Lippe I

Lippe I 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 134. It is located in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the northern part of the Lippe district.^[1]

134 Lippe I
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Lippe I in 2025
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	293,200 (2019)
Electorate	224,415 (2017)
Major settlements	Detmold Bad Salzuflen Lemgo
Area	889.2 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1980
Party	SPD
Member	Jürgen Berghahn
Elected	2021

Lippe I was created for the 1980 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Jürgen Berghahn of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).^[2]

Geography

Lippe I is located in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Lippe district excluding the municipalities of Augustdorf, Horn-Bad Meinberg, Lügde, Schieder-Schwalenberg, and Schlangen.^[1]

History

Lippe I was created in 1980 and contained parts of the abolished constituency of Detmold – Lippe. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 105 in the numbering system. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 136. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 135. From the 2025 election, it has been number 134. In the 2021 election, the constituency acquired the municipality of Detmold.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1980	105	Lippe I	Lippe district (excluding Augustdorf, Detmold, Horn-Bad Meinberg, Lügde, Schieder-Schwalenberg, and Schlangen municipalities)
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	136
2005
2009
2013	135
2017
2021			Lippe district (excluding Augustdorf, Horn-Bad Meinberg, Lügde, Schieder-Schwalenberg, and Schlangen municipalities)
2025	134

Members

The constituency was first represented by Erhard Mahne of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1980 to 1983, when it was won by Klaus Daweke of the CDU for a single term. Karl Hermann Haack of the SPD was elected in 1987 and served until 2005. Fellow party member Dirk Becker was then representative for three terms. Kerstin Vieregge of the CDU was elected in 2017. Jürgen Berghahn regained the constituency for the SPD in 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1980	Erhard Mahne	SPD	49.8
	1983	Klaus Daweke	CDU	46.3
	1987	Karl Hermann Haack	SPD	45.0
	1990			47.7
	1994			46.7
	1998			52.2
	2002			49.5
	2005	Dirk Becker	SPD	48.0
	2009			40.2
	2013			41.1
	2017	Kerstin Vieregge	CDU	36.6
	2021	Jürgen Berghahn	SPD	30.7

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Lippe I[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	Jürgen Berghahn		52,359	30.7	1.2	53,130	31.1	3.5
	CDU	N Kerstin Vieregge		44,650	26.2	9.9	39,001	22.8	8.4
	Greens	Robin Wagener		26,932	15.8	9.1	23,276	13.6	6.2
	FDP	Christian Sauter		16,648	9.8	1.6	20,221	11.8	0.5
	AfD	Udo Hemmelgarn		16,221	9.5	0.4	16,789	9.8	1.0
	Left	Walter Brinkmann		5,283	3.1	2.7	6,414	3.8	3.3
	PARTEI	Niklas Hartmann		3,070	1.8		1,781	1.0	0.4
	dieBasis	Enrico Haberkorn		2,936	1.7		2,559	1.5
	Human Environment Animal Protection						2,216	1.3	0.6
	FW	Ralf Ochsenfahrt		2,171	1.3	0.0	1,348	0.8	0.1
	Bündnis C						1,244	0.7
	Pirates						637	0.4	0.1
	Team Todenhöfer						520	0.3
	Volt						289	0.2
	LIEBE						231	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						190	0.1	0.0
	LfK						173	0.1
	NPD						170	0.1	0.1
	ÖDP						154	0.1	0.0
	Humanists						136	0.1	0.0
	V-Partei3						96	0.1	0.0
	du.						90	0.1
	LKR	Michael Haupt		235	0.1		85	0.0
	PdF						59	0.0
	MLPD						25	0.0	0.0
	DKP						23	0.0	0.0
	SGP						14	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,897			1,531
Total valid votes				170,505			170,871
Turnout				172,402	76.8	1.4
	SPD gain from CDU		Majority	7,709	4.5

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Lippe I[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	Kerstin Vieregge		46,526	36.6	3.6	40,214	31.5	7.7
	SPD	Henning Welslau		40,908	32.1	9.0	35,509	27.8	7.3
	AfD	Olaf Tünker		13,005	10.2	7.7	14,147	11.1	7.3
	FDP	Christian Sauter		10,690	8.4	6.1	15,916	12.5	7.9
	Greens	Ute Koczy		7,671	6.0	0.3	8,869	7.0	0.4
	Left	Ursula Jacob-Reisinger		6,870	5.4	1.2	8,399	6.6	1.5
	Human Environment Animal Protection						879	0.7
	FW	Monika Prüßner-Claus		1,607	1.3	0.6	871	0.7	0.0
	PARTEI						784	0.6	0.3
	Pirates						553	0.4	1.6
	NPD						278	0.2	0.6
	AD-DEMOKRATEN						185	0.1
	DM						182	0.1
	ÖDP						121	0.1	0.0
	Volksabstimmung						121	0.1	0.1
	BGE						117	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						100	0.1
	V-Partei³						95	0.1
	DiB						78	0.1
	Die Humanisten						56	0.0
	MLPD						37	0.0	0.0
	DKP						19	0.0
	SGP						7	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,661			1,401
Total valid votes				127,277			127,537
Turnout				128,938	75.6	2.7
	CDU gain from SPD		Majority	5,618	4.5

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Lippe I[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 Dirk Becker		50,934	41.1	0.9	43,583	35.1	0.5
	CDU	Cajus Julius Caesar		49,783	40.2	3.3	48,776	39.3	7.2
	Greens	Ute Koczy		7,070	5.7	1.0	9,123	7.3	0.8
	Left	Berndt Wobig		5,186	4.2	2.6	6,369	5.1	2.0
	FDP	Markus Schiek		2,873	2.3	7.1	5,698	4.6	8.6
	Pirates	Jürgen van Schwamen		2,814	2.3		2,498	2.0	0.2
	AfD	Michael Hentschel		3,154	2.5		4,758	3.8
	NPD						1,020	0.8	0.0
	FW	Fabian Hagen Freitag		868	0.7		788	0.6
	Independent	Dittmar Teschke		664	0.5
	Independent	Alexander Gutsch		565	0.5
	PARTEI						379	0.3
	PRO						266	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						238	0.2	0.1
	REP						139	0.1	0.2
	ÖDP						133	0.1	0.0
	Nichtwahler						105	0.1
	Party of Reason						95	0.1
	BIG						60	0.0
	RRP						56	0.0	0.1
	PSG						36	0.0	0.0
	Die Rechte						29	0.0
	MLPD						27	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						18	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,797			1,514
Total valid votes				123,911			124,194
Turnout				125,708	72.9	0.3
	SPD hold		Majority	1,151	0.9	2.4

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Lippe I[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 Dirk Becker		50,688	40.2	7.8	43,628	34.5	8.5
	CDU	Cajus Julius Caesar		46,447	36.9	1.7	40,545	32.1	1.0
	FDP	Gudrun Kopp		11,879	9.4	5.0	16,627	13.2	3.6
	Left	Manfred Lurz		8,492	6.7	3.3	9,059	7.2	2.7
	Greens	Ute Koczy		8,431	6.7	3.1	10,270	8.1	1.6
	Pirates						2,283	1.8
	NPD						1,039	0.8	0.0
	FAMILIE						779	0.6	0.2
	Human Environment Animal Protection						728	0.6	0.2
	RENTNER						397	0.3
	REP						358	0.3	0.0
	RRP						139	0.1
	ÖDP						119	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						95	0.1	0.0
	DVU						94	0.1
	Centre						66	0.1	0.0
	BüSo						36	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						23	0.0	0.0
	PSG						10	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,880			1,522
Total valid votes				125,937			126,295
Turnout				127,817	73.2	7.0
	SPD hold		Majority	4,241	3.3	6.1

References

1. "Constituency Lippe I". Federal Returning Officer.
2. "Results for Lippe I". Federal Returning Officer.
3. Results for Lippe I
4. Results for Lippe I
5. Results for Lippe I
6. Results for Lippe I