State constituency Grafschaft Bentheim

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Constituency 79: Grafschaft Bentheim
Bentheim constituency
Country Germany
state Lower Saxony
Constituency number 79
Eligible voters 85.289
voter turnout 64.26%
Election date 15th October 2017
Constituency representative
Surname
Photo of the MP
Political party CDU
Voting share 51.10%

The constituency of Grafschaft Bentheim is an electoral district for the Lower Saxony state parliament . With the cities of Bad Bentheim and Nordhorn , the municipality of Wietmarschen and the combined municipalities of Emlichheim , Neuenhaus and Uelsen, its territory covers almost the entire county of Bentheim . Only the municipality of Schüttorf belongs to the constituency of Lingen .

From 1982 to 1998 the constituency with the same area was called Wahlkreis Nordhorn . In 2003, however, its area was greatly reduced. The entire municipalities were assigned to the Emlichheim constituency , which only existed for one electoral period.

The constituency is considered the stronghold of the CDU .

State election 2017

State election 2017 - WK Grafschaft Bentheim
(in %)
 %
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
45.9
33.3
6.3
7.0
2.9
3.2
1.4
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to 2013
 % p
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
-0.1
+3.9
-2.8
-3.3
+0.8
+3.2
-1.6
Otherwise.

For the early state elections in Lower Saxony in 2017 , there were no individual applications in the constituency 79 Grafschaft Bentheim, but 15 state lists, four of which had direct candidates.

Reinhold Hilbers (CDU) was able to successfully defend the direct mandate with 51.10%. On June 18, 2019, Thomas Brüninghoff ( FDP ) replaced Jan-Christoph Oetjen in the state parliament.

The voter turnout of 64.26% was slightly above the national average of 63.11%.

Official final result of the election to the 18th Lower Saxony state parliament on October 15, 2017 in constituency 79 Grafschaft Bentheim
(results in percent of the valid votes)
Political party Direct candidacy First votes Second votes
CDU Reinhold Hilbers 51.10 45.91
SPD Gerd Ludwig Will 38.05 33.28
Green 6.25
FDP Thomas Brüninghoff 6.70 6.95
The left Peter Schulz-Oberschelp 4.15 2.93
AfD Lower Saxony 3.25
UBI 0.04
DM 0.06
Free voters 0.10
LKR Lower Saxony 0.01
ÖDP 0.26
The party 0.38
Animal welfare party 0.41
Pirates 0.12
V party³ 0.04

State election 2013

State election 2013 - WK Grafschaft Bentheim
(in %)
 %
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
46.0
29.4
10.3
9.1
2.1
3.1
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to 2008
 % p
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
  -8th
-10
-8.3
+2.9
+3.1
+4.7
-2.9
+0.4
Otherwise.

For the state elections in Lower Saxony in 2013 , six direct candidates ran in the constituency of Grafschaft Bentheim. The directly elected MP is Reinhold Hilbers ( CDU ). Gerd Ludwig Will ( SPD ) also entered the Lower Saxony state parliament via the state list . The constituency had constituency number 79.

Official final result of the election to the 17th Lower Saxony State Parliament on January 20, 2013 in constituency 79 Grafschaft Bentheim
(results in percent of the valid votes)
Political party Direct candidate First votes Second votes
CDU Reinhold Hilbers 52.7 46.0
SPD Gerd Ludwig Will 32.3 29.4
FDP Thomas Brüninghoff 3.1 10.3
Alliance 90 / The Greens Reinhard Prüllage 8.3 9.1
The left Heinz Georg von Wensiersky 2.1 2.1
Pirate party Hans-Jürgen Schöpping 1.5 1.9
Free voters 0.4
NPD 0.4
The freedom 0.2
PBC 0.1
Alliance 21 / RRP 0.1

The turnout was 59.4%.

State election 2008

For the state election in Lower Saxony in 2008 , seven direct candidates ran in the Grafschaft Bentheim constituency. The directly elected MP is Reinhold Hilbers ( CDU ).

Official final result of the state election on January 27, 2008 in Lower Saxony in constituency 79 Grafschaft Bentheim
(results in percent)
Political party Direct candidate First votes Second votes
CDU Reinhold Hilbers 55.6 54.3
SPD Gerd Ludwig Will 27.9 26.5
FDP Ingrid Niehaus 4.9 7.2
The left Herbert Ranter 5.1 5.0
Alliance 90 / The Greens Andreas Langlet 4.8 4.4
NPD Stephan Riesel 0.8 0.9
Free voters Lower Saxony Harald Konrad-Hammersen 0.9 0.5
Human Environment Animal Welfare 0.4
Family party 0.4
PBC 0.2
ÖDP 0.1
From now 0.1
The Frisians 0.1
The grays 0.1

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Final results and comparative figures in constituency No. 079 Grafschaft Bentheim 2017
  2. ↑ Lower Saxony State Returning Officer: Official final result of the state election on October 15, 2017 in constituency no.79 Grafschaft Bentheim. Retrieved October 15, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Official final result of the state elections on January 20, 2013 in the constituency of Grafschaft Bentheim  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.nls.niedersachsen.de  
  4. ↑ 2013 list of candidates
  5. ↑ List of MPs of the SPD regional association Lower Saxony ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.spdnds.de
  6. ^ Final results and comparative figures in constituency no. 79 Grafschaft Bentheim. 2013. In: Aktuell-wahlen-niedersachsen.de. State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony , accessed on January 7, 2013 .
  7. ^ Lower Saxony State Office for Statistics: constituency: 079 Grafschaft Bentheim. In: Official final result of the state election on January 27, 2008 in Lower Saxony. Retrieved January 27, 2018 .