Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg 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 37. It is located in northeastern Lower Saxony, comprising the Lüchow-Dannenberg and Lüneburg districts.
Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Jakob Blankenburg of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).
Geography Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg is located in northeastern Lower Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the districts of Lüchow-Dannenberg and Lüneburg.
History Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg was created in 1949, then known as Lüneburg – Dannenberg. In the 1965 through 1998 elections, it was named Lüneburg – Lüchow-Dannenberg. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the inaugural Bundestag election, it was Lower Saxony constituency 13 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 35. From 1965 through 1998, it was number 31. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 37. In the 2009 election, it was number 38. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 37.
Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Lüneburg and the districts of Landkreis Lüneburg and Lüchow-Dannenberg. In the 1953 election, it gained the Uelzen district with the exception of the city of Uelzen and the Samtgemeinden of Altes Amt Ebstorf and Suderburg. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it comprised only the Lüchow-Dannenberg and Lüneburg districts. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it also contained the Samtgemeinden of Elbmarsch, Hanstedt, and Salzhausen from Harburg district and the municipality of Munster from Soltau-Fallingbostel district. Since the 2009 election, it has comprised only the Lüchow-Dannenberg and Lüneburg districts.
Election Name Borders 1949 Lüneburg – Dannenberg Lüneburg city Landkreis Lüneburg district Lüchow-Dannenberg district 1953 35 1957 1961 1965 31 Lüneburg – Lüchow-Dannenberg Lüneburg city Landkreis Lüneburg district Lüchow-Dannenberg district Uelzen district (only Uelzen municipality and Altes Amt Ebstorf and Suderburg Samtgemeinden) 1969 1972 1976 1980 Lüneburg district Lüchow-Dannenberg district 1983 1987 1990 1994 1998 2002 37 Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg Lüneburg district Lüchow-Dannenberg district Harburg district (only Elbmarsch, Hanstedt, and Salzhausen Samtgemeinden) Soltau-Fallingbostel district (only Munster municipality) 2005 2009 38 Lüneburg district Lüchow-Dannenberg district 2013 37 2017 2021 2025
Members The constituency was first held by Friedrich Nowack of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), who served from 1949 until 1953. He was succeeded by Willi Koops of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), who served a single term. He was succeeded by fellow CDU member Lambert Huys. In 1972, Horst Schröder of the CDU was elected representative. Klaus Harries served from 1987 to 1994, then Kurt-Dieter Grill from 1994 to 1998. The SPD won the constituency in 1998, and Arne Fuhrmann served a single term as representative. Hedi Wegener then served from 2002 to 2005. In 2009, Eckhard Pols of the CDU won the constituency. He was re-elected in 2013 and 2017. Jakob Blankenburg won the constituency for the SPD in 2021.
Election Member Party % 1949 Friedrich Nowack SPD 31.7 1953 Willi Koops CDU 25.5 1957 Lambert Huys CDU 36.4 1961 36.0 1965 51.5 1969 49.7 1972 Horst Schröder CDU 47.4 1976 51.2 1980 43.9 1983 49.0 1987 Klaus Harries CDU 46.1 1990 46.5 1994 Kurt-Dieter Grill CDU 44.6 1998 Arne Fuhrmann SPD 49.4 2002 Hedi Wegener SPD 46.8 2005 43.8 2009 Eckhard Pols CDU 33.3 2013 39.8 2017 33.5 2021 Jakob Blankenburg SPD 28.2 2025 27.8
Election results 2025 election
2021 election
2017 election
2013 election
2009 election
2005 election
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