Hamburg-Nord (electoral district)
Hamburg Nord (English: Hamburg north) is one of the 299 single member constituencies used for the German parliament, the Bundestag. Located in the north of Hamburg, the district was created for the 1980 election, combining parts of the abolished Hamburg Nord I and Hamburg Nord II districts. The first two elections in 1980 and 1983 were won by the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), the constituency was then represented by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1987 to 1998 when it was regained by the SPD. The constituency was then regained by the CDU at the 2009 election. The current MP is Dirk Fischer, who had previously represented the constituency from 1987 to 1998.
Boundaries
It includes eight of the thirteen districts in the borough of Hamburg-Nord: Alsterdorf, Eppendorf, Fuhlsbüttel, Groß Borstel, Hoheluft-Ost, Langenhorn, Ohlsdorf and Winterhude as well as eight of the eighteen districts in the borough of Wandsbek: Bergstedt, Duvenstedt, Hummelsbüttel, Lemsahl-Mellingstedt, Poppenbüttel, Sasel, Wellingsbüttel and Wohldorf-Ohlstedt.[1] At the 2009 general election 207,017 residents were eligible to vote.
2009 election
| Party | Constituency results | List results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % share | +/- | Votes | % share | +/- | ||
| Template:German politics/party colours/CDU width=3| | Christian Democratic Union | Dirk Fischer | 61,873 | 38.4 | -1.1 | 50,174 | 31.0 | -1.2 |
| Template:German politics/party colours/SPD| | Social Democratic Party of Germany | Christian Carstensen | 53,469 | 33.2 | -10.1 | 40,909 | 25.3 | -9.8 |
| Template:German politics/party colours/Green| | Alliance '90/The Greens | Petra Osinski | 21,268 | 13.2 | +3.5 | 26.306 | 16.3 | +0.6 |
| Template:German politics/party colours/FDP| | Free Democratic Party | Robert Bläsing | 12,766 | 7.9 | +4.3 | 25,269 | 15.6 | +4.8 |
| Template:German politics/party colours/Left| | The Left Party.PDS | Vera Niazi-Shahabi | 10,805 | 6.7 | +3.3 | 13,429 | 8.3 | +3.5 |
| National Democratic Party of Germany | Lothar Baseler | 1,010 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 794 | 0.5 | -0.1 | |
| Pirate Party | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 3,289 | 2.0 | N/A | |
| Others | 1,485 | 0.9 | N/A | |||||
Source:[2]
District representatives
The District's MPs have been:
| Year | Name | Party | First vote % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Dirk Fischer | CDU | 38.4% |
| 2005 | Christian Carstensen | SPD | 43.3% |
| 2002 | Anke Hartnagel | SPD | 48.4% |
| 1998 | Anke Hartnagel | SPD | 47.1% |
| 1994 | Dirk Fischer | CDU | 40.9% |
| 1990 | Dirk Fischer | CDU | 41.6% |
| 1987 | Dirk Fischer | CDU | 42.8% |
| 1983 | Hans Apel | SPD | 45.7% |
| 1980 | Hans Apel | SPD | 49.7% |
References
- ^ Boundaries of Hamburg Nord, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 11 June 2012
- ^ 2009 constituency results, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 11 June 2012