Pinneberg (electoral district)

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7 Pinneberg
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Bundestagswahlkreis 7-2025.svg
Pinneberg in 2025
State Schleswig-Holstein
Population316,100 (2019)
Electorate238,388 (2021)
Major settlements Elmshorn
Pinneberg
Wedel
Area664.3 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
Party SPD
Member Ralf Stegner
Elected 2021

Pinneberg 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 7. It is located in southwestern Schleswig-Holstein, coterminous with the Pinneberg district. [1]

Contents

Pinneberg was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Ralf Stegner of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). [2]

Geography

Pinneberg is located in southwestern Schleswig-Holstein. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Pinneberg district. This includes the small Heligoland islands (1.7 km2, population 1,309) off the North Sea coast. [1]

History

Pinneberg was created in 1949. Until 1965, it was constituency 12 in the number system; from 1965 to 1976 it was constituency 9. Since 1976, it has been constituency 7. It has been coterminous with the Pinneberg district since its creation.

Members

The constituency was held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) during the inaugural term of the Bundestag, during which time it was represented by Anni Krahnstöver. It was won by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in 1953, and represented by Wilhelm Goldhagen (until 1961) and Rolf Bremer. In 1969, it was won again by the SPD, and represented in turn by Hans-Ulrich Brand and Hermann P. Reiser, who each served for a single term. Party fellow Reinhard Ueberhorst represented it from 1976 until 1983, when it was won by Ingrid Roitzsch of the CDU. She was succeeded by Gert Willner from 1994 to 1998 before the constituency was again won by the SPD. Ernst Dieter Rossmann represented it for two terms. Ole Schröder of the CDU served from 2005 to 2017, before being succeeded by party fellow Michael von Abercron in 2017. Ralf Stegner was elected for the SPD in 2021.

With the exception of the 1949 election, Pinneberg can be considered Germany's bellwether constituency, having always voted for the party that would win the chancellorship. (In 1969, 1976 and 1980 elections, CDU-CSU came first, but SPD formed the government.) [3]

ElectionMemberParty %
1949 Anni Krahnstöver SPD 36.3
1953 Wilhelm Goldhagen CDU 38.9
1957 45.8
1961 41.4
1965 Rolf Bremer CDU 50.0
1969 Hans-Ulrich Brand SPD 46.3
1972 Hermann P. Reiser SPD 51.3
1976 Reinhard Ueberhorst SPD 46.2
1980 48.6
1983 Ingrid Roitzsch CDU 49.5
1987 45.9
1990 43.9
1994 Gert Willner CDU 44.7
1998 Ernst Dieter Rossmann SPD 47.9
2002 46.4
2005 Ole Schröder CDU 44.2
2009 40.8
2013 45.4
2017 Michael von Abercron CDU 39.7
2021 Ralf Stegner SPD 31.2
2025 Daniel Kölbl CDU 31.8

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Pinneberg [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 Ralf Stegner 59,29831.2Increase2.svg 0.955,69329.3Increase2.svg 6.3
CDU Red x.svgN Michael von Abercron 49,71026.2Decrease2.svg 13.542,05722.1Decrease2.svg 12.2
Greens Jens Herrndorff32,10916.9Increase2.svg 8.634,29118.0Increase2.svg 6.6
FDP Philipp Rösch20,73710.9Increase2.svg 3.225,66313.5Increase2.svg 0.2
AfD Joachim Schneider12,1416.4Decrease2.svg 1.513,0806.9Decrease2.svg 1.7
Left Cornelia Möhring 5,6593.0Decrease2.svg 3.16,3633.3Decrease2.svg 3.7
dieBasis Sabine Lehmann2,8951.52,3891.3
SSW Claudia Edmund2,6221.42,5271.3
Tierschutzpartei  2,3201.2
FW Kathrin Arbeck2,3801.31,7310.9Increase2.svg 0.4
PARTEI Erkan Inak2,3521.21,8050.9Decrease2.svg 0.2
Team Todenhöfer  7990.4
Volt  4570.2
V-Partei3  2080.1
ÖDP  2020.1Decrease2.svg 0.1
The Homeland  1880.1Decrease2.svg 0.1
Humanists  1820.1
du.  1270.1
LKR Rainer Urban1660.11080.1
DKP  590.0
MLPD  210.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes1,4431,242
Total valid votes190,069190,270
Turnout 191,51280.3Increase2.svg 1.6
SPD gain from CDU Majority9,5885.0

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Pinneberg [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%±%
CDU Michael von Abercron 73,81639.7Decrease2.svg 5.763,86334.3Decrease2.svg 6.3
SPD Ernst Dieter Rossmann 56,46030.3Decrease2.svg 5.842,72922.9Decrease2.svg 8.3
Greens Bernd Möbius15,3798.3Increase2.svg 1.921,33611.4Increase2.svg 2.8
AfD Joachim Schneider14,7297.9Increase2.svg 4.115,9778.6Increase2.svg 3.8
FDP Olaf Klampe14,4417.8Increase2.svg 5.924,73513.3Increase2.svg 7.7
Left Cornelia Möhring 11,2706.1Increase2.svg 2.113,1117.0Increase2.svg 2.0
PARTEI  2,2001.2
FW  9540.5Increase2.svg 0.1
BGE  5410.3
The Homeland  4460.2Decrease2.svg 0.5
ÖDP  4280.2
MLPD  520.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes1,6201,343
Total valid votes186,095186,372
Turnout 187,71578.7Increase2.svg 2.7
CDU holdMajority17,3569.4Increase2.svg 0.1

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Pinneberg [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%±%
CDU Green check.svgY Ole Schröder 80,48345.4Increase2.svg 4.672,00640.6Increase2.svg 7.5
SPD Ernst Dieter Rossmann 64,00636.1Increase2.svg 4.355,37131.2Increase2.svg 4.9
Greens Valerie Wilms11,3246.4Decrease2.svg 3.015,2918.6Decrease2.svg 3.5
Left Cornelia Möhring 6,9853.9Decrease2.svg 2.98,9105.0Decrease2.svg 2.7
AfD Sebastian Hausmann6,7663.88,4794.8
FDP Olaf Klampe3,3031.9Decrease2.svg 8.09,8635.6Decrease2.svg 11.0
Pirates Birgitt Piepgras3,2251.83,3701.9Decrease2.svg 0.2
The Homeland Ingo Stawitz1,2600.7Decrease2.svg 0.41,3190.7Decrease2.svg 0.3
Tierschutzpartei  1,2710.7
FW  7860.4
Rentner6650.4Decrease2.svg 0.5
MLPD  420.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes1,7031,682
Total valid votes177,352177,373
Turnout 179,05576.0Increase2.svg 0.3
CDU holdMajority16,4779.3Increase2.svg 0.3

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Pinneberg [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%±%
CDU Green check.svgY Ole Schröder 70,45840.8Decrease2.svg 3.557,20333.1Decrease2.svg 3.8
SPD Ernst Dieter Rossmann 54,95031.8Decrease2.svg 11.045,54026.3Decrease2.svg 11.1
FDP Olaf Klampe17,0189.8Increase2.svg 6.228,64016.6Increase2.svg 6.3
Greens Valerie Wilms16,1439.3Increase2.svg 4.420,97812.1Increase2.svg 3.1
Left Klaus-Dieter Brügmann11,7946.8Increase2.svg 3.513,4127.8Increase2.svg 3.4
Pirates  3,6592.1
The Homeland Ingo Stawitz1,9121.1Increase2.svg 0.11,7431.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Rentner1,5710.9
Independent Rolf Hoffmann5290.3
DVU  1930.1
MLPD  560.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes3,3843,193
Total valid votes172,804172,995
Turnout 176,18875.6Decrease2.svg 6.0
CDU holdMajority15,5089.0Increase2.svg 7.5

References

  1. 1 2 "Constituency Pinneberg". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Pinneberg". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. "Germany's electoral oracle struggles to divine the post-Merkel future". Financial Times. 2021-09-24. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
  4. Results for Flensburg – Schleswig
  5. Results for Pinneberg
  6. Results for Pinneberg
  7. Results for Pinneberg