Altmark (electoral district)

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66 Altmark
electoral district
for the Bundestag
File:Bundestagswahlkreis 66-2013.svg
Altmark in 2013
State Saxony-Anhalt
Population 194,400 (2019)
Electorate 159,998 (2021)
Major settlements Stendal
Salzwedel
Gardelegen
Area 4,717.9 km2
Current electoral district
Created 1990
Party SPD
Member Herbert Wollmann
Elected 2021

Altmark 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 66. It is located in northern Saxony-Anhalt, comprising the districts of Altmarkkreis Salzwedel and Stendal.[1]

Altmark was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. Since 2021, it has been represented by Herbert Wollmann of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]

Geography

Altmark is located in northern Saxony-Anhalt. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the districts of Altmarkkreis Salzwedel and Stendal.[1]

History

Altmark was created after German reunification in 1990. In the 1990 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 283 in the numbering system. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 66. In the 2009 election, it was number 67. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 66.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Salzwedel, Stendal, Osterburg, Gardelegen, and Klötze. It acquired its current configuration and borders in the 2002 election.

Election No. Name Borders
1990 283 Altmark
  • Salzwedel district
  • Stendal district
  • Osterburg district
  • Gardelegen district
  • Klötze district
1994
1998
2002 66
2005
2009 67
2013 66
2017
2021

Members

The constituency was first represented by Rudolf Karl Krause of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), who served from 1990 to 1994. Reinhard Weis of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was elected in 1994 and served until 2005, followed by Marko Mühlstein until 2009. In 2009, Katrin Kunert of The Left won the constituency and served a single term. Jörg Hellmuth of the CDU was elected in 2013, followed by Eckhard Gnodtke in 2017. Herbert Wollmann regained it for the SPD in 2021.

Election Member Party  %
1990 Rudolf Karl Krause CDU 38.9
1994 Reinhard Weis SPD 38.6
1998 45.0
2002 45.2
2005 Marko Mühlstein SPD 33.2
2009 Katrin Kunert LINKE 33.4
2013 Jörg Hellmuth CDU 42.1
2017 Eckhard Gnodtke CDU 32.6
2021 Herbert Wollmann SPD 27.5

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Altmark[3]

Notes: Green 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.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party Votes % ±%
SPD Herbert Wollmann 29,599 27.5 Increase 8.4 29,537 27.4 Increase 10.4
CDU Uwe Harms 23,433 21.8 Decrease 10.8 22,567 20.9 Decrease 11.8
AfD Arno Bausemer 20,875 19.4 Increase 2.9 20,629 19.1 Increase 2.4
Left Matthias Höhn 11,218 10.4 Decrease 8.7 10,381 9.6 Decrease 8.9
FDP Marcus Faber 9,116 8.5 Increase 1.7 9,396 8.7 Increase 1.6
style="background-color: Template:Free Voters/meta/color; width: 5px;" | FW Nils Krümmel 5,584 5.2 Increase 3.8 3,286 3.0 Increase 2.2
style="background-color: Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Alliance 90/The Greens|Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/shortname]] Gregor Laukert 4,674 4.3 Increase 0.9 5,834 5.4 Increase 2.1
style="background-color: Template:Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany|Template:Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany/meta/shortname]] Martin Schwab 2,132 2.0 1,985 1.8
Tierschutzpartei   1,100 1.0
Independent Heiko Janowski 880 0.8
style="background-color: Template:Alliance for Human Rights, Animal and Nature Protection/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Alliance for Human Rights, Animal and Nature Protection|Template:Alliance for Human Rights, Animal and Nature Protection/meta/shortname]]   818 0.8 Decrease 0.3
[[Die PARTEI|Template:Die PARTEI/meta/shortname]]   725 0.7 Decrease 0.2
Gartenpartei 510 0.5 Steady 0.0
Pirates   308 0.3
NPD   205 0.2 Decrease 0.4
style="background-color: Template:Volt Germany/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Volt Germany|Template:Volt Germany/meta/shortname]]   140 0.1
style="background-color: Template:Party of Humanists/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Party of Humanists|Template:Party of Humanists/meta/shortname]]   99 0.1
style="background-color: Template:Die Urbane. Eine HipHop Partei/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Die Urbane. Eine HipHop Partei|Template:Die Urbane. Eine HipHop Partei/meta/shortname]]   91 0.1
style="background-color: Template:Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany|Template:Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany/meta/shortname]]   75 0.1 Steady 0.0
Independent Danny Bibiella 69 0.1
[[Ecological Democratic Party|Template:Ecological Democratic Party/meta/shortname]]   58 0.1
Informal votes 1,301 1,137
Total Valid votes 107,580 107,744
Turnout 108,881 68.1 Increase 0.9
SPD gain from CDU Majority 6,166 5.7

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Altmark[4]

Notes: Green 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.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party Votes % ±%
CDU Eckhard Gnodtke 35,644 32.6 Decrease 9.6 36,022 32.8 Decrease 9.3
Left Matthias Höhn 20,973 19.2 Decrease 11.2 20,346 18.5 Decrease 6.1
SPD Maria Kermer 20,900 19.1 Increase 1.5 18,721 17.0 Decrease 2.0
AfD Matthias Büttner 18,031 16.5 18,419 16.8 Increase 13.2
FDP Marcus Faber 7,388 6.7 Increase 5.3 7,838 7.1 Increase 5.0
style="background-color: Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Alliance 90/The Greens|Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/shortname]] Mirko Wolff 3,738 3.4 Increase 0.6 3,648 3.3 Steady 0.0
style="background-color: Template:Free Voters/meta/color; width: 5px;" | FW Elke du Bois 1,567 1.4 Increase 0.6 888 0.8 Increase 0.1
Tierschutzallianz 1,218 1.1
[[Die PARTEI|Template:Die PARTEI/meta/shortname]]   970 0.9
NPD   662 0.6 Decrease 1.5
Independent Renne 654 0.6
Independent Schmidt 560 0.5
MG 467 0.4
[[Basic Income Alliance|Template:Basic Income Alliance/meta/shortname]]   304 0.3
DiB 242 0.2
style="background-color: Template:Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany|Template:Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany/meta/shortname]]   118 0.1 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 1,738 1,330
Total Valid votes 109,455 109,863
Turnout 111,193 67.1 Increase 4.5
CDU hold Majority 14,671 13.4 Increase 1.6

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Altmark[5]

Notes: Green 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.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party Votes % ±%
CDU Jörg Hellmuth 44,686 42.1 Increase 10.9 44,655 42.0 Increase 11.8
Left Red XN Katrin Kunert 32,164 30.3 Decrease 3.1 26,180 24.6 Decrease 8.9
SPD Marina Kermer 18,616 17.6 Decrease 2.4 20,196 19.0 Increase 1.3
AfD   3,826 3.6
style="background-color: Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Alliance 90/The Greens|Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/shortname]] Christian Franke 2,998 2.8 Decrease 0.5 3,542 3.3 Decrease 1.4
NPD Heiko Krause 2,613 2.5 Increase 0.2 2,227 2.1 Steady 0.0
Pirates René Schernikau 2,541 2.4 1,997 1.9 Decrease 0.3
FDP Marcus Faber 1,489 1.4 Decrease 4.5 2,278 2.1 Decrease 6.7
style="background-color: Template:Free Voters/meta/color; width: 5px;" | FW Elke du Bois 931 0.9 722 0.7
PRO 306 0.3
[[Ecological Democratic Party|Template:Ecological Democratic Party/meta/shortname]]   147 0.1
style="background-color: Template:Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany|Template:Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany/meta/shortname]]   141 0.1 Decrease 0.1
Informal votes 1,857 1,678
Total Valid votes 106,038 106,217
Turnout 107,895 62.6 Increase 0.7
CDU gain from Left Majority 12,522 11.8

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Altmark[6]

Notes: Green 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.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party Votes % ±%
Left Katrin Kunert 36,910 33.4 Increase 6.1 37,034 33.6 Increase 6.1
CDU Hans-Heinrich Jordan 34,501 31.2 Increase 0.1 33,330 30.2 Increase 3.8
SPD Marko Mühlstein 22,070 20.0 Decrease 13.3 19,516 17.7 Decrease 15.3
FDP Gabriele Hauptstein 6,558 5.9 Increase 2.5 9,725 8.8 Increase 2.5
style="background-color: Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Alliance 90/The Greens|Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/shortname]] Eduard Stapel 3,725 3.4 Increase 1.1 5,212 4.7 Increase 1.3
Independent Andreas Siegmund 3,672 3.3
NPD Andy Knape 2,461 2.2 Steady 0.0 2,318 2.1 Decrease 0.1
Pirates   2,422 2.2
DVU   449 0.4
Independent Wiltrud Dettmer 274 0.2
Independent Harald Bresch 257 0.2
style="background-color: Template:Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany|Template:Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany/meta/shortname]]   232 0.2 Decrease 0.1
Informal votes 2,552 2,742
Total Valid votes 110,428 110,238
Turnout 112,980 61.8 Decrease 9.8
Left gain from SPD Majority 2,409 2.2

References

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