Unterems (electoral district)

25 Unterems
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Unterems in 2025
StateLower Saxony
Population321,300 (2019)
Electorate238,506 (2021)
Major settlementsPapenburg
Leer
Haren
Area2,597.8 km2
Current electoral district
Created1980
PartyCDU
MemberGitta Connemann
Elected2002, 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]

  1. ^ "Constituency Unterems". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. ^ "Results for Unterems". Federal Returning Officer.