Stadt Hannover II (

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: Hanover City 2) is an electoral constituency (

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: ''Wahlkreis'') represented in the

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. It elects one member via

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. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 42. It is located in central

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, comprising the southern part of the city of

Hanover Hanover ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Lower Saxony. Its population of 535,932 (2021) makes it the List of cities in Germany by population, 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-l ...

. Stadt Hannover II was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by

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of the

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(SPD).

Geography

Stadt Hannover II is located in central

. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the northern part of the city of Hanover, specifically the districts of Ahlem-Badenstedt-Davenstedt, Döhren-Wülfel,

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(excluding Oststadt and

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Herrenhausen-Stöcken Herrenhausen-Stöcken (; Eastphalian: ''Herrnhusen'') is a borough of the German city of Hanover, northwest of the city centre. In 2020 it had a population of 37,543. It consists of the quarters Burg, Herrenhausen, Ledeburg, Leinhausen, Marie ...

(only Herrenhausen),

Kirchrode-Bemerode-Wülferode Kirchrode-Bemerode-Wülferode (; Eastphalian: ''Kerkreoe-Beimeroe-Wülferoe'') is the sixth borough of Hanover. , it has 32,625 inhabitants and consists of the quarters Kirchrode (12,222 inhabitants), Bemerode (19,453 inhabitants) and Wülferode ( ...

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, Nord (only Nordstadt), Ricklingen, and Südstadt-Bult.

History

Stadt Hannover II was created in 1949, then known as ''Stadt Hannover-Süd''. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was named ''Hannover II''. It acquired its current name in the 1980 election. In the inaugural Bundestag election, it was Lower Saxony constituency 19 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 41. From 1965 through 1998, it was number 37. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 42. In the 2009 election, it was number 43. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 42. Originally, the constituency comprised the city quarters of Badenstedt, Döhren, Wülfel, Kirchrode, Kleefeld, Limmer, Linden, and Ricklingen. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it comprised the area of the city south of the

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–

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–

Lehrte Lehrte () is a town in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 17 km east of Hanover. In the 19th century Lehrte was the most important railway junction in the former Kingdom of Hanover. As of the 2 ...

railway line. It acquired its current borders in the 1980 election.

Members

The constituency has been held continuously by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) since its creation. Its first representative was

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, the first post-war leader of the SPD, who served from 1949 until his death in 1952. won the resulting

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, and served less than a year before being succeeded by new SPD leader

Erich Ollenhauer Erich Ollenhauer (27 March 1901 – 14 December 1963) was the leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) from 1952 until 1963. He was a key leader of the opposition to Konrad Adenauer in the Bundestag. In exile under the Nazis, he re ...

in the 1953 federal election. He served until his death in 1963.

Helmut Rohde Helmut Rohde (9 November 1925 – 16 April 2016) was a German politician who served as federal minister of education and science from 1974 to 1978. Early life and education Rohde was born in Hanover on 9 November 1925. His father, August, was a ...

was elected in the 1965 election, and served until 1987. He was succeeded by

Edelgard Bulmahn Edelgard Bulmahn (born 4 March 1951) is a German politician from the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). She served as Member of the German Bundestag between 1987 and 2017. She was Federal Minister of Education and Research from 1998 to 2 ...

. In 2017, she was succeeded by

, who was re-elected in 2021.

Election results

2025 election

2021 election

2017 election

2013 election

2009 election

References

{{Electoral districts of Lower Saxony Federal electoral districts in Lower Saxony Hanover 1949 establishments in West Germany Constituencies established in 1949