Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel

Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel is located in southeastern Lower Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Salzgitter, the entirety of the district of Wolfenbüttel, and the Samtgemeinde of Lutter am Barenberge and municipalities of Langelsheim, Liebenburg, and Seesen from the district of Goslar.

Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel was created in 1949, then known as Gandersheim – Salzgitter. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was named Salzgitter. It acquired its current name in the 1980 election. In the inaugural Bundestag election, it was Lower Saxony constituency 27 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 49. From 1965 through 1998, it was number 44. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 49. In the 2009 election, it was number 50. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 49.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Salzgitter, the district of Gandersheim, and the Samtgemeinde of Baddeckenstedt from the Wolfenbüttel district. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it comprised the independent city of Salzgitter and district of Wolfenbüttel. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

The constituency has been held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) during all but two Bundestag terms since 1949. Its first representative was Karl Bielig of the SPD, who served from 1949 to 1953. Wilhelm Höck of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won the constituency in 1953 and was re-elected in 1957. In 1961, Hans-Jürgen Junghans of the SPD was elected. He was succeeded in 1987 by Wilhelm Schmidt, who served until 2005. Sigmar Gabriel has served as representative since 2005; Gabriel served as Vice-Chancellor of Germany from 2013 to 2018. He was succeeded as representative by Dunja Kreiser in 2021.

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Dunja Kreiser

|votes = 48,410

|percentage = 30.6

|change = {{decrease}} 8.0

|party votes = 38,650

|party percent = 24.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 12.3

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Reza Asghari

|votes = 44,807

|percentage = 28.3

|change = {{increase}} 1.1

|party votes = 42,085

|party percent = 26.5

|party change = {{increase}} 3.6

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{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Angela Rudzka

|votes = 33,787

|percentage = 21.3

|change = {{increase}} 11.5

|party votes = 33,836

|party percent = 21.2

|party change = {{increase}} 11.4

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Cem Ince

|votes = 11,139

|percentage = 7.0

|change = {{increase}} 3.1

|party votes = 12,357

|party percent = 7.8

|party change = {{increase}} 4.7

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Lena Krause

|votes = 10,910

|percentage = 6.9

|change = {{decrease}} 3.7

|party votes = 33,824

|party percent = 8.7

|party change = {{decrease}} 3.7

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance

|party votes = 6,404

|party percent = 4.0

|party change =

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Kevin Violence

|votes = 3,934

|percentage = 2.5

|change = {{decrease}} 4.1

|party votes = 5,619

|party percent = 3.5

|party change = {{decrease}} 5.7

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Jörg-Uwe Weber

|votes = 2,291

|percentage = 1.4

|change = {{increase}} 0.3

|party votes = 1,129

|party percent = 0.7

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Volt Germany

|candidate = Marie Lenke

|votes = 1,596

|percentage = 1.0

|change =

|party votes = 816

|party percent = 0.5

|party change = {{increase}} 0.3

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 2,024

|party percent = 1.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Nina Ute

|votes = 1,406

|percentage = 0.9

|change = {{decrease}} 0.2

|party votes = 539

|party percent = 0.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.6

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die PARTEI

|party votes = 732

|party percent = 0.5

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.4

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|candidate =

|votes =

|percentage =

|change = {{decrease}} 0.8

|party votes = 267

|party percent = 0.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Bündnis Deutschland

|party votes = 179

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Party of Humanists

|party votes = 105

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 31

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{unchanged}} 0.0

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Team Todenhöfer

|party votes =

|party percent =

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.5

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes =

|party percent =

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

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{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,324

|party votes = 1,007

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{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 158,280

|party votes = 158,597

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{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 159,604

|percentage = 81.8

|change = {{increase}} 8.5

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{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|loser =

|votes = 3,603

|percent = 2.3

|change =

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{{MMP election box candidate win|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Dunja Kreiser

|votes = 56,157

|percentage = 38.6

|change = {{decrease}} 4.2

|party votes = 53,411

|party percent = 36.7

|party change = {{increase}} 4.2

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Holger Bormann

|votes = 39,541

|percentage = 27.2

|change = {{decrease}} 2.0

|party votes = 33,453

|party percent = 23.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 6.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Claudia Bei der Wieden

|votes = 15,353

|percentage = 10.6

|change = {{increase}} 6.3

|party votes = 18,105

|party percent = 12.4

|party change = {{increase}} 5.9

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Thomas Günther

|votes = 14,331

|percentage = 9.9

|change = {{decrease}} 2.1

|party votes = 14,415

|party percent = 9.9

|party change = {{decrease}} 2.4

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Max Weitemeier

|votes = 9,544

|percentage = 6.6

|change = {{increase}} 1.9

|party votes = 13,463

|party percent = 9.2

|party change = {{increase}} 1.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Victor Perli

|votes = 5,675

|percentage = 3.9

|change = {{decrease}} 2.1

|party votes = 4,478

|party percent = 3.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 4.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 2,156

|party percent = 1.5

|party change = {{increase}} 0.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Günter Karl-Heinz Gehmert

|votes = 1,651

|percentage = 1.1

|change =

|party votes = 1,317

|party percent = 0.9

|party change = {{increase}} 0.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Volker Eyssen

|votes = 1,599

|percentage = 1.1

|change =

|party votes = 1,362

|party percent = 0.9

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die PARTEI

|party votes = 1,274

|party percent = 0.9

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Team Todenhöfer

|party votes = 743

|party percent = 0.5

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|candidate = Jens Golland

|votes = 1,220

|percentage = 0.8

|change = {{unchanged}} 0.0

|party votes = 598

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{unchanged}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box independent|

|candidate = Christiane Jagau

|votes = 282

|percentage = 0.2

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Volt Germany

|party votes = 260

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|party votes = 240

|party percent = 0.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = V-Partei3

|party votes = 100

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{unchanged}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Party of Humanists

|party votes = 94

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 86

|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 = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box independent|

|candidate = Paul Deutsch

|votes = 71

|percentage = 0.0

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Liberal Conservative Reformers

|party votes = 39

|party percent = 0.0

|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 = 19

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{unchanged}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,794

|party votes = 1,496

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 145,424

|party votes = 145,722

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 147,218

|percentage = 73.3

|change = {{decrease}} 2.9

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|loser =

|votes = 16,616

|percent = 11.4

|change = {{decrease}} 2.3

}}

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2017): Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2017/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-3/wahlkreis-49.html Results for Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel]

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Sigmar Gabriel

|votes = 66,587

|percentage = 42.8

|change = {{decrease}} 3.8

|party votes = 50,482

|party percent = 32.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 6.8

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Uwe Lagosky

|votes = 45,310

|percentage = 29.1

|change = {{decrease}} 7.9

|party votes = 45,985

|party percent = 29.5

|party change = {{decrease}} 6.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Manfred Wolfrum

|votes = 18,564

|percentage = 11.9

|change = {{increase}} 8.9

|party votes = 19,115

|party percent = 12.3

|party change = {{increase}} 8.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Victor Perli

|votes = 9,290

|percentage = 6.0

|change = {{increase}} 1.6

|party votes = 11,266

|party percent = 7.2

|party change = {{increase}} 1.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Jens Henry Neubert

|votes = 7,268

|percentage = 4.7

|change = {{increase}} 3.6

|party votes = 12,450

|party percent = 8.0

|party change = {{increase}} 4.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Ghali El Boustami

|votes = 6,680

|percentage = 4.3

|change = {{decrease}} 0.1

|party votes = 10,213

|party percent = 6.6

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.8

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 1,591

|party percent = 1.0

|party change = {{increase}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die PARTEI

|party votes = 1,557

|party percent = 1.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|candidate = Jens Golland

|votes = 1,335

|percentage = 0.9

|change = {{decrease}} 0.6

|party votes = 684

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|party votes = 606

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.8

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Free Voters

|party votes = 531

|party percent = 0.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.4

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = DM

|color =

|party votes = 430

|party percent = 0.3

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box independent|

|candidate = Christiane Jagau

|votes = 283

|percentage = 0.2

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Basic Income Alliance

|party votes = 207

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = DiB

|color = #263D80

|party votes = 197

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = V-Partei³

|color = #99CC33

|party votes = 183

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box independent|

|candidate = Niels Salveter

|votes = 162

|percentage = 0.1

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 117

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 74

|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 = 1,567

|party votes = 1,327

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 155,479

|party votes = 155,719

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 157,046

|percentage = 76.2

|change = {{increase}} 3.2

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|votes = 21,277

|percent = 13.7

|change = {{increase}} 4.1

}}

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2013): Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2013/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-3/wahlkreis-49.html Results for Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel]

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Sigmar Gabriel

|votes = 70,080

|percentage = 46.6

|change = {{increase}} 1.7

|party votes = 58,881

|party percent = 39.3

|party change = {{increase}} 5.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Uwe Lagosky

|votes = 55,720

|percentage = 37.1

|change = {{increase}} 4.5

|party votes = 53,593

|party percent = 35.7

|party change = {{increase}} 5.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Sascha Pitkamin

|votes = 6,630

|percentage = 4.4

|change = {{decrease}} 1.4

|party votes = 11,013

|party percent = 7.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Dorothée Menzner

|votes = 6,524

|percentage = 4.3

|change = {{decrease}} 3.7

|party votes = 8,461

|party percent = 5.6

|party change = {{decrease}} 4.4

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Axel Steinkampf-Sommer

|votes = 4,548

|percentage = 3.0

|change =

|party votes = 5,938

|party percent = 4.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|candidate = Arne Hattendorf

|votes = 2,119

|percentage = 1.4

|change =

|party votes = 2,228

|party percent = 1.5

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Adolf Preuß

|votes = 1,940

|percentage = 1.3

|change = {{decrease}} 0.5

|party votes = 1,796

|party percent = 1.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.4

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Dirk Michaelis

|votes = 1,582

|percentage = 1.1

|change = {{decrease}} 5.0

|party votes = 5,142

|party percent = 3.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 7.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 1,286

|party percent = 0.9

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Anke Bastian

|votes = 1,248

|percentage = 0.8

|change =

|party votes = 1,046

|party percent = 0.7

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = The Republicans (Germany)

|party votes = 208

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = PRO

|party votes = 183

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = PBC

|party votes = 167

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 39

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 2,208

|party votes = 2,618

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 150,391

|party votes = 149,981

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 152,599

|percentage = 73.0

|change = {{decrease}} 0.9

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|votes = 14,360

|percent = 9.5

|change = {{decrease}} 2.8

}}

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2009): Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel[https://web.archive.org/web/20100726042204/http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/de/bundestagswahlen/BTW_BUND_09/ergebnisse/wahlkreisergebnisse/l03/wk049/ Results for Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel]

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Sigmar Gabriel

|votes = 69,631

|percentage = 44.9

|change = {{decrease}} 7.4

|party votes = 53,144

|party percent = 34.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 13.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Jochen-Konrad Fromme

|votes = 50,519

|percentage = 32.6

|change = {{decrease}} 3.1

|party votes = 47,719

|party percent = 30.7

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Hermann Fleischer

|votes = 12,538

|percentage = 8.1

|change = {{increase}} 4.0

|party votes = 15,569

|party percent = 10.0

|party change = {{increase}} 5.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Thomas Keller

|votes = 9,436

|percentage = 6.1

|change = {{increase}} 3.5

|party votes = 16,479

|party percent = 10.6

|party change = {{increase}} 3.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Jürgen Selke-Witzel

|votes = 9,032

|percentage = 5.8

|change = {{increase}} 2.5

|party votes = 13,744

|party percent = 8.8

|party change = {{increase}} 3.4

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 2,812

|party percent = 1.8

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Friedrich-Werner Schulenburg

|votes = 2,791

|percentage = 1.8

|change = {{increase}} 0.2

|party votes = 2,490

|party percent = 1.6

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 1,334

|party percent = 0.9

|party change = {{increase}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box historic party candidate|

|party = RRP

|candidate = Rolf Vorberger

|votes = 1,163

|percentage = 0.7

|change =

|party votes = 1,771

|party percent = 1.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 129

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = German People's Union

|party votes = 186

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{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 informal vote|

|votes = 2,468

|party votes = 2,167

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 155,110

|party votes = 155,411

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 157,578

|percentage = 73.9

|change = {{decrease}} 5.6

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|votes = 19,112

|percent = 12.3

|change = {{decrease}} 4.3

}}

{{reflist}}

{{Electoral districts of Lower Saxony}}

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