Oberspreewald-Lausitz I

38: Oberspreewald-Lausitz I
38: Oberspreewald-Lausitz I
Electoral district; for the Landtag of Brandenburg
	Oberspreewald-Lausitz I in 2024
District	Oberspreewald-Lausitz
Electorate	33,090 (2024)
Major settlements	Lauchhammer and Schwarzheide
Current electoral district
Created	1994
Party	AfD
Member	Birgit Bessin

DistrictOberspreewald-Lausitz

Electorate33,090 (2024)

Major settlementsLauchhammer and Schwarzheide

Created1994

Oberspreewald-Lausitz I 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 38. It is located in within the district of Oberspreewald-Lausitz.^[2]

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	Member	Party	%
2004	Ingo Senftleben	CDU	35.0
2009			37.1
2014			36.2
2019			26.3
2024	Birgit Bessin	AfD	44.3

State election (2024): Oberspreewald-Lausitz I^[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	%	±%
	AfD	Birgit Bessin		10,427	44.3	NEW	9,863	41.7	5.9
	SPD	Martin Höntsch		6,092	25.9		5,801	24.5	1.6
	BSW						3,334	14.1
	CDU	Magister		3,729	15.8	10.5	2,579	10.9	7.4
	BVB/FW	Nothing		1,607	6.8	2.0	473	2.0	1.4
	Left	Theiler		1,044	4.4	7.0	464	2.0	6.6
	APT						412	1.7	0.3
	FDP	Dieckmann		273	1.2	4.8	177	0.7	3.6
	Greens	Neumann		254	1.1	2.0	250	1.1	2.4
	Plus						103	0.4	0.6
	DLW						84	0.4
	Values						56	0.2
	Third Way						40	0.2
	DKP	Baur		136	0.6		37	0.2
Informal votes				333			222
Total valid votes				23,562			23,673
Turnout				23,895	72.2	12.2
	AfD gain from CDU		Majority	4,335	18.4

State election (2019): Oberspreewald-Lausitz I^[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	%	±%
	AfD						7,319	35.7	22.5
	CDU	Y Ingo Senftleben		5,160	26.3	9.9	3,758	18.3	10.4
	SPD	Gabriele Theiss		5,067	25.8	7.0	4,689	22.9	9.1
	Independent	Marcel Respa		2,773	14.1
	Left	Ringo Jünigk		2,232	11.4	7.1	1,762	8.6	7.2
	BVB/FW	Roxana Trasper		1,724	8.8	4.6	694	3.4	2.0
	FDP	Krystian Burchart		1,160	5.9		886	4.3	3.0
	Die PARTEI	Marcus Winter		900	4.6
	Greens	Ricarda Budke		594	3.0	1.0	698	3.4	1.3
	Tierschutzpartei						416	2.0
	Pirates						117	0.6	0.5
	ÖDP						86	0.4
	V-Partei3						61	0.3
Informal votes				1,185			309
Total valid votes				19,610			20,486
Turnout				20,795	60.0	13.9
	CDU hold		Majority	93	0.5	2.9

State election (2014): Oberspreewald-Lausitz I^[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	Y Ingo Senftleben		5,961	36.2	0.9	4,739	28.7	2.1
	SPD	Gabriele Theiss		5,403	32.8	12.1	5,283	32.0	4.8
	Left	Anne Haufe		3,042	18.5	8.6	2,610	15.8	9.6
	AfD						2,189	13.2
	NPD	Thomas Gürtler		1,045	6.3	1.5	688	4.2	0.3
	BVB/FW	René Schöne		686	4.2	1.5	230	1.4	0.6
	Greens	Dirk Marx		324	2.0	0.3	343	2.1	0.6
	FDP						214	1.3	6.3
	Pirates						183	1.1
	REP						30	0.2
	DKP						21	0.1
Informal votes				314			245
Total valid votes				16,461			16,530
Turnout				16,775	46.1	18.1
	CDU hold		Majority	558	3.4	13.0

State election (2009): Oberspreewald-Lausitz I^[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	%	±%
	CDU	Y Ingo Sentleben		9,013	37.1	2.1	6,471	26.6	2.5
	Left	Viola Weinert		6,581	27.1	5.8	6,184	25.4	0.1
	SPD	Gabriele Theiss		5,028	20.7	1.1	6,617	27.2	2.1
	FDP	Michael Schicha		1,269	5.2	3.1	1,861	7.6	3.5
	NPD	Dieter Werner Hans Woche		1,170	4.8		944	3.9
	DVU						764	3.1	9.1
	BVB/FW	Volker Kurze		666	2.7		491	2.0
	Greens	Uwe Fröhlich		565	2.3	0.2	656	2.7	1.1
	50Plus						136	0.6	1.2
	RRP						122	0.5
	REP						58	0.2
	Die-Volksinitiative						25	0.1
	DKP						14	0.1
Informal votes				796			745
Total valid votes				24,292			24,343
Turnout				25,088	64.2	7.0
	CDU hold		Majority	2,432	10.0	7.9

Oberspreewald-Lausitz I

Members

Election results

2024 election

2019 election

2014 election

2009 election

2004 election

References

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38: Oberspreewald-Lausitz I
Electoral district for the Landtag of Brandenburg
Oberspreewald-Lausitz I in 2024
District	Oberspreewald-Lausitz
Electorate	33,090 (2024)
Major settlements	Lauchhammer and Schwarzheide
Current electoral district
Created	1994
Party	AfD
Member	Birgit Bessin^[1]

State election (2004): Oberspreewald-Lausitz I^[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	%	±%
	CDU	Ingo Senftleben		7,841	34.95		5,520	24.08
	PDS	Viola Weinert		7,375	32.87		5,846	25.51
	SPD	Esther Schröder		4,894	21.82		5,762	25.14
	DVU						2,800	12.22
	FDP	Christian Lisk		1,853	8.26		941	4.11
	Familie						734	3.20
	50Plus						416	1.82
	Greens	Paul-Georg Fritz		471	2.10		363	1.58
	Gray Panthers						126	0.55
	Yes Brandenburg						109	0.48
	BRB						105	0.46
	AUB-Brandenburg						88	0.38
	AfW (Free Voters)						56	0.24
	DKP						29	0.13
	Schill						25	0.11
Informal votes				1,094			608
Total valid votes				22,434			22,920
Turnout				23,528	57.18
	CDU win new seat		Majority	466	2.08