Landtag constituency Helmstedt

Constituency 8: Helmstedt
Country	Germany
state	Lower Saxony
Constituency number	8th
Eligible voters	73,498
voter turnout	60.1%
Election date	15th October 2017
Constituency representative
Surname	Jörn Domeier
Political party	SPD
Voting share	40.8%

The constituency of Helmstedt is an electoral district for the Lower Saxony state parliament . It includes the district of Helmstedt . The constituency is divided into 134 electoral districts.

State election 2017

For the state election in Lower Saxony in 2017 , seven direct candidates ran in the constituency of Helmstedt. The directly elected MP is Jörn Domeier ( SPD ). Veronika Koch ( CDU ) also moved into the Lower Saxony state parliament via the state list .

Official final result of the election to the 18th Lower Saxony state parliament on October 15, 2017 in constituency 08 Helmstedt
(results in percent of the valid votes)

Political party	Direct candidate	First votes	Second votes
CDU	Veronika Koch	35.1	32.5
SPD	Jörn Domeier	40.8	41.5
Alliance 90 / The Greens	Heike Meyerhof	4.7	5.7
FDP	Lars Alt	8.5	7.1
THE LEFT	Karl-Heinz Schmidt	3.5	3.9
AfD	Jozef Rakicky	6.8	6.8
UBI			0.1
DM			0.1
Free voters			0.3
LKR			0.0
ÖDP			0.1
The party			0.5
Animal welfare party			0.9
Pirate party			0.2
V party³			0.1
Individual applicants	Michael Burda	0.5

The turnout of 60.1% was below the national average for this election.

State election 2013

State election 2013 - WK Helmstedt

(in %)

 %

40

30th

20th

10

0

37.0

36.3

10.9

7.2

2.9

5.6

SPD

CDU

Green

FDP

left

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 2008

 % p

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

+2.8

-3.6

+5.4

+0.4

-5.0

-0.1

SPD

CDU

Green

FDP

left

Otherwise.

For the state election in Lower Saxony in 2013 , eight direct candidates ran in the constituency of Helmstedt.

Official final result of the election to the 17th Lower Saxony state parliament on January 20, 2013 in constituency 08 Helmstedt
(results in percent of the valid votes)

Political party	Direct candidate	First votes	Second votes
SPD	Uwe Strümpel	41.7	37.0
CDU	Elisabeth Heister-Neumann	39.5	36.3
Alliance 90 / The Greens	Sybille Mattfeldt-Kloth	7.9	10.9
FDP	Hauke-Kristian Franke	2.9	7.2
THE LEFT	Ulrich Engelke	2.7	2.9
Pirate party	Carsten Bätge	2.0	2.3
NPD	Friedrich Preuss	2.0	1.7
Free voters	Alfred Gogolin	1.3	1.0
The freedom			0.4
PBC			0.1
Alliance 21 / RRP			0.1

State election 2008

For the state election in Lower Saxony in 2008 , seven direct candidates ran in the constituency of Helmstedt. The directly elected MP is Wittich Schobert ( CDU ). The constituency had constituency number 8.

Official final result of the state election on January 27, 2008 in Lower Saxony in constituency 08 Helmstedt
(results in percent)

Political party	Direct candidate	First votes	Second votes
CDU	Wittich Schobert	42.3	39.9
SPD	Thomas Thiere	36.6	34.2
The left	Henning Funke-Bruns	7.3	7.9
FDP	Hans-Peter Zechel	4.5	6.8
Alliance 90 / The Greens	Jörn Riegel	4.6	5.5
NPD	Friedrich Preuss	3.8	3.6
Animal welfare party			0.6
Free voters	Gesine Bähring-Sube	0.9	0.4
FAMILY			0.4
The grays			0.2
PBC			0.1
Referendum			0.1
The Frisians			0.1
ÖDP			0.1

The turnout was 56.6%.

State election 2003

In the 2003 election , the constituency had constituency number 9. The directly elected candidate was Wittich Schobert ( CDU ).

Political party	Direct candidate	First votes	Second votes
CDU	Wittich Schobert	49.4	47.4
SPD	Hans-Hermann Wendhausen	42.7	39.3
FDP	Olaf-Locarno Tornow	3.7	6.9
Alliance 90 / The Greens	Jens Schulze	2.9	4.3
PER		-	0.7
PDS	Karl-Heinz Schmidt	0.8	0.6
REP		-	0.4
PBC	Hans-Jürgen Pasemann	0.4	0.2
The grays		-	0.3
ÖDP		-	0.1

The turnout was 65.8%.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.helmstedt.de/pics/medien/1_1201885224/Wahlbezirke_Erstimmen.pdf
2. ↑ Lower Saxony State Returning Officer: Official final result of the state election on October 15, 2017 in constituency No. 08 Helmstedt. Retrieved November 17, 2017 .  
3. ^ Official final result of the state elections on January 20, 2013 in the constituency of Helmstedt
4. ↑ Final results and comparative figures in constituency No. 08 Helmstedt. 2013. In: Aktuell-wahlen-niedersachsen.de. State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony , accessed on January 7, 2013 . 
5. ^ Lower Saxony State Office for Statistics: constituency: 008 Helmstedt. In: Official final result of the state election on January 27, 2008 in Lower Saxony. Retrieved January 27, 2018 .  
6. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated November 30, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.