Hameln-Pyrmont – Holzminden

Hameln-Pyrmont – Holzminden is located in eastern Lower Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the district of Hameln-Pyrmont and Holzminden, as well as the municipalities of Bodenfelde and Uslar and Solling area from the Northeim district.

Hameln-Pyrmont – Holzminden was created in 1949, then known as Hameln – Springe. In the 1980 through 1990 elections, it was named Hameln – Holzminden. It acquired its current name in the 1994 election. In the inaugural Bundestag election, it was Lower Saxony constituency 24 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 46. From 1965 through 1998, it was number 41. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 46. In the 2009 election, it was number 47. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 46.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Hameln and the districts of Hameln-Pyrmont and Springe. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, the constituency comprised the entirety of the Hameln-Pyrmont and Holzminden districts. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

The constituency has been held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) during all but one Bundestag term since its creation. Its first representative was Herbert Kriedemann of the SPD, who served from 1949 to 1953. Alexander Elbrächter of the German Party (DP) won in 1953, but Heinz Frehsee of the SPD was elected in 1957. He was succeeded in 1976 by Brigitte Schulte, who served until 2005. Gabriele Lösekrug-Möller then served from 2005 to 2017. Johannes Schraps has been representative since 2017.

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Johannes Schraps

|votes = 47,384

|percentage = 33.0

|change = {{decrease}} 10.3

|party votes = 35,445

|party percent = 24.6

|party change = {{decrease}} 12.2

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|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Mareike Wulf

|votes = 41,013

|percentage = 28.6

|change = {{increase}} 3.0

|party votes = 38,855

|party percent = 27.0

|party change = {{increase}} 4.3

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Cornelius Volker

|votes = 29,980

|percentage = 20.9

|change = {{increase}} 12.4

|party votes = 30,515

|party percent = 21.2

|party change = {{increase}} 12.4

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|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Helge Limburg

|votes = 10,269

|percentage = 7.2

|change = {{decrease}} 2.9

|party votes = 13,527

|party percent = 9.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 3.7

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Felix Bergmann

|votes = 7,728

|percentage = 5.4

|change = {{increase}} 2.6

|party votes = 9,575

|party percent = 6.7

|party change = {{increase}} 3.8

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|party = Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance

|party votes = 5,408

|party percent = 3.8

|party change =

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Wilhelmina Ashlswede

|votes = 4,623

|percentage = 3.2

|change = {{decrease}} 3.7

|party votes = 5,667

|party percent = 3.9

|party change = {{decrease}} 6.4

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Jan Warnecke

|votes = 2,617

|percentage = 1.8

|change = {{increase}} 0.3

|party votes = 1,052

|party percent = 0.7

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

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|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 1,820

|party percent = 1.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Volt Germany

|party votes = 614

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{increase}} 0.3

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|party = Die PARTEI

|party votes = 559

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate =

|votes =

|percentage =

|change = {{decrease}} 1.4

|party votes = 400

|party percent = 0.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.9

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 219

|party percent = 0.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Bündnis Deutschland

|party votes = 173

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Party of Humanists

|party votes = 85

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 27

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{unchanged}} 0.0

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Team Todenhöfer

|party votes =

|party percent =

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes =

|party percent =

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

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{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,213

|party votes = 886

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{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 143,614

|party votes = 143,941

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{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 144,827

|percentage = 81.0

|change = {{increase}} 9.0

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{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|loser =

|votes = 6,371

|percent = 4.4

|change =

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Johannes Schraps

|votes = 56,893

|percentage = 43.2

|change = {{increase}} 4.2

|party votes = 48,438

|party percent = 36.8

|party change = {{increase}} 4.9

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{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Mareike Wulf

|votes = 33,575

|percentage = 25.5

|change = {{decrease}} 7.8

|party votes = 29,809

|party percent = 22.6

|party change = {{decrease}} 9.4

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{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Helge Limburg

|votes = 13,259

|percentage = 10.1

|change = {{increase}} 4.7

|party votes = 17,274

|party percent = 13.1

|party change = {{increase}} 5.9

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Delia Klages

|votes = 11,208

|percentage = 8.5

|change = {{decrease}} 1.0

|party votes = 11,590

|party percent = 8.8

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.3

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Moritz Mönkemeyer

|votes = 9,102

|percentage = 6.9

|change = {{increase}} 1.1

|party votes = 13,624

|party percent = 10.4

|party change = {{increase}} 1.3

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Stephan Marquardt

|votes = 3,676

|percentage = 2.8

|change = {{decrease}} 3.1

|party votes = 3,734

|party percent = 2.8

|party change = {{decrease}} 3.7

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 1,845

|party percent = 1.4

|party change = {{increase}} 0.5

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Carsten Schürmann

|votes = 1,979

|percentage = 1.5

|change =

|party votes = 1,122

|party percent = 0.9

|party change = {{increase}} 0.6

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Andreas Janus

|votes = 1,856

|percentage = 1.4

|change =

|party votes = 1,546

|party percent = 1.2

|party change =

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die PARTEI

|party votes = 963

|party percent = 0.7

|party change = {{increase}} 0.1

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 463

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Team Todenhöfer

|party votes = 416

|party percent = 0.3

|party change =

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Volt Germany

|party votes = 211

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|party votes = 152

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Party of Humanists

|party votes = 113

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = V-Partei3

|party votes = 95

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die Urbane. Eine HipHop Partei

|party votes = 79

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 72

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{unchanged}} 0.0

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Liberal Conservative Reformers

|party votes = 30

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = German Communist Party

|party votes = 23

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{unchanged}} 0.0

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 10

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{unchanged}} 0.0

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{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,345

|party votes = 1,284

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{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 131,548

|party votes = 131,609

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{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 132,893

|percentage = 72.0

|change = {{decrease}} 2.6

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{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|loser =

|votes = 23,318

|percent = 17.7

|change = {{increase}} 12.0

}}

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|title=Federal election (2017): Hameln-Pyrmont – Holzminden[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2017/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-3/wahlkreis-46.html Results for Hameln-Pyrmont – Holzminden]

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{{MMP election box candidate win|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Johannes Schraps

|votes = 54,130

|percentage = 39.1

|change = {{decrease}} 3.2

|party votes = 44,190

|party percent = 31.9

|party change = {{decrease}} 4.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Michael Vietz

|votes = 46,181

|percentage = 33.4

|change = {{decrease}} 6.2

|party votes = 44,424

|party percent = 32.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 5.4

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Armin-Paul Hampel

|votes = 13,143

|percentage = 9.5

|change = {{increase}} 5.8

|party votes = 14,054

|party percent = 10.1

|party change = {{increase}} 6.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Jutta Krellmann

|votes = 8,220

|percentage = 5.9

|change = {{increase}} 1.3

|party votes = 9,130

|party percent = 6.6

|party change = {{increase}} 1.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Klaus-Peter Wennemann

|votes = 8,034

|percentage = 5.8

|change = {{increase}} 4.0

|party votes = 12,531

|party percent = 9.0

|party change = {{increase}} 4.6

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Ute Martha Michel

|votes = 7,511

|percentage = 5.4

|change = {{decrease}} 0.6

|party votes = 9,995

|party percent = 7.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 1,285

|party percent = 0.9

|party change = {{increase}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|candidate = Hermann Gebauer

|votes = 1,250

|percentage = 0.9

|change = {{decrease}} 1.0

|party votes = 560

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die PARTEI

|party votes = 878

|party percent = 0.6

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|party votes = 411

|party percent = 0.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.6

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Free Voters

|party votes = 390

|party percent = 0.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = V-Partei³

|color = #99CC33

|party votes = 187

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Basic Income Alliance

|party votes = 185

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = DM

|color =

|party votes = 159

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = DiB

|color = #263D80

|party votes = 125

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 109

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 33

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = German Communist Party

|party votes = 27

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,311

|party votes = 1,107

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 138,469

|party votes = 138,673

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 139,780

|percentage = 74.6

|change = {{increase}} 2.8

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|votes = 7,949

|percent = 5.7

|change = {{increase}} 3.0

}}

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2013): Hameln-Pyrmont – Holzminden[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2013/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-3/wahlkreis-46.html Results for Hameln-Pyrmont – Holzminden]

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Gabriele Lösekrug-Möller

|votes = 57,484

|percentage = 42.3

|change = {{increase}} 2.7

|party votes = 49,411

|party percent = 36.4

|party change = {{increase}} 3.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Michael Vietz

|votes = 53,726

|percentage = 39.6

|change = {{increase}} 4.3

|party votes = 50,937

|party percent = 37.5

|party change = {{increase}} 8.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Marcus Schaper

|votes = 8,202

|percentage = 6.0

|change = {{decrease}} 1.7

|party votes = 11,428

|party percent = 8.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Jutta Krellmann

|votes = 6,308

|percentage = 4.6

|change = {{decrease}} 3.7

|party votes = 7,201

|party percent = 5.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 3.8

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Manfred Otto

|votes = 4,971

|percentage = 3.7

|change =

|party votes = 5,550

|party percent = 4.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|candidate = Claudia Schumann

|votes = 2,577

|percentage = 1.9

|change =

|party votes = 2,152

|party percent = 1.6

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Klaus-Peter Wennemann

|votes = 2,496

|percentage = 1.8

|change = {{decrease}} 5.5

|party votes = 5,985

|party percent = 4.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 9.6

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|party votes = 1,271

|party percent = 0.9

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.5

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 1,031

|party percent = 0.8

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Free Voters

|party votes = 461

|party percent = 0.3

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = PBC

|party votes = 185

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = PRO

|party votes = 150

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = The Republicans (Germany)

|party votes = 104

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 30

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 2,075

|party votes = 1,943

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 135,764

|party votes = 135,896

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 137,839

|percentage = 71.8

|change = {{decrease}} 0.7

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|votes = 3,758

|percent = 2.7

|change = {{decrease}} 1.6

}}

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2009): Hameln-Pyrmont – Holzminden[https://web.archive.org/web/20100723131533/http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/de/bundestagswahlen/BTW_BUND_09/ergebnisse/wahlkreisergebnisse/l03/wk047/ Results for Hameln-Pyrmont – Holzminden]

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Gabriele Lösekrug-Möller

|votes = 55,842

|percentage = 39.6

|change = {{decrease}} 10.6

|party votes = 47,115

|party percent = 33.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 14.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Hans Peter Thul

|votes = 49,787

|percentage = 35.3

|change = {{increase}} 0.4

|party votes = 41,166

|party percent = 29.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Jutta Krellmann

|votes = 11,820

|percentage = 8.4

|change = {{increase}} 4.1

|party votes = 12,911

|party percent = 9.1

|party change = {{increase}} 4.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Marcus Schaper

|votes = 10,849

|percentage = 7.7

|change = {{increase}} 3.3

|party votes = 13,322

|party percent = 9.4

|party change = {{increase}} 3.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Martina Tigges-Friedrichs

|votes = 10,401

|percentage = 7.4

|change = {{increase}} 2.7

|party votes = 19,736

|party percent = 14.0

|party change = {{increase}} 4.3

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 2,571

|party percent = 1.8

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Jürgen Neumann

|votes = 2,283

|percentage = 1.6

|change = {{increase}} 0.1

|party votes = 1,982

|party percent = 1.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 1,285

|party percent = 0.9

|party change = {{increase}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = RRP

|party votes = 820

|party percent = 0.6

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 130

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = German People's Union

|party votes = 146

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 53

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 2,203

|party votes = 1,948

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 140,982

|party votes = 141,237

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 143,185

|percentage = 72.5

|change = {{decrease}} 6.3

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|votes = 6,055

|percent = 4.3

|change = {{decrease}} 11.0

}}

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