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
State	Brandenburg
Population	200,900 (2015)
Electorate	168,543 (2017)
Major settlements	Senftenberg Finsterwalde Lauchhammer
Area	2,983.3 km^2
Current electoral district
Created	2002
Party	CDU
Member	Vacant
Elected	N/A

Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz II was created for the 2002 federal election. Since November 2019, the constituency has been vacant. It was last represented by Michael Stübgen of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 2009 to 2019.[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.

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

Election results

2017 election

Federal election (2017): 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 or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Michael Stübgen		35,633	29.5	11.4	33,576	27.7	11.8
	AfD	Peter Holger Drenske		29,830	24.7		30,564	25.2	19.3
	SPD	Hannes Walter		20,142	16.7	5.9	18,700	15.4	4.4
	Left	Diana Tietze		19,583	16.2	7.2	18,775	15.5	6.2
	FDP	Martin Neumann		6,492	5.4	3.6	8,128	6.7	4.2
	FW	Johannes Berger		4,887	4.0		2,089	1.7	0.8
	Green	Stefan Schön		3,543	2.9	0.4	3,146	2.6	0.1
	Tierschutzpartei						1,878	1.6
	NPD						1,757	1.5	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	0.0
	DKP						100	0.1
Informal votes				2,517			2,211
Total Valid votes				120,848			121,154
Turnout				123,365	73.2	6.4
	CDU hold		Majority	5,803	4.8	12.7

2013 election

Federal election (2013): 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 or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Michael Stübgen		47,454	40.9	12.0	46,044	39.5	12.1
	Left	Matthias Mnich		27,137	23.4	4.9	25,321	21.7	6.3
	SPD	Kerstin Weide		26,132	22.5	4.4	23,136	19.9	3.1
	AfD						6,911	5.9
	NPD	Manuela Kokott		5,608	4.8	0.3	4,421	3.8	0.7
	Pirates	Lutz Bommel		3,834	3.3		2,626	2.3	0.2
	Green	Klaus Ullrich		2,899	2.5	0.7	3,104	2.7	0.8
	FDP	Carmen Schulz		2,085	1.8	5.2	2,950	2.5	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	0.1
	MLPD						153	0.1	0.0
Informal votes				2,668			2,165
Total Valid votes				116,012			116,515
Turnout				118,680	66.8	1.3
	CDU hold		Majority	20,317	17.5	16.9

2009 election

Federal election (2009): 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 or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Michael Stübgen		35,073	28.9	3.0	33,467	27.4	3.6
	Left	André Brie		34,324	28.3	2.4	34,203	28.0	0.7
	SPD	Thomas Zenker		32,688	26.9	7.9	28,022	22.9	8.7
	FDP	Enrico Buchs		8,487	7.0	1.4	10,865	8.9	1.7
	NPD	Manuela Kokott		5,513	4.5	0.8	3,839	3.1	1.8
	Green	Christoph Wunnicke		3,861	3.2	0.7	4,238	3.5	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	0.2
Informal votes				4,692			3,992
Total Valid votes				121,448			122,148
Turnout				126,140	65.5	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