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Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming II

Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming 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 61. It is located in western Brandenburg, comprising the city of Potsdam and small parts of the Potsdam-Mittelmark and Teltow-Fläming districts.[1]

61 Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming II
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming II in 2025
StateBrandenburg
Population302,700 (2019)
Electorate232,797 (2021)
Major settlementsPotsdam
Area556.2 km2
Current electoral district
Created1990
PartySPD
MemberOlaf Scholz
Elected2021

Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming II was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. Since 2021, it has been represented by the Chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]

Geography

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Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming II is located in western Brandenburg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Potsdam as well as the municipalities of Kleinmachnow, Michendorf, Nuthetal, Schwielowsee, Stahnsdorf, and Teltow from the Potsdam-Mittelmark district and the Ludwigsfelde municipality from the Teltow-Fläming district.[1]

History

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Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming II was created after German reunification in 1990, then known as Potsdam. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the 1990 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 276 in the numbering system. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 61. In the 2009 election, it was number 62. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 61.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Potsdam and a few surrounding municipalities in the district of Potsdam-Land (abolished in 1993). It acquired its current configuration in the 2002 election, when it took on many more municipalities from the Potsdam-Mittelmark district and a few from the Teltow-Fläming district. Upon the abolition of the Fahrland Amt ahead of the 2005 election, the former municipality of Seeburg was transferred out of the constituency. At the same time, it gained the former municipalities of Derwitz and Groß Schulzendorf. In the 2009 election, it lost the municipalities of Blankenfelde-Mahlow and Rangsdorf. Because of a growing population in Potsdam itself, it lost the municipality of Großbeeren in the 2017 election and the municipality of Werder (Havel) in the 2021 election.

Election No. Name Borders
1990 276 Potsdam
  • Potsdam city
  • Potsdam-Land district (only eastern municipalities)
1994
1998
2002 61 Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming II
2005
2009 62
2013 61
2017
2021
2025

Members

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Due to the dominance of Potsdam, Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming II has been a stronghold of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), which won the constituency in every election except in the 2013 CDU landslide.

The constituency was first represented by Emil Schnell (SPD) from 1990 to 2002, followed by Andrea Wicklein from 2002 to 2013. The constituency was won by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in the 2013 election, and represented by Katherina Reiche. She resigned in 2015 to become CEO of the Association of Local Utilities (VKU). In the 2017 election, SPD candidate Manja Schüle was elected. She resigned in November 2019 after being appointed to the state government of Brandenburg. Vice-Chancellor and SPD lead candidate Olaf Scholz was elected in 2021.

Election Member Party %
1990 Emil Schnell SPD 34.0
1994 42.0
1998 41.1
2002 Andrea Wicklein SPD 41.8
2005 40.7
2009 28.7
2013 Katherina Reiche CDU 32.6
2017 Manja Schüle SPD 26.1
2021 Olaf Scholz SPD 34.0

Election results

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2021 election

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Federal election (2021): Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming 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 % ±%
SPD Olaf Scholz 64,271 34.0   7.6 50,965 27.0   8.5
Greens Annalena Baerbock 35,452 18.8   10.5 35,865 19.0   8.9
CDU Saskia Ludwig 26,050 13.8   10.3 26,287 13.9   10.4
AfD Tim Krause 17,302 9.2   3.0 18,658 9.9   3.4
FDP Linda Teuteberg 16,872 8.9   1.4 20,210 10.7   1.5
Left Norbert Müller 14,701 7.8   8.9 19,110 10.1   8.2
Human Environment Animal Protection   4,562 2.4   0.5
FW Andreas Menzel 3,439 1.8   0.5 3,115 1.6   0.8
PARTEI Orson Baecker 3,367 1.8   0.7 2,795 1.5   0.3
dieBasis Dorit Rust 3,019 1.6 2,977 1.6
Volt Benjamin Körner 1,004 0.5 1,022 0.5
Independent Lu Yen Roloff 845 0.4
Pirates   705 0.4
Unabhängige 613 0.3
ÖDP Daniel Margraf 804 0.4 575 0.3   0.1
Team Todenhöfer   469 0.2
Humanists Lukas Minogue 458 0.2 368 0.2
Independent Edmund Müller 442 0.2
Independent Ingo Charnow 393 0.2
DKP Frank Ehrhardt 369 0.2   0.1 271 0.1   0.0
NPD   239 0.1   0.2
MLPD   79 0.0   0.0
Independent Antje Grütte 57 0.0
Informal votes 1,702 1,662
Total valid votes 188,845 188,885
Turnout 190,547 81.9   2.4
SPD hold Majority 28,819 15.2   14.0

2017 election

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Federal election (2017): Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming 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 % ±%
SPD Manja Schüle 50,588 26.1   6.2 35,773 18.5   6.5
CDU Saskia Ludwig 48,095 24.9   7.4 48,015 24.8   6.3
Left Norbert Müller 31,840 16.5   3.9 35,106 18.1   2.9
AfD René Springer 23,890 12.3 26,133 13.5   7.8
Greens Annalena Baerbock 15,549 8.0   0.8 19,079 9.8   0.7
FDP Linda Teuteberg 14,425 7.5   5.7 17,768 9.2   5.9
PARTEI 4,575 2.4 3,410 1.8
Human Environment Animal Protection   3,656 1.9
FW 2,484 1.3 1,606 0.8   0.3
BGE   1,073 0.6
Pirates 1,041 0.5   2.5
NPD   682 0.4   0.8
DM 662 0.3
DKP 551 0.3 328 0.2
Independent Müller 472 0.2
ÖDP   432 0.2
MLPD   146 0.1   0.1
Informal votes 2,292 1,933
Total valid votes 193,510 193,869
Turnout 195,802 79.1   4.7
SPD gain from CDU Majority 2,493 1.2

2013 election

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Federal election (2013): Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming 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 % ±%
CDU Katherina Reiche 58,399 32.6   8.6 56,449 31.4   9.9
SPD  N Andrea Wicklein 57,669 32.2   3.5 44,723 24.9   1.2
Left Norbert Müller 35,914 20.0   8.5 37,294 20.7   4.7
Greens Annalena Baerbock 12,903 7.2   2.5 16,241 9.0   1.7
AfD   10,282 5.7
Pirates Cornelius Everding 5,445 3.0 4,814 2.7   0.4
FDP Jacqueline Krüger 3,200 1.8   5.5 5,900 3.3   7.3
NPD Florian Stein 3,147 1.8   0.0 2,067 1.1   0.1
Independent Rolf Hercher 1,243 0.7
FW   1,045 0.6
Independent Christoph Hörstel 719 0.4
PRO 610 0.3
Independent Edmund Ernst Müller 500 0.3
MLPD   265 0.1   0.0
REP   207 0.1   0.0
Informal votes 3,088 2,330
Total valid votes 179,139 179,897
Turnout 182,227 74.4   1.6
CDU gain from SPD Majority 730 0.4

2009 election

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Federal election (2009): Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming II[6]
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 Andrea Wicklein 48,720 28.7   12.2 44,450 26.0   11.4
Left Rolf Kutzmutz 48,515 28.6   2.3 43,354 25.4   1.4
CDU Katherina Reiche 40,708 24.0   2.6 36,600 24.4   2.8
Greens Cornelia Behm 16,479 9.7   5.0 18,279 10.7   1.9
FDP Jan Syré 12,356 7.3   3.8 17,986 10.5   2.9
Pirates   5,171 3.0
NPD Dieter Woche 3,061 1.8   0.0 2,129 1.2   0.5
FWD 942 0.6
DVU   939 0.6
BüSo 345 0.2
REP   269 0.2
MLPD   202 0.1   0.1
Informal votes 4,387 3,560
Total valid votes 169,839 170,666
Turnout 174,226 72.8   6.6
SPD hold Majority 205 0.1   14.5

References

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  1. ^ a b "Constituency Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming II". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. ^ "Results for Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming II". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. ^ Results for Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming II
  4. ^ Results for Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming II
  5. ^ Results for Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming II
  6. ^ Results for Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming II
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