Cottbus I

43: Cottbus I
43: Cottbus I
Electoral district; for the Landtag of Brandenburg
	Cottbus I in 2024
District	Cottbus
Electorate	39,327 (2024)
Major settlements	Cottbus (partial)
Current electoral district
Created	1994
Party	AfD
Member	Jean-Pascal Hohm

Last updated September 26, 2025

Cottbus 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 43. It is located in within the city of Cottbus.^[2]

Geography

The constituency includes the districts of Branitz, Dissenchen, Döbbrick, Merzdorf, Mitte, Sandow, Saspow, Schmellwitz, Sielow, Skadow, and Willmersdorf within the city of Cottbus.

There were 39,327 eligible voters in 2024.^[3]

Members

	Member	Party	%
2004	Martina Münch	SPD	31.3
2009	Martina Münch	SPD	31.6
2014	Michael Schierack	CDU	37.6
2019	Marianne Spring-Räumschüssel	AfD	25.9
2024	Jean-Pascal Hohm	AfD	34.6

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Cottbus 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	Jean-Pascal Hohm		9,653	34.6	8.7	8,921	31.8	4.9
	SPD	Gunnar Kurth		9,362	33.6	11.6	9,075	32.3	8.3
	BSW						3,851	13.7
	CDU	Prof. Dr. Michael Schierack		4,509	16.2	4.9	2,858	10.2	5.6
	Left	Neumann		1,121	4.0	8.1	756	2.7	8.1
	Tierschutzpartei						457	1.6	0.8
	BVB/FW	Kaps		1,118	4.0	2.2	442	1.6	2.5
	Demokraten BB	Dr. Mai		800	2.9
	Plus	Franke		417	1.5		275	1.0	0.5
	Greens	Tuchan		413	1.5	5.9	910	3.2	5.3
	FDP	Grund		369	1.3	3.6	201	0.7	5.0
	Values						143	0.5
	DLW						76	0.3
	Third Way						47	0.2
	DKP	Große		138	0.5		41	0.1
Informal votes				338			185
Total valid votes				27,900			28,053
Turnout				28,238	71.8	9.8
	AfD hold		Majority	291	1.0	3.0

2019 election

State election (2019): Cottbus 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	%	±%
	AfD	Marianne Spring-Räumschüssel		6,481	25.9		6,753	26.9	16.2
	SPD	Dr. Martina Münch		5,499	21.9	7.2	6,029	24.0	6.7
	CDU	N Prof. Dr. Michael Schierack		5,275	21.1	16.5	3,955	15.7	13.7
	Left	Matthias Loehr		3,040	12.1	7.4	2,723	10.8	6.6
	Greens	Heide Schinowsky		1,850	7.4	3.3	2,156	8.6	3.8
	BVB/FW	Heiko Selka		1,545	6.2	1.7	1,012	4.0	2.4
	FDP	Bastian Garnitz		1,227	4.9	3.3	1,432	5.7	4.5
	Tierschutzpartei						603	2.4
	Pirates						234	0.9	1.0
	ÖDP						143	0.6
	German Communist Party	Gisela Vierrath		136	0.5
	V-Partei3						75	0.3
Informal votes				353			291
Total valid votes				25,053			25,115
Turnout				25,406	62.0	12.4
	AfD gain from CDU		Majority	982	4.0

2014 election

State election (2014): Cottbus 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	%	±%
	CDU	Prof. Dr. Michael Schierack		7,697	37.6	14.0	6,065	29.4	10.1
	SPD	N Dr. Martina Münch		5,957	29.1	2.5	6,328	30.7	2.2
	Left	Christopher Neumann		3,988	19.5	9.5	3,586	17.4	11.3
	AfD						2,214	10.7
	BVB/FW	Frank Pilzecker		920	4.5	1.9	325	1.6	0.5
	Greens	Heide Schinowsky		834	4.1	0.3	985	4.8	0.8
	Die PARTEI	Lutz Häschel		753	3.7
	Pirates						389	1.9
	NPD						382	1.9	0.8
	FDP	Bastian Garnitz		321	1.6	3.6	251	1.2	5.3
	DKP						85	0.4	0.2
	REP						26	0.1	0.1
Informal votes				661			495
Total valid votes				20,470			20,636
Turnout				21,131	49.6	13.6
	CDU gain from SPD		Majority	1,740	8.5