Cottbus II

44: Cottbus II
44: Cottbus II
Electoral district; for the Landtag of Brandenburg
	Cottbus II in 2024
District	Cottbus
Electorate	36,720 (2024)
Major settlements	Cottbus (partial)
Current electoral district
Created	1994
Party	SPD
Member	Lars Katzmarek

Cottbus II 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 44. It is located in within the city of Cottbus.^[2]

Geography

The constituency includes the districts of Gallinchen, Groß Gaglow, Kahren, Kiekebusch, Madlow, Sachsendorf, Spremberger Vorstadt, and Ströbitzwithin the city of Cottbus.

There were 36,720 eligible voters in 2024.^[3]

Members

	Member	Party	%
2004	Frank Szymanski	SPD	33.8
2009	Jürgen Maresch	Left	32.2
2014	Kerstin Kircheis	SPD	33.6
2019	Lars Schieske	AfD	27.3
2024	Lars Katzmarek	SPD	38.0

Election results

2024 Brandenburg state election: Cottbus II^[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	Lars Katzmarek		9,746	38.0	13.8	8,638	33.5	8.0
	AfD	Lars Schieske		9,238	36.0	8.7	8,041	31.2	4.4
	BSW						3,742	14.5	14.5
	CDU	Adeline Abimnwi Awemo		3,100	12.1	7.4	2,316	9.0	6.1
	Greens	Heiner Bachmann		316	1.2	6.6	672	2.6	5.3
	Left	Yasmin Kirsten		1,463	5.7	4.9	778	3.0	7.9
	FW	Heiko Selka		1,431	5.6	0.3	446	1.7	2.3
	FDP	Justus Gutsche		336	1.3	3.3	174	0.7	4.9
	Tierschutzpartei						500	1.9	0.6
	Pirates						234	0.9	0.4
	Third Way						38	0.1	0.1
	DKP						29	0.1	0.1
	DLW						81	0.3	0.3
	Values						105	0.4	0.4
Informal votes
Total valid votes				25,954
	SPD gain from AfD		Majority

2019 election

State election (2019): Cottbus II^[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	%	±%
	AfD	Lars Schieske		6,343	27.3	15.9	6,250	26.8	16.1
	SPD	N Kerstin Kircheis		5,642	24.2	9.4	5,938	25.5	7.5
	CDU	Dr. Wolfgang Bialas		4,539	19.5	7.5	3,512	15.1	13.2
	Left	Stefan Ludwig		2,475	10.6	8.0	2,551	10.9	6.2
	Greens	Barbara Domke		1,828	7.8	3.0	1,845	7.9	3.6
	BVB/FW	Peter Pollack		1,361	5.8	2.4	943	4.0	2.4
	FDP	Felix Sicker		1,085	4.7	3.4	1,301	5.6	4.6
	Tierschutzpartei						597	2.6
	Pirates						184	0.8	0.9
	ÖDP						129	0.6
	V-Partei3						70	0.3
Informal votes				323			297
Total valid votes				23,294			23,320
Turnout				23,617	61.1	11.7
	AfD gain from SPD		Majority	722	3.1

2014 election

State election (2014): Cottbus II^[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	%	±%
	SPD	Kerstin Kircheis		6,594	33.6	2.1	6,558	33.0	1.1
	CDU	André Roßeck		5,305	27.0	7.4	5,626	28.3	10.6
	Left	Matthias Loehr		3,663	18.6	13.6	3,389	17.1	12.9
	AfD	Daniel Münschke		2,232	11.4		2,127	10.7
	Greens	Christoph Goltz		940	4.8	0.4	853	4.3	0.7
	NPD						379	1.9	0.6
	Pirates						329	1.7
	BVB/FW	Heiko Selka		672	3.4	0.5	322	1.6	0.5
	FDP	Felix Sicker		248	1.3	4.5	197	1.0	5.6
	DKP						54	0.3	0.1
	REP						32	0.2
Informal votes				630			418
Total valid votes				19,654			19,866
Turnout				20,284	49.4	14.1
	SPD gain from Left		Majority	1,289	6.6