Göttingen (electoral district)

Göttingen 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 53. It is located in southern Lower Saxony, comprising most of the Göttingen district.[1]

53 Göttingen
electoral district
for the Bundestag
Göttingen in 2013
StateLower Saxony
Population286,800 (2015)
Electorate220,420 (2017)
Major settlementsGöttingen
Hann. Münden
Duderstadt
Area1,264.0 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
PartySPD
MemberVacant
ElectedN/A

Göttingen was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since October 2020, the constituency has been vacant. It was last represented by Thomas Oppermann of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 2005 until his death.[2]

Geography

Göttingen is located in southern Lower Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the district of Göttingen excluding the municipalities of Bad Grund, Osterode am Harz, and Walkenried, the Samtgemeinde of Hattorf am Harz, and the Harz area.[1]

History

Göttingen was created in 1949, then known as Göttingen – Münden. It acquired its current name in the 1965 election. In the inaugural Bundestag election, it was Lower Saxony constituency 34 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 56. From 1965 through 1998, it was number 49. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 53. In the 2009 election, it was number 54. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 53.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Göttingen and the districts of Göttingen and Münden. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it comprised the districts of Göttingen, Münden, and Duderstadt, and the municipality of Fürstenhagen from the Northeim district. In the 1976 election, it comprised the Göttingen and the municipality of Fürstenhagen from the Northeim district. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it comprised only the district of Göttingen. In the 2002 though 2013 elections, it comprised the district of Göttingen and the municipalities of Bad Lauterberg, Bad Sachsa, and Herzberg am Harz from the district of Osterode. Osterode district was merged into Göttingen ahead of the 2017 election, but the constituency's borders did not change.

Election No. Name Borders
1949 34 Göttingen – Münden
1953 56
1957
1961
1965 49 Göttingen
  • Göttingen district
  • Münden district
  • Duderstadt district
  • Northeim district (only Fürstenhagen municipality)
1969
1972
1976
1980
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 53
2005
2009 54
2013 53
2017
2021

Members

The constituency was first held by Arno Hennig of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), who served from 1949 to 1953. Walter Drechsel of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) was elected in 1953 and served a single term. Franz Blücher, Vice-Chancellor of Germany and former chairman of the FDP, was elected as candidate for the German Party in 1957. He died in 1959, and was succeeded by Günter Frede of the SPD in the 1961 election. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won the constituency in 1965, and Willy Steinmetz served a single term as representative. Günter Wichert was elected in 1969 and served two terms. Fellow SPD member Lothar Curdt served from 1976 to 1983. In 1983, Hans Hugo Klein won the constituency for the CDU, and was succeeded in 1987 by Rita Süssmuth, also of the CDU. Süssmuth served as President of the Bundestag from 1988 to 1998. The SPD regained the constituency with candidate Inge Wettig-Danielmeier in 1998. In 2005, Thomas Oppermann was elected representative. He was re-elected in 2009, 2013, and 2017. Oppermann died in October 2020.

Election Member Party %
1949 Arno Hennig SPD 31.6
1953 Walter Drechsel FDP 54.3
1957 Franz Blücher DP 39.5
1961 Günter Frede SPD 43.0
1965 Willy Steinmetz CDU 47.0
1969 Günter Wichert SPD 47.8
1972 52.5
1976 Lothar Curdt SPD 46.3
1980 47.9
1983 Hans Hugo Klein CDU 46.9
1987 Rita Süssmuth CDU 44.9
1990 48.5
1994 46.9
1998 Inge Wettig-Danielmeier SPD 48.2
2002 47.4
2005 Thomas Oppermann SPD 46.8
2009 36.8
2013 40.4
2017 34.9

Election results

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Göttingen[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 Thomas Oppermann 59,032 34.9 5.5 47,871 28.3 4.8
CDU Fritz Güntzler 56,250 33.3 4.9 51,177 30.2 5.7
Green Jürgen Trittin 19,131 11.3 1.1 19,676 11.6 0.6
AfD Pierre Hillebrecht 11,870 7.0 13,446 7.9 4.2
Left Konrad Kelm 9,905 5.9 0.6 14,748 8.7 2.4
FDP Konstantin Kuhle 7,734 4.6 3.0 15,421 9.1 5.0
PARTEI Christian Prachar 2,159 1.3 1,776 1.0
Tierschutzpartei   1,434 0.8 0.1
FW Rainer Nowak 1,458 0.9 0.5 1,063 0.6 0.2
Pirates Dana Maria Rotter 1,400 0.8 1.1 785 0.5 1.5
NPD   423 0.2 0.5
BGE   401 0.2
DiB 315 0.2
DM 253 0.1
V-Partei³ 224 0.1
ÖDP   163 0.1
MLPD Kay Langemeier 169 0.1 76 0.0 0.0
DKP   72 0.0
Informal votes 1,439 1,223
Total Valid votes 169,108 169,324
Turnout 170,547 77.4 2.7
SPD hold Majority 2,782 1.6 0.6

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Göttingen[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 Thomas Oppermann 66,192 40.4 3.6 54,410 33.1 3.5
CDU Fritz Güntzler 62,558 38.2 3.8 59,000 35.9 7.1
Green Jürgen Trittin 16,740 10.2 2.8 20,076 12.2 2.2
Left Gerhard Nier 8,581 5.2 2.4 10,432 6.3 2.5
AfD   6,121 3.7
Pirates Niels-Arne Münch 3,219 2.0 3,173 1.9 0.3
FDP Lutz Knopek 2,633 1.6 4.9 6,667 4.1 9.4
FW Theodor Sommer 2,187 1.3 1,427 0.9
NPD Marco Borrmann 1,730 1.1 0.4 1,280 0.8 0.5
Tierschutzpartei   1,178 0.7 0.0
PRO 234 0.1
PBC 145 0.1
REP   93 0.1
MLPD   67 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 1,974 1,511
Total Valid votes 163,840 164,303
Turnout 165,814 74.7 0.5
SPD hold Majority 3,634 2.2 0.2

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Göttingen[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 Thomas Oppermann 60,483 36.8 10.0 48,788 29.6 12.5
CDU Hartwig Fischer 56,503 34.4 1.3 47,343 28.8 1.7
Green Jürgen Trittin 21,360 13.0 5.2 23,708 14.4 3.7
Left Gerd Nier 12,493 7.6 3.3 14,635 8.9 3.7
FDP Lutz Knopek 10,765 6.6 3.0 22,086 13.4 4.5
Pirates   3,707 2.3
NPD Michael Hahn 2,323 1.4 0.1 2,072 1.3 0.1
Tierschutzpartei   1,176 0.7 0.2
RRP 724 0.4
Independent Bayram Kurnaz 361 0.2
ÖDP   195 0.1
DVU   115 0.1
MLPD   58 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 2,227 1,908
Total Valid votes 164,288 164,607
Turnout 166,515 74.2 5.6
SPD hold Majority 3,980 2.4 8.7

References

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