Stadt Hannover II

Stadt Hannover II (English: Hanover City 2) 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 42. It is located in central Lower Saxony, comprising the southern part of the city of Hanover.

42 Stadt Hannover II
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Stadt Hannover II in 2025
State	Lower Saxony
Population	276,800 (2019)
Electorate	190,336 (2017)
Major settlements	Hanover (partial)
Area	91.4 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	SPD
Member	Yasmin Fahimi
Elected	2017, 2021

Stadt Hannover II was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Yasmin Fahimi of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).

Geography

Stadt Hannover II is located in central Lower Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the northern part of the city of Hanover, specifically the districts of Ahlem-Badenstedt-Davenstedt, Döhren-Wülfel, Mitte (excluding Oststadt and Zoo), Herrenhausen-Stöcken (only Herrenhausen), Kirchrode-Bemerode-Wülferode, Linden-Limmer, Nord (only Nordstadt), Ricklingen, and Südstadt-Bult.

History

Stadt Hannover II was created in 1949, then known as Stadt Hannover-Süd. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was named Hannover II. It acquired its current name in the 1980 election. In the inaugural Bundestag election, it was Lower Saxony constituency 19 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 41. From 1965 through 1998, it was number 37. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 42. In the 2009 election, it was number 43. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 42.

Originally, the constituency comprised the city quarters of Badenstedt, Döhren, Wülfel, Kirchrode, Kleefeld, Limmer, Linden, and Ricklingen. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it comprised the area of the city south of the Seelze–Hannover Hauptbahnhof–Lehrte railway line. It acquired its current borders in the 1980 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	19	Stadt Hannover-Süd	Hanover city (only Badenstedt, Döhren, Wülfel, Kirchrode, Kleefeld, Limmer, Linden, and Ricklingen quarters)
1953	41
1957
1961
1965	37	Hannover II	Hanover city (only the area south of the Seelze–Hannover Hauptbahnhof–Lehrte railway line)
1969
1972
1976
1980		Stadt Hannover II	Hanover city (only Ahlem-Badenstedt-Davenstedt, Döhren-Wülfel, Mitte (excluding Oststadt and Zoo), Herrenhausen-Stöcken (only Herrenhausen), Kirchrode-Bemerode-Wülferode, Linden-Limmer, Nord (only Nordstadt), Ricklingen, and Südstadt-Bult districts)
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	42
2005
2009	43
2013	42
2017
2021
2025

Members

The constituency has been held continuously by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) since its creation. Its first representative was Kurt Schumacher, the first post-war leader of the SPD, who served from 1949 until his death in 1952. Ernst Winter won the resulting by-election, and served less than a year before being succeeded by new SPD leader Erich Ollenhauer in the 1953 federal election. He served until his death in 1963. Helmut Rohde was elected in the 1965 election, and served until 1987. He was succeeded by Edelgard Bulmahn. In 2017, she was succeeded by Yasmin Fahimi, who was re-elected in 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Kurt Schumacher	SPD	55.1
	1952	Ernst Winter	SPD	59.8
	1953	Erich Ollenhauer	SPD	51.9
	1957			52.1
	1961			53.9
	1965	Helmut Rohde	SPD	51.0
	1969			57.2
	1972			59.8
	1976			54.6
	1980			53.3
	1983			49.1
	1987	Edelgard Bulmahn	SPD	46.3
	1990			44.0
	1994			45.1
	1998			53.6
	2002			56.3
	2005			54.3
	2009			39.6
	2013			42.8
	2017	Yasmin Fahimi	SPD	33.7
	2021			32.9

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Stadt Hannover II
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 Yasmin Fahimi		46,929	32.9	0.8	40,116	28.2	2.5
	Greens	Sven-Christian Kindler		37,779	26.5	15.3	41,976	29.5	14.6
	CDU	Diana Rieck-Vogt		26,196	18.4	10.6	22,537	15.8	8.6
	FDP	Knut Gerschau		9,538	6.7	1.2	13,288	9.3	0.6
	Left	Parwaneh Bokah		7,390	5.2	4.1	8,831	6.2	5.8
	AfD	Reinhard Hirche		6,476	4.5	2.6	6,753	4.7	2.8
	PARTEI	Juli Klippert		2,428	1.7	1.1	1,705	1.2	0.8
	Human Environment Animal Protection	Christian Wulff		1,937	1.4		1,479	1.0	0.1
	dieBasis	Niels Heinrich		1,568	1.1		1,440	1.0
	Team Todenhöfer						1,070	0.8
	Volt						931	0.7
	Pirates	Thomas Ganskow		979	0.7	0.3	759	0.5	0.1
	FW	Andreas Hey		875	0.6		698	0.5	0.3
	Humanists	Eduard Kirschmann		287	0.2		199	0.1
	V-Partei3						189	0.1	0.1
	ÖDP						122	0.1	0.0
	du.						109	0.1
	DKP						89	0.1	0.0
	MLPD	Käthe Kleffel		146	0.1	0.1	70	0.0	0.0
	NPD						59	0.0	0.1
	LKR						20	0.0
Informal votes				1,184			1,262
Total valid votes				142,528			142,450
Turnout				143,712	75.5	1.5
	SPD hold		Majority	9,150	6.4	2.3

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Stadt Hannover II
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	Yasmin Fahimi		49,744	33.7	9.1	37,964	25.6	9.0
	CDU	Ursula von der Leyen		42,713	28.9	4.9	36,203	24.4	5.5
	Greens	Sven-Christian Kindler		16,486	11.2	1.0	22,079	14.9	0.6
	Left	Parwaneh Bokah		13,775	9.3	3.1	17,823	12.0	4.0
	AfD	Herbert Klever		10,590	7.2	4.4	11,241	7.6	4.2
	FDP	Ulla Ihnen		8,165	5.5	4.1	14,735	9.9	5.7
	PARTEI	Julian Klippert		4,168	2.8		2,966	2.0
	Pirates	Thomas Ganskow		1,516	1.0	1.1	968	0.7	1.6
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,342	0.9	0.1
	DM						512	0.3
	BGE						489	0.3
	DiB						470	0.3
	FW						355	0.2	0.0
	V-Partei³						306	0.2
	ÖDP						186	0.1
	NPD						186	0.1	0.4
	MLPD	Kurt-Peter Kleffel		235	0.2		127	0.1	0.0
	DKP	Sabine Huppert		232	0.2		139	0.1
Informal votes				1,407			940
Total valid votes				147,624			148,091
Turnout				149,031	77.0	3.9
	SPD hold		Majority	7,031	4.8	4.1

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Stadt Hannover II
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 Edelgard Bulmahn		59,686	42.8	3.2	48,292	34.7	4.9
	CDU	Ursula von der Leyen		47,180	33.9	1.8	41,684	29.9	5.6
	Greens	Sven-Christian Kindler		14,229	10.2	1.2	21,559	15.5	2.3
	Left	Jörn Jan Leidecker		8,657	6.2	3.1	11,129	8.0	2.6
	AfD	Jörn König		3,802	2.7		4,749	3.4
	Pirates	Christian Szymanek		2,937	2.1		3,113	2.2	0.9
	FDP	Patrick Döring		2,050	1.5	4.8	5,983	4.3	7.3
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,171	0.8	0.0
	NPD	Karin Hollack		803	0.6	0.6	736	0.5	0.5
	FW						398	0.3
	PRO						155	0.1
	PBC						146	0.1
	MLPD						95	0.1	0.0
	REP						80	0.1
Informal votes				1,871			1,925
Total valid votes				139,344			139,290
Turnout				141,215	73.1	0.6
	SPD hold		Majority	12,506	8.9	1.4

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Stadt Hannover II
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 Edelgard Bulmahn		55,068	39.6	14.7	41,482	29.8	15.3
	CDU	Ursula von der Leyen		44,534	32.1	1.7	33,872	24.3	1.0
	Greens	Maaret Westphely		15,797	11.4	4.6	24,705	17.7	3.9
	Left	Heidrun Dittrich		12,886	9.3	5.0	14,786	10.6	5.2
	FDP	Patrick Döring		8,657	6.2	3.1	16,098	11.6	3.6
	Pirates						4,368	3.1
	NPD	Wilfried Aldag		1,573	1.1	0.0	1,411	1.0	0.0
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,106	0.8	0.3
	RRP						887	0.6
	Independent	Gerd Weiland		417	0.3
	ÖDP						221	0.2
	MLPD						137	0.1	0.0
	DVU						122	0.1
Informal votes				1,655			1,392
Total valid votes				138,932			139,195
Turnout				140,587	73.8	4.7
	SPD hold		Majority	10,534	7.6	16.3