Pinneberg (electoral district)

Pinneberg 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 7. It is located in southwestern Schleswig-Holstein, coterminous with the Pinneberg district.[1]

7 Pinneberg
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Pinneberg in 2025
StateSchleswig-Holstein
Population316,100 (2019)
Electorate238,388 (2021)
Major settlementsElmshorn
Pinneberg
Wedel
Area664.3 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
PartySPD
MemberRalf Stegner
Elected2021

Pinneberg was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Ralf Stegner of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]

Geography

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Pinneberg is located in southwestern Schleswig-Holstein. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Pinneberg district. This includes the small Heligoland islands (1.7 km2, population 1,309) off the North Sea coast.[1]

History

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Pinneberg was created in 1949. Until 1965, it was constituency 12 in the number system; from 1965 to 1976 it was constituency 9. Since 1976, it has been constituency 7. It has been coterminous with the Pinneberg district since its creation.

Members

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The constituency was held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) during the inaugural term of the Bundestag, during which time it was represented by Anni Krahnstöver. It was won by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in 1953, and represented by Wilhelm Goldhagen (until 1961) and Rolf Bremer. In 1969, it was won again by the SPD, and represented in turn by Hans-Ulrich Brand and Hermann P. Reiser, who each served for a single term. Party fellow Reinhard Ueberhorst represented it from 1976 until 1983, when it was won by Ingrid Roitzsch of the CDU. She was succeeded by Gert Willner from 1994 to 1998 before the constituency was again won by the SPD. Ernst Dieter Rossmann represented it for two terms. Ole Schröder of the CDU served from 2005 to 2017, before being succeeded by party fellow Michael von Abercron in 2017. Ralf Stegner was elected for the SPD in 2021.

With the exception of the 1949 election, Pinneberg can be considered Germany's bellwether constituency, having always voted for the party that would win the chancellorship. (In 1969, 1976 and 1980 elections, CDU-CSU came first, but SPD formed the government.)[3]

Election Member Party %
1949 Anni Krahnstöver SPD 36.3
1953 Wilhelm Goldhagen CDU 38.9
1957 45.8
1961 41.4
1965 Rolf Bremer CDU 50.0
1969 Hans-Ulrich Brand SPD 46.3
1972 Hermann P. Reiser SPD 51.3
1976 Reinhard Ueberhorst SPD 46.2
1980 48.6
1983 Ingrid Roitzsch CDU 49.5
1987 45.9
1990 43.9
1994 Gert Willner CDU 44.7
1998 Ernst Dieter Rossmann SPD 47.9
2002 46.4
2005 Ole Schröder CDU 44.2
2009 40.8
2013 45.4
2017 Michael von Abercron CDU 39.7
2021 Ralf Stegner SPD 31.2

Election results

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2021 election

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Federal election (2021): Pinneberg[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 Ralf Stegner 59,298 31.2   0.9 55,693 29.3   6.3
CDU  N Michael von Abercron 49,710 26.2   13.5 42,057 22.1   12.2
Greens Jens Herrndorff 32,109 16.9   8.6 34,291 18.0   6.6
FDP Philipp Rösch 20,737 10.9   3.2 25,663 13.5   0.2
AfD Joachim Schneider 12,141 6.4   1.5 13,080 6.9   1.7
Left Cornelia Möhring 5,659 3.0   3.1 6,363 3.3   3.7
dieBasis Sabine Lehmann 2,895 1.5 2,389 1.3
SSW Claudia Edmund 2,622 1.4 2,527 1.3
Human Environment Animal Protection   2,320 1.2
FW Kathrin Arbeck 2,380 1.3 1,731 0.9   0.4
PARTEI Erkan Inak 2,352 1.2 1,805 0.9   0.2
Team Todenhöfer   799 0.4
Volt   457 0.2
V-Partei3   208 0.1
ÖDP   202 0.1   0.1
NPD   188 0.1   0.1
Humanists   182 0.1
du.   127 0.1
LKR Rainer Urban 166 0.1 108 0.1
DKP   59 0.0
MLPD   21 0.0   0.0
Informal votes 1,443 1,242
Total valid votes 190,069 190,270
Turnout 191,512 80.3   1.6
SPD gain from CDU Majority 9,588 5.0

2017 election

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Federal election (2017): Pinneberg[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 Michael von Abercron 73,816 39.7   5.7 63,863 34.3   6.3
SPD Ernst Dieter Rossmann 56,460 30.3   5.8 42,729 22.9   8.3
Greens Bernd Möbius 15,379 8.3   1.9 21,336 11.4   2.8
AfD Joachim Schneider 14,729 7.9   4.1 15,977 8.6   3.8
FDP Olaf Klampe 14,441 7.8   5.9 24,735 13.3   7.7
Left Cornelia Möhring 11,270 6.1   2.1 13,111 7.0   2.0
PARTEI   2,200 1.2
FW   954 0.5   0.1
BGE   541 0.3
NPD   446 0.2   0.5
ÖDP   428 0.2
MLPD   52 0.0   0.0
Informal votes 1,620 1,343
Total valid votes 186,095 186,372
Turnout 187,715 78.7   2.7
CDU hold Majority 17,356 9.4   0.1

2013 election

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Federal election (2013): Pinneberg[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  Y Ole Schröder 80,483 45.4   4.6 72,006 40.6   7.5
SPD Ernst Dieter Rossmann 64,006 36.1   4.3 55,371 31.2   4.9
Greens Valerie Wilms 11,324 6.4   3.0 15,291 8.6   3.5
Left Cornelia Möhring 6,985 3.9   2.9 8,910 5.0   2.7
AfD Sebastian Hausmann 6,766 3.8 8,479 4.8
FDP Olaf Klampe 3,303 1.9   8.0 9,863 5.6   11.0
Pirates Birgitt Piepgras 3,225 1.8 3,370 1.9   0.2
NPD Ingo Stawitz 1,260 0.7   0.4 1,319 0.7   0.3
Human Environment Animal Protection   1,271 0.7
FW   786 0.4
Rentner 665 0.4   0.5
MLPD   42 0.0   0.0
Informal votes 1,703 1,682
Total valid votes 177,352 177,373
Turnout 179,055 76.0   0.3
CDU hold Majority 16,477 9.3   0.3

2009 election

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Federal election (2009): Pinneberg[7]
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 Ole Schröder 70,458 40.8   3.5 57,203 33.1   3.8
SPD Ernst Dieter Rossmann 54,950 31.8   11.0 45,540 26.3   11.1
FDP Olaf Klampe 17,018 9.8   6.2 28,640 16.6   6.3
Greens Valerie Wilms 16,143 9.3   4.4 20,978 12.1   3.1
Left Klaus-Dieter Brügmann 11,794 6.8   3.5 13,412 7.8   3.4
Pirates   3,659 2.1
NPD Ingo Stawitz 1,912 1.1   0.1 1,743 1.0   0.0
Rentner 1,571 0.9
Independent Rolf Hoffmann 529 0.3
DVU   193 0.1
MLPD   56 0.0   0.0
Informal votes 3,384 3,193
Total valid votes 172,804 172,995
Turnout 176,188 75.6   6.0
CDU hold Majority 15,508 9.0   7.5

References

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  1. ^ a b "Constituency Pinneberg". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. ^ "Results for Pinneberg". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. ^ "Germany's electoral oracle struggles to divine the post-Merkel future". Financial Times. 2021-09-24. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
  4. ^ Results for Flensburg – Schleswig
  5. ^ Results for Pinneberg
  6. ^ Results for Pinneberg
  7. ^ Results for Pinneberg