# Harburg (electoral district)

53°18′56.786″N 9°57′45.860″E﻿ / ﻿53.31577389°N 9.96273889°E﻿ / 53.31577389; 9.96273889Harburg 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 36. It is located in northern Lower Saxony, comprising the district of Harburg.
Harburg was created for the 1980 federal election. It was abolished in 2002 and re-established in the 2009 federal election. Since 2025, it has been represented by Cornell Babendererde from the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU). Before that it had been held by Svenja Stadler of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).

## Geography

Harburg is located in northern Lower Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the Harburg district.

## History

Harburg was created in 1980 and contained parts of the abolished constituency of Harburg – Soltau. In its first incarnation, it was constituency 35 in the numbering system, and comprised the Harburg district. It was abolished in the 2002 election, and divided between the new constituencies of Soltau-Fallingbostel – Winsen Luhe and Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg.
The constituency was re-established in the 2009 election. It was constituency number 37. Since the 2013 election, it has been constituency number 36. Its borders have not changed since its re-establishment.

## Members

The constituency was first held by Herbert Helmrich of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), who served from 1980 until 1994. He was succeeded by fellow CDU member Rudolf Meyer, who served until 1998. In 1998, Monika Griefahn of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) won the constituency, serving until its abolition in the next Bundestag term. After its re-establishment in the 2009 election, Michael Grosse-Brömer of the CDU won the constituency. Svenja Stadler regained it for the SPD in 2021.
| Election | Election | Member | Party | % |
| | 1980 | Herbert Helmrich | CDU | 44.2 |
| | 1983 | Herbert Helmrich | CDU | 54.6 |
| | 1987 | Herbert Helmrich | CDU | 50.3 |
| | 1990 | Herbert Helmrich | CDU | 49.2 |
| | 1994 | Rudolf Meyer | CDU | 48.2 |
| | 1998 | Monika Griefahn | SPD | 46.6 |
| Abolished (2002–2009) |||||
| | 2009 | Michael Grosse-Brömer | CDU | 40.6 |
| | 2013 | Michael Grosse-Brömer | CDU | 45.2 |
| | 2017 | Michael Grosse-Brömer | CDU | 40.6 |
| | 2021 | Svenja Stadler | SPD | 31.0 |
| | 2025 | Cornell Babendererde | CDU | 33.2 |

## Election results
### 2025 election

Federal election (2025): Harburg :
| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Cornell Babendererde | Cornell Babendererde | 57,718 | 33.2 | 4.1 | 53,029 | 30.4 | 5.6 |
| | SPD | N Svenja Stadler | N Svenja Stadler | 45,742 | 26.3 | 4.7 | 35.733 | 20.5 | 8.6 |
| | AfD | Henning Schwieger | Henning Schwieger | 28,906 | 16.6 | 9.8 | 29,324 | 16.8 | 9.6 |
| | Greens | Frerk Meyer | Frerk Meyer | 18,423 | 10.6 | 4.4 | 22,502 | 12.9 | 3.8 |
| | Left | Steffen Wetzel | Steffen Wetzel | 10,309 | 5.9 | 3.3 | 12,298 | 7.1 | 4.1 |
| | BSW | | | | | | 6,233 | 3.6 | |
| | FDP | Ingmar Schmidt | Ingmar Schmidt | 6,047 | 3.5 | 5.5 | 8,478 | 4.9 | 7.8 |
| | FW | Andreas Oppermann | Andreas Oppermann | 3,142 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 1,602 | 0.9 | 0.6 |
| | Volt | Michael Riedel | Michael Riedel | 2,625 | 1.5 | | 1,461 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,991 | 1.1 | 0.3 |
| | Independent | Jochen Manske | Jochen Manske | 1,046 | 0.6 | | | | |
| | PARTEI | | | | | | 704 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| | dieBasis | | | | | | 491 | 0.3 | 1.2 |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 258 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| | BD | | | | | | 189 | 0.1 | |
| | Humanists | | | | | | 105 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 31 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,176 | | | 705 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 173,958 | | | 174,429 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 175,134 | 86.4 | 6.3 | | | |
| | CDU gain from SPD | CDU gain from SPD | Majority | 11,976 | 6.9 | | | | |

### 2021 election

Federal election (2021): Harburg :
| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | SPD | Svenja Stadler | Svenja Stadler | 49,773 | 31.0 | 3.6 | 46,765 | 29.1 | 7.1 |
| | CDU | N Michael Grosse-Brömer | N Michael Grosse-Brömer | 46,711 | 29.1 | 11.5 | 39,850 | 24.8 | 11.2 |
| | Greens | Nadja Weippert | Nadja Weippert | 24,120 | 15.0 | 6.0 | 26,777 | 16.7 | 6.5 |
| | FDP | Nino Ruschmeyer | Nino Ruschmeyer | 14,395 | 9.0 | 2.5 | 20,426 | 12.7 | 1.0 |
| | AfD | Henning Schwieger | Henning Schwieger | 11,007 | 6.9 | 2.4 | 11,671 | 7.3 | 2.7 |
| | Left | Joachim Kotteck | Joachim Kotteck | 4,230 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 4,682 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | Mona Jonas-Tadjik | Mona Jonas-Tadjik | 3,561 | 2.2 | | 2,360 | 1.5 | 0.5 |
| | FW | Willy Klingenberg | Willy Klingenberg | 3,515 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 2,404 | 1.5 | 0.7 |
| | dieBasis | Christian Bahr | Christian Bahr | 2,850 | 1.8 | | 2,452 | 1.5 | |
| | PARTEI | | | | | | 1,193 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 568 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| | Team Todenhöfer | | | | | | 433 | 0.3 | |
| | Volt | | | | | | 347 | 0.2 | |
| | LKR | Hans-Christian Schröder | Hans-Christian Schröder | 351 | 0.2 | | 151 | 0.1 | |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 141 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | The Homeland | | | | | | 138 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| | Humanists | | | | | | 130 | 0.1 | |
| | V-Partei3 | | | | | | 113 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| | du. | | | | | | 95 | 0.1 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 23 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | DKP | | | | | | 23 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,122 | | | 893 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 160,513 | | | 160,742 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 161,635 | 80.1 | 1.2 | | | |
| | SPD gain from CDU | SPD gain from CDU | Majority | 3,062 | 1.9 | | | | |

### 2017 election

Federal election (2017): Harburg :
| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Y Michael Grosse-Brömer | Y Michael Grosse-Brömer | 65,223 | 40.6 | 4.6 | 57,815 | 35.9 | 6.9 |
| | SPD | Svenja Stadler | Svenja Stadler | 44,017 | 27.4 | 4.2 | 35,377 | 22.0 | 6.3 |
| | AfD | Roderik Pfreundschuh | Roderik Pfreundschuh | 14,826 | 9.2 | 3.5 | 16,047 | 10.0 | 4.0 |
| | Greens | Nadja Weippert | Nadja Weippert | 14,565 | 9.1 | 2.0 | 16,410 | 10.2 | 0.9 |
| | FDP | Wolfgang Knobel | Wolfgang Knobel | 10,458 | 6.5 | 3.1 | 18,839 | 11.7 | 6.8 |
| | Left | Joachim Kotteck | Joachim Kotteck | 8,638 | 5.4 | 1.8 | 10,117 | 6.3 | 1.8 |
| | FW | Timo Röntsch | Timo Röntsch | 2,785 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 1,340 | 0.8 | 0.1 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,632 | 1.0 | 0.1 |
| | PARTEI | | | | | | 1,238 | 0.8 | |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 475 | 0.3 | 1.4 |
| | The Homeland | | | | | | 358 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
| | V-Partei³ | | | | | | 293 | 0.2 | |
| | DiB | | | | | | 240 | 0.1 | |
| | BGE | | | | | | 209 | 0.1 | |
| | DM | | | | | | 201 | 0.1 | |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 198 | 0.1 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 35 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | DKP | | | | | | 31 | 0.0 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,325 | | | 982 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 160,512 | | | 160,855 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 161,837 | 81.3 | 2.9 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 21,206 | 13.2 | 0.4 | | | |

### 2013 election

Federal election (2013): Harburg :
| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Y Michael Grosse-Brömer | Y Michael Grosse-Brömer | 68,458 | 45.2 | 4.6 | 64,905 | 42.8 | 8.8 |
| | SPD | Svenja Stadler | Svenja Stadler | 47,908 | 31.6 | 1.0 | 42,915 | 28.3 | 3.8 |
| | Greens | Martina Lammers | Martina Lammers | 10,754 | 7.1 | 2.3 | 14,078 | 9.3 | 2.9 |
| | AfD | Bernd Lucke | Bernd Lucke | 8,704 | 5.7 | | 9,069 | 6.0 | |
| | Left | Michèl Pauly | Michèl Pauly | 5,472 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 6,641 | 4.4 | 3.0 |
| | FDP | Nicole Bracht-Bendt | Nicole Bracht-Bendt | 5,110 | 3.4 | 7.4 | 7,382 | 4.9 | 12.1 |
| | Pirates | Robert Geislinger | Robert Geislinger | 2,376 | 1.6 | | 2,499 | 1.6 | 0.4 |
| | FW | Willy Klingenberg | Willy Klingenberg | 1,509 | 1.0 | | 1,145 | 0.8 | |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,366 | 0.9 | 0.1 |
| | The Homeland | Ulrich Heim | Ulrich Heim | 1,112 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1,193 | 1.8 | 0.3 |
| | PBC | | | | | | 159 | 0.1 | |
| | PRO | | | | | | 141 | 0.1 | |
| | REP | | | | | | 74 | 0.0 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 33 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,416 | | | 1,219 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 151,403 | | | 151,600 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 152,819 | 78.4 | 0.5 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 20,550 | 13.6 | 3.6 | | | |

### 2009 election

Federal election (2009): Harburg :
| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Michael Grosse-Brömer | Michael Grosse-Brömer | 59,657 | 40.6 | 3.3 | 50,104 | 34.0 | 2.6 |
| | SPD | Monika Griefahn | Monika Griefahn | 45,002 | 30.6 | 11.7 | 36,139 | 24.5 | 12.3 |
| | FDP | Nicole Bracht-Bendt | Nicole Bracht-Bendt | 15,812 | 10.8 | 6.4 | 24,967 | 16.9 | 5.5 |
| | Greens | Hans-Christian Friedrichs | Hans-Christian Friedrichs | 13,772 | 9.4 | 4.7 | 18,002 | 12.2 | 3.5 |
| | Left | Herbert Schui | Herbert Schui | 9,611 | 6.5 | 3.3 | 10,825 | 7.3 | 3.6 |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 2,963 | 2.0 | |
| | The Homeland | Sebastian Stöber | Sebastian Stöber | 1,935 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 1,636 | 1.1 | 0.0 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,132 | 0.8 | 0.1 |
| | RRP | Richard Tiede | Richard Tiede | 1,153 | 0.8 | | 1,150 | 0.8 | |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 238 | 0.1 | |
| | DVU | | | | | | 177 | 0.1 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 33 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,976 | | | 1,552 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 146,942 | | | 147,366 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 148,918 | 77.9 | 5.1 | | | |
| | CDU win new seat | CDU win new seat | Majority | 14,655 | 10.0 | | | | |