Delmenhorst – Wesermarsch – Oldenburg-Land (electoral district)

Delmenhorst – Wesermarsch – Oldenburg-Land is one of the 299 single member constituencies used for the German parliament, the Bundestag. The district, which is located in Lower Saxony, was created for the 1949 election, the first election in West Germany after World War II. The constituency consists of the independent town of Delmenhorst and the counties of Oldenburg and Wesermarsch.[1]

Location of constituency in Lower Saxony

The constituency was won by the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) in the 1969 election. However, at the 2009 election, it was won by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Since April 2010, the district representative has been Ewa Klamt. She replaced Astrid Grotelüschen, who had gained the seat in 2009 but resigned after being appointed as Agriculture Minister for the state of Lower Saxony.[2]

Results

2009 election
Party Constituency results List results
Candidate Votes % share +/- Votes % share +/-
Christian Democratic Union Astrid Grotelüschen 56,273 35,3 +0.9 49.810 31.2 +2.4
Social Democratic Party of Germany Holger Ortel 55,374 34.7 -15.4 45,895 28.7 -17.5
Free Democratic Party Angelika Brunkhorst 16,163 10.1 +5.1 23,109 14.5 +4.1
Alliance '90/The Greens Werner Köhler 14,446 9.1 +4.3 16,731 10.5 +3.3
The Left Party.PDS Edgar di Benedetto 13,751 8.6 +4.6 15,906 10.0 +5.1
National Democratic Party of Germany Florian Cordes 2,346 1.5 0.2 2,009 1.3 0.0
Pensioners and Retirees Party Brigitte Ottilie Kaiser 1,261 0.8 N/A 1,506 0.9 N/A
Pirate Party N/A N/A N/A N/A 2,879 1.8 N/A
Human Environment Animal Protection N/A N/A N/A N/A 1,519 1.0 +0.3
Others N/A N/A N/A N/A 399 0.2 N/A

Out of a total electorate of 226,440, the total number of votes cast was 161,584 (71.4%) of which 1,970 votes were invalid.[3]

References
  1. Boundaries of Delmenhorst – Wesermarsch – Oldenburg-Land , bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 21 July 2012
  2. Ministerpräsident David McAllister beruft Staatssekretär a.D. Gert Lindemann, niedersachsen.de, accessed 21 July 2012
  3. "2009 results". Archived from the original on 2016-09-23. Retrieved 2012-08-01.

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