Friesland – Wilhelmshaven – Wittmund

Friesland – Wilhelmshaven – Wittmund 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 26. It is located in northwestern Lower Saxony, comprising the city of Wilhelmshaven and the districts of Friesland and Wittmund.[1]

26 Friesland – Wilhelmshaven – Wittmund
electoral district
for the Bundestag
Friesland – Wilhelmshaven – Wittmund in 2013
StateLower Saxony
Population231,100 (2015)
Electorate189,344 (2017)
Major settlementsWilhelmshaven
Wittmund
Area1,371.1 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
PartySPD
MemberSiemtje Möller
Elected2017

Friesland – Wilhelmshaven – Wittmund was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Siemtje Möller of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]

Geography

Friesland – Wilhelmshaven – Wittmund is located in northwestern Lower Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Wilhelmshaven and the entirety of the districts of Friesland and Wittmund.[1]

History

Unterems was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Lower Saxony constituency 3. For the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was constituency 25 in the numbering system. From 1965 through 1998, it was constituency 21; from 2002 through 2009, it was constituency 27. Since the 2013 election, it has been constituency 26.

Originally, it comprised the city of Wilhelmshaven and the district of Friesland. At this time, it was named Wilhelmshaven – Friesland. In the 1965 election, the constituency gained the districts of Aurich and Wittmund, while losing the municipalities of Bockhorn, Neuenburg, Sande, Varel, Varel-Land, and Zetel, which were transferred to the Oldenburg constituency. Due to administrative reforms, in the 1976 election, it lost the municipality of Gödens.

In the 1980 election, the constituency was renamed to Friesland – Wilhelmshaven, and gained the municipality of Sande. The municipalities of Bockhorn, Varel, and Zetel also returned to the constituency in the 2002 election. In the 2013 election, it acquired its current name of Friesland – Wilhelmshaven – Wittmund.

Election No. Name Borders
1949 3 Wilhelmshaven – Friesland
1953 25
1957
1961
1965 21
1969
1972
1976
1980 Friesland – Wilhelmshaven
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 27
2005
2009
2013 26 Friesland – Wilhelmshaven – Wittmund
2017
2021

Members

The constituency has been held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) during all but three Bundestag terms since 1949; it has returned a representative from the SPD in every federal election since 1969. Its first representative was Johann Cramer of the SPD, who served a single term from 1949 to 1953. In 1953, the constituency was won by Hellmuth Heye of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), who served until 1961. Cramer won the constituency back for the SPD in 1961, but Felix von Eckardt of the CDU won it in 1965. Cramer again won the constituency in 1969, and served a third term. He was succeeded by Herbert Ehrenberg in 1972, who served until 1990. Gabriele Iwersen served from 1990 to 2002, followed by Karin Evers-Meyer from 2002 to 2017. Siemtje Möller won the constituency in 2017.

Election Member Party %
1949 Johann Cramer SPD 32.6
1953 Hellmuth Heye CDU 37.8
1957 43.2
1961 Johann Cramer SPD 44.3
1965 Felix von Eckardt CDU 44.5
1969 Johann Cramer SPD 48.3
1972 Herbert Ehrenberg SPD 57.2
1976 53.8
1980 54.6
1983 47.2
1987 48.1
1990 Gabriele Iwersen SPD 43.6
1994 47.9
1998 53.3
2002 Karin Evers-Meyer SPD 54.8
2005 50.4
2009 39.9
2013 44.1
2017 Siemtje Möller SPD 39.7

Election results

2017 election
Federal election (2017): Friesland – Wilhelmshaven – Wittmund[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 Siemtje Möller 54,504 39.7 4.5 42,207 30.7 5.6
CDU Hans-Werner Kammer 44,537 32.4 7.2 45,098 32.8 5.6
AfD Achim Postert 11,392 8.3 12,490 9.1 4.9
Left Holger Onken 8,127 5.9 0.8 9,738 7.1 1.9
FDP Hendrik Theemann 8,074 5.9 3.6 12,958 9.4 5.1
Green Victor Alexander von Fintel 7,542 5.5 0.1 9,984 6.3 0.1
PARTEI Andreas Tönjes 1,749 1.3 1,216 0.9
Tierschutzpartei   1,423 1.0 0.1
FW Udo Striess-Grubert 1,236 0.9 1.0 880 0.6 0.2
NPD   389 0.3 0.6
Pirates   377 0.3 1.2
MLPD Conrad-Lüder von Petz 182 0.1 93 0.1 0.0
DM 177 0.1
BGE   175 0.1
V-Partei³ 150 0.1
DiB 121 0.1
ÖDP   90 0.1
DKP   30 0.0
Informal votes 1,810 1,557
Total Valid votes 137,343 137,596
Turnout 139,153 73.5 2.9
SPD hold Majority 9,967 7.3 2.9

2013 election
Federal election (2013): Friesland – Wilhelmshaven – Wittmund[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 Y Karin Evers-Meyer 58,178 44.1 4.3 48,011 36.3 5.2
CDU Hans-Werner Kammer 52,275 39.7 7.2 50,796 38.4 8.8
Green V. Alexander von Fintel 7,362 5.6 1.9 9,731 7.3 1.8
Left Ralph T. Niemeyer 6,736 5.1 4.2 6,814 5.1 5.2
FDP Lübbo Meppen 3,024 2.3 7.1 5,670 4.3 10.4
AfD   5,479 4.1
FW Udo Striess-Grubert 2,538 1.9 1,106 0.8
Pirates   2,007 1.5 0.4
NPD Sebastian Weist 1,680 1.3 0.2 1,206 0.9 0.3
Tierschutzpartei   1,194 0.9 0.1
PRO 149 0.1
REP   87 0.1
PBC 82 0.1
MLPD   70 0.1 0.0
Informal votes 2,369 1,760
Total Valid votes 131,793 132,402
Turnout 134,162 70.6 0.9
SPD hold Majority 5,903 4.4 3.1

2009 election
Federal election (2009): Friesland – Wilhelmshaven[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 Karin Evers-Meyer 51,851 39.9 10.6 40,610 31.0 15.6
CDU Hans-Werner Kammer 42,211 32.4 1.3 38,728 29.6 0.9
FDP Lübbo Meppen 12,283 9.4 4.4 19,204 14.7 5.8
Left Anja Kindo 12,055 9.3 5.1 13,572 10.4 5.5
Green Peter Sokolowski 9,794 7.5 3.7 12,009 9.2 3.3
Pirates   2,452 1.9
NPD Werner Klawun 1,911 1.5 0.2 1,570 1.2 0.3
Tierschutzpartei   1,277 1.0 0.2
RRP 1,071 0.8
ÖDP   112 0.1
DVU   106 0.1
MLPD   85 0.1 0.0
Informal votes 2,630 1,939
Total Valid votes 130,105 130,796
Turnout 132,735 69.7 7.1
SPD hold Majority 9,640 7.4 9.2

References
  1. "Constituency Friesland – Wilhelmshaven – Wittmund". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Friesland – Wilhelmshaven – Wittmund". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. Results for Friesland – Wilhelmshaven – Wittmund
  4. Results for Friesland – Wilhelmshaven – Wittmund
  5. Results for Friesland – Wilhelmshaven
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