Hamburg Nord (electoral district)

Location of constituency in Hamburg

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 +/-
Christian Democratic Union Dirk Fischer 61,873 38.4 -1.1 50,174 31.0 -1.2
Social Democratic Party of Germany Christian Carstensen 53,469 33.2 -10.1 40,909 25.3 -9.8
Alliance '90/The Greens Petra Osinski 21,268 13.2 +3.5 26.306 16.3 +0.6
Free Democratic Party Robert Bläsing 12,766 7.9 +4.3 25,269 15.6 +4.8
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

  1. Boundaries of Hamburg Nord, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 11 June 2012
  2. 2009 constituency results, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 11 June 2012

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