Elbe-Elster II

37: Elbe-Elster II
37: Elbe-Elster II
Electoral district; for the Landtag of Brandenburg
	Elbe-Elster II in 2024
District	Elbe-Elster
Electorate	39,869 (2024)
Major settlements	Bad Liebenwerda, Doberlug-Kirchhain, Elsterwerda, and Mühlberg/Elbe
Current electoral district
Created	1994
Party	AfD
Member	Volker Nothing

Elbe-Elster 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 37. It is located in within the district of Elbe-Elster.^[2]

Geography

The constituency includes the towns of Bad Liebenwerda, Doberlug-Kirchhain, Elsterwerda, and Mühlberg/Elbe, the municipality of Röderland, and the districts of Elsterland, Plessa, and Schradenland.

There were 39,869 eligible voters in 2024.^[3]

Members

	Member	Party	%
2004	Frank Werner	CDU	30.0
2009	Anja Heinrich		29.4
2014	Anja Heinrich		40.0
2019	Volker Nothing	AfD	30.2
2024	Volker Nothing	AfD	43.5

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Elbe-Elster 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	%	±%
	AfD	Y Volker Nothing		12,516	43.5	13.3	11,359	39.3	7.5
	SPD	Fabian Blöchl		7,824	27.2	8.5	7,367	25.5	2.2
	BSW						4,163	14.4
	CDU	Boxhorn		4,057	14.1	11.1	3,422	11.8	7.8
	BVB/FW	Raddatz		2,723	9.5	2.6	803	2.8	2.1
	Left	Birnbaum		975	3.4	5.6	438	1.5	6.3
	APT						444	1.5	0.8
	FDP	Zoschke		382	1/3	4.2	187	0.6	4.1
	Greens	Wagner		276	1.0	3.6	287	1.0	3.3
	DLW						176	0.6
	Plus						149	0.5	0.5
	Values						75	0.3
	Third Way						38	0.1
	DKP						15	0.1
Informal votes				467			297
Total valid votes				28,753			28,923
Turnout				29,220	73.3	11.1
	AfD hold		Majority	4,692	16.3

2019 election

State election (2019): Elbe-Elster 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	Volker Nothing		7,727	30.2		8,129	31.7	19.4
	CDU	Dr. Sebastian Rick		6,449	25.2	14.8	5,021	19.6	10.6
	SPD	Kerstin Weide		4,783	18.7	5.2	5,959	23.3	6.4
	Left	Diana Bader		2,301	9.0	8.4	2,005	7.8	6.2
	BVB/FW	Andreas Richter		1,766	6.9	6.1	1,259	4.9
	FDP	Anja Schwinghoff		1,412	5.5		1,205	4.7	3.6
	Greens	Valentine Siemon		1,158	4.5	1.8	1,107	4.3	2.1
	Tierschutzpartei						607	2.4
	Pirates						170	0.7	0.7
	ÖDP						90	0.4
	V-Partei3						69	0.3
Informal votes				395			370
Total valid votes				25,596			25,621
Turnout				25,991	62.2	14.2
	AfD gain from CDU		Majority	1,278	5.0

2014 election

State election (2014): Elbe-Elster 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	%	±%
	CDU	Y Anja Heinrich		8,255	40.0	10.6	6,273	30.2	5.0
	SPD	Martina Mieritz		4,928	23.9	1.3	6,184	29.7	0.1
	Left	Joachim Pfützner		3,598	17.4	6.4	2,919	14.0	9.4
	AfD						2,565	12.3
	BVB/FW	Daniel Mende		2,674	13.0	7.0	1,020	4.9	1.3
	NPD						744	3.6	0.1
	Pirates	Lutz Bommel		618	3.0		283	1.4
	Greens	Lutz Lehmann		556	2.7	0.2	460	2.2	0.4
	FDP						230	1.1	6.1
	REP						68	0.3
	DKP						57	0.3	0.1
Informal votes				566			392
Total valid votes				20,629			20,803
Turnout				21,195	48.0	18.5
	CDU hold		Majority	3,327	16.1	11.9