Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel

Federal electoral district of Germany

49 Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel

Electoral district
for the Bundestag

Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel in 2025

State| Lower Saxony
Population| 266,200 (2019)
Electorate| 200,922 (2021)
Major settlements| Salzgitter
Wolfenbüttel
Area| 1,238.4 km2
Current electoral district
Created| 1949
Party| SPD
Member| Dunja Kreiser
Elected| 2021, 2025

Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel 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 49. It is located in southeastern Lower Saxony, comprising the city of Salzgitter, the district of Wolfenbüttel, and northern parts of the district of Goslar.[1]

Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Dunja Kreiser of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]

## Geography

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Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel is located in southeastern Lower Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Salzgitter, the entirety of the district of Wolfenbüttel, and the Samtgemeinde of Lutter am Barenberge and municipalities of Langelsheim, Liebenburg, and Seesen from the district of Goslar.[1]

## History

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Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel was created in 1949, then known as Gandersheim – Salzgitter. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was named Salzgitter. It acquired its current name in the 1980 election. In the inaugural Bundestag election, it was Lower Saxony constituency 27 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 49. From 1965 through 1998, it was number 44. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 49. In the 2009 election, it was number 50. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 49.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Salzgitter, the district of Gandersheim, and the Samtgemeinde of Baddeckenstedt from the Wolfenbüttel district. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it comprised the independent city of Salzgitter and district of Wolfenbüttel. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Election  | No. | Name  | Borders

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1949 | 27 | Gandersheim – Salzgitter  |

* Salzgitter city
* Gandersheim district
* Wolfenbüttel district (only Baddeckenstedt Samtgemeinde)

1953 | 49
1957
1961
1965 | 44  | Salzgitter
1969
1972
1976
1980 | Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel  |

* Salzgitter city
* Wolfenbüttel district

1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 | 49  |

* Salzgitter city
* Wolfenbüttel district
* Goslar district (only Langelsheim, Liebenburg, and Seesen municipalities and Lutter am Barenberge Samtgemeinde)

2005
2009 | 50
2013 | 49
2017
2021
2025

## Members

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The constituency has been held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) during all but two Bundestag terms since 1949. Its first representative was Karl Bielig of the SPD, who served from 1949 to 1953. Wilhelm Höck of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won the constituency in 1953 and was re-elected in 1957. In 1961, Hans-Jürgen Junghans of the SPD was elected. He was succeeded in 1987 by Wilhelm Schmidt, who served until 2005. Sigmar Gabriel has served as representative since 2005; Gabriel served as Vice-Chancellor of Germany from 2013 to 2018. He was succeeded as representative by Dunja Kreiser in 2021.

Election  | Member  | Party  | %

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| 1949 | Karl Bielig | SPD | 35.2
| 1953 | Wilhelm Höck | CDU | 39.8
1957 | 48.3
| 1961 | Hans-Jürgen Junghans | SPD | 46.8
1965 | 48.3
1969 | 52.5
1972 | 59.0
1976 | 55.0
1980 | 54.2
1983 | 47.9
| 1987 | Wilhelm Schmidt  | SPD | 49.2
1990 | 45.4
1994 | 49.9
1998 | 58.9
2002 | 56.8
| 2005 | Sigmar Gabriel | SPD | 52.3
2009 | 44.9
2013 | 46.6
2017 | 42.8
| 2021 | Dunja Kreiser | SPD | 38.6
2025 | 30.6

## Election results

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### 2025 election

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Federal election (20215): Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel[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 Dunja Kreiser | 48,410  | 30.6  |  8.0  | 38,650  | 24.4  |  12.3
| CDU | Reza Asghari  | 44,807  | 28.3  |  1.1  | 42,085  | 26.5  |  3.6
| AfD | Angela Rudzka | 33,787  | 21.3  |  11.5  | 33,836  | 21.2  |  11.4
| Left | Cem Ince  | 11,139  | 7.0  |  3.1  | 12,357  | 7.8  |  4.7
| Greens | Lena Krause  | 10,910  | 6.9  |  3.7  | 33,824  | 8.7  |  3.7
| BSW |  | 6,404  | 4.0  |
| FDP | Kevin Violence  | 3,934  | 2.5  |  4.1  | 5,619  | 3.5  |  5.7
| FW | Jörg-Uwe Weber  | 2,291  | 1.4  |  0.3  | 1,129  | 0.7  |  0.2
| Volt | Marie Lenke  | 1,596  | 1.0  |  | 816  | 0.5  |  0.3
| Tierschutzpartei |  | 2,024  | 1.3  |  0.2
| dieBasis | Nina Ute  | 1,406  | 0.9  |  0.2  | 539  | 0.3  |  0.6
| PARTEI |  | 732  | 0.5  |  0.4
| Pirates |  |  |  |  0.8  | 267  | 0.2  |  0.2
| BD |  | 179  | 0.1  |
| Humanists |  | 105  | 0.1  |  0.0
| MLPD |  | 31  | 0.0  |  0.0
| Team Todenhöfer |  |  |  |  0.5
| ÖDP |  |  |  |  0.1
Informal votes  | 1,324  |  |  | 1,007  |  |
Total valid votes | 158,280  |  |  | 158,597  |  |
Turnout | 159,604  | 81.8  |  8.5  |
| SPD hold | Majority | 3,603  | 2.3  |  |

### 2021 election

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Federal election (2021): Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel[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 | Dunja Kreiser | 56,157  | 38.6  |  4.2  | 53,411  | 36.7  |  4.2
| CDU | Holger Bormann  | 39,541  | 27.2  |  2.0  | 33,453  | 23.0  |  6.6
| Greens | Claudia Bei der Wieden  | 15,353  | 10.6  |  6.3  | 18,105  | 12.4  |  5.9
| AfD | Thomas Günther  | 14,331  | 9.9  |  2.1  | 14,415  | 9.9  |  2.4
| FDP | Max Weitemeier  | 9,544  | 6.6  |  1.9  | 13,463  | 9.2  |  1.2
| Left | Victor Perli | 5,675  | 3.9  |  2.1  | 4,478  | 3.1  |  4.2
| Tierschutzpartei |  | 2,156  | 1.5  |  0.5
| FW | Günter Karl-Heinz Gehmert  | 1,651  | 1.1  |  | 1,317  | 0.9  |  0.6
| dieBasis | Volker Eyssen  | 1,599  | 1.1  |  | 1,362  | 0.9  |
| PARTEI |  | 1,274  | 0.9  |  0.1
| Team Todenhöfer |  | 743  | 0.5  |
| Pirates | Jens Golland  | 1,220  | 0.8  |  0.0  | 598  | 0.4  |  0.0
| Independent | Christiane Jagau  | 282  | 0.2  |  |
| Volt |  | 260  | 0.2  |
| NPD |  | 240  | 0.2  |  0.2
| V-Partei3 |  | 100  | 0.1  |  0.0
| Humanists |  | 94  | 0.1  |
| ÖDP |  | 86  | 0.1  |  0.0
| du. |  | 86  | 0.1  |
| Independent | Paul Deutsch  | 71  | 0.0  |  |
| LKR |  | 39  | 0.0  |
| MLPD |  | 23  | 0.0  |  0.0
| DKP |  | 19  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 1,794  |  |  | 1,496  |  |
Total valid votes | 145,424  |  |  | 145,722  |  |
Turnout | 147,218  | 73.3  |  2.9  |
| SPD hold | Majority | 16,616  | 11.4  |  2.3  |

### 2017 election

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Federal election (2017): Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel[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 Sigmar Gabriel | 66,587  | 42.8  |  3.8  | 50,482  | 32.4  |  6.8
| CDU | Uwe Lagosky  | 45,310  | 29.1  |  7.9  | 45,985  | 29.5  |  6.2
| AfD | Manfred Wolfrum  | 18,564  | 11.9  |  8.9  | 19,115  | 12.3  |  8.2
| Left | Victor Perli | 9,290  | 6.0  |  1.6  | 11,266  | 7.2  |  1.6
| FDP | Jens Henry Neubert  | 7,268  | 4.7  |  3.6  | 12,450  | 8.0  |  4.6
| Greens | Ghali El Boustami  | 6,680  | 4.3  |  0.1  | 10,213  | 6.6  |  0.8
| Tierschutzpartei |  | 1,591  | 1.0  |  0.2
| PARTEI |  | 1,557  | 1.0  |
| Pirates | Jens Golland  | 1,335  | 0.9  |  0.6  | 684  | 0.4  |  1.0
| NPD |  | 606  | 0.4  |  0.8
| FW |  | 531  | 0.3  |  0.4
| DM  |  | 430  | 0.3  |
| Independent | Christiane Jagau  | 283  | 0.2  |  |
| BGE |  | 207  | 0.1  |
| DiB |  | 197  | 0.1  |
| V-Partei³ |  | 183  | 0.1  |
| Independent | Niels Salveter  | 162  | 0.1  |  |
| ÖDP |  | 117  | 0.1  |
| MLPD |  | 74  | 0.0  |  0.0
| DKP |  | 31  | 0.0  |
Informal votes  | 1,567  |  |  | 1,327  |  |
Total valid votes | 155,479  |  |  | 155,719  |  |
Turnout | 157,046  | 76.2  |  3.2  |
| SPD hold | Majority | 21,277  | 13.7  |  4.1  |

### 2013 election

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Federal election (2013): Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel[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 Sigmar Gabriel | 70,080  | 46.6  |  1.7  | 58,881  | 39.3  |  5.1
| CDU | Uwe Lagosky  | 55,720  | 37.1  |  4.5  | 53,593  | 35.7  |  5.0
| Greens | Sascha Pitkamin  | 6,630  | 4.4  |  1.4  | 11,013  | 7.3  |  1.5
| Left | Dorothée Menzner  | 6,524  | 4.3  |  3.7  | 8,461  | 5.6  |  4.4
| AfD | Axel Steinkampf-Sommer  | 4,548  | 3.0  |  | 5,938  | 4.0  |
| Pirates | Arne Hattendorf  | 2,119  | 1.4  |  | 2,228  | 1.5  |  0.3
| NPD | Adolf Preuß  | 1,940  | 1.3  |  0.5  | 1,796  | 1.2  |  0.4
| FDP | Dirk Michaelis  | 1,582  | 1.1  |  5.0  | 5,142  | 3.4  |  7.2
| Tierschutzpartei |  | 1,286  | 0.9  |  0.0
| FW | Anke Bastian  | 1,248  | 0.8  |  | 1,046  | 0.7  |
| REP |  | 208  | 0.1  |
| PRO |  | 183  | 0.1  |
| PBC  |  | 167  | 0.1  |
| MLPD |  | 39  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 2,208  |  |  | 2,618  |  |
Total valid votes | 150,391  |  |  | 149,981  |  |
Turnout | 152,599  | 73.0  |  0.9  |
| SPD hold | Majority | 14,360  | 9.5  |  2.8  |

### 2009 election

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Federal election (2009): Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel[7]

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 Sigmar Gabriel | 69,631  | 44.9  |  7.4  | 53,144  | 34.2  |  13.5
| CDU | Jochen-Konrad Fromme  | 50,519  | 32.6  |  3.1  | 47,719  | 30.7  |  0.6
| Left | Hermann Fleischer  | 12,538  | 8.1  |  4.0  | 15,569  | 10.0  |  5.0
| FDP | Thomas Keller  | 9,436  | 6.1  |  3.5  | 16,479  | 10.6  |  3.2
| Greens | Jürgen Selke-Witzel  | 9,032  | 5.8  |  2.5  | 13,744  | 8.8  |  3.4
| Pirates |  | 2,812  | 1.8  |
| NPD | Friedrich-Werner Schulenburg  | 2,791  | 1.8  |  0.2  | 2,490  | 1.6  |  0.0
| Tierschutzpartei |  | 1,334  | 0.9  |  0.2
| RRP  | Rolf Vorberger  | 1,163  | 0.7  |  | 1,771  | 1.1  |
| ÖDP |  | 129  | 0.1  |
| DVU |  | 186  | 0.1  |
| MLPD |  | 34  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 2,468  |  |  | 2,167  |  |
Total valid votes | 155,110  |  |  | 155,411  |  |
Turnout | 157,578  | 73.9  |  5.6  |
| SPD hold | Majority | 19,112  | 12.3  |  4.3  |

## References

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1. ^ a b "Constituency Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel". Federal Returning Officer.
2. ^ "Results for Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel". Federal Returning Officer.
3. ^ Results for Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel
4. ^ Results for Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel
5. ^ Results for Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel
6. ^ Results for Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel
7. ^ Results for Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel

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