Barnim II (electoral district)

14: Barnim II
14: Barnim II
Electoral district; for the Landtag of Brandenburg
	Barnim II in 2024
District	Barnim
Electorate	52,862 (2024)
Major settlements	Bernau bei Berlin
Current electoral district
Created	1994
Party	AfD
Member	John Steffen

Last updated September 11, 2025

Barnim II 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 14. It is located in the Barnim district^[2]

Geography

The constituency includes the town of Bernau bei Berlin, as well as the municipality of Panketal.

There were 52,862 eligible voters in 2024.^[3]

Members

	Member	Party	%
2004	Dagmar Enkelmann	PDS	39.3
2009	Ralf Christoffers	Left	34.7
2014	Britta Stark	SPD	27.4
2019	Péter Vida	BVB/FW	24.0
2024	Steffen John	AfD	26.3

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Barnim 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	AfD	Steffen John		10,289	26.3	9.4	9,658	24.6	5.2
	SPD	Martina Maxi Schmidt		9,437	24.1	2.4	11,218	28.6	7.3
	BSW						5,810	14.8
	BVB/FW	N Péter Vida		9,357	23.9		3,461	8.8	6.7
	CDU	Grosche		4,865	12.4	2.1	4,083	10.4	1.0
	Left	Holz		2,997	7.7	7.6	1,584	4.0	10.5
	Greens	Brecht-Hadraschek		1,359	3.5	4.5	1,629	4.1	6.9
	Tierschutzpartei						822	2.1	0.4
	Plus						494	1.3	0.3
	FDP	Donat		337	0.9	1.1	278	0.7	1.9
	Independent	Link		254	0.6
	dieBasis	Brendel		193	0.5
	Values						92	0.2
	DLW						83	0.2
	Third Way						37	0.1
	DKP						30	0.1
Informal votes				473			282
Total valid votes				39,088			39,279
Turnout				39,561	74.8	13.4
	AfD gain from BVB/FW		Majority	852	2.2

2019 election

State election (2019): Barnim 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	%	±%
	BVB/FW	Péter Vida		7,318	24.0	14.2	4,736	15.5	8.1
	SPD	N Britta Stark		6,653	21.8	5.6	6,496	21.3	5.9
	AfD	Hans Link		5,185	17.0	8.6	5,937	19.4	8.4
	Left	Ralf Christoffers		4,663	15.3	12.1	4,444	14.5	11.0
	CDU	Daniel Sauer		3,164	10.4	7.9	3,482	11.4	6.4
	Greens	Danilo Zoschnik		2,424	7.9	2.0	3,367	11.0	4.6
	FDP	Renate Prauß		612	2.0	1.2	787	2.6	1.6
	Tierschutzpartei						750	2.5
	Die PARTEI	Mario Schlauß		536	1.8
	Pirates						325	1.1	0.5
	ÖDP						143	0.5
	V-Partei3						78	0.3
Informal votes				302			312
Total valid votes				30,555			30,545
Turnout				30,857	61.4	11.1
	BVB/FW gain from SPD		Majority	665	2.2

2014 election

State election (2014): Barnim 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	Britta Stark		6,512	27.5	0.5	6,453	27.2	0.7
	Left	N Ralf Christoffers		6,504	27.4	7.3	6,054	25.5	8.4
	CDU	Uwe Bartsch		4,353	18.3	0.9	4,226	17.8	0.6
	BVB/FW	Péter Vida		2,338	9.8	5.6	1,749	7.4	4.5
	AfD	Joachim Schaaf		1,994	8.4		2,603	11.0
	Greens	Stefan Stahlbaum		1,407	5.9	0.5	1,508	6.4	0.3
	NPD	Aileen Rokohl		462	1.9	0.8	424	1.8	0.6
	Pirates						371	1.6
	FDP	Harro Semmler		195	0.8	4.1	241	1.0	5.2
	DKP						67	0.3
	REP						35	0.1	0.2
Informal votes				423			457
Total valid votes				23,765			23,731
Turnout				24,188	50.3	18.5
	SPD gain from Left		Majority	8	0.0