title: Cuxhaven – Stade II
text: # Cuxhaven – Stade II
  
  Cuxhaven – Stade 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 29. It is located in northern Lower Saxony, comprising the Cuxhaven district and the northern part of the Stade district.
  
  Cuxhaven – Stade II was created for the 2009 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Daniel Schneider of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).
  
  ## Geography
  
  Cuxhaven – Stade II is located in northern Lower Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the district of Cuxhaven and the northern part of the district of Stade, specifically the municipality of Drochtersen and the Samtgemeinden of Nordkehdingen and Oldendorf-Himmelpforten.
  
  ## History
  
  Cuxhaven – Stade II was created in 2009 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Cuxhaven – Osterholz and Stade – Cuxhaven. In the 2009 election, it was constituency 30 in the numbering system. Since the 2013 election, it has been constituency 29. Its borders have not changed since its creation.
  
  ## Members
  
  The constituency was first held by Enak Ferlemann of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 2009 to 2021. Daniel Schneider won it for the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in 2021.
  
  | Election | Member | Party | % |
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  | 2009 | Enak Ferlemann | CDU | 38.6 |
  | 2013 | Enak Ferlemann | CDU | 46.8 |
  | 2017 | Enak Ferlemann | CDU | 42.7 |
  | 2021 | Daniel Schneider | SPD | 36.8 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### 2021 election
  
  Federal election (2021): Cuxhaven – Stade II :
  
  | 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 | Daniel Schneider | Daniel Schneider | 51,417 | 36.8 | 6.1 | 48,858 | 35.0 | 7.3 |
  | | CDU | N Enak Ferlemann | N Enak Ferlemann | 42,085 | 30.1 | 12.6 | 36,586 | 26.2 | 12.3 |
  | | Greens | Stefan Wenzel | Stefan Wenzel | 15,389 | 11.0 | 5.0 | 17,553 | 12.6 | 5.7 |
  | | AfD | Hans Olaf Kappelt | Hans Olaf Kappelt | 10,227 | 7.3 | 1.1 | 11,000 | 7.9 | 1.1 |
  | | FDP | Günter Wichert | Günter Wichert | 9,622 | 6.9 | 1.9 | 14,052 | 10.1 | 1.9 |
  | | Tierschutzpartei | Susanne Berghoff | Susanne Berghoff | 2,954 | 2.1 | | 2,405 | 1.7 | 0.8 |
  | | Left | Dietmar Buttler | Dietmar Buttler | 2,694 | 1.9 | 3.9 | 3,672 | 2.6 | 3.9 |
  | | FW | Claudia Theis | Claudia Theis | 2,102 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 1,535 | 1.1 | 0.5 |
  | | PARTEI | Dirk Sieling | Dirk Sieling | 1,766 | 1.3 | | 1,145 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
  | | dieBasis | Peter Jens von der Geest | Peter Jens von der Geest | 1,416 | 1.0 | | 1,418 | 1.0 | |
  | | Pirates | | | | | | 433 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
  | | Team Todenhöfer | | | | | | 231 | 0.2 | |
  | | Volt | | | | | | 225 | 0.2 | |
  | | NPD | | | | | | 180 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
  | | V-Partei3 | | | | | | 100 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
  | | Humanists | | | | | | 90 | 0.1 | |
  | | ÖDP | | | | | | 87 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
  | | du. | | | | | | 79 | 0.1 | |
  | | LKR | | | | | | 31 | 0.0 | |
  | | DKP | | | | | | 20 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | | MLPD | | | | | | 16 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,067 | | | 1,023 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 139,672 | | | 139,716 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 140,739 | 74.6 | 0.9 | | | |
  | | SPD gain from CDU | SPD gain from CDU | Majority | 9,332 | 6.7 | | | | |
  
  ### 2017 election
  
  Federal election (2017): Cuxhaven – Stade II :
  
  | 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 Enak Ferlemann | Y Enak Ferlemann | 59,930 | 42.7 | 4.0 | 54,163 | 38.5 | 5.4 |
  | | SPD | Susanne Puvogel | Susanne Puvogel | 43,077 | 30.7 | 5.7 | 38,923 | 27.7 | 5.8 |
  | | AfD | Peter Würdig | Peter Würdig | 11,862 | 8.5 | 5.5 | 12,650 | 9.0 | 5.5 |
  | | Greens | Marcel Duda | Marcel Duda | 8,491 | 6.1 | 0.1 | 9,709 | 6.9 | 0.2 |
  | | Left | Nadije Memedi | Nadije Memedi | 8,121 | 5.8 | 2.2 | 9,121 | 6.5 | 1.9 |
  | | FDP | Marco Rützel | Marco Rützel | 6,984 | 5.0 | 3.6 | 11,483 | 8.2 | 4.5 |
  | | FW | Lutz Mehrtens | Lutz Mehrtens | 1,828 | 1.3 | | 907 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
  | | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,338 | 1.0 | 0.2 |
  | | PARTEI | | | | | | 890 | 0.6 | |
  | | Pirates | | | | | | 410 | 0.3 | 1.2 |
  | | NPD | | | | | | 396 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
  | | DM | | | | | | 181 | 0.1 | |
  | | BGE | | | | | | 163 | 0.1 | |
  | | V-Partei³ | | | | | | 133 | 0.1 | |
  | | ÖDP | | | | | | 106 | 0.1 | |
  | | DiB | | | | | | 100 | 0.1 | |
  | | MLPD | | | | | | 26 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | | DKP | | | | | | 20 | 0.0 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,433 | | | 1,007 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 140,293 | | | 140,719 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 141,276 | 75.5 | 2.4 | | | |
  | | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 16,853 | 12.0 | 1.6 | | | |
  
  ### 2013 election
  
  Federal election (2013): Cuxhaven – Stade II :
  
  | 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 Enak Ferlemann | Y Enak Ferlemann | 63,431 | 46.8 | 8.2 | 59,699 | 43.9 | 9.1 |
  | | SPD | Gunnar Wegener | Gunnar Wegener | 49,395 | 36.4 | 1.3 | 45,534 | 33.5 | 3.2 |
  | | Greens | Eva Viehoff | Eva Viehoff | 8,326 | 6.1 | 0.1 | 9,592 | 7.1 | 1.8 |
  | | Left | Guido Hagelstede | Guido Hagelstede | 4,904 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 6,241 | 4.6 | 4.3 |
  | | AfD | Bernhard Vogel | Bernhard Vogel | 4,034 | 3.0 | | 4,753 | 3.5 | |
  | | FDP | Karl Behn | Karl Behn | 1,872 | 1.4 | 6.4 | 4,924 | 3.6 | 9.2 |
  | | Pirates | Christian Braun | Christian Braun | 2,120 | 1.6 | | 1,968 | 1.4 | 0.0 |
  | | NPD | Andreas Haack | Andreas Haack | 1,306 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1,270 | 0.9 | 0.2 |
  | | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,074 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
  | | FW | | | | | | 586 | 0.4 | |
  | | RRP | Gerald Lukas | Gerald Lukas | 273 | 0.2 | | | | |
  | | PRO | | | | | | 140 | 0.1 | |
  | | PBC | | | | | | 101 | 0.1 | |
  | | REP | | | | | | 43 | 0.0 | |
  | | MLPD | | | | | | 42 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,490 | | | 1,184 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 135,661 | | | 135,967 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 137,151 | 73.1 | 1.3 | | | |
  | | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 14,036 | 10.4 | 9.5 | | | |
  
  ### 2009 election
  
  Federal election (2009): Cuxhaven – Stade II :
  
  | 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 | Enak Ferlemann | Enak Ferlemann | 51,654 | 38.6 | 0.9 | 46,707 | 34.8 | 0.5 |
  | | SPD | Thurid Küber | Thurid Küber | 50,481 | 37.7 | 11.3 | 40,643 | 30.3 | 13.8 |
  | | FDP | Frank Erkner | Frank Erkner | 10,426 | 7.8 | 4.1 | 17,146 | 12.8 | 4.4 |
  | | Left | Ulrich Schröder | Ulrich Schröder | 10,307 | 7.7 | 4.9 | 11,920 | 8.9 | 4.5 |
  | | Greens | Beate Adler | Beate Adler | 8,379 | 6.3 | 2.9 | 11,885 | 8.9 | 2.7 |
  | | Pirates | | | | | | 1,938 | 1.4 | |
  | | NPD | Helmut Walter | Helmut Walter | 1,828 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 1,567 | 1.3 | 0.1 |
  | | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,072 | 0.8 | 0.1 |
  | | RRP | | | | | | 945 | 0.7 | |
  | | Independent | Charlotte Didlap | Charlotte Didlap | 847 | 0.6 | | | | |
  | | DVU | | | | | | 225 | 0.2 | |
  | | ÖDP | | | | | | 173 | 0.1 | |
  | | MLPD | | | | | | 28 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,902 | | | 1,575 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 133,922 | | | 134,249 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 135,824 | 71.8 | 6.5 | | | |
  | | CDU win new seat | CDU win new seat | Majority | 1,173 | 0.9 | | | | |
  