Osterholz – Verden

Osterholz – Verden is located in northern Lower Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the districts of Osterholz and Verden.

Osterholz – Verden was created in 1949, then known as Verden – Rotenburg – Osterholz. In the 1965 through 1983 elections, it was named Verden. From 1987 until its abolition, it was named Verden – Osterholz. In the inaugural Bundestag election, it was Lower Saxony constituency 12 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 34. From 1965 until its abolition, it was number 29. Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Verden, Osterholz, and Rotenburg. In the 1980 election, the district of Rotenburg was transferred away. Verden – Osterholz was abolished in the 2002 election, and was divided between the new constituencies of Cuxhaven – Osterholz and Rotenburg – Verden.

The constituency was re-established in the 2009 election, acquiring the name Osterholz – Verden. It was constituency number 35, then number 34 since the 2013 election. Its borders have not changed since its re-establishment.

The constituency was first held by Hans-Joachim von Merkatz of the German Party (DP), who served from 1949 until 1961. In 1961, Karl Ravens of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) won the constituency. In the 1965 election, von Merkatz regained his seat, now as a candidate of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Ravens won the constituency again in 1969, and served until 1980. He was succeeded by fellow SPD member Arne Börnsen, who served a single term before Martin Oldenstädt of the CDU won the constituency in 1983. In the 1987 election, Börnsen returned as representative. He served until 1998, when he was succeeded by fellow SPD member Joachim Stünker, who served a single term before the constituency was abolished in 2002. Upon its re-establishment, it was won by the CDU's Andreas Mattfeldt. He was re-elected in 2013, 2017, and 2021.

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Andreas Mattfeldt

|votes = 59,321

|percentage = 35.9

|change = {{increase}} 2.3

|party votes = 46,321

|party percent = 28.0

|party change = {{increase}} 3.9

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Özge Kadah

|votes = 40,963

|percentage = 24.8

|change = {{decrease}} 7.7

|party votes = 38,009

|party percent = 23.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 9.9

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Susanne Rosilius

|votes = 28,052

|percentage = 17.0

|change =

|party votes = 29,180

|party percent = 17.6

|party change = {{increase}} 10.1

}}

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|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Lena Gumnior

|votes = 18,449

|percentage = 11.2

|change = {{decrease}} 3.5

|party votes = 20,450

|party percent = 12.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 3.7

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Herbert Behrens

|votes = 11,071

|percentage = 6.7

|change = {{increase}} 2.4

|party votes = 12,060

|party percent = 7.3

|party change = {{increase}} 3.8

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Gero Hocker

|votes = 4,952

|percentage = 3.0

|change = {{decrease}} 6.2

|party votes = 6,942

|party percent = 4.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 6.2

}}

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|party = Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance

|party votes = 6,531

|party percent = 3.9

|party change =

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 2,005

|party percent = 1.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Volt Germany

|candidate = Hergen Ramme

|votes = 2,255

|percentage = 1.4

|change =

|party votes = 1,176

|party percent = 0.7

|party change = {{increase}} 0.5

}}

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|party = Free Voters

|party votes = 953

|party percent = 0.6

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.4

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die PARTEI

|party votes = 699

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3

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|party = Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany

|party votes = 434

|party percent = 0.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.8

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 248

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Bündnis Deutschland

|party votes = 236

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Party of Humanists

|party votes = 114

|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 = 37

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{unchanged}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,094

|party votes = 762

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{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 165,063

|party votes = 165,395

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{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 166,157

|percentage = 84.7

|change = {{increase}} 8.1

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{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|loser =

|votes = 18,358

|percent = 11.1

|change = {{increase}} 9.9

}}

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Andreas Mattfeldt

|votes = 50,274

|percentage = 33.7

|change = {{decrease}} 5.6

|party votes = 36,183

|party percent = 24.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 10.9

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Michael Harjes

|votes = 48,574

|percentage = 32.5

|change = {{increase}} 0.6

|party votes = 49,430

|party percent = 32.9

|party change = {{increase}} 6.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Lena Gumnior

|votes = 21,933

|percentage = 14.7

|change = {{increase}} 8.0

|party votes = 24,183

|party percent = 16.1

|party change = {{increase}} 6.8

}}

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|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Gero Hocker

|votes = 13,764

|percentage = 9.2

|change = {{increase}} 3.8

|party votes = 15,653

|party percent = 10.4

|party change = {{increase}} 1.6

}}

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|party = Alternative for Germany

|party votes = 11,329

|party percent = 7.5

|party change = {{decrease}} 2.1

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Mizgin Ciftci

|votes = 6,375

|percentage = 4.3

|change = {{decrease}} 2.8

|party votes = 5,253

|party percent = 3.5

|party change = {{decrease}} 3.8

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 1,986

|party percent = 1.3

|party change = {{increase}} 0.4

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Dominique Paetz

|votes = 4,578

|percentage = 3.1

|change = {{increase}} 2.4

|party votes = 1,494

|party percent = 1.0

|party change = {{increase}} 0.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Anton Körner

|votes = 3,883

|percentage = 2.6

|change =

|party votes = 1,661

|party percent = 1.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die PARTEI

|party votes = 1,134

|party percent = 0.8

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 443

|party percent = 0.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Team Todenhöfer

|party votes = 440

|party percent = 0.3

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Volt Germany

|party votes = 343

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Party of Humanists

|party votes = 131

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|party votes = 125

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = V-Partei3

|party votes = 112

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 105

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{unchanged}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die Urbane. Eine HipHop Partei

|party votes = 103

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Liberal Conservative Reformers

|party votes = 50

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 34

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{unchanged}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = German Communist Party

|party votes = 27

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{unchanged}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,927

|party votes = 1,089

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{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 149,381

|party votes = 150,219

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 151,308

|percentage = 76.6

|change = {{decrease}} 1.4

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|loser =

|votes = 1,700

|percent = 1.2

|change = {{decrease}} 6.0

}}

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|title=Federal election (2017): Osterholz – Verden[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2017/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-3/wahlkreis-34.html Results for Osterholz – Verden]

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Andreas Mattfeldt

|votes = 59,560

|percentage = 39.2

|change = {{decrease}} 4.8

|party votes = 53,035

|party percent = 34.9

|party change = {{decrease}} 5.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Christina Jantz-Herrmann

|votes = 48,505

|percentage = 32.0

|change = {{decrease}} 5.5

|party votes = 40,047

|party percent = 26.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 6.7

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Jochen Rohrberg

|votes = 12,995

|percentage = 8.6

|change = {{increase}} 5.4

|party votes = 14,675

|party percent = 9.7

|party change = {{increase}} 5.8

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Herbert Behrens

|votes = 10,714

|percentage = 7.1

|change = {{increase}} 2.0

|party votes = 11,055

|party percent = 7.3

|party change = {{increase}} 1.7

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Monika Geils

|votes = 10,146

|percentage = 6.7

|change = {{decrease}} 0.1

|party votes = 14,052

|party percent = 9.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Gero Hocker

|votes = 8,273

|percentage = 5.5

|change = {{increase}} 4.5

|party votes = 13,464

|party percent = 8.9

|party change = {{increase}} 5.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 1,445

|party percent = 1.0

|party change = {{increase}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die PARTEI

|party votes = 1,252

|party percent = 0.8

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Ingo Lesch

|votes = 1,072

|percentage = 0.7

|change =

|party votes = 631

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{increase}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 560

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.5

}}

{{MMP election box independent|

|candidate = Susanne Hirsch-Sternberg

|votes = 503

|percentage = 0.3

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|party votes = 354

|party percent = 0.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.7

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Basic Income Alliance

|party votes = 343

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = DM

|color =

|party votes = 284

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = DiB

|color = #263D80

|party votes = 228

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = V-Partei³

|color = #99CC33

|party votes = 194

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 125

|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 = 19

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,268

|party votes = 1,238

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 151,768

|party votes = 151,798

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 153,036

|percentage = 78.0

|change = {{increase}} 3.2

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|votes = 11,055

|percent = 7.2

|change = {{increase}} 0.6

}}

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|title=Federal election (2013): Osterholz – Verden[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2013/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-3/wahlkreis-34.html Results for Osterholz – Verden]

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Andreas Mattfeldt

|votes = 63,174

|percentage = 44.0

|change = {{increase}} 7.0

|party votes = 57,243

|party percent = 40.0

|party change = {{increase}} 8.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Christina Jantz

|votes = 53,660

|percentage = 37.4

|change = {{increase}} 0.8

|party votes = 47,413

|party percent = 33.1

|party change = {{increase}} 3.9

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Erich von Hofe

|votes = 9,729

|percentage = 6.8

|change = {{decrease}} 1.8

|party votes = 13,708

|party percent = 9.6

|party change = {{decrease}} 2.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Herbert Behrens

|votes = 7,195

|percentage = 5.0

|change = {{decrease}} 3.5

|party votes = 8,008

|party percent = 5.6

|party change = {{decrease}} 4.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Thomas Hochrainer

|votes = 4,499

|percentage = 3.1

|change =

|party votes = 5,487

|party percent = 3.8

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|candidate = Ole Schwettmann

|votes = 2,516

|percentage = 1.8

|change =

|party votes = 2,655

|party percent = 1.9

|party change = {{increase}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Cédrik Kamlah

|votes = 1,359

|percentage = 0.9

|change = {{decrease}} 6.6

|party votes = 5,235

|party percent = 3.7

|party change = {{decrease}} 8.8

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Claus Oeltjen

|votes = 1,289

|percentage = 0.9

|change = {{decrease}} 0.8

|party votes = 1,321

|party percent = 0.9

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.5

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 1,250

|party percent = 0.9

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Free Voters

|party votes = 392

|party percent = 0.3

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = PBC

|party votes = 190

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = PRO

|party votes = 165

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = The Republicans (Germany)

|party votes = 90

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 58

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,502

|party votes = 1,708

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 143,421

|party votes = 143,215

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 144,923

|percentage = 74.8

|change = {{increase}} 0.5

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|votes = 9,514

|percent = 6.6

|change = {{increase}} 6.1

}}

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2009): Osterholz – Verden[https://web.archive.org/web/20100726183215/http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/de/bundestagswahlen/BTW_BUND_09/ergebnisse/wahlkreisergebnisse/l03/wk035/ Results for Osterholz – Verden]

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{{MMP election box candidate win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Andreas Mattfeldt

|votes = 53,070

|percentage = 37.1

|change = {{increase}} 2.5

|party votes = 45,908

|party percent = 32.0

|party change = {{increase}} 2.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Joachim Stünker

|votes = 52,397

|percentage = 36.6

|change = {{decrease}} 11.9

|party votes = 41,979

|party percent = 29.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 14.4

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Heiner Haase

|votes = 12,318

|percentage = 8.6

|change = {{increase}} 2.1

|party votes = 17,053

|party percent = 11.9

|party change = {{increase}} 2.8

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Herbert Behrens

|votes = 12,242

|percentage = 8.5

|change = {{increase}} 4.4

|party votes = 13,830

|party percent = 9.6

|party change = {{increase}} 4.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Tim Schardelmann

|votes = 10,787

|percentage = 7.5

|change = {{increase}} 2.9

|party votes = 17,889

|party percent = 12.5

|party change = {{increase}} 3.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Rigolf Hennig

|votes = 2,417

|percentage = 1.7

|change = {{steady}} 0.0

|party votes = 1,981

|party percent = 1.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 2,339

|party percent = 1.6

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 1,228

|party percent = 0.9

|party change = {{increase}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = RRP

|color =

|party votes = 976

|party percent = 0.7

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = German People's Union

|party votes = 187

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 152

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 24

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,642

|party votes = 1,337

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 143,241

|party votes = 143,546

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 144,883

|percentage = 75.3

|change = {{decrease}} 4.8

}}

{{MMP election box majority win|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|votes = 683

|percent = 0.5

|change =

}}

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{{Electoral districts of Lower Saxony}}

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