# Aurich – Emden

Aurich – Emden 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 24. It is located in northwestern Lower Saxony, comprising the city of Emden and the district of Aurich.
Aurich – Emden was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. It was abolished in 1965 and re-established in the 1980 federal election. Since 2013, it has been represented by Johann Saathoff of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).

## Geography

Aurich – Emden is located in northwestern Lower Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Emden and the district of Aurich.

## History

Aurich – Emden was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Lower Saxony constituency 1. From 1953 to 1965, it was constituency number 23. Originally, it comprised the city of Emden and the districts of Aurich and Norden, the latter of which was incorporated into the former in 1977.
Aurich – Emden was abolished in the 1965 election. The city of Emden and the Norden district became part of the Emden – Leer constituency, while the Aurich district became part of the Wilhelmshaven constituency.
Aurich – Emden was re-established in the 1980 election. Thereafter, it was constituency 19. In the 1998 election, it became constituency 25; it has been constituency 24 since the 2013 election. Its borders have not changed since its re-establishment.

## Members

The constituency has been held continuously by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) throughout both its incarnations. It is a traditional stronghold of the SPD, often one of the party's safest constituencies. Its first representative was Georg Peters, who served from 1949 until the constituency's abolition in 1965. After its re-establishment, it was won by Carl Ewen [de], who represented it until 1994. He was succeeded by Jann-Peter Janssen, who served until 2005; he was in turn succeeded by Garrelt Duin. Johann Saathoff was elected in 2013, and re-elected in 2017 and 2021.
| Election | Election | Member | Party | % |
| | 1949 | Georg Peters | SPD | 35.5 |
| | 1953 | Georg Peters | SPD | 43.0 |
| | 1957 | Georg Peters | SPD | 48.6 |
| | 1961 | Georg Peters | SPD | 48.6 |
| Abolished (1965–1980) |||||
| | 1980 | Carl Ewen [de] | SPD | 62.4 |
| | 1983 | Carl Ewen [de] | SPD | 57.1 |
| | 1987 | Carl Ewen [de] | SPD | 58.7 |
| | 1990 | Carl Ewen [de] | SPD | 56.9 |
| | 1994 | Jann-Peter Janssen | SPD | 57.1 |
| | 1998 | Jann-Peter Janssen | SPD | 59.6 |
| | 2002 | Jann-Peter Janssen | SPD | 61.4 |
| | 2005 | Garrelt Duin | SPD | 58.3 |
| | 2009 | Garrelt Duin | SPD | 44.4 |
| | 2013 | Johann Saathoff | SPD | 50.3 |
| | 2017 | Johann Saathoff | SPD | 49.6 |
| | 2021 | Johann Saathoff | SPD | 52.8 |

## Election results
### 2025 election

Federal election (2025): Aurich – Emden :
| 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 | Y Johann Saathoff | Y Johann Saathoff | 63,565 | 41.2 | 11.7 | 44,286 | 28.6 | 14.7 |
| | CDU | Joachim Kleen | Joachim Kleen | 34,069 | 22.1 | 4.3 | 36,007 | 23.3 | 5.6 |
| | AfD | Arno Arndt | Arno Arndt | 31,160 | 20,2 | | 32,478 | 21.0 | 12.8 |
| | Left | Johann Erdwiens | Johann Erdwiens | 8,949 | 5.8 | 2.2 | 11,682 | 7.6 | 4.1 |
| | Greens | Gunnar Ott | Gunnar Ott | 7,791 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 12,748 | 8.2 | 4.7 |
| | BSW | | | | | | 6,446 | 4.2 | |
| | Tierschutzpartei | Diedrich Kleen | Diedrich Kleen | 4,303 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 2,530 | 1.6 | 0.0 |
| | FDP | Hendrik Hartmann | Hendrik Hartmann | 3,569 | 2.3 | 6.4 | 5,052 | 3.3 | 5.6 |
| | FW | | | | | | 1,316 | 0.9 | 0.4 |
| | Independent | Detlev Krüger | Detlev Krüger | 1,021 | 0.7 | | | | |
| | PARTEI | | | | | | 642 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| | Volt | | | | | | 594 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| | dieBasis | | | | | | 388 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 249 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| | BD | | | | | | 161 | 0.1 | |
| | Humanists | | | | | | 72 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 34 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,282 | | | 1,024 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 154,427 | | | 154,685 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 155,709 | 82.0 | 10.2 | | | |
| | SPD hold | SPD hold | Majority | 29,496 | 18.9 | 16.2 | | | |

### 2021 election

Federal election (2021): Aurich – Emden :
| 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 | Y Johann Saathoff | Y Johann Saathoff | 71,596 | 52.8 | 3.2 | 59,038 | 43.3 | 5.5 |
| | CDU | Joachim Kleen | Joachim Kleen | 24,019 | 17.7 | 9.9 | 24,066 | 17.7 | 10.4 |
| | Greens | Stefan Maas | Stefan Maas | 12,652 | 9.3 | 2.3 | 17,668 | 13.0 | 5.5 |
| | FDP | Sarah Buss | Sarah Buss | 11,798 | 8.7 | 3.8 | 12,113 | 8.9 | 1.7 |
| | AfD | | | | | | 11,173 | 8.2 | 0.9 |
| | Left | Friedrich-Bernd Albers | Friedrich-Bernd Albers | 4,861 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4,671 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
| | FW | Detlev Krüger | Detlev Krüger | 4,205 | 3.1 | 0.7 | 1,769 | 1.3 | 0.8 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | Diedrich Kleen | Diedrich Kleen | 4,162 | 3.1 | | 2,220 | 1.6 | 0.8 |
| | dieBasis | David Frerichs | David Frerichs | 2,156 | 1.6 | | 1,027 | 0.8 | |
| | PARTEI | | | | | | 1,130 | 0.8 | 0.1 |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 430 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| | Volt | | | | | | 198 | 0.1 | |
| | Team Todenhöfer | | | | | | 149 | 0.1 | |
| | The Homeland | | | | | | 147 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| | Independent | Anton Lenz | Anton Lenz | 112 | 0.1 | | | | |
| | du. | | | | | | 86 | 0.1 | |
| | Humanists | | | | | | 86 | 0.1 | |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 82 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | V-Partei3 | | | | | | 65 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| | DKP | | | | | | 34 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | LKR | | | | | | 24 | 0.0 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 18 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,286 | | | 1,653 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 135,561 | | | 136,194 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 137,847 | 71.9 | 2.6 | | | |
| | SPD hold | SPD hold | Majority | 47,577 | 35.1 | 13.1 | | | |

### 2017 election

Federal election (2017): Aurich – Emden :
| 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 | Y Johann Saathoff | Y Johann Saathoff | 69,231 | 49.6 | 0.7 | 53,353 | 37.8 | 6.0 |
| | CDU | Reinhard Hegewald | Reinhard Hegewald | 38,531 | 27.6 | 4.8 | 39,552 | 28.0 | 4.4 |
| | AfD | | | | | | 12,877 | 9.1 | 6.0 |
| | Greens | Garrelt Agena | Garrelt Agena | 9,787 | 7.0 | 2.6 | 10,503 | 7.4 | 0.9 |
| | Left | Marcus Stahl | Marcus Stahl | 9,403 | 6.7 | 1.9 | 10,142 | 7.2 | 2.2 |
| | FDP | Uwe Ewen | Uwe Ewen | 6,882 | 4.9 | 3.4 | 10,079 | 7.1 | 3.9 |
| | FW | Alrich Bartels | Alrich Bartels | 3,326 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 760 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| | Pirates | Michael-Tillmann Berndt | Michael-Tillmann Berndt | 2,304 | 1.7 | | 568 | 0.4 | 1.0 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,162 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| | PARTEI | | | | | | 961 | 0.7 | |
| | The Homeland | | | | | | 357 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| | BGE | | | | | | 191 | 0.1 | |
| | V-Partei³ | | | | | | 160 | 0.1 | |
| | DM | | | | | | 136 | 0.1 | |
| | DiB | | | | | | 123 | 0.1 | |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 77 | 0.1 | |
| | DKP | | | | | | 35 | 0.0 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 35 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,092 | | | 1,605 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 139,584 | | | 141,071 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 142,676 | 74.5 | 4.2 | | | |
| | SPD hold | SPD hold | Majority | 30,700 | 22.0 | 4.0 | | | |

### 2013 election

Federal election (2013): Aurich – Emden :
| 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 | Johann Saathoff | Johann Saathoff | 66,348 | 50.2 | 5.9 | 58,080 | 43.8 | 5.1 |
| | CDU | Heiko Schmelzle | Heiko Schmelzle | 42,737 | 32.4 | 6.5 | 43,026 | 32.5 | 7.9 |
| | Greens | Thilo Hoppe | Thilo Hoppe | 12,627 | 9.6 | 1.5 | 11,028 | 8.3 | 2.1 |
| | Left | Marco Notman | Marco Notman | 6,373 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 6,588 | 5.0 | 6.5 |
| | FDP | Stephan Bünting | Stephan Bünting | 2,085 | 1.6 | 5.6 | 4,323 | 3.3 | 7.2 |
| | AfD | | | | | | 4,136 | 3.1 | |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 1,900 | 1.4 | 0.1 |
| | FW | Klaus Klitzsch | Klaus Klitzsch | 1,869 | 1.4 | | 713 | 0.5 | |
| | The Homeland | | | | | | 1,259 | 0.9 | 0.4 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,065 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| | PBC | | | | | | 160 | 0.1 | |
| | REP | | | | | | 110 | 0.1 | |
| | PRO | | | | | | 109 | 0.1 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 35 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,217 | | | 1,724 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 132,039 | | | 132,532 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 134,256 | 70.3 | 0.3 | | | |
| | SPD hold | SPD hold | Majority | 23,611 | 17.8 | 0.8 | | | |

### 2009 election

Federal election (2009): Aurich – Emden :
| 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 | Y Garrelt Duin | Y Garrelt Duin | 57,876 | 44.4 | 13.9 | 50,682 | 38.8 | 17.1 |
| | CDU | Reinhard Hegewald | Reinhard Hegewald | 33,706 | 25.8 | 1.3 | 32,155 | 24.6 | 0.3 |
| | Left | Martin Heilemann | Martin Heilemann | 13,213 | 10.1 | 6.2 | 14,978 | 11.5 | 7.0 |
| | Greens | Thilo Hoppe | Thilo Hoppe | 14,451 | 11.1 | 4.9 | 13,641 | 10.4 | 4.2 |
| | FDP | Cornelia Debus | Cornelia Debus | 9,314 | 7.1 | 4.0 | 13,619 | 10.4 | 4.2 |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 2,015 | 1.5 | |
| | The Homeland | Horst Wagener | Horst Wagener | 1,886 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 1,712 | 1.3 | 0.2 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,042 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| | RRP | | | | | | 642 | 0.5 | |
| | DVU | | | | | | 123 | 0.1 | |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 123 | 0.1 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 32 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,439 | | | 2,121 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 130,446 | | | 130,764 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 132,885 | 70.0 | 7.2 | | | |
| | SPD hold | SPD hold | Majority | 24,170 | 18.5 | 12.7 | | | |