Elbe-Elster I

36: Elbe-Elster I
Electoral district for the Landtag of Brandenburg
Elbe-Elster I in 2024
District	Elbe-Elster
Electorate	43,996 (2024)
Major settlements	Falkenberg/Elster, Finsterwalde, Herzberg, Schönewalde, Sonnewalde, and Uebigau-Wahrenbrück
Current electoral district
Created	1994
Party	AfD
Member	Peter Drenske [1]

Elbe-Elster 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 36. It is located in within the district of Elbe-Elster. ^[2]

Geography

The constituency includes the towns of Falkenberg/Elster, Finsterwalde, Herzberg, Schönewalde, Sonnewalde, and Uebigau-Wahrenbrück, as well as the districts of Kleine Elster and Schlieben.

There were 43,996 eligible voters in 2024. ^[3]

Members

Election		Member	Party	%
	2004	Carolin Steinmetzer-Mann	PDS	32.5
	2009		Left	31.5
	2014	Rainer Genilke	CDU	31.4
	2019	Peter Drenske	AfD	25.5
	2024			36.3

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Elbe-Elster 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	Y Peter Drenske		11,474	36.4	10.9	10,383	32.7	6.2
	SPD	Dominic Hake		8,755	27.7	4.3	9,205	29.0	2.9
	BSW						4,697	14.8
	CDU	Rainer Genilke		7,007	22.2	2.1	4,069	12.8	6.7
	BVB/FW	Zierenberg		3,406	10.8	2.2	1,007	3.2	2.7
	Left						694	2.2	6.7
	APT						562	1.8	0.7
	Greens	Große Holtrup		554	1.8	3.4	470	1.5	3.7
	DLW						191	0.6
	FDP	Hänig		364	1.2	2.9	188	0.6	3.5
	Plus						168	0.5	0.6
	Values						61	0.2
	Third Way						45	0.1
	DKP						26	0.1
Informal votes				515			309
Total valid votes				31,560			31,766
Turnout				32,075	72.9	11.3
	AfD hold		Majority	2,719	8.7	7.5

2019 election

State election (2019): Elbe-Elster 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	Peter Drenske		7,133	25.5		7,431	26.5	16.0
	CDU	N Rainer Genilke		6,791	24.3	7.1	5,464	19.5	7.5
	SPD	Barbara Hackenschmidt		6,560	23.4	4.1	7,315	26.1	6.7
	Left	Aaron Birnbaum		2,512	9.0	11.5	2,479	8.8	7.1
	BVB/FW	Axel Eckert		2,407	8.6	8.4	1,658	5.9	0.4
	Greens	Friedericke Ullrich		1,450	5.2	1.6	1,454	5.2	2.3
	FDP	Reiko Mahler		1,143	4.1		1,154	4.1	2.8
	Tierschutzpartei						700	2.5
	Pirates						196	0.7	0.5
	ÖDP						119	0.4
	V-Partei3						71	0.3
Informal votes				406			361
Total valid votes				27,996			28,041
Turnout				28,402	61.6	11.9
	AfD gain from CDU		Majority	342	1.2

References

1. "Ergebnisse Landtagswahl in 36 - Elbe-Elster I".
2. "Seite wird geladen" (PDF).
3. "Ergebnisse Landtagswahl in 36 - Elbe-Elster I".
4. https://wahlergebnisse.brandenburg.de/12/500/20240922/landtagswahl_land/ergebnisse_wahlkreis_36.html
5. https://www.tagesschau.de/wahl/archiv/2019-09-01-LT-DE-BB/charts/wahlkreis-detail/WK036-17.shtml

See also

• Politics of Brandenburg
• Landtag of Brandenburg