Potsdam II

22: 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

Last updated September 13, 2025

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

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