Harburg is an electoral constituency (
German
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: ''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 36. It is located in northern
Lower Saxony, comprising the district of
Harburg Harburg may refer to:
Places in Germany
* Harburg (district), Lower Saxony
* Harburg, Bavaria
* Harburg, Hamburg, a borough of Hamburg
** Harburg (quarter), the former Hanoveran city of Harburg upon Elbe, now a quarter of Hamburg
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.
Harburg was created for the
1980 federal election. It was abolished in 2002 and re-established in the
2009 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by
Svenja Stadler
Svenja Stadler (born 26 August 1976) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Lower Saxony since 2013.
Political career
Stadler became a member of the Bunde ...
of the
Social Democratic Party
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Active parties
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(SPD).
Geography
Harburg is located in northern
Lower Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the Harburg district.
History
Harburg was created in 1980 and contained parts of the abolished constituency of ''Harburg – Soltau''. In its first incarnation, it was constituency 35 in the numbering system, and comprised the Harburg district. It was abolished in the 2002 election, and divided between the new constituencies of ''Soltau-Fallingbostel – Winsen Luhe'' and ''Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg''.
The constituency was re-established in the 2009 election. It was constituency number 37. Since the 2013 election, it has been constituency number 36. Its borders have not changed since its re-establishment.
Members
The constituency was first held by
Herbert Helmrich
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of the
Christian Democratic Union (CDU), who served from 1980 until 1994. He was succeeded by fellow CDU member
Rudolf Meyer, who served until 1998. In 1998,
Monika Griefahn
Monika Griefahn (born 3 October 1954) is a German politician and one of the co-founders of Greenpeace. She is a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).
Griefahn was a member of the German Parliament (1998–2009), serving as an expert on ...
of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) won the constituency, serving until its abolition in the next Bundestag term. After its re-establishment in the 2009 election,
Michael Grosse-Brömer of the CDU won the constituency. Svenja Stadler regained it for the SPD in 2021.
Election results
2021 election
2017 election
2013 election
2009 election
References
{{coord missing, Lower Saxony
Federal electoral districts in Lower Saxony
1980 establishments in West Germany
Constituencies established in 1980