Potsdam-Mittelmark IV

20: Potsdam-Mittelmark IV
Electoral district for the Landtag of Brandenburg
Potsdam-Mittelmark IV in 2024
District	Potsdam-Mittelmark
Electorate	58,235 (2024)
Major settlements	Teltow
Current electoral district
Created	1994
Party	SPD
Member	Sebastian Rüter [1]

Potsdam-Mittelmark IV 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 20. It is located in the district of Potsdam-Mittelmark. ^[2]

Geography

The constituency includes the town of Teltow, as well as the communities of Kleinmachnow, Nuthetal, and Stahnsdorf.

There were 58,235 eligible voters in 2024. ^[3]

Members

Election		Member	Party	%
	2004	Jens Klocksin	SPD	31.3
	2009	Sören Kosanke		30.9
	2014			26.9
	2019	Sebastian Rüter		26.8
	2024			40.4

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Potsdam-Mittelmark IV [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	Y Sebastian Rüter		18,295	40.0	13.2	17,168	37.4	10.8
	CDU	Mirna Richel		8,881	19.4	2.1	8,036	17.5	1.0
	AfD	Dr. Zeschmann		8,390	18.3	5.4	7,601	16.5	3.0
	Greens	Hahn		3,637	8.0	12.6	4,377	9.5	11.2
	BSW						4,207	9.2
	BVB/FW	Albers		2,743	6.0	0.6	916	2.0	2.3
	Left	Janct		1,580	3.5	4.5	1,161	2.5	4.5
	FDP	Goetz		1,332	2.9	5.0	900	2.0	5.6
	Tierschutzpartei						856	1.9	0.3
	Plus	Borrmann		879	1.9		497	1.1	0.3
	Values						110	0.2
	DLW						83	0.2
	DKP						15	0.0
	Third Way						13	0.0
Informal votes				467			264
Total valid votes				45,737			45,940
Turnout				46,204	79.3	8.2
	SPD hold		Majority	9,414	20.6

2019 election

State election (2019): Potsdam-Mittelmark IV [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	Sebastian Rüter		10,728	26.8	0.5	10,659	26.6	0.3
	Greens	Alexandra Pichl		8,224	20.5	8.2	8,335	20.8	7.0
	CDU	Dietrich Rudorff		6,950	17.3	9.9	6,605	16.5	9.1
	AfD	Hans-Stefan Edler		5,191	12.9	3.0	5,448	13.6	2.5
	Left	Marlen Block		3,179	7.9	4.9	2,820	7.0	5.8
	FDP	Hans-Peter Goetz		3,165	7.9	4.3	3,047	7.6	4.8
	BVB/FW	Andreas Wolf		2,651	6.6	1.5	1,735	4.3	0.5
	Tierschutzpartei						850	2.1
	Pirates						297	0.7	1.2
	ÖDP						253	0.6
	V-Partei3						78	0.2
Informal votes				322			283
Total valid votes				40,088			40,127
Turnout				40,410	71.2	12.6
	SPD hold		Majority	2,504	6.3	6.2

2014 election

State election (2014): Potsdam-Mittelmark IV [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 Sören Kosanke		8,604	27.3	3.6	8,490	26.9	8.0
	CDU	Daniel Mühlner		8,581	27.2	2.7	8,085	25.6	3.7
	Left	Konstantin Gräfe		4,027	12.8	9.6	4,052	12.8	5.4
	Greens	Thomas Michel		3,889	12.3	1.4	4,353	13.8	3.0
	AfD	Klaus Morian		3,111	9.9		3,489	11.1
	BVB/FW	Antje Aurich-Haider		1,604	5.1	3.5	1,210	3.8	2.8
	FDP	Hans-Peter Goetz		1,140	3.6	6.1	879	2.8	7.1
	Pirates	Jeannette Paech		556	1.8		601	1.9
	NPD						321	1.0	0.2
	REP						51	0.2	0.1
	DKP						43	0.1
Informal votes				412			350
Total valid votes				31,512			31,574
Turnout				31,924	58.6	19.9
	SPD hold		Majority	23	0.1	6.3

References

1. "Ergebnisse Landtagswahl in 20 - Potsdam-Mittelmark IV".
2. "Seite wird geladen" (PDF).
3. "Ergebnisse Landtagswahl in 20 - Potsdam-Mittelmark IV".
4. https://wahlergebnisse.brandenburg.de/12/500/20240922/landtagswahl_land/ergebnisse_wahlkreis_20.html
5. https://www.tagesschau.de/wahl/archiv/2019-09-01-LT-DE-BB/charts/wahlkreis-detail/WK020-21.shtml
6. https://www.statistischebibliothek.de/mir/receive/BBHeft_mods_00011168

See also

• Politics of Brandenburg
• Landtag of Brandenburg