25 Unterems | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
State | Lower Saxony |
Population | 321,300 (2019) |
Electorate | 238,506 (2021) |
Major settlements | Papenburg Leer Haren |
Area | 2,597.8 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 1980 |
Party | CDU |
Member | Gitta Connemann |
Elected | 2002, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021 |
Unterems 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 25. It is located in northwestern Lower Saxony, comprising the district of Leer and the northern part of the district of Emsland.[1]
Unterems was created for the 1980 federal election. Since 2002, it has been represented by Gitta Connemann of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]