title: Märkisch-Oderland – Barnim II
text: # Märkisch-Oderland – Barnim II
  
  Märkisch-Oderland – Barnim II 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 59. It is located in eastern Brandenburg, comprising the Märkisch-Oderland district and southern parts of the Barnim district.
  
  Märkisch-Oderland – Barnim II was created for the 2002 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Simona Koß of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).
  
  ## Geography
  
  Märkisch-Oderland – Barnim II is located in eastern Brandenburg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Märkisch-Oderland district and the municipalities of Ahrensfelde, Bernau bei Berlin, Panketal, and Werneuchen from the Barnim district.
  
  ## History
  
  Märkisch-Oderland – Barnim II was created in 2002 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Eberswalde – Bernau – Bad Freienwalde and Fürstenwalde – Strausberg – Seelow. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was constituency 59 in the numbering system. In the 2009 election, it was number 60. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 59.
  
  Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Märkisch-Oderland and the municipalities of Ahrensfelde, Bernau bei Berlin, Wandlitz, and Werneuchen and Ämter of Pakental, Biesenthal-Barnim from the Barnim district. Upon the abolition of the Panketal Amt ahead of the 2005 election, the former municipality of Börnicke was transferred out of the constituency. At the same time, it gained the Marienwerder and the former municipality of Zerpenschleuse. In the 2017 election, the municipality of Wandlitz and the Biesenthal-Barnim Amt were transferred out of the constituency.
  
  | Election | No. | Name | Borders |
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  | 2002 | 59 | Märkisch-Oderland – Barnim II | Märkisch-Oderland district Barnim district (only Ahrensfelde, Bernau bei Berlin, Wandlitz, and Werneuchen municipalities and Pakental and Biesenthal-Barnim Ämter) |
  | 2005 | 59 | Märkisch-Oderland – Barnim II | Märkisch-Oderland district Barnim district (only Ahrensfelde, Bernau bei Berlin, Wandlitz, and Werneuchen municipalities and Biesenthal-Barnim Amt) |
  | 2009 | 60 | Märkisch-Oderland – Barnim II | Märkisch-Oderland district Barnim district (only Ahrensfelde, Bernau bei Berlin, Wandlitz, and Werneuchen municipalities and Biesenthal-Barnim Amt) |
  | 2013 | 59 | Märkisch-Oderland – Barnim II | Märkisch-Oderland district Barnim district (only Ahrensfelde, Bernau bei Berlin, Wandlitz, and Werneuchen municipalities and Biesenthal-Barnim Amt) |
  | 2017 | 59 | Märkisch-Oderland – Barnim II | Märkisch-Oderland district Barnim district (only Ahrensfelde, Bernau bei Berlin, and Werneuchen municipalities) |
  | 2021 | 59 | Märkisch-Oderland – Barnim II | Märkisch-Oderland district Barnim district (only Ahrensfelde, Bernau bei Berlin, and Werneuchen municipalities) |
  
  ## Members
  
  The constituency was first represented by Petra Bierwirth of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 2002 to 2009. The Left won the constituency in 2009, and represented by Dagmar Enkelmann. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU)'s candidate Hans-Georg von der Marwitz was elected in 2013, and re-elected in 2017. Simona Koß regained it for the SPD in 2021.
  
  | Election | Member | Party | % |
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  | 2002 | Petra Bierwirth | SPD | 42.9 |
  | 2005 | Petra Bierwirth | SPD | 35.4 |
  | 2009 | Dagmar Enkelmann | LINKE | 37.0 |
  | 2013 | Hans-Georg von der Marwitz | CDU | 34.0 |
  | 2017 | Hans-Georg von der Marwitz | CDU | 28.4 |
  | 2021 | Simona Koß | SPD | 24.8 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### 2021 election
  
  Federal election (2021): Märkisch-Oderland – Barnim II :
  
  | Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
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  | Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
  | | SPD | Simona Koß | Simona Koß | 43,117 | 24.8 | 8.9 | 48,712 | 27.9 | 12.5 |
  | | CDU | Sabine Buder | Sabine Buder | 40,804 | 23.4 | 5.0 | 26,254 | 15.0 | 10.1 |
  | | AfD | Lars Günther | Lars Günther | 31,929 | 18.3 | 1.9 | 31,820 | 18.2 | 2.5 |
  | | Left | Niels-Olaf Lüders | Niels-Olaf Lüders | 21,700 | 12.5 | 10.0 | 18,004 | 10.3 | 10.3 |
  | | FDP | Mirko Dachroth | Mirko Dachroth | 12,270 | 7.0 | 2.8 | 14,939 | 8.6 | 2.0 |
  | | Greens | Kim Stattaus | Kim Stattaus | 11,742 | 6.7 | 1.4 | 13,954 | 8.0 | 3.3 |
  | | FW | | | | | | 6,101 | 3.5 | 2.0 |
  | | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 5,360 | 3.1 | 1.1 |
  | | PARTEI | Mario Schlauß | Mario Schlauß | 4,425 | 2.5 | | 2,393 | 1.4 | 0.0 |
  | | dieBasis | Dirk Herzog | Dirk Herzog | 3,750 | 2.2 | | 2,865 | 1.6 | |
  | | Independent | Ralf Lorenz | Ralf Lorenz | 2,349 | 1.3 | | | | |
  | | Unabhängige | | | | | | 1,021 | 0.6 | |
  | | Independent | Olaf Schütz | Olaf Schütz | 788 | 0.5 | | | | |
  | | Pirates | | | | | | 695 | 0.4 | |
  | | Volt | | | | | | 500 | 0.3 | |
  | | NPD | | | | | | 476 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
  | | Team Todenhöfer | | | | | | 378 | 0.2 | |
  | | ÖDP | Roman Kutschick | Roman Kutschick | 737 | 0.4 | | 345 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
  | | DKP | Hans-Günther Schleife | Hans-Günther Schleife | 598 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 371 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
  | | Humanists | | | | | | 232 | 0.1 | |
  | | MLPD | | | | | | 78 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,856 | | | 2,567 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 174,209 | | | 174,498 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 177,065 | 76.9 | 1.8 | | | |
  | | SPD gain from CDU | SPD gain from CDU | Majority | 2,313 | 1.4 | | | | |
  
  ### 2017 election
  
  Federal election (2017): Märkisch-Oderland – Barnim II :
  
  | Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
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  | Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
  | | CDU | Y Hans-Georg von der Marwitz | Y Hans-Georg von der Marwitz | 47,594 | 28.4 | 5.5 | 42,113 | 25.1 | 7.0 |
  | | Left | Kerstin Kühn | Kerstin Kühn | 37,721 | 22.5 | 10.4 | 34,632 | 20.7 | 5.8 |
  | | AfD | Andreas Schuffenhauer | Andreas Schuffenhauer | 33,915 | 20.2 | | 34,701 | 20.7 | 14.3 |
  | | SPD | Stephen Ruebsam | Stephen Ruebsam | 26,526 | 15.8 | 4.6 | 25,908 | 15.4 | 6.5 |
  | | Greens | Jan Sommer | Jan Sommer | 8,972 | 5.4 | 2.0 | 7,800 | 4.7 | 0.5 |
  | | FDP | Mirko Dachroth | Mirko Dachroth | 7,111 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 11,007 | 6.6 | 4.3 |
  | | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 3,354 | 2.0 | |
  | | FW | Winfried Dreger | Winfried Dreger | 4,617 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 2,566 | 1.5 | 0.3 |
  | | PARTEI | | | | | | 2,303 | 1.4 | |
  | | NPD | | | | | | 1,243 | 0.7 | 1.7 |
  | | DKP | Werner Grünwald | Werner Grünwald | 1,149 | 0.7 | | 445 | 0.3 | |
  | | BGE | | | | | | 737 | 0.4 | |
  | | DM | | | | | | 486 | 0.3 | |
  | | ÖDP | | | | | | 296 | 0.2 | |
  | | MLPD | | | | | | 105 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,434 | | | 2,343 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 167,605 | | | 167,696 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 170,039 | 75.1 | 5.8 | | | |
  | | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 9,873 | 5.9 | 4.8 | | | |
  
  ### 2013 election
  
  Federal election (2013): Märkisch-Oderland – Barnim II :
  
  | Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
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  | Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
  | | CDU | Hans-Georg von der Marwitz | Hans-Georg von der Marwitz | 58,210 | 34.0 | 10.4 | 55,340 | 32.3 | 10.7 |
  | | Left | N Dagmar Enkelmann | N Dagmar Enkelmann | 56,391 | 32.9 | 4.0 | 44,996 | 26.3 | 7.4 |
  | | SPD | Olaf Mangold | Olaf Mangold | 34,745 | 20.3 | 2.5 | 37,323 | 21.8 | 0.2 |
  | | AfD | | | | | | 10,981 | 6.4 | |
  | | Greens | Michael Jungclaus | Michael Jungclaus | 5,876 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 7,213 | 4.2 | 1.8 |
  | | NPD | Lore Liese | Lore Liese | 5,804 | 3.4 | 0.2 | 4,246 | 2.5 | 0.1 |
  | | Pirates | Jonathan Dehn | Jonathan Dehn | 4,588 | 2.7 | | 3,968 | 2.3 | 0.3 |
  | | FW | Andreas Eißrig | Andreas Eißrig | 2,476 | 1.4 | | 2,135 | 1.2 | |
  | | FDP | Fritz Krause-Uhl | Fritz Krause-Uhl | 1,887 | 1.1 | 5.5 | 3,816 | 2.2 | 6.8 |
  | | PRO | | | | | | 861 | 0.5 | |
  | | Independent | René Büttner | René Büttner | 701 | 0.4 | | | | |
  | | Independent | Christel Focken | Christel Focken | 493 | 0.3 | | | | |
  | | REP | | | | | | 278 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
  | | MLPD | | | | | | 166 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,922 | | | 3,770 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 171,171 | | | 171,323 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 175,093 | 69.6 | 1.5 | | | |
  | | CDU gain from Left | CDU gain from Left | Majority | 1,819 | 1.1 | | | | |
  
  ### 2009 election
  
  Federal election (2009): Märkisch-Oderland – Barnim II :
  
  | Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
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  | Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
  | | Left | Dagmar Enkelmann | Dagmar Enkelmann | 62,523 | 37.0 | 3.9 | 56,938 | 33.6 | 3.9 |
  | | CDU | Hans-Georg von der Marwitz | Hans-Georg von der Marwitz | 39,863 | 23.6 | 3.1 | 36,583 | 21.6 | 2.9 |
  | | SPD | Ravindra Gujjula | Ravindra Gujjula | 38,441 | 22.7 | 12.6 | 36,544 | 21.6 | 13.1 |
  | | FDP | Guido Beier | Guido Beier | 11,115 | 6.6 | 2.8 | 15,311 | 9.0 | 2.5 |
  | | Greens | Thomas Dyhr | Thomas Dyhr | 8,181 | 4.8 | 2.3 | 10,211 | 6.0 | 1.2 |
  | | NPD | Kersten Radzimanowski | Kersten Radzimanowski | 6,069 | 3.6 | 0.3 | 4,365 | 2.6 | 0.8 |
  | | Pirates | | | | | | 4,515 | 2.7 | |
  | | Independent | Dirk Weßlau | Dirk Weßlau | 2,280 | 1.3 | | | | |
  | | DVU | | | | | | 2,140 | 1.3 | |
  | | FWD | | | | | | 1,730 | 1.0 | |
  | | Independent | Bernd Sommerau | Bernd Sommerau | 566 | 0.3 | | | | |
  | | REP | | | | | | 419 | 0.3 | |
  | | BüSo | | | | | | 327 | 0.2 | |
  | | MLPD | | | | | | 209 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 4,669 | | | 4,415 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 169,038 | | | 169,292 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 173,707 | 68.1 | 8.2 | | | |
  | | Left gain from SPD | Left gain from SPD | Majority | 22,660 | 13.4 | | | | |
  