Aurich – Emden

Aurich – Emden 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 24. It is located in northwestern Lower Saxony, comprising the city of Emden and the district of Aurich.^[1]

24 Aurich – Emden
Former electoral district for the Bundestag
Aurich – Emden in 2025
State	Lower Saxony
Population	239,600 (2019)
Electorate	191,846 (2021)
Major settlements	Emden Aurich Norden
Area	1,399.7 km2
Former electoral district
Created	1949 1980 (re-established)
Abolished	1965
Party	SPD
Member	Johann Saathoff
Elected	2013, 2017, 2021

Aurich – Emden was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. It was abolished in 1965 and re-established in the 1980 federal election. Since 2013, it has been represented by Johann Saathoff of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).^[2]

Geography

Aurich – Emden is located in northwestern Lower Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Emden and the district of Aurich.^[1]

History

Aurich – Emden was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Lower Saxony constituency 1. From 1953 to 1965, it was constituency number 23. Originally, it comprised the city of Emden and the districts of Aurich and Norden, the latter of which was incorporated into the former in 1977.

Aurich – Emden was abolished in the 1965 election. The city of Emden and the Norden district became part of the Emden – Leer constituency, while the Aurich district became part of the Wilhelmshaven constituency.

Aurich – Emden was re-established in the 1980 election. Thereafter, it was constituency 19. In the 1998 election, it became constituency 25; it has been constituency 24 since the 2013 election. Its borders have not changed since its re-establishment.

Members

The constituency has been held continuously by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) throughout both its incarnations. It is a traditional stronghold of the SPD, often one of the party's safest constituencies. Its first representative was Georg Peters, who served from 1949 until the constituency's abolition in 1965. After its re-establishment, it was won by Carl Ewen [de], who represented it until 1994. He was succeeded by Jann-Peter Janssen, who served until 2005; he was in turn succeeded by Garrelt Duin. Johann Saathoff was elected in 2013, and re-elected in 2017 and 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Georg Peters	SPD	35.5
	1953			43.0
	1957			48.6
	1961			48.6
Abolished (1965–1980)
	1980	Carl Ewen [de]	SPD	62.4
	1983			57.1
	1987			58.7
	1990			56.9
	1994	Jann-Peter Janssen	SPD	57.1
	1998			59.6
	2002			61.4
	2005	Garrelt Duin	SPD	58.3
	2009			44.4
	2013	Johann Saathoff	SPD	50.3
	2017			49.6
	2021			52.8

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Aurich – Emden[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 Johann Saathoff		71,596	52.8	3.2	59,038	43.3	5.5
	CDU	Joachim Kleen		24,019	17.7	9.9	24,066	17.7	10.4
	Greens	Stefan Maas		12,652	9.3	2.3	17,668	13.0	5.5
	FDP	Sarah Buss		11,798	8.7	3.8	12,113	8.9	1.7
	AfD						11,173	8.2	0.9
	Left	Friedrich-Bernd Albers		4,861	3.6	3.2	4,671	3.4	3.8
	FW	Detlev Krüger		4,205	3.1	0.7	1,769	1.3	0.8
	Human Environment Animal Protection	Diedrich Kleen		4,162	3.1		2,220	1.6	0.8
	dieBasis	David Frerichs		2,156	1.6		1,027	0.8
	PARTEI						1,130	0.8	0.1
	Pirates						430	0.3	0.1
	Volt						198	0.1
	Team Todenhöfer						149	0.1
	NPD						147	0.1	0.1
	Independent	Anton Lenz		112	0.1
	du.						86	0.1
	Humanists						86	0.1
	ÖDP						82	0.1	0.0
	V-Partei3						65	0.0	0.1
	DKP						34	0.0	0.0
	LKR						24	0.0
	MLPD						18	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,286			1,653
Total valid votes				135,561			136,194
Turnout				137,847	71.9	2.6
	SPD hold		Majority	47,577	35.1	13.1

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Aurich – Emden[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	Y Johann Saathoff		69,231	49.6	0.7	53,353	37.8	6.0
	CDU	Reinhard Hegewald		38,531	27.6	4.8	39,552	28.0	4.4
	AfD						12,877	9.1	6.0
	Greens	Garrelt Agena		9,787	7.0	2.6	10,503	7.4	0.9
	Left	Marcus Stahl		9,403	6.7	1.9	10,142	7.2	2.2
	FDP	Uwe Ewen		6,882	4.9	3.4	10,079	7.1	3.9
	FW	Alrich Bartels		3,326	2.4	1.0	760	0.5	0.0
	Pirates	Michael-Tillmann Berndt		2,304	1.7		568	0.4	1.0
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,162	0.8	0.0
	PARTEI						961	0.7
	NPD						357	0.3	0.7
	BGE						191	0.1
	V-Partei³						160	0.1
	DM						136	0.1
	DiB						123	0.1
	ÖDP						77	0.1
	DKP						35	0.0
	MLPD						35	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				3,092			1,605
Total valid votes				139,584			141,071
Turnout				142,676	74.5	4.2
	SPD hold		Majority	30,700	22.0	4.0

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Aurich – Emden[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	Johann Saathoff		66,348	50.2	5.9	58,080	43.8	5.1
	CDU	Heiko Schmelzle		42,737	32.4	6.5	43,026	32.5	7.9
	Greens	Thilo Hoppe		12,627	9.6	1.5	11,028	8.3	2.1
	Left	Marco Notman		6,373	4.8	5.3	6,588	5.0	6.5
	FDP	Stephan Bünting		2,085	1.6	5.6	4,323	3.3	7.2
	AfD						4,136	3.1
	Pirates						1,900	1.4	0.1
	FW	Klaus Klitzsch		1,869	1.4		713	0.5
	NPD						1,259	0.9	0.4
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,065	0.8	0.0
	PBC						160	0.1
	REP						110	0.1
	PRO						109	0.1
	MLPD						35	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,217			1,724
Total valid votes				132,039			132,532
Turnout				134,256	70.3	0.3
	SPD hold		Majority	23,611	17.8	0.8

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Aurich – Emden[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 Garrelt Duin		57,876	44.4	13.9	50,682	38.8	17.1
	CDU	Reinhard Hegewald		33,706	25.8	1.3	32,155	24.6	0.3
	Left	Martin Heilemann		13,213	10.1	6.2	14,978	11.5	7.0
	Greens	Thilo Hoppe		14,451	11.1	4.9	13,641	10.4	4.2
	FDP	Cornelia Debus		9,314	7.1	4.0	13,619	10.4	4.2
	Pirates						2,015	1.5
	NPD	Horst Wagener		1,886	1.4	0.3	1,712	1.3	0.2
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,042	0.8	0.2
	RRP						642	0.5
	DVU						123	0.1
	ÖDP						123	0.1
	MLPD						32	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,439			2,121
Total valid votes				130,446			130,764
Turnout				132,885	70.0	7.2
	SPD hold		Majority	24,170	18.5	12.7

References

1. "Constituency Aurich – Emden". Federal Returning Officer.
2. "Results for Aurich – Emden". Federal Returning Officer.
3. Results for Aurich – Emden
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6. Results for Aurich – Emden