Cottbus – Spree-Neiße
Cottbus – Spree-Neiße is one of the 299 single member constituencies used for the German parliament, the Bundestag. One of ten districts covering the state of Brandenburg, it covers the city of Cottbus and the surrounding Spree-Neiße district. The constituency elects one representative under the mixed member proportional representation (MMP) system. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 64.
Overview
The constituency was created for the 2002 election, when the number of constituencies in Brandenburg was reduced from twelve to ten as part of an overall reduction of constituencies in Germany. It contains the whole of the former Cottbus – Guben – Forst constituency, with the addition of the town of Spremberg from the abolished Senftenberg – Calau – Spremberg constituency.
The first two elections in the new constituency were won by the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), however at the 2009 election, in common with several other constituencies in the former East Germany, it was gained by The Left. The current representative is Wolfgang Nešković.
2009 election
| Party | Constituency results | List results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % share | +/- | Votes | % share | +/- | ||
| The Left | Wolfgang Nešković | 37,224 | 30.0 | +2.8 | 36,561 | 29.3 | +1.8 | |
| Social Democratic Party of Germany | Steffen Reiche | 34,529 | 27.9 | -9.8 | 29,999 | 24.1 | -11.8 | |
| Christian Democratic Union | Mario Laurischk | 29,829 | 24.1 | +2.1 | 30,360 | 24.4 | +4.4 | |
| Free Democratic Party | Martin Neumann | 10,878 | 8.8 | +3.2 | 11,230 | 9.0 | +2.1 | |
| Alliance '90/The Greens | Matthias Fobo | 5,650 | 4.6 | +1.8 | 6,093 | 4.9 | +0.6 | |
| National Democratic Party of Germany | Ronny Zasowk | 4,806 | 3.9 | +0.4 | 3,765 | 3.0 | -0.4 | |
| Independent candidate | Raimar Rätzel | 1045 | 0.8 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Pirate Party | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 3,636 | 2.9 | N/A | |
| German People's Union | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1,169 | 0.9 | N/A | |
| Free Voters Germany | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1,055 | 0.8 | N/A | |
| Others | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 781 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Source:[1]
References
- ↑ 2009 constituency results, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 16 August 2013