Potsdam II

22: Potsdam II
Electoral district for the Landtag of Brandenburg
Potsdam II in 2024
District	Potsdam
Electorate	52,482 (2024)
Major settlements	Potsdam (partial)
Current electoral district
Created	1994
Party	SPD
Member	Daniel Keller [1]

Potsdam 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 22. It is located in within the city of Potsdam. ^[2]

Geography

The constituency includes the districts of Potsdam-Süd , Stern/Drewitz/Kirchsteigfeld and Südliche Innenstadt/Zentrum Ost.

There were 52,482 eligible voters in 2024. ^[3]

Members

Election		Member	Party	%
	2004	Matthias Platzeck	SPD	41.3
	2009	Hans-Jürgen Scharfenberg  [ de ]	Left	42.8
	2014			38.4
	2019	Daniel Keller	SPD	26.5
	2024			42.8

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Uckermack 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	Y Daniel Keller		15,898	42.8	16.3	12,849	34.3	6.2
	AfD	Chaled-Uwe Said		8,863	23.8	6.3	7,862	21.0	2.5
	BSW						5,353	14.3
	CDU	Steeven Bretz		4,023	10.8	1.0	3,292	8.8	1.0
	Left	Wollenberg		2,991	8.0	16.1	2,084	5.6	12.6
	Greens	Posenauer		2,140	5.8	6.4	3,070	8.2	5.8
	APT						1,039	2.8	0.4
	BVB/FW	Soyka		1,552	4.2	1.3	598	1.6	0.8
	Plus	Richter		1,267	3.4		780	2.1
	FDP	Floiger		447	1.2	1.9	330	0.9	2.7
	Values						93	0.2
	DLW						85	0.2
	DKP						42	0.1
	Third Way						30	0.1
Informal votes				639			313
Total valid votes				37,181			37,507
Turnout				37,820	72.1	11.3
	SPD hold		Majority	7,035	19.0	16.8

2019 election

State election (2019): Potsdam 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	Daniel Keller		8,449	26.5	1.4	8,973	28.1	3.5
	Left	N Dr. Hans-Jürgen Scharfenberg		7,689	24.1	14.3	5,793	18.1	12.5
	AfD	Chaled-Uwe Said		5,591	17.5	7.6	5,888	18.4	7.6
	Greens	Frauke Havekost		3,879	12.2	7.1	4,478	14.0	7.2
	CDU	Steeven Bretz		3,143	9.9	4.0	3,113	9.8	3.7
	Die PARTEI	Sylvia Swierkowski		976	3.1
	FDP	Andrea Ney		974	3.1	2.2	1,142	3.6	2.6
	Tierschutzpartei						1,012	3.2
	BVB/FW	Irene Kamenz		903	2.8	1.4	755	2.4	1.3
	Pirates						342	1.1	1.3
	ÖDP						307	1.0
	Independent	Ingo Charnow		166	0.5
	V-Partei3						125	0.4
	German Communist Party	Michael Grüß		111	0.3
Informal votes				395			348
Total valid votes				31,881			31,928
Turnout				32,276	60.7	12.5
	SPD gain from Left		Majority	760	2.2

2014 election

State election (2014): Potsdam 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	%	±%
	Left	Y Dr. Hans-Jürgen Scharfenberg		9,824	38.4	4.4	7,850	30.6	5.4
	SPD	Ulrike Häfner		7,139	27.9	3.5	8,100	31.6	4.0
	CDU	Steeven Bretz		3,549	13.9	1.6	3,455	13.5	2.5
	AfD	Stefan Hein		2,541	9.9		2,774	10.8
	Greens	Uwe Fröhlich		1,312	5.1	0.8	1,742	6.8	0.5
	Pirates	Jan Weisbrod		595	2.3		626	2.4
	NPD						365	1.4	0.1
	BVB/FW	Bettina Sommerlatte-Hennig		368	1.4	0.3	292	1.1	0.2
	FDP	Dominique Römhild		226	0.9	3.8	251	1.0	4.2
	DKP						122	0.5	0.1
	REP						53	0.2
Informal votes				428			352
Total valid votes				25,554			25,630
Turnout				25,982	48.2	18.4
	Left hold		Majority	2,685	14.0	2.6

2009 election

State election (2009): Potsdam 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	%	±%
	Left	Hans-Jürgen Scharfenberg		14,813	42.8	3.4	12,610	36.0	1.6
	SPD	Mike Schubert		10,892	31.4	9.9	12,460	35.6	3.5
	CDU	Steeven Bretz		4,273	12.3	1.3	3,845	11.0	0.5
	Greens	Jürgen Stelter		2,061	5.9	3.4	2,212	6.3	1.6
	FDP	Marcel Yon		1,624	4.7	2.1	1,818	5.2	3.0
	NPD						510	1.5
	BVB/FW	Matthias Schröter		580	1.7		444	1.3
	DVU						428	1.2	2.8
	Independent	Dieter Gohlke		403	1.2
	RRP						238	0.7
	50Plus						175	0.5	0.3
	DKP						125	0.4	0.1
	Die-Volksinitiative						68	0.2
	REP						56	0.2
Informal votes				1,137			794
Total valid votes				34,646			34,989
Turnout				35,783	66.6	7.4
	Left hold		Majority	3,921	11.4	10.5

References

1. "Ergebnisse Landtagswahl in 22 - Potsdam II".
2. "Seite wird geladen" (PDF).
3. "Ergebnisse Landtagswahl in 22 - Potsdam II".
4. https://wahlergebnisse.brandenburg.de/12/500/20240922/landtagswahl_land/ergebnisse_wahlkreis_12.html
5. https://www.tagesschau.de/wahl/archiv/2019-09-01-LT-DE-BB/charts/wahlkreis-detail/WK022-20.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