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

Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III – Oberspreewald-Lausitz I 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 62. It is located in central Brandenburg, comprising the Dahme-Spreewald district and most of the Teltow-Fläming district.[1]

62 Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III – Oberspreewald-Lausitz I
electoral district
for the Bundestag
Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III – Oberspreewald-Lausitz I in 2017
StateBrandenburg
Population300,900 (2015)
Electorate248,708 (2017)
Major settlementsKönigs Wusterhausen
Luckenwalde
Area4,025.8 km2
Current electoral district
Created2002
PartyCDU
MemberJana Schimke
Elected2013, 2017

Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III – Oberspreewald-Lausitz I was created for the 2002 federal election. Since 2013, it has been represented by Jana Schimke of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]

Geography

Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III – Oberspreewald-Lausitz I is located in central Brandenburg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Dahme-Spreewald district, the entirety of the Teltow-Fläming district excluding the Jüterbog, Ludwigsfelde, and Niedergörsdorf municipalities, and the municipality of Lübbenau from the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district.[1]

History

Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III – Oberspreewald-Lausitz I was created in 2002 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Luckenwalde – Zossen – Jüterbog – Königs Wusterhausen, Bad Liebenwerda – Finsterwalde – Herzberg – Lübben – Luckau, Fürstenwalde – Strausberg – Seelow, und Frankfurt (Oder) – Eisenhüttenstadt – Beeskow. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was constituency 62 in the numbering system. In the 2009 election, it was number 63. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 62.

Upon the abolition of the Zossen Amt ahead of the 2005 election, the former municipality of Groß Schulzendorf was transferred out of the constituency. In the 2009 election, it gained the municipalities of Blankenfelde-Mahlow and Rangsdorf. In the 2017 election, it gained the municipality of Großbeeren.

Election No. Name Borders
2002 62 Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III – Oberspreewald-Lausitz I
2005
2009 63
2013 62
2017
2021

Members

The constituency was first represented by Peter Danckert of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 2002 to 2013. Since 2013, it has been represented by Jana Schimke of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

Election Member Party %
2002 Peter Danckert SPD 48.3
2005 42.8
2009 32.4
2013 Jana Schimke CDU 37.0
2017 30.7

Election results

2017 election
Federal election (2017): Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III – Oberspreewald-Lausitz I[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Y Jana Schimke 56,607 30.7 6.6 49,982 27.0 8.0
AfD Dietmar Ertel 37,358 20.3 38,915 21.0 14.7
SPD Sylvia Lehmann[lower-alpha 1] 36,148 19.6 7.5 32,565 17.6 5.1
Left Carsten Joachim Preuß 30,278 16.4 5.1 29,217 15.8 5.7
FDP Rico Kerstan 8,910 4.8 3.6 13,718 7.4 4.6
Green Gerhard Kalinka 8,127 4.4 0.6 8,617 4.7 0.1
FW Ralf Sebastian von der Bank 5,032 2.7 0.6 2,652 1.4 0.0
Tierschutzpartei   3,456 1.9
PARTEI   2,239 1.2
NPD   1,468 0.8 1.9
Pirates Guido Körber 1,226 0.7 2.0
DM 726 0.4
BGE   610 0.3
DKP Manfred Ebel 692 0.4 0.2 341 0.2
ÖDP   314 0.2
MLPD   90 0.0 0.1
Informal votes 3,229 2,697
Total Valid votes 184,378 184,910
Turnout 187,607 75.4 4.9
CDU hold Majority 19,249 10.4 0.6

2013 election
Federal election (2013): Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III – Oberspreewald-Lausitz I[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Jana Schimke 61,487 37.0 12.2 57,867 34.8 11.1
SPD Tina Fischer 45,078 27.2 5.3 37,780 22.7 3.2
Left Steffen Kühne 36,284 21.9 4.5 36,310 21.8 5.3
AfD   10,605 6.4
Green Andreas Rieger 6,324 3.8 1.7 7,425 4.5 1.5
NPD Frank Knuffke 5,582 3.4 0.3 4,468 2.7 0.2
Pirates Oliver Mücke 4,331 2.6 3,617 2.2 0.5
FW Barbara Wolff 3,670 2.2 2,381 1.4
FDP Alice Löning 1,989 1.2 6.1 4,526 2.7 7.0
REP Heiko Müller 924 0.6 579 0.3 0.1
PRO 713 0.4
DKP   333 0.2
MLPD   180 0.1 0.0
Informal votes 3,478 3,029
Total Valid votes 166,002 166,451
Turnout 169,480 70.4 1.4
CDU gain from SPD Majority 16,409 9.8

2009 election
Federal election (2009): Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III – Oberspreewald-Lausitz I[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
SPD Y Peter Danckert 53,384 32.4 10.0 42,834 25.9 10.8
Left Steffen Kühne 43,348 26.3 3.1 44,923 27.1 2.2
CDU Tamara Zieschang 40,882 24.8 1.0 39,092 23.6 2.1
FDP Jan Mühlmann-Skupien 11,959 7.3 3.1 16,102 9.7 2.6
Green Benjamin Raschke 9,041 5.5 2.5 9,912 6.0 1.0
NPD Stella Hähnel 5,992 3.6 0.5 4,711 2.8 0.2
Pirates   4,357 2.6
FWD 1,352 0.8
DVU   1,255 0.8
BüSo 397 0.2
REP   368 0.2
MLPD   162 0.1 0.1
Informal votes 5,598 4,739
Total Valid votes 164,606 165,465
Turnout 170,204 69.0 7.5
SPD hold Majority 10,036 6.1 12.5

Notes
  1. Lehmann entered the Bundestag on the SPD list after the resignation of Manja Schüle in December 2019.

References
  1. "Constituency Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III – Oberspreewald-Lausitz I". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III – Oberspreewald-Lausitz I". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. Results for Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III – Oberspreewald-Lausitz I
  4. Results for Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III – Oberspreewald-Lausitz I
  5. Results for Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III – Oberspreewald-Lausitz I
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