Hannover-Land II 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 47. It is located in central Lower Saxony, comprising the southern part of the Hanover Region.
Hannover-Land II was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2005, it has been represented by Matthias Miersch of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).
Geography Hannover-Land II is located in central Lower Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the northern part of the Hanover Region, specifically the municipalities of Barsinghausen, Gehrden, Hemmingen, Laatzen, Lehrte, Pattensen, Ronnenberg, Seelze, Sehnde, Springe, Uetze, and Wennigsen.
History Hannover-Land II was created in 1949, then known as Hannover-Land. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was named Hannover III. It acquired its current name in the 1980 election. In the inaugural Bundestag election, it was Lower Saxony constituency 20 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 42. From 1965 through 1976, it was number 38. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 42. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 47. In the 2009 election, it was number 48. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 47.
Originally, the constituency comprised the entirety of the now-abolished Landkreis Hannover district, as well as the municipalities of Lehrte and Sehnde from the Burgdorf district. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it comprised the Landkreis Hannover district and the quarters of Döhren, Wülfel, Kirchrode, Bemerode, and Wülferode from the independent city of Hanover. After administrative boundaries were redrawn, from the 1980 election the constituency comprised the municipalities of Barsinghausen, Gehrden, Hemmingen, Laatzen, Pattensen, Ronnenberg, Seelze, Sehnde, Springe, Wennigsen, and Wunstorf from the Landkreis Hannover district. In the 2002 election, it lost Wunstorf while gaining Uetze und Lehrte.
Election Name Borders 1949 Hannover-Land Landkreis Hannover district Burgdorf district (only Lehrte and Sehnde municipalities) 1953 42 1957 1961 1965 38 Hannover III Landkreis Hannover district Hanover city (only Döhren, Wülfel, Kirchrode, Bemerode, and Wülferode quarters) 1969 1972 1976 1980 42 Hannover-Land II Landkreis Hannover district (only Barsinghausen, Gehrden, Hemmingen, Laatzen, Pattensen, Ronnenberg, Seelze, Sehnde, Springe, Wennigsen, and Wunstorf municipalities) 1983 1987 1990 1994 1998 2002 47 Hanover Region (only Barsinghausen, Gehrden, Hemmingen, Laatzen, Lehrte, Pattensen, Ronnenberg, Seelze, Sehnde, Springe, Wennigsen, and Uetze municipalities) 2005 2009 48 2013 47 2017 2021 2025
Members The constituency has been held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) during all but three Bundestag terms since its creation. Its first representative was Hans Jahn of the SPD, who served from 1949 to 1961. He was succeeded by fellow SPD member Werner Marquardt, who served until 1976. The SPD's Günter Kiehm served a single term before the constituency was won by Herbert Lattmann of the CDU in 1983. Kiehm regained it in 1987, but Lattmann was elected in 1990 and again in 1994. In 1998, Horst Schild of the SPD won the constituency and served two terms as representative. He was succeeded in 2005 by Matthias Miersch, who was re-elected in 2009, 2013, 2017, and 2021.
Election Member Party % 1949 Hans Jahn SPD 45.9 1953 43.6 1957 44.1 1961 Werner Marquardt SPD 49.0 1965 48.0 1969 51.9 1972 55.7 1976 49.2 1980 Günter Kiehm SPD 50.8 1983 Herbert Lattmann CDU 46.6 1987 Günter Kiehm SPD 45.1 1990 Herbert Lattmann CDU 44.9 1994 44.8 1998 Horst Schild SPD 55.2 2002 54.2 2005 Matthias Miersch SPD 51.5 2009 40.4 2013 43.4 2017 37.0 2021 40.7 2025 31.8
Election results 2025 election
2021 election
2017 election
2013 election
2009 election
2005 election
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