Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz 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 | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
![]() Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz in 2025 | |
State | Brandenburg |
Population | 195,200 (2019) |
Electorate | 162,410 (2021) |
Major settlements | Senftenberg Finsterwalde Lauchhammer |
Area | 2,844.52 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 2002 |
Party | SPD |
Member | Hannes Walter |
Elected | 2021 |
Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz was created for the 2002 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Hannes Walter of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]
Geography
editElbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz is located in southern Brandenburg. As of the 2025 federal election, it comprises the Elbe-Elster district and the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district.[1]
History
editElbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz 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. Until 2025, it excluded the municipality of Lübbenau.
Election | No. | Name | Borders |
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2002 | 65 | Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz II |
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2005 | |||
2009 | 66 | ||
2013 | 65 | ||
2017 | |||
2021 | |||
2025 | Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz |
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Members
editThe 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. Hannes Walter regained the constituency for the SPD in 2021.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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2002 | Stephan Hilsberg | SPD | 44.5 | |
2005 | 34.8 | |||
2009 | Michael Stübgen | CDU | 28.9 | |
2013 | 40.9 | |||
2017 | 29.5 | |||
2021 | Hannes Walter | SPD | 25.4 |
Election results
edit2021 election
editFederal election (2021): Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz II[3] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
SPD | Hannes Walter | 29,998 | 25.4 | 8.7 | 33,412 | 28.2 | 12.8 | ||
AfD | Silvio Wolf | 29,560 | 25.0 | 0.3 | 29,849 | 25.2 | 0.0 | ||
CDU | Knut Abraham | 19,130 | 16.2 | 13.3 | 17,776 | 15.0 | 12.7 | ||
Left | Yvonne Mahlo | 10,630 | 9.0 | 7.2 | 8,532 | 7.2 | 8.3 | ||
FDP | Martin Neumann | 10,597 | 9.0 | 3.6 | 11,114 | 9.4 | 2.7 | ||
Independent | Marcel Respa | 5,066 | 4.3 | 2,022 | 1.7 | ||||
FW | Roxana Trasper | 4,872 | 4.1 | 0.1 | 3,657 | 3.1 | 1.4 | ||
Greens | Paul-Philipp Neumann | 4,110 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 4,920 | 4.2 | 1.6 | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 2,564 | 2.2 | 0.6 | ||||||
PARTEI | Bianca Schröder | 2,245 | 1.9 | 1,383 | 1.2 | 0.2 | |||
dieBasis | Kay-Uwe Blietz | 1,719 | 1.5 | 1,449 | 1.2 | ||||
NPD | 637 | 0.5 | 0.9 | ||||||
Pirates | 437 | 0.4 | |||||||
Independent | Ilona Janda | 356 | 0.3 | ||||||
Volt | 194 | 0.2 | |||||||
Team Todenhöfer | 156 | 0.1 | |||||||
ÖDP | 128 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
DKP | 92 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
Humanists | 87 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | 55 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,068 | 1,887 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 118,283 | 118,464 | |||||||
Turnout | 120,351 | 74.1 | 0.9 | ||||||
SPD gain from CDU | Majority | 438 | 0.4 |
2017 election
editFederal election (2017): Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz II[4] | |||||||||
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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 | |||
Greens | Stefan Schön | 3,543 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 3,146 | 2.6 | 0.1 | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 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
editFederal election (2013): Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz II[5] | |||||||||
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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 | |||
Greens | 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
editFederal election (2009): Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz II[6] | |||||||||
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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 | ||
Greens | 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
edit- ^ a b "Constituency Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz II". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Results for Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz II". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ Results for Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz II
- ^ Results for Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz II
- ^ Results for Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz II
- ^ Results for Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz II