# Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel

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.
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).

## Geography

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.

## History

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 |
| 1949 | 27 | Gandersheim – Salzgitter | Salzgitter city Gandersheim district Wolfenbüttel district (only Baddeckenstedt Samtgemeinde) |
| 1953 | 49 | Gandersheim – Salzgitter | Salzgitter city Gandersheim district Wolfenbüttel district (only Baddeckenstedt Samtgemeinde) |
| 1957 | 49 | Gandersheim – Salzgitter | Salzgitter city Gandersheim district Wolfenbüttel district (only Baddeckenstedt Samtgemeinde) |
| 1961 | 49 | Gandersheim – Salzgitter | Salzgitter city Gandersheim district Wolfenbüttel district (only Baddeckenstedt Samtgemeinde) |
| 1965 | 44 | Salzgitter | Salzgitter city Gandersheim district Wolfenbüttel district (only Baddeckenstedt Samtgemeinde) |
| 1969 | 44 | Salzgitter | Salzgitter city Gandersheim district Wolfenbüttel district (only Baddeckenstedt Samtgemeinde) |
| 1972 | 44 | Salzgitter | Salzgitter city Gandersheim district Wolfenbüttel district (only Baddeckenstedt Samtgemeinde) |
| 1976 | 44 | Salzgitter | Salzgitter city Gandersheim district Wolfenbüttel district (only Baddeckenstedt Samtgemeinde) |
| 1980 | 44 | Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel | Salzgitter city Wolfenbüttel district |
| 1983 | 44 | Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel | Salzgitter city Wolfenbüttel district |
| 1987 | 44 | Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel | Salzgitter city Wolfenbüttel district |
| 1990 | 44 | Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel | Salzgitter city Wolfenbüttel district |
| 1994 | 44 | Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel | Salzgitter city Wolfenbüttel district |
| 1998 | 44 | Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel | Salzgitter city Wolfenbüttel district |
| 2002 | 49 | Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel | Salzgitter city Wolfenbüttel district Goslar district (only Langelsheim, Liebenburg, and Seesen municipalities and Lutter am Barenberge Samtgemeinde) |
| 2005 | 49 | Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel | Salzgitter city Wolfenbüttel district Goslar district (only Langelsheim, Liebenburg, and Seesen municipalities and Lutter am Barenberge Samtgemeinde) |
| 2009 | 50 | Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel | Salzgitter city Wolfenbüttel district Goslar district (only Langelsheim, Liebenburg, and Seesen municipalities and Lutter am Barenberge Samtgemeinde) |
| 2013 | 49 | Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel | Salzgitter city Wolfenbüttel district Goslar district (only Langelsheim, Liebenburg, and Seesen municipalities and Lutter am Barenberge Samtgemeinde) |
| 2017 | 49 | Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel | Salzgitter city Wolfenbüttel district Goslar district (only Langelsheim, Liebenburg, and Seesen municipalities and Lutter am Barenberge Samtgemeinde) |
| 2021 | 49 | Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel | Salzgitter city Wolfenbüttel district Goslar district (only Langelsheim, Liebenburg, and Seesen municipalities and Lutter am Barenberge Samtgemeinde) |
| 2025 | 49 | Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel | Salzgitter city Wolfenbüttel district Goslar district (only Langelsheim, Liebenburg, and Seesen municipalities and Lutter am Barenberge Samtgemeinde) |

## Members

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

## Election results
### 2025 election

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

### 2021 election

Federal election (2021): Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel :
| 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 | Dunja Kreiser | Dunja Kreiser | 56,157 | 38.6 | 4.2 | 53,411 | 36.7 | 4.2 |
| | CDU | Holger Bormann | Holger Bormann | 39,541 | 27.2 | 2.0 | 33,453 | 23.0 | 6.6 |
| | Greens | Claudia Bei der Wieden | Claudia Bei der Wieden | 15,353 | 10.6 | 6.3 | 18,105 | 12.4 | 5.9 |
| | AfD | Thomas Günther | Thomas Günther | 14,331 | 9.9 | 2.1 | 14,415 | 9.9 | 2.4 |
| | FDP | Max Weitemeier | Max Weitemeier | 9,544 | 6.6 | 1.9 | 13,463 | 9.2 | 1.2 |
| | Left | Victor Perli | 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 | Günter Karl-Heinz Gehmert | 1,651 | 1.1 | | 1,317 | 0.9 | 0.6 |
| | dieBasis | Volker Eyssen | 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 | Jens Golland | 1,220 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 598 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Christiane Jagau | Christiane Jagau | 282 | 0.2 | | | | |
| | Volt | | | | | | 260 | 0.2 | |
| | The Homeland | | | | | | 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 | Paul Deutsch | 71 | 0.0 | | | | |
| | LKR | | | | | | 39 | 0.0 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 23 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | DKP | | | | | | 19 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,794 | | | 1,496 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 145,424 | | | 145,722 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 147,218 | 73.3 | 2.9 | | | |
| | SPD hold | SPD hold | Majority | 16,616 | 11.4 | 2.3 | | | |

### 2017 election

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

### 2013 election

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

### 2009 election

Federal election (2009): Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel :
| 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 Sigmar Gabriel | Y Sigmar Gabriel | 69,631 | 44.9 | 7.4 | 53,144 | 34.2 | 13.5 |
| | CDU | Jochen-Konrad Fromme | Jochen-Konrad Fromme | 50,519 | 32.6 | 3.1 | 47,719 | 30.7 | 0.6 |
| | Left | Hermann Fleischer | Hermann Fleischer | 12,538 | 8.1 | 4.0 | 15,569 | 10.0 | 5.0 |
| | FDP | Thomas Keller | Thomas Keller | 9,436 | 6.1 | 3.5 | 16,479 | 10.6 | 3.2 |
| | Greens | Jürgen Selke-Witzel | Jürgen Selke-Witzel | 9,032 | 5.8 | 2.5 | 13,744 | 8.8 | 3.4 |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 2,812 | 1.8 | |
| | The Homeland | Friedrich-Werner Schulenburg | 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 | 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 | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,468 | | | 2,167 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 155,110 | | | 155,411 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 157,578 | 73.9 | 5.6 | | | |
| | SPD hold | SPD hold | Majority | 19,112 | 12.3 | 4.3 | | | |