Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming II

Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming II 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 61. It is located in western Brandenburg, comprising the city of Potsdam and small parts of the Potsdam-Mittelmark and Teltow-Fläming districts.^[1]

61 Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming II
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming II in 2025
State	Brandenburg
Population	302,700 (2019)
Electorate	232,797 (2021)
Major settlements	Potsdam
Area	556.2 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1990
Party	SPD
Member	Olaf Scholz
Elected	2021

Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming II was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. Since 2021, it has been represented by the Chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).^[2]

Geography

Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming II is located in western Brandenburg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Potsdam as well as the municipalities of Kleinmachnow, Michendorf, Nuthetal, Schwielowsee, Stahnsdorf, and Teltow from the Potsdam-Mittelmark district and the Ludwigsfelde municipality from the Teltow-Fläming district.^[1]

History

Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming II was created after German reunification in 1990, then known as Potsdam. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the 1990 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 276 in the numbering system. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 61. In the 2009 election, it was number 62. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 61.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Potsdam and a few surrounding municipalities in the district of Potsdam-Land (abolished in 1993). It acquired its current configuration in the 2002 election, when it took on many more municipalities from the Potsdam-Mittelmark district and a few from the Teltow-Fläming district. Upon the abolition of the Fahrland Amt ahead of the 2005 election, the former municipality of Seeburg was transferred out of the constituency. At the same time, it gained the former municipalities of Derwitz and Groß Schulzendorf. In the 2009 election, it lost the municipalities of Blankenfelde-Mahlow and Rangsdorf. Because of a growing population in Potsdam itself, it lost the municipality of Großbeeren in the 2017 election and the municipality of Werder (Havel) in the 2021 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1990	276	Potsdam	Potsdam city Potsdam-Land district (only eastern municipalities)
1994
1998
2002	61	Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming II	Potsdam city Potsdam-Mittelmark district (only Kleinmachnow, Michendorf, Nuthetal, Schwielowsee, Stahnsdorf, and Teltow municipalities) Teltow-Fläming district (only Blankenfelde-Mahlow, Großbeeren, Ludwigsfelde, and Rangsdorf municipalities)
2005
2009	62		Potsdam city Potsdam-Mittelmark district (only Kleinmachnow, Michendorf, Nuthetal, Schwielowsee, Stahnsdorf, and Teltow municipalities) Teltow-Fläming district (only Großbeeren and Ludwigsfelde municipalities)
2013	61
2017			Potsdam city Potsdam-Mittelmark district (only Kleinmachnow, Michendorf, Nuthetal, Schwielowsee, Stahnsdorf, Teltow, and Werder (Havel) municipalities) Teltow-Fläming district (only Ludwigsfelde municipality)
2021			Potsdam city Potsdam-Mittelmark district (only Kleinmachnow, Michendorf, Nuthetal, Schwielowsee, Stahnsdorf, and Teltow municipalities) Teltow-Fläming district (only Ludwigsfelde municipality)
2025

Members

Due to the dominance of Potsdam, Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming II has been a stronghold of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), which won the constituency in every election except in the 2013 CDU landslide.

The constituency was first represented by Emil Schnell (SPD) from 1990 to 2002, followed by Andrea Wicklein from 2002 to 2013. The constituency was won by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in the 2013 election, and represented by Katherina Reiche. She resigned in 2015 to become CEO of the Association of Local Utilities (VKU). In the 2017 election, SPD candidate Manja Schüle was elected. She resigned in November 2019 after being appointed to the state government of Brandenburg. Vice-Chancellor and SPD lead candidate Olaf Scholz was elected in 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1990	Emil Schnell	SPD	34.0
	1994			42.0
	1998			41.1
	2002	Andrea Wicklein	SPD	41.8
	2005			40.7
	2009			28.7
	2013	Katherina Reiche	CDU	32.6
	2017	Manja Schüle	SPD	26.1
	2021	Olaf Scholz	SPD	34.0

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming II[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	Olaf Scholz		64,271	34.0	7.6	50,965	27.0	8.5
	Greens	Annalena Baerbock		35,452	18.8	10.5	35,865	19.0	8.9
	CDU	Saskia Ludwig		26,050	13.8	10.3	26,287	13.9	10.4
	AfD	Tim Krause		17,302	9.2	3.0	18,658	9.9	3.4
	FDP	Linda Teuteberg		16,872	8.9	1.4	20,210	10.7	1.5
	Left	Norbert Müller		14,701	7.8	8.9	19,110	10.1	8.2
	Human Environment Animal Protection						4,562	2.4	0.5
	FW	Andreas Menzel		3,439	1.8	0.5	3,115	1.6	0.8
	PARTEI	Orson Baecker		3,367	1.8	0.7	2,795	1.5	0.3
	dieBasis	Dorit Rust		3,019	1.6		2,977	1.6
	Volt	Benjamin Körner		1,004	0.5		1,022	0.5
	Independent	Lu Yen Roloff		845	0.4
	Pirates						705	0.4
	Unabhängige						613	0.3
	ÖDP	Daniel Margraf		804	0.4		575	0.3	0.1
	Team Todenhöfer						469	0.2
	Humanists	Lukas Minogue		458	0.2		368	0.2
	Independent	Edmund Müller		442	0.2
	Independent	Ingo Charnow		393	0.2
	DKP	Frank Ehrhardt		369	0.2	0.1	271	0.1	0.0
	NPD						239	0.1	0.2
	MLPD						79	0.0	0.0
	Independent	Antje Grütte		57	0.0
Informal votes				1,702			1,662
Total valid votes				188,845			188,885
Turnout				190,547	81.9	2.4
	SPD hold		Majority	28,819	15.2	14.0

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming 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	Manja Schüle		50,588	26.1	6.2	35,773	18.5	6.5
	CDU	Saskia Ludwig		48,095	24.9	7.4	48,015	24.8	6.3
	Left	Norbert Müller		31,840	16.5	3.9	35,106	18.1	2.9
	AfD	René Springer		23,890	12.3		26,133	13.5	7.8
	Greens	Annalena Baerbock		15,549	8.0	0.8	19,079	9.8	0.7
	FDP	Linda Teuteberg		14,425	7.5	5.7	17,768	9.2	5.9
	PARTEI			4,575	2.4		3,410	1.8
	Human Environment Animal Protection						3,656	1.9
	FW			2,484	1.3		1,606	0.8	0.3
	BGE						1,073	0.6
	Pirates			1,041	0.5	2.5
	NPD						682	0.4	0.8
	DM						662	0.3
	DKP			551	0.3		328	0.2
	Independent	Müller		472	0.2
	ÖDP						432	0.2
	MLPD						146	0.1	0.1
Informal votes				2,292			1,933
Total valid votes				193,510			193,869
Turnout				195,802	79.1	4.7
	SPD gain from CDU		Majority	2,493	1.2

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming 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	%	±%
	CDU	Katherina Reiche		58,399	32.6	8.6	56,449	31.4	9.9
	SPD	N Andrea Wicklein		57,669	32.2	3.5	44,723	24.9	1.2
	Left	Norbert Müller		35,914	20.0	8.5	37,294	20.7	4.7
	Greens	Annalena Baerbock		12,903	7.2	2.5	16,241	9.0	1.7
	AfD						10,282	5.7
	Pirates	Cornelius Everding		5,445	3.0		4,814	2.7	0.4
	FDP	Jacqueline Krüger		3,200	1.8	5.5	5,900	3.3	7.3
	NPD	Florian Stein		3,147	1.8	0.0	2,067	1.1	0.1
	Independent	Rolf Hercher		1,243	0.7
	FW						1,045	0.6
	Independent	Christoph Hörstel		719	0.4
	PRO						610	0.3
	Independent	Edmund Ernst Müller		500	0.3
	MLPD						265	0.1	0.0
	REP						207	0.1	0.0
Informal votes				3,088			2,330
Total valid votes				179,139			179,897
Turnout				182,227	74.4	1.6
	CDU gain from SPD		Majority	730	0.4

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming 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	Y Andrea Wicklein		48,720	28.7	12.2	44,450	26.0	11.4
	Left	Rolf Kutzmutz		48,515	28.6	2.3	43,354	25.4	1.4
	CDU	Katherina Reiche		40,708	24.0	2.6	36,600	24.4	2.8
	Greens	Cornelia Behm		16,479	9.7	5.0	18,279	10.7	1.9
	FDP	Jan Syré		12,356	7.3	3.8	17,986	10.5	2.9
	Pirates						5,171	3.0
	NPD	Dieter Woche		3,061	1.8	0.0	2,129	1.2	0.5
	FWD						942	0.6
	DVU						939	0.6
	BüSo						345	0.2
	REP						269	0.2
	MLPD						202	0.1	0.1
Informal votes				4,387			3,560
Total valid votes				169,839			170,666
Turnout				174,226	72.8	6.6
	SPD hold		Majority	205	0.1	14.5

References

1. "Constituency Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming II". Federal Returning Officer.
2. "Results for Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming II". Federal Returning Officer.
3. Results for Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming II
4. Results for Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming II
5. Results for Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming II
6. Results for Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming II

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