Hannover-Land II

Hannover-Land II is located in central Lower Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the northern part of the Hanover Region, specifically the municipalities of Barsinghausen, Gehrden, Hemmingen, Laatzen, Lehrte, Pattensen, Ronnenberg, Seelze, Sehnde, Springe, Uetze, and Wennigsen.

Hannover-Land II was created in 1949, then known as Hannover-Land. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was named Hannover III. It acquired its current name in the 1980 election. In the inaugural Bundestag election, it was Lower Saxony constituency 20 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 42. From 1965 through 1976, it was number 38. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 42. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 47. In the 2009 election, it was number 48. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 47.

Originally, the constituency comprised the entirety of the now-abolished Landkreis Hannover district, as well as the municipalities of Lehrte and Sehnde from the Burgdorf district. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it comprised the Landkreis Hannover district and the quarters of Döhren, Wülfel, Kirchrode, Bemerode, and Wülferode from the independent city of Hanover. After administrative boundaries were redrawn, from the 1980 election the constituency comprised the municipalities of Barsinghausen, Gehrden, Hemmingen, Laatzen, Pattensen, Ronnenberg, Seelze, Sehnde, Springe, Wennigsen, and Wunstorf from the Landkreis Hannover district. In the 2002 election, it lost Wunstorf while gaining Uetze und Lehrte.

The constituency has been held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) during all but three Bundestag terms since its creation. Its first representative was Hans Jahn of the SPD, who served from 1949 to 1961. He was succeeded by fellow SPD member Werner Marquardt, who served until 1976. The SPD's Günter Kiehm served a single term before the constituency was won by Herbert Lattmann of the CDU in 1983. Kiehm regained it in 1987, but Lattmann was elected in 1990 and again in 1994. In 1998, Horst Schild of the SPD won the constituency and served two terms as representative. He was succeeded in 2005 by Matthias Miersch, who was re-elected in 2009, 2013, 2017, and 2021.

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2025): Hannover-Land II[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2025/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-3/wahlkreis-47.html Results for Hannover-Land II]

}}

{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Matthias Miersch

|votes = 62,395

|percentage = 31.8

|change = {{decrease}} 8.9

|party votes = 47,478

|party percent = 24.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 10.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Tilman Kuban

|votes = 59,006

|percentage = 30.0

|change = {{increase}} 4.6

|party votes = 53,994

|party percent = 27.5

|party change = {{increase}} 4.8

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Stefan Henze

|votes = 33,775

|percentage = 17.2

|change = {{increase}} 9.7

|party votes = 34,337

|party percent = 17.5

|party change = {{increase}} 9.7

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Michael Steinke

|votes = 17,550

|percentage = 8.9

|change = {{decrease}} 3.5

|party votes = 23,995

|party percent = 12.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 4.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Dirk Tegtmeyer

|votes = 10,882

|percentage = 5.5

|change = {{increase}} 3.3

|party votes = 14,602

|party percent = 7.4

|party change = {{increase}} 4.6

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance

|party votes = 7,547

|party percent = 3.8

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Annette Strum- Werner

|votes = 4,924

|percentage = 2.5

|change = {{decrease}} 4.1

|party votes = 7,840

|party percent = 4.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 6.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|candidate = Uwe Hillmann

|votes = 3,346

|percentage = 1.7

|change = {{increase}} 0.2

|party votes = 2,426

|party percent = 1.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Sven Peterhänsel

|votes = 2,208

|percentage = 1.1

|change = {{steady}} 0.0

|party votes = 1,386

|party percent = 0.7

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Volt Germany

|candidate = Konstantin Kühnel

|votes = 1,453

|percentage = 0.7

|change =

|party votes = 1,032

|party percent = 0.5

|party change = {{increase}} 0.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|candidate = Uwe Kopec

|votes = 933

|percentage = 0.5

|change = {{decrease}} 0.1

|party votes = 448

|party percent = 0.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Die PARTEI

|candidate =

|votes =

|percentage =

|change = {{decrease}} 0.9

|party votes = 770

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.4

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate =

|votes =

|percentage =

|change = {{decrease}}

|party votes = 414

|party percent = 0.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.7

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Bündnis Deutschland

|party votes = 205

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Party of Humanists

|party votes = 158

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 49

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{unchanged}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Team Todenhöfer

|party votes =

|party percent =

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.4

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes =

|party percent =

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,288

|party votes = 1,079

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 197,472

|party votes = 196,681

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 197,760

|percentage = 84.5

|change = {{increase}} 8.5

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|loser =

|votes = 3,389

|percent = 1.8

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2021): Hannover-Land II[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2021/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-3/wahlkreis-47.html Results for Hannover-Land II]

}}

{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Matthias Miersch

|votes = 73,088

|percentage = 40.7

|change = {{increase}} 3.7

|party votes = 62,024

|party percent = 34.6

|party change = {{increase}} 5.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Tilman Kuban

|votes = 45,721

|percentage = 25.5

|change = {{decrease}} 9.8

|party votes = 40,612

|party percent = 22.7

|party change = {{decrease}} 8.9

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Simone Meyer

|votes = 22,283

|percentage = 12.4

|change = {{increase}} 6.7

|party votes = 29,201

|party percent = 16.3

|party change = {{increase}} 7.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Dirk Brandes

|votes = 13,377

|percentage = 7.5

|change = {{decrease}} 2.0

|party votes = 13,850

|party percent = 7.7

|party change = {{decrease}} 2.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Nadin Zaya

|votes = 11,883

|percentage = 6.6

|change = {{increase}} 1.2

|party votes = 18,320

|party percent = 10.2

|party change = {{increase}} 0.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Thorsten Kuhn

|votes = 4,095

|percentage = 2.3

|change = {{decrease}} 3.1

|party votes = 4,994

|party percent = 2.8

|party change = {{decrease}} 3.8

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|candidate = Claudia Klitz

|votes = 2,618

|percentage = 1.5

|change =

|party votes = 2,535

|party percent = 1.4

|party change = {{increase}} 0.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Moritz Krienke

|votes = 1,978

|percentage = 1.1

|change = {{increase}} 0.2

|party votes = 1,672

|party percent = 0.9

|party change = {{increase}} 0.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Die PARTEI

|candidate = Lisa-Marie Rosien

|votes = 1,701

|percentage = 0.9

|change =

|party votes = 1,432

|party percent = 0.8

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Eva-Maria Görres

|votes = 1,635

|percentage = 0.9

|change =

|party votes = 1,650

|party percent = 0.9

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|candidate = Uwe Kopec

|votes = 1,119

|percentage = 0.6

|change = {{decrease}} 0.3

|party votes = 867

|party percent = 0.5

|party change = {{unchanged}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Team Todenhöfer

|party votes = 752

|party percent = 0.4

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Volt Germany

|party votes = 421

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|party votes = 169

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Party of Humanists

|party votes = 158

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = V-Partei3

|party votes = 125

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 113

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{unchanged}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die Urbane. Eine HipHop Partei

|party votes = 86

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box independent|

|candidate = Wolfgang Göller

|votes = 50

|percentage = 0.0

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Liberal Conservative Reformers

|party votes = 40

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = German Communist Party

|party votes = 36

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{unchanged}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 35

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{unchanged}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,654

|party votes = 2,110

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 179,548

|party votes = 179,092

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 181,202

|percentage = 76.0

|change = {{decrease}} 2.5

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|loser =

|votes = 27,367

|percent = 15.2

|change = {{increase}} 13.4

}}

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2017): Hannover-Land II[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2017/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-3/wahlkreis-47.html Results for Hannover-Land II]

}}

{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Matthias Miersch

|votes = 69,104

|percentage = 37.0

|change = {{decrease}} 6.4

|party votes = 55,161

|party percent = 29.5

|party change = {{decrease}} 6.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Maria Flachsbarth

|votes = 65,815

|percentage = 35.2

|change = {{decrease}} 6.6

|party votes = 58,984

|party percent = 31.5

|party change = {{decrease}} 6.9

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Sabine Ehrke

|votes = 17,570

|percentage = 9.4

|change =

|party votes = 19,392

|party percent = 10.4

|party change = {{increase}} 6.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Roland Christoph Panter

|votes = 10,693

|percentage = 5.7

|change = {{increase}} 0.5

|party votes = 16,290

|party percent = 8.7

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Jessica Kaußen

|votes = 10,124

|percentage = 5.4

|change = {{increase}} 1.4

|party votes = 12,305

|party percent = 6.6

|party change = {{increase}} 1.8

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Harald Klotz

|votes = 10,092

|percentage = 5.4

|change = {{increase}} 4.0

|party votes = 17,925

|party percent = 9.6

|party change = {{increase}} 5.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Beate Julitta Lange

|votes = 1,691

|percentage = 0.9

|change = {{decrease}} 0.2

|party votes = 822

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die PARTEI

|party votes = 1,679

|party percent = 0.9

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|candidate = Gerhard Posywio

|votes = 1,677

|percentage = 0.9

|change = {{decrease}} 0.8

|party votes = 936

|party percent = 0.5

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 1,556

|party percent = 0.8

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|party votes = 508

|party percent = 0.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.6

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = DM

|color =

|party votes = 396

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = DiB

|color = #263D80

|party votes = 312

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Basic Income Alliance

|party votes = 250

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = V-Partei³

|color = #99CC33

|party votes = 237

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 163

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 66

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = German Communist Party

|party votes = 34

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,729

|party votes = 1,479

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 186,766

|party votes = 187,016

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 188,495

|percentage = 78.6

|change = {{increase}} 2.5

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|votes = 3,289

|percent = 1.8

|change = {{increase}} 0.3

}}

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2013): Hannover-Land II[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2013/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-3/wahlkreis-47.html Results for Hannover-Land II]

}}

{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Matthias Miersch

|votes = 78,433

|percentage = 43.4

|change = {{increase}} 2.9

|party votes = 65,169

|party percent = 35.9

|party change = {{increase}} 3.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Maria Flachsbarth

|votes = 75,761

|percentage = 41.9

|change = {{increase}} 5.7

|party votes = 69,644

|party percent = 38.4

|party change = {{increase}} 6.9

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Abdulselam Dogan

|votes = 9,422

|percentage = 5.2

|change = {{decrease}} 1.7

|party votes = 16,212

|party percent = 8.9

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Agnes Hasenjäger

|votes = 7,350

|percentage = 4.1

|change = {{decrease}} 2.6

|party votes = 8,669

|party percent = 4.8

|party change = {{decrease}} 2.9

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|party votes = 6,958

|party percent = 3.8

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|candidate = Thomas Gundelbacher

|votes = 3,144

|percentage = 1.7

|change =

|party votes = 2,737

|party percent = 1.5

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.4

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Dirk Weissleder

|votes = 2,567

|percentage = 1.4

|change = {{decrease}} 5.8

|party votes = 7,228

|party percent = 4.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 8.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Sebastian Wolf

|votes = 2,247

|percentage = 1.2

|change = {{decrease}} 0.3

|party votes = 1,499

|party percent = 0.8

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Arno Ulrichs

|votes = 1,972

|percentage = 1.1

|change =

|party votes = 1,044

|party percent = 0.6

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 1,429

|party percent = 0.8

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = PRO

|party votes = 309

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = The Republicans (Germany)

|party votes = 172

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = PBC

|party votes = 168

|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 = 2,067

|party votes = 1,672

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 180,896

|party votes = 181,291

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 182,963

|percentage = 76.1

|change = {{decrease}} 0.5

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|votes = 2,672

|percent = 1.5

|change = {{decrease}} 2.7

}}

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2009): Hannover-Land II[https://web.archive.org/web/20100726045936/http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/de/bundestagswahlen/BTW_BUND_09/ergebnisse/wahlkreisergebnisse/l03/wk048/ Results for Hannover-Land II]

}}

{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Matthias Miersch

|votes = 73,215

|percentage = 40.4

|change = {{decrease}} 11.0

|party votes = 59,493

|party percent = 32.8

|party change = {{decrease}} 14.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Maria Flachsbarth

|votes = 65,573

|percentage = 36.2

|change = {{increase}} 0.1

|party votes = 57,144

|party percent = 31.5

|party change = {{increase}} 1.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Dirk Weissleder

|votes = 12,982

|percentage = 7.2

|change = {{increase}} 3.7

|party votes = 22,004

|party percent = 12.1

|party change = {{increase}} 3.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Dorota Szymanska

|votes = 12,533

|percentage = 6.9

|change = {{increase}} 2.8

|party votes = 18,936

|party percent = 10.4

|party change = {{increase}} 2.7

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Gerhard-Walter Schulz

|votes = 11,976

|percentage = 6.6

|change = {{increase}} 3.3

|party votes = 13,908

|party percent = 7.7

|party change = {{increase}} 4.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 3,528

|party percent = 1.9

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Karin Hollack

|votes = 2,853

|percentage = 1.6

|change = {{increase}} 0.1

|party votes = 2,534

|party percent = 1.4

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box historic party candidate|

|party = RRP

|candidate = Walter Heinrich Christian Mehring

|votes = 1,422

|percentage = 0.8

|change =

|party votes = 1,767

|party percent = 1.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 1,513

|party percent = 0.8

|party change = {{increase}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box independent|

|candidate = Jorg Böttcher

|votes = 502

|percentage = 0.3

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 248

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = German People's Union

|party votes = 181

|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 = 2,258

|party votes = 2,005

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 181,056

|party votes = 181,309

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 183,314

|percentage = 76.6

|change = {{decrease}} 5.5

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|votes = 7,642

|percent = 4.2

|change = {{decrease}} 11.1

}}

{{reflist}}

{{Electoral districts of Lower Saxony}}

{{coord missing|Lower Saxony}}

Category:Federal electoral districts in Lower Saxony

Category:Hanover

Category:1949 establishments in West Germany

Category:Constituencies established in 1949