Bremen II – Bremerhaven
55 Bremen II – Bremerhaven | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
![]() Bremen II – Bremerhaven in 2025 | |
State | Bremen |
Population | 324,300 (2019) |
Electorate | 214,365 (2021) |
Major settlements | Bremen (partial) Bremerhaven |
Area | 265.0 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 1949 |
Party | SPD |
Member | Uwe Schmidt |
Elected | 2017, 2021 |
Bremen II – Bremerhaven 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 55. It is located in the state of Bremen, comprising western and northern parts of the city of Bremen and the exclave of Bremerhaven.[1]
Bremen II – Bremerhaven was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Uwe Schmidt of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]
Geography
[edit]Bremen II – Bremerhaven is located in the state of Bremen. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the city of Bremerhaven, as well as from the city of Bremen the boroughs of West and Nord, the Stadtteil of Häfen from the borough of Mitte, and the Stadtteile of Woltmershausen and Ortsteile of Seehausen and Strom from the borough of Süd.[1]
History
[edit]Bremen II – Bremerhaven was created in 1949, then known as Bremerhaven – Bremen-Nord. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the inaugural Bundestag election, it was Bremen constituency 3 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 59. From 1965 through 1998, it was number 52. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 55. In the 2009 election, it was number 56. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 55.
Originally, the constituency comprised the borough of Nord and the city of Bremerhaven. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.
Election | No. | Name | Borders |
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1949 | 3 | Bremerhaven – Bremen-Nord |
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1953 | 59 | ||
1957 | |||
1961 | |||
1965 | 52 | ||
1969 | |||
1972 | |||
1976 | |||
1980 | |||
1983 | |||
1987 | |||
1990 | |||
1994 | |||
1998 | |||
2002 | 55 | Bremen II – Bremerhaven |
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2005 | |||
2009 | 56 | ||
2013 | 55 | ||
2017 | |||
2021 | |||
2025 |
Members
[edit]The constituency has been held continuously by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) since its creation. Its first representative was Bernhard Lohmüller, who served from 1949 until his death in 1952. He was succeeded by Philipp Wehr after a by-election. Wehr was subsequently re-elected in the 1953 and 1957 elections. Werner Lenz became representative in the 1961 election and served a single term. Harry Tallert then served from 1965 to 1972. Horst Grunenberg served five terms between 1972 and 1990. He was succeeded by Ilse Janz, who served until 2002. Uwe Beckmeyer was representative from 2002 to 2017. Uwe Schmidt has served since the 2017 election.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1949 | Bernhard Lohmüller | SPD | 37.3 | |
1952 | Philipp Wehr | SPD | 51.3 | |
1953 | 39.2 | |||
1957 | 46.5 | |||
1961 | Werner Lenz | SPD | 50.6 | |
1965 | Harry Tallert | SPD | 51.3 | |
1969 | 54.3 | |||
1972 | Horst Grunenberg | SPD | 62.6 | |
1976 | 56.3 | |||
1980 | 56.3 | |||
1983 | 53.6 | |||
1987 | 50.4 | |||
1990 | Ilse Janz | SPD | 46.3 | |
1994 | 50.2 | |||
1998 | 58.2 | |||
2002 | Uwe Beckmeyer | SPD | 56.3 | |
2005 | 58.0 | |||
2009 | 38.7 | |||
2013 | 44.0 | |||
2017 | Uwe Schmidt | SPD | 34.1 | |
2021 | 36.9 |
Election results
[edit]2021 election
[edit]Federal election (2021): Bremen II – Bremerhaven[3] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
SPD | ![]() |
52,498 | 36.9 | ![]() |
49,799 | 34.9 | ![]() | ||
CDU | Wiebke Winter | 28,552 | 20.1 | ![]() |
24,124 | 16.9 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Michael Labetzke | 20,769 | 14.6 | ![]() |
24,013 | 16.8 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Thomas Jürgewitz | 12,466 | 8.8 | ![]() |
12,740 | 8.9 | ![]() | ||
Left | Doris Achelwilm | 10,617 | 7.5 | ![]() |
9,613 | 6.7 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Gökhan Akkamis | 8,469 | 6.0 | ![]() |
12,085 | 8.5 | ![]() | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 2,372 | 1.7 | |||||||
PARTEI | Ralf Fasmers | 2,629 | 1.9 | ![]() |
1,932 | 1.4 | ![]() | ||
Team Todenhöfer | 1,559 | 1.1 | |||||||
FW | Katharina Büntjen | 1,799 | 1.3 | ![]() |
1,438 | 1.0 | ![]() | ||
dieBasis | Annette Kaufmann | 1,770 | 1.2 | 1,453 | 1.0 | ||||
Piraten | Christian Daum | 908 | 0.6 | ||||||
Volt | 479 | 0.3 | |||||||
V-Partei3 | Rolf Bode | 609 | 0.4 | 269 | 0.2 | ![]() | |||
Humanists | Mathis Härtel | 490 | 0.3 | 264 | 0.2 | ||||
Menschliche Welt | 205 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
ÖDP | Kara Tober | 391 | 0.3 | 195 | 0.1 | ||||
NPD | 187 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
MLPD | Jürgen Bader | 119 | 0.1 | ![]() |
76 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||
Informal votes | 2,037 | 1,320 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 142,086 | 142,803 | |||||||
Turnout | 144,123 | 67.2 | ![]() |
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SPD hold | Majority | 23,946 | 16.8 | ![]() |
2017 election
[edit]Federal election (2017): Bremen II – Bremerhaven[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
SPD | Uwe Schmidt | 49,463 | 34.0 | ![]() |
43,215 | 29.6 | ![]() | ||
CDU | Bettina Hornhues | 36,363 | 25.0 | ![]() |
34,951 | 23.9 | ![]() | ||
Left | Nelson Janßen | 16,739 | 11.5 | ![]() |
18,204 | 12.5 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Frank Magnitz | 16,645 | 11.4 | ![]() |
17,705 | 12.1 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Maurice Müller | 11,269 | 7.7 | ![]() |
13,165 | 9.0 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Hauke Hilz | 9,755 | 6.7 | ![]() |
11,918 | 8.2 | ![]() | ||
PARTEI | Ralf Balke | 3,009 | 2.1 | 2,418 | 1.7 | ![]() | |||
Pirates | 951 | 0.7 | ![]() | ||||||
FW | Katharina Büntjen | 939 | 0.6 | 706 | 0.5 | ![]() | |||
MENSCHLICHE WELT | Achim Langer | 787 | 0.5 | 513 | 0.4 | ||||
BGE | 680 | 0.5 | |||||||
NPD | 487 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||||||
V-Partei³ | 430 | 0.3 | |||||||
DM | 293 | 0.2 | |||||||
MLPD | Joachim Niegisch | 150 | 0.1 | 119 | 0.1 | ![]() | |||
DKP | 80 | 0.1 | |||||||
Informal votes | 2,249 | 1,908 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 145,606 | 145,947 | |||||||
Turnout | 147,855 | 66.7 | ![]() |
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SPD hold | Majority | 13,100 | 9.0 | ![]() |
2013 election
[edit]Federal election (2013): Bremen II – Bremerhaven[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
SPD | ![]() |
64,276 | 43.9 | ![]() |
56,702 | 38.6 | ![]() | ||
CDU | Bettina Hornhues | 42,067 | 28.7 | ![]() |
41,205 | 28.1 | ![]() | ||
Left | Kristina Vogt | 13,335 | 9.1 | ![]() |
14,782 | 10.1 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Sülmez Dogan | 12,325 | 8.4 | ![]() |
14,566 | 9.9 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Erich Seifert | 5,428 | 3.7 | 6,044 | 4.1 | ||||
Pirates | Caroline Bullwinkel | 3,982 | 2.7 | 3,699 | 2.5 | ![]() | |||
NPD | Horst Görmann | 2,393 | 1.6 | ![]() |
2,240 | 1.5 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Hauke Hilz | 2,189 | 1.5 | ![]() |
4,036 | 2.8 | ![]() | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,824 | 1.2 | |||||||
PARTEI | 590 | 0.4 | |||||||
Bündnis 21/RRP | 432 | 0.3 | ![]() |
276 | 0.2 | ![]() | |||
FW | 416 | 0.3 | |||||||
PRO | 267 | 0.2 | |||||||
MLPD | 69 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,083 | 1,794 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 146,427 | 146,716 | |||||||
Turnout | 148,510 | 65.3 | ![]() |
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SPD hold | Majority | 22,209 | 15.2 | ![]() |
2009 election
[edit]Federal election (2009): Bremen II – Bremerhaven[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
SPD | ![]() |
58,879 | 38.7 | ![]() |
50,032 | 32.8 | ![]() | ||
CDU | Bernd Neumann | 39,186 | 25.8 | ![]() |
34,680 | 22.7 | ![]() | ||
Left | Inga Nitz | 21,647 | 14.2 | ![]() |
23,486 | 15.4 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Klaus Möhle | 16,985 | 11.2 | ![]() |
19,727 | 12.9 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Oliver Möllenstädt | 10,850 | 7.1 | ![]() |
14,947 | 9.8 | ![]() | ||
Pirates | 3,610 | 2.4 | |||||||
NPD | Horst Görmann | 2,614 | 1.7 | ![]() |
2,045 | 1.3 | ![]() | ||
RRP | Uwe Gäthje | 1,563 | 1.0 | 2,527 | 1.7 | ||||
DVU | 657 | 0.4 | |||||||
Independent | Martin Tangeten | 423 | 0.3 | ||||||
PBC | 397 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||||||
REP | 330 | 0.2 | |||||||
MLPD | 83 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,691 | 2,317 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 152,147 | 152,521 | |||||||
Turnout | 154,838 | 66.8 | ![]() |
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SPD hold | Majority | 16,693 | 12.9 | ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Constituency Bremen II – Bremerhaven". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Results for Bremen II – Bremerhaven". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ Results for Bremen II – Bremerhaven
- ^ Results for Bremen II – Bremerhaven
- ^ Results for Bremen II – Bremerhaven
- ^ Results for Bremen II – Bremerhaven