1 Flensburg – Schleswig
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Flensburg – Schleswig in 2013
StateSchleswig-Holstein
Population219,300 (2019)
Electorate231,536 (2021)
Major settlementsFlensburg
Schleswig
Area2,124.3 km2
Current electoral district
Created1976
PartyGRÜNE
MemberRobert Habeck
Elected2021

Flensburg – Schleswig 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 1. It is located in northeastern Schleswig-Holstein, comprising the city of Flensburg and the Schleswig-Flensburg district.[1]

Flensburg – Schleswig was created for the 1976 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Robert Habeck of the Alliance 90/The Greens.[2]

Geography

Flensburg – Schleswig is located in northeastern Schleswig-Holstein. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the urban district of Flensburg and the district of Schleswig-Flensburg.[1]

History

Flensburg – Schleswig was created in 1976 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Flensburg and Schleswig – Eckernförde. Its borders and constituency number have not changed since its creation.

Members

The constituency was held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from its creation in 1976 until 1983, during which time it was represented by Egon Bahr. It was won by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in 1983, and represented by Harm Dallmeyer (until 1987) and Wolfgang Börnsen. In 1998, it was won by the SPD's Wolfgang Wodarg. Former member Börnsen won the constituency again in 2009, and represented it until 2013. He was succeeded by Sabine Sütterlin-Waack, who served until 2017, and then by Petra Nicolaisen. Robert Habeck of the Greens won the constituency in the 2021 election.

Election Member Party  %
1976 Egon Bahr SPD 49.0
1980 49.7
1983 Harm Dallmeyer CDU 49.7
1987 Wolfgang Börnsen CDU 46.0
1990 47.2
1994 45.6
1998 Wolfgang Wodarg SPD 50.2
2002 44.2
2005 44.2
2009 Wolfgang Börnsen CDU 38.8
2013 Sabine Sütterlin-Waack CDU 42.5
2017 Petra Nicolaisen CDU 40.0
2021 Robert Habeck GRÜNE 28.1

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Flensburg – Schleswig[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Greens Robert Habeck 50,231 28.1 Increase 17.6 33,300 18.6 Increase 5.6
CDU Red XN Petra Nicolaisen 41,721 23.4 Decrease 16.6 36,421 20.4 Decrease 13.8
SPD Franziska Brzezicha 38,927 21.8 Decrease 6.2 45,508 25.5 Increase 1.8
SSW Stefan Seidler 13,020 7.3 16,415 9.2
FDP Christoph Anastasiadis 12,299 6.9 Increase 0.3 19,189 10.7 Decrease 0.4
AfD Jan Petersen-Brendel 9,768 5.5 Decrease 0.7 10,317 5.8 Decrease 1.1
Left Katrine Hoop 6,544 3.7 Decrease 3.5 7,475 4.2 Decrease 4.0
dieBasis Marko Wölbing 3,356 1.9 2,866 1.6
Tierschutzpartei   1,990 1.1
PARTEI   1,844 1.0 Decrease 0.2
FW Arne Olaf Jöhnk 2,324 1.3 Increase 0.2 1,715 1.0 Increase 0.3
Volt   403 0.2
Team Todenhöfer   318 0.2
V-Partei3   194 0.1
Humanists   157 0.1
NPD   138 0.1 Decrease 0.1
ÖDP   132 0.1 Decrease 0.1
du. Dariush Keshavarz Khorasgani 227 0.1 118 0.1
LKR Uwe Christiansen 157 0.1 73 0.0
DKP   40 0.0
MLPD   12 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 1,537 1,487
Total Valid votes 178,575 178,625
Turnout 180,112 77.8 Increase 2.5
Greens gain from CDU Majority 8,510 4.7

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Flensburg – Schleswig[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Petra Nicolaisen 68,120 40.0 Decrease 2.5 58,320 34.2 Decrease 4.0
SPD Clemens Teschendorf 47,711 28.0 Decrease 9.2 40,388 23.7 Decrease 8.9
Greens Peter Wittenhorst 17,911 10.5 Increase 2.7 22,304 13.1 Increase 3.3
FDP Christian Lucks 11,147 6.5 Increase 4.7 18,955 11.1 Increase 6.1
Left Hermann Soldan 12,144 7.1 Increase 2.5 14,002 8.2 Increase 2.6
AfD Frank Hansen 10,583 6.2 Increase 3.0 11,653 6.8 Increase 2.8
PARTEI   2,100 1.2
FW Arne-Olaf Jöhnk 1,947 1.1 1,195 0.7 Increase 0.1
BGE   843 0.5
Independent Uwe Krüger-Winands 755 0.4
NPD   349 0.2 Decrease 0.4
MLPD   59 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 1,596 1,449
Total Valid votes 170,318 170,465
Turnout 171,914 75.2 Increase 3.5
CDU hold Majority 20,409 12.0 Increase 6.7

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Flensburg – Schleswig[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Sabine Sütterlin-Waack 68,235 42.5 Increase 3.7 61,347 38.2 Increase 6.1
SPD Dirk Peddinghaus 59,718 37.2 Increase 4.5 52,396 32.6 Increase 6.4
Greens Marlene Löhr 12,491 7.8 Decrease 2.5 15,734 9.8 Decrease 4.0
Left Heinz-Werner Jezewski 7,436 4.6 Decrease 2.9 9,084 5.7 Decrease 2.8
AfD Hans Ulrich Post 5,234 3.3 6,563 4.1
Pirates Nadine Lindenberg 3,418 2.1 3,183 2.0 Decrease 0.1
FDP Carsten-Peter Brodersen 3,039 1.9 Decrease 7.7 8,065 5.0 Decrease 10.2
Tierschutzpartei   1,459 0.9
FW   1,042 0.6
NPD Wolfgang Schimmel 955 0.6 Decrease 0.2 929 0.6 Decrease 0.2
BGE   843 0.5
Rentner 790 0.5 Decrease 0.7
MLPD   44 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 2,223 2,113
Total Valid votes 160,526 160,636
Turnout 162,749 71.7 Decrease 0.8
CDU hold Majority 8,517 5.3 Decrease 0.8

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Flensburg – Schleswig[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Wolfgang Börnsen 61,793 38.8 Decrease 5.2 51,068 32.1 Decrease 4.3
SPD Red XN Wolfgang Wodarg 52,139 32.7 Decrease 11.5 41,793 26.3 Decrease 12.8
Greens Ingrid Nestle 16,399 10.3 Increase 6.1 21,967 13.8 Increase 5.8
FDP Jörg Petersen 15,292 9.6 Increase 6.4 24,187 15.2 Increase 5.5
Left Heinz-Werner Jezewski 11,918 7.5 Increase 3.8 13,481 8.5 Increase 3.7
Pirates   3,385 2.1
Rentner 1,821 1.1
NPD Kevin Stein 1,302 0.8 Steady 0.0 1,240 0.8 Steady 0.0
Centre Hans-Werner Jarmer 369 0.2
DVU   159 0.1
MLPD   47 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 4,117 4,181
Total Valid votes 159,212 159,148
Turnout 163,329 72.5 Decrease 5.2
CDU gain from SPD Majority 9,654 6.1

2005 election

Federal election (2005): Flensburg – Schleswig[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
SPD Green tickY Wolfgang Wodarg 74,802 44.2 Decrease 4.4 66,099 39.1 Decrease 5.0
CDU Wolfgang Börnsen 74,480 44.0 Increase 2.7 61,535 36.4 Decrease 0.1
Greens Grietje Bettin 7,068 4.2 Decrease 0.2 13,597 8.0 Decrease 1.1
Left Meenhard Smit 6,150 3.6 Increase 2.5 8,120 4.8 Increase 3.5
FDP Jörg Petersen 5,347 3.2 Decrease 1.0 16,397 9.7 Increase 2.2
Familie   2,025 1.2
NPD Artur Nissen 1,306 0.8 1,359 0.8 Increase 0.6
MLPD   99 0.1
Informal votes 2,674 2,596
Total Valid votes 169,153 169,231
Turnout 171,827 77.8 Decrease 1.2
SPD hold Majority 322 0.2 Decrease 7.1

References

  1. 1 2 "Constituency Flensburg – Schleswig". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. ↑ "Results for Flensburg – Schleswig". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. ↑ Results for Flensburg – Schleswig
  4. ↑ Results for Flensburg – Schleswig
  5. ↑ Results for Flensburg – Schleswig
  6. ↑ Results for Flensburg – Schleswig
  7. ↑ Final results by constituency for the 2005 Bundestag election

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