title: Lippe I
text: # Lippe I
  
  Lippe 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 135. It is located in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the northern part of the Lippe district.
  
  Lippe I was created for the 1980 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Jürgen Berghahn of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).
  
  ## Geography
  
  Lippe I is located in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Lippe district excluding the municipalities of Augustdorf, Horn-Bad Meinberg, Lügde, Schieder-Schwalenberg, and Schlangen.
  
  ## History
  
  Lippe I was created in 1980 and contained parts of the abolished constituency of Detmold – Lippe. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 105 in the numbering system. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 136. Since 2013, it has been number 135. Ahead of the 2021 election, the constituency acquired the municipality of Detmold.
  
  | Election | No. | Name | Borders |
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  | 1980 | 105 | Lippe I | Lippe district (excluding Augustdorf, Detmold, Horn-Bad Meinberg, Lügde, Schieder-Schwalenberg, and Schlangen municipalities) |
  | 1983 | 105 | Lippe I | Lippe district (excluding Augustdorf, Detmold, Horn-Bad Meinberg, Lügde, Schieder-Schwalenberg, and Schlangen municipalities) |
  | 1987 | 105 | Lippe I | Lippe district (excluding Augustdorf, Detmold, Horn-Bad Meinberg, Lügde, Schieder-Schwalenberg, and Schlangen municipalities) |
  | 1990 | 105 | Lippe I | Lippe district (excluding Augustdorf, Detmold, Horn-Bad Meinberg, Lügde, Schieder-Schwalenberg, and Schlangen municipalities) |
  | 1994 | 105 | Lippe I | Lippe district (excluding Augustdorf, Detmold, Horn-Bad Meinberg, Lügde, Schieder-Schwalenberg, and Schlangen municipalities) |
  | 1998 | 105 | Lippe I | Lippe district (excluding Augustdorf, Detmold, Horn-Bad Meinberg, Lügde, Schieder-Schwalenberg, and Schlangen municipalities) |
  | 2002 | 136 | Lippe I | Lippe district (excluding Augustdorf, Detmold, Horn-Bad Meinberg, Lügde, Schieder-Schwalenberg, and Schlangen municipalities) |
  | 2005 | 136 | Lippe I | Lippe district (excluding Augustdorf, Detmold, Horn-Bad Meinberg, Lügde, Schieder-Schwalenberg, and Schlangen municipalities) |
  | 2009 | 136 | Lippe I | Lippe district (excluding Augustdorf, Detmold, Horn-Bad Meinberg, Lügde, Schieder-Schwalenberg, and Schlangen municipalities) |
  | 2013 | 135 | Lippe I | Lippe district (excluding Augustdorf, Detmold, Horn-Bad Meinberg, Lügde, Schieder-Schwalenberg, and Schlangen municipalities) |
  | 2017 | 135 | Lippe I | Lippe district (excluding Augustdorf, Detmold, Horn-Bad Meinberg, Lügde, Schieder-Schwalenberg, and Schlangen municipalities) |
  | 2021 | 135 | Lippe I | Lippe district (excluding Augustdorf, Horn-Bad Meinberg, Lügde, Schieder-Schwalenberg, and Schlangen municipalities) |
  
  ## Members
  
  The constituency was first represented by Erhard Mahne of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1980 to 1983, when it was won by Klaus Daweke of the CDU for a single term. Karl Hermann Haack of the SPD was elected in 1987 and served until 2005. Fellow party member Dirk Becker was then representative for three terms. Kerstin Vieregge of the CDU was elected in 2017. Jürgen Berghahn regained the constituency for the SPD in 2021.
  
  | Election | Member | Party | % |
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  | 1980 | Erhard Mahne | SPD | 49.8 |
  | 1983 | Klaus Daweke | CDU | 46.3 |
  | 1987 | Karl Hermann Haack | SPD | 45.0 |
  | 1990 | Karl Hermann Haack | SPD | 47.7 |
  | 1994 | Karl Hermann Haack | SPD | 46.7 |
  | 1998 | Karl Hermann Haack | SPD | 52.2 |
  | 2002 | Karl Hermann Haack | SPD | 49.5 |
  | 2005 | Dirk Becker | SPD | 48.0 |
  | 2009 | Dirk Becker | SPD | 40.2 |
  | 2013 | Dirk Becker | SPD | 41.1 |
  | 2017 | Kerstin Vieregge | CDU | 36.6 |
  | 2021 | Jürgen Berghahn | SPD | 30.7 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### 2021 election
  
  Federal election (2021): Lippe 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 | Jürgen Berghahn | Jürgen Berghahn | 52,359 | 30.7 | 1.2 | 53,130 | 31.1 | 3.5 |
  | | CDU | N Kerstin Vieregge | N Kerstin Vieregge | 44,650 | 26.2 | 9.9 | 39,001 | 22.8 | 8.4 |
  | | Greens | Robin Wagener | Robin Wagener | 26,932 | 15.8 | 9.1 | 23,276 | 13.6 | 6.2 |
  | | FDP | Christian Sauter | Christian Sauter | 16,648 | 9.8 | 1.6 | 20,221 | 11.8 | 0.5 |
  | | AfD | Udo Hemmelgarn | Udo Hemmelgarn | 16,221 | 9.5 | 0.4 | 16,789 | 9.8 | 1.0 |
  | | Left | Walter Brinkmann | Walter Brinkmann | 5,283 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 6,414 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
  | | PARTEI | Niklas Hartmann | Niklas Hartmann | 3,070 | 1.8 | | 1,781 | 1.0 | 0.4 |
  | | dieBasis | Enrico Haberkorn | Enrico Haberkorn | 2,936 | 1.7 | | 2,559 | 1.5 | |
  | | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 2,216 | 1.3 | 0.6 |
  | | FW | Ralf Ochsenfahrt | Ralf Ochsenfahrt | 2,171 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 1,348 | 0.8 | 0.1 |
  | | Bündnis C | | | | | | 1,244 | 0.7 | |
  | | Pirates | | | | | | 637 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
  | | Team Todenhöfer | | | | | | 520 | 0.3 | |
  | | Volt | | | | | | 289 | 0.2 | |
  | | LIEBE | | | | | | 231 | 0.1 | |
  | | Gesundheitsforschung | | | | | | 190 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
  | | LfK | | | | | | 173 | 0.1 | |
  | | NPD | | | | | | 170 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
  | | ÖDP | | | | | | 154 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
  | | Humanists | | | | | | 136 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
  | | V-Partei3 | | | | | | 96 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
  | | du. | | | | | | 90 | 0.1 | |
  | | LKR | Michael Haupt | Michael Haupt | 235 | 0.1 | | 85 | 0.0 | |
  | | PdF | | | | | | 59 | 0.0 | |
  | | MLPD | | | | | | 25 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | | DKP | | | | | | 23 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | | PSG | | | | | | 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,897 | | | 1,531 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 170,505 | | | 170,871 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 172,402 | 76.8 | 1.4 | | | |
  | | SPD gain from CDU | SPD gain from CDU | Majority | 7,709 | 4.5 | | | | |
  
  ### 2017 election
  
  Federal election (2017): Lippe 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 | Kerstin Vieregge | Kerstin Vieregge | 46,526 | 36.6 | 3.6 | 40,214 | 31.5 | 7.7 |
  | | SPD | Henning Welslau | Henning Welslau | 40,908 | 32.1 | 9.0 | 35,509 | 27.8 | 7.3 |
  | | AfD | Olaf Tünker | Olaf Tünker | 13,005 | 10.2 | 7.7 | 14,147 | 11.1 | 7.3 |
  | | FDP | Christian Sauter | Christian Sauter | 10,690 | 8.4 | 6.1 | 15,916 | 12.5 | 7.9 |
  | | Greens | Ute Koczy | Ute Koczy | 7,671 | 6.0 | 0.3 | 8,869 | 7.0 | 0.4 |
  | | Left | Ursula Jacob-Reisinger | Ursula Jacob-Reisinger | 6,870 | 5.4 | 1.2 | 8,399 | 6.6 | 1.5 |
  | | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 879 | 0.7 | |
  | | FW | Monika Prüßner-Claus | Monika Prüßner-Claus | 1,607 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 871 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
  | | PARTEI | | | | | | 784 | 0.6 | 0.3 |
  | | Pirates | | | | | | 553 | 0.4 | 1.6 |
  | | NPD | | | | | | 278 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
  | | AD-DEMOKRATEN | | | | | | 185 | 0.1 | |
  | | DM | | | | | | 182 | 0.1 | |
  | | ÖDP | | | | | | 121 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
  | | Volksabstimmung | | | | | | 121 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
  | | BGE | | | | | | 117 | 0.1 | |
  | | Gesundheitsforschung | | | | | | 100 | 0.1 | |
  | | V-Partei³ | | | | | | 95 | 0.1 | |
  | | DiB | | | | | | 78 | 0.1 | |
  | | Die Humanisten | | | | | | 56 | 0.0 | |
  | | MLPD | | | | | | 37 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | | DKP | | | | | | 19 | 0.0 | |
  | | SGP | | | | | | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,661 | | | 1,401 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 127,277 | | | 127,537 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 128,938 | 75.6 | 2.7 | | | |
  | | CDU gain from SPD | CDU gain from SPD | Majority | 5,618 | 4.5 | | | | |
  
  ### 2013 election
  
  Federal election (2013): Lippe 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 Dirk Becker | Y Dirk Becker | 50,934 | 41.1 | 0.9 | 43,583 | 35.1 | 0.5 |
  | | CDU | Cajus Julius Caesar | Cajus Julius Caesar | 49,783 | 40.2 | 3.3 | 48,776 | 39.3 | 7.2 |
  | | Greens | Ute Koczy | Ute Koczy | 7,070 | 5.7 | 1.0 | 9,123 | 7.3 | 0.8 |
  | | Left | Berndt Wobig | Berndt Wobig | 5,186 | 4.2 | 2.6 | 6,369 | 5.1 | 2.0 |
  | | FDP | Markus Schiek | Markus Schiek | 2,873 | 2.3 | 7.1 | 5,698 | 4.6 | 8.6 |
  | | Pirates | Jürgen van Schwamen | Jürgen van Schwamen | 2,814 | 2.3 | | 2,498 | 2.0 | 0.2 |
  | | AfD | Michael Hentschel | Michael Hentschel | 3,154 | 2.5 | | 4,758 | 3.8 | |
  | | NPD | | | | | | 1,020 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
  | | FW | Fabian Hagen Freitag | Fabian Hagen Freitag | 868 | 0.7 | | 788 | 0.6 | |
  | | Independent | Dittmar Teschke | Dittmar Teschke | 664 | 0.5 | | | | |
  | | Independent | Alexander Gutsch | Alexander Gutsch | 565 | 0.5 | | | | |
  | | PARTEI | | | | | | 379 | 0.3 | |
  | | PRO | | | | | | 266 | 0.2 | |
  | | Volksabstimmung | | | | | | 238 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
  | | REP | | | | | | 139 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
  | | ÖDP | | | | | | 133 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
  | | Nichtwahler | | | | | | 105 | 0.1 | |
  | | Party of Reason | | | | | | 95 | 0.1 | |
  | | BIG | | | | | | 60 | 0.0 | |
  | | RRP | | | | | | 56 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
  | | PSG | | | | | | 36 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | | Die Rechte | | | | | | 29 | 0.0 | |
  | | MLPD | | | | | | 27 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | | BüSo | | | | | | 18 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,797 | | | 1,514 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 123,911 | | | 124,194 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 125,708 | 72.9 | 0.3 | | | |
  | | SPD hold | SPD hold | Majority | 1,151 | 0.9 | 2.4 | | | |
  
  ### 2009 election
  
  Federal election (2009): Lippe 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 Dirk Becker | Y Dirk Becker | 50,688 | 40.2 | 7.8 | 43,628 | 34.5 | 8.5 |
  | | CDU | Cajus Julius Caesar | Cajus Julius Caesar | 46,447 | 36.9 | 1.7 | 40,545 | 32.1 | 1.0 |
  | | FDP | Gudrun Kopp | Gudrun Kopp | 11,879 | 9.4 | 5.0 | 16,627 | 13.2 | 3.6 |
  | | Left | Manfred Lurz | Manfred Lurz | 8,492 | 6.7 | 3.3 | 9,059 | 7.2 | 2.7 |
  | | Greens | Ute Koczy | Ute Koczy | 8,431 | 6.7 | 3.1 | 10,270 | 8.1 | 1.6 |
  | | Pirates | | | | | | 2,283 | 1.8 | |
  | | NPD | | | | | | 1,039 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
  | | FAMILIE | | | | | | 779 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
  | | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 728 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
  | | RENTNER | | | | | | 397 | 0.3 | |
  | | REP | | | | | | 358 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
  | | RRP | | | | | | 139 | 0.1 | |
  | | ÖDP | | | | | | 119 | 0.1 | |
  | | Volksabstimmung | | | | | | 95 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
  | | DVU | | | | | | 94 | 0.1 | |
  | | Centre | | | | | | 66 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
  | | BüSo | | | | | | 36 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | | MLPD | | | | | | 23 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | | PSG | | | | | | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,880 | | | 1,522 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 125,937 | | | 126,295 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 127,817 | 73.2 | 7.0 | | | |
  | | SPD hold | SPD hold | Majority | 4,241 | 3.3 | 6.1 | | | |
  