Gifhorn – Peine

Gifhorn – Peine is located in eastern Lower Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the district of Peine and the district of Gifhorn with the exception of the Samtgemeinden of Boldecker Land and Brome, as well as the Giebel area.

Gifhorn – Peine was created in 1949, then known as Peine – Gifhorn. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was named Gifhorn. It acquired its current name in the 1980 election. In the inaugural Bundestag election, it was Lower Saxony constituency 32 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 54. From 1965 through 1998, it was number 40. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 45. In the 2009 election, it was number 46. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 45.

Originally, the constituency comprised the Peine district, the independent city of Wolfsburg, and the municipalities of Gifhorn and Meine and the Samtgemeinden of Isenbüttel and Meinersen from the Gifhorn district. From the 1965 through 1972 elections, it comprised the districts of Gifhorn and Peine and the municipality of Uetze from the district of Burgdorf. In the 1976 election, Uetze became part of the district of Landkreis Hannover, though the borders of Gifhorn constituency did not change. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, the constituency comprised the entirety of the Gifhorn and Peine districts. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

The constituency was first held by Joachim Schöne of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), who served from 1949 to 1957. Arthur Enk of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won in 1957 and served a single term. Uwe-Jens Nissen of the SPD won the constituency in 1961, but Enk returned in 1965. In 1969, Philipp von Bismarck replaced Enk as CDU candidate and won. Hermann Barche of the SPD was elected in 1972, but served only a single term before von Bismarck returned as representative in 1976. In 1980, the SPD regained the constituency again, this time with candidate Adolf Stockleben. In 1983, Engelbert Nelle of the CDU won, and served until 1998. In 1998, Hubertus Heil of the SPD was elected representative. He was re-elected in 2002, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, and 2021.

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Hubertus Heil

|votes = 61,985

|percentage = 33.9

|change = {{decrease}} 9.8

|party votes = 43,689

|party percent = 23.9

|party change = {{decrease}} 11.8

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Marian Meyer

|votes = 50,970

|percentage = 27.9

|change = {{increase}} 3.5

|party votes = 50,192

|party percent = 27.4

|party change = {{increase}} 4.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Robert Preuß

|votes = 38,892

|percentage = 21.3

|change = {{increase}} 12.0

|party votes = 38,988

|party percent = 21.3

|party change = {{increase}} 11.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Danny Prieske

|votes = 11,760

|percentage = 6.4

|change = {{decrease}} 3.1

|party votes = 17,417

|party percent = 9.5

|party change = {{decrease}} 3.8

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Victor Sherazee

|votes = 9,063

|percentage = 5.0

|change = {{increase}} 2.8

|party votes = 11,869

|party percent = 6.5

|party change = {{increase}} 4.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance

|party votes = 6,986

|party percent = 3.8

|party change =

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Dirk-Heinrich Heuer

|votes = 4,714

|percentage = 2.6

|change = {{decrease}} 3.9

|party votes = 6,809

|party percent = 3.7

|party change = {{decrease}} 6.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Matthias Laue

|votes = 2,663

|percentage = 1.5

|change = {{increase}} 0.2

|party votes = 1,399

|party percent = 0.8

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 2,313

|party percent = 1.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Volt Germany

|candidate = Anna-Marie Herrmann

|votes = 1,656

|percentage = 0.9

|change =

|party votes = 1,045

|party percent = 0.6

|party change = {{increase}} 0.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Bündnis Deutschland

|candidate = Siegfried Colberg

|votes = 913

|percentage = 0.5

|change =

|party votes = 360

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die PARTEI

|party votes = 804

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.5

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany

|party votes = 554

|party percent = 0.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.9

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 286

|party percent = 0.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Party of Humanists

|party votes = 141

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{unchanged}} 0.0

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 43

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{unchanged}} 0.0

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{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,228

|party votes = 949

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{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 182,616

|party votes = 182,895

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{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 183,844

|percentage = 84.7

|change = {{increase}} 9.0

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{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|loser =

|votes = 11,015

|percent = 6.0

|change = {{decrease}} 13.3

}}

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Hubertus Heil

|votes = 72,113

|percentage = 43.7

|change = {{increase}} 5.9

|party votes = 58,846

|party percent = 35.7

|party change = {{increase}} 5.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Ingrid Pahlmann

|votes = 40,279

|percentage = 24.4

|change = {{decrease}} 11.6

|party votes = 37,839

|party percent = 23.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 10.8

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Henrik Werner

|votes = 15,762

|percentage = 9.6

|change = {{increase}} 4.0

|party votes = 21,960

|party percent = 13.3

|party change = {{increase}} 6.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Stefan Marzischewski-Drewes

|votes = 15,346

|percentage = 9.3

|change = {{decrease}} 0.6

|party votes = 16,048

|party percent = 9.7

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Thomas Schellhorn

|votes = 10,738

|percentage = 6.5

|change = {{increase}} 1.7

|party votes = 16,238

|party percent = 9.9

|party change = {{increase}} 1.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Andreas Mantzke

|votes = 3,619

|percentage = 2.2

|change = {{decrease}} 3.1

|party votes = 4,147

|party percent = 2.5

|party change = {{decrease}} 3.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|candidate = Marika Orend

|votes = 2,820

|percentage = 1.7

|change =

|party votes = 2,256

|party percent = 1.4

|party change = {{increase}} 0.4

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Wolfgang Gemba

|votes = 2,084

|percentage = 1.3

|change =

|party votes = 1,627

|party percent = 1.0

|party change = {{increase}} 0.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Marita Draheim

|votes = 2,016

|percentage = 1.2

|change =

|party votes = 1,942

|party percent = 1.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die PARTEI

|party votes = 1,429

|party percent = 0.9

|party change = {{unchanged}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 642

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{unchanged}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Team Todenhöfer

|party votes = 582

|party percent = 0.4

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Volt Germany

|party votes = 415

|party percent = 0.3

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 184

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{unchanged}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|party votes = 174

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Party of Humanists

|party votes = 133

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die Urbane. Eine HipHop Partei

|party votes = 121

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = V-Partei3

|party votes = 113

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box independent|

|candidate = Ute Vibeke Neumann

|votes = 103

|percentage = 0.1

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Liberal Conservative Reformers

|candidate = Nadine Schladebeck

|votes = 120

|percentage = 0.1

|change =

|party votes = 74

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = German Communist Party

|party votes = 32

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{unchanged}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 28

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{unchanged}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box independent|

|candidate = Angela Kunick

|votes = 24

|percentage = 0.0

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,568

|party votes = 1,762

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 165,024

|party votes = 164,830

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 166,592

|percentage = 75.7

|change = {{decrease}} 1.5

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|loser =

|votes = 31,834

|percent = 19.3

|change = {{increase}} 17.6

}}

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|title=Federal election (2017): Gifhorn – Peine[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2017/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-3/wahlkreis-45.html Results for Gifhorn – Peine]

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Hubertus Heil

|votes = 63,294

|percentage = 37.8

|change = {{decrease}} 5.4

|party votes = 50,445

|party percent = 30.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 6.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Ingrid Pahlmann

|votes = 60,345

|percentage = 36.1

|change = {{decrease}} 6.0

|party votes = 56,567

|party percent = 33.8

|party change = {{decrease}} 6.4

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Rupert Ostrowski

|votes = 16,501

|percentage = 9.9

|change =

|party votes = 18,289

|party percent = 10.9

|party change = {{increase}} 7.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Stefanie Maria Weigand

|votes = 9,342

|percentage = 5.6

|change = {{increase}} 0.8

|party votes = 12,094

|party percent = 7.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Klaus Brinkmann

|votes = 8,827

|percentage = 5.3

|change = {{increase}} 1.0

|party votes = 10,166

|party percent = 6.3

|party change = {{increase}} 1.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Holger Flöge

|votes = 8,062

|percentage = 4.8

|change = {{increase}} 3.4

|party votes = 14,004

|party percent = 8.4

|party change = {{increase}} 4.8

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 1,591

|party percent = 0.9

|party change = {{increase}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die PARTEI

|party votes = 1,454

|party percent = 0.9

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box local party candidate|

|party = Bündnis C

|candidate = Klaus-Dieter Schlottmann

|votes = 725

|percentage = 0.4

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 663

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.4

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Free Voters

|party votes = 581

|party percent = 0.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|party votes = 463

|party percent = 0.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.7

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = DM

|color =

|party votes = 367

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = V-Partei³

|color = #99CC33

|party votes = 259

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|candidate = Peter Volker Kunick

|votes = 277

|percentage = 0.2

|change =

|party votes = 97

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Basic Income Alliance

|party votes = 208

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = DiB

|color = #263D80

|party votes = 185

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 123

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = German Communist Party

|party votes = 17

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,488

|party votes = 1,288

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 167,373

|party votes = 167,573

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 168,861

|percentage = 77.3

|change = {{increase}} 2.7

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|votes = 2,949

|percent = 1.7

|change = {{increase}} 0.6

}}

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2013): Gifhorn – Peine[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2013/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-3/wahlkreis-45.html Results for Gifhorn – Peine]

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Hubertus Heil

|votes = 69,259

|percentage = 43.2

|change = {{increase}} 2.8

|party votes = 57,875

|party percent = 36.1

|party change = {{increase}} 3.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Ingrid Pahlmann

|votes = 67,368

|percentage = 42.1

|change = {{increase}} 5.1

|party votes = 64,451

|party percent = 40.2

|party change = {{increase}} 6.8

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Monika Berkhan

|votes = 7,666

|percentage = 4.8

|change = {{decrease}} 1.2

|party votes = 11,855

|party percent = 7.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Jürgen Eggers

|votes = 6,810

|percentage = 4.3

|change = {{decrease}} 3.1

|party votes = 7,575

|party percent = 4.7

|party change = {{decrease}} 3.6

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|party votes = 5,786

|party percent = 3.6

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|candidate = Matthias Stoll

|votes = 3,063

|percentage = 1.9

|change =

|party votes = 2,833

|party percent = 1.8

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Ernst Schreiber

|votes = 2,266

|percentage = 1.4

|change = {{decrease}} 4.9

|party votes = 5,648

|party percent = 3.5

|party change = {{decrease}} 7.7

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = David Grahn

|votes = 1,937

|percentage = 1.2

|change = {{decrease}} 0.1

|party votes = 1,524

|party percent = 0.9

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 1,242

|party percent = 0.8

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Mathias Djelassi

|votes = 934

|percentage = 0.6

|change =

|party votes = 671

|party percent = 0.4

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party candidate|

|party = PBC

|candidate = Klaus-Dieter Schlottmann

|votes = 850

|percentage = 0.5

|change = {{steady}} 0.0

|party votes = 616

|party percent = 0.4

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = PRO

|party votes = 212

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = The Republicans (Germany)

|party votes = 134

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 46

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,788

|party votes = 1,473

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 160,153

|party votes = 160,468

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 161,941

|percentage = 74.5

|change = {{increase}} 0.3

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|votes = 1,891

|percent = 1.1

|change = {{decrease}} 2.4

}}

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2009): Gifhorn – Peine[https://web.archive.org/web/20100726042159/http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/de/bundestagswahlen/BTW_BUND_09/ergebnisse/wahlkreisergebnisse/l03/wk046/ Results for Gifhorn – Peine]

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Hubertus Heil

|votes = 64,365

|percentage = 40.5

|change = {{decrease}} 10.6

|party votes = 52,292

|party percent = 32.8

|party change = {{decrease}} 13.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Ewa Klamt

|votes = 58,827

|percentage = 37.0

|change = {{increase}} 0.2

|party votes = 53,085

|party percent = 33.3

|party change = {{increase}} 1.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Jürgen Eggers

|votes = 11,663

|percentage = 7.3

|change = {{increase}} 3.9

|party votes = 13,314

|party percent = 8.4

|party change = {{increase}} 4.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Holger Flöge

|votes = 10,073

|percentage = 6.3

|change = {{increase}} 3.2

|party votes = 17,875

|party percent = 11.2

|party change = {{increase}} 3.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Rolf Bräuer

|votes = 9,476

|percentage = 6.0

|change = {{increase}} 2.7

|party votes = 14,217

|party percent = 8.9

|party change = {{increase}} 2.8

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 3,359

|party percent = 2.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Uwe Kallweit

|votes = 2,029

|percentage = 1.3

|change = {{steady}} 0.0

|party votes = 1,882

|party percent = 1.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box historic party candidate|

|party = RRP

|candidate = Detlef Haar

|votes = 1,346

|percentage = 0.8

|change =

|party votes = 1,497

|party percent = 0.9

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 1,297

|party percent = 0.8

|party change = {{increase}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box local party candidate|

|party = PBC

|candidate = Klaus-Dieter Schlottmann

|votes = 838

|percentage = 0.5

|change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box independent|

|candidate = Ute Vibeke Neumann

|votes = 388

|percentage = 0.2

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 181

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = German People's Union

|party votes = 155

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 41

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 2,012

|party votes = 1,822

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 159,005

|party votes = 159,195

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 161,017

|percentage = 74.2

|change = {{decrease}} 6.6

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|votes = 5,538

|percent = 3.5

|change = {{decrease}} 10.8

}}

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{{Electoral districts of Lower Saxony}}

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