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

2014 election

State election (2014): Elbe-Elster 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	Rainer Genilke		7,390	31.4	6.6	6,409	27.0	4.0
	SPD	Barbara Hackenschmidt		6,459	27.5	1.6	7,794	32.8	0.4
	Left	N Carolin Steinmetzer-Mann		4,828	20.5	11.0	3,780	15.9	10.8
	AfD						2,504	10.5
	BVB/FW	Iris Schülzke		3,995	17.0	14.9	1,300	5.5	3.9
	Greens	Gerhard Strauß		837	3.6	0.2	699	2.9	0.2
	NPD						559	2.4	0.1
	FDP						297	1.3	5.7
	Pirates						290	1.2
	REP						69	0.3
	DKP						44	0.2	0.1
Informal votes				708			472
Total valid votes				23,509			23,745
Turnout				24,217	49.7	18.7
	CDU gain from Left		Majority	931	3.9

2009 election

State election (2009): Prignitz 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	%	±%
	Left	Y Carolin Steinmetzer-Mann		10,713	31.5	1.0	9,159	26.7	1.0
	SPD	Barbara Hackenschmidt		8,830	25.9	0.4	11,118	32.4	0.2
	CDU	Rainer Genilke		8,436	24.8	3.3	7,903	23.0	0.5
	FDP	Johannes Wohmann		2,988	8.8	3.2	2,400	7.0	3.1
	Greens	Klaus Peschel		1,284	3.8	0.6	1,065	3.1	1.3
	NPD	Michael Grabow		1,082	3.2		872	2.5
	DVU						671	2.0	5.8
	BVB/FW	Ronald Kulok		717	2.1		540	1.6
	50Plus						203	0.6	0.5
	RRP						155	0.5
	Die-Volksinitiative						145	0.4
	REP						91	0.3
	DKP						33	0.1
Informal votes				1,357			1,052
Total valid votes				34,050			34,355
Turnout				35,407	68.4	9.8
	Left hold		Majority	1,883	5.6	1.2

2004 election

State election (2004): Elbe-Elster I [8]
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	Carolin Steinmetzer		10,089	32.53		8,035	25.66
	CDU	Wilfried Schrey		8,710	28.09		7,047	22.50
	SPD	Barbara Hackenschmidt		8,154	26.29		10,082	32.20
	DVU						2,428	7.75
	FDP	Michael Walter		1,725	5.56		1,211	3.87
	Familie						804	2.57
	AfW (Free Voters)	Michael Buchweitz		1,335	4.30		263	0.84
	Greens	Klaus Peschel		998	3.22		558	1.78
	50Plus						350	1.12
	Gray Panthers						159	0.51
	Yes Brandenburg						124	0.40
	BRB						105	0.34
	AUB-Brandenburg						87	0.28
	DKP						31	0.10
	Schill						30	0.10
Informal votes				1,003			700
Total valid votes				31,011			31,314
Turnout				32,014	58.64
	PDS win new seat		Majority	1,379	4.44

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
6. https://www.statistischebibliothek.de/mir/receive/BBHeft_mods_00011168
7. https://www.statistischebibliothek.de/mir/receive/BBHeft_mods_00022817
8. https://www.statistischebibliothek.de/mir/receive/BBHeft_mods_00022813

See also

• Politics of Brandenburg
• Landtag of Brandenburg