Hamburg-Nord (electoral district)

Hamburg-Nord is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the Bundestag. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 21. It is located in northern Hamburg, comprising most of the Hamburg-Nord borough and the northern part of the Wandsbek borough.^[1]

21 Hamburg-Nord
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Hamburg-Nord in 2025
State	Hamburg
Population	289,200 (2019)
Electorate	219,909 (2021)
Area	115.0 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1980
Party	SPD
Member	Dorothee Martin
Elected	2021

Hamburg-Nord was created for the 1980 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Dorothee Martin of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).^[2]

Geography

Hamburg-Nord is located in northern Hamburg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Hamburg-Nord borough with the exception of the quarters of Barmbek-Nord, Barmbek-Süd, Dulsberg, Hohenfelde, and Uhlenhorst. It also contains the quarters of Bergstedt, Duvenstedt, Hummelsbüttel, Lemsahl-Mellingstedt, Poppenbüttel, Sasel, Wellingsbüttel and Wohldorf-Ohlstedt from the Wandsbek borough.^[1]

History

Hamburg-Nord was created in 1980 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Hamburg-Nord I and Hamburg-Nord II. Through the 1998 election, it was constituency number 15 in the numbering system. From 2002 through 2009, it was constituency 22; since 2013, it has been constituency 21. Its borders have not changed since its creation.

Members

The constituency was held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from its creation in 1980 until 1987, during which time it was represented by Hans Apel. It was won by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in 1987, and represented by Dirk Fischer. In 1998, it was won by the SPD's Anke Hartnagel. She was succeeded by Christian Carstensen in 2005. Former member Fischer won the constituency again in 2009. He was succeeded by Christoph Ploß in the 2017 election. Dorothee Martin regained it for the SPD in 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1980	Hans Apel	SPD	49.7
	1983			45.7
	1987	Dirk Fischer	CDU	42.8
	1990			41.6
	1994			40.9
	1998	Anke Hartnagel	SPD	47.1
	2002			48.4
	2005	Christian Carstensen	SPD	43.3
	2009	Dirk Fischer	CDU	38.4
	2013			39.7
	2017	Christoph Ploß	CDU	33.5
	2021	Dorothee Martin	SPD	30.7

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Hamburg-Nord[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	%	±%
	SPD	Dorothee Martin		56,594	30.7	0.1	51,575	27.9	6.5
	Greens	Katharina Beck		47,375	25.7	12.1	46,531	25.2	10.8
	CDU	N Christoph Ploß		43,870	23.8	9.7	34,387	18.6	12.7
	FDP	Robert Bläsing		15,786	8.6	0.2	26,247	14.2	0.4
	Left	Deniz Celik		9,095	4.9	2.5	8,741	4.7	4.7
	AfD	Benjamin Mennerich		6,259	3.4	2.1	6,811	3.7	2.5
	dieBasis	Jörn Böttcher		3,258	1.8		2,535	1.4
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,893	1.0	0.3
	PARTEI						1,443	0.8	0.4
	Volt						948	0.5
	FW	Almut Becker		1,540	0.8	0.1	939	0.5	0.2
	Team Todenhöfer						875	0.5
	Pirates						606	0.3
	ÖDP						292	0.2	0.0
	V-Partei3						220	0.1	0.1
	Humanists						182	0.1
	du.						150	0.1
	LKR	Steffan Nethe		179	0.1		64	0.0
	MLPD	Susanne Bader		174	0.1		48	0.0	0.0
	NPD	Ingo Stawitz		93	0.0		79	0.0	0.1
	DKP						72	0.0	0.0
	Bündnis 21						53	0.0
Informal votes				1,234			766
Total valid votes				184,223			184,691
Turnout				185,457	84.3	2.0
	SPD gain from CDU		Majority	9,219	5.0

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Hamburg-Nord[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	%	±%
	CDU	Christoph Ploß		59,441	33.5	6.2	55,737	31.3	5.1
	SPD	Dorothee Martin[a]		54,695	30.8	3.9	38,150	21.4	8.7
	Greens	Anja Hajduk		24,065	13.6	1.6	25,584	14.4	1.9
	FDP	Robert Bläsing		14,911	8.4	6.0	24,652	13.9	7.6
	Left	Rainer Behrens		13,277	7.5	2.8	16,720	9.4	2.9
	AfD	Delphine Thiermann		9,701	5.5	2.0	10,963	6.2	2.0
	PARTEI						2,042	1.1	0.7
	FW	Jens Rohde		1,273	0.7		556	0.3	0.1
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,245	0.7
	DiB						630	0.4
	BGE						579	0.3
	V-Partei³						361	0.2
	ÖDP						340	0.2	0.0
	NPD						180	0.1	0.3
	DKP						72	0.0
	MLPD						63	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,397			886
Total valid votes				177,363			177,874
Turnout				178,760	82.3	4.9
	CDU hold		Majority	4,746	2.7	2.2

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Hamburg-Nord[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	%	±%
	CDU	Y Dirk Fischer		64,459	39.7	1.3	59,244	36.5	5.4
	SPD	Christian Carstensen		56,421	34.7	1.6	49,039	30.2	4.9
	Greens	Anja Hajduk		19,343	11.9	1.3	20,357	12.5	3.7
	Left	Herbert Schulz		7,626	4.7	2.0	10,615	6.5	1.8
	AfD	Jörn Kruse		5,708	3.5		6,721	4.1
	FDP	Sylvia Canel		3,921	2.4	5.5	10,242	6.3	9.3
	Pirates	Sebastian Seeger		3,559	2.2		3,638	2.2	0.2
	PARTEI						681	0.4
	FW	Kai Connelly		637	0.4		392	0.2
	NPD	Helmut Dörlitz		610	0.4	0.3	588	0.4	0.1
	RENTNER						585	0.4	0.2
	ÖDP						297	0.2	0.1
	MLPD						39	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,666			1,512
Total valid votes				162,284			162,438
Turnout				163,950	77.4	1.3
	CDU hold		Majority	8,038	4.9	0.3

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Hamburg-Nord[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	Dirk Fischer		61,873	34.3	1.1	50,174	31.0	1.2
	SPD	N Christian Carstensen		53,469	33.2	10.1	40,909	25.3	9.8
	Greens	Petra Osinski		21,268	13.2	3.5	26,306	16.3	0.6
	FDP	Robert Bläsing		12,766	7.9	4.3	25,269	15.6	4.8
	Left	Vera Niazi-Shahabi		10,805	6.7	3.3	13,429	8.3	3.5
	Pirates						3,289	2.0
	NPD	Lothar Baseler		1,010	0.6	0.0	794	0.5	0.1
	RENTNER						876	0.5
	ÖDP						411	0.3
	DVU						152	0.1
	MLPD						46	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,821			1,357
Total valid votes				161,191			151,655
Turnout				163,012	78.7	4.2
	CDU gain from SPD		Majority	8,404	5.2

Notes

1. Martin entered the Bundestag on the SPD list after the resignation of Johannes Kahrs in May 2020.

References

1. "Constituency Hamburg-Nord". Federal Returning Officer.
2. "Results for Hamburg-Nord". Federal Returning Officer.
3. Results for Hamburg-Nord
4. Results for Hamburg-Nord
5. Results for Hamburg-Nord
6. Results for Hamburg-Nord