Nienburg II – Schaumburg

Nienburg II – Schaumburg 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 40. It is located in central Lower Saxony, comprising the district of Schaumburg and most of the district of Nienburg.^[1]

40 Nienburg II – Schaumburg
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Nienburg II – Schaumburg in 2025
State	Lower Saxony
Population	248,400 (2019)
Electorate	193,863 (2021)
Major settlements	Nienburg Rinteln Stadthagen
Area	1,576.6 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	SPD
Member	Marja-Liisa Völlers
Elected	2021

Nienburg II – Schaumburg was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Marja-Liisa Völlers of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).^[2]

Geography

Nienburg II – Schaumburg is located in central Lower Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the district of Schaumburg and the district of Nienburg with the exception of the Samtgemeinden of Uchte and Grafschaft Hoya.^[1]

History

Nienburg II – Schaumburg was created in 1949, then known as Nienburg – Schaumburg-Lippe. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was simply named Schaumburg. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was named Nienburg – Schaumburg. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the inaugural Bundestag election, it was Lower Saxony constituency 22 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 44. From 1965 through 1976, it was number 35. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 34. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 40. In the 2009 election, it was number 41. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 40.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Schaumburg-Lippe and Nienburg excluding the Samtgemeinde of Uchte. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it comprised the entirety of the districts of Schaumburg-Lippe, Grafschaft Schaumburg, and Neustadt am Rübenberge. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it comprised the entirety of the Schaumburg and Nienburg districts. In the 2002 election, the Samtgemeinden of Uchte and Grafschaft Hoya were transferred away from the constituency.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	22	Nienburg – Schaumburg-Lippe	Schaumburg-Lippe district Nienburg district (excluding Uchte Samtgemeinde)
1953	44
1957
1961
1965	35	Schaumburg	Schaumburg-Lippe district Grafschaft Schaumburg district Neustadt am Rübenberge district
1969
1972
1976
1980	34	Nienburg – Schaumburg	Schaumburg district Nienburg district
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	40	Nienburg II – Schaumburg	Schaumburg district Nienburg district (excluding Uchte and Grafschaft Hoya Samegemeinden)
2005
2009	41
2013	40
2017
2021
2025

Members

The constituency has been held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) during all but three Bundestag terms since 1949. Its first representative was Otto Heinrich Greve of the SPD, who served from 1949 to 1961. Future President of Germany Gustav Heinemann served one term as representative from 1961 to 1965. Friedrich Blume then served from 1965 to 1969. Friedel Schirmer was representative from 1969 to 1983, when the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) candidate Helmut Rode won the constituency. Ernst Kastning of the SPD won in 1987, but Rode won again in 1990. Kastning returned in 1994 and served a single term. Sebastian Edathy was elected in 1998, and served until his resignation in 2014. In 2017, the CDU won the constituency for only the third time in its history; Maik Beermann served as representative. Marja-Liisa Völlers regained it for the SPD in 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Otto Heinrich Greve	SPD	35.7
	1953			35.6
	1957			39.2
	1961	Gustav Heinemann	SPD	44.3
	1965	Friedrich Blume	SPD	47.4
	1969	Friedel Schirmer	SPD	52.4
	1972			56.8
	1976			52.0
	1980			52.3
	1983	Helmut Rode	CDU	48.2
	1987	Ernst Kastning	SPD	45.9
	1990	Helmut Rode	CDU	45.5
	1994	Ernst Kastning	SPD	47.1
	1998	Sebastian Edathy	SPD	51.8
	2002			53.9
	2005			51.6
	2009			41.4
	2013			44.6
	2017	Maik Beermann	CDU	40.6
	2021	Marja-Liisa Völlers	SPD	35.3

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Nienburg II – Schaumburg[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	Marja-Liisa Völlers		50,017	35.3	2.6	49,553	34.9	5.2
	CDU	N Maik Beermann		43,817	30.9	9.7	33,968	24.0	10.3
	Greens	Katja Keul		18,094	12.8	5.1	19,968	14.1	5.0
	AfD	Thorsten Althaus		11,695	8.3	0.9	12,434	8.8	1.5
	FDP	Anton van der Born		8,804	6.2	1.7	14,213	10.0	1.5
	Left	Lennart Dahms		3,070	2.2	2.3	3,842	2.7	3.0
	Human Environment Animal Protection	Gabriele Tautz		2,800	2.0		2,078	1.5	0.5
	FW	Sabine Hartung		1,746	1.2		1,335	0.9	0.6
	dieBasis	Rainer Schippers		1,382	1.0		1,457	1.0
	PARTEI						1,211	0.9	0.1
	Pirates						552	0.4	0.0
	Team Todenhöfer						352	0.2
	Volt						250	0.2
	Independent	Heinz Josef Weich		222	0.2
	NPD						154	0.1	0.2
	Humanists						108	0.1
	V-Partei3						97	0.1	0.1
	du.						79	0.1
	ÖDP						72	0.1	0.0
	LKR						32	0.0
	DKP						21	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						16	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,248			1,103
Total valid votes				141,647			141,792
Turnout				142,895	73.7	1.6
	SPD gain from CDU		Majority	6,200	4.4

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Nienburg II – Schaumburg[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	Maik Beermann		59,128	40.6	0.9	49,896	34.3	5.8
	SPD	Marja-Liisa Völlers		47,615	32.7	11.9	43,307	29.7	6.6
	AfD	Pascal Stüber		13,292	9.1		14,945	10.3	6.3
	Greens	Katja Keul		11,206	7.7	1.9	11,831	8.1	0.0
	FDP	Daniel Winter		6,539	4.5	3.1	12,430	8.5	5.0
	Left	Torben Franz		6,530	4.5	1.2	8,289	5.7	1.4
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,467	1.0	0.2
	Pirates	Martina Broschei		1,167	0.8	1.1	545	0.4	1.1
	PARTEI						1,066	0.7
	FW						469	0.3	0.0
	NPD						406	0.3	0.6
	DM						278	0.2
	BGE						191	0.1
	V-Partei³						177	0.1
	DiB						171	0.1
	ÖDP						119	0.1
	MLPD						46	0.0	0.0
	DKP						21	0.0
Informal votes				1,196			1,019
Total valid votes				145,477			145,654
Turnout				146,673	75.3	2.9
	CDU gain from SPD		Majority	11,513	7.9

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Nienburg II – Schaumburg[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 Sebastian Edathy		62,641	44.6	3.3	51,043	36.3	3.3
	CDU	Maik Beermann		58,349	41.6	4.4	56,279	40.0	7.8
	Greens	Katja Keul		8,173	5.8	1.4	11,370	8.1	1.6
	Left	Torben Franz		4,649	3.3	2.9	6,006	4.3	3.4
	AfD						5,514	3.9
	Pirates	Bernd Riensch		2,693	1.9		2,108	1.5	0.2
	FDP	Ralf Kirstan		1,950	1.4	4.8	4,993	3.9	8.9
	NPD	Brigitte Kallweit		1,854	1.3	0.1	1,216	0.9	0.4
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,129	0.8	0.0
	FW						436	0.3
	PBC						211	0.2
	PRO						159	0.1
	REP						112	0.1
	MLPD						41	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,464			1,156
Total valid votes				140,309			140,617
Turnout				141,773	72.4	0.1
	SPD hold		Majority	4,292	3.0	1.2

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Nienburg II – Schaumburg[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 Sebastian Edathy		58,639	41.4	10.2	46,797	33.0	14.0
	CDU	Christopher Wuttke		52,714	37.2	0.4	45,750	32.2	0.3
	Greens	Katja Keul		10,217	7.2	3.9	13,815	9.7	3.7
	Left	Dietmar Mattiat		8,797	6.2	3.2	10,847	7.6	4.0
	FDP	Heiner Schülke		8,712	6.1	2.7	17,698	12.5	4.4
	Pirates						2,454	1.7
	NPD	Frank Blome		2,036	1.4	0.1	1,858	1.3	0.2
	RRP						1,352	1.0
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,079	0.8	0.2
	Independent	Lino Coscia		567	0.4
	ÖDP						183	0.1
	DVU						147	0.1
	MLPD						42	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,706			1,376
Total valid votes				141,692			142,022
Turnout				143,398	72.3	6.8
	SPD hold		Majority	5,935	4.2	10.6

References

1. "Constituency Nienburg II – Schaumburg". Federal Returning Officer.
2. "Results for Nienburg II – Schaumburg". Federal Returning Officer.
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6. Results for Nienburg II – Schaumburg