Rotenburg I – Heidekreis

Rotenburg I – Heidekreis is located in northern Lower Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Heidekreis district, as well as the municipalities of Rotenburg an der Wümme, Scheeßel, and Visselhövede and the Samtgemeinden of Bothel, Fintel, and Sottrum from the Rotenburg district.

Rotenburg I – Heidekreis was created in 1980, then known as Soltau – Rotenburg. In its first incarnation, it was constituency 30 in the numbering system. Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Soltau-Fallingbostel and Rotenburg. In the 1987 election, it was renamed Soltau-Fallingbostel – Rotenburg II. It was abolished in the 2002 election, and divided between the new constituencies of Rotenburg – Verden and Soltau-Fallingbostel – Winsen L.

The constituency was re-established in the 2009 election, acquiring the name Rotenburg I – Soltau-Fallingbostel. It was constituency number 36. In the 2013 election, it was renamed to Rotenburg I – Heidekreis and became constituency number 34. Its borders have not changed since its re-establishment.

The constituency was first held by Ingeborg Hoffmann of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), who served from 1980 until 1990. She was succeeded by fellow CDU member Heinz-Günter Bargfrede, who served until 1998. In 1998, Kurt Palis 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, Reinhard Grindel of the CDU won the constituency and served two terms. In 2017, Lars Klingbeil was elected as representative.

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Lars Klingbeil

|votes = 58,184

|percentage = 42.1

|change = {{decrease}} 5.5

|party votes = 34,349

|party percent = 24.8

|party change = {{decrease}} 10.0

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{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Vivian Tauschwitz

|votes = 37,770

|percentage = 27.3

|change = {{increase}} 1.0

|party votes = 38,933

|party percent = 28.1

|party change = {{increase}} 3.0

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Omid Najafi

|votes = 26,667

|percentage = 19.3

|change = {{increase}} 11.9

|party votes = 27,466

|party percent = 19.8

|party change = {{increase}} 11.8

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Canina Ruzicka

|votes = 7,411

|percentage = 5.4

|change = {{decrease}} 2.7

|party votes = 12,795

|party percent = 9.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 4.3

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|party = The Left (Germany)

|party votes = 9,777

|party percent = 7.1

|party change = {{increase}} 4.2

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Gurdan Kerti

|votes = 3,261

|percentage = 2.4

|change = {{decrease}} 3.6

|party votes = 5,118

|party percent = 3.7

|party change = {{decrease}} 6.4

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance

|party votes = 4,762

|party percent = 3.4

|party change =

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 1,695

|party percent = 1.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Günter Scheunemann

|votes = 2,923

|percentage = 2.1

|change = {{decrease}} 0.1

|party votes = 1,329

|party percent = 1.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Volt Germany

|candidate = Malte Büch

|votes = 2,036

|percentage = 1.5

|change =

|party votes = 998

|party percent = 0.7

|party change = {{increase}} 0.4

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die PARTEI

|party votes = 591

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.4

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany

|party votes = 295

|party percent = 0.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.7

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 203

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Bündnis Deutschland

|party votes = 169

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Party of Humanists

|party votes = 89

|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 = 20

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{unchanged}} 0.0

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{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,141

|party votes = 803

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{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 138,252

|party votes = 138,590

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{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 139,393

|percentage = 82.9

|change = {{increase}} 8.9

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{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|loser =

|votes = 20,414

|percent = 14.8

|change = {{decrease}} 6.4

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Lars Klingbeil

|votes = 59,131

|percentage = 47.6

|change = {{increase}} 6.4

|party votes = 43,196

|party percent = 34.8

|party change = {{increase}} 7.6

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Carsten Büttinghaus

|votes = 32,720

|percentage = 26.4

|change = {{decrease}} 9.7

|party votes = 31,119

|party percent = 25.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 12.7

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Michael Kopatz

|votes = 10,035

|percentage = 8.1

|change = {{increase}} 3.3

|party votes = 16,857

|party percent = 13.6

|party change = {{increase}} 5.6

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Volker Körlin

|votes = 9,182

|percentage = 7.4

|change = {{decrease}} 0.8

|party votes = 9,945

|party percent = 8.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.2

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Alexander Künzle

|votes = 7,354

|percentage = 5.9

|change = {{increase}} 1.4

|party votes = 12,526

|party percent = 10.1

|party change = {{increase}} 1.6

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Kathrin Otte

|votes = 3,010

|percentage = 2.4

|change = {{decrease}} 1.7

|party votes = 3,536

|party percent = 2.8

|party change = {{decrease}} 3.0

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 1,754

|party percent = 1.4

|party change = {{increase}} 0.5

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Günter Scheunemann

|votes = 2,734

|percentage = 2.2

|change = {{increase}} 1.1

|party votes = 1,433

|party percent = 1.2

|party change = {{increase}} 0.5

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany

|party votes = 1,192

|party percent = 1.0

|party change =

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die PARTEI

|party votes = 1,057

|party percent = 0.9

|party change = {{increase}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 444

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{unchanged}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Volt Germany

|party votes = 341

|party percent = 0.3

|party change =

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|party votes = 186

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Team Todenhöfer

|party votes = 180

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 107

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{unchanged}} 0.0

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Party of Humanists

|party votes = 94

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = V-Partei3

|party votes = 90

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{unchanged}} 0.0

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die Urbane. Eine HipHop Partei

|party votes = 74

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Liberal Conservative Reformers

|party votes = 42

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = German Communist Party

|party votes = 17

|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 = 14

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{unchanged}} 0.0

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{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 934

|party votes = 896

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{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 124,166

|party votes = 124,204

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{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 125,100

|percentage = 74.1

|change = {{decrease}} 1.5

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{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|loser =

|votes = 26,411

|percent = 21.2

|change = {{increase}} 16.1

}}

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{{MMP election box candidate win|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Lars Klingbeil

|votes = 51,938

|percentage = 41.2

|change = {{increase}} 0.6

|party votes = 34,211

|party percent = 27.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 4.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Kathrin Rösel

|votes = 45,510

|percentage = 36.1

|change = {{decrease}} 8.7

|party votes = 47,558

|party percent = 37.7

|party change = {{decrease}} 5.9

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Michael Stewart

|votes = 10,331

|percentage = 8.2

|change =

|party votes = 11,671

|party percent = 9.3

|party change = {{increase}} 5.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Ellen Gause

|votes = 6,053

|percentage = 4.8

|change = {{decrease}} 0.2

|party votes = 10,068

|party percent = 8.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Hendrik Jürgens

|votes = 5,659

|percentage = 4.5

|change = {{increase}} 2.8

|party votes = 10,699

|party percent = 8.5

|party change = {{increase}} 4.4

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Agnes Hasenjäger

|votes = 5,219

|percentage = 4.1

|change = {{increase}} 0.2

|party votes = 7,422

|party percent = 5.9

|party change = {{increase}} 1.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Günter Scheunemann

|votes = 1,387

|percentage = 1.1

|change = {{steady}} 0.0

|party votes = 770

|party percent = 0.6

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 1,145

|party percent = 0.9

|party change = {{increase}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die PARTEI

|party votes = 877

|party percent = 0.7

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|party votes = 447

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.7

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 396

|party percent = 0.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.1

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = DM

|color =

|party votes = 219

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Basic Income Alliance

|party votes = 188

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

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{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = DiB

|color = #263D80

|party votes = 138

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

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{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = V-Partei³

|color = #99CC33

|party votes = 137

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 114

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 34

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = German Communist Party

|party votes = 10

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 974

|party votes = 967

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 126,097

|party votes = 126,104

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 127,071

|percentage = 75.6

|change = {{increase}} 2.4

}}

{{MMP election box majority gain|

|winner = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|loser = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|votes = 6,428

|percent = 5.1

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2013): Rotenburg I – Heidekreis[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2013/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-3/wahlkreis-35.html Results for Rotenburg I – Heidekreis]

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Reinhard Grindel

|votes = 54,448

|percentage = 44.8

|change = {{increase}} 4.6

|party votes = 53,163

|party percent = 43.6

|party change = {{increase}} 8.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Lars Klingbeil

|votes = 49,301

|percentage = 40.6

|change = {{increase}} 5.3

|party votes = 38,018

|party percent = 31.2

|party change = {{increase}} 3.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Hans-Peter Ludewig

|votes = 6,026

|percentage = 5.0

|change = {{decrease}} 2.6

|party votes = 10,332

|party percent = 8.5

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Lennart Onken

|votes = 4,758

|percentage = 3.9

|change = {{decrease}} 3.0

|party votes = 5,572

|party percent = 4.6

|party change = {{decrease}} 3.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Henrik Schröder

|votes = 2,097

|percentage = 1.7

|change = {{decrease}} 6.5

|party votes = 4,930

|party percent = 4.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 10.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|party votes = 4,586

|party percent = 3.8

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|candidate = Stefan Scharringhausen

|votes = 1,875

|percentage = 1.5

|change =

|party votes = 1,722

|party percent = 1.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Ingo Rüdiger Helge

|votes = 1,617

|percentage = 1.3

|change = {{decrease}} 0.4

|party votes = 1,275

|party percent = 1.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Günter Scheunemann

|votes = 1,384

|percentage = 1.1

|change =

|party votes = 796

|party percent = 0.7

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 1,028

|party percent = 0.8

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = PBC

|party votes = 174

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = PRO

|party votes = 143

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = The Republicans (Germany)

|party votes = 68

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 22

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,317

|party votes = 994

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 121,506

|party votes = 121,829

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 122,823

|percentage = 73.2

|change = {{increase}} 0.8

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|votes = 5,147

|percent = 4.2

|change = {{decrease}} 0.7

}}

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|title=Federal election (2009): Rotenburg I – Soltau-Fallingbostel[https://web.archive.org/web/20100726042638/http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/de/bundestagswahlen/BTW_BUND_09/ergebnisse/wahlkreisergebnisse/l03/wk036/ Results for Rotenburg I – Soltau-Fallingbostel]

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{{MMP election box candidate win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Reinhard Grindel

|votes = 48,344

|percentage = 40.2

|change = {{decrease}} 1.5

|party votes = 42,324

|party percent = 35.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.7

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Lars Klingbeil

|votes = 42,395

|percentage = 35.3

|change = {{decrease}} 9.3

|party votes = 33,279

|party percent = 27.6

|party change = {{decrease}} 13.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Knuth Uhland

|votes = 9,895

|percentage = 8.2

|change = {{increase}} 4.0

|party votes = 16,930

|party percent = 14.0

|party change = {{increase}} 4.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Sven-Christian Kindler

|votes = 9,101

|percentage = 7.6

|change = {{increase}} 3.5

|party votes = 12,155

|party percent = 10.1

|party change = {{increase}} 3.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Heinz Kühsel

|votes = 8,366

|percentage = 7.0

|change = {{increase}} 3.6

|party votes = 9,759

|party percent = 8.1

|party change = {{increase}} 4.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Matthias Behrens

|votes = 2,138

|percentage = 1.8

|change = {{increase}} 0.1

|party votes = 1,825

|party percent = 1.5

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 2,252

|party percent = 1.9

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 1,172

|party percent = 1.0

|party change = {{increase}} 0.3

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = RRP

|color =

|party votes = 597

|party percent = 0.5

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = German People's Union

|party votes = 167

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 133

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 22

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,702

|party votes = 1,326

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 120,239

|party votes = 120,615

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 121,941

|percentage = 72.3

|change = {{decrease}} 6.3

}}

{{MMP election box majority win|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|votes = 5,949

|percent = 4.9

|change =

}}

{{reflist}}

{{Electoral districts of Lower Saxony}}

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Category:Federal electoral districts in Lower Saxony

Category:Hanover

Category:1980 establishments in West Germany

Category:Constituencies established in 1980