Hamburg Nord (electoral district)

Hamburg Nord 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 21. It is located in northern Hamburg, comprising most of the Hamburg-Nord borough and the northern part of the Wandsbek borough.[1]

21 Hamburg Nord
electoral district
for the Bundestag
Hamburg Nord in 2017
StateHamburg
Population279,800 (2015)
Electorate217,226 (2017)
Area114.9 km2
Current electoral district
Created1980
PartyCDU
MemberChristoph Ploß
Elected2017

Hamburg Nord was created for the 1980 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Christoph Ploß of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]

Geography

Hamburg Nord is located in northern Hamburg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Hamburg-Nord borough with the exception of the quarters of Barmbek-Nord, Barmbek-Süd, Dulsberg, Hohenfelde, and Uhlenhorst. It also contains the quarters of Bergstedt, Duvenstedt, Hummelsbüttel, Lemsahl-Mellingstedt, Poppenbüttel, Sasel, Wellingsbüttel and Wohldorf-Ohlstedt from the Wandsbek borough.[1]

History

Hamburg Nord was created in 1980 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Hamburg-Nord I and Hamburg-Nord II. Through the 1998 election, it was constituency number 15 in the numbering system. From 2002 through 2009, it was constituency 22; since 2013, it has been constituency 21. Its borders have not changed since its creation.

Members

The constituency was held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from its creation in 1980 until 1987, during which time it was represented by Hans Apel. It was won by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in 1987, and represented by Dirk Fischer. In 1998, it was won by the SPD's Anke Hartnagel. She was succeeded by Christian Carstensen in 2005. Former member Fischer won the constituency again in 2009. He was succeeded by Christoph Ploß in the 2017 election.

Election Member Party %
1980 Hans Apel SPD 49.7
1983 45.7
1987 Dirk Fischer CDU 42.8
1990 41.6
1994 40.9
1998 Anke Hartnagel SPD 47.1
2002 48.4
2005 Christian Carstensen SPD 43.3
2009 Dirk Fischer CDU 38.4
2013 39.7
2017 Christoph Ploß CDU 33.5

Election results

2017 election
Federal election (2017): Hamburg Nord[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 % ±%
CDU Christoph Ploß 59,441 33.5 6.2 55,737 31.3 5.1
SPD Dorothee Martin[lower-alpha 1] 54,695 30.8 3.9 38,150 21.4 8.7
Green Anja Hajduk 24,065 13.6 1.6 25,584 14.4 1.9
FDP Robert Bläsing 14,911 8.4 6.0 24,652 13.9 7.6
Left Rainer Behrens 13,277 7.5 2.8 16,720 9.4 2.9
AfD Delphine Thiermann 9,701 5.5 2.0 10,963 6.2 2.0
PARTEI   2,042 1.1 0.7
FW Jens Rohde 1,273 0.7 556 0.3 0.1
Tierschutzpartei   1,245 0.7
DiB 630 0.4
BGE   579 0.3
V-Partei³ 361 0.2
ÖDP   340 0.2 0.0
NPD   180 0.1 0.3
DKP   72 0.0
MLPD   63 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 1,397 886
Total Valid votes 177,363 177,874
Turnout 178,760 82.3 4.9
CDU hold Majority 4,746 2.7 2.2

2013 election
Federal election (2013): Hamburg Nord[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 % ±%
CDU Y Dirk Fischer 64,459 39.7 1.3 59,244 36.5 5.4
SPD Christian Carstensen 56,421 34.7 1.6 49,039 30.2 4.9
Green Anja Hajduk 19,343 11.9 1.3 20,357 12.5 3.7
Left Herbert Schulz 7,626 4.7 2.0 10,615 6.5 1.8
AfD Jörn Kruse 5,708 3.5 6,721 4.1
FDP Sylvia Canel 3,921 2.4 5.5 10,242 6.3 9.3
Pirates Sebastian Seeger 3,559 2.2 3,638 2.2 0.2
PARTEI   681 0.4
FW Kai Connelly 637 0.4 392 0.2
NPD Helmut Dörlitz 610 0.4 0.3 588 0.4 0.1
RENTNER 585 0.4 0.2
ÖDP   297 0.2 0.1
MLPD   39 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 1,666 1,512
Total Valid votes 162,284 162,438
Turnout 163,950 77.4 1.3
CDU hold Majority 8,038 4.9 0.3

2009 election
Federal election (2009): Hamburg Nord[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 % ±%
CDU Dirk Fischer 61,873 34.3 1.1 50,174 31.0 1.2
SPD N Christian Carstensen 53,469 33.2 10.1 40,909 25.3 9.8
Green Petra Osinski 21,268 13.2 3.5 26,306 16.3 0.6
FDP Robert Bläsing 12,766 7.9 4.3 25,269 15.6 4.8
Left Vera Niazi-Shahabi 10,805 6.7 3.3 13,429 8.3 3.5
Pirates   3,289 2.0
NPD Lothar Baseler 1,010 0.6 0.0 794 0.5 0.1
RENTNER 876 0.5
ÖDP   411 0.3
DVU   152 0.1
MLPD   46 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 1,821 1,357
Total Valid votes 161,191 151,655
Turnout 163,012 78.7 4.2
CDU gain from SPD Majority 8,404 5.2

Notes
  1. Martin entered the Bundestag on the SPD list after the resignation of Johannes Kahrs in May 2020.

References
  1. "Constituency Hamburg Nord". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Hamburg Nord". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. Results for Hamburg Nord
  4. Results for Hamburg Nord
  5. Results for Hamburg Nord

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