Potsdam-Mittelmark II

18: Potsdam-Mittelmark II
Electoral district for the Landtag of Brandenburg
Potsdam-Mittelmark II in 2024
District	Potsdam-Mittelmark
Electorate	57,301 (2024)
Major settlements	Beelitz, Bad Belzig, and Wiesenburg
Current electoral district
Created	1994
Party	SPD
Member	Melanie Balzer [1]

Potsdam-Mittelmark 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 18. It is located in the district of Potsdam-Mittelmark. ^[2]

Geography

The constituency includes the towns of Beelitz, Bad Belzig, as well as the communities of Seddiner See , Michendorf and Wiesenburg, and the districts of Brück and Niemegk.

There were 57,301 eligible voters in 2024. ^[3]

Members

Election		Member	Party	%
	2004	Günter Baaske	SPD	38.2
	2009			41.8
	2014			44.9
	2019			36.3
	2024	Melanie Balzer		38.3

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Potsdam-Mittelmark 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	Melanie Balzer		16,809	38.3	4.2	15,092	34.2	4.8
	AfD	Peer Dorow		11,068	25.2	7.7	10,127	22.9	4.2
	BSW						6,073	13.8
	CDU	Schreinicke		8,060	18.4	2.8	5,775	13.1	2.3
	BVB/FW	Simmes		3,297	7.5	1.6	1,062	2.4	3.1
	Left	Frey		2,266	5.2	3.7	1,242	2.8	6.8
	Greens	Wessel		1,790	4.1	7.4	2,652	6.0	7.2
	Tierschutzpartei						934	2.1	0.2
	FDP	Krohn		593	1.4	2.0	454	1.0	3.5
	Plus						392	0.9	0.3
	DLW						156	0.4
	Values						102	0.2
	Third Way						42	0.1
	DKP						31	0.1
Informal votes				585			334
Total valid votes				43,883			44,134
Turnout				44,468	77.6	10.1
	SPD hold		Majority	5,741	13.1

2019 election

State election (2019): Potsdam-Mittelmark 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 Günter Baaske		13,509	36.3	8.6	11,261	30.2	7.0
	AfD	Kai Kristian Laubach		6,865	18.4	8.5	7,320	19.7	9.1
	CDU	Anja Schmollack		5,692	15.3	5.7	5,719	15.4	6.6
	Greens	Andreas Koska		3,986	10.7	4.5	4,437	11.9	5.4
	Left	Claudia Sprengel		3,127	8.4	5.7	3,452	9.3	6.7
	BVB/FW	Dr. Winfried Ludwig		2,833	7.6	5.1	2,023	5.4	3.1
	FDP	Tim Kehrwieder		1,205	3.2		1,572	4.2	2.6
	Tierschutzpartei						901	2.4
	Pirates						260	0.7	1.0
	ÖDP						200	0.5
	V-Partei3						90	0.2
Informal votes				483			465
Total valid votes				37,217			37,235
Turnout				37,700	66.9	14.2
	SPD hold		Majority	6,644	17.9	6.0

2014 election

State election (2014): Potsdam-Mittelmark 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	Y Günter Baaske		13,073	44.9	4.9	10,855	37.2	0.3
	CDU	Ludwig Burkardt		6,098	21.0	1.7	6,428	22.0	3.7
	Left	Astrit Rabinowitsch		4,091	14.1	9.5	4,673	16.0	7.8
	AfD	Sven Schröder		2,887	9.9		3,088	10.6
	Greens	Dr. Elke Seidel		1,814	6.2	0.2	1,885	6.5	0.3
	BVB/FW	Bärbel Schüler		738	2.5	0.9	659	2.3	0.8
	NPD						519	1.8	0.2
	Pirates	Gerhard Luhmer		401	1.4		484	1.7
	FDP						460	1.6	6.0
	DKP						61	0.2
	REP						51	0.2
Informal votes				522			461
Total valid votes				29,102			29,163
Turnout				29,624	52.7	17.2
	SPD hold		Majority	6,975	23.9	7.5

2009 election

State election (2009): Potsdam-Mittelmark 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 Günter Baaske		13,156	41.8	3.6	12,173	38.5	3.1
	Left	Astrit Rabinowitsch		7,628	24.2	0.7	7,754	24.5	1.2
	CDU	Ludwig Burkardt		5,583	17.7	0.9	5,624	17.8	1.3
	FDP	Dietmar Hummel		1,818	5.8	1.0	2,273	7.2	3.7
	Greens	Elke Siedel		1,729	5.5	1.4	1,687	5.3	1.3
	NPD	Jens Kramp		763	2.4		664	2.1
	BVB/FW	Tino Schwäbisch		508	1.6		486	1.5
	DVU						328	1.0	4.1
	Independent	Amrei Wolf		283	0.9
	RRP						194	0.6
	Die-Volksinitiative						151	0.5
	50Plus						144	0.5
	DKP						55	0.2
	REP						54	0.2
Informal votes				1,167			1,048
Total valid votes				31,468			31,587
Turnout				32,635	68.5	9.7
	SPD hold		Majority	5,528	17.6	4.3

References

1. "Ergebnisse Landtagswahl in 18 - Potsdam-Mittelmark II".
2. "Seite wird geladen" (PDF).
3. "Ergebnisse Landtagswahl in 18 - Potsdam-Mittelmark II".
4. https://wahlergebnisse.brandenburg.de/12/500/20240922/landtagswahl_land/ergebnisse_wahlkreis_18.html
5. https://www.tagesschau.de/wahl/archiv/2019-09-01-LT-DE-BB/charts/wahlkreis-detail/WK018-21.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