title: Hamburg-Mitte (electoral district)
text: # Hamburg-Mitte (electoral district)
  
  Hamburg-Mitte 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 18. It is located in central Hamburg, comprising the Hamburg-Mitte borough and southern parts of the Hamburg-Nord borough.
  
  Hamburg-Mitte was created for the 1965 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Falko Droßmann of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).
  
  ## Geography
  
  Hamburg-Mitte is located in central Hamburg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises all of the Hamburg-Mitte borough with the exception of the quarter of Wilhelmsburg, as well as the quarters of Barmbek-Nord, Barmbek-Süd, Dulsberg, Hohenfelde, and Uhlenhorst from the Hamburg-Nord borough.
  
  ## History
  
  Hamburg-Mitte was created in 1965 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Hamburg I, Hamburg VI and Hamburg VII. Until 1998, it had the constituency 12 in the numbering system. Originally, it comprised the Hamburg-Mitte borough with the exception of the quarters of Horn, Billstedt, and Billbrook; it included the quarters of Altona-Altstadt and Altona-Nord/Süd from the Altona borough.
  
  In the 1976 election, the quarter of Eilbek from the Wandsbek borough was added. From the 1980 election through the 1998 election, the constituency comprised the entirety of Hamburg-Mitte without the quarters of Finkenwerder and Billstedt, plus the quarter of Barmbek-Uhlenhorst from the Hamburd-Nord borough. For the 2002 election, the constituency was reconfigured. It comprised the Hamburg-Mitte borough without Wilhelmsburg, as well as the quarters of Barmbek-Nord, Barmbek-Süd, Dulsberg, Hohenfelde, and Uhlenhorst from the Hamburg-Nord borough, and Eilbek from the Wandsbek borough. In the 2013 election, the new quarter of Sternschanze was transferred from Hamburg-Mitte to the Hamburg-Altona constituency. In the 2017 election, the quarter of Eilbek was transferred from Hamburg-Mitte to the Hamburg-Wandsbek constituency.
  
  | Election | No. | Name | Borders |
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  | 1965 | 12 | Hamburg-Mitte | Hamburg-Mitte borough (excluding Horn, Billstedt, and Billbrook quarters) Altona borough (only Altona-Altstadt and Altona-Nord/Süd quarters) |
  | 1969 | 12 | Hamburg-Mitte | Hamburg-Mitte borough (excluding Horn, Billstedt, and Billbrook quarters) Altona borough (only Altona-Altstadt and Altona-Nord/Süd quarters) |
  | 1972 | 12 | Hamburg-Mitte | Hamburg-Mitte borough (excluding Horn, Billstedt, and Billbrook quarters) Altona borough (only Altona-Altstadt and Altona-Nord/Süd quarters) |
  | 1976 | 12 | Hamburg-Mitte | Hamburg-Mitte borough (excluding Horn, Billstedt, and Billbrook quarters) Altona borough (only Altona-Altstadt and Altona-Nord/Süd quarters) Wandsbek borough (only Eilbek) |
  | 1980 | 12 | Hamburg-Mitte | Hamburg-Mitte borough (excluding Billstedt and Finkenwerder quarters) Hamburg-Nord borough (only Barmbek-Uhlenhorst quarter) |
  | 1983 | 12 | Hamburg-Mitte | Hamburg-Mitte borough (excluding Billstedt and Finkenwerder quarters) Hamburg-Nord borough (only Barmbek-Uhlenhorst quarter) |
  | 1987 | 12 | Hamburg-Mitte | Hamburg-Mitte borough (excluding Billstedt and Finkenwerder quarters) Hamburg-Nord borough (only Barmbek-Uhlenhorst quarter) |
  | 1990 | 12 | Hamburg-Mitte | Hamburg-Mitte borough (excluding Billstedt and Finkenwerder quarters) Hamburg-Nord borough (only Barmbek-Uhlenhorst quarter) |
  | 1994 | 12 | Hamburg-Mitte | Hamburg-Mitte borough (excluding Billstedt and Finkenwerder quarters) Hamburg-Nord borough (only Barmbek-Uhlenhorst quarter) |
  | 1998 | 12 | Hamburg-Mitte | Hamburg-Mitte borough (excluding Billstedt and Finkenwerder quarters) Hamburg-Nord borough (only Barmbek-Uhlenhorst quarter) |
  | 2002 | 19 | Hamburg-Mitte | Hamburg-Mitte borough (excluding Wilhelmsburg quarter) Hamburg-Nord borough (only Barmbek-Nord, Barmbek-Süd, Dulsberg, Hohenfelde, and Uhlenhorst quarters) Wandsbek borough (only Eilbek) |
  | 2005 | 19 | Hamburg-Mitte | Hamburg-Mitte borough (excluding Wilhelmsburg quarter) Hamburg-Nord borough (only Barmbek-Nord, Barmbek-Süd, Dulsberg, Hohenfelde, and Uhlenhorst quarters) Wandsbek borough (only Eilbek) |
  | 2009 | 19 | Hamburg-Mitte | Hamburg-Mitte borough (excluding Wilhelmsburg quarter) Hamburg-Nord borough (only Barmbek-Nord, Barmbek-Süd, Dulsberg, Hohenfelde, and Uhlenhorst quarters) Wandsbek borough (only Eilbek) |
  | 2013 | 18 | Hamburg-Mitte | Hamburg-Mitte borough (excluding Wilhelmsburg quarter) Hamburg-Nord borough (only Barmbek-Nord, Barmbek-Süd, Dulsberg, Hohenfelde, and Uhlenhorst quarters) Wandsbek borough (only Eilbek) |
  | 2017 | 18 | Hamburg-Mitte | Hamburg-Mitte borough (excluding Wilhelmsburg quarter) Hamburg-Nord borough (only Barmbek-Nord, Barmbek-Süd, Dulsberg, Hohenfelde, and Uhlenhorst quarters) |
  | 2021 | 18 | Hamburg-Mitte | Hamburg-Mitte borough (excluding Wilhelmsburg quarter) Hamburg-Nord borough (only Barmbek-Nord, Barmbek-Süd, Dulsberg, Hohenfelde, and Uhlenhorst quarters) |
  
  ## Members
  
  The constituency has been held continuously by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) since its creation in 1965. Its first representative was Eugen Glombig, who served from 1965 to 1980, followed by Freimut Duve from 1980 to 1998. Johannes Kahrs was representative from 1998 to 2021. Falko Droßmann was elected in 2021.
  
  | Election | Member | Party | % |
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  | 1965 | Eugen Glombig | SPD | 53.8 |
  | 1969 | Eugen Glombig | SPD | 60.7 |
  | 1972 | Eugen Glombig | SPD | 64.6 |
  | 1976 | Eugen Glombig | SPD | 57.7 |
  | 1980 | Freimut Duve | SPD | 57.5 |
  | 1983 | Freimut Duve | SPD | 54.3 |
  | 1987 | Freimut Duve | SPD | 47.1 |
  | 1990 | Freimut Duve | SPD | 47.3 |
  | 1994 | Freimut Duve | SPD | 45.1 |
  | 1998 | Johannes Kahrs | SPD | 50.9 |
  | 2002 | Johannes Kahrs | SPD | 54.1 |
  | 2005 | Johannes Kahrs | SPD | 49.5 |
  | 2009 | Johannes Kahrs | SPD | 34.6 |
  | 2013 | Johannes Kahrs | SPD | 39.2 |
  | 2017 | Johannes Kahrs | SPD | 30.9 |
  | 2021 | Falko Droßmann | SPD | 33.2 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### 2021 election
  
  Federal election (2021): Hamburg-Mitte :
  
  | 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 | Falko Droßmann | Falko Droßmann | 59,229 | 33.2 | 2.3 | 51,170 | 28.7 | 4.8 |
  | | Greens | Manuel Muja | Manuel Muja | 46,326 | 26.0 | 13.1 | 49,791 | 27.9 | 13.4 |
  | | CDU | Christoph de Vries | Christoph de Vries | 23,231 | 13.1 | 11.2 | 19,982 | 11.2 | 12.3 |
  | | Left | David Stoop | David Stoop | 16,195 | 9.1 | 4.8 | 15,593 | 8.7 | 6.2 |
  | | FDP | James Blum | James Blum | 14,424 | 8.1 | 1.7 | 18,723 | 10.5 | 1.2 |
  | | AfD | Nicole Jordan | Nicole Jordan | 8,664 | 4.9 | 2.5 | 9,100 | 5.1 | 2.9 |
  | | PARTEI | Arne Ihlenfeld | Arne Ihlenfeld | 4,251 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 2,494 | 1.4 | 0.9 |
  | | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 2,486 | 1.4 | 0.3 |
  | | dieBasis | Dennis Sommer | Dennis Sommer | 2,940 | 1.6 | | 2,396 | 1.3 | |
  | | Team Todenhöfer | | | | | | 2,019 | 1.1 | |
  | | Volt | | | | | | 1,137 | 0.6 | |
  | | FW | Ralf Relmer | Ralf Relmer | 1,340 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 974 | 0.5 | 0.1 |
  | | Pirates | | | | | | 905 | 0.5 | |
  | | du. | | | | | | 398 | 0.2 | |
  | | ÖDP | Sebastian Bollien | Sebastian Bollien | 704 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 370 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
  | | Independent | Odin Janoske-Kizildag | Odin Janoske-Kizildag | 564 | 0.3 | | | | |
  | | V-Partei3 | | | | | | 303 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
  | | Humanists | | | | | | 275 | 0.2 | |
  | | MLPD | Joachim Griesbaum | Joachim Griesbaum | 194 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 70 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
  | | NPD | Lennart Schwarzbach | Lennart Schwarzbach | 136 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 130 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
  | | DKP | | | | | | 112 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
  | | Bündnis 21 | | | | | | 77 | 0.0 | |
  | | LKR | | | | | | 50 | 0.0 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,439 | | | 1,082 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 178,198 | | | 178,555 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 179,637 | 74.2 | 2.1 | | | |
  | | SPD hold | SPD hold | Majority | 12,903 | 7.2 | 0.5 | | | |
  
  ### 2017 election
  
  Federal election (2017): Hamburg-Mitte :
  
  | 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 Johannes Kahrs | Y Johannes Kahrs | 53,795 | 30.9 | 8.3 | 41,551 | 23.8 | 9.8 |
  | | CDU | Christoph de Vries | Christoph de Vries | 42,149 | 24.2 | 3.7 | 40,909 | 23.5 | 3.3 |
  | | Left | Martin Dolzer | Martin Dolzer | 24,083 | 13.8 | 4.2 | 26,109 | 15.0 | 3.9 |
  | | Greens | Meryem Celikkol | Meryem Celikkol | 22,368 | 12.9 | 0.9 | 25,164 | 14.4 | 0.8 |
  | | AfD | Nicole Jordan | Nicole Jordan | 12,728 | 7.3 | 4.0 | 13,940 | 8.0 | 3.7 |
  | | FDP | Michael Kruse | Michael Kruse | 11,202 | 6.4 | 4.7 | 16,255 | 9.3 | 5.5 |
  | | PARTEI | Samantha Edsen | Samantha Edsen | 4,929 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 3,945 | 2.3 | 1.3 |
  | | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,817 | 1.0 | |
  | | BGE | | | | | | 1,105 | 0.6 | |
  | | ÖDP | Martin Krause | Martin Krause | 1,090 | 0.6 | | 613 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
  | | FW | Henner Kühne | Henner Kühne | 1,038 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 744 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
  | | DiB | | | | | | 976 | 0.6 | |
  | | V-Partei³ | | | | | | 523 | 0.3 | |
  | | MLPD | Stephan Brandt | Stephan Brandt | 317 | 0.2 | | 181 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
  | | NPD | Bodo Johlke | Bodo Johlke | 316 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 348 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
  | | DKP | | | | | | 113 | 0.1 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,716 | | | 1,438 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 174,015 | | | 174,293 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 175,731 | 72.2 | 7.0 | | | |
  | | SPD hold | SPD hold | Majority | 11,646 | 6.7 | 4.3 | | | |
  
  ### 2013 election
  
  Federal election (2013): Hamburg-Mitte :
  
  | 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 Johannes Kahrs | Y Johannes Kahrs | 64,997 | 39.2 | 4.5 | 55,721 | 33.5 | 5.3 |
  | | CDU | Dirk Marx | Dirk Marx | 46,753 | 28.2 | 1.4 | 44,947 | 27.0 | 3.4 |
  | | Greens | Katharina Fegebank | Katharina Fegebank | 19,943 | 12.0 | 4.2 | 22,645 | 13.6 | 3.0 |
  | | Left | Jochen Hanisch | Jochen Hanisch | 15,693 | 9.5 | 3.6 | 18,124 | 10.9 | 2.7 |
  | | Pirates | Michael Büker | Michael Büker | 5,733 | 3.5 | | 6,442 | 3.9 | 0.1 |
  | | AfD | Kay Gottschalk | Kay Gottschalk | 5,525 | 3.3 | | 7,186 | 4.3 | |
  | | FDP | Najibulla Karim | Najibulla Karim | 2,878 | 1.7 | 6.1 | 6,458 | 3.9 | 7.8 |
  | | PARTEI | Michel Gérard | Michel Gérard | 1,738 | 1.0 | | 1,545 | 0.9 | |
  | | NPD | Torben Klebe | Torben Klebe | 1,245 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1,257 | 0.8 | 0.4 |
  | | RENTNER | | | | | | 790 | 0.5 | |
  | | FW | Henner Kühne | Henner Kühne | 700 | 0.4 | | 589 | 0.4 | |
  | | Independent | Stefan Füsers | Stefan Füsers | 661 | 0.4 | | | | |
  | | ÖDP | | | | | | 417 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
  | | Independent | Romuald Jasinski | Romuald Jasinski | 154 | 0.1 | | | | |
  | | MLPD | | | | | | 92 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,445 | | | 2,252 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 166,020 | | | 166,213 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 168,465 | 65.6 | 0.5 | | | |
  | | SPD hold | SPD hold | Majority | 18,244 | 11.0 | 2.9 | | | |
  
  ### 2009 election
  
  Federal election (2009): Hamburg-Mitte :
  
  | 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 Johannes Kahrs | Y Johannes Kahrs | 56,809 | 34.5 | 15.0 | 46,419 | 28.1 | 13.9 |
  | | CDU | David Erkalp | David Erkalp | 43,587 | 26.5 | 1.0 | 38,689 | 23.4 | 0.4 |
  | | Greens | Farid Müller | Farid Müller | 27,213 | 16.5 | 5.1 | 27,865 | 16.9 | 1.3 |
  | | Left | Joachim Bischoff | Joachim Bischoff | 21,718 | 13.2 | 7.1 | 22,702 | 13.7 | 5.9 |
  | | FDP | Lothar Hänsch | Lothar Hänsch | 12,818 | 7.8 | 4.2 | 19,105 | 11.6 | 3.8 |
  | | NPD | Jürgen Rieger | Jürgen Rieger | 2,348 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 1,822 | 1.1 | 0.1 |
  | | Pirates | | | | | | 6,303 | 3.8 | |
  | | RENTNER | | | | | | 1,176 | 0.7 | |
  | | ÖDP | | | | | | 675 | 0.4 | |
  | | DVU | | | | | | 243 | 0.1 | |
  | | MLPD | | | | | | 132 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,737 | | | 2,089 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 164,493 | | | 165,131 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 167,220 | 66.1 | 7.2 | | | |
  | | SPD hold | SPD hold | Majority | 13,222 | 8.0 | 14.0 | | | |
  