Celle – Uelzen

44 Celle – Uelzen
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Celle – Uelzen in 2025
StateLower Saxony
Population271,400 (2019)
Electorate214,482 (2021)
Major settlementsCelle
Uelzen
Area3,013.4 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
PartyCDU
MemberHenning Otte
Elected2009, 2013, 2017, 2021

Celle – Uelzen 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 44. It is located in eastern Lower Saxony, comprising the districts of Celle and Uelzen.[1]

Celle – Uelzen was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2009, it has been represented by Henning Otte of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]

Geography

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Celle – Uelzen is located in eastern Lower Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the districts of Celle and Uelzen.[1]

History

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Celle – Uelzen was created in 1949, then known as Celle. It acquired its current name in the 1980 election. In the inaugural Bundestag election, it was Lower Saxony constituency 16 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 38. From 1965 through 1998, it was number 39. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 44. In the 2009 election, it was number 45. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 44.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Celle, the district of Celle, and the municipalities of Burgdorf and Uetze from the Burgdorf district. In the 1965 election, it lost the Uetze municipality while acquiring the rest of the Burgdorf district. For the 1976 election, it comprised the Celle district and the municipalities of Burgdorf, Burgwedel, Isernhagen, Lehrte, Sehnde, and Wedemark from the Landkreis Hannover district. It acquired its current borders in the 1980 election.

Election No. Name Borders
1949 16 Celle
1953 38
1957
1961
1965 39
1969
1972
1976
1980 Celle – Uelzen
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 44
2005
2009 45
2013 44
2017
2021
2025

Members

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The constituency was first held by Lisa Korspeter [de] of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), who served from 1949 to 1957. Margot Kalinke of the German Party (DP) won in 1957 and served a single term. She was succeeded by Wilhelm Brese of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), who served 1961 to 1969. Party fellow Hans Hubrig [de] served from 1969 to 1972, when the SPD won the constituency. Klaus-Jürgen Hedrich [de] served from 1972 to 1976, when Hubrig again won. He served until 1983. Olaf Sund [de] of the CDU served from then until 1998, when the SPD's Peter Struck won the constituency. In 2009, Henning Otte of the CDU was elected representative. He was re-elected in 2013, 2017, and 2021.

Election Member Party %
1949 Lisa Korspeter [de] SPD 27.9
1953 25.5
1957 Margot Kalinke DP 39.4
1961 Wilhelm Brese CDU 42.4
1965 49.3
1969 Hans Hubrig [de] CDU 48.3
1972 Olaf Sund [de] SPD 47.6
1976 Hans Hubrig [de] CDU 49.2
1980 46.9
1983 Klaus-Jürgen Hedrich [de] CDU 53.3
1987 49.4
1990 51.3
1994 49.5
1998 Peter Struck SPD 48.6
2002 50.1
2005 46.7
2009 Henning Otte CDU 44.2
2013 48.5
2017 42.7
2021 32.9

Election results

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2021 election

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Federal election (2021): Celle – Uelzen[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Henning Otte 51,504 32.9 Decrease 9.8 40,993 26.1 Decrease 10.4
SPD Dirk-Ulrich Mende 50,635 32.3 Increase 2.4 48,332 30.8 Increase 5.4
Greens Markus Jordan 18,773 12.0 Increase 6.2 21,882 14.0 Increase 6.2
AfD Thomas Ehrhorn 14,498 9.3 Decrease 0.8 14,423 9.2 Decrease 1.7
FDP Anja Schulz 13,412 8.6 Increase 3.1 17,990 11.5 Increase 1.3
Left Christoph Podstawa 4,357 2.8 Decrease 2.1 4,680 3.0 Decrease 2.8
Tierschutzpartei   2,169 1.4 Increase 0.5
dieBasis   1,592 1.0
FW Philip Siebold 3,399 2.2 Increase 1.1 1,578 1.0 Increase 0.5
PARTEI   1,454 0.9 Increase 0.1
Pirates   566 0.4 Increase 0.1
Volt   266 0.2
Team Todenhöfer   225 0.1
NPD   176 0.1 Decrease 0.2
ÖDP   128 0.1 Steady 0.0
V-Partei3   124 0.1 Steady 0.0
Humanists   99 0.1
du.   75 0.0
Independent Andrew Schlüter 56 0.0
DKP   34 0.0 Steady 0.0
LKR   28 0.0
MLPD   16 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 1,388 1,192
Total valid votes 156,634 156,830
Turnout 158,022 73.7 Decrease 1.9
CDU hold Majority 869 0.6 Decrease 12.1

2017 election

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Federal election (2017): Celle – Uelzen[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Henning Otte 68,655 42.7 Decrease 5.8 58,858 36.6 Decrease 7.5
SPD Kirsten Lühmann 48,189 30.0 Decrease 4.3 40,899 25.4 Decrease 4.7
AfD Thomas Ehrhorn 16,199 10.1 Increase 5.8 17,554 10.9 Increase 5.9
Greens Heiko Wundram 9,266 5.8 Decrease 0.4 12,478 7.8 Steady 0.0
FDP Anja Schulz 8,830 5.5 Increase 4.1 16,334 10.1 Increase 6.0
Left Paul Stern 7,901 4.9 Increase 1.3 9,297 5.8 Increase 1.2
FW 1,756 1.1 Increase 0.2 888 0.6 Decrease 0.1
Tierschutzpartei   1,436 0.9 Increase 0.1
PARTEI   1,331 0.8
Pirates   476 0.3 Decrease 1.4
NPD   438 0.3 Decrease 0.7
DM 232 0.1
BGE   217 0.1
DiB 176 0.1
V-Partei³ 176 0.1
ÖDP   145 0.1
MLPD   49 0.0 Steady 0.0
DKP   22 0.0
Informal votes 1,349 1,139
Total valid votes 160,796 161,006
Turnout 162,145 75.6 Increase 2.6
CDU hold Majority 20,466 12.7 Decrease 1.6

2013 election

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Federal election (2013): Celle – Uelzen[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Henning Otte 75,369 48.5 Increase 4.3 68,568 44.0 Increase 8.4
SPD Kirsten Lühmann 53,237 34.2 Increase 1.9 46,931 30.1 Increase 2.9
Greens Bernd Ebeling 9,563 6.1 Decrease 0.8 12,071 7.8 Decrease 1.7
AfD Thomas Ehrhorn 6,591 4.2 7,722 5.0
Left Behiye Uca 5,655 3.6 Decrease 2.9 7,085 4.6 Decrease 3.0
FDP Ralf Josef Überheim 2,091 1.3 Decrease 6.0 6,478 4.2 Decrease 10.2
Pirates   2,673 1.7 Decrease 0.2
NPD Joachim Nahtz 1,677 1.1 Decrease 0.5 1,511 1.0 Decrease 0.5
FW Klaus Prigge 1,313 0.8 982 0.6
Tierschutzpartei   1,173 0.8 Steady 0.0
PBC 183 0.1
PRO 144 0.1
REP   149 0.1
MLPD   27 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 1,562 1,361
Total valid votes 155,496 155,697
Turnout 157,058 73.0 Increase 0.6
CDU hold Majority 22,132 14.3 Increase 2.4

2009 election

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Federal election (2009): Celle – Uelzen[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Henning Otte 68,572 44.2 Increase 2.7 55,393 35.6 Decrease 0.7
SPD Kirsten Lühmann 50,107 32.3 Decrease 14.4 42,402 27.3 Decrease 13.3
FDP Ralf Überheim 11,351 7.3 Increase 3.7 22,295 14.3 Increase 4.8
Greens Sabine Brunke-Reubold 10,801 7.0 Increase 3.9 14,770 9.5 Increase 3.0
Left Enrico Schülbe 10,130 6.5 Increase 3.3 11,765 7.6 Increase 3.4
Pirates   2,957 1.9
NPD Manfred Börm 2,501 1.6 Increase 0.1 2,291 1.5 Decrease 0.1
RRP Margarete Rose 1,684 1.1 2,023 1.3
Tierschutzpartei   1,130 0.7 Increase 0.1
ÖDP   190 0.1
DVU   180 0.1
MLPD   40 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 1,991 1,701
Total valid votes 155,146 155,436
Turnout 157,137 72.3 Decrease 6.7
CDU gain from SPD Majority 18,465 11.9

References

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  1. ^ a b "Constituency Celle – Uelzen". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. ^ "Results for Celle – Uelzen". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. ^ Results for Celle – Uelzen
  4. ^ Results for Celle – Uelzen
  5. ^ Results for Celle – Uelzen
  6. ^ Results for Celle – Uelzen