Helmstedt – Wolfsburg 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 51. It is located in southeastern Lower Saxony, comprising the city of Wolfsburg, the district of Helmstedt, and part of the district of Gifhorn.
Helmstedt – Wolfsburg was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Falko Mohrs of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Mohrs resigned in 2022, to join the Second Weil cabinet. Since 2025 it is represented by Alexander Jordan of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany.
Geography Helmstedt – Wolfsburg is located in southeastern Lower Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Wolfsburg, the district of Helmstedt, and the Samtgemeinden of Boldecker Land and Brome and the Giebel area from the Gifhorn district.
History Helmstedt – Wolfsburg was created in 1949, then known as Braunschweig-Land – Helmstedt. It acquired its current name in the 1965 election. In the inaugural Bundestag election, it was Lower Saxony constituency 29 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 51. From 1965 through 1998, it was number 46. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 51. In the 2009 election, it was number 52. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 51.
Originally, the constituency comprised the district of Helmstedt and the now-abolished Landkreis Braunschweig district without the Samtgemeinde of Thedinghausen. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it comprised the independent city of Wolfsburg and the districts of Helmtedt and Landkreis Braunschweig, again excluding Thedinghausen. In the 1976 election, it comprised Wolfsburg, Helmstedt, and the municipality of Cremlingen and Samtgemeinde of Sickte from the district of Wolfenbüttel. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it comprised the city of Wolfsburg and district of Helmstedt. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.
Election Name Borders 1949 Braunschweig-Land – Helmstedt Helmstedt district Braunschweig district (excluding Thedinghausen Samtgemeinde) 1953 51 1957 1961 1965 46 Helmstedt – Wolfsburg Wolfsburg city Helmstedt district Braunschweig district (excluding Thedinghausen Samtgemeinde) 1969 1972 1976 Wolfsburg city Helmstedt district Wolfenbüttel district (only Cremlingen municipality and Sickte Samtgemeinde) 1980 Wolfsburg city Helmstedt district 1983 1987 1990 1994 1998 2002 51 Wolfsburg city Helmstedt district Gifhorn district (only Boldecker Land and Brome Samtgemeinden and the Giebel area) 2005 2009 52 2013 51 2017 2021 2025
Members The constituency was first held by Hermann Troppenz of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), who served from 1949 to 1953. Alfred Burgemeister of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won in 1953 and served until 1969. Rudolf Hauck of the SPD then served until 1983, when Volkmar Köhler of the CDU won the constituency. Fellow party member Heinrich-Wilhelm Ronsöhr served from 1994 to 1998. In 1998, SPD candidate Bodo Seidenthal regained the constituency, and served a single term. He was succeeded by Hans-Jürgen Uhl, who was elected in 2002 and 2005. Günter Lach of the CDU served from 2009 to 2017. Falko Mohrs has been representative since the 2017 election.
Election Member Party % 1949 Hermann Troppenz SPD 31.3 1953 Alfred Burgemeister CDU 36.9 1957 46.2 1961 44.5 1965 49.7 1969 Rudolf Hauck SPD 47.1 1972 53.0 1976 47.2 1980 48.2 1983 Volkmar Köhler CDU 52.4 1987 47.7 1990 50.6 1994 Heinrich-Wilhelm Ronsöhr CDU 47.7 1998 Bodo Seidenthal SPD 52.7 2002 Hans-Jürgen Uhl SPD 53.5 2005 49.5 2009 Günter Lach CDU 39.4 2013 44.7 2017 Falko Mohrs SPD 38.0 2021 42.12025Alexander JordanCDU30.9
Election results 2025 election
2021 election
2017 election
2013 election
2009 election
2005 election
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