Landtag constituency of Friesland

Constituency 70: Friesland
Country	Germany
state	Lower Saxony
Constituency number	70
Eligible voters	85.391
voter turnout	63.9%
Election date	15th October 2017
Constituency representative
Surname	Olaf Lies
Political party	SPD
Voting share	54.2%

The constituency of Friesland is a constituency for the election of the Lower Saxony state parliament . It includes the district of Friesland .

The constituency has existed in this form since the 2008 state elections. Its predecessor, the Jever constituency , comprised only part of the Friesland district and some districts of Wilhelmshaven .

State election 2017

For the state election in Lower Saxony in 2017 , six direct candidates ran in the constituency of Friesland. The directly elected MP is Olaf Lies ( SPD ). The constituency had the constituency number 70.

Official final result of the election to the 18th Lower Saxony state parliament on October 15, 2017 in constituency 70 Friesland
(results in percent of the valid votes)

Political party	Direct candidate	First votes	Second votes
CDU	Jens Damm	25.7	26.7
SPD	Olaf Lies	54.2	44.5
GREEN	Heike Kliegelhöfer	6.1	8.0
FDP	Jost Etzold	5.0	8.4
THE LEFT	Stephan, Möller	3.4	4.0
AfD	Ronald Harms	5.5	5.9
UBI			0.1
DM			0.1
Free voters			0.4
LKR			0.0
ÖDP			0.1
The party			0.5
Animal welfare party			1.0
Pirate party			0.2
V party³			0.1

The turnout of 63.9% was above the national average for this election.

State election 2013

State election 2013 - WK Friesland

(in %)

 %

40

30th

20th

10

0

38.3

31.1

12.3

11.2

2.9

4.3

SPD

CDU

Green

FDP

left

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 2008

 % p

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

  -8th

+4.3

-8.0

+5.1

+2.8

-4.1

-0.1

SPD

CDU

Green

FDP

left

Otherwise.

For the Lower Saxony state election, 2013 occurred in the constituency of Friesland eleven parties. Six of these parties had put up direct candidates. The directly elected MP is Olaf Lies ( SPD ).

Official final result of the election to the 17th Lower Saxony State Parliament on January 20, 2013 in constituency 70 Friesland
(results in percent of the valid votes)

Political party	Direct candidate	First votes	Second votes
SPD	Olaf Lies	48.9	38.3
CDU	Jens Damm	35.1	31.1
GREEN	Uwe Burgenger	7.9	12.3
FDP	Jost Etzold	3.7	11.2
THE LEFT	Anja Kindo	2.7	2.9
PIRATES	Dennis Ostermann	1.7	2.1
FREE VOTERS	-	-	0.9
NPD	-	-	0.7
THE FREEDOM of Lower Saxony	-	-	0.4
Alliance 21 / RRP	-	-	0.1
PBC	-	-	0.1

State election 2008

For the state election in Lower Saxony in 2008 , seven candidates ran in the constituency of Friesland. The directly elected MP was Olaf Lies ( SPD ).

Official final result of the state election on January 27, 2008 in Lower Saxony in constituency 70 Friesland
(results in percent)

Political party	Direct candidate	First votes	Second votes
CDU	Elisabeth Onken	38.1	39.1
SPD	Olaf Lies	41.1	34.0
FDP	Lübbo Johannes Meppen	5.5	8.4
Alliance 90 / The Greens	Uwe Burgenger	6.5	7.2
The left	Anja Kindo	6.2	7.0
NPD	Stefan Richardt	1.4	1.4
The Frisians			0.8
Free voters Lower Saxony	Ellmer Cramer	1.3	0.7
Human Environment Animal Welfare			0.5
Family party			0.4
From now			0.2
The grays			0.2
PBC			0.1
ödp			0.0
Democratic alternative
republican

The turnout was 57.0%.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lower Saxony State Returning Officer: Official final result of the state election on October 15, 2017 in constituency No. 70 Friesland. Retrieved November 25, 2019 .  
2. ^ Official final result of the state elections on January 20, 2013 in the constituency of Friesland
3. ↑ State election 2013: Alphabetical list of applicants
4. ↑ Final results and comparative figures in constituency No. 70 Friesland. 2013. In: Aktuell-wahlen-niedersachsen.de. State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony , accessed on January 20, 2013 . 
5. ^ Lower Saxony State Office for Statistics: constituency: 070 Friesland. In: Official final result of the state election on January 27, 2008 in Lower Saxony. Retrieved January 27, 2018 .