Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg
# Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg

Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg 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 37. It is located in northeastern Lower Saxony, comprising the Lüchow-Dannenberg and Lüneburg districts.

Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2009, it has been represented by Jakob Blankenburg of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).

## Geography

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.

## History

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.

| Election | No. | Name | Borders |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1949 | 13 | Lüneburg – Dannenberg | Lüneburg city Landkreis Lüneburg district Lüchow-Dannenberg district |
| 1953 | 35 | Lüneburg – Dannenberg | Lüneburg city Landkreis Lüneburg district Lüchow-Dannenberg district |
| 1957 | 35 | Lüneburg – Dannenberg | Lüneburg city Landkreis Lüneburg district Lüchow-Dannenberg district |
| 1961 | 35 | Lüneburg – Dannenberg | Lüneburg city Landkreis Lüneburg district Lüchow-Dannenberg district |
| 1965 | 31 | Lüneburg – Lüchow-Dannenberg | Lüneburg city Landkreis Lüneburg district Lüchow-Dannenberg district Uelzen district (only Uelzen municipality and Altes Amt Ebstorf and Suderburg Samtgemeinden) |
| 1969 | 31 | Lüneburg – Lüchow-Dannenberg | Lüneburg city Landkreis Lüneburg district Lüchow-Dannenberg district Uelzen district (only Uelzen municipality and Altes Amt Ebstorf and Suderburg Samtgemeinden) |
| 1972 | 31 | Lüneburg – Lüchow-Dannenberg | Lüneburg city Landkreis Lüneburg district Lüchow-Dannenberg district Uelzen district (only Uelzen municipality and Altes Amt Ebstorf and Suderburg Samtgemeinden) |
| 1976 | 31 | Lüneburg – Lüchow-Dannenberg | Lüneburg city Landkreis Lüneburg district Lüchow-Dannenberg district Uelzen district (only Uelzen municipality and Altes Amt Ebstorf and Suderburg Samtgemeinden) |
| 1980 | 31 | Lüneburg – Lüchow-Dannenberg | Lüneburg district Lüchow-Dannenberg district |
| 1983 | 31 | Lüneburg – Lüchow-Dannenberg | Lüneburg district Lüchow-Dannenberg district |
| 1987 | 31 | Lüneburg – Lüchow-Dannenberg | Lüneburg district Lüchow-Dannenberg district |
| 1990 | 31 | Lüneburg – Lüchow-Dannenberg | Lüneburg district Lüchow-Dannenberg district |
| 1994 | 31 | Lüneburg – Lüchow-Dannenberg | Lüneburg district Lüchow-Dannenberg district |
| 1998 | 31 | Lüneburg – Lüchow-Dannenberg | Lüneburg district Lüchow-Dannenberg district |
| 2002 | 37 | Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg | Lüneburg district Lüchow-Dannenberg district Harburg district (only Elbmarsch, Hanstedt, and Salzhausen Samtgemeinden) Soltau-Fallingbostel district (only Munster municipality) |
| 2005 | 37 | Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg | Lüneburg district Lüchow-Dannenberg district Harburg district (only Elbmarsch, Hanstedt, and Salzhausen Samtgemeinden) Soltau-Fallingbostel district (only Munster municipality) |
| 2009 | 38 | Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg | Lüneburg district Lüchow-Dannenberg district |
| 2013 | 37 | Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg | Lüneburg district Lüchow-Dannenberg district |
| 2017 | 37 | Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg | Lüneburg district Lüchow-Dannenberg district |
| 2021 | 37 | Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg | Lüneburg district Lüchow-Dannenberg district |

## Members

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.

| Election | Member | Party | % |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1949 | Friedrich Nowack | SPD | 31.7 |
| 1953 | Willi Koops | CDU | 25.5 |
| 1957 | Lambert Huys | CDU | 36.4 |
| 1961 | Lambert Huys | CDU | 36.0 |
| 1965 | Lambert Huys | CDU | 51.5 |
| 1969 | Lambert Huys | CDU | 49.7 |
| 1972 | Horst Schröder | CDU | 47.4 |
| 1976 | Horst Schröder | CDU | 51.2 |
| 1980 | Horst Schröder | CDU | 43.9 |
| 1983 | Horst Schröder | CDU | 49.0 |
| 1987 | Klaus Harries | CDU | 46.1 |
| 1990 | Klaus Harries | CDU | 46.5 |
| 1994 | Kurt-Dieter Grill | CDU | 44.6 |
| 1998 | Arne Fuhrmann | SPD | 49.4 |
| 2002 | Hedi Wegener | SPD | 46.8 |
| 2005 | Hedi Wegener | SPD | 43.8 |
| 2009 | Eckhard Pols | CDU | 33.3 |
| 2013 | Eckhard Pols | CDU | 39.8 |
| 2017 | Eckhard Pols | CDU | 33.5 |
| 2021 | Jakob Blankenburg | SPD | 28.2 |

## Election results

### 2021 election

Federal election (2021): Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg :

| Notes: | Notes: | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. |
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| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | SPD | Jakob Blankenburg | Jakob Blankenburg | 38,784 | 28.2 | 0.1 | 41,262 | 29.9 | 6.4 |
| | Greens | Julia Verlinden | Julia Verlinden | 34,606 | 25.1 | 10.4 | 30,585 | 22.1 | 8.7 |
| | CDU | N Eckhard Pols | N Eckhard Pols | 34,287 | 24.9 | 8.6 | 29,032 | 21.0 | 10.3 |
| | FDP | Edzard Schmidt-Jortzig | Edzard Schmidt-Jortzig | 9,513 | 6.9 | 0.3 | 13,241 | 9.6 | 0.3 |
| | AfD | Armin-Paulus Hampel | Armin-Paulus Hampel | 8,603 | 6.3 | 2.4 | 9,145 | 6.6 | 2.3 |
| | Left | Thorben Peters | Thorben Peters | 5,378 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 6,328 | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| | dieBasis | Sören Köppen | Sören Köppen | 2,542 | 1.8 | | 2,399 | 1.7 | |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,681 | 1.2 | 0.1 |
| | PARTEI | Meike Hilbeck | Meike Hilbeck | 2,187 | 1.6 | | 1,489 | 1.1 | 0.1 |
| | FW | Volker Heinecke | Volker Heinecke | 1,561 | 1.1 | | 1,161 | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 453 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| | Volt | | | | | | 368 | 0.3 | |
| | Team Todenhöfer | | | | | | 189 | 0.1 | |
| | NPD | | | | | | 179 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 147 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| | Humanists | | | | | | 119 | 0.1 | |
| | du. | | | | | | 94 | 0.1 | |
| | V-Partei3 | | | | | | 91 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| | DKP | | | | | | 65 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | LKR | Fronke Gerken | Fronke Gerken | 105 | 0.1 | | 53 | 0.0 | |
| | Independent | Tristan Großkopf | Tristan Großkopf | 71 | 0.1 | | | | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 25 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,546 | | | 1,077 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 137,637 | | | 138,106 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 139,183 | 76.2 | 1.8 | | | |
| | SPD gain from CDU | SPD gain from CDU | Majority | 4,178 | 3.1 | | | | |

### 2017 election

Federal election (2017): Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg :

| Notes: | Notes: | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. |
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| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Y Eckhard Pols | Y Eckhard Pols | 46,740 | 33.5 | 6.3 | 43,861 | 31.3 | 5.5 |
| | SPD | Hiltrud Lotze | Hiltrud Lotze | 39,169 | 28.1 | 5.6 | 32,865 | 23.5 | 5.6 |
| | Greens | Julia Verlinden | Julia Verlinden | 20,604 | 14.8 | 2.7 | 18,906 | 13.5 | 0.8 |
| | AfD | Gunter Runkel | Gunter Runkel | 12,131 | 8.7 | 5.0 | 12,498 | 8.9 | 4.5 |
| | Left | Michèl Pauly | Michèl Pauly | 11,729 | 8.4 | 2.5 | 12,705 | 9.1 | 2.1 |
| | FDP | Edzard Schmidt-Jortzig | Edzard Schmidt-Jortzig | 9,245 | 6.6 | 5.0 | 12,959 | 9.2 | 5.3 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,506 | 1.1 | 0.3 |
| | PARTEI | | | | | | 1,387 | 1.0 | |
| | BGE | | | | | | 881 | 0.6 | |
| | FW | | | | | | 552 | 0.4 | |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 486 | 0.3 | 1.9 |
| | NPD | | | | | | 395 | 0.3 | 0.6 |
| | DiB | | | | | | 312 | 0.2 | |
| | DM | | | | | | 263 | 0.2 | |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 250 | 0.2 | |
| | V-Partei³ | | | | | | 241 | 0.2 | |
| | DKP | | | | | | 36 | 0.0 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 36 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,382 | | | 861 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 139,618 | | | 140,139 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 141,000 | 78.0 | 3.4 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 7,571 | 5.4 | 0.7 | | | |

### 2013 election

Federal election (2013): Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg :

| Notes: | Notes: | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. |
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| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Y Eckhard Pols | Y Eckhard Pols | 52,644 | 39.8 | 6.5 | 48,756 | 36.8 | 8.2 |
| | SPD | Hiltrud Lotze | Hiltrud Lotze | 44,491 | 33.7 | 2.5 | 38,415 | 29.0 | 4.2 |
| | Greens | Julia Verlinden | Julia Verlinden | 15,918 | 12.0 | 3.1 | 18,892 | 14.3 | 3.8 |
| | Left | Johanna Voß | Johanna Voß | 7,784 | 5.9 | 3.3 | 9,202 | 6.9 | 3.2 |
| | AfD | Michael Recha | Michael Recha | 4,925 | 3.7 | | 5,852 | 4.4 | |
| | Pirates | Olaf Forberger | Olaf Forberger | 2,879 | 2.2 | | 3,000 | 2.3 | 0.1 |
| | FDP | Tobias Debuch | Tobias Debuch | 2,112 | 1.6 | 7.1 | 5,281 | 4.0 | 8.6 |
| | NPD | Manfred Börm | Manfred Börm | 1,240 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 1,145 | 0.9 | 0.4 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,081 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| | FW | | | | | | 402 | 0.3 | |
| | PBC | Sonni Tonne | Sonni Tonne | 206 | 0.2 | | 177 | 0.1 | |
| | PRO | | | | | | 136 | 0.1 | |
| | REP | | | | | | 47 | 0.0 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 30 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,375 | | | 1,158 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 132,199 | | | 132,416 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 133,574 | 74.6 | 0.4 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 8,153 | 6.1 | 3.9 | | | |

### 2009 election

Federal election (2009): Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg :

| Notes: | Notes: | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. |
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| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Eckhard Pols | Eckhard Pols | 43,229 | 33.3 | 2.7 | 37,291 | 28.7 | 2.1 |
| | SPD | Hiltrud Lotze | Hiltrud Lotze | 40,411 | 31.1 | 13.7 | 32,321 | 24.8 | 14.5 |
| | Greens | Andreas Meihsies | Andreas Meihsies | 19,645 | 15.1 | 6.7 | 23,543 | 18.1 | 6.1 |
| | Left | Johanna Voß | Johanna Voß | 11,935 | 9.2 | 4.0 | 13,166 | 10.1 | 4.1 |
| | FDP | Boris Freiherr von der Bussche | Boris Freiherr von der Bussche | 11,242 | 8.7 | 4.6 | 16,323 | 12.5 | 3.3 |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 2,795 | 2.0 | |
| | NPD | Christian Berisha | Christian Berisha | 1,860 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 1,594 | 1.2 | 0.1 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,002 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| | RRP | Horst Gilles | Horst Gilles | 1,449 | 1.1 | | 1,703 | 1.3 | |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 194 | 0.1 | |
| | DVU | | | | | | 135 | 0.1 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 32 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,695 | | | 1,366 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 129,771 | | | 130,100 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 131,466 | 74.2 | 5.0 | | | |
| | CDU gain from SPD | CDU gain from SPD | Majority | 2,818 | 2.2 | | | | |
