NPD Jochim Schnell 945 0.7 0.1 848 0.6 0.1
Tierschutzpartei   880 0.6 0.2
Independent Volker Stöckel 658 0.5
RRP 443 0.3
ÖDP   216 0.2
DVU   88 0.1
MLPD   18 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 1,584 1,370
Total Valid votes 142,127 142,341
Turnout 143,711 74.7 5.6
CDU gain from SPD Majority 7,543 5.3

References

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