Barnim I (electoral district)

13: Barnim I
Electoral district for the Landtag of Brandenburg
Barnim I in 2024
District	Barnim
Electorate	46,467 (2024)
Major settlements	Eberswalde
Current electoral district
Created	1994
Party	AfD
Member	Roman Kuffert [1]

Barnim 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 13. It is located in the Barnim district ^[2]

Geography

The constituency includes the town of Eberswalde, as well as the municipality of Schorfheide, and the administrative division of Joachimsthal, Brandenburg.

There were 46,467 eligible voters in 2024. ^[1]

Members

Election		Member	Party	%
	2004	Margitta Mächtig	PDS	35.7
	2009		Left	34.3
	2014	Daniel Kurth	SPD	28.0
	2019	Hardy Lux		23.9
	2024	Roman Kuffert	AfD	32.8

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Barnim I [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	%	±%
	AfD	Roman Kuffert		9,990	32.8	9.6	9,160	29.9	6.1
	SPD	Tina Fischer		9,238	30.4	6.5	8,568	28.0	2.5
	CDU	Jur		3,993	13.1	2.8	3,150	10.3	4.1
	Left	Walter		3,418	11.2	4.7	1,909	6.2	6.9
	BSW						4,354	14.2
	BVB/FW	Weller		1,919	6.3	1.4	653	2.1	3.1
	Greens	Wiebke		863	2.8	7.5	1,348	4.4	6.2
	Tierschutzpartei						595	1.9	0.5
	Plus						339	1.1	0.5
	FDP	Maskow		816	2.7	0.3	309	1.0	2.2
	dieBasis	Schubert		201	0.7
	DLW						113	0.4
	Values						71	0.2
	Third Way						30	0.1
	DKP						24	0.1
Informal votes				456			270
Total valid votes				30,438			30,624
Turnout				30,894	66.5	14.2
	AfD gain from SPD		Majority	752	2.2

2019 election

State election (2019): 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	%	±%
	SPD	Hardy Lux		5,766	23.9	4.1	6,179	25.5	6.1
	AfD	Roman Kuffert		5,622	23.3	13.6	5,768	23.8	13.8
	CDU	Danko Jur		3,854	16.0	9.0	3,483	14.4	9.1
	Left	Sebastian Walter		3,837	15.9	7.6	3,186	13.2	8.0
	Greens	Axel Vogel		2,499	10.3	4.4	2,560	10.6	4.7
	BVB/FW	Sven Weller		1,850	7.7	4.2	1,267	5.2	3.7
	FDP	Ronny Fölsner		732	3.0		771	3.2	0.9
	Tierschutzpartei						586	2.4
	ÖDP						213	0.9
	Pirates						165	0.7	0.6
	V-Partei3						48	0.2
Informal votes				361			295
Total valid votes				24,160			24,226
Turnout				24,521	52.3	10.6
	SPD hold		Majority	144	0.6	2.4

2014 election

State election (2014): Barnim 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	SPD	Daniel Kurth		5,372	28.0	0.7	6,077	31.6	1.2
	CDU	Danko Jur		4,792	25.0	5.5	4,529	23.5	6.3
	Left	N Margitta Mächtig		4,498	23.5	10.8	4,078	21.2	9.7
	AfD	Tino Müller		1,867	9.7		1,929	10.0
	Greens	Axel Vogel		1,133	5.9	0.4	1,138	5.9	0.1
	BVB/FW	Dr. Günther Spangenberg		671	3.5	1.2	295	1.5	0.1
	FDP	Gregor Beyer		581	3.0	3.3	442	2.3	4.0
	NPD						427	2.2	0.2
	Pirates	Robert Klagge		246	1.3		243	1.3
	DKP						48	0.2
	REP						44	0.2
Informal votes				469			379
Total valid votes				19,160			19,250
Turnout				19,629	41.7	18.4
	SPD gain from Left		Majority	580	3.0

2009 election

State election (2009): Barnim 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Left	Y Margitta Mächtig		9,686	34.3	1.4	8,773	30.9	2.1
	SPD	Daniel Kurth		7,712	27.3	3.3	9,306	32.8	0.4
	CDU	Thomas Lunacek		5,496	19.5	2.0	4,879	17.2	1.8
	FDP	Gregor Beyer		1,780	6.3	0.5	1,776	6.3	3.3
	Greens	Elke Rosch		1,541	5.5	2.2	1,658	5.8	2.5
	NPD	Thomas Gürtler		833	3.0		679	2.4
	BVB/FW	Günther Spangenberg		646	2.3		443	1.6
	DVU						339	1.2	3.6
	50Plus	Johannes Madeja		509	1.8		260	0.9	1.2
	RRP						126	0.4
	DKP						66	0.2
	REP						48	0.2
	Die-Volksinitiative						30	0.1
Informal votes				849			669
Total valid votes				28,203			28,383
Turnout				29,052	60.1	9.8
	Left hold		Majority	1,974	7.0	4.7

2004 election

State election (2004): Barnim 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	PDS	Margitta Mächtig		8,545	35.66		7,978	33.01
	SPD	Peter Kikow		5,760	24.04		7,822	32.37
	CDU	Thomas Lunacek		4,188	17.48		3,712	15.36
	DVU						1,165	4.82
	Greens	Uta Leichsenring		1,835	7.66		808	3.34
	FDP	Barbara Ehm		1,382	5.77		736	3.05
	50Plus						507	2.10
	Familie						486	2.01
	AfW (Free Voters)	Johannes Madeja		1,038	4.33		261	1.08
	Schill	Tilo Weingardt		495	2.07		162	0.67
	BRB	Dieter Marx		444	1.85		151	0.62
	Independent	Tim Schumacher		277	1.16
	Gray Panthers						143	0.59
	AUB-Brandenburg						111	0.46
	Yes Brandenburg						84	0.35
	DKP						42	0.17
Informal votes				647			443
Total valid votes				23,964			24,168
Turnout				24,611	50.33
	PDS win new seat		Majority	2,785	11.62

References

1. "Ergebnisse Landtagswahl in 13 - Barnim I".
2. "Seite wird geladen" (PDF).
3. https://wahlergebnisse.brandenburg.de/12/500/20240922/landtagswahl_land/ergebnisse_wahlkreis_13.html
4. https://www.tagesschau.de/wahl/archiv/2019-09-01-LT-DE-BB/charts/wahlkreis-detail/WK013-27.shtml
5. https://www.statistischebibliothek.de/mir/receive/BBHeft_mods_00011168
6. https://www.statistischebibliothek.de/mir/receive/BBHeft_mods_00022817
7. https://www.statistischebibliothek.de/mir/receive/BBHeft_mods_00022813

See also

• Politics of Brandenburg
• Landtag of Brandenburg