Delmenhorst – Wesermarsch – Oldenburg-Land

Delmenhorst – Wesermarsch – Oldenburg-Land 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 28. It is located in northwestern Lower Saxony, comprising the city of Delmenhorst and the districts of Wesermarsch and Landkreis Oldenburg.[1]

28 Delmenhorst – Wesermarsch – Oldenburg-Land
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Delmenhorst – Wesermarsch – Oldenburg-Land in 2025
StateLower Saxony
Population297,000 (2019)
Electorate226,827 (2021)
Major settlementsDelmenhorst
Wildeshausen
Brake
Area1,952.1 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
PartySPD
MemberSusanne Mittag
Elected2021

Delmenhorst – Wesermarsch – Oldenburg-Land was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Susanne Mittag of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]

Geography

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Delmenhorst – Wesermarsch – Oldenburg-Land is located in northwestern Lower Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Delmenhorst and the entirety of the districts of Wesermarsch and Landkreis Oldenburg.[1]

History

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Delmenhorst – Wesermarsch – Oldenburg-Land was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Lower Saxony constituency 7. For the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was constituency 29 in the numbering system. From 1965 through 1998, it was constituency 23; from 2002 through 2009, it was constituency 29. Since the 2013 election, it has been constituency 28.

Originally, it comprised the city of Oldenburg, the district of Wesermarsch, and the municipalities of Dötlingen, Ganderkesee, Hasbergen, Hude, Schönemoor, Stuhr and Wildeshausen from Landkreis Oldenburg. At this time, it was named Delmenhorst – Wesermarsch. Due to administrative reforms, in the 1976 election, it gained the former municipality of Wüsting. In the 1980 election, the constituency gained the entirety of Landkreis Oldenburg. In the 1987 election, it was renamed to Delmenhorst – Wesermarsch – Oldenburg-Land.

Election No. Name Borders
1949 7 Delmenhorst – Wesermarsch
1953 29
1957
1961
1965 23
1969
1972
1976
1980
1983
1987 Delmenhorst – Wesermarsch – Oldenburg-Land
1990
1994
1998
2002 29
2005
2009
2013 28
2017
2021
2025

Members

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The constituency was held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from its creation in 1949 until 1953, during which time it was represented by Fritz Ohlig. It was won by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in 1957, and represented by Hermann Ehlers (until 1957) and then J. Hermann Siemer. In 1961, it was won by the SPD candidate Heinrich Müller, who served for one term. Siemer won the constituency back for the CDU in the following election, but Müller returned again in 1969 and served three terms. He was succeeded in 1980 by fellow SPD candidate Margitta Terborg, who served until 1998. Holger Ortel then held the constituency for the SPD until 2009. CDU candidate Astrid Grotelüschen won in 2009, and was re-elected in 2013 and 2017. Susanne Mittag regained it for the SPD in 2021.

Election Member Party %
1949 Fritz Ohlig SPD 31.7
1953 Hermann Ehlers CDU 53.8
1957 J. Hermann Siemer CDU 38.7
1961 Heinrich Müller SPD 41.6
1965 J. Hermann Siemer CDU 42.6
1969 Heinrich Müller SPD 47.9
1972 57.7
1976 51.5
1980 Margitta Terborg SPD 51.4
1983 46.7
1987 48.8
1990 45.4
1994 48.3
1998 Holger Ortel SPD 55.0
2002 53.8
2005 50.1
2009 Astrid Grotelüschen CDU 35.3
2013 39.8
2017 34.1
2021 Susanne Mittag SPD 36.7

Election results

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2021 election

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Federal election (2021): Delmenhorst – Wesermarsch – Oldenburg-Land[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 % ±%
SPD Susanne Mittag 59,377 36.7   3.8 55,621 34.3   6.1
CDU Philipp Albrecht 40,410 24.9   9.2 36,649 22.6   10.9
Greens Christina-Johanne Schröder 21,202 13.1   5.4 23,973 14.8   6.8
FDP Christian Dürr 17,278 10.7   1.6 18,571 11.5   1.3
AfD Adam Golkontt 11,999 7.4   1.6 12,987 8.0   1.7
Left Christian Suhr 4,931 3.0   3.1 5,046 3.1   3.7
Tierschutzpartei   2,310 1.4   0.5
PARTEI Kevin Laukenings 2,600 1.6 1,545 1.0   0.2
FW Dieter Holsten 2,165 1.3   0.2 1,555 1.0   0.3
dieBasis Frank-Rüdiger Halt 1,905 1.2 1,698 1.0
Pirates   598 0.4   0.0
Team Todenhöfer   590 0.4
Volt   347 0.2
NPD   150 0.1   0.2
Humanists   134 0.1
V-Partei3   108 0.1   0.1
ÖDP   87 0.1   0.0
du.   83 0.1
LKR Thomas Rappers 105 0.1 57 0.0
DKP   26 0.0   0.0
MLPD   23 0.0   0.0
Informal votes 1,781 1,595
Total valid votes 161,972 162,158
Turnout 163,753 72.2   2.6
SPD gain from CDU Majority 18,967 11.8

2017 election

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Federal election (2017): Delmenhorst – Wesermarsch – Oldenburg-Land[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 Astrid Grotelüschen 57,390 34.1   5.6 56,526 33.5   5.5
SPD Susanne Mittag 55,326 32.9   6.5 47,622 28.2   5.9
FDP Christian Dürr 15,208 9.0   5.8 17,076 10.1   5.1
AfD Herbert Sobierei 15,122 9.0   5.7 16,392 9.7   5.8
Greens Christina-Johanne Schröder 12,933 7.7   1.6 13,525 8.0   0.1
Left Manuel Paschke 10,262 6.1   1.6 11,567 6.9   1.4
FW Johann Holsten 1,987 1.2   0.4 1,094 0.6   0.0
Tierschutzpartei   1,498 0.9   0.0
PARTEI   1,302 0.8
Pirates   605 0.4   1.2
NPD   449 0.3   0.7
DM 308 0.2
BGE   235 0.1
V-Partei³ 227 0.1
DiB 157 0.1
ÖDP   154 0.1
MLPD   46 0.0   0.0
DKP   36 0.0
Informal votes 1,966 1,375
Total valid votes 168,228 168,819
Turnout 170,194 74.7   3.3
CDU hold Majority 2,064 1.2   0.9

2013 election

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Federal election (2013): Delmenhorst – Wesermarsch – Oldenburg-Land[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  Y Astrid Grotelüschen 63,832 39.7   4.5 62,620 38.9   7.8
SPD Susanne Mittag 63,256 39.4   4.7 54,848 34.1   5.4
Greens Dragos Pancescu 9,784 6.1   3.0 13,059 8.1   2.4
Left Thomas Bartsch 7,273 4.5   4.1 8,814 5.5   4.5
AfD Christian Pothin 5,292 3.3 6,359 4.0
FDP Angelika Brunkhorst 5,263 3.3   6.9 8,035 5.0   9.5
Pirates Andreas Neugebauer 2,747 1.7 2,577 1.6   0.2
NPD Dennis Dormuth 1,655 1.0   0.4 1,612 1.0   0.3
Tierschutzpartei   1,390 0.9   0.1
FW Arnold Hansen 1,299 0.8 1,072 0.7
RRP Harry Kowitz 238 0.1   0.6
PRO 183 0.1
REP   97 0.1
PBC 80 0.0
MLPD   41 0.0   0.0
Informal votes 2,059 1,911
Total valid votes 160,639 160,787
Turnout 162,698 71.4   0.1
CDU hold Majority 576 0.3   0.3

2009 election

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Federal election (2009): Delmenhorst – Wesermarsch – Oldenburg-Land[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  Y or  N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Astrid Grotelüschen 56,273 35.3   0.9 49,810 31.2   2.4
SPD  N Holger Ortel 55,374 34.7   15.4 45,895 28.7   17.5
FDP Angelika Brunkhorst 16,163 10.1   5.1 23,109 14.5   4.1
Greens Werner Köhler 14,446 9.1   4.3 16,731 10.5   3.3
Left Edgar di Benedetto 13,751 8.6   4.6 15,906 10.0   5.1
Pirates   2,879 1.8
NPD Florian Cordes 2,346 1.5   0.2 2,009 1.3   0.0
Tierschutzpartei   1,519 1.0   0.3
RRP Brigitte Ottilie Kaiser 1,261 0.8 1,506 0.9
ÖDP   179 0.1
DVU   171 0.1
MLPD   49 0.0   0.0
Informal votes 1,970 1,821
Total valid votes 159,614 159,763
Turnout 161,584 71.4   6.7
CDU gain from SPD Majority 899 0.6

References

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  1. ^ a b "Constituency Delmenhorst – Wesermarsch – Oldenburg-Land". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. ^ "Results for Delmenhorst – Wesermarsch – Oldenburg-Land". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. ^ Results for Delmenhorst – Wesermarsch – Oldenburg-Land
  4. ^ Results for Delmenhorst – Wesermarsch – Oldenburg-Land
  5. ^ Results for Delmenhorst – Wesermarsch – Oldenburg-Land
  6. ^ Results for Delmenhorst – Wesermarsch – Oldenburg-Land