Flensburg – Schleswig

Flensburg – Schleswig 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 1. It is located in northeastern Schleswig-Holstein, comprising the city of Flensburg and the Schleswig-Flensburg district.

1 Flensburg – Schleswig
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Flensburg – Schleswig in 2025
State	Schleswig-Holstein
Population	219,300 (2019)
Electorate	231,536 (2021)
Major settlements	Flensburg Schleswig
Area	2,124.3 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1976
Party	GRÜNE
Member	Robert Habeck
Elected	2021

Flensburg – Schleswig was created for the 1976 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Robert Habeck of the Alliance 90/The Greens.

Geography

Flensburg – Schleswig is located in northeastern Schleswig-Holstein. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the urban district of Flensburg and the district of Schleswig-Flensburg.

History

Flensburg – Schleswig was created in 1976 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Flensburg and Schleswig – Eckernförde. Its borders and constituency number have not changed since its creation.

Members

The constituency was held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from its creation in 1976 until 1983, during which time it was represented by Egon Bahr. It was won by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in 1983, and represented by Harm Dallmeyer (until 1987) and Wolfgang Börnsen. In 1998, it was won by the SPD's Wolfgang Wodarg. Former member Börnsen won the constituency again in 2009, and represented it until 2013. He was succeeded by Sabine Sütterlin-Waack, who served until 2017, and then by Petra Nicolaisen. Robert Habeck of the Greens won the constituency in the 2021 election.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1976	Egon Bahr	SPD	49.0
	1980			49.7
	1983	Harm Dallmeyer	CDU	49.7
	1987	Wolfgang Börnsen	CDU	46.0
	1990			47.2
	1994			45.6
	1998	Wolfgang Wodarg	SPD	50.2
	2002			44.2
	2005			44.2
	2009	Wolfgang Börnsen	CDU	38.8
	2013	Sabine Sütterlin-Waack	CDU	42.5
	2017	Petra Nicolaisen	CDU	40.0
	2021	Robert Habeck	GRÜNE	28.1

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Flensburg – Schleswig
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	%	±%
	Greens	Robert Habeck		50,231	28.1	17.6	33,300	18.6	5.6
	CDU	N Petra Nicolaisen		41,721	23.4	16.6	36,421	20.4	13.8
	SPD	Franziska Brzezicha		38,927	21.8	6.2	45,508	25.5	1.8
	SSW	Stefan Seidler		13,020	7.3		16,415	9.2
	FDP	Christoph Anastasiadis		12,299	6.9	0.3	19,189	10.7	0.4
	AfD	Jan Petersen-Brendel		9,768	5.5	0.7	10,317	5.8	1.1
	Left	Katrine Hoop		6,544	3.7	3.5	7,475	4.2	4.0
	dieBasis	Marko Wölbing		3,356	1.9		2,866	1.6
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,990	1.1
	PARTEI						1,844	1.0	0.2
	FW	Arne Olaf Jöhnk		2,324	1.3	0.2	1,715	1.0	0.3
	Volt						403	0.2
	Team Todenhöfer						318	0.2
	V-Partei3						194	0.1
	Humanists						157	0.1
	NPD						138	0.1	0.1
	ÖDP						132	0.1	0.1
	du.	Dariush Keshavarz Khorasgani		227	0.1		118	0.1
	LKR	Uwe Christiansen		157	0.1		73	0.0
	DKP						40	0.0
	MLPD						12	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,537			1,487
Total valid votes				178,575			178,625
Turnout				180,112	77.8	2.5
	Greens gain from CDU		Majority	8,510	4.7

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Flensburg – Schleswig
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	Petra Nicolaisen		68,120	40.0	2.5	58,320	34.2	4.0
	SPD	Clemens Teschendorf		47,711	28.0	9.2	40,388	23.7	8.9
	Greens	Peter Wittenhorst		17,911	10.5	2.7	22,304	13.1	3.3
	FDP	Christian Lucks		11,147	6.5	4.7	18,955	11.1	6.1
	Left	Hermann Soldan		12,144	7.1	2.5	14,002	8.2	2.6
	AfD	Frank Hansen		10,583	6.2	3.0	11,653	6.8	2.8
	PARTEI						2,100	1.2
	FW	Arne-Olaf Jöhnk		1,947	1.1		1,195	0.7	0.1
	BGE						843	0.5
	Independent	Uwe Krüger-Winands		755	0.4
	NPD						349	0.2	0.4
	MLPD						59	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,596			1,449
Total valid votes				170,318			170,465
Turnout				171,914	75.2	3.5
	CDU hold		Majority	20,409	12.0	6.7

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Flensburg – Schleswig
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	Sabine Sütterlin-Waack		68,235	42.5	3.7	61,347	38.2	6.1
	SPD	Dirk Peddinghaus		59,718	37.2	4.5	52,396	32.6	6.4
	Greens	Marlene Löhr		12,491	7.8	2.5	15,734	9.8	4.0
	Left	Heinz-Werner Jezewski		7,436	4.6	2.9	9,084	5.7	2.8
	AfD	Hans Ulrich Post		5,234	3.3		6,563	4.1
	Pirates	Nadine Lindenberg		3,418	2.1		3,183	2.0	0.1
	FDP	Carsten-Peter Brodersen		3,039	1.9	7.7	8,065	5.0	10.2
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,459	0.9
	FW						1,042	0.6
	NPD	Wolfgang Schimmel		955	0.6	0.2	929	0.6	0.2
	BGE						843	0.5
	Rentner						790	0.5	0.7
	MLPD						44	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,223			2,113
Total valid votes				160,526			160,636
Turnout				162,749	71.7	0.8
	CDU hold		Majority	8,517	5.3	0.8

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Flensburg – Schleswig
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	Wolfgang Börnsen		61,793	38.8	5.2	51,068	32.1	4.3
	SPD	N Wolfgang Wodarg		52,139	32.7	11.5	41,793	26.3	12.8
	Greens	Ingrid Nestle		16,399	10.3	6.1	21,967	13.8	5.8
	FDP	Jörg Petersen		15,292	9.6	6.4	24,187	15.2	5.5
	Left	Heinz-Werner Jezewski		11,918	7.5	3.8	13,481	8.5	3.7
	Pirates						3,385	2.1
	Rentner						1,821	1.1
	NPD	Kevin Stein		1,302	0.8	0.0	1,240	0.8	0.0
	Centre	Hans-Werner Jarmer		369	0.2
	DVU						159	0.1
	MLPD						47	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				4,117			4,181
Total valid votes				159,212			159,148
Turnout				163,329	72.5	5.2
	CDU gain from SPD		Majority	9,654	6.1

2005 election

Federal election (2005): Flensburg – Schleswig
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 Wolfgang Wodarg		74,802	44.2	4.4	66,099	39.1	5.0
	CDU	Wolfgang Börnsen		74,480	44.0	2.7	61,535	36.4	0.1
	Greens	Grietje Bettin		7,068	4.2	0.2	13,597	8.0	1.1
	Left	Meenhard Smit		6,150	3.6	2.5	8,120	4.8	3.5
	FDP	Jörg Petersen		5,347	3.2	1.0	16,397	9.7	2.2
	Familie						2,025	1.2
	NPD	Artur Nissen		1,306	0.8		1,359	0.8	0.6
	MLPD						99	0.1
Informal votes				2,674			2,596
Total valid votes				169,153			169,231
Turnout				171,827	77.8	1.2
	SPD hold		Majority	322	0.2	7.1