46 Hameln-Pyrmont – Holzminden
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Hameln-Pyrmont – Holzminden in 2025
State	Lower Saxony
Population	236,200 (2019)
Electorate	184,471 (2021)
Major settlements	Hameln Holzminden Bad Pyrmont
Area	1,802.4 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	SPD
Member	Johannes Schraps
Elected	2017, 2021

Hameln-Pyrmont – Holzminden 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 46. It is located in southern Lower Saxony, comprising the Hameln-Pyrmont and Holzminden districts and a small part of the Northeim district. ^[1]

Hameln-Pyrmont – Holzminden was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Johannes Schraps of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). ^[2]

Geography

Hameln-Pyrmont – Holzminden is located in eastern Lower Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the district of Hameln-Pyrmont and Holzminden, as well as the municipalities of Bodenfelde and Uslar and Solling area from the Northeim district. ^[1]

History

Hameln-Pyrmont – Holzminden was created in 1949, then known as Hameln – Springe. In the 1980 through 1990 elections, it was named Hameln – Holzminden. It acquired its current name in the 1994 election. In the inaugural Bundestag election, it was Lower Saxony constituency 24 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 46. From 1965 through 1998, it was number 41. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 46. In the 2009 election, it was number 47. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 46.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Hameln and the districts of Hameln-Pyrmont and Springe. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, the constituency comprised the entirety of the Hameln-Pyrmont and Holzminden districts. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Members

The constituency has been held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) during all but one Bundestag term since its creation. Its first representative was Herbert Kriedemann of the SPD, who served from 1949 to 1953. Alexander Elbrächter of the German Party (DP) won in 1953, but Heinz Frehsee of the SPD was elected in 1957. He was succeeded in 1976 by Brigitte Schulte, who served until 2005. Gabriele Lösekrug-Möller then served from 2005 to 2017. Johannes Schraps has been representative since 2017.

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Hameln-Pyrmont – Holzminden [3]
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	Y Johannes Schraps		56,893	43.2	4.2	48,438	36.8	4.9
	CDU	Mareike Wulf		33,575	25.5	7.8	29,809	22.6	9.4
	Greens	Helge Limburg		13,259	10.1	4.7	17,274	13.1	5.9
	AfD	Delia Klages		11,208	8.5	1.0	11,590	8.8	1.3
	FDP	Moritz Mönkemeyer		9,102	6.9	1.1	13,624	10.4	1.3
	Left	Stephan Marquardt		3,676	2.8	3.1	3,734	2.8	3.7
	Tierschutzpartei						1,845	1.4	0.5
	FW	Carsten Schürmann		1,979	1.5		1,122	0.9	0.6
	dieBasis	Andreas Janus		1,856	1.4		1,546	1.2
	PARTEI						963	0.7	0.1
	Pirates						463	0.4	0.1
	Team Todenhöfer						416	0.3
	Volt						211	0.2
	NPD						152	0.1	0.2
	Humanists						113	0.1
	V-Partei3						95	0.1	0.1
	du.						79	0.1
	ÖDP						72	0.1	0.0
	LKR						30	0.0
	DKP						23	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						10	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,345			1,284
Total valid votes				131,548			131,609
Turnout				132,893	72.0	2.6
	SPD hold		Majority	23,318	17.7	12.0

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Hameln-Pyrmont – Holzminden [4]
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	Johannes Schraps		54,130	39.1	3.2	44,190	31.9	4.5
	CDU	Michael Vietz		46,181	33.4	6.2	44,424	32.0	5.4
	AfD	Armin-Paul Hampel		13,143	9.5	5.8	14,054	10.1	6.1
	Left	Jutta Krellmann		8,220	5.9	1.3	9,130	6.6	1.3
	FDP	Klaus-Peter Wennemann		8,034	5.8	4.0	12,531	9.0	4.6
	Greens	Ute Martha Michel		7,511	5.4	0.6	9,995	7.2	1.2
	Tierschutzpartei						1,285	0.9	0.2
	Pirates	Hermann Gebauer		1,250	0.9	1.0	560	0.4	1.2
	PARTEI						878	0.6
	NPD						411	0.3	0.6
	FW						390	0.3	0.1
	V-Partei³						187	0.1
	BGE						185	0.1
	DM						159	0.1
	DiB						125	0.1
	ÖDP						109	0.1
	MLPD						33	0.0	0.0
	DKP						27	0.0
Informal votes				1,311			1,107
Total valid votes				138,469			138,673
Turnout				139,780	74.6	2.8
	SPD hold		Majority	7,949	5.7	3.0

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Hameln-Pyrmont – Holzminden [5]
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	Y Gabriele Lösekrug-Möller		57,484	42.3	2.7	49,411	36.4	3.0
	CDU	Michael Vietz		53,726	39.6	4.3	50,937	37.5	8.3
	Greens	Marcus Schaper		8,202	6.0	1.7	11,428	8.4	1.0
	Left	Jutta Krellmann		6,308	4.6	3.7	7,201	5.3	3.8
	AfD	Manfred Otto		4,971	3.7		5,550	4.1
	Pirates	Claudia Schumann		2,577	1.9		2,152	1.6	0.2
	FDP	Klaus-Peter Wennemann		2,496	1.8	5.5	5,985	4.4	9.6
	NPD						1,271	0.9	0.5
	Tierschutzpartei						1,031	0.8	0.2
	FW						461	0.3
	PBC						185	0.1
	PRO						150	0.1
	REP						104	0.1
	MLPD						30	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,075			1,943
Total valid votes				135,764			135,896
Turnout				137,839	71.8	0.7
	SPD hold		Majority	3,758	2.7	1.6

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Hameln-Pyrmont – Holzminden [6]
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	Y Gabriele Lösekrug-Möller		55,842	39.6	10.6	47,115	33.4	14.0
	CDU	Hans Peter Thul		49,787	35.3	0.4	41,166	29.1	0.2
	Left	Jutta Krellmann		11,820	8.4	4.1	12,911	9.1	4.6
	Greens	Marcus Schaper		10,849	7.7	3.3	13,322	9.4	3.2
	FDP	Martina Tigges-Friedrichs		10,401	7.4	2.7	19,736	14.0	4.3
	Pirates						2,571	1.8
	NPD	Jürgen Neumann		2,283	1.6	0.1	1,982	1.4	0.1
	Tierschutzpartei						1,285	0.9	0.2
	RRP						820	0.6
	ÖDP						130	0.1
	DVU						146	0.1
	MLPD						53	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,203			1,948
Total valid votes				140,982			141,237
Turnout				143,185	72.5	6.3
	SPD hold		Majority	6,055	4.3	11.0

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