Brandenburg an der Havel I/Potsdam-Mittelmark I

16: Brandenburg an der Havel I/Potsdam-Mittelmark I
Electoral district for the Landtag of Brandenburg
Brandenburg an der Havel I/Potsdam-Mittelmark I in 2024
District	Potsdam-Mittelmark
Electorate	52,468 (2024)
Major settlements	Brandenburg an der Havel (partial)
Current electoral district
Created	1994
Party	SPD
Member	Udo Wernitz [1]

Brandenburg an der Havel I/Potsdam-Mittelmark 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 16. It is located in across the city of Brandenburg an der Havel and Potsdam-Mittelmark district. ^[2]

Geography

The constituency includes the districts of Görden and Plaue of Brandenburg an der Havel, as well as the Potsdam-Mittelmark communities of Groß Kreutz and Kloster Lehnin, and the administrative divisions of Beetzsee, Brück, Wusterwitz, and Ziesar.

There were 52,468 eligible voters in 2024. ^[1]

Members

Election		Member	Party	%
	2004	Andreas Kuhnert	SPD	30.3
	2009			33.0
	2014			39.0
	2019	Udo Wernitz		26.3
	2024			32.1

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Brandenburg an der Havel I / Potsdam-Mittelmark 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	%	±%
	SPD	Y Udo Wernitz		12,246	32.1	4.4	11,646	30.4	2.4
	AfD	Lars Hünich		12,047	31.6	10.0	11,256	29.3	6.5
	BSW						5,568	14.5
	CDU	Bolz		8,381	22.0	2.6	5,318	13.9	4.0
	BVB/FW	Schulz		2,515	6.6	1.1	969	2.5	2.8
	Left	Wipfli		1,601	4.2	5.8	869	2.3	6.8
	Greens	Stroncik		782	2.0	7.0	1,158	3.0	6.0
	Tierschutzpartei						754	2.0	0.6
	Plus						269	0.7	0.4
	FDP	Dr. Kraatz		575	1.5	2.4	268	0.7	3.3
	DLW						176	0.5
	Values						61	0.2
	Third Way						29	0.1
	DKP						26	0.1
Informal votes				546			326
Total valid votes				38,147			38,367
Turnout				38,693	73.7	13.0
	SPD hold		Majority	199	0.5

2019 election

State election (2019): Brandenburg (Havel) I/Potsdam-Mittelmark 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	Udo Wernitz		6,649	26.3	12.7	6,964	27.5	8.7
	AfD	Lars Hünich		5,519	21.8		5,827	23.0	12.0
	CDU	Franz Herbert Schäfer		5,166	20.4	8.9	4,668	18.4	6.8
	Left	Dr. Andreas Bernig		2,674	10.6	8.3	2,341	9.2	7.8
	Greens	Vincent Bartolain		2,167	7.4	2.3	1,274	5.0	3.6
	BVB/FW	Thomas Schulz		1,884	7.4	2.3	1,274	5.0	3.6
	FDP	Matti Karstedt		1,059	4.2	1.9	1,021	4.0	2.5
	Tierschutzpartei						646	2.5
	German Conservative	Corinna Conrad		177	0.7
	Pirates						160	0.6	0.5
	ÖDP						119	0.5
	V-Partei3						59	0.2
Informal votes				438			385
Total valid votes				25,295			25,348
Turnout				25,733	59.4	15.5
	SPD hold		Majority	1,130	4.5	5.2

References

1. "Ergebnisse Landtagswahl in 16 - Brandenburg an der Havel I / Potsdam-Mittelmark I".
2. "Seite wird geladen" (PDF).
3. https://wahlergebnisse.brandenburg.de/12/500/20240922/landtagswahl_land/ergebnisse_wahlkreis_16.html
4. https://www.tagesschau.de/wahl/archiv/2019-09-01-LT-DE-BB/charts/wahlkreis-detail/WK016-19.shtml

See also

• Politics of Brandenburg
• Landtag of Brandenburg