Politics of Lower Saxony

File:Hannover Leineschloss.jpg

The Lower Saxony State Parliament ("Landtag") in Hannover

The Politics of Lower Saxony takes place within a framework of a federal parliamentary representative democratic republic, where the Federal Government of Germany exercises sovereign rights with certain powers reserved to the states of Germany including Lower Saxony. Since 1948 politics in the state has been dominated by the rightist Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the leftist Social Democratic Party. Lower Saxony was one of the origins of the German environmentalist movement in reaction to the state government's support for underground nuclear waste disposal. This led to the formation of the German Green Party in 1980.

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Portrait		Name (Born–Died)	Term of office			Political party	Election
			Took office	Left office	Days
State of Lower Saxony (1946–present)
British occupation zone of Germany (1946–1949)
State of the Federal Republic of Germany (as of 23 May 1949)
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 1	File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F046120-0016, Koblenz, "Rittersturz-Konferenz", Kopf.jpg	Hinrich Wilhelm Kopf (1893–1961)	9 December 1946	26 May 1955		Social Democratic Party	1947 1951
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 2	File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-21910-0004, Bonn, Kabinett Adenauer II, Gruppenbild (cropped).jpg	Heinrich Hellwege (1908–1991)	26 May 1955	12 May 1959		German Party	1955
style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;" | 3 (1)	File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F046120-0016, Koblenz, "Rittersturz-Konferenz", Kopf.jpg	Hinrich Wilhelm Kopf (1893–1961)	12 May 1959	21 December 1961 (died in office)		Social Democratic Party	1959
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 4	File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F030208-0027, Bonn, Landesvertretung Niedersachsen, Diederichs.jpg	Georg Diederichs (1900–1983)	29 December 1961	8 July 1970		Social Democratic Party	1963 1967
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 5	File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F046646-0036, Bonn, Empfang für Bundesratsdirektor Dr. Pfitzer (Alfred Kubel cropped).jpg	Alfred Kubel (1909–1999)	8 July 1970	6 February 1976 (resigned)		Social Democratic Party	1970 1974
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 6	File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F078542-0022, Wiesbaden, CDU-Bundesparteitag, Albrecht (cropped).jpg	Ernst Albrecht (1930–2014)	6 February 1976	21 June 1990		Christian Democratic Union	1974 1978 1982 1986
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 7	File:Meeting during the 35th Munich Security Conference (cropped).jpg	Gerhard Schröder (born 1944)	21 June 1990	27 October 1998 (resigned to become Chancellor)		Social Democratic Party	1990 1994 1998
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 8	File:No image.svg	Gerhard Glogowski (born 1943)	28 October 1998	15 October 1999 (resigned)		Social Democratic Party	1998
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 9	File:Sigmar Gabriel (2012).jpg	Sigmar Gabriel (born 1959)	15 October 1999	4 March 2003		Social Democratic Party	1998
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 10	File:Landtag Niedersachsen DSCF7770 cropped.JPG	Christian Wulff (born 1959)	4 March 2003	30 June 2010 (resigned to become President)		Christian Democratic Union	2003 2008
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 11	File:Landtag Niedersachsen DSCF7646 - McAllister cropped.jpg	David McAllister (born 1971)	1 July 2010	19 February 2013		Christian Democratic Union	2008
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 12	File:Weil, Stephan.jpg	Stephan Weil (born 1958)	19 February 2013	Incumbent		Social Democratic Party	2013 2017 2022

Landtag of Lower Saxony

Party Strength in Landtag

A darkened box under a party in any given year denotes that the party had either not yet been founded, or the party had become defunct, by the date of that election.

Election year	Total seats	Seats won
		SPD	CDU	FDP	GB/BHE	Grüne	DP	KPD	DZP	AfD	Others
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1947	149	65	30	13			27	8	6
1951	158	64	35	12	21		Template:Efn	2	4		20 Template:Efn
1955	159	59	43	12	17		19	2	1		6 Template:Efn
1959	157	65	51	8	13		20
1963	149	73	62	14
1967	149	66	63	10							10 Template:Efn
1970	149	75	74
1974	155	67	77	11
1978	155	72	83
1982	171	63	87	10		11
1986	155	66	69	9		11
1990	155	71	67	9		8
1994	161	81	67			13
1998	157	83	62			12
2003	183	63	91	15		14
2008	152	48	68	13		12					11 Template:Efn
2013	137	49	54	14		20
2018	137	55	50	11		12				9
2022	146	57	47			24				18

State Landtag Compositions

• 1st Landtag, following 1947 election
  1st Landtag, following 1947 election
• 2nd Landtag, following 1951 election
  2nd Landtag, following 1951 election
• 3rd Landtag, following 1955 election
  3rd Landtag, following 1955 election
• 4th Landtag, following 1959 election
  4th Landtag, following 1959 election
• 5th Landtag, following 1963 election
  5th Landtag, following 1963 election
• 6th Landtag, following 1967 election
  6th Landtag, following 1967 election
• 7th Landtag, following 1970 election
  7th Landtag, following 1970 election
• 8th Landtag, following 1974 election
  8th Landtag, following 1974 election
• 9th Landtag, following 1978 election
  9th Landtag, following 1978 election
• 10th Landtag, following 1982 election
  10th Landtag, following 1982 election
• 11th Landtag, following 1986 election
  11th Landtag, following 1986 election
• 12th Landtag, following 1990 election
  12th Landtag, following 1990 election
• 13th Landtag, following 1994 election
  13th Landtag, following 1994 election
• 14th Landtag, following 1998 election
  14th Landtag, following 1998 election
• 15th Landtag, following 2003 election
  15th Landtag, following 2003 election
• 16th Landtag, following 2008 election
  16th Landtag, following 2008 election
• 17th Landtag, following 2013 election
  17th Landtag, following 2013 election
• 18th Landtag, following 2017 election
  18th Landtag, following 2017 election
• 19th Landtag, following 2022 election
  19th Landtag, following 2022 election

State Election Results Maps

• 1990 Lower Saxony state election, Red is SPD, Black is CDU
  1990 Lower Saxony state election, Red is SPD, Black is CDU
• 1994 Lower Saxony state election, Red is SPD, Black is CDU
  1994 Lower Saxony state election, Red is SPD, Black is CDU
• 1998 Lower Saxony state election, Red is SPD, Black is CDU
  1998 Lower Saxony state election, Red is SPD, Black is CDU
• 2003 Lower Saxony state election, Red is SPD, Black is CDU
  2003 Lower Saxony state election, Red is SPD, Black is CDU
• 2008 Lower Saxony state election, Red is SPD, Black is CDU
  2008 Lower Saxony state election, Red is SPD, Black is CDU
• 2013 Lower Saxony state election, Red is SPD, Black is CDU
  2013 Lower Saxony state election, Red is SPD, Black is CDU
• 2017 Lower Saxony state election, Red is SPD, Black is CDU
  2017 Lower Saxony state election, Red is SPD, Black is CDU
• 2022 Lower Saxony state election, Red is SPD, Black is CDU
  2022 Lower Saxony state election, Red is SPD, Black is CDU

Constituencies in the Landtag

• Braunschweig-Nord (01)
• Braunschweig-Süd (02)
• Braunschweig-West (03)
• Peine (04)
• Gifhorn-Nord/Wolfsburg (05)
• Gifhorn-Süd (06)
• Wolfsburg (07)
• Helmstedt (08)
• Wolfenbüttel-Nord (09)
• Wolfenbüttel-Süd/Salzgitter (10)
• Salzgitter (11)
• Göttingen/Harz (12)
• Goslar (13)
• Duderstadt (14)
• Göttingen/Münden (15)
• Göttingen-Stadt (16)
• Northeim (17)
• Einbeck (18)
• Holzminden (19)
• Hildesheim (20)
• Sarstedt/Bad Salzdetfurth (21)
• Alfeld (22)
• Hannover-Döhren (23)
• Hannover-Buchholz (24)
• Hannover-Linden (25)
• Hannover-Richlingen (26)
• Hannover-Mitte (27)
• Laatzen (28)
• Lehrte (29)
• Langenhagen (30)
• Garbsen/Wedemark (31)
• Neustadt/Wunstorf (32)
• Barsinghausen (33)
• Springe (34)
• Bad Pyrmont (35)
• Schaumburg (36)
• Hameln/Rinteln (37)
• Nienburg/Schaumburg (38)
• Nienburg-Nord (39)
• Syke (40)
• Siepholz (41)
• Waldrode (42)
• Soltau (43)
• Bergen (44)
• Celle (45)
• Uelzen (46)
• Elbe (47)
• Lüneburg-Land (48)
• Lüneburg (49)
• Winsen (50)
• Seevetal (51)
• Buchholz (52)
• Rotenburg (53)
• Bremervörde (54)
• Buxtehude (55)
• Stade (56)
• Geestland (57)
• Cuxhaven (58)
• Unterweser (59)
• Osterholz (60)
• Verden (61)
• Oldenburg-Mitte/Süd (62)
• Oldenburg-Nord/West (63)
• Oldenburg-Land (64)
• Delmenhorst (65)
• Cloppenburg-Nord (66)
• Cloppenburg (67)
• Vechta (68)
• Wilhelmshaven (69)
• Friesland (70)
• Wesermarsch (71)
• Ammerland (72)
• Bersenbrück (73)
• Melle (74)
• Bramsche (75)
• Georgsmarienhütte (76)
• Osnabrück-Ost (77)
• Osnabrück-West (78)
• Grafschaft Bentheim (79)
• Lingen (80)
• Meppen (81)
• Papenburg (82)
• Leer (83)
• Leer/Borkum (84)
• Emden/Norden (85)
• Aurich (86)
• Wittmund/Inseln (87)

Constituencies in the Bundestag

No		Constituency	Member	2021	Voters	2017	2013	2009	2005	2002	1998	1994	1990
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	24	Aurich – Emden	Johann Saathoff	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	191,846	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | SPD
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	25	Unterems	Gitta Connemann	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	238,506	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	26	Friesland – Wilhelmshaven – Wittmund	Siemtje Möller	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	189,047	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | SPD
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	27	Oldenburg - Ammerland	Dennis Rohde	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	228,705	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | SPD
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	28	Delmenhorst – Wesermarsch – Oldenburg-Land	Susanne Mittag	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	226,827	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | SPD
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	29	Cuxhaven – Stade II	Daniel Schneider	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | SPD	188,602	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	Created for 2009 election
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	30	Stade I – Rotenburg II	Oliver Grundmann	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	198,576	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	Abolished		bgcolor="Template:Party color" | SPD	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	31	Mittelems	Albert Stegemann	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	233,253	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	32	Cloppenburg - Vechta	Silvia Breher	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	223,948	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	33	Diepholz – Nienburg I	Axel Knoerig	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	194,371	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | SPD	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	34	Osterholz – Verden	Andreas Mattfeldt	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	197,490	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	Abolished		bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | SPD
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	35	Rotenburg I - Heidekreis	Lars Klingbeil	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	168,927	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	Abolished		bgcolor="Template:Party color" | SPD	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	36	Harburg	Svenja Stadler	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	201,740	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	Abolished		bgcolor="Template:Party color" | SPD	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	37	Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg	Jakob Blankenburg	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	182,673	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | SPD	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	38	Osnabrück-Land	André Berghegger	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	199,960	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	39	Stadt Osnabrück	Manuel Gava	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	195,467	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | SPD	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	40	Nienburg II – Schaumburg	Marja-Liisa Völlers	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	193,863	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | SPD	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	41	Stadt Hannover I	Adis Ahmetovic	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	176,770	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | SPD
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	42	Stadt Hannover II	Yasmin Fahimi	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	190,336	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | SPD
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	43	Hannover-Land I	Rebecca Schamber	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	231,250	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | SPD	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	44	Celle – Uelzen	Henning Otte	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	214,482	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | SPD	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	45	Gifhorn – Peine	Hubertus Heil	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	219,966	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | SPD	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	46	Hameln-Pyrmont – Holzminden	Johannes Schraps	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	184,471	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | SPD
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	47	Hannover-Land II	Matthias Miersch	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	238,323	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | SPD	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	48	Hildesheim	Bernd Westphal	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	215,131	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | SPD
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	49	Salzgitter - Wolfenbüttel	Dunja Kreiser	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	200,922	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | SPD
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	50	Braunschweig	Christos Pantazis	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	187,721	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | SPD	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	51	Helmstedt – Wolfsburg	Falko Mohrs	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	180,147	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | SPD	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	52	Goslar – Northeim – Göttingen II	Frauke Heiligenstadt	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	197,519	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | SPD
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	53	Göttingen	Andreas Philippi	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	214,542	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor=Template:Party color| SPD	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | SPD	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU	bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CDU