Lippe I

134 Lippe I
134 Lippe I
Electoral district; for the Bundestag
	Lippe I in 2025
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	293,200 (2019)
Electorate	224,415 (2017)
Major settlements	Detmold; Bad Salzuflen; Lemgo
Area	889.2 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1980
Party	CDU
Member	Kerstin Vieregge
Elected	2025

StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia

Population293,200 (2019)

Electorate224,415 (2017)

Major settlementsDetmold
Bad Salzuflen
Lemgo

Lippe I 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 134. It is located in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the northern part of the Lippe district.^[1]

Lippe I was created for the 1980 federal election. From 2021 to 2025, it has been represented by Jürgen Berghahn of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).^[2] Since 2025 it is been represented by Kerstin Vieregge of the CDU.

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Election	No.	Name	Borders
1980	105	Lippe I	Lippe district (excluding Augustdorf, Detmold, Horn-Bad Meinberg, Lügde, Schieder-Schwalenberg, and Schlangen municipalities)
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	136
2005
2009
2013	135
2017
2021			Lippe district (excluding Augustdorf, Horn-Bad Meinberg, Lügde, Schieder-Schwalenberg, and Schlangen municipalities)
2025	134

	Member	Party	%
1980	Erhard Mahne	SPD	49.8
1983	Klaus Daweke	CDU	46.3
1987	Karl Hermann Haack	SPD	45.0
1990			47.7
1994			46.7
1998			52.2
2002			49.5
2005	Dirk Becker	SPD	48.0
2009			40.2
2013			41.1
2017	Kerstin Vieregge	CDU	36.6
2021	Jürgen Berghahn	SPD	30.7
2025	Kerstin Vieregge	CDU	31.3

Federal election (2025): Lippe I^[3]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Kerstin Vieregge		56,640	31.3	5.1	49,204	27.1	4.3
	SPD	Julien Thiede		42,552	23.5	7.2	37,926	20.9	10.2
	AfD	Udo Hemmelgarn		39,427	21.8	12.3	39,517	21.8	12.0
	Greens	Robin Wagener		21,911	12.1	3.7	19,245	10.6	3.0
	Left	Eduard Schneider		10,896	6.0	2.9	12,324	6.8	3.0
	BSW						8,069	4.4
	FDP	Torben Hundsdörfer		5,474	3.0	6.7	7,713	4.3	7.6
	FW	Ralf Ochsenfahrt		3,857	2.1	0.9	1,440	0.8	0.0
	Tierschutzpartei						2,255	1.2	0.1
	PARTEI					1.8	1,059	0.6	0.5
	Volt						825	0.5	0.3
	dieBasis					1.7	575	0.3	1.2
	PdF						324	0.2	0.1
	Team Todenhöfer						312	0.2	0.1
	BD						244	0.1
	Values						239	0.1
	MERA25						51	0.0
	MLPD						33	0.0	0.0
	Bündnis C								0.7
	Pirates								0.4
	Gesundheitsforschung								0.1
	ÖDP								0.1
	Humanists								0.1
	SGP							0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,922			1,324
Total valid votes				180,757			181,355
Turnout				182,679	82.4	5.6
	CDU gain from SPD		Majority	14,088	7.8

Federal election (2021): Lippe I^[4]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	SPD	Jürgen Berghahn		52,359	30.7	1.2	53,130	31.1	3.5
	CDU	N Kerstin Vieregge		44,650	26.2	9.9	39,001	22.8	8.4
	Greens	Robin Wagener		26,932	15.8	9.1	23,276	13.6	6.2
	FDP	Christian Sauter		16,648	9.8	1.6	20,221	11.8	0.5
	AfD	Udo Hemmelgarn		16,221	9.5	0.4	16,789	9.8	1.0
	Left	Walter Brinkmann		5,283	3.1	2.7	6,414	3.8	3.3
	PARTEI	Niklas Hartmann		3,070	1.8		1,781	1.0	0.4
	dieBasis	Enrico Haberkorn		2,936	1.7		2,559	1.5
	Tierschutzpartei						2,216	1.3	0.6
	FW	Ralf Ochsenfahrt		2,171	1.3	0.0	1,348	0.8	0.1
	Bündnis C						1,244	0.7
	Pirates						637	0.4	0.1
	Team Todenhöfer						520	0.3
	Volt						289	0.2
	LIEBE						231	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						190	0.1	0.0
	LfK						173	0.1
	NPD						170	0.1	0.1
	ÖDP						154	0.1	0.0
	Humanists						136	0.1	0.0
	V-Partei3						96	0.1	0.0
	du.						90	0.1
	LKR	Michael Haupt		235	0.1		85	0.0
	PdF						59	0.0
	MLPD						25	0.0	0.0
	DKP						23	0.0	0.0
	SGP						14	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,897			1,531
Total valid votes				170,505			170,871
Turnout				172,402	76.8	1.4
	SPD gain from CDU		Majority	7,709	4.5

Federal election (2017): Lippe I^[5]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Kerstin Vieregge		46,526	36.6	3.6	40,214	31.5	7.7
	SPD	Henning Welslau		40,908	32.1	9.0	35,509	27.8	7.3
	AfD	Olaf Tünker		13,005	10.2	7.7	14,147	11.1	7.3
	FDP	Christian Sauter		10,690	8.4	6.1	15,916	12.5	7.9
	Greens	Ute Koczy		7,671	6.0	0.3	8,869	7.0	0.4
	Left	Ursula Jacob-Reisinger		6,870	5.4	1.2	8,399	6.6	1.5
	Tierschutzpartei						879	0.7
	FW	Monika Prüßner-Claus		1,607	1.3	0.6	871	0.7	0.0
	PARTEI						784	0.6	0.3
	Pirates						553	0.4	1.6
	NPD						278	0.2	0.6
	AD-DEMOKRATEN						185	0.1
	DM						182	0.1
	ÖDP						121	0.1	0.0
	Volksabstimmung						121	0.1	0.1
	BGE						117	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						100	0.1
	V-Partei³						95	0.1
	DiB						78	0.1
	Die Humanisten						56	0.0
	MLPD						37	0.0	0.0
	DKP						19	0.0
	SGP						7	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,661			1,401
Total valid votes				127,277			127,537
Turnout				128,938	75.6	2.7
	CDU gain from SPD		Majority	5,618	4.5

Lippe I

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134 Lippe I
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Lippe I in 2025
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population	293,200 (2019)
Electorate	224,415 (2017)
Major settlements	Detmold Bad Salzuflen Lemgo
Area	889.2 km²
Current electoral district
Created	1980
Party	CDU
Member	Kerstin Vieregge
Elected	2025

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