Stadt Hannover I (English: Hanover City 1) 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 41. It is located in central Lower Saxony, comprising the northern part of the city of Hanover.
Stadt Hannover I was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Adis Ahmetovic of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).
Geography Stadt Hannover I is located in central Lower Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the northern part of the city of Hanover, specifically the districts of Bothfeld-Vahrenheide, Buchholz-Kleefeld, Mitte (excluding Mitte and Calenberger Neustadt), Herrenhausen-Stöcken (excluding Herrenhausen), Misburg-Anderten, Nord (excluding Nordstadt), and Vahrenwald-List.
History Stadt Hannover I was created in 1949, then known as Stadt Hannover-Nord. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was named Hannover I. It acquired its current name in the 1980 election. In the inaugural Bundestag election, it was Lower Saxony constituency 18 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 40. From 1965 through 1998, it was number 36. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 41. In the 2009 election, it was number 42. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 41.
Originally, the constituency comprised the city quarters of Buchholz, Hainholz, Herrenhausen, Stöcken, List, Vahrenwald, and Mitte. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it comprised the area of the city north of the Seelze–Hannover Hauptbahnhof–Lehrte railway line. It acquired its current borders in the 1980 election.
Election Name Borders 1949 Stadt Hannover-Nord Hanover city (only Buchholz, Hainholz, Herrenhausen, Stöcken, List, Vahrenwald, and Mitte quarters) 1953 40 1957 1961 1965 36 Hannover I Hanover city (only the area north of the Seelze–Hannover Hauptbahnhof–Lehrte railway line) 1969 1972 1976 1980 Stadt Hannover I Hanover city (only Bothfeld-Vahrenheide, Buchholz-Kleefeld, Mitte (excluding Mitte and Calenberger Neustadt), Herrenhausen-Stöcken (excluding Herrenhausen), Misburg-Anderten, Nord (excluding Nordstadt), and Vahrenwald-List districts) 1983 1987 1990 1994 1998 2002 41 2005 2009 42 2013 41 2017 2021 2025
Members The constituency has been held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) during all but one Bundestag term since 1949. Its first representative was Bruno Leddin of the SPD, who served from 1949 until his death in 1951. Egon Franke won the resulting by-election, and served until 1957, when Adolf Cillien of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won the constituency. Franke won it back in 1961, and went on to serve until 1987. He was succeeded by Gerd Andres, who served from 1987 to 2009. Kerstin Tack was elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2013 and 2017. She was succeeded by Adis Ahmetovic in 2021.
Election Member Party % 1949 Bruno Leddin SPD 44.1 Egon Franke SPD 52.9 1953 38.8 1957 Adolf Cillien CDU 44.9 1961 Egon Franke SPD 44.1 1965 50.2 1969 55.8 1972 58.5 1976 52.9 1980 53.7 1983 46.9 1987 Gerd Andres SPD 46.1 1990 43.7 1994 44.3 1998 54.6 2002 55.5 2005 52.8 2009 Kerstin Tack SPD 39.0 2013 43.5 2017 35.6 2021 Adis Ahmetovic SPD 34.9202534.1
Election results 2025 election
2021 election
2017 election
2013 election
2009 election
2005 election
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