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

2014 election

State election (2014): Brandenburg an der Havel I/Potsdam-Mittelmark 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	Y Andreas Kuhnert		7,331	39.0	6.0	6,873	36.2	1.1
	CDU	Dr. Knut Große		5,508	29.3	4.5	4,778	25.2	3.4
	Left	Dr. Andreas Bernig		3,549	18.9	8.5	3,218	17.0	9.1
	AfD						2,080	11.0
	BVB/FW	Thomas Schulz		959	5.1	3.0	270	1.4
	Greens	Karl-Heinz Schulze		798	4.2	0.5	853	4.5	0.7
	NPD						335	1.8	1.1
	FDP	Matti Karstedt		437	2.3	2.7	287	1.5	5.0
	Pirates						206	1.1
	Independent	Thomas Rödiger		203	1.1
	REP						40	0.2
	DKP						35	0.2	0.1
Informal votes				471			281
Total valid votes				18,785			18,975
Turnout				19,256	43.9	20.1
	SPD hold		Majority	1,823	9.7	4.1

2009 election

State election (2009): Brandenburg an der Havel I / Potsdam-Mittelmark 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	%	±%
	SPD	Y Andreas Kuhnert		9,308	33.0	2.7	9,972	35.1	2.7
	Left	Bernd Lachmann		7,744	27.4	1.6	7,411	26.1
	CDU	Knut Große		7,001	24.8	0.2	6,190	21.8
	FDP	Florian Linckus		1,422	5.0	0.1	1,839	6.5	2.9
	Greens	Martin Köhler		1,058	3.7	0.7	1,093	3.8	1.1
	NPD	Christian Schuh		967	3.4		830	2.9
	BVB/FW	Thomas Schulz		605	2.1		391	1.4
	DVU						357	1.3	5.4
	RRP						131	0.5
	Independent	Olaf Leonhardt		129	0.5
	50Plus						97	0.3
	Die-Volksinitiative						54	0.2
	REP						51	0.2
	DKP						22	0.1
Informal votes				1,054			850
Total valid votes				28,234			28,438
Turnout				29,288	64.0	11.0
	SPD hold		Majority	1,564	5.6	4.3

2004 election

State election (2004): Brandenburg an der Havel I / Potsdam-Mittelmark 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	%	±%
	SPD	Andreas Kuhnert		7,245	30.32		7,808	32.37
	PDS	Bernd Lachmann		6,938	29.03		6,300	26.12
	CDU	Knut Große		5,980	25.02		5,262	21.82
	DVU						1,606	6.66
	FDP	Hans-Joachim Gappert		1,168	4.89		876	3.63
	Familie						701	2.91
	Gray Panthers	Marija Urbanc		809	3.39		306	1.27
	Greens	Martin Köhler		712	2.98		648	2.69
	AUB-Brandenburg	Manfred Friedrich		581	2.43		167	0.69
	Yes Brandenburg	Peter Möller		465	1.95		138	0.57
	BRB						121	0.50
	50Plus						82	0.34
	AfW (Free Voters)						58	0.24
	DKP						28	0.12
	Schill						18	0.07
Informal votes				751			530
Total valid votes				23,898			24,119
Turnout				24,649	52.98
	SPD win new seat		Majority	307	1.29

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
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