Oberhavel – Havelland II

Oberhavel – Havelland 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 58. It is located in northern Brandenburg, comprising the Oberhavel district and eastern parts of the Havelland district.[1]

58 Oberhavel – Havelland II
electoral district
for the Bundestag
Oberhavel – Havelland II in 2017
StateBrandenburg
Population295,800 (2015)
Electorate243,108 (2017)
Major settlementsOranienburg
Falkensee
Hennigsdorf
Area2,206.2 km2
Current electoral district
Created1990
PartyCDU
MemberUwe Feiler
Elected2013, 2017

Oberhavel – Havelland II was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. Since 2013, it has been represented by Uwe Feiler of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]

Geography

Oberhavel – Havelland II is located in northern Brandenburg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Oberhavel district and the municipalities of Brieselang, Dallgow-Döberitz, Falkensee, Ketzin, Schönwalde-Glien, and Wustermark from the Havelland district.[1]

History

Oberhavel – Havelland II was created after German reunification in 1990, then known as Oranienburg – Nauen. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the 1990 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 273 in the numbering system. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 58. In the 2009 election, it was number 59. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 58.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Oranienburg and Nauen. It acquired its current configuration in the 2002 election. Upon the abolition of the Nauen-Land Amt ahead of the 2005 election, the municipality of Retzow and the former municipality of Selbelang were transferred out of the constituency. In the 2017 election, it lost the municipality of Nauen.

Election No. Name Borders
1990 273 Oranienburg – Nauen
  • Oranienburg district
  • Nauen district
1994
1998
2002 58 Oberhavel – Havelland II
2005
2009 59
2013 58
2017
2021

Members

The constituency was first represented by Karl-Heinz Schröter of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1990 to 1994, followed by Wolfgang Ilte from 1994 to 1998. Angelika Krüger-Leißner then served from 1998 to 2013. In 2013, it was won by Uwe Feiler of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He was re-elected in 2017.

Election Member Party %
1990 Karl-Heinz Schröter SPD 37.4
1994 Wolfgang Ilte SPD 48.8
1998 Angelika Krüger-Leißner SPD 49.6
2002 45.0
2005 41.9
2009 29.2
2013 Uwe Feiler CDU 37.5
2017 29.9

Election results

2017 election
Federal election (2017): Oberhavel – Havelland 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Y Uwe Feiler 54,455 29.9 7.9 51,968 28.5 8.0
SPD Benjamin Grimm 41,423 22.7 5.2 33,856 18.5 5.1
AfD Christian Schmidt 32,762 18.0 33,987 18.6 11.9
Left Harald Petzold 26,839 14.7 4.7 26,091 14.3 3.9
Green Petra Budke 9,685 5.3 0.3 11,684 6.4 0.7
FDP Volkmar Richter 9,514 5.2 3.7 13,912 7.6 4.6
Tierschutzpartei   3,703 2.0
PARTEI Stefan Reckin 3,351 1.8 2,415 1.3
FW Heinz Ließke 2,684 1.5 0.0 1,770 1.0 0.1
NPD   1,476 0.8 1.6
Pirates Thomas Ney 1,174 0.6 2.4
BGE   613 0.3
DM 519 0.3
ÖDP   299 0.2
DKP 403 0.2 0.0 217 0.1
MLPD   100 0.1 0.0
Informal votes 2,722 2,402
Total Valid votes 182,290 182,610
Turnout 185,012 76.1 4.7
CDU hold Majority 13,032 7.2 2.3

2013 election
Federal election (2013): Oberhavel – Havelland 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Uwe Feiler 65,081 37.5 9.8 63,199 36.2 11.4
SPD N Angelika Krüger-Leißner 48,668 28.0 1.2 41,603 23.8 1.8
Left Harald Petzold 34,046 19.6 4.6 32,023 18.3 4.9
AfD   11,713 6.7
Green Maria Heider 8,510 4.9 2.4 9,861 5.7 2.1
NPD Detlef Appel 5,880 3.4 0.1 4,273 2.4 0.0
Pirates Anke Domscheit-Berg 5,281 3.0 3,894 2.2 0.1
FDP Georg Neubauer 2,571 1.5 6.3 5,119 2.9 8.5
FW Peter Heck 2,481 1.4 1,577 0.9
Independent Erhard Peschel 895 0.5
PRO 787 0.5
DKP   306 0.2
REP   304 0.2 0.1
MLPD   168 0.1 0.0
Informal votes 3,659 2,857
Total Valid votes 173,719 174,521
Turnout 177,378 70.8 2.1
CDU gain from SPD Majority 16,413 9.5

2009 election
Federal election (2009): Oberhavel – Havelland 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
SPD Y Angelika Krüger-Leißner 48,621 29.2 12.8 42,959 25.7 10.5
CDU Uwe Feiler 46,088 27.7 1.2 41,575 24.8 2.8
Left Harald Petzold 40,334 24.2 2.3 38,980 23.3 1.3
FDP Horst-Peter Stein 12,963 7.8 3.6 19,163 11.5 3.5
Green Dietmar Strehl 12,193 7.3 12,974 7.8 1.2
NPD Lore Lierse 5,400 3.2 0.0 4,153 2.5 0.7
Pirates   3,891 2.3
DVU   1,305 0.8
FWD 1,299 0.8
REP   478 0.3
BüSo 377 0.2
MLPD   181 0.1 0.1
Informal votes 4,907 4,179
Total Valid votes 166,607 167,335
Turnout 171,514 68.6 8.1
SPD hold Majority 2,533 1.5

References
  1. "Constituency Oberhavel – Havelland II". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Oberhavel – Havelland II". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. Results for Oberhavel – Havelland II
  4. Results for Oberhavel – Havelland II
  5. Results for Oberhavel – Havelland II
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