Braunschweig (electoral district)

Location of the constituency in Lower Saxony

Braunschweig is one of the 299 single member constituencies used for the German parliament, the Bundestag. Located in Lower Saxony, the district was created for the 1949 election, the first election in West Germany after World War II. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 50. The constituency consists of the independent city of Braunschweig.[1] Since 2002, the district representative has been Carola Reimann.

History

The constituency was created as Stadt Braunschweig in 1949. For the 1965 election it was renamed Braunschweig.

List of district representatives

Election Name Party
1949 Otto Arnholz SPD
1953 Otto Arnholz SPD
1957 Hermann Koch CDU
1961 Walter Schmidt SPD
1965 Walter Schmidt SPD
1969 Walter Schmidt SPD
1972 Hermann Oetting SPD
1976 Klaus-Dieter Kühbacher SPD
1980 Klaus-Dieter Kühbacher SPD
1983 Joachim Clemens CDU
1987 Joachim Clemens CDU
1990 Joachim Clemens CDU
1994 Leyla Onur SPD
1998 Leyla Onur SPD
2002 Carola Reimann SPD
2005 Carola Reimann SPD
2009 Carola Reimann SPD
2013 Carola Reimann SPD

Source:[2]

References

  1. ↑ Wahlkreis 050 "Braunschweig", bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 23 September 2013
  2. ↑ CDU bleibt die stärkste Kraft in Braunschweig (in German), braunschweiger-zeitung.de, accessed 23 September 2013

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