title: Hamburg-Eimsbüttel (electoral district)
text: # Hamburg-Eimsbüttel (electoral district)
  
  Hamburg-Eimsbüttel 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 20. It is located in northwestern Hamburg, comprising the Eimsbüttel borough.
  
  Hamburg-Eimsbüttel was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Till Steffen of the Alliance 90/The Greens.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Hamburg-Eimsbüttel is located in northwestern Hamburg. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the borough of Eimsbüttel.
  
  ## History
  
  Hamburg-Eimsbüttel was created in 1949, then known as Hamburg III. From 1965 through 1976, it was simply named Eimsbüttel. It acquired its current name in the 1980 election. In the inaugural Bundestag election, it was Hamburg constituency 1 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 17. From 1965 through 1998, it was number 14. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 21. Since 2013, it has been constituency 20.
  
  Originally, it comprised the entirety of the Eimsbüttel borough with the exception of the quarters of Rotherbaum, Harvestehude, and Hoheluft-West, and with the Ortsteile of Altona-Nord/Ost und Altona-Nord/Nord from the quarter of Altona-Nord. Since the 1965 election, it has been coterminous with the Eimsbüttel borough.
  
  | Election | No. | Name | Borders |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1949 | 1 | Hamburg III | Eimsbüttel borough (excluding Rotherbaum, Harvestehude, and Hoheluft-West quarters) Altona borough (only Altona-Nord/Ost and Altona-Nord/Nord Ortsteile) |
  | 1953 | 17 | Hamburg III | Eimsbüttel borough (excluding Rotherbaum, Harvestehude, and Hoheluft-West quarters) Altona borough (only Altona-Nord/Ost and Altona-Nord/Nord Ortsteile) |
  | 1957 | 17 | Hamburg III | Eimsbüttel borough (excluding Rotherbaum, Harvestehude, and Hoheluft-West quarters) Altona borough (only Altona-Nord/Ost and Altona-Nord/Nord Ortsteile) |
  | 1961 | 17 | Hamburg III | Eimsbüttel borough (excluding Rotherbaum, Harvestehude, and Hoheluft-West quarters) Altona borough (only Altona-Nord/Ost and Altona-Nord/Nord Ortsteile) |
  | 1965 | 14 | Eimsbüttel | Eimsbüttel borough |
  | 1969 | 14 | Eimsbüttel | Eimsbüttel borough |
  | 1972 | 14 | Eimsbüttel | Eimsbüttel borough |
  | 1976 | 14 | Eimsbüttel | Eimsbüttel borough |
  | 1980 | 14 | Hamburg-Eimsbüttel | Eimsbüttel borough |
  | 1983 | 14 | Hamburg-Eimsbüttel | Eimsbüttel borough |
  | 1987 | 14 | Hamburg-Eimsbüttel | Eimsbüttel borough |
  | 1990 | 14 | Hamburg-Eimsbüttel | Eimsbüttel borough |
  | 1994 | 14 | Hamburg-Eimsbüttel | Eimsbüttel borough |
  | 1998 | 14 | Hamburg-Eimsbüttel | Eimsbüttel borough |
  | 2002 | 21 | Hamburg-Eimsbüttel | Eimsbüttel borough |
  | 2005 | 21 | Hamburg-Eimsbüttel | Eimsbüttel borough |
  | 2009 | 21 | Hamburg-Eimsbüttel | Eimsbüttel borough |
  | 2013 | 20 | Hamburg-Eimsbüttel | Eimsbüttel borough |
  | 2017 | 20 | Hamburg-Eimsbüttel | Eimsbüttel borough |
  | 2021 | 20 | Hamburg-Eimsbüttel | Eimsbüttel borough |
  
  ## Members
  
  The constituency has been held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) during all but three Bundestag terms since 1949; it returned a representative from the SPD in every federal election from 1957 until 2009. Its first representative was Peter Blachstein of the SPD. In 1953, the constituency was won by Fritz Becker of the German Party (DP), who served for a single term. Blachstein won the constituency back for the SPD in 1957. In 1969, he was succeeded by Wilhelm Nölling, who was in turn succeeded in 1976 by Peter Paterna, who served until 1994, and then by Angelika Mertens until 2002. Niels Annen won the constituency in 2005. In 2009, Rüdiger Kruse of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) became the first non-SPD member since 1953; he was defeated in 2013 by Niels Annen, who was re-elected in 2017. In 2021, Till Steffen of the Greens won the constituency.
  
  | Election | Member | Party | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1949 | Peter Blachstein | SPD | 39.9 |
  | 1953 | Fritz Becker | DP | 47.7 |
  | 1957 | Peter Blachstein | SPD | 47.6 |
  | 1961 | Peter Blachstein | SPD | 47.9 |
  | 1965 | Peter Blachstein | SPD | 47.1 |
  | 1969 | Wilhelm Nölling | SPD | 55.9 |
  | 1972 | Wilhelm Nölling | SPD | 58.7 |
  | 1976 | Peter Paterna | SPD | 52.2 |
  | 1980 | Peter Paterna | SPD | 52.5 |
  | 1983 | Peter Paterna | SPD | 49.2 |
  | 1987 | Peter Paterna | SPD | 41.5 |
  | 1990 | Peter Paterna | SPD | 43.5 |
  | 1994 | Angelika Mertens | SPD | 40.9 |
  | 1998 | Angelika Mertens | SPD | 50.0 |
  | 2002 | Angelika Mertens | SPD | 51.3 |
  | 2005 | Niels Annen | SPD | 45.1 |
  | 2009 | Rüdiger Kruse | CDU | 31.1 |
  | 2013 | Niels Annen | SPD | 37.5 |
  | 2017 | Niels Annen | SPD | 31.6 |
  | 2021 | Till Steffen | GRÜNE | 29.8 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### 2021 election
  
  Federal election (2021): Hamburg-Eimsbüttel :
  
  | 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 | % | ±% |
  | | Greens | Till Steffen | Till Steffen | 47,734 | 29.8 | 14.8 | 47,983 | 29.9 | 12.9 |
  | | SPD | N Niels Annen | N Niels Annen | 47,375 | 29.6 | 2.0 | 44,911 | 28.0 | 5.7 |
  | | CDU | Rüdiger Kruse | Rüdiger Kruse | 27,462 | 17.2 | 11.5 | 23,843 | 14.9 | 12.1 |
  | | FDP | Carolin Hümpel | Carolin Hümpel | 12,957 | 8.1 | 1.3 | 18,190 | 11.3 | 0.1 |
  | | Left | Żaklin Nastić | Żaklin Nastić | 11,351 | 7.1 | 3.3 | 10,847 | 6.8 | 5.7 |
  | | AfD | Marc Cremer-Thursby | Marc Cremer-Thursby | 5,450 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 5,662 | 3.5 | 2.4 |
  | | dieBasis | Inke Meyer | Inke Meyer | 2,400 | 1.5 | | 1,895 | 1.2 | |
  | | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,682 | 1.0 | 0.2 |
  | | PARTEI | Martin Sommer | Martin Sommer | 2,334 | 1.5 | | 1,358 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
  | | Volt | Sören Horn | Sören Horn | 1,391 | 0.9 | | 906 | 0.6 | |
  | | Team Todenhöfer | | | | | | 850 | 0.5 | |
  | | FW | Alexander Feltz | Alexander Feltz | 998 | 0.6 | | 761 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
  | | Pirates | | | | | | 500 | 0.3 | |
  | | ÖDP | Hannes Lincke | Hannes Lincke | 450 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 235 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
  | | du. | | | | | | 188 | 0.1 | |
  | | Humanists | | | | | | 149 | 0.1 | |
  | | V-Partei3 | | | | | | 139 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
  | | DKP | | | | | | 100 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
  | | NPD | | | | | | 53 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
  | | MLPD | Uwe Wagner | Uwe Wagner | 137 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 47 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
  | | Bündnis 21 | | | | | | 42 | 0.0 | |
  | | LKR | | | | | | 24 | 0.0 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 931 | | | 605 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 160,039 | | | 160,365 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 160,970 | 83.0 | 2.0 | | | |
  | | Greens gain from SPD | Greens gain from SPD | Majority | 359 | 0.2 | | | | |
  
  ### 2017 election
  
  Federal election (2017): Hamburg-Eimsbüttel :
  
  | 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 | Y Niels Annen | Y Niels Annen | 48,920 | 31.6 | 5.9 | 34,575 | 22.3 | 9.1 |
  | | CDU | Rüdiger Kruse | Rüdiger Kruse | 44,416 | 28.7 | 4.6 | 41,826 | 26.9 | 4.1 |
  | | Greens | Anna Gallina | Anna Gallina | 23,220 | 15.0 | 2.0 | 26,372 | 17.0 | 1.4 |
  | | Left | Żaklin Nastić | Żaklin Nastić | 16,123 | 10.4 | 3.5 | 19,290 | 12.4 | 3.9 |
  | | FDP | Ria Schröder | Ria Schröder | 10,537 | 6.8 | 4.5 | 17,463 | 11.3 | 6.1 |
  | | AfD | Herbert Wolf | Herbert Wolf | 8,777 | 5.7 | 2.8 | 9,138 | 5.9 | 2.2 |
  | | PARTEI | | | | | | 2,427 | 1.6 | 0.9 |
  | | Independent | Marco Scheffler | Marco Scheffler | 1,457 | 0.9 | | | | |
  | | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,262 | 0.8 | |
  | | ÖDP | Benjamin Krohn | Benjamin Krohn | 983 | 0.6 | | 442 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
  | | DiB | | | | | | 738 | 0.5 | |
  | | BGE | | | | | | 605 | 0.4 | |
  | | V-Partei³ | | | | | | 336 | 0.2 | |
  | | FW | | | | | | 327 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
  | | MLPD | Mustafa Kurt | Mustafa Kurt | 297 | 0.2 | | 126 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
  | | NPD | | | | | | 184 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
  | | DKP | | | | | | 92 | 0.1 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,283 | | | 810 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 154,730 | | | 155,203 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 156,013 | 81.1 | 5.7 | | | |
  | | SPD hold | SPD hold | Majority | 4,504 | 2.9 | 1.3 | | | |
  
  ### 2013 election
  
  Federal election (2013): Hamburg-Eimsbüttel :
  
  | 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 | Niels Annen | Niels Annen | 53,105 | 37.5 | 13.7 | 44,492 | 31.4 | 4.6 |
  | | CDU | N Rüdiger Kruse | N Rüdiger Kruse | 47,112 | 33.3 | 2.1 | 43,989 | 31.1 | 4.2 |
  | | Greens | Anna Gallina | Anna Gallina | 18,399 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 22,074 | 15.6 | 2.7 |
  | | Left | Kersten Artus | Kersten Artus | 9,728 | 6.9 | 2.1 | 12,137 | 8.6 | 1.9 |
  | | AfD | Günther Siegert | Günther Siegert | 4,034 | 2.9 | | 5,197 | 3.7 | |
  | | Pirates | Anne Alter | Anne Alter | 3,352 | 2.4 | | 3,751 | 2.6 | 0.1 |
  | | FDP | Burkhardt Müller-Sönksen | Burkhardt Müller-Sönksen | 3,264 | 2.3 | 6.1 | 9,138 | 5.9 | 8.3 |
  | | Independent | Marco Scheffler | Marco Scheffler | 1,469 | 1.0 | | | | |
  | | PARTEI | | | | | | 870 | 0.6 | |
  | | NPD | Wolfgang Möller | Wolfgang Möller | 548 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 551 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
  | | RENTNER | | | | | | 525 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
  | | FW | Gregor Voht | Gregor Voht | 427 | 0.3 | | 397 | 0.3 | |
  | | ÖDP | | | | | | 293 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
  | | MLPD | | | | | | 56 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,646 | | | 1,444 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 141,438 | | | 141,640 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 143,084 | 75.4 | 0.8 | | | |
  | | SPD gain from CDU | SPD gain from CDU | Majority | 5,993 | 4.2 | | | | |
  
  ### 2009 election
  
  Federal election (2009): Hamburg-Eimsbüttel :
  
  | 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 | Rüdiger Kruse | Rüdiger Kruse | 43,714 | 31.2 | 2.5 | 37,695 | 26.8 | 0.6 |
  | | Greens | Krista Sager | Krista Sager | 36,518 | 26.1 | 13.5 | 25,819 | 18.3 | 0.4 |
  | | SPD | Danial Ilkhanipour | Danial Ilkhanipour | 33,364 | 23.8 | 21.2 | 37,722 | 26.8 | 10.5 |
  | | Left | Herbert Schulz | Herbert Schulz | 12,540 | 8.9 | 4.6 | 14,732 | 10.5 | 4.3 |
  | | FDP | Burkhardt Müller-Sönksen | Burkhardt Müller-Sönksen | 11,732 | 8.4 | 4.7 | 18,851 | 13.4 | 3.9 |
  | | Pirates | | | | | | 3,531 | 2.5 | |
  | | Independent | Marco Scheffler | Marco Scheffler | 1,295 | 0.9 | | | | |
  | | NPD | Thorsten Schuster | Thorsten Schuster | 969 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 799 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
  | | RENTNER | | | | | | 934 | 0.7 | |
  | | ÖDP | | | | | | 428 | 0.3 | |
  | | DVU | | | | | | 144 | 0.1 | |
  | | MLPD | | | | | | 70 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,891 | | | 1,298 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 140,132 | | | 140,725 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 142,023 | 76.2 | 4.8 | | | |
  | | CDU gain from SPD | CDU gain from SPD | Majority | 7,196 | 5.1 | | | | |
  