Hamburg Mitte (electoral district)

Location of constituency in Hamburg

Hamburg Mitte is one of the 299 single member constituencies used for the German parliament, the Bundestag. Located in central Hamburg, the district was created for the 1965 election. All elections to date have been won by the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). The constituency contains most of the borough of Mitte, one of the seven boroughs (Bezirke) of Hamburg. The exception is the Wilhelmsburg district. The constituency also includes the districts of Barmbek-Nord, Barmbek-Süd, Dulsberg, Hohenfelde and Uhlenhorst from the Nord borough, the Eilbek district from the Wandsbek borough and a small part of the borough of Altona.[1] The current MP is Johannes Kahrs of the SPD, who has represented the district since the 1998 election.

District representatives

The district's MPs have been:

Year Name Party First vote %
2009 Johannes Kahrs SPD 34.6%
2005 Johannes Kahrs SPD 49.5%
2002 Johannes Kahrs SPD 54.1%
1998 Johannes Kahrs SPD 50.9%
1994 Freimut Duve SPD 45.1%
1990 Freimut Duve SPD 47.3%
1987 Freimut Duve SPD 47.1%
1983 Freimut Duve SPD 54.3%
1980 Freimut Duve SPD 57.5%
1976 Eugen Glombig SPD 57.7%
1972 Eugen Glombig SPD 64.6%
1969 Eugen Glombig SPD 60.7%
1965 Eugen Glombig SPD 53.8%

References

  1. Boundaries of Hamburg Altona, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 20 July 2012