Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz II

Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz 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 65. It is located in southern Brandenburg, comprising the districts of Elbe-Elster and Oberspreewald-Lausitz.[1]

65 Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz II
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz II in 2017
StateBrandenburg
Population195,200 (2019)
Electorate162,410 (2021)
Major settlementsSenftenberg
Finsterwalde
Lauchhammer
Area2,983.3 km2
Current electoral district
Created2002
PartySPD
MemberHannes Walter
Elected2021

Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz II was created for the 2002 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Hannes Walter of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]

Geography

Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz II is located in southern Brandenburg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the Elbe-Elster district and the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district excluding the municipality of Lübbenau.[1]

History

Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz II was created in 2002 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Senftenberg – Calau – Spremberg and Bad Liebenwerda – Finsterwalde – Herzberg – Lübben – Luckau. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was constituency 65 in the numbering system. In the 2009 election, it was number 66. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 65. Its borders have not changed since its creation.

Members

The constituency was first represented by Stephan Hilsberg of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 2002 to 2009. Michael Stübgen of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was elected in the 2009 election, and re-elected in 2013 and 2017. He resigned in November 2019 after being appointed to the state government of Brandenburg. Hannes Walter regained the constituency for the SPD in 2021.

Election Member Party  %
2002 Stephan Hilsberg SPD 44.5
2005 34.8
2009 Michael Stübgen CDU 28.9
2013 40.9
2017 29.5
2021 Hannes Walter SPD 25.4

Election results

2021 election
Federal election (2021): Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz II[3]
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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
SPD Hannes Walter 29,998 25.4 Increase 8.7 33,412 28.2 Increase 12.8
AfD Silvio Wolf 29,560 25.0 Increase 0.3 29,849 25.2 Steady 0.0
CDU Knut Abraham 19,130 16.2 Decrease 13.3 17,776 15.0 Decrease 12.7
Left Yvonne Mahlo 10,630 9.0 Decrease 7.2 8,532 7.2 Decrease 8.3
FDP Martin Neumann 10,597 9.0 Increase 3.6 11,114 9.4 Increase 2.7
Independent Marcel Respa 5,066 4.3 2,022 1.7
FW Roxana Trasper 4,872 4.1 Increase 0.1 3,657 3.1 Increase 1.4
Greens Paul-Philipp Neumann 4,110 3.5 Increase 0.5 4,920 4.2 Increase 1.6
Tierschutzpartei   2,564 2.2 Increase 0.6
PARTEI Bianca Schröder 2,245 1.9 1,383 1.2 Increase 0.2
dieBasis Kay-Uwe Blietz 1,719 1.5 1,449 1.2
NPD   637 0.5 Decrease 0.9
Pirates   437 0.4
Independent Ilona Janda 356 0.3
Volt   194 0.2
Team Todenhöfer   156 0.1
ÖDP   128 0.1 Steady 0.0
DKP   92 0.1 Steady 0.0
Humanists   87 0.1
MLPD   55 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 2,068 1,887
Total Valid votes 118,283 118,464
Turnout 120,351 74.1 Increase 0.9
SPD gain from CDU Majority 438 0.4

2017 election
Federal election (2017): Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz II[4]
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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Michael Stübgen 35,633 29.5 Decrease 11.4 33,576 27.7 Decrease 11.8
AfD Peter Holger Drenske 29,830 24.7 30,564 25.2 Increase 19.3
SPD Hannes Walter 20,142 16.7 Decrease 5.9 18,700 15.4 Decrease 4.4
Left Diana Tietze 19,583 16.2 Decrease 7.2 18,775 15.5 Decrease 6.2
FDP Martin Neumann 6,492 5.4 Increase 3.6 8,128 6.7 Increase 4.2
FW Johannes Berger 4,887 4.0 2,089 1.7 Increase 0.8
Greens Stefan Schön 3,543 2.9 Increase 0.4 3,146 2.6 Decrease 0.1
Tierschutzpartei   1,878 1.6
NPD   1,757 1.5 Decrease 2.3
PARTEI   1,207 1.0
Independent Ingo Weidelt 738 0.6
DM 555 0.5
BGE   421 0.3
ÖDP   150 0.1
MLPD   108 0.1 Steady 0.0
DKP   100 0.1
Informal votes 2,517 2,211
Total Valid votes 120,848 121,154
Turnout 123,365 73.2 Increase 6.4
CDU hold Majority 5,803 4.8 Decrease 12.7

2013 election
Federal election (2013): Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz II[5]
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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Michael Stübgen 47,454 40.9 Increase 12.0 46,044 39.5 Increase 12.1
Left Matthias Mnich 27,137 23.4 Decrease 4.9 25,321 21.7 Decrease 6.3
SPD Kerstin Weide 26,132 22.5 Decrease 4.4 23,136 19.9 Decrease 3.1
AfD   6,911 5.9
NPD Manuela Kokott 5,608 4.8 Increase 0.3 4,421 3.8 Increase 0.7
Pirates Lutz Bommel 3,834 3.3 2,626 2.3 Decrease 0.2
Greens Klaus Ullrich 2,899 2.5 Decrease 0.7 3,104 2.7 Decrease 0.8
FDP Carmen Schulz 2,085 1.8 Decrease 5.2 2,950 2.5 Decrease 6.4
FW   1,122 1.0
Independent Kevin Jonik 540 0.5
PRO 531 0.5
DKP Wilfried Klare 323 0.3
REP   196 0.2 Decrease 0.1
MLPD   153 0.1 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 2,668 2,165
Total Valid votes 116,012 116,515
Turnout 118,680 66.8 Increase 1.3
CDU hold Majority 20,317 17.5 Increase 16.9

2009 election
Federal election (2009): Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz II[6]
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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Michael Stübgen 35,073 28.9 Increase 3.0 33,467 27.4 Increase 3.6
Left André Brie 34,324 28.3 Increase 2.4 34,203 28.0 Increase 0.7
SPD Thomas Zenker 32,688 26.9 Decrease 7.9 28,022 22.9 Decrease 8.7
FDP Enrico Buchs 8,487 7.0 Increase 1.4 10,865 8.9 Increase 1.7
NPD Manuela Kokott 5,513 4.5 Decrease 0.8 3,839 3.1 Decrease 1.8
Greens Christoph Wunnicke 3,861 3.2 Increase 0.7 4,238 3.5 Increase 0.2
Pirates   2,995 2.5
DVU   2,399 2.0
FWD 1,435 1.2
Freie Union Harald Klingenberg 915 0.8
Independent Andreas Brückner 587 0.5
REP   278 0.2
BüSo 270 0.2
MLPD   137 0.1 Decrease 0.2
Informal votes 4,692 3,992
Total Valid votes 121,448 122,148
Turnout 126,140 65.5 Decrease 9.0
CDU gain from SPD Majority 749 0.6

References
  1. "Constituency Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz II". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz II". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. Results for Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz II
  4. Results for Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz II
  5. Results for Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz II
  6. Results for Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz II
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