Aurich – Emden

Aurich – Emden 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 24. It is located in northwestern Lower Saxony, comprising the city of Emden and the district of Aurich.[1]

24 Aurich – Emden
Former electoral district
for the Bundestag
Aurich – Emden in 2013
StateLower Saxony
Population239,900 (2015)
Electorate191,541 (2017)
Major settlementsEmden
Aurich
Norden
Area1,396.3 km2
Former electoral district
Created1949
1980 (re-established)
Abolished1965
PartySPD
MemberJohann Saathoff
Elected2013, 2017

Aurich – Emden was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. It was abolished in 1965 and re-established in the 1980 federal election. Since 2013, it has been represented by Johann Saathoff of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]

Geography

Aurich – Emden is located in northwestern Lower Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Emden and the district of Aurich.[1]

History

Aurich – Emden was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Lower Saxony constituency 1. From 1953 to 1965, it was constituency number 23. Originally, it comprised the city of Emden and the districts of Aurich and Norden, the latter of which was incorporated into the former in 1977.

Aurich – Emden was abolished in the 1965 election. The city of Emden and the Norden district became part of the Emden – Leer constituency, while the Aurich district became part of the Wilhelmshaven constituency.

Aurich – Emden was re-established in the 1980 election. Thereafter, it was constituency 19. In the 1998 election, it became constituency 25; it has been constituency 24 since the 2013 election. Its borders have not changed since its re-establishment.

Members

The constituency has been held continuously by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) throughout both its incarnations. It is a traditional stronghold of the SPD, often one of the party's safest constituencies. Its first representative was Georg Peters, who served from 1949 until the constituency's abolition in 1965. After its re-establishment, it was won by Carl Ewen, who represented it until 1994. He was succeeded by Jann-Peter Janssen, who served until 2005; he was in turn succeeded by Garrelt Duin. Johann Saathoff was elected in 2013, and re-elected in 2017.

Election Member Party %
1949 Georg Peters SPD 35.5
1953 43.0
1957 48.6
1961 48.6
Abolished (1965–1980)
1980 Carl Ewen SPD 62.4
1983 57.1
1987 58.7
1990 56.9
1994 Jann-Peter Janssen SPD 57.1
1998 59.6
2002 61.4
2005 Garrelt Duin SPD 58.3
2009 44.4
2013 Johann Saathoff SPD 50.3
2017 49.6

Election results

2017 election
Federal election (2017): Aurich – Emden[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 Y Johann Saathoff 69,231 49.6 0.7 53,353 37.8 6.0
CDU Reinhard Hegewald 38,531 27.6 4.8 39,552 28.0 4.4
AfD   12,877 9.1 6.0
Green Garrelt Agena 9,787 7.0 2.6 10,503 7.4 0.9
Left Marcus Stahl 9,403 6.7 1.9 10,142 7.2 2.2
FDP Uwe Ewen 6,882 4.9 3.4 10,079 7.1 3.9
FW Alrich Bartels 3,326 2.4 1.0 760 0.5 0.0
Pirates Michael-Tillmann Berndt 2,304 1.7 568 0.4 1.0
Tierschutzpartei   1,162 0.8 0.0
PARTEI   961 0.7
NPD   357 0.3 0.7
BGE   191 0.1
V-Partei³ 160 0.1
DM 136 0.1
DiB 123 0.1
ÖDP   77 0.1
DKP   35 0.0
MLPD   35 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 3,092 1,605
Total Valid votes 139,584 141,071
Turnout 142,676 74.5 4.2
SPD hold Majority 30,700 22.0 4.0

2013 election
Federal election (2013): Aurich – Emden[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 % ±%
SPD Johann Saathoff 66,348 50.2 5.9 58,080 43.8 5.1
CDU Heiko Schmelzle 42,737 32.4 6.5 43,026 32.5 7.9
Green Thilo Hoppe 12,627 9.6 1.5 11,028 8.3 2.1
Left Marco Notman 6,373 4.8 5.3 6,588 5.0 6.5
FDP Stephan Bünting 2,085 1.6 5.6 4,323 3.3 7.2
AfD   4,136 3.1
Pirates   1,900 1.4 0.1
FW Klaus Klitzsch 1,869 1.4 713 0.5
NPD   1,259 0.9 0.4
Tierschutzpartei   1,065 0.8 0.0
PBC 160 0.1
REP   110 0.1
PRO 109 0.1
MLPD   35 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 2,217 1,724
Total Valid votes 132,039 132,532
Turnout 134,256 70.3 0.3
SPD hold Majority 23,611 17.8 0.8

2009 election
Federal election (2009): Aurich – Emden[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 % ±%
SPD Y Garrelt Duin 57,876 44.4 13.9 50,682 38.8 17.1
CDU Reinhard Hegewald 33,706 25.8 1.3 32,155 24.6 0.3
Left Martin Heilemann 13,213 10.1 6.2 14,978 11.5 7.0
Green Thilo Hoppe 14,451 11.1 4.9 13,641 10.4 4.2
FDP Cornelia Debus 9,314 7.1 4.0 13,619 10.4 4.2
Pirates   2,015 1.5
NPD Horst Wagener 1,886 1.4 0.3 1,712 1.3 0.2
Tierschutzpartei   1,042 0.8 0.2
RRP 642 0.5
DVU   123 0.1
ÖDP   123 0.1
MLPD   32 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 2,439 2,121
Total Valid votes 130,446 130,764
Turnout 132,885 70.0 7.2
SPD hold Majority 24,170 18.5 12.7

References
  1. "Constituency Aurich – Emden". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Aurich – Emden". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. Results for Aurich – Emden
  4. Results for Aurich – Emden
  5. Results for Aurich – Emden
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