Cottbus I

Cottbus I is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the Landtag of Brandenburg. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 43. It is located in within the city of Cottbus.

Geography

The constituency includes the districts of Branitz, Dissenchen, Döbbrick, Merzdorf, Mitte, Sandow, Saspow, Schmellwitz, Sielow, Skadow, and Willmersdorf within the city of Cottbus.

There were 39,327 eligible voters in 2024.

Members

Election	Member	Party	%
	2004	Martina Münch	SPD	31.3
2009	31.6
	2014	Michael Schierack	CDU	37.6
	2019	Marianne Spring-Räumschüssel	AfD	25.9
2024	Jean-Pascal Hohm	34.6

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Cottbus I
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	%	±%
	AfD	Jean-Pascal Hohm	9,653	34.6	8.7	8,921	31.8	4.9
	SPD	Gunnar Kurth	9,362	33.6	11.6	9,075	32.3	8.3
	BSW		3,851	13.7
	CDU	Michael Schierack	4,509	16.2	4.9	2,858	10.2	5.6
	Left	Christopher Neumann	1,121	4.0	8.1	756	2.7	8.1
	Tierschutzpartei		457	1.6	0.8
	BVB/FW	Torsten Kaps	1,118	4.0	2.2	442	1.6	2.5
	Demokraten BB	Peter-Alexander Mai	800	2.9
	Plus	Martin Franke	417	1.5		275	1.0	0.5
	Greens	Doris Tuchan	413	1.5	5.9	910	3.2	5.3
	FDP	Oliver Grund	369	1.3	3.6	201	0.7	5.0
	Values		143	0.5
	DLW		76	0.3
	Third Way		47	0.2
	DKP	Fabian Große	138	0.5		41	0.1
Informal votes	338			185
Total valid votes	27,900			28,053
Turnout	28,238	71.8	9.8
	AfD hold	Majority	291	1.0	3.0

2019 election

State election (2019): Cottbus I
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	%	±%
	AfD	Marianne Spring-Räumschüssel	6,481	25.9		6,753	26.9	16.2
	SPD	Martina Münch	5,499	21.9	7.2	6,029	24.0	6.7
	CDU	N Michael Schierack	5,275	21.1	16.5	3,955	15.7	13.7
	Left	Matthias Loehr	3,040	12.1	7.4	2,723	10.8	6.6
	Greens	Heide Schinowsky	1,850	7.4	3.3	2,156	8.6	3.8
	BVB/FW	Heiko Selka	1,545	6.2	1.7	1,012	4.0	2.4
	FDP	Bastian Garnitz	1,227	4.9	3.3	1,432	5.7	4.5
	Tierschutzpartei		603	2.4
	Pirates		234	0.9	1.0
	ÖDP		143	0.6
	German Communist Party	Gisela Vierrath	136	0.5
	V-Partei3		75	0.3
Informal votes	353			291
Total valid votes	25,053			25,115
Turnout	25,406	62.0	12.4
	AfD gain from CDU	Majority	982	4.0

2014 election

State election (2014): Cottbus I
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 Schierack	7,697	37.6	14.0	6,065	29.4	10.1
	SPD	N Martina Münch	5,957	29.1	2.5	6,328	30.7	2.2
	Left	Christopher Neumann	3,988	19.5	9.5	3,586	17.4	11.3
	AfD		2,214	10.7
	BVB/FW	Frank Pilzecker	920	4.5	1.9	325	1.6	0.5
	Greens	Heide Schinowsky	834	4.1	0.3	985	4.8	0.8
	Die PARTEI	Lutz Häschel	753	3.7
	Pirates		389	1.9
	NPD		382	1.9	0.8
	FDP	Bastian Garnitz	321	1.6	3.6	251	1.2	5.3
	DKP		85	0.4	0.2
	REP		26	0.1	0.1
Informal votes	661			495
Total valid votes	20,470			20,636
Turnout	21,131	49.6	13.6
	CDU gain from SPD	Majority	1,740	8.5

2009 election

State election (2009): Cottbus I
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	Y Martina Münch	8,310	31.6	0.3	8,705	32.9	0.9
	Left	Matthias Loehr	7,624	29.0	2.0	7,589	28.7
	CDU	Michael Schierack	6,205	23.6	2.3	5,089	19.3	1.5
	FDP	Jens Lipsdorf	1,358	5.2	0.7	1,731	6.5	3.3
	Greens	Heide Schinowsky	1,148	4.4	1.1	1,484	5.6	2.0
	NPD	Frank Maik Hübner	735	2.8		707	2.7
	BVB/FW	Torsten Kaps	675	2.6		562	2.1
	Independent	Lutz Häschel	234	0.9
	DVU		191	0.7	4.5
	RRP		116	0.4
	50Plus		109	0.4	0.3
	DKP		58	0.2
	Die-Volksinitiative		48	0.2
	REP		44	0.2
Informal votes	772			628
Total valid votes	26,289			26,433
Turnout	27,061	63.2	10.3
	SPD hold	Majority	686	2.6	2.3

2004 election

State election (2004): Cottbus I
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	Martina Münch	7,233	31.29		7,848	33.78
	PDS	Matthias Loehr	7,162	30.98		6,674	28.72
	CDU	Wolfgang Bialas	4,935	21.35		4,131	17.78
	DVU		1,208	5.20
	AUB-Brandenburg	Torsten Kaps	1,171	5.07		612	2.63
	FDP	Martin Neumann	1,038	4.49		741	3.19
	Greens	Vivien Speck	761	3.29		841	3.62
	Familie		441	1.90
	AfW (Free Voters)	Marianne Spring	552	2.39		263	1.13
	50Plus		162	0.70
	Gray Panthers		145	0.62
	Schill	Josef Lenden	266	1.15		45	0.19
	Yes Brandenburg		45	0.19
	DKP		41	0.18
	BRB		38	0.16
Informal votes	408			291
Total valid votes	23,118			23,235
Turnout	23,526	52.93
	SPD win new seat	Majority	71	0.31