Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg

Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg is located in northeastern Lower Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the districts of Lüchow-Dannenberg and Lüneburg.

Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg was created in 1949, then known as Lüneburg – Dannenberg. In the 1965 through 1998 elections, it was named Lüneburg – Lüchow-Dannenberg. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the inaugural Bundestag election, it was Lower Saxony constituency 13 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 35. From 1965 through 1998, it was number 31. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 37. In the 2009 election, it was number 38. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 37.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Lüneburg and the districts of Landkreis Lüneburg and Lüchow-Dannenberg. In the 1953 election, it gained the Uelzen district with the exception of the city of Uelzen and the Samtgemeinden of Altes Amt Ebstorf and Suderburg. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it comprised only the Lüchow-Dannenberg and Lüneburg districts. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it also contained the Samtgemeinden of Elbmarsch, Hanstedt, and Salzhausen from Harburg district and the municipality of Munster from Soltau-Fallingbostel district. Since the 2009 election, it has comprised only the Lüchow-Dannenberg and Lüneburg districts.

The constituency was first held by Friedrich Nowack of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), who served from 1949 until 1953. He was succeeded by Willi Koops of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), who served a single term. He was succeeded by fellow CDU member Lambert Huys. In 1972, Horst Schröder of the CDU was elected representative. Klaus Harries served from 1987 to 1994, then Kurt-Dieter Grill from 1994 to 1998. The SPD won the constituency in 1998, and Arne Fuhrmann served a single term as representative. Hedi Wegener then served from 2002 to 2005. In 2009, Eckhard Pols of the CDU won the constituency. He was re-elected in 2013 and 2017. Jakob Blankenburg won the constituency for the SPD in 2021.

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Jakob Blankenburg

|votes = 42,817

|percentage = 27.8

|change = {{decrease}} 0.4

|party votes = 32,399

|party percent = 21.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 8.9

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Marco Schulze

|votes = 40,541

|percentage = 26.3

|change = {{increase}} 1.4

|party votes = 37,097

|party percent = 24.1

|party change = {{increase}} 3.0

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{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Julia Verlinden

|votes = 25,243

|percentage = 16.4

|change = {{decrease}} 8.7

|party votes = 25,602

|party percent = 16.6

|party change = {{decrease}} 5.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Michael Teixeira Gonçalves

|votes = 23,895

|percentage = 15.5

|change = {{increase}} 9.3

|party votes = 25,017

|party percent = 16.2

|party change = {{increase}} 9.6

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Marianne Esders

|votes = 10,925

|percentage = 7.1

|change = {{increase}} 3.2

|party votes = 15,934

|party percent = 10.3

|party change = {{increase}} 5.8

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance

|party votes = 5,962

|party percent = 3.9

|party change =

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Cornelius Grimm

|votes = 3,894

|percentage = 2.5

|change = {{decrease}} 4.4

|party votes = 5,627

|party percent = 3.7

|party change = {{decrease}} 5.9

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Henning Harms

|votes = 3,710

|percentage = 2.4

|change = {{increase}} 1.3

|party votes = 1,880

|party percent = 1.2

|party change = {{increase}} 0.4

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 1,766

|party percent = 1.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Dietrich Münster

|votes = 1,524

|percentage = 1.0

|change = {{decrease}} 0.9

|party votes = 565

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.4

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Volt Germany

|candidate = Nico Abraham

|votes = 1,338

|percentage = 0.9

|change =

|party votes = 977

|party percent = 0.6

|party change = {{increase}} 0.4

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die PARTEI

|party votes = 802

|party percent = 0.5

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.6

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 258

|party percent = 0.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Bündnis Deutschland

|party votes = 146

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

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|party = Party of Humanists

|party votes = 88

|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 = 35

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{unchanged}} 0.0

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{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 944

|party votes = 676

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{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 153,887

|party votes = 154,155

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{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 154,831

|percentage = 84.8

|change = {{increase}} 6.6

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{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|loser =

|votes = 2,276

|percent = 1.5

|change = {{decrease}} 1.6

}}

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|title=Federal election (2021): Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2021/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-3/wahlkreis-37.html Results for Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg]

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{{MMP election box candidate win|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Jakob Blankenburg

|votes = 38,784

|percentage = 28.2

|change = {{increase}} 0.1

|party votes = 41,262

|party percent = 29.9

|party change = {{increase}} 6.4

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Julia Verlinden

|votes = 34,606

|percentage = 25.1

|change = {{increase}} 10.4

|party votes = 30,585

|party percent = 22.1

|party change = {{increase}} 8.7

}}

{{MMP election box incumbent lose|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Eckhard Pols

|votes = 34,287

|percentage = 24.9

|change = {{decrease}} 8.6

|party votes = 29,032

|party percent = 21.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 10.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Edzard Schmidt-Jortzig

|votes = 9,513

|percentage = 6.9

|change = {{increase}} 0.3

|party votes = 13,241

|party percent = 9.6

|party change = {{increase}} 0.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Armin-Paulus Hampel

|votes = 8,603

|percentage = 6.3

|change = {{decrease}} 2.4

|party votes = 9,145

|party percent = 6.6

|party change = {{decrease}} 2.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Thorben Peters

|votes = 5,378

|percentage = 3.9

|change = {{decrease}} 4.5

|party votes = 6,328

|party percent = 4.6

|party change = {{decrease}} 4.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Sören Köppen

|votes = 2,542

|percentage = 1.8

|change =

|party votes = 2,399

|party percent = 1.7

|party change =

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 1,681

|party percent = 1.2

|party change = {{increase}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Die PARTEI

|candidate = Meike Hilbeck

|votes = 2,187

|percentage = 1.6

|change =

|party votes = 1,489

|party percent = 1.1

|party change = {{increase}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Volker Heinecke

|votes = 1,561

|percentage = 1.1

|change =

|party votes = 1,161

|party percent = 0.8

|party change = {{increase}} 0.4

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 453

|party percent = 0.3

|party change = {{unchanged}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Volt Germany

|party votes = 368

|party percent = 0.3

|party change =

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Team Todenhöfer

|party votes = 189

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|party votes = 179

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 147

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Party of Humanists

|party votes = 119

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die Urbane. Eine HipHop Partei

|party votes = 94

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = V-Partei3

|party votes = 91

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = German Communist Party

|party votes = 65

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{unchanged}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Liberal Conservative Reformers

|candidate = Fronke Gerken

|votes = 105

|percentage = 0.1

|change =

|party votes = 53

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box independent|

|candidate = Tristan Großkopf

|votes = 71

|percentage = 0.1

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 25

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{unchanged}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,546

|party votes = 1,077

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 137,637

|party votes = 138,106

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 139,183

|percentage = 76.2

|change = {{decrease}} 1.8

}}

{{MMP election box majority gain|

|winner = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|loser = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|votes = 4,178

|percent = 3.1

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2017): Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2017/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-3/wahlkreis-37.html Results for Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg]

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Eckhard Pols

|votes = 46,740

|percentage = 33.5

|change = {{decrease}} 6.3

|party votes = 43,861

|party percent = 31.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 5.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Hiltrud Lotze

|votes = 39,169

|percentage = 28.1

|change = {{decrease}} 5.6

|party votes = 32,865

|party percent = 23.5

|party change = {{decrease}} 5.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Julia Verlinden

|votes = 20,604

|percentage = 14.8

|change = {{increase}} 2.7

|party votes = 18,906

|party percent = 13.5

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.8

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Gunter Runkel

|votes = 12,131

|percentage = 8.7

|change = {{increase}} 5.0

|party votes = 12,498

|party percent = 8.9

|party change = {{increase}} 4.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Michèl Pauly

|votes = 11,729

|percentage = 8.4

|change = {{increase}} 2.5

|party votes = 12,705

|party percent = 9.1

|party change = {{increase}} 2.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Edzard Schmidt-Jortzig

|votes = 9,245

|percentage = 6.6

|change = {{increase}} 5.0

|party votes = 12,959

|party percent = 9.2

|party change = {{increase}} 5.3

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 1,506

|party percent = 1.1

|party change = {{increase}} 0.3

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die PARTEI

|party votes = 1,387

|party percent = 1.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Basic Income Alliance

|party votes = 881

|party percent = 0.6

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Free Voters

|party votes = 552

|party percent = 0.4

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 486

|party percent = 0.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.9

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|party votes = 395

|party percent = 0.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.6

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = DiB

|color = #263D80

|party votes = 312

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = DM

|color =

|party votes = 263

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 250

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = V-Partei³

|color = #99CC33

|party votes = 241

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = German Communist Party

|party votes = 36

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 36

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,382

|party votes = 861

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 139,618

|party votes = 140,139

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 141,000

|percentage = 78.0

|change = {{increase}} 3.4

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|votes = 7,571

|percent = 5.4

|change = {{decrease}} 0.7

}}

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2013): Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2013/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-3/wahlkreis-37.html Results for Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg]

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Eckhard Pols

|votes = 52,644

|percentage = 39.8

|change = {{increase}} 6.5

|party votes = 48,756

|party percent = 36.8

|party change = {{increase}} 8.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Hiltrud Lotze

|votes = 44,491

|percentage = 33.7

|change = {{increase}} 2.5

|party votes = 38,415

|party percent = 29.0

|party change = {{increase}} 4.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Julia Verlinden

|votes = 15,918

|percentage = 12.0

|change = {{decrease}} 3.1

|party votes = 18,892

|party percent = 14.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 3.8

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Johanna Voß

|votes = 7,784

|percentage = 5.9

|change = {{decrease}} 3.3

|party votes = 9,202

|party percent = 6.9

|party change = {{decrease}} 3.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Michael Recha

|votes = 4,925

|percentage = 3.7

|change =

|party votes = 5,852

|party percent = 4.4

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|candidate = Olaf Forberger

|votes = 2,879

|percentage = 2.2

|change =

|party votes = 3,000

|party percent = 2.3

|party change = {{increase}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Tobias Debuch

|votes = 2,112

|percentage = 1.6

|change = {{decrease}} 7.1

|party votes = 5,281

|party percent = 4.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 8.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Manfred Börm

|votes = 1,240

|percentage = 0.9

|change = {{decrease}} 0.5

|party votes = 1,145

|party percent = 0.9

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.4

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 1,081

|party percent = 0.8

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Free Voters

|party votes = 402

|party percent = 0.3

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party candidate|

|party = PBC

|candidate = Sonni Tonne

|votes = 206

|percentage = 0.2

|change =

|party votes = 177

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = PRO

|party votes = 136

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = The Republicans (Germany)

|party votes = 47

|party percent = 0.0

|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 = 1,375

|party votes = 1,158

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 132,199

|party votes = 132,416

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 133,574

|percentage = 74.6

|change = {{increase}} 0.4

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|votes = 8,153

|percent = 6.1

|change = {{increase}} 3.9

}}

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2009): Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg[https://web.archive.org/web/20100726042643/http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/de/bundestagswahlen/BTW_BUND_09/ergebnisse/wahlkreisergebnisse/l03/wk038/ Results for Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg]

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{{MMP election box candidate win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Eckhard Pols

|votes = 43,229

|percentage = 33.3

|change = {{decrease}} 2.7

|party votes = 37,291

|party percent = 28.7

|party change = {{decrease}} 2.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Hiltrud Lotze

|votes = 40,411

|percentage = 31.1

|change = {{decrease}} 13.7

|party votes = 32,321

|party percent = 24.8

|party change = {{decrease}} 14.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Andreas Meihsies

|votes = 19,645

|percentage = 15.1

|change = {{increase}} 6.7

|party votes = 23,543

|party percent = 18.1

|party change = {{increase}} 6.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Johanna Voß

|votes = 11,935

|percentage = 9.2

|change = {{increase}} 4.0

|party votes = 13,166

|party percent = 10.1

|party change = {{increase}} 4.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Boris Freiherr von der Bussche

|votes = 11,242

|percentage = 8.7

|change = {{increase}} 4.6

|party votes = 16,323

|party percent = 12.5

|party change = {{increase}} 3.3

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 2,795

|party percent = 2.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Christian Berisha

|votes = 1,860

|percentage = 1.4

|change = {{steady}} 0.0

|party votes = 1,594

|party percent = 1.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 1,002

|party percent = 0.8

|party change = {{increase}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box historic party candidate|

|party = RRP

|candidate = Horst Gilles

|votes = 1,449

|percentage = 1.1

|change =

|party votes = 1,703

|party percent = 1.3

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 194

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = German People's Union

|party votes = 135

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 32

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,695

|party votes = 1,366

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 129,771

|party votes = 130,100

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 131,466

|percentage = 74.2

|change = {{decrease}} 5.0

}}

{{MMP election box majority gain|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|loser = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|votes = 2,818

|percent = 2.2

|change =

}}

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