Lübeck (electoral district)

Lübeck 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 11. It is located in southern Schleswig-Holstein, comprising the city of Lübeck and parts of the Herzogtum Lauenburg district.

11 Lübeck
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Lübeck in 2025
State	Schleswig-Holstein
Population	235,600 (2019)
Electorate	179,394 (2021)
Major settlements	Lübeck
Area	406.3 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	SPD
Member	Tim Klüssendorf
Elected	2021

Lübeck was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Tim Klüssendorf of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).

Geography

Lübeck is located in southern Schleswig-Holstein. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the urban district of Lübeck and the Ämter of Berkenthin and former Amt of Sandesneben from the Herzogtum Lauenburg district.

History

Lübeck was created in 1949. Until 1972, it was constituency 9 in the numbering system. In the 1949 and 1953 elections, it covered the entirety of the city of Lübeck with the exception of voting districts 28, 30–33, 35–42, 52–55, 57–59, 140–143, and 151–161). In the 1957 and 1961 elections, it did not cover voting districts 26, 28–33, 35–43, 45–49, 52–57, 145–148, 150–153, 155, 156, 158, and 160. In the 1965 election, it acquired constituency number 11, and its borders were coterminous with the urban district of Lübeck, which remained until the 2002 election. At this election, the Ämter of Berkenthin and Sandesneben were transferred into the Lübeck constituency; the Amt of Sandesneben was abolished in 2008, but the constituency was not geographically affected.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	9	Lübeck	Lübeck city (excluding voting districts 28, 30–33, 35–42, 52–55, 57–59, 140–143, and 151–161)
1953
1957			Lübeck city (excluding voting districts 26, 28–33, 35–43, 45–49, 52–57, 145–148, 150–153, 155, 156, 158, and 160)
1961
1965	11		Lübeck city
1969
1972
1976
1980
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002			Lübeck city Herzogtum Lauenburg district (only Berkenthin Amt and former Sandesneben Amt)
2005
2009
2013
2017
2021
2025

Members

The constituency has been held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) during all but five Bundestag terms since 1949; it returned a representative from the SPD in every federal election from 1969 through 2013. Its first representative was Paul Bromme of the SPD, who served for a single term. The constituency was won by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in 1953, and represented by Paul Bock (until 1957) and Helmut Wendelborn. It was won by the SPD in 1969, and represented by future Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein Björn Engholm until 1983. He was succeeded by Reinhold Hiller, who served until 2002. Between then and 2017, it was represented by Gabriele Hiller-Ohm. It was held by Claudia Schmidtke of the CDU for one term before SPD candidate Tim Klüssendorf regained it in 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Paul Bromme	SPD	35.8
	1953	Paul Bock	CDU	42.3
	1957	Helmut Wendelborn	CDU	52.3
	1961			43.5
	1965			47.7
	1969	Björn Engholm	SPD	49.9
	1972			58.8
	1976			54.1
	1980			55.7
	1983	Reinhold Hiller	SPD	48.6
	1987			46.3
	1990			43.1
	1994			45.7
	1998			51.3
	2002	Gabriele Hiller-Ohm	SPD	50.8
	2005			49.7
	2009			36.7
	2013			40.7
	2017	Claudia Schmidtke	CDU	35.3
	2021	Tim Klüssendorf	SPD	34.1

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Lübeck
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	Tim Klüssendorf		44,315	34.1	0.3	39,704	30.5	5.1
	CDU	N Claudia Schmidtke		28,266	21.8	13.5	23,628	18.1	11.3
	Greens	Bruno Hönel		27,809	21.4	8.4	29,229	22.4	9.7
	FDP	Heike Stegemann		9,700	7.5	1.0	13,626	10.5	0.4
	AfD	David Jenniches		8,538	6.6	2.1	8,827	6.8	2.1
	Left	Emil Tankacheyev		4,020	3.1		5,785	4.4	5.0
	SSW						1,666	1.3
	Tierschutzpartei						1,495	1.1
	PARTEI	Alexander Schacht		2,193	1.7		1,329	1.0	0.4
	FW	Gregor Voht		1,788	1.4	0.6	1,296	1.0	0.2
	dieBasis	Uta Kemper		1,594	1.2		1,531	1.2
	Team Todenhöfer						663	0.5
	Volt	Fabio Sánchez Copano		765	0.6		550	0.4
	Humanists						196	0.2
	The Homeland						166	0.1	0.1
	ÖDP						134	0.1	0.1
	V-Partei3						122	0.1
	du.	Jennifer Wobusa		298	0.2		106	0.1
	Independent	Thorsten Kerkhoff		220	0.2
	MLPD	Lüder Möller		189	0.1	0.6	71	0.1	0.1
	DKP	Wilfried Emil Link		91	0.1		46	0.0
	LKR	Lutz Nielsen		89	0.1		67	0.1
Informal votes				1,580			1,218
Total valid votes				129,875			130,237
Turnout				131,455	73.3	1.2
	SPD gain from CDU		Majority	16,049	12.3

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Lübeck
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	Claudia Schmidtke		45,432	35.3	1.2	38,263	29.5	4.8
	SPD	N Gabriele Hiller-Ohm		43,578	33.9	6.8	32,919	25.4	8.8
	Greens	Thorsten Fürter		16,785	13.0	5.3	16,568	12.7	1.7
	AfD	Hans-Eberhard Knust		11,137	8.7	5.3	11,539	8.9	4.6
	FDP	Timo Jeguschke		8,312	6.5	4.1	14,097	10.9	6.1
	Left						12,213	9.4	2.9
	FW	Ingo Voht		2,535	2.0	1.1	1,091	0.8	0.2
	PARTEI						1,850	1.4
	MLPD	Lüder Möller		954	0.7		162	0.1	0.0
	BGE						475	0.4
	The Homeland						351	0.3	0.5
	ÖDP						266	0.2
Informal votes				2,228			1,167
Total valid votes				128,733			129,794
Turnout				130,961	72.1	3.5
	CDU gain from SPD		Majority	1,854	1.4

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Lübeck
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 Gabriele Hiller-Ohm		50,119	40.7	4.0	42,083	34.1	4.0
	CDU	Alexandra Dinges-Dierig		44,896	36.5	6.1	42,218	34.2	7.1
	Greens	Spyridon Aslanidis		9,475	7.7	3.9	13,638	11.1	2.8
	Left	Jens Schulz		6,662	5.4	3.7	7,970	6.5	3.4
	AfD	Christoph Elfenkämper		4,152	3.4		5,323	4.3
	FDP	Gerrit Koch		2,958	2.4	8.6	5,857	4.8	9.4
	Pirates	Moritz von Allwörden		2,825	2.3		2,994	2.4	0.1
	FW	Thomas Misch		1,113	0.9		781	0.6
	The Homeland	Kai Otzen		948	0.8	0.5	974	0.8	0.4
	Tierschutzpartei						918	0.7
	Rentner						422	0.3	0.6
	MLPD						93	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,563			1,440
Total valid votes				123,148			123,271
Turnout				124,711	68.6	0.5
	SPD hold		Majority	5,223	4.2	2.2

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Lübeck
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 Gabriele Hiller-Ohm		44,393	36.7	13.0	36,578	30.1	13.2
	CDU	Anke Eymer		36,745	30.3	5.3	32,970	27.2	4.0
	Greens	Volker Koß		14,098	11.6	7.3	16,764	13.8	4.6
	FDP	Wilhelm Melchers		13,296	11.0	7.5	17,173	14.2	5.8
	Left	Sascha Thomas		10,973	9.1	4.9	12,002	9.9	4.3
	Pirates						3,010	2.5
	The Homeland	Thomas Wulff		1,595	1.3	0.3	1,412	1.2	0.1
	Rentner						1,197	1.0
	DVU						144	0.1
	MLPD						90	0.1	0.0
Informal votes				3,524			3,284
Total valid votes				121,100			121,340
Turnout				124,624	69.1	4.7
	SPD hold		Majority	7,648	6.3	7.8