Spree-Neiße II

42: Spree-Neiße II
42: Spree-Neiße II
Electoral district; for the Landtag of Brandenburg
	Spree-Neiße II in 2024
District	Spree-Neiße
Electorate	34,092 (2024)
Major settlements	Spremberg and Welzow
Current electoral district
Created	1994
Party	AfD
Member	Michael Hanko

Spree-Neiße 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 42. It is located in within the district of Spree-Neiße.^[2]

Geography

The constituency includes the towns of Spremberg and Welzow, as well as the municipality of Neuhausen/Spree, and the district of Döbern-Land.

There were 34,092 eligible voters in 2024.^[3]

Members

	Member	Party	%
2004	Birgit Wöllert	PDS	32.3
2009	Birgit Wöllert	Left	31.3
2014	Raik Nowka	CDU	29.0
2019	Michael Hanko	AfD	35.9
2024	Michael Hanko	AfD	46.5

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Spree-Neiße 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 Michael Hanko		11,712	46.5	10.6	10.563	41.7	5.7
	SPD	Peter Wolf		6,648	26.4	3.9	6,690	26.4	0.9
	BSW						3,491	13.8
	CDU	Julian Brüning		3,498	13.9	6.6	2,469	9.8	5.6
	Left	Franke		1,350	5.4	3.6	499	2.0	5.9
	BVB/FW	Piosik		1,167	4.6	1.0	435	1.7	1.6
	FDP	Kellner		308	1.2	3.0	148	0.6	4.1
	Tierschutzpartei						412	1.6	0.8
	Greens	Franke		282	1.1	2.3	303	1.2	2.8
	Independent	Hoffmann		229	0.9
	Values						95	0.4
	Plus						94	0.4
	DLW						73	0.3
	Third Way						41	0.2
	DKP						7	0.0
Informal votes				338			212
Total valid votes				25,194			25,320
Turnout				25,532	74.9	8.8
	AfD hold		Majority	5,064	20.1	6.7

2019 election

State election (2019): Spree-Neiße 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	Michael Hanko		8,360	35.9	24.3	8,409	36.0	22.8
	SPD	Jörg Rakete		5,250	22.5	5.9	5,959	25.5	12.6
	CDU	N Raik Nowka		4,769	20.5	8.5	3,576	15.3	8.6
	Left	Birgit Kaufhold		2,097	9.0	7.7	1,850	7.9	6.0
	FDP	Meike Holtsch		977	4.2	2.9	1,092	4.7	3.7
	BVB/FW	Wolfgang Borchert		855	3.7	1.0	767	3.3	1.5
	Greens	Karin Noack		805	3.5	1.2	927	4.0	0.6
	Tierschutzpartei						556	2.4
	Independent	Roy Hoffmann		203	0.9
	Pirates						113	0.5	0.4
	ÖDP						73	0.3
	V-Partei3						42	0.2
Informal votes				358			310
Total valid votes				23,316			23,364
Turnout				23,674	66.1	14.2
	AfD gain from CDU		Majority	3,110	13.4

2014 election

State election (2014): Spree-Neiße 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	Raik Nowka		5,616	29.0	6.1	4,644	23.9	2.6
	SPD	Jörg Rakete		5,499	28.4	2.5	7,392	38.1	6.3
	Left	Andreas Paul Mekelburg		3,238	16.7	14.6	2,694	13.9	13.0
	AfD	Detlef Fabian		2,246	11.6		2,572	13.2
	BVB/FW	Eberhard Brünsch		916	4.7	0.6	350	1.8	0.5
	Greens	Vera Hannelore Wodtke		915	4.7	0.5	653	3.4	0.1
	NPD	Karsten Schulz		665	3.4	1.0	686	3.5	0.5
	FDP	Meike Holtsch		249	1.3	6.0	186	1.0	5.9
	Pirates						178	0.9
	REP						37	0.2	0.3
	DKP						33	0.2	0.1
Informal votes				452			371
Total valid votes				19,344			19,425
Turnout				19,796	51.9	14.9
	CDU gain from Left		Majority	117	0.6