Ostprignitz-Ruppin III/Havelland II

4: Ostprignitz-Ruppin III/Havelland III
Electoral district for the Landtag of Brandenburg
Ostprignitz-Ruppin III/Havelland IIIin 2024
District	Ostprignitz-Ruppin and Havelland
Electorate	44,940 (2024)
Major settlements	Rathenow and Premnitz
Current electoral district
Created	1994
Party	AfD
Member	Kai Berger [1]

Ostprignitz-Ruppin III/Havelland III 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 4. It is located in the Ostprignitz-Ruppin district ^[2]

Geography

The constituency includes the towns of Rathenow and Premnitz, as well as the community of Milower Land and Wusterhausen/Dosse, and the administrative divisions of Neustadt (Dosse) and Rhinow.

There were 44,940 eligible voters in 2024. ^[3]

Members

Election		Member	Party	%
	2004	Christian Görke	PDS	38.8
	2009		Left	39.1
	2014			32.0
	2019	Katja Poschmann	SPD	24.9
	2024	Kai Berger	AfD	35.0

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Ostprignitz-Ruppin III / Havelland III [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	Kai Berger		10,462	35.0	11.0	9,778	32.5	7.5
	SPD	N Katja Poschmann		10,242	34.2	9.3	9,490	31.6	4.2
	BSW						3,990	13.3
	CDU	Gursch		4,798	16.0	0.9	3,635	12.1	4.4
	Left	Freimuth		1,827	6.1	14.3	855	2.8	10.7
	BVB/FW	Kubale		1,360	4.5	0.6	509	1.7	1.7
	DLW	Essig		636	2.1		257	0.9
	Greens	von Fricks		347	1.2	4.3	634	2.1	5.1
	Tierschutzpartei						502	1.7	0.5
	FDP	Ottmanns		239	0.8	2.2	158	0.5	3.1
	Plus						151	0.5	0.6
	Values						55	0.2
	Third Way						39	0.1
	DKP						13	0.0
Informal votes				403			248
Total valid votes				29,911			30,066
Turnout				30,314	67.5	11.0
	AfD gain from SPD		Majority	220	0.8

2019 election

State election (2019): Ostprignitz-Ruppin III/Havelland III [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	Katja Poschmann		6,490	24.9	1.1	7,128	27.4	4.2
	AfD	Kai Berger		6,239	24.0	13.6	6,517	25.0	14.2
	Left	N Christian Görke		5,317	20.4	11.6	3,527	13.5	10.4
	CDU	Dieter Dombrowski		4,418	17.0	8.3	4,288	16.5	6.8
	Greens	Stefan Behrens		1,429	5.5	2.5	1,877	7.2	3.7
	BVB/FW	Uwe Litfin		1,351	5.2	3.0	892	3.4	2.1
	FDP	Christian Engelland		772	3.0		939	3.6	2.1
	Tierschutzpartei						558	2.1
	Pirates						198	0.8	0.4
	ÖDP						81	0.3
	V-Partei3						39	0.1
Informal votes				347			319
Total valid votes				26,016			26,044
Turnout				26,363	56.5	13.0
	SPD gain from Left		Majority	251	0.9

2014 election

State election (2014): Ostprignitz-Ruppin III/Havelland III [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	%	±%
	Left	Y Christian Görke		6,607	32.0	7.1	4,960	23.9	7.1
	SPD	Martin Gorholt		5,364	26.0	0.8	6,548	31.6	2.1
	CDU	Dieter Dombrowski		5,221	25.3	2.6	4,832	23.3	3.4
	AfD	Kai Berger		2,156	10.4		2,240	10.8
	Greens	Petra Budke		613	3.0	0.1	718	3.5	0.3
	NPD						529	2.6	0.4
	FDP						305	1.5	4.6
	BVB/FW	Uwe Litfin		449	2.2	0.6	277	1.3	0.3
	Pirates	René Streich		257	1.2		240	1.2
	REP						51	0.2
	DKP						23	0.1
Informal votes				356			300
Total valid votes				20,667			20,723
Turnout				21,023	43.5	20.3
	Left hold		Majority	1,243	6.0

2009 election

State election (2009): Ostprignitz-Ruppin III/Havelland III [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 Christian Görke		12,280	39.1	0.3	9,816	31.0	0.4
	SPD	Martin Gorholt		7,913	25.2	2.7	10,665	33.7	1.9
	CDU	Dieter Dombrowski		7,146	22.7	1.4	6,292	19.9	0.5
	FDP	Torsten Bathmann*		1,566	5.0	1.2	1,934	6.1	2.2
	NPD	Dieter Brose		1,050	3.3		951	3.0
	Greens	Peter Masloch		978	3.1		1,023	3.2	0.8
	BVB/FW	Uwe Litfin		489	1.6		323	1.0
	DVU						243	0.8	5.0
	RRP						153	0.5
	50Plus						103	0.3	0.7
	Die-Volksinitiative						60	0.2
	REP						51	0.2
	DKP						28	0.1
Informal votes				916			696
Total valid votes				31,422			31,642
Turnout				32,338	63.8	9.8
	Left hold		Majority	4,367	13.9	2.4

• FDP candidate Torsten Bathmann won election via the FDP state list, but refused his mandate and did not take his seat.

References

1. "Ergebnisse Landtagswahl in 04 - Ostprignitz-Ruppin III / Havelland III".
2. "Seite wird geladen" (PDF).
3. "Ergebnisse Landtagswahl in 04 - Ostprignitz-Ruppin III / Havelland III".
4. https://wahlergebnisse.brandenburg.de/12/500/20240922/landtagswahl_land/ergebnisse_wahlkreis_04.html
5. https://www.tagesschau.de/wahl/archiv/2019-09-01-LT-DE-BB/charts/wahlkreis-detail/WK004-18.shtml
6. https://www.statistischebibliothek.de/mir/receive/BBHeft_mods_00011168
7. https://www.statistischebibliothek.de/mir/receive/BBHeft_mods_00022817

See also

• Politics of Brandenburg
• Landtag of Brandenburg