Pinneberg (electoral district)

Pinneberg 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 7. It is located in southwestern Schleswig-Holstein, coterminous with the Pinneberg district.

7 Pinneberg
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Pinneberg in 2025
State	Schleswig-Holstein
Population	316,100 (2019)
Electorate	238,388 (2021)
Major settlements	Elmshorn Pinneberg Wedel
Area	664.3 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	SPD
Member	Ralf Stegner
Elected	2021

Pinneberg was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Ralf Stegner of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).

Geography

Pinneberg is located in southwestern Schleswig-Holstein. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Pinneberg district. This includes the small Heligoland islands (1.7 km², population 1,309) off the North Sea coast.

History

Pinneberg was created in 1949. Until 1965, it was constituency 12 in the number system; from 1965 to 1976 it was constituency 9. Since 1976, it has been constituency 7. It has been coterminous with the Pinneberg district since its creation.

Members

The constituency was held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) during the inaugural term of the Bundestag, during which time it was represented by Anni Krahnstöver. It was won by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in 1953, and represented by Wilhelm Goldhagen (until 1961) and Rolf Bremer. In 1969, it was won again by the SPD, and represented in turn by Hans-Ulrich Brand and Hermann P. Reiser, who each served for a single term. Party fellow Reinhard Ueberhorst represented it from 1976 until 1983, when it was won by Ingrid Roitzsch of the CDU. She was succeeded by Gert Willner from 1994 to 1998 before the constituency was again won by the SPD. Ernst Dieter Rossmann represented it for two terms. Ole Schröder of the CDU served from 2005 to 2017, before being succeeded by party fellow Michael von Abercron in 2017. Ralf Stegner was elected for the SPD in 2021.

With the exception of the 1949 election, Pinneberg can be considered Germany's bellwether constituency, having always voted for the party that would win the chancellorship. (In 1969, 1976 and 1980 elections, CDU-CSU came first, but SPD formed the government.)

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Anni Krahnstöver	SPD	36.3
	1953	Wilhelm Goldhagen	CDU	38.9
	1957			45.8
	1961			41.4
	1965	Rolf Bremer	CDU	50.0
	1969	Hans-Ulrich Brand	SPD	46.3
	1972	Hermann P. Reiser	SPD	51.3
	1976	Reinhard Ueberhorst	SPD	46.2
	1980			48.6
	1983	Ingrid Roitzsch	CDU	49.5
	1987			45.9
	1990			43.9
	1994	Gert Willner	CDU	44.7
	1998	Ernst Dieter Rossmann	SPD	47.9
	2002			46.4
	2005	Ole Schröder	CDU	44.2
	2009			40.8
	2013			45.4
	2017	Michael von Abercron	CDU	39.7
	2021	Ralf Stegner	SPD	31.2

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Pinneberg
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	Ralf Stegner		59,298	31.2	0.9	55,693	29.3	6.3
	CDU	N Michael von Abercron		49,710	26.2	13.5	42,057	22.1	12.2
	Greens	Jens Herrndorff		32,109	16.9	8.6	34,291	18.0	6.6
	FDP	Philipp Rösch		20,737	10.9	3.2	25,663	13.5	0.2
	AfD	Joachim Schneider		12,141	6.4	1.5	13,080	6.9	1.7
	Left	Cornelia Möhring		5,659	3.0	3.1	6,363	3.3	3.7
	dieBasis	Sabine Lehmann		2,895	1.5		2,389	1.3
	SSW	Claudia Edmund		2,622	1.4		2,527	1.3
	Human Environment Animal Protection						2,320	1.2
	FW	Kathrin Arbeck		2,380	1.3		1,731	0.9	0.4
	PARTEI	Erkan Inak		2,352	1.2		1,805	0.9	0.2
	Team Todenhöfer						799	0.4
	Volt						457	0.2
	V-Partei3						208	0.1
	ÖDP						202	0.1	0.1
	NPD						188	0.1	0.1
	Humanists						182	0.1
	du.						127	0.1
	LKR	Rainer Urban		166	0.1		108	0.1
	DKP						59	0.0
	MLPD						21	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,443			1,242
Total valid votes				190,069			190,270
Turnout				191,512	80.3	1.6
	SPD gain from CDU		Majority	9,588	5.0

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Pinneberg
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	Michael von Abercron		73,816	39.7	5.7	63,863	34.3	6.3
	SPD	Ernst Dieter Rossmann		56,460	30.3	5.8	42,729	22.9	8.3
	Greens	Bernd Möbius		15,379	8.3	1.9	21,336	11.4	2.8
	AfD	Joachim Schneider		14,729	7.9	4.1	15,977	8.6	3.8
	FDP	Olaf Klampe		14,441	7.8	5.9	24,735	13.3	7.7
	Left	Cornelia Möhring		11,270	6.1	2.1	13,111	7.0	2.0
	PARTEI						2,200	1.2
	FW						954	0.5	0.1
	BGE						541	0.3
	NPD						446	0.2	0.5
	ÖDP						428	0.2
	MLPD						52	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,620			1,343
Total valid votes				186,095			186,372
Turnout				187,715	78.7	2.7
	CDU hold		Majority	17,356	9.4	0.1

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Pinneberg
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 Ole Schröder		80,483	45.4	4.6	72,006	40.6	7.5
	SPD	Ernst Dieter Rossmann		64,006	36.1	4.3	55,371	31.2	4.9
	Greens	Valerie Wilms		11,324	6.4	3.0	15,291	8.6	3.5
	Left	Cornelia Möhring		6,985	3.9	2.9	8,910	5.0	2.7
	AfD	Sebastian Hausmann		6,766	3.8		8,479	4.8
	FDP	Olaf Klampe		3,303	1.9	8.0	9,863	5.6	11.0
	Pirates	Birgitt Piepgras		3,225	1.8		3,370	1.9	0.2
	NPD	Ingo Stawitz		1,260	0.7	0.4	1,319	0.7	0.3
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,271	0.7
	FW						786	0.4
	Rentner						665	0.4	0.5
	MLPD						42	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,703			1,682
Total valid votes				177,352			177,373
Turnout				179,055	76.0	0.3
	CDU hold		Majority	16,477	9.3	0.3

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Pinneberg
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 Ole Schröder		70,458	40.8	3.5	57,203	33.1	3.8
	SPD	Ernst Dieter Rossmann		54,950	31.8	11.0	45,540	26.3	11.1
	FDP	Olaf Klampe		17,018	9.8	6.2	28,640	16.6	6.3
	Greens	Valerie Wilms		16,143	9.3	4.4	20,978	12.1	3.1
	Left	Klaus-Dieter Brügmann		11,794	6.8	3.5	13,412	7.8	3.4
	Pirates						3,659	2.1
	NPD	Ingo Stawitz		1,912	1.1	0.1	1,743	1.0	0.0
	Rentner						1,571	0.9
	Independent	Rolf Hoffmann		529	0.3
	DVU						193	0.1
	MLPD						56	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				3,384			3,193
Total valid votes				172,804			172,995
Turnout				176,188	75.6	6.0
	CDU hold		Majority	15,508	9.0	7.5