title: Hannover-Land I
text: # Hannover-Land I
  
  Hannover-Land I 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 43. It is located in central Lower Saxony, comprising the northern part of the Hanover Region.
  
  Hannover-Land I was created for the 1980 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Rebecca Schamber of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).
  
  ## Geography
  
  Hannover-Land I 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 Burgdorf, Burgwedel, Garbsen, Isernhagen, Langenhagen, Neustadt am Rübenberge, Wedemark, and Wunstorf.
  
  ## History
  
  Hannover-Land I was created in 1980 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Hannover III, Schaumburg, Celle, and Gifhorn. From the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 38. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 43. In the 2009 election, it was number 44. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 43.
  
  Originally, the constituency comprised the municipalities of Burgdorf, Burgwedel, Garbsen, Isernhagen, Langenhagen, Neustadt am Rübenberge, Wedemark, Lehrte, and Uetze from the now-abolished Landkreis Hannover district. In the 2002 election, it lost the municipalities of Lehrte and Uetze while gaining Wunstorf.
  
  | Election | No. | Name | Borders |
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  | 1980 | 38 | Hannover-Land I | Landkreis Hannover district (only Burgdorf, Burgwedel, Garbsen, Isernhagen, Langenhagen, Neustadt am Rübenberge, Wedemark, Lehrte, and Uetze municipalities) |
  | 1983 | 38 | Hannover-Land I | Landkreis Hannover district (only Burgdorf, Burgwedel, Garbsen, Isernhagen, Langenhagen, Neustadt am Rübenberge, Wedemark, Lehrte, and Uetze municipalities) |
  | 1987 | 38 | Hannover-Land I | Landkreis Hannover district (only Burgdorf, Burgwedel, Garbsen, Isernhagen, Langenhagen, Neustadt am Rübenberge, Wedemark, Lehrte, and Uetze municipalities) |
  | 1990 | 38 | Hannover-Land I | Landkreis Hannover district (only Burgdorf, Burgwedel, Garbsen, Isernhagen, Langenhagen, Neustadt am Rübenberge, Wedemark, Lehrte, and Uetze municipalities) |
  | 1994 | 38 | Hannover-Land I | Landkreis Hannover district (only Burgdorf, Burgwedel, Garbsen, Isernhagen, Langenhagen, Neustadt am Rübenberge, Wedemark, Lehrte, and Uetze municipalities) |
  | 1998 | 38 | Hannover-Land I | Landkreis Hannover district (only Burgdorf, Burgwedel, Garbsen, Isernhagen, Langenhagen, Neustadt am Rübenberge, Wedemark, Lehrte, and Uetze municipalities) |
  | 2002 | 43 | Hannover-Land I | Hanover Region (only Burgdorf, Burgwedel, Garbsen, Isernhagen, Langenhagen, Neustadt am Rübenberge, Wedemark, and Wunstorf municipalities) |
  | 2005 | 43 | Hannover-Land I | Hanover Region (only Burgdorf, Burgwedel, Garbsen, Isernhagen, Langenhagen, Neustadt am Rübenberge, Wedemark, and Wunstorf municipalities) |
  | 2009 | 44 | Hannover-Land I | Hanover Region (only Burgdorf, Burgwedel, Garbsen, Isernhagen, Langenhagen, Neustadt am Rübenberge, Wedemark, and Wunstorf municipalities) |
  | 2013 | 43 | Hannover-Land I | Hanover Region (only Burgdorf, Burgwedel, Garbsen, Isernhagen, Langenhagen, Neustadt am Rübenberge, Wedemark, and Wunstorf municipalities) |
  | 2017 | 43 | Hannover-Land I | Hanover Region (only Burgdorf, Burgwedel, Garbsen, Isernhagen, Langenhagen, Neustadt am Rübenberge, Wedemark, and Wunstorf municipalities) |
  | 2021 | 43 | Hannover-Land I | Hanover Region (only Burgdorf, Burgwedel, Garbsen, Isernhagen, Langenhagen, Neustadt am Rübenberge, Wedemark, and Wunstorf municipalities) |
  
  ## Members
  
  The constituency was first held by future Chancellor of Germany Gerhard Schröder, a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), who served from 1980 to 1983. Dietmar Kansy of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was elected in 1983 and served until 1998. SPD candidate Monika Ganseforth won in 1998 and served a single term, before being succeeded by party fellow Caren Marks in 2002. In 2013, Hendrik Hoppenstedt of the CDU was elected representative. Rebecca Schamber regained the constituency for the SPD in 2021.
  
  | Election | Member | Party | % |
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  | 1980 | Gerhard Schröder | SPD | 50.0 |
  | 1983 | Dietmar Kansy | CDU | 49.0 |
  | 1987 | Dietmar Kansy | CDU | 45.0 |
  | 1990 | Dietmar Kansy | CDU | 46.3 |
  | 1994 | Dietmar Kansy | CDU | 46.5 |
  | 1998 | Monika Ganseforth | SPD | 53.3 |
  | 2002 | Caren Marks | SPD | 52.8 |
  | 2005 | Caren Marks | SPD | 49.9 |
  | 2009 | Caren Marks | SPD | 38.7 |
  | 2013 | Hendrik Hoppenstedt | CDU | 44.3 |
  | 2017 | Hendrik Hoppenstedt | CDU | 40.1 |
  | 2021 | Rebecca Schamber | SPD | 33.7 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### 2021 election
  
  Federal election (2021): Hannover-Land I :
  
  | 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. |
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  | Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
  | | SPD | Rebecca Schamber | Rebecca Schamber | 58,297 | 33.7 | 0.6 | 55,464 | 32.1 | 5.1 |
  | | CDU | N Hendrik Hoppenstedt | N Hendrik Hoppenstedt | 55,185 | 31.9 | 8.3 | 44,529 | 25.8 | 9.0 |
  | | Greens | Jens Palandt | Jens Palandt | 22,490 | 13.0 | 7.0 | 26,219 | 15.2 | 7.2 |
  | | AfD | Dietmar Friedhoff | Dietmar Friedhoff | 12,942 | 7.5 | 2.1 | 13,295 | 7.7 | 2.5 |
  | | FDP | Grigorios Aggelidis | Grigorios Aggelidis | 12,557 | 7.3 | 2.1 | 19,550 | 11.3 | 0.9 |
  | | Left | Michael Braedt | Michael Braedt | 3,981 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 4,504 | 2.6 | 3.4 |
  | | Tierschutzpartei | Jens Klingebiel | Jens Klingebiel | 3,080 | 1.8 | | 2,637 | 1.5 | 0.7 |
  | | dieBasis | Iris Krobjinski | Iris Krobjinski | 1,727 | 1.0 | | 1,564 | 0.9 | |
  | | PARTEI | Ýr Langhorst | Ýr Langhorst | 1,662 | 1.0 | | 1,355 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
  | | FW | | | | | | 1,077 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
  | | Team Todenhöfer | | | | | | 802 | 0.5 | |
  | | Pirates | Olaf Engel | Olaf Engel | 988 | 0.6 | | 692 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
  | | Volt | | | | | | 328 | 0.2 | |
  | | Humanists | | | | | | 141 | 0.1 | |
  | | NPD | | | | | | 130 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
  | | ÖDP | | | | | | 113 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
  | | V-Partei3 | | | | | | 95 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
  | | du. | | | | | | 72 | 0.0 | |
  | | LKR | Mirco Zschoch | Mirco Zschoch | 142 | 0.1 | | 66 | 0.0 | |
  | | MLPD | | | | | | 36 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | | DKP | | | | | | 33 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | | Independent | Inessa Kober | Inessa Kober | 66 | 0.0 | | | | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,464 | | | 1,879 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 173,117 | | | 172,702 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 174,581 | 75.5 | 2.5 | | | |
  | | SPD gain from CDU | SPD gain from CDU | Majority | 3,112 | 1.8 | | | | |
  
  ### 2017 election
  
  Federal election (2017): Hannover-Land I :
  
  | 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. |
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  | Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
  | | CDU | Y Hendrik Hoppenstedt | Y Hendrik Hoppenstedt | 72,282 | 40.1 | 4.2 | 62,828 | 34.8 | 6.4 |
  | | SPD | Caren Marks | Caren Marks | 59,552 | 33.1 | 5.5 | 48,783 | 27.0 | 6.0 |
  | | AfD | Dietmar Friedhoff | Dietmar Friedhoff | 17,217 | 9.6 | 6.5 | 18,366 | 10.2 | 6.2 |
  | | Greens | Eike Lengemann | Eike Lengemann | 10,725 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 14,335 | 7.9 | 0.2 |
  | | FDP | Grigorios Aggelidis | Grigorios Aggelidis | 9,325 | 5.2 | 2.6 | 18,869 | 10.5 | 5.5 |
  | | Left | Diether Dehm | Diether Dehm | 8,958 | 5.0 | 1.4 | 10,890 | 6.0 | 1.5 |
  | | FW | Markus Moschner | Markus Moschner | 2,037 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 830 | 0.5 | 0.1 |
  | | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,516 | 0.8 | 0.1 |
  | | PARTEI | | | | | | 1,450 | 0.8 | |
  | | Pirates | | | | | | 653 | 0.4 | 1.1 |
  | | DM | | | | | | 463 | 0.3 | |
  | | NPD | | | | | | 406 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
  | | BGE | | | | | | 250 | 0.1 | |
  | | V-Partei³ | | | | | | 249 | 0.1 | |
  | | DiB | | | | | | 228 | 0.1 | |
  | | ÖDP | | | | | | 154 | 0.1 | |
  | | MLPD | | | | | | 59 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | | DKP | | | | | | 47 | 0.0 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,554 | | | 1,274 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 180,096 | | | 180,376 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 181,650 | 78.0 | 2.1 | | | |
  | | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 12,730 | 7.0 | 1.2 | | | |
  
  ### 2013 election
  
  Federal election (2013): Hannover-Land I :
  
  | 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. |
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  | Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
  | | CDU | Hendrik Hoppenstedt | Hendrik Hoppenstedt | 77,509 | 44.3 | 6.1 | 72,286 | 41.3 | 7.8 |
  | | SPD | N Caren Marks | N Caren Marks | 67,440 | 38.5 | 0.2 | 57,922 | 33.1 | 2.5 |
  | | Greens | Wolf von Nordheim | Wolf von Nordheim | 8,735 | 5.0 | 1.7 | 14,308 | 8.2 | 1.6 |
  | | Left | Diether Dehm | Diether Dehm | 6,220 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 7,931 | 4.5 | 2.7 |
  | | AfD | Hans-Peter Wendt | Hans-Peter Wendt | 5,393 | 3.1 | | 7,038 | 4.0 | |
  | | FDP | Philipp Rösler | Philipp Rösler | 4,504 | 2.6 | 5.8 | 8,725 | 5.0 | 9.1 |
  | | Pirates | Walter Naumann | Walter Naumann | 2,232 | 1.3 | | 2,516 | 1.4 | 0.4 |
  | | NPD | Christina Krieger | Christina Krieger | 1,619 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1,487 | 0.8 | 0.5 |
  | | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,346 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
  | | FW | Gerriet Kohls | Gerriet Kohls | 1,109 | 0.6 | | 937 | 0.5 | |
  | | BIG | Üsler Ünsal | Üsler Ünsal | 252 | 0.1 | | | | |
  | | PBC | | | | | | 213 | 0.1 | |
  | | PRO | | | | | | 210 | 0.1 | |
  | | REP | | | | | | 185 | 0.1 | |
  | | MLPD | | | | | | 37 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,658 | | | 1,530 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 175,013 | | | 175,141 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 176,671 | 75.8 | 0.2 | | | |
  | | CDU gain from SPD | CDU gain from SPD | Majority | 10,069 | 5.8 | | | | |
  
  ### 2009 election
  
  Federal election (2009): Hannover-Land I :
  
  | 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. |
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  | Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
  | | SPD | Y Caren Marks | Y Caren Marks | 67,178 | 38.7 | 11.2 | 53,236 | 30.6 | 14.0 |
  | | CDU | Sebastian Lechner | Sebastian Lechner | 66,311 | 38.2 | 0.0 | 58,219 | 33.5 | 1.0 |
  | | FDP | Thomas Iseke | Thomas Iseke | 14,560 | 8.4 | 4.1 | 24,492 | 14.1 | 4.3 |
  | | Greens | Detlef Knauer | Detlef Knauer | 11,642 | 6.7 | 3.4 | 16,993 | 9.8 | 2.7 |
  | | Left | Brigitta Runge | Brigitta Runge | 11,173 | 6.4 | 3.5 | 12,601 | 7.2 | 3.7 |
  | | Pirates | | | | | | 3,137 | 1.8 | |
  | | NPD | Andreas Büschleb | Andreas Büschleb | 2,642 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 2,288 | 1.3 | 0.1 |
  | | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,362 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
  | | RRP | | | | | | 1,139 | 0.7 | |
  | | ÖDP | | | | | | 301 | 0.2 | |
  | | DVU | | | | | | 179 | 0.1 | |
  | | MLPD | | | | | | 46 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,251 | | | 1,764 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 173,506 | | | 173,993 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 175,757 | 75.7 | 5.6 | | | |
  | | SPD hold | SPD hold | Majority | 867 | 0.5 | 11.2 | | | |
  