Hamburg Altona (electoral district)

Location of constituency in Hamburg

Hamburg Altona is one of the 299 single member constituencies used for the German parliament, the Bundestag. Located in west Hamburg, the district was created for the 1949 election, the first election in West Germany after World War II. The first two elections in the district were won by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), however, the district was gained by the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) at the 1957 election. The SPD have held the district since then, with the sole exception of the 1987 election, when it was regained by the CDU. The constituency is almost coterminous with the borough of Altona, one of the seven boroughs (Bezirke) of Hamburg. The exception is a very small portion of the borough east of Schulterblatt Street.[1] The current MP is Olaf Scholz of the SPD, who has represented the district since the 1998 election.

2009 election

Party Constituency results List results
Candidate Votes % share +/- Votes % share +/-
Social Democratic Party of Germany Olaf Scholz 46,522 36.0 -9.9 32,633 25.2 -10.0
Christian Democratic Union Marcus Weinberg 38,969 30.2 -3.6 33,916 26.2 -2.2
Alliance '90/The Greens Katharina Fegebank 17.799 13.8 +2.3 24,462 18.9 +0.1
The Left Bernhard Müller 12,605 9.8 +4.9 15,670 12.1 +5.5
Free Democratic Party Katja Suding 10,517 8.1 +4.8 17,038 13.2 +4.1
National Democratic Party of Germany Ursula Winkler 771 0.6 -0.1 795 0.6 -0.1
Pirate Party N/A N/A N/A N/A 3,344 2.6 N/A
Others N/A 1,968 1.4 N/A 1,488 1.2 N/A

Source:[2]

District representatives

The District's MPs have been:

Year Name Party First vote %
2009 Olaf Scholz SPD 36.1%
2005 Olaf Scholz SPD 45.9%
2002 Olaf Scholz SPD 49.4%
1998 Olaf Scholz SPD 48.1%
1994 Marliese Dobberthien SPD 40.5%
1990 Marliese Dobberthien SPD 41.8%
1987 Jürgen Echternach CDU 42.0%
1983 Horst Gobrecht SPD 47.4%
1980 Horst Gobrecht SPD 50.4%
1976 Horst Gobrecht SPD 50.1%
1972 Karl-Wilhelm Berkhan SPD 57.3%
1969 Karl-Wilhelm Berkhan SPD 55.3%
1965 Karl-Wilhelm Berkhan SPD 46.7%
1961 Karl-Wilhelm Berkhan SPD 43.5%
1957 Karl-Wilhelm Berkhan SPD 42.9%
1953 Hugo Scharnberg CDU 55.6%
1949 Hugo Scharnberg CDU 41.3%

References

  1. Boundaries of Hamburg Altona, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 17 July 2012
  2. 2009 constituency results, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 20 July 2012