Harburg (electoral district)

36 Harburg
Former electoral district for the Bundestag
Harburg in 2025
State	Lower Saxony
Population	254,400 (2019)
Electorate	201,740 (2021)
Major settlements	Buchholz in der Nordheide Winsen (Luhe)
Area	1,248.5 km2
Former electoral district
Created	1980 2009 (re-established)
Abolished	2002
Party	SPD
Member	Svenja Stadler
Elected	2021

Harburg 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 36. It is located in northern Lower Saxony, comprising the district of Harburg.

Harburg was created for the 1980 federal election. It was abolished in 2002 and re-established in the 2009 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Svenja Stadler of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).

Geography

Harburg is located in northern Lower Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the Harburg district.

History

Harburg was created in 1980 and contained parts of the abolished constituency of Harburg – Soltau. In its first incarnation, it was constituency 35 in the numbering system, and comprised the Harburg district. It was abolished in the 2002 election, and divided between the new constituencies of Soltau-Fallingbostel – Winsen Luhe and Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg.

The constituency was re-established in the 2009 election. It was constituency number 37. Since the 2013 election, it has been constituency number 36. Its borders have not changed since its re-establishment.

Members

The constituency was first held by Herbert Helmrich of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), who served from 1980 until 1994. He was succeeded by fellow CDU member Rudolf Meyer, who served until 1998. In 1998, Monika Griefahn 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, Michael Grosse-Brömer of the CDU won the constituency. Svenja Stadler regained it for the SPD in 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1980	Herbert Helmrich	CDU	44.2
	1983			54.6
	1987			50.3
	1990			49.2
	1994	Rudolf Meyer	CDU	48.2
	1998	Monika Griefahn	SPD	46.6
Abolished (2002–2009)
	2009	Michael Grosse-Brömer	CDU	40.6
	2013			45.2
	2017			40.6
	2021	Svenja Stadler	SPD	31.0

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Harburg
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.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	SPD	Svenja Stadler		49,773	31.0	3.6	46,765	29.1	7.1
	CDU	N Michael Grosse-Brömer		46,711	29.1	11.5	39,850	24.8	11.2
	Greens	Nadja Weippert		24,120	15.0	6.0	26,777	16.7	6.5
	FDP	Nino Ruschmeyer		14,395	9.0	2.5	20,426	12.7	1.0
	AfD	Henning Schwieger		11,007	6.9	2.4	11,671	7.3	2.7
	Left	Joachim Kotteck		4,230	2.6	2.7	4,682	2.9	3.4
	Tierschutzpartei	Mona Jonas-Tadjik		3,561	2.2		2,360	1.5	0.5
	FW	Willy Klingenberg		3,515	2.2	0.5	2,404	1.5	0.7
	dieBasis	Christian Bahr		2,850	1.8		2,452	1.5
	PARTEI						1,193	0.7	0.0
	Pirates						568	0.4	0.1
	Team Todenhöfer						433	0.3
	Volt						347	0.2
	LKR	Hans-Christian Schröder		351	0.2		151	0.1
	ÖDP						141	0.1	0.0
	NPD						138	0.1	0.1
	Humanists						130	0.1
	V-Partei3						113	0.1	0.1
	du.						95	0.1
	MLPD						23	0.0	0.0
	DKP						23	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,122			893
Total valid votes				160,513			160,742
Turnout				161,635	80.1	1.2
	SPD gain from CDU		Majority	3,062	1.9

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Harburg
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.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Y Michael Grosse-Brömer		65,223	40.6	4.6	57,815	35.9	6.9
	SPD	Svenja Stadler		44,017	27.4	4.2	35,377	22.0	6.3
	AfD	Roderik Pfreundschuh		14,826	9.2	3.5	16,047	10.0	4.0
	Greens	Nadja Weippert		14,565	9.1	2.0	16,410	10.2	0.9
	FDP	Wolfgang Knobel		10,458	6.5	3.1	18,839	11.7	6.8
	Left	Joachim Kotteck		8,638	5.4	1.8	10,117	6.3	1.8
	FW	Timo Röntsch		2,785	1.7	0.7	1,340	0.8	0.1
	Tierschutzpartei						1,632	1.0	0.1
	PARTEI						1,238	0.8
	Pirates						475	0.3	1.4
	NPD						358	0.2	0.6
	V-Partei³						293	0.2
	DiB						240	0.1
	BGE						209	0.1
	DM						201	0.1
	ÖDP						198	0.1
	MLPD						35	0.0	0.0
	DKP						31	0.0
Informal votes				1,325			982
Total valid votes				160,512			160,855
Turnout				161,837	81.3	2.9
	CDU hold		Majority	21,206	13.2	0.4

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Harburg
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.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Y Michael Grosse-Brömer		68,458	45.2	4.6	64,905	42.8	8.8
	SPD	Svenja Stadler		47,908	31.6	1.0	42,915	28.3	3.8
	Greens	Martina Lammers		10,754	7.1	2.3	14,078	9.3	2.9
	AfD	Bernd Lucke		8,704	5.7		9,069	6.0
	Left	Michèl Pauly		5,472	3.6	2.9	6,641	4.4	3.0
	FDP	Nicole Bracht-Bendt		5,110	3.4	7.4	7,382	4.9	12.1
	Pirates	Robert Geislinger		2,376	1.6		2,499	1.6	0.4
	FW	Willy Klingenberg		1,509	1.0		1,145	0.8
	Tierschutzpartei						1,366	0.9	0.1
	NPD	Ulrich Heim		1,112	0.7	0.6	1,193	1.8	0.3
	PBC						159	0.1
	PRO						141	0.1
	REP						74	0.0
	MLPD						33	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,416			1,219
Total valid votes				151,403			151,600
Turnout				152,819	78.4	0.5
	CDU hold		Majority	20,550	13.6	3.6

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Harburg
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.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Michael Grosse-Brömer		59,657	40.6	3.3	50,104	34.0	2.6
	SPD	Monika Griefahn		45,002	30.6	11.7	36,139	24.5	12.3
	FDP	Nicole Bracht-Bendt		15,812	10.8	6.4	24,967	16.9	5.5
	Greens	Hans-Christian Friedrichs		13,772	9.4	4.7	18,002	12.2	3.5
	Left	Herbert Schui		9,611	6.5	3.3	10,825	7.3	3.6
	Pirates						2,963	2.0
	NPD	Sebastian Stöber		1,935	1.3	0.1	1,636	1.1	0.0
	Tierschutzpartei						1,132	0.8	0.1
	RRP	Richard Tiede		1,153	0.8		1,150	0.8
	ÖDP						238	0.1
	DVU						177	0.1
	MLPD						33	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,976			1,552
Total valid votes				146,942			147,366
Turnout				148,918	77.9	5.1
	CDU win new seat		Majority	14,655	10.0