Bremen II – Bremerhaven

Bremen II – Bremerhaven
Constituency for the Bundestag
Region	Bremen (state)
Electorate	227,293
Current constituency
Created	2002
Member of the Bundestag (MdB)	Uwe Beckmeyer

Bremen II – Bremerhaven is one of the 299 single member constituencies used for the German parliament, the Bundestag. One of two districts covering the state of Bremen, it consists of the city of Bremerhaven and the northern parts of Bremen, even though these areas are 50 km (31 miles) apart.

The constituency was created for the 1949 election, the first election in West Germany after World War II. At the 2002 election, the number of seats in the state of Bremen was reduced from three to two and the constituency expanded to take in parts of the abolished Bremen West constituency.

The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) has won the seat at every election since its creation and the current representative is Uwe Beckmeyer.

Boundaries

From its creation in 1949, the constituency was called Bremerhaven-Bremen North and consisted of the city of Bremerhaven and the Bremen districts of Blumenthal, Burglesum and Vegesack.

For the 2002 election, the constituency expanded to gain the Bremen districts of Blockland, Findorff, Gröpelingen, Häfen, Seehausen, Strom, Walle and Woltmershausen.^[1]

2013 election

Summary of the 2013 Bundestag election results for the constituency Bremen II – Bremerhaven^[2]

Party		Direct candidate results				Party list results
		Candidate	Votes	%	+/−	Votes	%	+/−
	Social Democratic Party (SPD)	Uwe Beckmeyer	64,417	44.0	+5.3	56,931	38.8	+6.0
	Christian Democratic Union (CDU)	Bettina Hornhues	42,048	28.7	+3.0	41,225	28.1	+5.4
	Alliance '90/The Greens (GRÜNE)	Sülmez Doğan	12,293	8.4	−2.8	14,537	9.9	−3.0
	The Left (DIE LINKE)	Kristina Vogt	13,283	9.1	−5.2	14,629	10.0	−5.4
	Free Democratic Party (FDP)	Hauke Hilz	2,205	1.5	−5.6	4,040	2.8	−7.0
	Pirate Party (PIRATEN)	Caroline Bullwinkel	3,950	2.7	+2.7	3,674	2.5	+0.1
	Alliance 21/RRP (Bündnis 21/RRP)	Marie-Luise Saße	423	0.3	−0.7	276	0.2	−1.5
	National Democratic Party (NPD)	Horst Görmann	2,376	1.6	−0.1	2,199	1.5	0.2
	Marxist–Leninist Party (MLPD)	N/A	N/A			86	0.1	±0.0
	Alternative for Germany (AfD)	Erich Seifert	5,394	3.7	+3.7	5,975	4.1	+4.1
	Pro Germany Citizens' Movement (pro Deutschland)	N/A	N/A			276	0.2	+0.2
	Free Voters (FW)	N/A	N/A			410	0.3	+0.3
	Die PARTEI	N/A	N/A			600	0.4	+0.4
	Human Environment Animal Protection (Tierschutzpartei)	N/A	N/A			1,797	1.2	+1.2
Total valid ballots		N/A	146,389	98.6	+0.3	146,655	98.7	+0.2
Invalid ballots		N/A	2,137	1.4	−0.3	1,871	1.3	−0.2
Total votes (turnout 65.3%; electorate 227,293)		N/A	148,526	100.0	N/A	148,526	100.0	N/A

2009 election

Summary of the 2009 Bundestag election results for the constituency Bremen II – Bremerhaven^[3]

Party		Constituency results				List results
		Candidate	Votes	% share	+/−	Votes	% share	+/−
	Social Democratic Party	Uwe Beckmeyer	58,879	38.7	−15.7	50,032	32.8	−13.9
	Christian Democratic Union	Bernd Neumann	39,186	25.8	+1.0	34,680	22.7	+1.2
	The Left	Inga Nitz	21,647	14.2	+6.5	23,486	15.4	+6.6
	Alliance '90/The Greens	Klaus Möhle	16,985	11.2	+4.2	19,727	12.9	+1.4
	Free Democratic Party	Oliver Möllenstädt	10,850	7.1	+3.4	14,947	9.8	+2.6
	National Democratic Party	Horst Görmann	2,614	1.7	−0.3	2,045	1.3	−0.6
	RRP	Uwe Gäthje	1,563	1.0	N/A	2,527	1.7	N/A
	Pirate Party	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	3,610	2.4	N/A
	Others	N/A	423	0.3	N/A	1,467	1.0	N/A

References

1. "Constituency 056 "Bremen II - Bremerhaven"". The Federal Returning Officer. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
2. "Constituency result – Land Bremen constituency 055 – Bremen II – Bremerhaven". The Federal Returning Officer. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
3. "Constituency result – Land Bremen constituency 056 – Bremen II – Bremerhaven". The Federal Returning Officer. Retrieved 6 July 2013.

External links

• The Federal Returning Officer's constituency map at bundeswahlleiter.de (German)