In the inaugural Bundestag election, it was Lower Saxony constituency 28 in the numbering system.

The constituency was first held by Otto Arnholz of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), who served from 1949 to 1957.

Hermann Koch [de] 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.

Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.

Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.

Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.

Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.