Harburg (electoral district)
{{Short description|Federal electoral district of Germany}}
{{Infobox constituency
| name = 36 Harburg
| constituency_type = electoral district
| constituency_link = Harburg (electoral district)
| parl_name = Bundestag
| image = File:Bundestagswahlkreis 36-2025.svg
| caption = Harburg in 2025
| region_label = State
| region = Lower Saxony
| population = 254,400 (2019)
| electorate = 201,740 (2021)
| towns = Buchholz in der Nordheide
Winsen (Luhe)
| area = 1,248.5 km2
| year = 1980
2009 (re-established)
| abolished = 2002
| party = CDU
| local_council_label = Member
| local_council = Cornell Babendererde
| blank1_name = Elected
| blank1_info = 2025
}}
{{wikidatacoord}}Harburg 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 36. It is located in northern Lower Saxony, comprising the district of Harburg.{{cite web|url=https://www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/bundestagswahlen/2025/wahlkreiseinteilung/bund-99/land-3/wahlkreis-36.html|title=Constituency Harburg|publisher=Federal Returning Officer}}
Harburg was created for the 1980 federal election. It was abolished in 2002 and re-established in the 2009 federal election. Since 2025, it has been represented by Cornell Babendererde from the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU). Before that it had been held by Svenja Stadler of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).{{cite web|url=https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2021/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-3/wahlkreis-36.html|title=Results for Harburg|publisher=Federal Returning Officer}}
Geography
Harburg is located in northern Lower Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the Harburg district.
History
Harburg was created in 1980 and contained parts of the abolished constituency of Harburg – Soltau. In its first incarnation, it was constituency 35 in the numbering system, and comprised the Harburg district. It was abolished in the 2002 election, and divided between the new constituencies of Soltau-Fallingbostel – Winsen Luhe and Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg.
The constituency was re-established in the 2009 election. It was constituency number 37. Since the 2013 election, it has been constituency number 36. Its borders have not changed since its re-establishment.
Members
The constituency was first held by Herbert Helmrich of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), who served from 1980 until 1994. He was succeeded by fellow CDU member Rudolf Meyer, who served until 1998. In 1998, Monika Griefahn of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) won the constituency, serving until its abolition in the next Bundestag term. After its re-establishment in the 2009 election, Michael Grosse-Brömer of the CDU won the constituency. Svenja Stadler regained it for the SPD in 2021.
| class=wikitable
! colspan=2| Election ! Member ! Party ! % |
| rowspan=4 bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|
| 1980 | rowspan=4| Herbert Helmrich | rowspan=4| CDU | align=right| 44.2 |
| 1983
| align=right| 54.6 |
| 1987
| align=right| 50.3 |
| 1990
| align=right| 49.2 |
| bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|
| 1994 | CDU | align=right| 48.2 |
| bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}|
| 1998 | SPD | align=right| 46.6 |
| colspan=5 align=center| Abolished (2002–2009) |
| rowspan=3 bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|
| 2009 | rowspan=3| Michael Grosse-Brömer | rowspan=3| CDU | align=right| 40.6 |
| 2013
| align=right| 45.2 |
| 2017
| align=right| 40.6 |
| bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}|
| 2021 | SPD | align=right| 31.0 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}" |
|2025 |CDU |33.2 |
Election results
=2025 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=Federal election (2025): Harburg[https://www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/bundestagswahlen/2025/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-3/wahlkreis-36.html Results for Harburg]
}}
{{MMP election box candidate win|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Cornell Babendererde
|votes = 57,718
|percentage = 33.2
|change = {{increase}} 4.1
|party votes = 53,029
|party percent = 30.4
|party change = {{increase}} 5.6
}}
{{MMP election box incumbent list|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Svenja Stadler
|votes = 45,742
|percentage = 26.3
|change = {{decrease}} 4.7
|party votes = 35.733
|party percent = 20.5
|party change = {{decrease}} 8.6
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alternative for Germany
|candidate = Henning Schwieger
|votes = 28,906
|percentage = 16.6
|change = {{increase}} 9.8
|party votes = 29,324
|party percent = 16.8
|party change = {{increase}} 9.6
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Frerk Meyer
|votes = 18,423
|percentage = 10.6
|change = {{decrease}} 4.4
|party votes = 22,502
|party percent = 12.9
|party change = {{decrease}} 3.8
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Steffen Wetzel
|votes = 10,309
|percentage = 5.9
|change = {{increase}} 3.3
|party votes = 12,298
|party percent = 7.1
|party change = {{increase}} 4.1
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance
|party votes = 6,233
|party percent = 3.6
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Ingmar Schmidt
|votes = 6,047
|percentage = 3.5
|change = {{decrease}} 5.5
|party votes = 8,478
|party percent = 4.9
|party change = {{decrease}} 7.8
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Voters
|candidate = Andreas Oppermann
|votes = 3,142
|percentage = 1.8
|change = {{decrease}} 0.4
|party votes = 1,602
|party percent = 0.9
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.6
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Volt Germany
|candidate = Michael Riedel
|votes = 2,625
|percentage = 1.5
|change =
|party votes = 1,461
|party percent = 0.8
|party change = {{increase}} 0.6
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Human Environment Animal Protection
|party votes = 1,991
|party percent = 1.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3
}}
{{MMP election box independent|
|candidate = Jochen Manske
|votes = 1,046
|percentage = 0.6
|change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Die PARTEI
|party votes = 704
|party percent = 0.4
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany
|party votes = 491
|party percent = 0.3
|party change = {{decrease}} 1.2
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Pirate Party Germany
|party votes = 258
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Bündnis Deutschland
|party votes = 189
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Party of Humanists
|party votes = 105
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{unchanged}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany
|party votes = 31
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{unchanged}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 1,176
|party votes = 705
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 173,958
|party votes = 174,429
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 175,134
|percentage = 86.4
|change = {{increase}} 6.3
}}
{{MMP election box majority gain|
|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|loser = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|votes = 11,976
|percent = 6.9
|change =
}}
=2021 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=Federal election (2021): Harburg[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2021/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-3/wahlkreis-36.html Results for Harburg]
}}
{{MMP election box candidate win|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Svenja Stadler
|votes = 49,773
|percentage = 31.0
|change = {{increase}} 3.6
|party votes = 46,765
|party percent = 29.1
|party change = {{increase}} 7.1
}}
{{MMP election box incumbent list|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Michael Grosse-Brömer
|votes = 46,711
|percentage = 29.1
|change = {{decrease}} 11.5
|party votes = 39,850
|party percent = 24.8
|party change = {{decrease}} 11.2
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Nadja Weippert
|votes = 24,120
|percentage = 15.0
|change = {{increase}} 6.0
|party votes = 26,777
|party percent = 16.7
|party change = {{increase}} 6.5
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Nino Ruschmeyer
|votes = 14,395
|percentage = 9.0
|change = {{increase}} 2.5
|party votes = 20,426
|party percent = 12.7
|party change = {{increase}} 1.0
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alternative for Germany
|candidate = Henning Schwieger
|votes = 11,007
|percentage = 6.9
|change = {{decrease}} 2.4
|party votes = 11,671
|party percent = 7.3
|party change = {{decrease}} 2.7
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Joachim Kotteck
|votes = 4,230
|percentage = 2.6
|change = {{decrease}} 2.7
|party votes = 4,682
|party percent = 2.9
|party change = {{decrease}} 3.4
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Human Environment Animal Protection
|candidate = Mona Jonas-Tadjik
|votes = 3,561
|percentage = 2.2
|change =
|party votes = 2,360
|party percent = 1.5
|party change = {{increase}} 0.5
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Voters
|candidate = Willy Klingenberg
|votes = 3,515
|percentage = 2.2
|change = {{increase}} 0.5
|party votes = 2,404
|party percent = 1.5
|party change = {{increase}} 0.7
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Christian Bahr
|votes = 2,850
|percentage = 1.8
|change =
|party votes = 2,452
|party percent = 1.5
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Die PARTEI
|party votes = 1,193
|party percent = 0.7
|party change = {{unchanged}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Pirate Party Germany
|party votes = 568
|party percent = 0.4
|party change = {{increase}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Team Todenhöfer
|party votes = 433
|party percent = 0.3
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Volt Germany
|party votes = 347
|party percent = 0.2
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Liberal Conservative Reformers
|candidate = Hans-Christian Schröder
|votes = 351
|percentage = 0.2
|change =
|party votes = 151
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Ecological Democratic Party
|party votes = 141
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{unchanged}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = National Democratic Party of Germany
|party votes = 138
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Party of Humanists
|party votes = 130
|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 party only|
|party = Die Urbane. Eine HipHop Partei
|party votes = 95
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany
|party votes = 23
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{unchanged}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = German Communist Party
|party votes = 23
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{unchanged}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 1,122
|party votes = 893
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 160,513
|party votes = 160,742
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 161,635
|percentage = 80.1
|change = {{decrease}} 1.2
}}
{{MMP election box majority gain|
|winner = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|loser = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|votes = 3,062
|percent = 1.9
|change =
}}
=2017 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=Federal election (2017): Harburg[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2017/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-3/wahlkreis-36.html Results for Harburg]
}}
{{MMP election box incumbent win|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Michael Grosse-Brömer
|votes = 65,223
|percentage = 40.6
|change = {{decrease}} 4.6
|party votes = 57,815
|party percent = 35.9
|party change = {{decrease}} 6.9
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Svenja Stadler
|votes = 44,017
|percentage = 27.4
|change = {{decrease}} 4.2
|party votes = 35,377
|party percent = 22.0
|party change = {{decrease}} 6.3
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alternative for Germany
|candidate = Roderik Pfreundschuh
|votes = 14,826
|percentage = 9.2
|change = {{increase}} 3.5
|party votes = 16,047
|party percent = 10.0
|party change = {{increase}} 4.0
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Nadja Weippert
|votes = 14,565
|percentage = 9.1
|change = {{increase}} 2.0
|party votes = 16,410
|party percent = 10.2
|party change = {{increase}} 0.9
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Wolfgang Knobel
|votes = 10,458
|percentage = 6.5
|change = {{increase}} 3.1
|party votes = 18,839
|party percent = 11.7
|party change = {{increase}} 6.8
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Joachim Kotteck
|votes = 8,638
|percentage = 5.4
|change = {{increase}} 1.8
|party votes = 10,117
|party percent = 6.3
|party change = {{increase}} 1.8
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Voters
|candidate = Timo Röntsch
|votes = 2,785
|percentage = 1.7
|change = {{increase}} 0.7
|party votes = 1,340
|party percent = 0.8
|party change = {{increase}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Human Environment Animal Protection
|party votes = 1,632
|party percent = 1.0
|party change = {{increase}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Die PARTEI
|party votes = 1,238
|party percent = 0.8
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Pirate Party Germany
|party votes = 475
|party percent = 0.3
|party change = {{decrease}} 1.4
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = National Democratic Party of Germany
|party votes = 358
|party percent = 0.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.6
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = V-Partei³
|color = #99CC33
|party votes = 293
|party percent = 0.2
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = DiB
|color = #263D80
|party votes = 240
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Basic Income Alliance
|party votes = 209
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = DM
|color =
|party votes = 201
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Ecological Democratic Party
|party votes = 198
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany
|party votes = 35
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = German Communist Party
|party votes = 31
|party percent = 0.0
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 1,325
|party votes = 982
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 160,512
|party votes = 160,855
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 161,837
|percentage = 81.3
|change = {{increase}} 2.9
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|votes = 21,206
|percent = 13.2
|change = {{decrease}} 0.4
}}
=2013 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=Federal election (2013): Harburg[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2013/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-3/wahlkreis-36.html Results for Harburg]
}}
{{MMP election box incumbent win|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Michael Grosse-Brömer
|votes = 68,458
|percentage = 45.2
|change = {{increase}} 4.6
|party votes = 64,905
|party percent = 42.8
|party change = {{increase}} 8.8
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Svenja Stadler
|votes = 47,908
|percentage = 31.6
|change = {{increase}} 1.0
|party votes = 42,915
|party percent = 28.3
|party change = {{increase}} 3.8
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Martina Lammers
|votes = 10,754
|percentage = 7.1
|change = {{decrease}} 2.3
|party votes = 14,078
|party percent = 9.3
|party change = {{decrease}} 2.9
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alternative for Germany
|candidate = Bernd Lucke
|votes = 8,704
|percentage = 5.7
|change =
|party votes = 9,069
|party percent = 6.0
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Michèl Pauly
|votes = 5,472
|percentage = 3.6
|change = {{decrease}} 2.9
|party votes = 6,641
|party percent = 4.4
|party change = {{decrease}} 3.0
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Nicole Bracht-Bendt
|votes = 5,110
|percentage = 3.4
|change = {{decrease}} 7.4
|party votes = 7,382
|party percent = 4.9
|party change = {{decrease}} 12.1
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Pirate Party Germany
|candidate = Robert Geislinger
|votes = 2,376
|percentage = 1.6
|change =
|party votes = 2,499
|party percent = 1.6
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.4
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Voters
|candidate = Willy Klingenberg
|votes = 1,509
|percentage = 1.0
|change =
|party votes = 1,145
|party percent = 0.8
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Human Environment Animal Protection
|party votes = 1,366
|party percent = 0.9
|party change = {{increase}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = National Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Ulrich Heim
|votes = 1,112
|percentage = 0.7
|change = {{decrease}} 0.6
|party votes = 1,193
|party percent = 1.8
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = PBC
|party votes = 159
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = PRO
|party votes = 141
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = The Republicans (Germany)
|party votes = 74
|party percent = 0.0
|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 informal vote|
|votes = 1,416
|party votes = 1,219
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 151,403
|party votes = 151,600
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 152,819
|percentage = 78.4
|change = {{increase}} 0.5
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|votes = 20,550
|percent = 13.6
|change = {{increase}} 3.6
}}
=2009 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=Federal election (2009): Harburg[https://web.archive.org/web/20100726183729/http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/de/bundestagswahlen/BTW_BUND_09/ergebnisse/wahlkreisergebnisse/l03/wk037/ Results for Harburg]
}}
{{MMP election box candidate win|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Michael Grosse-Brömer
|votes = 59,657
|percentage = 40.6
|change = {{decrease}} 3.3
|party votes = 50,104
|party percent = 34.0
|party change = {{decrease}} 2.6
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Monika Griefahn
|votes = 45,002
|percentage = 30.6
|change = {{decrease}} 11.7
|party votes = 36,139
|party percent = 24.5
|party change = {{decrease}} 12.3
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Nicole Bracht-Bendt
|votes = 15,812
|percentage = 10.8
|change = {{increase}} 6.4
|party votes = 24,967
|party percent = 16.9
|party change = {{increase}} 5.5
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Hans-Christian Friedrichs
|votes = 13,772
|percentage = 9.4
|change = {{increase}} 4.7
|party votes = 18,002
|party percent = 12.2
|party change = {{increase}} 3.5
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Herbert Schui
|votes = 9,611
|percentage = 6.5
|change = {{increase}} 3.3
|party votes = 10,825
|party percent = 7.3
|party change = {{increase}} 3.6
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Pirate Party Germany
|party votes = 2,963
|party percent = 2.0
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = National Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Sebastian Stöber
|votes = 1,935
|percentage = 1.3
|change = {{increase}} 0.1
|party votes = 1,636
|party percent = 1.1
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Human Environment Animal Protection
|party votes = 1,132
|party percent = 0.8
|party change = {{increase}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box historic party candidate|
|party = RRP
|candidate = Richard Tiede
|votes = 1,153
|percentage = 0.8
|change =
|party votes = 1,150
|party percent = 0.8
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Ecological Democratic Party
|party votes = 238
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = German People's Union
|party votes = 177
|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 informal vote|
|votes = 1,976
|party votes = 1,552
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 146,942
|party votes = 147,366
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 148,918
|percentage = 77.9
|change = {{decrease}} 5.1
}}
{{MMP election box majority win|
|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|votes = 14,655
|percent = 10.0
|change =
}}
References
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{{Electoral districts of Lower Saxony}}
Category:Federal electoral districts in Lower Saxony