Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III – Oberspreewald-Lausitz I

Location of constituency in Brandenburg

Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III – Oberspreewald-Lausitz I is one of the 299 single member constituencies used for the German parliament, the Bundestag. One of ten districts covering the state of Brandenburg, it contains the whole of the county of Dahme-Spreewald, half of Teltow-Fläming and a small section of the county of Oberspreewald-Lausitz.[1] The constituency elects one representative under the mixed member proportional representation (MMP) system. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 62.

The constituency was created for the 2002 election, following a reduction in the number of Bundestag constituencies. The first three elections were won by The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD.) However, at the 2013 election, the constituency was gained by the Christian Democratic Union. The representative elected in 2013 is Jana Schimke.[1]

History and Boundaries

The constituency was created from parts of the former constituencies of Luckenwalde – Zossen – Jüterbog – Königs Wusterhausen, Bad Liebenwerda – Finsterwalde – Herzberg – Lübben – Luckau, Fürstenwalde – Strausberg – Seelow and Frankfurt (Oder) – Eisenhüttenstadt – Beeskow.

For the 2013 election the constituency contained the following areas:

2013 election

Party Constituency results List results
Candidate Votes % share +/- Votes % share +/-
Christian Democratic Union Jana Schimke[3] 61,487 37.0 +12.2 57,867 34.8 +11.1
Social Democratic Party of Germany Tina Fischer[3] 45,078 27.2 -5.3 37,780 22.7 -3.2
The Left Steffen Kühne[3] 36,284 21.9 -4.5 36,310 21.8 -5.3
Alliance '90/The Greens Andreas Rieger[3] 6,324 3.8 -1.7 7,425 4.5 -1.5
National Democratic Party of Germany Frank Knuffke[3] 5,582 3.4 -0.3 4,468 2.7 -0.2
Pirate Party Oliver Mücke[3] 4,331 2.6 N/A 3,617 2.2 -0.5
Free Voters Barbara Wolff[3] 3,670 2.2 N/A 2,381 1.4 N/A
Free Democratic Party Alice Löning[3] 1,989 1.2 -6.1 4,526 2.7 -7.0
Republicans Heiko Müller[3] 924 0.6 N/A 579 0.3 +0.1
German Communist Party Lothar Nätebusch[3] 333 0.2 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Alternative for Germany N/A N/A N/A N/A 10,605 6.4 N/A
Others N/A N/A N/A N/A 893 0.5 N/A

Source:[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Nachwuchspolitikerin Schimke (CDU) erobert den Spreewald, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg, accessed 6 November 2014
  2. ↑ Constituency boundaries, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 5 November 2014
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Kandidaten Wahlkreis 62: Dahme-Spreewald - Teltow-Fläming III - Oberspreewald-Lausitz I, Märkische Allgemeine, accessed 6 November 2014
  4. ↑ 2013 constituency results, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 5 November 2014
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