Goslar – Northeim – Göttingen II

Goslar – Northeim – Göttingen II 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 52. It is located in southern Lower Saxony, comprising most of the districts of Goslar, Northeim, and the former Osterode (now part of Göttingen district).^[1]

52 Goslar – Northeim – Göttingen II
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Goslar – Northeim – Göttingen II in 2025
State	Lower Saxony
Population	250,400 (2019)
Electorate	197,519 (2021)
Major settlements	Goslar Einbeck Northeim
Area	2,125.5 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	SPD
Member	Frauke Heiligenstadt
Elected	2021

Goslar – Northeim – Göttingen II was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Frauke Heiligenstadt of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).^[2]

Geography

Goslar – Northeim – Göttingen II is located in southern Lower Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the district of Goslar excluding the Samtgemeinde of Lutter am Barenberge and municipalities of Langelsheim, Liebenburg, and Seesen; the district of Northeim excluding the municipalities of Bodenfelde and Uslar and Solling area; and the area of the now-abolished district of Osterode excluding the municipalities of Bad Lauterberg, Bad Sachsa, and Herzberg am Harz (now part of the Göttingen district).^[1]

History

Goslar – Northeim – Göttingen II was created in 1949, then known as Northeim – Einbeck – Duderstadt. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was named Northeim. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was named Northeim – Osterode. It was renamed Goslar – Northeim – Osterode at the 2002 election and acquired its current name at the 2025 election. In the inaugural Bundestag election, it was Lower Saxony constituency 33 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 55. From 1965 through 1998, it was number 48. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 52. In the 2009 election, it was number 53. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 52.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Northeim, Einbeck, and Duderstadt. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it comprised the district of Northeim excluding the Fürstenhagen municipality, as well as the districts of Osterode, Blankenburg, and Zellerfeld. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it comprised the district of Northeim and the municipalities of Osterode am Harz and Herzberg am Harz and the Samtgemeinden of Bad Grund and Hattorf from the Osterode district. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	33	Northeim – Einbeck – Duderstadt	Northeim district Einbeck district Duderstadt district
1953	55
1957
1961
1965	48	Northeim	Northeim district (excluding Fürstenhagen municipality) Osterode district Blankenburg district Zellerfeld district
1969
1972
1976
1980		Northeim – Osterode	Northeim district Osterode district (only Osterode am Harz and Herzberg am Harz municipalities and Bad Grund and Hattorf Samtgemeinden)
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	52	Goslar – Northeim – Osterode	Goslar district (excluding Langelsheim, Liebenburg, and Seesen municipalities and Lutter am Barenberge Samtgemeinde) Northeim district (excluding Bodenfelde and Uslar municipalities and the Solling area) Göttingen district (only Bad Grund, Osterode am Harz, and Walkenried municipalities, the Harz area, and Hattorf am Harz Samtgemeinde)
2005
2009	53
2013	52
2017
2021
2025		Goslar – Northeim – Göttingen II

Members

The constituency has been held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) during all but two Bundestag terms since 1949. Its first representative was Martin Schmidt of the SPD, who served from 1949 to 1957. Karl Hackethal of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won the constituency in 1957 and served a single term. Former member Schmidt returned in 1961 and served until 1987. He was succeeded by Edith Niehuis, who served until 2002. Wilhelm Priesmeier was then representative until 2017. In 2017, Roy Kühne of the CDU was elected representative. In 2021, Frauke Heiligenstadt regained it for the SPD.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Martin Schmidt	SPD	30.4
	1953			30.7
	1957	Karl Hackethal	CDU	46.4
	1961	Martin Schmidt	SPD	40.4
	1965			48.6
	1969			52.3
	1972			56.9
	1976			52.7
	1980			54.1
	1983			48.7
	1987	Edith Niehuis	SPD	49.2
	1990			46.8
	1994			49.3
	1998			56.8
	2002	Wilhelm Priesmeier	SPD	52.4
	2005			50.5
	2009			39.1
	2013			42.4
	2017	Roy Kühne	CDU	39.8
	2021	Frauke Heiligenstadt	SPD	36.7

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Goslar – Northeim – Osterode[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	Frauke Heiligenstadt		52,129	36.7	1.9	53,876	37.9	5.8
	CDU	N Roy Kühne		47,196	33.2	6.5	33,614	23.6	8.5
	Greens	Karoline Otte		14,954	10.5	5.1	17,118	12.0	5.4
	AfD	Jens Kestner		11,240	7.9	1.4	11,819	8.3	1.8
	FDP	Jan Schwede		8,827	6.2	1.2	14,239	10.0	0.8
	Left	Eva Brunnemann		3,835	2.7	3.0	4,251	3.0	3.4
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,840	1.3	0.3
	FW	Christian Warzecha		2,031	1.4		1,228	0.9	0.5
	dieBasis	Janine Reinecke		1,797	1.3		1,505	1.1
	PARTEI						1,184	0.8	0.0
	Pirates						439	0.3	0.0
	Team Todenhöfer						325	0.2
	Volt						249	0.2
	NPD						193	0.1	0.3
	Humanists						118	0.1
	V-Partei3						97	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP						84	0.1	0.0
	du.						67	0.0
	Independent	Jürgen Schäuble-Leopold		58	0.0
	DKP						21	0.0
	LKR						25	0.0
	MLPD						23	0.0
Informal votes				1,544			1,296
Total valid votes				142,067			142,315
Turnout				143,611	72.7	1.7
	SPD gain from CDU		Majority	4,933	3.5

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Goslar – Northeim – Osterode[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	%	±%
	CDU	Roy Kühne		59,391	39.8	2.3	48,131	32.1	5.7
	SPD	Marcus Seidel		51,953	34.8	7.6	48,016	32.1	6.0
	AfD	Jens Kestner		13,937	9.3		15,132	10.1	6.2
	Left	Lukas David Jacobs		8,525	5.7	1.1	9,521	6.4	1.3
	Greens	Viola von Cramon-Taubadel		8,128	5.4	0.1	9,929	6.6	0.3
	FDP	Nicole Langer		7,438	5.0	3.4	13,734	9.2	5.0
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,512	1.0	0.3
	PARTEI						1,246	0.8
	NPD						595	0.4	0.6
	FW						513	0.3	0.2
	Pirates						426	0.3	1.2
	DM						329	0.2
	BGE						199	0.1
	DiB						173	0.1
	V-Partei³						169	0.1
	ÖDP						102	0.1
	MLPD						36	0.0	0.0
	DKP						27	0.0
Informal votes				1,605			1,187
Total valid votes				149,372			149,790
Turnout				150,977	74.4	2.7
	CDU gain from SPD		Majority	7,438	5.0

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Goslar – Northeim – Osterode[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 Wilhelm Priesmeier		62,209	42.4	3.2	55,985	38.0	5.0
	CDU	Roy Kühne		61,723	42.0	6.6	55,775	37.9	7.9
	Greens	Viola von Cramon-Taubadel		7,833	5.3	0.9	10,141	6.9	1.5
	Left	Michael Ohse		6,805	4.6	4.5	7,475	5.1	4.6
	AfD						5,733	3.9
	Pirates	Meinhart Ramaswamy		2,373	1.6		2,141	1.5	0.4
	FDP	Olaf Torsten Franz		2,249	1.5	6.7	6,099	4.1	9.8
	NPD	Michael Ellies		1,967	1.3	0.4	1,493	1.0	0.5
	FW	Georg Sponfeldner		1,402	1.0		835	0.6
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,086	0.7	0.1
	Independent	Lothar Baumelt		269	0.2
	PRO						241	0.2
	PBC						134	0.1
	REP						93	0.1
	MLPD						33	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,599			2,165
Total valid votes				146,830			147,264
Turnout				149,429	71.7	1.2
	SPD hold		Majority	486	0.4	3.3

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Goslar – Northeim – Osterode[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 Wilhelm Priesmeier		60,107	39.1	11.4	50,912	33.0	12.9
	CDU	Hans Georg Faust		54,451	35.5	1.3	46,256	30.0	1.3
	Left	Rüdiger Wohltmann		14,083	9.2	4.9	14,988	9.7	4.8
	FDP	Christian Eberl		12,719	8.3	4.3	21,481	13.9	4.5
	Greens	Viola von Cramon-Taubadel		9,624	6.3	3.3	12,983	8.4	2.7
	Pirates						2,787	1.8
	NPD	Patrick Kallweit		2,599	1.7	0.3	2,352	1.5	0.1
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,247	0.8	0.2
	RRP						866	0.6
	ÖDP						144	0.1
	DVU						131	0.1
	MLPD						27	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,638			2,047
Total valid votes				153,583			154,174
Turnout				156,221	72.9	6.2
	SPD hold		Majority	5,656	3.7	10.0

References

1. "Constituency Goslar – Northeim – Osterode". Federal Returning Officer.
2. "Results for Goslar – Northeim – Osterode". Federal Returning Officer.
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