Hamburg Mitte (electoral district)

Hamburg Mitte 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 18. It is located in central Hamburg, comprising the Hamburg-Mitte borough and southern parts of the Hamburg-Nord borough.[1]

18 Hamburg Mitte
electoral district
for the Bundestag
Hamburg Mitte in 2017
StateHamburg
Population350,100 (2015)
Electorate243,543 (2017)
Area117.7 km2
Current electoral district
Created1965
PartySPD
MemberJohannes Kahrs
Elected1998, 2002, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017

Hamburg Mitte was created for the 1965 federal election. Since 1998, it has been represented by Johannes Kahrs of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]

Geography

Hamburg Mitte is located in central Hamburg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises all of the Hamburg-Mitte borough with the exception of the quarter of Wilhelmsburg, as well as the quarters of Barmbek-Nord, Barmbek-Süd, Dulsberg, Hohenfelde, and Uhlenhorst from the Hamburg-Nord borough.[1]

History

Hamburg Mitte was created in 1965 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Hamburg I, Hamburg VI and Hamburg VII. Until 1998, it had the constituency 12 in the numbering system. Originally, it comprised the Hamburg-Mitte borough with the exception of the quarters of Horn, Billstedt, and Billbrook; it included the quarters of Altona-Altstadt and Altona-Nord/Süd from the Altona borough.

In the 1976 election, the quarter of Eilbek from the Wandsbek borough was added. From the 1980 election through the 1998 election, the constituency comprised the entirety of Hamburg-Mitte without the quarters of Finkenwerder and Billstedt, plus the quarter of Barmbek-Uhlenhorst from the Hamburd-Nord borough. For the 2002 election, the constituency was reconfigured. It comprised the Hamburg-Mitte borough without Wilhelmsburg, as well as the quarters of Barmbek-Nord, Barmbek-Süd, Dulsberg, Hohenfelde, and Uhlenhorst from the Hamburg-Nord borough, and Eilbek from the Wandsbek borough. In the 2013 election, the new quarter of Sternschanze was transferred from Hamburg-Mitte to the Hamburg-Altona constituency. In the 2017 election, the quarter of Eilbek was transferred from Hamburg-Mitte to the Hamburg-Wandsbek constituency.

Election No. Name Borders
1965 12 Hamburg Mitte
1969
1972
1976
1980
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 19
2005
2009
2013 18
2017
2021

Members

The constituency has been held continuously by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) since its creation in 1965. Its first representative was Eugen Glombig, who served from 1965 to 1980, followed by Freimut Duve from 1980 to 1998. Johannes Kahrs was elected in 1998, and subsequently re-elected in 2002, 2005, 2009, 2013, and 2017.

Election Member Party %
1965 Eugen Glombig SPD 53.8
1969 60.7
1972 64.6
1976 57.7
1980 Freimut Duve SPD 57.5
1983 54.3
1987 47.1
1990 47.3
1994 45.1
1998 Johannes Kahrs SPD 50.9
2002 54.1
2005 49.5
2009 34.6
2013 39.2
2017 30.9

Election results

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Hamburg Mitte[3]
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 Johannes Kahrs 53,795 30.9 8.3 41,551 23.8 9.8
CDU Christoph de Vries 42,149 24.2 3.7 40,909 23.5 3.3
Left Martin Dolzer 24,083 13.8 4.2 26,109 15.0 3.9
Green Meryem Celikkol 22,368 12.9 0.9 25,164 14.4 0.8
AfD Nicole Jordan 12,728 7.3 4.0 13,940 8.0 3.7
FDP Michael Kruse 11,202 6.4 4.7 16,255 9.3 5.5
PARTEI Samantha Edsen 4,929 2.8 1.8 3,945 2.3 1.3
Tierschutzpartei   1,817 1.0
BGE   1,105 0.6
ÖDP Martin Krause 1,090 0.6 613 0.4 0.1
FW Henner Kühne 1,038 0.6 0.2 744 0.4 0.1
DiB 976 0.6
V-Partei³ 523 0.3
MLPD Stephan Brandt 317 0.2 181 0.1 0.0
NPD Bodo Johlke 316 0.2 0.6 348 0.2 0.6
DKP   113 0.1
Informal votes 1,716 1,438
Total Valid votes 174,015 174,293
Turnout 175,731 72.2 7.0
SPD hold Majority 11,646 6.7 4.3

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Hamburg Mitte[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 Johannes Kahrs 64,997 39.2 4.5 55,721 33.5 5.3
CDU Dirk Marx 46,753 28.2 1.4 44,947 27.0 3.4
Green Katharina Fegebank 19,943 12.0 4.2 22,645 13.6 3.0
Left Jochen Hanisch 15,693 9.5 3.6 18,124 10.9 2.7
Pirates Michael Büker 5,733 3.5 6,442 3.9 0.1
AfD Kay Gottschalk 5,525 3.3 7,186 4.3
FDP Najibulla Karim 2,878 1.7 6.1 6,458 3.9 7.8
PARTEI Michel Gérard 1,738 1.0 1,545 0.9
NPD Torben Klebe 1,245 0.7 0.7 1,257 0.8 0.4
RENTNER 790 0.5
FW Henner Kühne 700 0.4 589 0.4
Independent Stefan Füsers 661 0.4
ÖDP   417 0.3 0.2
Independent Romuald Jasinski 154 0.1
MLPD   92 0.1 0.0
Informal votes 2,445 2,252
Total Valid votes 166,020 166,213
Turnout 168,465 65.6 0.5
SPD hold Majority 18,244 11.0 2.9

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Hamburg Mitte[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 Johannes Kahrs 56,809 34.5 15.0 46,419 28.1 13.9
CDU David Erkalp 43,587 26.5 1.0 38,689 23.4 0.4
Green Farid Müller 27,213 16.5 5.1 27,865 16.9 1.3
Left Joachim Bischoff 21,718 13.2 7.1 22,702 13.7 5.9
FDP Lothar Hänsch 12,818 7.8 4.2 19,105 11.6 3.8
NPD Jürgen Rieger 2,348 1.4 0.1 1,822 1.1 0.1
Pirates   6,303 3.8
RENTNER 1,176 0.7
ÖDP   675 0.4
DVU   243 0.1
MLPD   132 0.1 0.0
Informal votes 2,737 2,089
Total Valid votes 164,493 165,131
Turnout 167,220 66.1 7.2
SPD hold Majority 13,222 8.0 14.0

References

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