Hamburg-Mitte (electoral district)

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18 Hamburg-Mitte
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Bundestagswahlkreis 18-2025.svg
Hamburg-Mitte in 2025
State Hamburg
Population360,300 (2019)
Electorate242,078 (2021)
Area118.4 km2
Current electoral district
Created1965
Party SPD
Member Falko Droßmann
Elected 2021, 2025

Hamburg-Mitte is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the Bundestag. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 18. It is located in central Hamburg, comprising the Hamburg-Mitte borough and southern parts of the Hamburg-Nord borough. [1]

Contents

Hamburg-Mitte was created for the 1965 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Falko Droßmann of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). [2]

Geography

Hamburg-Mitte is located in central Hamburg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises all of the Hamburg-Mitte borough with the exception of the quarter of Wilhelmsburg, as well as the quarters of Barmbek-Nord, Barmbek-Süd, Dulsberg, Hohenfelde, and Uhlenhorst from the Hamburg-Nord borough. As they are part of the borough of Hamburg-Mitte, the district also includes the largely uninhabited exclave islands of Neuwerk, Scharhörn and Nigehörn in the Hamburg Wadden Sea National Park. [1]

History

Hamburg-Mitte was created in 1965 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Hamburg I, Hamburg VI and Hamburg VII. Until 1998, it had the constituency 12 in the numbering system. Originally, it comprised the Hamburg-Mitte borough with the exception of the quarters of Horn, Billstedt, and Billbrook; it included the quarters of Altona-Altstadt and Altona-Nord/Süd from the Altona borough.

In the 1976 election, the quarter of Eilbek from the Wandsbek borough was added. From the 1980 election through the 1998 election, the constituency comprised the entirety of Hamburg-Mitte without the quarters of Finkenwerder and Billstedt, plus the quarter of Barmbek-Uhlenhorst from the Hamburg-Nord borough. For the 2002 election, the constituency was reconfigured. It comprised the Hamburg-Mitte borough without Wilhelmsburg, as well as the quarters of Barmbek-Nord, Barmbek-Süd, Dulsberg, Hohenfelde, and Uhlenhorst from the Hamburg-Nord borough, and Eilbek from the Wandsbek borough. In the 2013 election, the new quarter of Sternschanze was transferred from Hamburg-Mitte to the Hamburg-Altona constituency. In the 2017 election, the quarter of Eilbek was transferred from Hamburg-Mitte to the Hamburg-Wandsbek constituency.

ElectionNo.NameBorders
1965 12Hamburg-Mitte
1969
1972
1976
1980
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 19
2005
2009
2013 18
2017
2021
2025

Members

The constituency has been held continuously by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) since its creation in 1965. Its first representative was Eugen Glombig, who served from 1965 to 1980, followed by Freimut Duve from 1980 to 1998. Johannes Kahrs was representative from 1998 to 2021. Falko Droßmann was elected in 2021.

ElectionMemberParty %
1965 Eugen Glombig SPD 53.8
1969 60.7
1972 64.6
1976 57.7
1980 Freimut Duve SPD 57.5
1983 54.3
1987 47.1
1990 47.3
1994 45.1
1998 Johannes Kahrs SPD 50.9
2002 54.1
2005 49.5
2009 34.6
2013 39.2
2017 30.9
2021 Falko Droßmann SPD 33.2

Election results

2025 election

Federal election (2025): Hamburg-Mitte [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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
SPD Green check.svgY Falko Droßmann 51,53627.4Decrease2.svg 5.841,80322.2Decrease2.svg 6.5
Greens Emilia Fester40,34421.5Decrease2.svg 4.538,16920.3Decrease2.svg 7.8
Left Marinus Stehmeier31,01416.5Increase2.svg 7.435,75019.0Increase2.svg 10.2
CDU Christoph de Vries 31,82917.0Increase2.svg 3.929,58815.7Increase2.svg 4.5
AfD Nicole Jordan19,89810.6Increase2.svg 5.719,81310.5Increase2.svg 5.4
BSW  8,5144.5New
FDP Max Hauptmann6,5393.5Decrease2.svg 4.67,7454.1Decrease2.svg 6.4
Volt Friederike Delong4,6882.5New3,0221.6Increase2.svg 1.0
Tierschutzpartei  1,8261.0Decrease2.svg 0.4
PARTEI  1,0650.6Decrease2.svg 0.8
FW Nichant Makar1,4670.8Steady2.svg 0.06660.4Decrease2.svg 0.2
BD  2420.1New
MLPD Joachim Griesbaum4360.2Increase2.svg 0.11290.1Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes1,6831,102
Total valid votes187,751188,332
Turnout 189,43477.7Increase2.svg 3.4
SPD holdMajority11,1925.9Decrease2.svg 1.3

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Hamburg-Mitte [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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
SPD Falko Droßmann 59,22933.2Increase2.svg 2.351,17028.7Increase2.svg 4.8
Greens Manuel Muja46,32626.0Increase2.svg 13.149,79127.9Increase2.svg 13.4
CDU Christoph de Vries 23,23113.1Decrease2.svg 11.219,98211.2Decrease2.svg 12.3
Left David Stoop16,1959.1Decrease2.svg 4.815,5938.7Decrease2.svg 6.2
FDP James Blum14,4248.1Increase2.svg 1.718,72310.5Increase2.svg 1.2
AfD Nicole Jordan8,6644.9Decrease2.svg 2.59,1005.1Decrease2.svg 2.9
PARTEI Arne Ihlenfeld4,2512.4Decrease2.svg 0.42,4941.4Decrease2.svg 0.9
Tierschutzpartei  2,4861.4Increase2.svg 0.3
dieBasis Dennis Sommer2,9401.62,3961.3
Team Todenhöfer  2,0191.1
Volt  1,1370.6
FW Ralf Relmer1,3400.8Increase2.svg 0.29740.5Increase2.svg 0.1
Pirates  9050.5
du.  3980.2
ÖDP Sebastian Bollien7040.4Decrease2.svg 0.23700.2Decrease2.svg 0.1
Independent Odin Janoske-Kizildag5640.3
V-Partei3  3030.2Decrease2.svg 0.1
Humanists  2750.2
MLPD Joachim Griesbaum1940.1Decrease2.svg 0.1700.0Decrease2.svg 0.1
The Homeland Lennart Schwarzbach1360.1Decrease2.svg 0.11300.1Decrease2.svg 0.1
DKP  1120.1Steady2.svg 0.0
Bündnis 21770.0
LKR  500.0
Informal votes1,4391,082
Total valid votes178,198178,555
Turnout 179,63774.2Increase2.svg 2.1
SPD holdMajority12,9037.2Increase2.svg 0.5

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Hamburg-Mitte [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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
SPD Green check.svgY Johannes Kahrs 53,79530.9Decrease2.svg 8.341,55123.8Decrease2.svg 9.8
CDU Christoph de Vries 42,14924.2Decrease2.svg 3.740,90923.5Decrease2.svg 3.3
Left Martin Dolzer24,08313.8Increase2.svg 4.226,10915.0Increase2.svg 3.9
Greens Meryem Celikkol22,36812.9Increase2.svg 0.925,16414.4Increase2.svg 0.8
AfD Nicole Jordan12,7287.3Increase2.svg 4.013,9408.0Increase2.svg 3.7
FDP Michael Kruse11,2026.4Increase2.svg 4.716,2559.3Increase2.svg 5.5
PARTEI Samantha Edsen4,9292.8Increase2.svg 1.83,9452.3Increase2.svg 1.3
Tierschutzpartei  1,8171.0
BGE  1,1050.6
ÖDP Martin Krause1,0900.66130.4Increase2.svg 0.1
FW Henner Kühne1,0380.6Increase2.svg 0.27440.4Increase2.svg 0.1
DiB 9760.6
V-Partei³ 5230.3
MLPD Stephan Brandt3170.21810.1Steady2.svg 0.0
The Homeland Bodo Johlke3160.2Decrease2.svg 0.63480.2Decrease2.svg 0.6
DKP  1130.1
Informal votes1,7161,438
Total valid votes174,015174,293
Turnout 175,73172.2Increase2.svg 7.0
SPD holdMajority11,6466.7Decrease2.svg 4.3

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Hamburg-Mitte [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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
SPD Green check.svgY Johannes Kahrs 64,99739.2Increase2.svg 4.555,72133.5Increase2.svg 5.3
CDU Dirk Marx46,75328.2Increase2.svg 1.444,94727.0Increase2.svg 3.4
Greens Katharina Fegebank19,94312.0Decrease2.svg 4.222,64513.6Decrease2.svg 3.0
Left Jochen Hanisch15,6939.5Decrease2.svg 3.618,12410.9Decrease2.svg 2.7
Pirates Michael Büker5,7333.56,4423.9Increase2.svg 0.1
AfD Kay Gottschalk5,5253.37,1864.3
FDP Najibulla Karim2,8781.7Decrease2.svg 6.16,4583.9Decrease2.svg 7.8
PARTEI Michel Gérard1,7381.01,5450.9
The Homeland Torben Klebe1,2450.7Decrease2.svg 0.71,2570.8Decrease2.svg 0.4
RENTNER7900.5
FW Henner Kühne7000.45890.4
Independent Stefan Füsers6610.4
ÖDP  4170.3Decrease2.svg 0.2
Independent Romuald Jasinski1540.1
MLPD  920.1Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes2,4452,252
Total valid votes166,020166,213
Turnout 168,46565.6Increase2.svg 0.5
SPD holdMajority18,24411.0Increase2.svg 2.9

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Hamburg-Mitte [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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
SPD Green check.svgY Johannes Kahrs 56,80934.5Decrease2.svg 15.046,41928.1Decrease2.svg 13.9
CDU David Erkalp43,58726.5Decrease2.svg 1.038,68923.4Decrease2.svg 0.4
Greens Farid Müller27,21316.5Increase2.svg 5.127,86516.9Increase2.svg 1.3
Left Joachim Bischoff21,71813.2Increase2.svg 7.122,70213.7Increase2.svg 5.9
FDP Lothar Hänsch12,8187.8Increase2.svg 4.219,10511.6Increase2.svg 3.8
The Homeland Jürgen Rieger2,3481.4Increase2.svg 0.11,8221.1Decrease2.svg 0.1
Pirates  6,3033.8
RENTNER1,1760.7
ÖDP  6750.4
DVU  2430.1
MLPD  1320.1Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes2,7372,089
Total valid votes164,493165,131
Turnout 167,22066.1Decrease2.svg 7.2
SPD holdMajority13,2228.0Decrease2.svg 14.0

References

  1. 1 2 "Constituency Hamburg-Mitte". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Hamburg-Mitte". Federal Returning Officer.
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