Cloppenburg – Vechta
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Cloppenburg – Vechta 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 32. It is located in northwestern Lower Saxony, comprising the Cloppenburg and Vechta districts.[1]
32 Cloppenburg – Vechta | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
State | Lower Saxony |
Population | 313,500 (2019) |
Electorate | 223,948 (2021) |
Major settlements | Cloppenburg Vechta Lohne |
Area | 2,234.5 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 1949 |
Party | CDU |
Member | Silvia Breher |
Elected | 2017, 2021 |
Cloppenburg – Vechta was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Silvia Breher of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2] It is considered one of the safest seats for the CDU, which often receives an absolute majority of the popular vote. This is partly due to the region being very catholic in an otherwise majority-Protestant state.