Elbe-Elster I

36: Elbe-Elster I
Electoral district
for the Landtag of Brandenburg
Elbe-Elster I in 2024
DistrictElbe-Elster
Electorate43,996 (2024)
Major settlementsFalkenberg/Elster, Finsterwalde, Herzberg, Schönewalde, Sonnewalde, and Uebigau-Wahrenbrück
Current electoral district
Created1994
PartyAfD
MemberPeter Drenske[1]


Elbe-Elster I is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the Landtag of Brandenburg. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 36. It is located in within the district of Elbe-Elster.[2]

Geography

The constituency includes the towns of Falkenberg/Elster, Finsterwalde, Herzberg, Schönewalde, Sonnewalde, and Uebigau-Wahrenbrück, as well as the districts of Kleine Elster and Schlieben.

There were 43,996 eligible voters in 2024.[3]

Members

Election Member Party %
2004 Carolin Steinmetzer-Mann PDS 32.5
2009 Left 31.5
2014 Rainer Genilke CDU 31.4
2019 Peter Drenske AfD 25.5
2024 36.3

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Elbe-Elster I[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
AfD Green tickY Peter Drenske 11,474 36.4 Increase 10.9 10,383 32.7 Increase 6.2
SPD Dominic Hake 8,755 27.7 Increase 4.3 9,205 29.0 Increase 2.9
BSW   4,697 14.8
CDU Rainer Genilke 7,007 22.2 Decrease 2.1 4,069 12.8 Decrease 6.7
BVB/FW Zierenberg 3,406 10.8 Increase 2.2 1,007 3.2 Decrease 2.7
Left   694 2.2 Decrease 6.7
APT   562 1.8 Decrease 0.7
Greens Große Holtrup 554 1.8 Decrease 3.4 470 1.5 Decrease 3.7
DLW   191 0.6
FDP Hänig 364 1.2 Decrease 2.9 188 0.6 Decrease 3.5
Plus   168 0.5 Decrease 0.6
Values   61 0.2
Third Way   45 0.1
DKP   26 0.1
Informal votes 515 309
Total valid votes 31,560 31,766
Turnout 32,075 72.9 Increase 11.3
AfD hold Majority 2,719 8.7 Increase 7.5

2019 election

State election (2019): Elbe-Elster I[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
AfD Peter Drenske 7,133 25.5 7,431 26.5 Increase 16.0
CDU Red XN Rainer Genilke 6,791 24.3 Decrease 7.1 5,464 19.5 Decrease 7.5
SPD Barbara Hackenschmidt 6,560 23.4 Decrease 4.1 7,315 26.1 Decrease 6.7
Left Aaron Birnbaum 2,512 9.0 Decrease 11.5 2,479 8.8 Decrease 7.1
BVB/FW Axel Eckert 2,407 8.6 Decrease 8.4 1,658 5.9 Increase 0.4
Greens Friedericke Ullrich 1,450 5.2 Increase 1.6 1,454 5.2 Increase 2.3
FDP Reiko Mahler 1,143 4.1 1,154 4.1 Increase 2.8
Tierschutzpartei   700 2.5
Pirates   196 0.7 Decrease 0.5
ÖDP   119 0.4
V-Partei3   71 0.3
Informal votes 406 361
Total valid votes 27,996 28,041
Turnout 28,402 61.6 Increase 11.9
AfD gain from CDU Majority 342 1.2

2014 election

State election (2014): Elbe-Elster I[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Rainer Genilke 7,390 31.4 Increase 6.6 6,409 27.0 Increase 4.0
SPD Barbara Hackenschmidt 6,459 27.5 Increase 1.6 7,794 32.8 Increase 0.4
Left Red XN Carolin Steinmetzer-Mann 4,828 20.5 Decrease 11.0 3,780 15.9 Decrease 10.8
AfD   2,504 10.5
BVB/FW Iris Schülzke 3,995 17.0 Increase 14.9 1,300 5.5 Increase 3.9
Greens Gerhard Strauß 837 3.6 Decrease 0.2 699 2.9 Decrease 0.2
NPD   559 2.4 Decrease 0.1
FDP   297 1.3 Decrease 5.7
Pirates   290 1.2
REP   69 0.3 Steady
DKP   44 0.2 Increase 0.1
Informal votes 708 472
Total valid votes 23,509 23,745
Turnout 24,217 49.7 Decrease 18.7
CDU gain from Left Majority 931 3.9

2009 election

State election (2009): Prignitz I[7]
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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Left Green tickY Carolin Steinmetzer-Mann 10,713 31.5 Decrease 1.0 9,159 26.7 Increase 1.0
SPD Barbara Hackenschmidt 8,830 25.9 Decrease 0.4 11,118 32.4 Increase 0.2
CDU Rainer Genilke 8,436 24.8 Decrease 3.3 7,903 23.0 Increase 0.5
FDP Johannes Wohmann 2,988 8.8 Increase 3.2 2,400 7.0 Increase 3.1
Greens Klaus Peschel 1,284 3.8 Increase 0.6 1,065 3.1 Increase 1.3
NPD Michael Grabow 1,082 3.2 872 2.5
DVU   671 2.0 Decrease 5.8
BVB/FW Ronald Kulok 717 2.1 540 1.6
50Plus 203 0.6 Decrease 0.5
RRP 155 0.5
Die-Volksinitiative 145 0.4
REP   91 0.3
DKP   33 0.1 Steady
Informal votes 1,357 1,052
Total valid votes 34,050 34,355
Turnout 35,407 68.4 Increase 9.8
Left hold Majority 1,883 5.6 Increase 1.2

2004 election

State election (2004): Elbe-Elster I[8]
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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
PDS Carolin Steinmetzer 10,089 32.53 8,035 25.66
CDU Wilfried Schrey 8,710 28.09 7,047 22.50
SPD Barbara Hackenschmidt 8,154 26.29 10,082 32.20
DVU   2,428 7.75
FDP Michael Walter 1,725 5.56 1,211 3.87
Familie   804 2.57
AfW (Free Voters) Michael Buchweitz 1,335 4.30 263 0.84
Greens Klaus Peschel 998 3.22 558 1.78
50Plus 350 1.12
Gray Panthers 159 0.51
Yes Brandenburg 124 0.40
BRB 105 0.34
AUB-Brandenburg 87 0.28
DKP   31 0.10
Schill   30 0.10
Informal votes 1,003 700
Total valid votes 31,011 31,314
Turnout 32,014 58.64
PDS win new seat Majority 1,379 4.44

References

  1. ^ "Ergebnisse Landtagswahl in 36 - Elbe-Elster I".
  2. ^ "Seite wird geladen" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Ergebnisse Landtagswahl in 36 - Elbe-Elster I".
  4. ^ https://wahlergebnisse.brandenburg.de/12/500/20240922/landtagswahl_land/ergebnisse_wahlkreis_36.html
  5. ^ https://www.tagesschau.de/wahl/archiv/2019-09-01-LT-DE-BB/charts/wahlkreis-detail/WK036-17.shtml
  6. ^ https://www.statistischebibliothek.de/mir/receive/BBHeft_mods_00011168
  7. ^ https://www.statistischebibliothek.de/mir/receive/BBHeft_mods_00022817
  8. ^ https://www.statistischebibliothek.de/mir/receive/BBHeft_mods_00022813

See also