Herford – Minden-Lübbecke II 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 132. It is located in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the Herford district and a small part of the Minden-Lübbecke district.

Herford – Minden-Lübbecke II was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2009, it has been represented by Stefan Schwartze of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).

Herford – Minden-Lübbecke II is located in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Herford district and the municipality of Bad Oeynhausen from the Minden-Lübbecke district.

Herford – Minden-Lübbecke II was created in 1949, then known as Herford-Stadt und -Land. From 1965 through 1994, it was named Herford. In the 1998 election, it was named Herford – Minden-Lübbecke I. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 48 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1976, it was number 107. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 103. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 134. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 133. From the 2025 election, it has been number 132.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Herford and the district of Landkreis Herford. In the 1972 and 1976 elections, it comprised the district of Herford and the municipality of Kalletal from the Lippe district. In the 1980 through 1994 elections, it was coterminous with the Herford district. In the 1998 election, it comprised the Herford district and the Ortsteile of Bad Oeynhausen-Lohe and Bad Oeynhausen-Rehme from the Minden-Lübbecke district. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	48	Herford-Stadt und -Land	Herford city Landkreis Herford district
1953	107
1957
1961
1965		Herford
1969
1972			Herford district Lippe district (only Kalletal municipality)
1976
1980	103		Herford district
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998		Herford – Minden-Lübbecke I	Herford district Minden-Lübbecke district (only Bad Oeynhausen-Lohe and Bad Oeynhausen-Rehme Ortsteile)
2002	134	Herford – Minden-Lübbecke II	Herford district Minden-Lübbecke district (only Bad Oeynhausen municipality)
2005
2009
2013	133
2017
2021
2025	132

The constituency has been held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) during all but one Bundestag term since 1949. It was first represented by Heinrich Höcker of the SPD from 1949 to 1961, followed by Rudolf Bäumer for a single term. Günter Biermann served from 1965 to 1983, when Heinz Landré of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was elected. Rolf Koltzsch regained the constituency for the SPD in 1987 and served until 1994. Wolfgang Spanier then served until 2009. Stefan Schwartze was elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2013, 2017, and 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Heinrich Höcker	SPD	45.9
	1953			47.3
	1957			48.1
	1961	Rudolf Bäumer	SPD	49.0
	1965	Günter Biermann	SPD	50.7
	1969			52.5
	1972			57.3
	1976			51.5
	1980			52.1
	1983	Heinz Landré	CDU	46.7
	1987	Rolf Koltzsch	SPD	47.5
	1990			43.8
	1994	Wolfgang Spanier	SPD	48.3
	1998			53.1
	2002			53.1
	2005			47.5
	2009	Stefan Schwartze	SPD	38.5
	2013			41.3
	2017			36.8
	2021			36.5

Federal election (2021): Herford – Minden-Lübbecke II
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	Y Stefan Schwartze		61,554	36.5	0.3	53,359	31.6	2.9
	CDU	Joachim Ebmeyer		45,138	26.7	9.0	39,769	23.5	8.2
	Greens	Maik Babenhauserheide		18,090	10.7	5.6	22,732	13.4	6.6
	AfD	Sebastian Schulze		15,855	9.4	0.6	16,144	9.5	1.3
	FDP	Jens Teutrine		14,021	8.3	2.7	19,884	11.8	0.3
	Left	Jan Lieberum		5,332	3.2	2.5	6,038	3.6	3.4
	PARTEI	Laura Möller		3,440	2.0		2,003	1.2	0.6
	dieBasis	Radisa Amidzic		2,187	1.3		2,226	1.3
	Human Environment Animal Protection						2,181	1.3	0.6
	FW	Evelyn Taborsky		1,967	1.2	0.0	1,352	0.8	0.2
	Independent	Martin Sonnabend		1,234	0.7
	Team Todenhöfer						760	0.4
	Pirates						565	0.3	0.0
	Bündnis C						501	0.3
	Volt						304	0.2
	LIEBE						212	0.1
	LfK						185	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						149	0.1	0.0
	NPD						144	0.1	0.1
	Humanists						117	0.1	0.0
	V-Partei3						104	0.1	0.0
	du.						80	0.0
	ÖDP						72	0.0	0.0
	PdF						53	0.0
	MLPD						37	0.0	0.0
	LKR						37	0.0
	DKP						33	0.0	0.0
	SGP						15	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,646			1,408
Total valid votes				168,818			169,056
Turnout				170,464	75.1	1.5
	SPD hold		Majority	16,416	9.8	8.7

Federal election (2017): Herford – Minden-Lübbecke II
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	Y Stefan Schwartze		61,205	36.7	4.6	47,940	28.7	6.2
	CDU	Tim Ostermann		59,571	35.8	5.1	52,994	31.7	7.6
	AfD	Sebastian Richard Schulze		16,633	10.0		18,098	10.8	7.2
	FDP	Siegfried Mühlenweg		9,411	5.6	2.1	19,186	11.5	7.3
	Left	Fabian Alexander Stoffel		9,353	5.6	0.2	11,589	6.9	1.1
	Greens	Maik Babenhauserheide		8,444	5.1	0.0	11,485	6.9	0.7
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,222	0.7
	PARTEI						1,002	0.6	0.3
	FW	Jörn Döring		1,975	1.2	0.5	972	0.6	0.2
	Pirates						640	0.4	1.7
	AD-DEMOKRATEN						408	0.2
	NPD						342	0.2	0.6
	V-Partei³						171	0.1
	DM						159	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						153	0.1	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						140	0.1
	ÖDP						133	0.1	0.0
	DiB						127	0.1
	BGE						112	0.1
	Die Humanisten						73	0.0
	MLPD						70	0.0	0.0
	DKP						23	0.0
	SGP						8	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,072			1,617
Total valid votes				166,592			167,047
Turnout				168,664	73.7	2.7
	SPD hold		Majority	1,634	0.9	0.4

Federal election (2013): Herford – Minden-Lübbecke II
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	Y Stefan Schwartze		66,637	41.3	2.8	56,554	34.9	2.0
	CDU	Tim Ostermann		65,873	40.8	3.2	63,755	39.4	6.8
	Left	Inge Höger		8,706	5.4	2.0	9,409	5.8	2.1
	Greens	Eyüp Odabasi		8,209	5.1	1.7	12,297	7.6	1.1
	FDP	Frank Schäffler		5,651	3.5	6.1	6,798	4.2	9.3
	AfD						5,832	3.6
	Pirates	Dennis Deutschkämer		4,697	2.9		3,350	2.1	0.6
	NPD						1,267	0.8	0.1
	FW	Lutz Schröter		1,119	0.7		661	0.4
	PARTEI						476	0.3
	Independent	Rein		441	0.3
	PRO						332	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						286	0.2	0.1
	REP						211	0.1	0.2
	ÖDP						186	0.1	0.0
	Nichtwahler						175	0.1
	Party of Reason						109	0.1
	RRP						76	0.0	0.1
	BIG						67	0.0
	MLPD						36	0.0	0.0
	PSG						32	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						29	0.0	0.0
	Die Rechte						22	0.0
Informal votes				2,842			1,855
Total valid votes				161,333			161,960
Turnout				163,815	70.9	0.3
	SPD hold		Majority	764	0.5	0.3

Federal election (2009): Herford – Minden-Lübbecke II
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	Stefan Schwartze		62,644	38.5	9.0	53,661	32.9	7.8
	CDU	Wolfgang Rußkamp		61,244	37.7	3.3	53,025	32.5	2.7
	FDP	Frank Schäffler		15,549	9.6	6.0	22,018	13.5	4.0
	Left	Inge Höger		12,090	7.4	3.6	12,887	7.9	2.9
	Greens	Irmgard Pehle		11,091	6.8	3.9	14,121	8.7	2.0
	Pirates						2,373	1.5
	NPD						1,362	0.8	0.0
	Human Environment Animal Protection						942	0.6	0.1
	FAMILIE						856	0.5	0.1
	REP						603	0.4	0.0
	RENTNER						421	0.3
	RRP						215	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						189	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP						137	0.1
	DVU						90	0.1
	Centre						56	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						31	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						26	0.0	0.0
	PSG						23	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,497			2,079
Total valid votes				162,618			163,036
Turnout				165,115	70.6	7.7
	SPD hold		Majority	1,400	0.8	5.7

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