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

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.

Location of constituency in Brandenburg

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
2013 German federal election: 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 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%
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% 2.6% 3,617 2.2% 0.5%
FW Barbara Wolff 3,670 2.2% 2.2% 2,381 1.4% 1.4%
FDP Alice Löning 1,989 1.2% 6.1% 4,526 2.7% 7.0%
REP Heiko Müller 924 0.6% 0.6% 579 0.3% 0.1%
DKP Lothar Nätebusch 333 0.2% 0.2%
AfD   10,605 6.4% 6.4%
pro-Deutschland   713 0.4% 0.4%
MLPD   180 0.1%
Informal votes 3,478 3,029
Total Valid votes 166,002 166,451
CDU gain from SPD Majority 16,409 9.8%
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References
  1. Nachwuchspolitikerin Schimke (CDU) erobert den Spreewald, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg, accessed 6 November 2014
  2. Constituency boundaries Archived 2014-11-05 at the Wayback Machine, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 5 November 2014
  3. https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/en/bundestagswahlen/2013/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-12/wahlkreis-62.html
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