Barnim III (electoral district)

15: Barnim III
15: Barnim III
Electoral district; for the Landtag of Brandenburg
	Barnim III in 2024
District	Barnim
Electorate	59,014 (2024)
Major settlements	Werneuchen
Current electoral district
Created	1994
Party	AfD
Member	Lena Kotré

Barnim III 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 15. It is located in the Barnim district^[2]

Geography

The constituency includes the town of Werneuchen, as well as the communities of Ahrensfelde and Wandlitz, and the administrative divisions of Biesenthal-Barnim and Britz-Chorin-Oderberg.

There were 59,014 eligible voters in 2024.^[1]

Members

	Member	Party	%
2004	Ralf Christoffers	PDS	36.0
2009	Michael Luthardt	Left	31.4
2014	Britta Müller	SPD	27.3
2019	Steffen John	AfD	23.9
2024	Lena Kotré	AfD	34.9

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Barnim III^[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	Lena Kotré		15,540	34.9	11.0	14,015	31.3	6.9
	SPD	Klingsporn		12,194	27.4	3.8	11,859	26.5	2.8
	BSW						7,011	15.7
	CDU	Mauersberger		7,300	16.4	0.7	5,169	11.6	3.2
	BVB/FW	Dr. Buder		5,401	12.1	2.9	2,008	4.5	4.0
	Left	Czok-Alm		2,507	5.6	6.5	1,320	2.9	8.8
	Greens	Gellert		1,172	2.6	6.7	1,624	3.6	6.5
	Tierschutzpartei						776	1.7	0.8
	Plus						345	0.8	0.1
	FDP	Höhr		385	0.9	1.9	296	0.7	2.4
	DLW						184	0.4
	Values						74	0.2
	Third Way						37	0.1
	DKP						30	0.1
Informal votes				565			316
Total valid votes				44,499			44,748
Turnout				45,064	76.4	13.4
	AfD hold		Majority	3,346	7.5

2019 election

State election (2019): Barnim III^[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	Jan-Steffen John		8,521	23.9	12.8	8,709	24.4	12.3
	SPD	N Britta Müller		8,387	23.6	3.7	8,445	23.7	4.6
	CDU	Carsten Bruch		6,073	17.1	6.9	5,277	14.8	7.4
	Left	Isabelle Czok-Alm		4,312	12.1	1.2.6	4,177	11.7	10.9
	Greens	Dr. Michael Egidius Luthardt		3,330	9.4	4.6	3,599	10.1	4.4
	BVB/FW	Detlef Klix		3,294	9.3	4.2	3,035	8.5	4.9
	FDP	Stephan Fischer		977	2.7	1.3	1,094	3.1	1.7
	Tierschutzpartei						908	2.5
	Die PARTEI	Mirko Schlauß		688	1.9
	Pirates						188	0.5	0.9
	ÖDP						138	0.4
	V-Partei3						84	0.2
Informal votes				676			604
Total valid votes				35,582			35,654
Turnout				36,258	62.9	16.0
	AfD gain from SPD		Majority	134	0.3

2014 election

State election (2014): Barnim III^[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	Britta Müller		7,020	27.3	1.2	7,280	28.3	0.3
	Left	N Dr. Michael Luthardt		6,353	24.7	6.7	5,813	22.6	7.5
	CDU	Uwe Liebehenschel		6,170	24.0	3.4	5,705	22.2	2.9
	AfD	Bernd Bednarski		2,841	11.1		3,116	12.1
	BVB/FW	Jürgen Hintze		1,308	5.1	1.5	915	3.6	1.1
	Greens	Thomas Dyhr		1,244	4.8	0.3	1,459	5.7
	NPD						595	2.3	0.9
	Pirates	Jürgen Voigt		396	1.5		354	1.4
	FDP	Andreas Baumann		352	1.4	5.6	352	1.4	6.3
	DKP						79	0.3	0.1
	REP						70	0.3
Informal votes				414			360
Total valid votes				25,684			25,738
Turnout				26,098	46.9	22.6
	SPD gain from Left		Majority	667	2.6

2009 election

State election (2009): Barnim III^[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	Michael Luthardt		11,847	31.4	4.6	11,398	30.1	2.5
	SPD	Reinhold Dellmann		10,788	28.6	1.6	10,877	28.7	0.4
	CDU	Mathias Dumke		7,781	20.6	0.8	7,336	19.3	0.4
	FDP	Heiner Loos		2,629	7.0	3.5	2,896	7.6	4.5
	Greens	Axel Vogel		1,937	5.1	1.2	2,137	5.6	2.2
	NPD	Mike Sandow		1,459	3.9		1,231	3.2
	BVB/FW	Frank-Uwe Unger		1,341	3.5		949	2.5
	DVU						432	1.1	4.7
	50Plus						219	0.6
	RRP						177	0.5
	REP						115	0.3
	DKP						84	0.2
	Die-Volksinitiative						73	0.2
Informal votes				1,007			865
Total valid votes				37,782			37,924
Turnout				38,789	69.4	12.8
	Left hold		Majority	1,059	2.8	6.2

2004 election

State election (2004): Barnim III^[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	%	±%
	PDS	Ralf Christoffers		10,508	36.01		9,586	32.63
	SPD	Reinhold Dellmann		7,869	26.97		8,326	28.34
	CDU	Martin Horst		6,233	21.36		5,566	18.95
	DVU						1,703	5.80
	Greens	Elke Rosch		1,143	3.92		1,009	3.43
	Familie						755	2.57
	AfW (Free Voters)	Günther Spangenberg		1,104	3.78		295	1.00
	BRB	Thomas Strese		1,034	3.54		408	1.39
	FDP	Gero Riedel		1,010	3.46		906	3.08
	Gray Panthers						296	1.01
	Independent	Harald Ulrich		280	0.96
	50Plus						190	0.65
	AUB-Brandenburg						121	0.41
	Yes Brandenburg						92	0.31
	DKP						73	0.25
	Schill						53	0.18
Informal votes				785			587
Total valid votes				29,181			29,379
Turnout				29,966	56.64
	PDS win new seat		Majority	2,639	9.04