Herford – Minden-Lübbecke II
# Herford – Minden-Lübbecke II

Herford – Minden-Lübbecke II 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 133. It is located in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the Herford district and a small part of the Minden-Lübbecke district.

Herford – Minden-Lübbecke II was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2009, it has been represented by Stefan Schwartze of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).

## Geography

Herford – Minden-Lübbecke II is located in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Herford district and the municipality of Bad Oeynhausen from the Minden-Lübbecke district.

## History

Herford – Minden-Lübbecke II was created in 1949, then known as Herford-Stadt und -Land. From 1965 through 1994, it was named Herford. In the 1998 election, it was named Herford – Minden-Lübbecke I. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 48 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1976, it was number 107. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 103. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 134. Since 2013, it has been number 133.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Herford and the district of Landkreis Herford. In the 1972 and 1976 elections, it comprised the district of Herford and the municipality of Kalletal from the Lippe district. In the 1980 through 1994 elections, it was coterminous with the Herford district. In the 1998 election, it comprised the Herford district and the Ortsteile of Bad Oeynhausen-Lohe and Bad Oeynhausen-Rehme from the Minden-Lübbecke district. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

| Election | No. | Name | Borders |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1949 | 48 | Herford-Stadt und -Land | Herford city Landkreis Herford district |
| 1953 | 107 | Herford-Stadt und -Land | Herford city Landkreis Herford district |
| 1957 | 107 | Herford-Stadt und -Land | Herford city Landkreis Herford district |
| 1961 | 107 | Herford-Stadt und -Land | Herford city Landkreis Herford district |
| 1965 | 107 | Herford | Herford city Landkreis Herford district |
| 1969 | 107 | Herford | Herford city Landkreis Herford district |
| 1972 | 107 | Herford | Herford district Lippe district (only Kalletal municipality) |
| 1976 | 107 | Herford | Herford district Lippe district (only Kalletal municipality) |
| 1980 | 103 | Herford | Herford district |
| 1983 | 103 | Herford | Herford district |
| 1987 | 103 | Herford | Herford district |
| 1990 | 103 | Herford | Herford district |
| 1994 | 103 | Herford | Herford district |
| 1998 | 103 | Herford – Minden-Lübbecke I | Herford district Minden-Lübbecke district (only Bad Oeynhausen-Lohe and Bad Oeynhausen-Rehme Ortsteile) |
| 2002 | 134 | Herford – Minden-Lübbecke II | Herford district Minden-Lübbecke district (only Bad Oeynhausen municipality) |
| 2005 | 134 | Herford – Minden-Lübbecke II | Herford district Minden-Lübbecke district (only Bad Oeynhausen municipality) |
| 2009 | 134 | Herford – Minden-Lübbecke II | Herford district Minden-Lübbecke district (only Bad Oeynhausen municipality) |
| 2013 | 133 | Herford – Minden-Lübbecke II | Herford district Minden-Lübbecke district (only Bad Oeynhausen municipality) |
| 2017 | 133 | Herford – Minden-Lübbecke II | Herford district Minden-Lübbecke district (only Bad Oeynhausen municipality) |
| 2021 | 133 | Herford – Minden-Lübbecke II | Herford district Minden-Lübbecke district (only Bad Oeynhausen municipality) |

## Members

The constituency has been held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) during all but one Bundestag term since 1949. It was first represented by Heinrich Höcker of the SPD from 1949 to 1961, followed by Rudolf Bäumer for a single term. Günter Biermann served from 1965 to 1983, when Heinz Landré of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was elected. Rolf Koltzsch regained the constituency for the SPD in 1987 and served until 1994. Wolfgang Spanier then served until 2009. Stefan Schwartze was elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2013, 2017, and 2021.

| Election | Member | Party | % |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1949 | Heinrich Höcker | SPD | 45.9 |
| 1953 | Heinrich Höcker | SPD | 47.3 |
| 1957 | Heinrich Höcker | SPD | 48.1 |
| 1961 | Rudolf Bäumer | SPD | 49.0 |
| 1965 | Günter Biermann | SPD | 50.7 |
| 1969 | Günter Biermann | SPD | 52.5 |
| 1972 | Günter Biermann | SPD | 57.3 |
| 1976 | Günter Biermann | SPD | 51.5 |
| 1980 | Günter Biermann | SPD | 52.1 |
| 1983 | Heinz Landré | CDU | 46.7 |
| 1987 | Rolf Koltzsch | SPD | 47.5 |
| 1990 | Rolf Koltzsch | SPD | 43.8 |
| 1994 | Wolfgang Spanier | SPD | 48.3 |
| 1998 | Wolfgang Spanier | SPD | 53.1 |
| 2002 | Wolfgang Spanier | SPD | 53.1 |
| 2005 | Wolfgang Spanier | SPD | 47.5 |
| 2009 | Stefan Schwartze | SPD | 38.5 |
| 2013 | Stefan Schwartze | SPD | 41.3 |
| 2017 | Stefan Schwartze | SPD | 36.8 |
| 2021 | Stefan Schwartze | SPD | 36.5 |

## Election results

### 2021 election

Federal election (2021): Herford – Minden-Lübbecke II :

| 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 | Y Stefan Schwartze | Y Stefan Schwartze | 61,554 | 36.5 | 0.3 | 53,359 | 31.6 | 2.9 |
| | CDU | Joachim Ebmeyer | Joachim Ebmeyer | 45,138 | 26.7 | 9.0 | 39,769 | 23.5 | 8.2 |
| | Greens | Maik Babenhauserheide | Maik Babenhauserheide | 18,090 | 10.7 | 5.6 | 22,732 | 13.4 | 6.6 |
| | AfD | Sebastian Schulze | Sebastian Schulze | 15,855 | 9.4 | 0.6 | 16,144 | 9.5 | 1.3 |
| | FDP | Jens Teutrine | Jens Teutrine | 14,021 | 8.3 | 2.7 | 19,884 | 11.8 | 0.3 |
| | Left | Jan Lieberum | Jan Lieberum | 5,332 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 6,038 | 3.6 | 3.4 |
| | PARTEI | Laura Möller | Laura Möller | 3,440 | 2.0 | | 2,003 | 1.2 | 0.6 |
| | dieBasis | Radisa Amidzic | Radisa Amidzic | 2,187 | 1.3 | | 2,226 | 1.3 | |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 2,181 | 1.3 | 0.6 |
| | FW | Evelyn Taborsky | Evelyn Taborsky | 1,967 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 1,352 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| | Independent | Martin Sonnabend | Martin Sonnabend | 1,234 | 0.7 | | | | |
| | Team Todenhöfer | | | | | | 760 | 0.4 | |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 565 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| | Bündnis C | | | | | | 501 | 0.3 | |
| | Volt | | | | | | 304 | 0.2 | |
| | LIEBE | | | | | | 212 | 0.1 | |
| | LfK | | | | | | 185 | 0.1 | |
| | Gesundheitsforschung | | | | | | 149 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | NPD | | | | | | 144 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| | Humanists | | | | | | 117 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | V-Partei3 | | | | | | 104 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | du. | | | | | | 80 | 0.0 | |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 72 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | PdF | | | | | | 53 | 0.0 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 37 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | LKR | | | | | | 37 | 0.0 | |
| | DKP | | | | | | 33 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | PSG | | | | | | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,646 | | | 1,408 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 168,818 | | | 169,056 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 170,464 | 75.1 | 1.5 | | | |
| | SPD hold | SPD hold | Majority | 16,416 | 9.8 | 8.7 | | | |

### 2017 election

Federal election (2017): Herford – Minden-Lübbecke II :

| 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 | Y Stefan Schwartze | Y Stefan Schwartze | 61,205 | 36.7 | 4.6 | 47,940 | 28.7 | 6.2 |
| | CDU | Tim Ostermann | Tim Ostermann | 59,571 | 35.8 | 5.1 | 52,994 | 31.7 | 7.6 |
| | AfD | Sebastian Richard Schulze | Sebastian Richard Schulze | 16,633 | 10.0 | | 18,098 | 10.8 | 7.2 |
| | FDP | Siegfried Mühlenweg | Siegfried Mühlenweg | 9,411 | 5.6 | 2.1 | 19,186 | 11.5 | 7.3 |
| | Left | Fabian Alexander Stoffel | Fabian Alexander Stoffel | 9,353 | 5.6 | 0.2 | 11,589 | 6.9 | 1.1 |
| | Greens | Maik Babenhauserheide | Maik Babenhauserheide | 8,444 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 11,485 | 6.9 | 0.7 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,222 | 0.7 | |
| | PARTEI | | | | | | 1,002 | 0.6 | 0.3 |
| | FW | Jörn Döring | Jörn Döring | 1,975 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 972 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 640 | 0.4 | 1.7 |
| | AD-DEMOKRATEN | | | | | | 408 | 0.2 | |
| | NPD | | | | | | 342 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
| | V-Partei³ | | | | | | 171 | 0.1 | |
| | DM | | | | | | 159 | 0.1 | |
| | Volksabstimmung | | | | | | 153 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| | Gesundheitsforschung | | | | | | 140 | 0.1 | |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 133 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | DiB | | | | | | 127 | 0.1 | |
| | BGE | | | | | | 112 | 0.1 | |
| | Die Humanisten | | | | | | 73 | 0.0 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 70 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | DKP | | | | | | 23 | 0.0 | |
| | SGP | | | | | | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,072 | | | 1,617 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 166,592 | | | 167,047 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 168,664 | 73.7 | 2.7 | | | |
| | SPD hold | SPD hold | Majority | 1,634 | 0.9 | 0.4 | | | |

### 2013 election

Federal election (2013): Herford – Minden-Lübbecke II :

| 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 | Y Stefan Schwartze | Y Stefan Schwartze | 66,637 | 41.3 | 2.8 | 56,554 | 34.9 | 2.0 |
| | CDU | Tim Ostermann | Tim Ostermann | 65,873 | 40.8 | 3.2 | 63,755 | 39.4 | 6.8 |
| | Left | Inge Höger | Inge Höger | 8,706 | 5.4 | 2.0 | 9,409 | 5.8 | 2.1 |
| | Greens | Eyüp Odabasi | Eyüp Odabasi | 8,209 | 5.1 | 1.7 | 12,297 | 7.6 | 1.1 |
| | FDP | Frank Schäffler | Frank Schäffler | 5,651 | 3.5 | 6.1 | 6,798 | 4.2 | 9.3 |
| | AfD | | | | | | 5,832 | 3.6 | |
| | Pirates | Dennis Deutschkämer | Dennis Deutschkämer | 4,697 | 2.9 | | 3,350 | 2.1 | 0.6 |
| | NPD | | | | | | 1,267 | 0.8 | 0.1 |
| | FW | Lutz Schröter | Lutz Schröter | 1,119 | 0.7 | | 661 | 0.4 | |
| | PARTEI | | | | | | 476 | 0.3 | |
| | Independent | Rein | Rein | 441 | 0.3 | | | | |
| | PRO | | | | | | 332 | 0.2 | |
| | Volksabstimmung | | | | | | 286 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| | REP | | | | | | 211 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 186 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | Nichtwahler | | | | | | 175 | 0.1 | |
| | Party of Reason | | | | | | 109 | 0.1 | |
| | RRP | | | | | | 76 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| | BIG | | | | | | 67 | 0.0 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 36 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | PSG | | | | | | 32 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | BüSo | | | | | | 29 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Die Rechte | | | | | | 22 | 0.0 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,842 | | | 1,855 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 161,333 | | | 161,960 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 163,815 | 70.9 | 0.3 | | | |
| | SPD hold | SPD hold | Majority | 764 | 0.5 | 0.3 | | | |

### 2009 election

Federal election (2009): Herford – Minden-Lübbecke II :

| 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 | Stefan Schwartze | Stefan Schwartze | 62,644 | 38.5 | 9.0 | 53,661 | 32.9 | 7.8 |
| | CDU | Wolfgang Rußkamp | Wolfgang Rußkamp | 61,244 | 37.7 | 3.3 | 53,025 | 32.5 | 2.7 |
| | FDP | Frank Schäffler | Frank Schäffler | 15,549 | 9.6 | 6.0 | 22,018 | 13.5 | 4.0 |
| | Left | Inge Höger | Inge Höger | 12,090 | 7.4 | 3.6 | 12,887 | 7.9 | 2.9 |
| | Greens | Irmgard Pehle | Irmgard Pehle | 11,091 | 6.8 | 3.9 | 14,121 | 8.7 | 2.0 |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 2,373 | 1.5 | |
| | NPD | | | | | | 1,362 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 942 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
| | FAMILIE | | | | | | 856 | 0.5 | 0.1 |
| | REP | | | | | | 603 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| | RENTNER | | | | | | 421 | 0.3 | |
| | RRP | | | | | | 215 | 0.1 | |
| | Volksabstimmung | | | | | | 189 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 137 | 0.1 | |
| | DVU | | | | | | 90 | 0.1 | |
| | Centre | | | | | | 56 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 31 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | BüSo | | | | | | 26 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | PSG | | | | | | 23 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,497 | | | 2,079 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 162,618 | | | 163,036 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 165,115 | 70.6 | 7.7 | | | |
| | SPD hold | SPD hold | Majority | 1,400 | 0.8 | 5.7 | | | |
