The constituency was first held by
Otto Arnholz of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), who served from 1949 to 1957. of the
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won in 1957 and served a single term. Walter Schmidt of the SPD then served from 1961 to 1972, followed by
Hermann Oetting for a single term.
Klaus-Dieter Kühbacher was elected in 1976 and served two terms. In 1983,
Joachim Clemens of the CDU was elected representative, and served until 1994.
Leyla Onur regained the constituency for the SPD in 1994, and was re-elected in 1998.
Carola Reimann won in 2002, and was re-elected in 2005, 2009, 2013, and 2017. She resigned in November 2017 after being appointed to the state government of Lower Saxony. Christos Pantazis of the SPD was elected in 2021. ==Election results==