Hildesheim (electoral district)

Hildesheim in Lower Saxony

Hildesheim is one of the 299 single member constituencies (German: Wahlkreis) used for the German parliament, the Bundestag. One of thirty constituencies in the state of Lower Saxony, it is coterminous with the county of Hildesheim.[1] The constituency elects one representative under the mixed member proportional representation (MMP) system. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 48.

The constituency was created as Hildesheim-Stadt und Land for the 1949 election, the first election in West Germany after World War II. It assumed its current name for the 1965 election. After wins for the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in the early elections, it was gained by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) at the 1969 election. At the 2013 election, the CDU candidate Ute Bertram gained the constituency.[2] This was the CDU's first win in the constituency since 1965.

Boundaries

The district's boundaries have remained relatively stable throughout its existence. The Hildesheim-Stadt und Land constituency consisted of the Hildesheim-Marienburg county and the city of Hildesheim. In 1974 these were combined to form the current Hildesheim county. For the 1976 election the Nordstemmen municipality was removed. Since the 1980 election the constituency has been coterminous with Hildesheim county.

2013 election result

Party Constituency results List results
Candidate Votes % share +/- Votes % share +/-
Christian Democratic Union Ute Bertram 68,653 42.3 +5.8 63,041 38.7 +6.8
Social Democratic Party of Germany Bernd Westphal 66,986 41.3 +2.2 59,319 36.4 +3.5
Alliance '90/The Greens Brigitte Pothmer 13,771 8.5 -0.5 14,587 8.9 -1.5
The Left Lars Leopold 7,909 4.9 -2.0 8,120 5.0 -3.1
National Democratic Party of Germany Kerstin Breckel 2,537 1.6 -0.0 1,482 0.9 -0.6
Free Democratic Party Bernd Fell 2,489 1.5 -4.7 5,589 3.4 -7.9
Alternative for Germany N/A N/A N/A N/A 5,601 3.4 N/A
Pirate Party N/A N/A N/A N/A 2,937 1.8 -0.1
Human Environment Animal Protection N/A N/A N/A N/A 1,208 0.7 -0.1
Free Voters N/A N/A N/A N/A 455 0.3 N/A
Others N/A N/A N/A N/A 658 0.4 N/A

Source:[3]

List of district representatives

Election Name Party
1949 Heinrich-Wilhelm Ruhnke SPD
1953 Adolf Cillien CDU
1957 Theodor Oberländer CDU
1961 Friedrich Kühn CDU
1965 Friedrich Kühn CDU
1969 Joachim Raffert SPD
1972 Hermann Rappe SPD
1976 Hermann Rappe SPD
1980 Hermann Rappe SPD
1983 Hermann Rappe SPD
1987 Hermann Rappe SPD
1990 Hermann Rappe SPD
1994 Hermann Rappe SPD
1998 Bernhard Brinkmann SPD
2002 Bernhard Brinkmann SPD
2005 Bernhard Brinkmann SPD
2009 Bernhard Brinkmann SPD
2013 Ute Bertram CDU

References

  1. Constituency boundaries, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 2 May 2015
  2. Bertram schreibt Geschichte: CDU holt Direktmandat, Hildesheimer Allgemeine Zeitung, 23 September 2013
  3. 2013 constituency results, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 2 May 2015

Coordinates: 52°05′N 9°55′E / 52.08°N 9.92°E / 52.08; 9.92

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