title: Hamburg-Nord (electoral district)
text: # Hamburg-Nord (electoral district)
  
  Hamburg-Nord 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 21. It is located in northern Hamburg, comprising most of the Hamburg-Nord borough and the northern part of the Wandsbek borough.
  
  Hamburg-Nord was created for the 1980 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Dorothee Martin of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).
  
  ## Geography
  
  Hamburg-Nord is located in northern Hamburg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Hamburg-Nord borough with the exception of the quarters of Barmbek-Nord, Barmbek-Süd, Dulsberg, Hohenfelde, and Uhlenhorst. It also contains the quarters of Bergstedt, Duvenstedt, Hummelsbüttel, Lemsahl-Mellingstedt, Poppenbüttel, Sasel, Wellingsbüttel and Wohldorf-Ohlstedt from the Wandsbek borough.
  
  ## History
  
  Hamburg-Nord was created in 1980 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Hamburg-Nord I and Hamburg-Nord II. Through the 1998 election, it was constituency number 15 in the numbering system. From 2002 through 2009, it was constituency 22; since 2013, it has been constituency 21. Its borders have not changed since its creation.
  
  ## Members
  
  The constituency was held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from its creation in 1980 until 1987, during which time it was represented by Hans Apel. It was won by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in 1987, and represented by Dirk Fischer. In 1998, it was won by the SPD's Anke Hartnagel. She was succeeded by Christian Carstensen in 2005. Former member Fischer won the constituency again in 2009. He was succeeded by Christoph Ploß in the 2017 election. Dorothee Martin regained it for the SPD in 2021.
  
  | Election | Member | Party | % |
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  | 1980 | Hans Apel | SPD | 49.7 |
  | 1983 | Hans Apel | SPD | 45.7 |
  | 1987 | Dirk Fischer | CDU | 42.8 |
  | 1990 | Dirk Fischer | CDU | 41.6 |
  | 1994 | Dirk Fischer | CDU | 40.9 |
  | 1998 | Anke Hartnagel | SPD | 47.1 |
  | 2002 | Anke Hartnagel | SPD | 48.4 |
  | 2005 | Christian Carstensen | SPD | 43.3 |
  | 2009 | Dirk Fischer | CDU | 38.4 |
  | 2013 | Dirk Fischer | CDU | 39.7 |
  | 2017 | Christoph Ploß | CDU | 33.5 |
  | 2021 | Dorothee Martin | SPD | 30.7 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### 2021 election
  
  Federal election (2021): Hamburg-Nord :
  
  | 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 | Dorothee Martin | Dorothee Martin | 56,594 | 30.7 | 0.1 | 51,575 | 27.9 | 6.5 |
  | | Greens | Katharina Beck | Katharina Beck | 47,375 | 25.7 | 12.1 | 46,531 | 25.2 | 10.8 |
  | | CDU | N Christoph Ploß | N Christoph Ploß | 43,870 | 23.8 | 9.7 | 34,387 | 18.6 | 12.7 |
  | | FDP | Robert Bläsing | Robert Bläsing | 15,786 | 8.6 | 0.2 | 26,247 | 14.2 | 0.4 |
  | | Left | Deniz Celik | Deniz Celik | 9,095 | 4.9 | 2.5 | 8,741 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
  | | AfD | Benjamin Mennerich | Benjamin Mennerich | 6,259 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 6,811 | 3.7 | 2.5 |
  | | dieBasis | Jörn Böttcher | Jörn Böttcher | 3,258 | 1.8 | | 2,535 | 1.4 | |
  | | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,893 | 1.0 | 0.3 |
  | | PARTEI | | | | | | 1,443 | 0.8 | 0.4 |
  | | Volt | | | | | | 948 | 0.5 | |
  | | FW | Almut Becker | Almut Becker | 1,540 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 939 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
  | | Team Todenhöfer | | | | | | 875 | 0.5 | |
  | | Pirates | | | | | | 606 | 0.3 | |
  | | ÖDP | | | | | | 292 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
  | | V-Partei3 | | | | | | 220 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
  | | Humanists | | | | | | 182 | 0.1 | |
  | | du. | | | | | | 150 | 0.1 | |
  | | LKR | Steffan Nethe | Steffan Nethe | 179 | 0.1 | | 64 | 0.0 | |
  | | MLPD | Susanne Bader | Susanne Bader | 174 | 0.1 | | 48 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | | NPD | Ingo Stawitz | Ingo Stawitz | 93 | 0.0 | | 79 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
  | | DKP | | | | | | 72 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | | Bündnis 21 | | | | | | 53 | 0.0 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,234 | | | 766 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 184,223 | | | 184,691 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 185,457 | 84.3 | 2.0 | | | |
  | | SPD gain from CDU | SPD gain from CDU | Majority | 9,219 | 5.0 | | | | |
  
  ### 2017 election
  
  Federal election (2017): Hamburg-Nord :
  
  | 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 | Christoph Ploß | Christoph Ploß | 59,441 | 33.5 | 6.2 | 55,737 | 31.3 | 5.1 |
  | | SPD | Dorothee Martin | Dorothee Martin | 54,695 | 30.8 | 3.9 | 38,150 | 21.4 | 8.7 |
  | | Greens | Anja Hajduk | Anja Hajduk | 24,065 | 13.6 | 1.6 | 25,584 | 14.4 | 1.9 |
  | | FDP | Robert Bläsing | Robert Bläsing | 14,911 | 8.4 | 6.0 | 24,652 | 13.9 | 7.6 |
  | | Left | Rainer Behrens | Rainer Behrens | 13,277 | 7.5 | 2.8 | 16,720 | 9.4 | 2.9 |
  | | AfD | Delphine Thiermann | Delphine Thiermann | 9,701 | 5.5 | 2.0 | 10,963 | 6.2 | 2.0 |
  | | PARTEI | | | | | | 2,042 | 1.1 | 0.7 |
  | | FW | Jens Rohde | Jens Rohde | 1,273 | 0.7 | | 556 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
  | | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,245 | 0.7 | |
  | | DiB | | | | | | 630 | 0.4 | |
  | | BGE | | | | | | 579 | 0.3 | |
  | | V-Partei³ | | | | | | 361 | 0.2 | |
  | | ÖDP | | | | | | 340 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
  | | NPD | | | | | | 180 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
  | | DKP | | | | | | 72 | 0.0 | |
  | | MLPD | | | | | | 63 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,397 | | | 886 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 177,363 | | | 177,874 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 178,760 | 82.3 | 4.9 | | | |
  | | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 4,746 | 2.7 | 2.2 | | | |
  
  ### 2013 election
  
  Federal election (2013): Hamburg-Nord :
  
  | 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 Dirk Fischer | Y Dirk Fischer | 64,459 | 39.7 | 1.3 | 59,244 | 36.5 | 5.4 |
  | | SPD | Christian Carstensen | Christian Carstensen | 56,421 | 34.7 | 1.6 | 49,039 | 30.2 | 4.9 |
  | | Greens | Anja Hajduk | Anja Hajduk | 19,343 | 11.9 | 1.3 | 20,357 | 12.5 | 3.7 |
  | | Left | Herbert Schulz | Herbert Schulz | 7,626 | 4.7 | 2.0 | 10,615 | 6.5 | 1.8 |
  | | AfD | Jörn Kruse | Jörn Kruse | 5,708 | 3.5 | | 6,721 | 4.1 | |
  | | FDP | Sylvia Canel | Sylvia Canel | 3,921 | 2.4 | 5.5 | 10,242 | 6.3 | 9.3 |
  | | Pirates | Sebastian Seeger | Sebastian Seeger | 3,559 | 2.2 | | 3,638 | 2.2 | 0.2 |
  | | PARTEI | | | | | | 681 | 0.4 | |
  | | FW | Kai Connelly | Kai Connelly | 637 | 0.4 | | 392 | 0.2 | |
  | | NPD | Helmut Dörlitz | Helmut Dörlitz | 610 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 588 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
  | | RENTNER | | | | | | 585 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
  | | ÖDP | | | | | | 297 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
  | | MLPD | | | | | | 39 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,666 | | | 1,512 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 162,284 | | | 162,438 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 163,950 | 77.4 | 1.3 | | | |
  | | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 8,038 | 4.9 | 0.3 | | | |
  
  ### 2009 election
  
  Federal election (2009): Hamburg-Nord :
  
  | 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 | Dirk Fischer | Dirk Fischer | 61,873 | 34.3 | 1.1 | 50,174 | 31.0 | 1.2 |
  | | SPD | N Christian Carstensen | N Christian Carstensen | 53,469 | 33.2 | 10.1 | 40,909 | 25.3 | 9.8 |
  | | Greens | Petra Osinski | Petra Osinski | 21,268 | 13.2 | 3.5 | 26,306 | 16.3 | 0.6 |
  | | FDP | Robert Bläsing | Robert Bläsing | 12,766 | 7.9 | 4.3 | 25,269 | 15.6 | 4.8 |
  | | Left | Vera Niazi-Shahabi | Vera Niazi-Shahabi | 10,805 | 6.7 | 3.3 | 13,429 | 8.3 | 3.5 |
  | | Pirates | | | | | | 3,289 | 2.0 | |
  | | NPD | Lothar Baseler | Lothar Baseler | 1,010 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 794 | 0.5 | 0.1 |
  | | RENTNER | | | | | | 876 | 0.5 | |
  | | ÖDP | | | | | | 411 | 0.3 | |
  | | DVU | | | | | | 152 | 0.1 | |
  | | MLPD | | | | | | 46 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,821 | | | 1,357 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 161,191 | | | 151,655 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 163,012 | 78.7 | 4.2 | | | |
  | | CDU gain from SPD | CDU gain from SPD | Majority | 8,404 | 5.2 | | | | |
  