Oberhavel II

8: Oberhavel II
Electoral district for the Landtag of Brandenburg
Oberhavel II in 2024
District	Oberhavel
Electorate	51,556 (2024)
Major settlements	Hohen Neuendorf
Current electoral district
Created	1994
Party	SPD
Member	Benjamin Grimm [1]

Oberhavel II 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 8. It is located in the Oberhavel district ^[2]

Geography

The constituency includes the town of Hohen Neuendorf, as well as the communities of Mühlenbecker Land, Birkenwerder, and Glienicke/Nordbahn.

There were 51,556 eligible voters in 2024. ^[3]

Members

Election		Member	Party	%
	2004	Alwin Ziel	SPD	31.7
	2009			29.4
	2014	Inka Gossmann-Reetz		30.1
	2019			24.1
	2024	Benjamin Grimm		37.0

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Oberhavel II [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	Benjamin Grimm		14,824	37.0	12.9	13,853	34.4	9.6
	AfD	Yvonne Prause		9,321	23.2	5.5	8,497	21.2	3.7
	CDU	Hübner		8,843	22.0	1.2	7,073	17.5	0.9
	BSW						4,326	10.7
	Greens	von Gizycki		2,151	5.4	12.3	2,607	6.5	11.4
	Tierschutzpartei						944	2.3	1.2
	BVB/FW	Lindenberg		1,789	4.5	0.1	673	1.7	1.8
	Left	Usée		1,433	3.6	4.6	918	2.3	5.9
	Plus	Bennühr		994	2.5	1.3	583	1.4
	FDP	Tiedemann		755	1.9	2.1	551	1.4	3.3
	Values						140	0.3
	DLW						96	0.2
	Third Way						29	0.1
	DKP						21	0.1
Informal votes				454			253
Total valid votes				40,110			40,311
Turnout				40,564	78.7	9.1
	SPD hold		Majority	5,503	13.8	7.5

2019 election

State election (2019): Oberhavel II [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 Inka Gossmann-Reetz		8,402	24.1	6.0	8,649	24.8	4.8
	CDU	Roger Pautz		7,282	20.9	7.9	6,447	18.5	7.4
	AfD	Dr. Daniela Oeynhausen		6,178	17.7	7.1	6,076	17.4	5.5
	Greens	Julia Schmidt		6,160	17.7	8.3	6,232	17.8	7.3
	Left	Vadim Reimer		2,834	8.1	8.0	2,856	8.2	7.0
	Tierschutzpartei						1,250	3.6
	BVB/FW	Werner Lindenberg		1,538	4.4	1.5	1,221	3.5	1.9
	FDP	Jörg Rathmer		1,395	4.0	2.0	1,619	4.6	2.6
	Die PARTEI	Jessica Schulz		692	2.0
	Pirates	Thomas Bennühr		404	1.2		305	0.9	0.8
	ÖDP						194	0.6
	V-Partei3						75	0.2
Informal votes				363			324
Total valid votes				34,885			34,924
Turnout				35,248	69.5	15.9
	SPD hold		Majority	1,120	3.2	1.9

2014 election

State election (2014): Oberhavel II [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	Inka Gossmann-Reetz		7,737	30.1	1.4	7,616	29.6	0.8
	CDU	Michael Heider		7,393	28.8	0.3	6,670	25.9	2.3
	Left	Lukas Lüdtke		4,129	16.1	5.8	3,925	15.2	5.0
	AfD	Daniel Friese		2,724	10.6		3,076	11.9
	Greens	Karsten Wundermann		2,417	9.4	0.2	2,715	10.5	0.3
	BVB/FW	Werner Lindenberg		749	2.9	0.7	416	1.6	0.1
	FDP	Florian Wöhrle		526	2.0	5.3	514	2.0	7.9
	Pirates						427	1.7
	NPD						311	1.2	0.7
	DKP						46	0.2	0.1
	REP						36	0.1	0.2
Informal votes				317			240
Total valid votes				25,675			25,752
Turnout				25,992	53.6	24.1
	SPD hold		Majority	344	1.3	1.1

2009 election

State election (2009): Oberhavel II [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	Y Alwin Ziel		11,868	29.4	2.3	12,632	31.1	0.6
	CDU	Astrid Gersich		11,276	28.0	3.3	9,435	23.3	0.4
	Left	Peter Ligner		8,886	22.0	3.3	8,245	20.3	1.6
	Greens	Christian Goetjes		3,484	8.6	0.5	3,861	9.5	2.1
	FDP	Helmuth Reitmayer		2,889	7.2	2.1	3,992	9.7	5.5
	NPD	Reimar Leibner		1,029	2.6		875	2.2
	BVB/FW	Werner Lindenberg		901	2.2		638	1.6
	DVU						300	0.7	4.2
	50Plus						223	0.5	0.8
	RRP						154	0.4
	REP						124	0.3
	Die-Volksinitiative						108	0.3
	DKP						47	0.1
Informal votes				1,070			839
Total valid votes				40,333			40,564
Turnout				41,403	75.2	15.1
	SPD hold		Majority	592	1.4	5.6

2004 election

State election (2004): Oberhavel II [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	%	±%
	SPD	Alwin Ziel		9,188	31.68		9,274	31.72
	PDS	Peter Ligner		7,342	25.32		6,404	21.90
	CDU	Milutin Stefanov		7,158	24.68		6,708	22.94
	Greens	Thomas von Gizycki		2,363	8.15		2,169	7.42
	DVU						1,442	4.93
	FDP	Hans Günther Oberlack		1,471	5.07		1,242	4.25
	Familie						648	2.22
	Gray Panthers						408	1.40
	50Plus						394	1.35
	AfW (Free Voters)	Knut Pawlak		787	2.71		149	0.51
	Schill	Frank Röchert		692	2.39		138	0.47
	AUB-Brandenburg						92	0.31
	BRB						79	0.27
	Yes Brandenburg						65	0.22
	DKP						27	0.09
Informal votes				797			559
Total valid votes				29,001			29,239
Turnout				29,798	60.12
	SPD win new seat		Majority	1,846	6.36

References

1. "Ergebnisse Landtagswahl in 08 - Oberhavel II".
2. "Seite wird geladen" (PDF).
3. "Ergebnisse Landtagswahl in 08 - Oberhavel II".
4. https://wahlergebnisse.brandenburg.de/12/500/20240922/landtagswahl_land/ergebnisse_wahlkreis_08.html
5. https://www.tagesschau.de/wahl/archiv/2019-09-01-LT-DE-BB/charts/wahlkreis-detail/WK008-23.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