Oldenburg – Ammerland

Oldenburg – Ammerland 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 27. It is located in northwestern Lower Saxony, comprising the city of Oldenburg and the district of Ammerland.^[1]

27 Oldenburg – Ammerland
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Oldenburg – Ammerland in 2025
State	Lower Saxony
Population	293,900 (2019)
Electorate	228,705 (2021)
Major settlements	Oldenburg Westerstede
Area	833.7 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	SPD
Member	Dennis Rohde
Elected	2013, 2017, 2021

Oldenburg – Ammerland was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2013, it has been represented by Dennis Rohde of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).^[2]

Geography

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

History

Oldenburg – Ammerland was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Lower Saxony constituency 8. For the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was constituency 30 in the numbering system. From 1965 through 1998, it was constituency 22; from 2002 through 2009, it was constituency 28. Since the 2013 election, it has been constituency 27.

Originally, it comprised the city of Oldenburg and the district of Ammerland. At this time, it was named Oldenburg. In the 1965 election, the constituency gained the municipalities of Bockhorn, Neuenburg, Sande, Varel, Varel-Land, and Zetel. Due to administrative reforms, in the 1976 election, it gained the municipality of Gödens.

In the 1980 election, the constituency was renamed to Oldenburg – Ammerland, and lost the municipality of Sande. The municipalities of Bockhorn, Varel, and Zetel also removed from the constituency in the 2002 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	8	Oldenburg	Oldenburg city Ammerland district
1953	30
1957
1961
1965	22		Oldenburg city Ammerland district Friesland district (only Bockhorn, Neuenburg, Sande, Varel, Varel-Land, and Zetel municipalities)
1969
1972
1976
1980		Oldenburg – Ammerland	Oldenburg city Ammerland district Friesland district (only Bockhorn, Varel, and Zetel municipalities)
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	28		Oldenburg city Ammerland district
2005
2009
2013	27
2017
2021
2025

Members

The constituency was held by the Free Democratic Party (FDP) from its creation in 1949 until 1957, during which time it was represented by Robert Dannemann. It was won by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in 1957, and represented by Wilhelm Nieberg (until 1965) and Heinz Frieler. In 1969, it was won by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) candidate Kurt Ross, who served for one term. He was succeeded in 1972 by Walter Polkehn, who served until 1987. Dietmar Schütz was representative from then until 2002, followed by Gesine Multhaupt. Thomas Kossendey of the CDU served a single term from 2009 to 2013. Dennis Rohde of the SPD was elected in 2013, and re-elected in 2017 and 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Robert Dannemann	FDP	24.8
	1953			56.5
	1957	Wilhelm Nieberg	CDU	35.9
	1961			34.9
	1965	Heinz Frieler	CDU	38.2
	1969	Kurt Ross	SPD	42.9
	1972	Walter Polkehn	SPD	52.9
	1976			47.7
	1980			48.8
	1983			45.0
	1987	Dietmar Schütz	SPD	45.1
	1990			43.6
	1994			46.5
	1998			51.5
	2002	Gesine Multhaupt	SPD	47.1
	2005			44.7
	2009	Thomas Kossendey	CDU	35.5
	2013	Dennis Rohde	SPD	37.4
	2017			36.3
	2021			38.2

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Oldenburg – Ammerland[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 Dennis Rohde		65,757	38.2	1.9	55,231	32.0	6.0
	Greens	Susanne Menge		35,119	20.4	9.0	40,919	23.7	11.2
	CDU	Stephan Albani		34,294	19.9	10.3	32,100	18.6	12.0
	FDP	Daniel Rüdel		12,859	7.5	1.4	17,674	10.2	0.1
	Left	Amira Mohamed Ali		10,183	5.9	2.2	8,344	4.8	4.5
	AfD	Andreas Paul		8,572	5.0	1.7	8,903	5.2	2.1
	Human Environment Animal Protection						2,009	1.2	0.3
	dieBasis	Werner Georg Berends		1,907	1.1		1,729	1.0
	PARTEI						1,481	0.9	0.2
	Pirates	Holger Lubitz		1,524	0.9		795	0.5	0.1
	FW	Nicole Striess		1,416	0.8	0.0	1,041	0.6	0.2
	Volt						1,006	0.6
	Team Todenhöfer						428	0.2
	ÖDP	Michael Krüger		471	0.3	0.2	247	0.1	0.1
	Humanists						176	0.1
	V-Partei3						137	0.1	0.1
	NPD						107	0.1	0.1
	du.						85	0.1
	LKR	Jens Ahrends		137	0.1		58	0.0
	DKP						51	0.0	0.0
	MLPD	Johanna Jensen		89	0.1		29	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,397			1,175
Total valid votes				172,328			172,550
Turnout				173,727	76.0	1.8
	SPD hold		Majority	30,638	17.8	11.7

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Oldenburg – Ammerland[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 Dennis Rohde		63,235	36.3	1.1	45,514	26.1	6.5
	CDU	Stephan Albani		52,598	30.2	6.6	53,417	30.6	4.6
	Greens	Peter Meiwald		19,827	11.4	0.1	21,821	12.5	0.1
	Left	Amira Mohamed Ali		14,081	8.1	2.6	16,351	9.4	2.9
	AfD	Andreas Paul		11,592	6.7	3.3	12,625	7.2	3.0
	FDP	Nils Krummacker		10,635	6.1	3.7	18,136	10.4	5.3
	PARTEI						1,837	1.1
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,457	0.8	0.0
	FW	Claudia Theis		1,393	0.8	0.1	687	0.4	0.2
	ÖDP	Ingrid Brettschneider		809	0.5		418	0.2
	Pirates						682	0.4	1.4
	BGE						372	0.2
	NPD						336	0.2	0.5
	V-Partei³						332	0.2
	DiB						298	0.2
	DM						264	0.2
	MLPD						77	0.0	0.0
	DKP						57	0.0
Informal votes				1,797			1,286
Total valid votes				174,170			174,681
Turnout				175,967	77.8	3.6
	SPD hold		Majority	10,637	6.1	5.5

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Oldenburg – Ammerland[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	Dennis Rohde		60,547	37.4	6.1	52,856	32.6	5.5
	CDU	Stephan Albani		59,525	36.8	1.2	57,067	35.2	7.1
	Greens	Peter Meiwald		18,552	11.5	2.4	20,170	12.4	3.0
	Left	Martin A. Michels		8,794	5.4	3.6	10,523	6.5	3.2
	AfD	Melanie Wever		5,502	3.4		6,833	4.2
	FDP	Lübbo Meppen		3,966	2.5	6.4	8,210	5.1	9.5
	Pirates	Holger Lubitz		2,669	1.6		2,853	1.8	0.8
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,308	0.8	0.1
	FW	Hero Jan Stroman		1,147	0.7		923	0.6
	NPD	Ulrich Eigenfeld		1,093	0.7	0.3	1,050	0.6	0.2
	PBC						132	0.1
	PRO						100	0.1
	MLPD						62	0.0	0.0
	REP						54	0.0
Informal votes				1,748			1,402
Total valid votes				161,795			162,141
Turnout				163,543	74.2	0.8
	SPD gain from CDU		Majority	1,022	0.6

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Oldenburg – Ammerland[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	%	±%
	CDU	Thomas Kossendey		55,610	35.5	0.0	44,090	28.1	0.2
	SPD	N Gesine Multhaupt		49,020	31.3	13.4	42,551	27.1	16.9
	Greens	Peter Meiwald		21,651	13.8	3.9	24,171	15.4	4.3
	Left	Iris Gramberg		14,080	9.0	4.1	15,244	9.7	4.5
	FDP	Christiane Ratjen-Damerau		13,840	8.8	5.0	22,917	14.6	5.3
	Pirates						4,000	2.6
	NPD	Michael Meyer		1,548	1.0	0.0	1,345	0.9	0.1
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,349	0.9	0.3
	RRP	Dieter Zager		707	0.5		821	0.5
	ÖDP						192	0.1
	DVU						124	0.1
	MLPD						53	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,891			1,490
Total valid votes				156,456			156,857
Turnout				158,347	73.4	5.7
	CDU gain from SPD		Majority	6,590	4.2

References

1. "Constituency Oldenburg – Ammerland". Federal Returning Officer.
2. "Results for Oldenburg – Ammerland". Federal Returning Officer.
3. Results for Oldenburg – Ammerland
4. Results for Oldenburg – Ammerland
5. Results for Oldenburg – Ammerland
6. Results for Oldenburg – Ammerland