Oldenburg – Ammerland

Oldenburg – Ammerland is one of the 299 single member constituencies used for the German parliament, the Bundestag. The constituency elects one representative under the mixed member proportional representation (MMP) system. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 27.[1]

27 Oldenburg – Ammerland
electoral district for the Bundestag
State	Lower Saxony
Country	Germany
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	SPD
Current Member	Dennis Rohde
Elected Year	2017
Most Successful Party	SPD (13 times)

The constituency was created for the 1949 election, the first election in West Germany after World War II. After wins for the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in the early elections, it was gained by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) at the 1969 election and held it until the 2005 election. At the 2009 election, the CDU candidate gained the constituency. In 2013, it was regained by the SPD.

Overview

Located in Lower Saxony, the constituency consists of the independent cities of Oldenburg and Ammerland.[2]

History

Upon creation for the 1949 election, the district was called Oldenburg with constituency number 8.[3]

Election	Constituency No.	Constituency Name
1949	8	Oldenburg
1953-61	30
1965-76	22
1980-98		Oldenburg – Ammerland
2002-09	28
2013	27

Members of the Bundestag

Election		Member	Vote share %	Party	Source	Note
	1949	Robert Dannemann	24.8	Free Democratic Party	[3]	1st election after the division of the country
	1953		56.5		[3]	Dannemann was the common candidate of the CDU-FDP-DP alliance[4]
	1957	Wilhelm Nieberg	35.9	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	[3]
	1961		34.9		[3]
	1965	Heinz Frieler	38.2		[3]
	1969	Kurt Ross	42.9	Social Democratic Party of Germany	[3]
	1972	Walter Polkehn	52.9		[3]
	1976		47.7		[3]
	1980		48.8		[3]
	1983		45.0		[3]
	1987	Dietmar Schütz	45.1		[3]
	1990		43.6		[3]	1st election of the re-united Germany
	1994		46.5		[3]
	1998		51.5		[3]
	2002	Gesine Multhaupt	47.1		[3]
	2005		44.7		[5]
	2009	Thomas Kossendey	35.5	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	[6]
	2013	Dennis Rohde	37.4	Social Democratic Party of Germany	[7]
	2017		36.3		[8]

References

1. Officer, The Federal Returning. "Results Oldenburg – Ammerland - The Federal Returning Officer". www.bundeswahlleiter.de. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
2. Officer, The Federal Returning. "Delimitation of constituency boundaries Oldenburg – Ammerland - The Federal Returning Officer". www.bundeswahlleiter.de. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
3. Vierhaus, Rudolf (2002-01-01). Biographisches Handbuch der Mitglieder des Deutschen Bundestages 1949-2002 (in German). Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110969054.
4. 2018-01-26, Deutsche Welle. "Germany: Angela Merkel's conservatives and SPD open grand coalition talks". DW.COM. Retrieved 2018-02-06.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
5. "NIEDERSACHSEN BUNDESTAG ELECTIONS 2005 September 18 GERMANY ELECTIONS ARCHIVE". www.todor66.com. Archived from the original on 2006-06-21. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
6. "Endgültiges Ergebnis - Landeswahlleiter Niedersachsen" (PDF). landeswahlleiter.niedersachsen.de. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
7. Officer, The Federal Returning. "Elected candidates by Land lists in Lower Saxony - The Federal Returning Officer". www.bundeswahlleiter.de. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
8. Officer, The Federal Returning. "Elected candidates by Land lists in Niedersachsen - The Federal Returning Officer". www.bundeswahlleiter.de. Retrieved 2018-02-04.