Stade I – Rotenburg II

Stade I – Rotenburg 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 30. It is located in northern Lower Saxony, comprising the southern part of the Stade district and the northern part of the Rotenburg district.^[1]

30 Stade I – Rotenburg II
Former electoral district for the Bundestag
Stade I – Rotenburg II in 2025
State	Lower Saxony
Population	256,300 (2019)
Electorate	198,576 (2021)
Major settlements	Stade Buxtehude
Area	1,972.8 km2
Former electoral district
Created	1949 2009 (re-established)
Abolished	2002
Party	CDU
Member	Vanessa-Kim Zobel
Elected	2025

Stade I – Rotenburg II was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. It was abolished in 2002 and re-established in the 2009 federal election. From 2013 to 2025, it has been represented by Oliver Grundmann of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).^[2] Since 2025 it is been represented by Vanessa-Kim Zobel of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

Geography

Stade I – Rotenburg II is located in northern Lower Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it contains the southern part of the district of Stade, specifically the municipalities of Buxtehude, Jork, and Stade and the Samtgemeinden of Apensen, Fredenbeck, Harsefeld, Horneburg, and Lühe. It also includes the northern part of the district of Rotenburg, specifically the municipalities of Bremervörde and Gnarrenburg and the Samtgemeinden of Geestequelle, Selsingen, Sittensen, Tarmstedt, and Zeven.^[1]

History

Stade I – Rotenburg II was created in 1949, then known as Stade – Bremervörde. In the 1949 election, it was Lower Saxony constituency 11. From 1953 to 1965, it was constituency number 33. From 1965 until its abolition, it was constituency number 25. From 1987 until its abolition, it was known as Stade – Rotenburg I. Originally, it comprised the districts of Stade and Bremervörde. The latter was incorporated into the Rotenburg district in 1977, but the borders of Stade – Bremervörde (and later Stade – Rotenburg I) did not change.

Stade – Rotenburg I was abolished in the 2002 federal election, and divided between the new constituencies of Stade – Cuxhaven and Rotenburg – Verden.

In the 2009 federal election, it was re-established as Stade I – Rotenburg II and was constituency 31. Since 2013, it has been constituency 30. Its borders have not changed since its re-establishment.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	11	Stade – Bremervörde	Stade district Bremervörde district
1953	33
1957
1961
1965	25
1969
1972
1976
1980			Stade district Rotenburg district (only Bremervörde and Gnarrenburg municipalities and Geestequelle Samtgemeinde, Selsingen Samtgemeinde, Sittensen Samtgemeinde, Tarmstedt Samtgemeinde, and Zeven Samtgemeinde)
1983
1987		Stade – Rotenburg I
1990
1994
1998
2002	Abolished
2005
2009	31	Stade I – Rotenburg II	Stade district (only Buxtehude, Jork, and Stade municipalities and Apensen, Fredenbeck, Harsefeld, Horneburg, and Lühe Samtgemeinden) Rotenburg district (only Bremervörde and Gnarrenburg municipalities and Geestequelle, Selsingen, Sittensen, Tarmstedt, and Zeven Samtgemeinden)
2013	30
2017
2021
2025

Members

The constituency was first held by Heinrich Hellwege, leader of the German Party (DP). He served from 1949 until his resignation in 1955 to become Minister-President of Lower Saxony. He was succeeded in 1957 by Peter Tobaben, also from the DP. He joined the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in 1961 and was re-elected for that party in the federal election a few months later. He served until 1972, when he was succeeded by fellow CDU member Nicolaus Dreyer. In 1980, the Social Democratic Party (SPD) won the constituency, and it was represented by Wolfgang Schwenk for a single term. Horst Eylmann of the CDU regained it in 1983, and served until 1998, when it was won by Margrit Wetzel of the SPD. She served until the constituency's abolition in 2002.

After its re-establishment in 2009, it was represented by Martina Krogmann of the CDU. She was succeeded in 2013 by Oliver Grundmann, who was re-elected in 2017 and 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Heinrich Hellwege	DP	40.4
	1953			55.0
	1957	Peter Tobaben	DP	34.5
	1961		CDU	34.4
	1965			55.8
	1969			51.3
	1972	Nicolaus Dreyer	CDU	49.0
	1976			50.2
	1980	Wolfgang Schwenk	SPD	46.5
	1983	Horst Eylmann	CDU	51.7
	1987			48.5
	1990			48.4
	1994			48.0
	1998	Margrit Wetzel	SPD	49.9
Abolished (2002–2009)
	2009	Martina Krogmann	CDU	44.2
	2013	Oliver Grundmann	CDU	47.6
	2021			44.4
	2021			34.6
	2025	Vanessa-Kim Zobel	CDU	36.3

Election results

2025 election

Federal election (2025): Stade I – Rotenburg II[3]
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.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Vanessa-Kim Zobel		60,301	36.3	1.8	51,046	30.7	4.2
	SPD	Frauke Langen		42,393	25.6	6.2	36,582	22.0	10.0
	AfD	Marie-Thérèse Kaiser		29,890	18.0	10.9	30,498	18.3	11.0
	Greens	Joachim Fuchs		16,205	9.8	3.5	18,203	10.9	3.7
	Left	Benjamin Koch-Böhnke		10,350	6.2	3.4	11,789	7.1	4.2
	FDP	Jan Hendrik Koepke		4,663	2.8	5.2	6,693	4.0	7.1
	BSW						5,507	3.3
	Tierschutzpartei						1,765	1.1	0.2
	Volt	Malte Hermsteiner		2,100	1.3		1,238	0.7	0.5
	FW						1,111	0.7	0.4
	PARTEI						816	0.5	0.4
	dieBasis						440	0.3	0.7
	Pirates						287	0.2	0.3
	BD						218	0.1
	Humanists						113	0.1	0.0
	MLPD						27	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,217			777
Total valid votes				165,902			166,342
Turnout				167,119	84.5	8.0
	CDU hold		Majority	17,908	10.7	7.8

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Stade I – Rotenburg II[4]
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.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Y Oliver Grundmann		52,069	34.6	9.9	39,969	26.5	12.4
	SPD	Kai Koeser		47,763	31.7	3.5	48,301	32.0	7.5
	Greens	Claas Goldenstein		19,923	13.2	6.2	22,091	14.6	6.4
	FDP	Steven Hermeling		12,019	8.0	2.2	16,720	11.1	1.5
	AfD	Marie-Thérèse Kaiser		10,735	7.1	1.2	11,002	7.3	1.6
	Left	Klemens Kowalski		4,340	2.9	2.4	4,301	2.9	3.4
	Tierschutzpartei						1,881	1.2	0.4
	FW						1,620	1.1	0.6
	dieBasis	Kai Bartos		2,029	1.3		1,485	1.0
	PARTEI						1,388	0.9	0.2
	Pirates	Richard Klaus		1,755	1.2	0.3	691	0.5	0.0
	Volt						378	0.3
	Team Todenhöfer						373	0.2
	NPD						175	0.1	0.2
	Humanists						119	0.1
	ÖDP						118	0.1	0.0
	V-Partei3						107	0.1	0.0
	du.						80	0.1
	LKR						42	0.0
	DKP						28	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						17	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,188			935
Total valid votes				150,633			150,886
Turnout				151,821	76.5	1.1
	CDU hold		Majority	4,306	2.9	13.3

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Stade I – Rotenburg II[5]
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.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Y Oliver Grundmann		67,463	44.4	3.2	59,229	38.9	5.8
	SPD	Oliver Kellmer		42,829	28.2	5.9	37,361	24.5	6.4
	AfD	Astrid zum Felde		12,590	8.3	4.4	13,513	8.9	4.3
	Greens	Ralf Poppe		10,613	7.0	0.7	12,511	8.2	0.4
	FDP	André Grote		8,797	5.8	4.1	14,538	9.6	5.4
	Left	Klemens Kowalski		7,994	5.3	1.9	9,564	6.3	2.1
	Tierschutzpartei						1,335	0.9	0.2
	Pirates	Richard Klaus		1,334	0.9	0.4	645	0.4	1.1
	PARTEI						1,147	0.8
	FW						778	0.5	0.1
	NPD						555	0.4	0.5
	BGE						262	0.2
	Independent	Udo Knoop		232	0.2
	DiB						196	0.1
	DM						193	0.1
	V-Partei³						177	0.1
	ÖDP						139	0.1
	MLPD						29	0.0	0.0
	DKP						23	0.0
Informal votes				1,192			849
Total valid votes				151,852			152,195
Turnout				153,044	77.6	3.1
	CDU hold		Majority	24,634	16.2	2.7

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Stade I – Rotenburg II[6]
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.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Oliver Grundmann		68,545	47.6	3.4	64,472	44.7	8.2
	SPD	Oliver Kellmer		49,111	34.1	0.7	44,598	30.9	4.1
	Greens	Michael Lemke		9,099	6.3	0.4	11,209	7.8	2.4
	AfD	Jens Paulsen		5,632	3.9		6,531	4.5
	Left	Michael Quelle		4,878	3.4	3.1	6,021	4.2	3.3
	FDP	Serkan Tören		2,505	1.7	5.3	6,023	4.2	10.1
	Pirates	Richard Klaus		1,985	1.4		2,131	1.5	0.3
	NPD	Manfred Dammann		1,457	1.0	0.7	1,302	0.9	0.6
	Tierschutzpartei						979	0.7	0.0
	FW	Gerd Krümmel		758	0.5		620	0.4
	PBC						119	0.1
	PRO						108	0.1
	REP						54	0.0
	MLPD						17	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,161			947
Total valid votes				143,970			144,184
Turnout				145,131	74.4	0.8
	CDU hold		Majority	19,434	13.5	2.7

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Stade I – Rotenburg II[7]
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.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Martina Krogmann		62,035	44.2	1.1	51,303	36.5	0.1
	SPD	Margrit Wetzel		46,851	33.4	12.4	37,784	26.9	13.2
	FDP	Serkan Tören		9,946	7.1	2.7	20,056	14.3	4.6
	Left	Helmut-Hartwig Doll		9,096	6.5	5.4	10,541	7.5	3.7
	Greens	Philip Kossack		9,409	6.7	2.7	14,253	10.1	3.0
	Pirates						2,503	1.8
	NPD	Adolf Dammann		2,349	1.7	0.1	2,061	1.5	0.0
	Tierschutzpartei						999	0.7	0.1
	RRP						945	0.7
	RRP						837	0.6
	Independent	Erich Nagel		431	0.3
	BüSo	Maria Räuschel		307	0.2
	ÖDP						170	0.1
	DVU						140	0.1
	MLPD						43	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,690			1,424
Total valid votes				140,424			140,690
Turnout				142,114	73.7	6.1
	CDU win new seat		Majority	15,184	10.8