Elbe-Elster I

36: Elbe-Elster I
36: Elbe-Elster I
Electoral district; for the Landtag of Brandenburg
	Elbe-Elster I in 2024
District	Elbe-Elster
Electorate	43,996 (2024)
Major settlements	Falkenberg/Elster, Finsterwalde, Herzberg, Schönewalde, Sonnewalde, and Uebigau-Wahrenbrück
Current electoral district
Created	1994
Party	AfD
Member	Peter Drenske

Elbe-Elster 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 36. It is located in within the district of Elbe-Elster.^[2]

Geography

The constituency includes the towns of Falkenberg/Elster, Finsterwalde, Herzberg, Schönewalde, Sonnewalde, and Uebigau-Wahrenbrück, as well as the districts of Kleine Elster and Schlieben.

There were 43,996 eligible voters in 2024.^[3]

Members

	Member	Party	%
2004	Carolin Steinmetzer-Mann	PDS	32.5
2009	Carolin Steinmetzer-Mann	Left	31.5
2014	Rainer Genilke	CDU	31.4
2019	Peter Drenske	AfD	25.5
2024	Peter Drenske	AfD	36.3

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Elbe-Elster 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	Y Peter Drenske		11,474	36.4	10.9	10,383	32.7	6.2
	SPD	Dominic Hake		8,755	27.7	4.3	9,205	29.0	2.9
	BSW						4,697	14.8
	CDU	Rainer Genilke		7,007	22.2	2.1	4,069	12.8	6.7
	BVB/FW	Zierenberg		3,406	10.8	2.2	1,007	3.2	2.7
	Left						694	2.2	6.7
	APT						562	1.8	0.7
	Greens	Große Holtrup		554	1.8	3.4	470	1.5	3.7
	DLW						191	0.6
	FDP	Hänig		364	1.2	2.9	188	0.6	3.5
	Plus						168	0.5	0.6
	Values						61	0.2
	Third Way						45	0.1
	DKP						26	0.1
Informal votes				515			309
Total valid votes				31,560			31,766
Turnout				32,075	72.9	11.3
	AfD hold		Majority	2,719	8.7	7.5

2019 election

State election (2019): Elbe-Elster 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	%	±%
	AfD	Peter Drenske		7,133	25.5		7,431	26.5	16.0
	CDU	N Rainer Genilke		6,791	24.3	7.1	5,464	19.5	7.5
	SPD	Barbara Hackenschmidt		6,560	23.4	4.1	7,315	26.1	6.7
	Left	Aaron Birnbaum		2,512	9.0	11.5	2,479	8.8	7.1
	BVB/FW	Axel Eckert		2,407	8.6	8.4	1,658	5.9	0.4
	Greens	Friedericke Ullrich		1,450	5.2	1.6	1,454	5.2	2.3
	FDP	Reiko Mahler		1,143	4.1		1,154	4.1	2.8
	Tierschutzpartei						700	2.5
	Pirates						196	0.7	0.5
	ÖDP						119	0.4
	V-Partei3						71	0.3
Informal votes				406			361
Total valid votes				27,996			28,041
Turnout				28,402	61.6	11.9
	AfD gain from CDU		Majority	342	1.2

2014 election

State election (2014): Elbe-Elster 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	Rainer Genilke		7,390	31.4	6.6	6,409	27.0	4.0
	SPD	Barbara Hackenschmidt		6,459	27.5	1.6	7,794	32.8	0.4
	Left	N Carolin Steinmetzer-Mann		4,828	20.5	11.0	3,780	15.9	10.8
	AfD						2,504	10.5
	BVB/FW	Iris Schülzke		3,995	17.0	14.9	1,300	5.5	3.9
	Greens	Gerhard Strauß		837	3.6	0.2	699	2.9	0.2
	NPD						559	2.4	0.1
	FDP						297	1.3	5.7
	Pirates						290	1.2
	REP						69	0.3
	DKP						44	0.2	0.1
Informal votes				708			472
Total valid votes				23,509			23,745
Turnout				24,217	49.7	18.7
	CDU gain from Left		Majority	931	3.9