Oberhavel – Havelland II

Oberhavel – Havelland 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 58. It is located in northern Brandenburg, comprising the Oberhavel district and eastern parts of the Havelland district.

58 Oberhavel – Havelland II
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Oberhavel – Havelland II in 2017
State	Brandenburg
Population	305,100 (2019)
Electorate	249,331 (2021)
Major settlements	Oranienburg Falkensee Hennigsdorf
Area	2,206.2 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1990
Party	SPD
Member	Ariane Fäscher
Elected	2021

Oberhavel – Havelland II was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. Since 2021, it has been represented by Ariane Fäscher of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).

Geography

Oberhavel – Havelland II is located in northern Brandenburg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Oberhavel district and the municipalities of Brieselang, Dallgow-Döberitz, Falkensee, Ketzin, Schönwalde-Glien, and Wustermark from the Havelland district.

History

Oberhavel – Havelland II was created after German reunification in 1990, then known as Oranienburg – Nauen. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the 1990 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 273 in the numbering system. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 58. In the 2009 election, it was number 59. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 58.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Oranienburg and Nauen. It acquired its current configuration in the 2002 election. Upon the abolition of the Nauen-Land Amt ahead of the 2005 election, the municipality of Retzow and the former municipality of Selbelang were transferred out of the constituency. In the 2017 election, it lost the municipality of Nauen.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1990	273	Oranienburg – Nauen	Oranienburg district Nauen district
1994
1998
2002	58	Oberhavel – Havelland II	Oberhavel district Havelland district (only Brieselang, Dallgow-Döberitz, Falkensee, Ketzin, Nauen, Schönwalde-Glien, and Wustermark municipalities and Nauen-Land Amt)
2005			Oberhavel district Havelland district (only Brieselang, Dallgow-Döberitz, Falkensee, Ketzin, Nauen, Schönwalde-Glien, and Wustermark municipalities)
2009	59
2013	58
2017			Oberhavel district Havelland district (only Brieselang, Dallgow-Döberitz, Falkensee, Ketzin, Schönwalde-Glien, and Wustermark municipalities and Nauen-Land Amt)
2021

Members

The constituency was first represented by Karl-Heinz Schröter of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1990 to 1994, followed by Wolfgang Ilte from 1994 to 1998. Angelika Krüger-Leißner then served from 1998 to 2013. In 2013, it was won by Uwe Feiler of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Ariane Fäscher regained it for the SPD in 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1990	Karl-Heinz Schröter	SPD	37.4
	1994	Wolfgang Ilte	SPD	48.8
	1998	Angelika Krüger-Leißner	SPD	49.6
	2002			45.0
	2005			41.9
	2009			29.2
	2013	Uwe Feiler	CDU	37.5
	2017			29.9
	2021	Ariane Fäscher	SPD	26.3

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Oberhavel – Havelland II
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.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	SPD	Ariane Fäscher		50,697	26.3	3.6	55,193	28.6	10.0
	CDU	N Uwe Feiler		39,996	20.8	9.1	33,378	17.3	11.2
	AfD	Ulrich Storm		30,863	16.0	2.0	30,793	15.9	2.7
	Greens	Anne Schumacher		19,026	9.9	4.6	20,663	10.7	4.3
	FDP	Ralf Tiedemann		17,322	9.0	3.8	19,802	10.3	2.6
	Left	Anke Domscheit-Berg		15,501	8.0	6.7	12,665	6.6	7.7
	Tierschutzpartei						6,154	3.2	1.2
	FW	Stefanie Gebauer		8,282	4.3	2.8	5,142	2.7	1.7
	PARTEI	Rick Grothe		4,330	2.2	0.4	2,360	1.2	0.1
	dieBasis	Sven Lingreen		3,502	1.8		2,732	1.4
	Pirates	Thomas Ney		2,267	1.2	0.5	1,076	0.6
	Unabhängige						761	0.4
	NPD						555	0.3	0.5
	Volt						504	0.3
	Team Todenhöfer						472	0.2
	ÖDP	Nathanael Uhlig		952	0.5		373	0.2	0.0
	Humanists						244	0.1
	DKP						145	0.1	0.0
	MLPD						77	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,470			2,120
Total valid votes				192,738			193,088
Turnout				195,208	78.3	2.2
	SPD gain from CDU		Majority	10,701	5.5

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Oberhavel – Havelland II
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.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Y Uwe Feiler		54,455	29.9	7.9	51,968	28.5	8.0
	SPD	Benjamin Grimm		41,423	22.7	5.2	33,856	18.5	5.1
	AfD	Christian Schmidt		32,762	18.0		33,987	18.6	11.9
	Left	Harald Petzold		26,839	14.7	4.7	26,091	14.3	3.9
	Greens	Petra Budke		9,685	5.3	0.3	11,684	6.4	0.7
	FDP	Volkmar Richter		9,514	5.2	3.7	13,912	7.6	4.6
	Tierschutzpartei						3,703	2.0
	PARTEI	Stefan Reckin		3,351	1.8		2,415	1.3
	FW	Heinz Ließke		2,684	1.5	0.0	1,770	1.0	0.1
	NPD						1,476	0.8	1.6
	Pirates	Thomas Ney		1,174	0.6	2.4
	BGE						613	0.3
	DM						519	0.3
	ÖDP						299	0.2
	DKP			403	0.2	0.0	217	0.1
	MLPD						100	0.1	0.0
Informal votes				2,722			2,402
Total valid votes				182,290			182,610
Turnout				185,012	76.1	4.7
	CDU hold		Majority	13,032	7.2	2.3

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Oberhavel – Havelland II
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.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Uwe Feiler		65,081	37.5	9.8	63,199	36.2	11.4
	SPD	N Angelika Krüger-Leißner		48,668	28.0	1.2	41,603	23.8	1.8
	Left	Harald Petzold		34,046	19.6	4.6	32,023	18.3	4.9
	AfD						11,713	6.7
	Greens	Maria Heider		8,510	4.9	2.4	9,861	5.7	2.1
	NPD	Detlef Appel		5,880	3.4	0.1	4,273	2.4	0.0
	Pirates	Anke Domscheit-Berg		5,281	3.0		3,894	2.2	0.1
	FDP	Georg Neubauer		2,571	1.5	6.3	5,119	2.9	8.5
	FW	Peter Heck		2,481	1.4		1,577	0.9
	Independent	Erhard Peschel		895	0.5
	PRO						787	0.5
	DKP						306	0.2
	REP						304	0.2	0.1
	MLPD						168	0.1	0.0
Informal votes				3,659			2,857
Total valid votes				173,719			174,521
Turnout				177,378	70.8	2.1
	CDU gain from SPD		Majority	16,413	9.5

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Oberhavel – Havelland II
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.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	SPD	Y Angelika Krüger-Leißner		48,621	29.2	12.8	42,959	25.7	10.5
	CDU	Uwe Feiler		46,088	27.7	1.2	41,575	24.8	2.8
	Left	Harald Petzold		40,334	24.2	2.3	38,980	23.3	1.3
	FDP	Horst-Peter Stein		12,963	7.8	3.6	19,163	11.5	3.5
	Greens	Dietmar Strehl		12,193	7.3		12,974	7.8	1.2
	NPD	Lore Lierse		5,400	3.2	0.0	4,153	2.5	0.7
	Pirates						3,891	2.3
	DVU						1,305	0.8
	FWD						1,299	0.8
	REP						478	0.3
	BüSo						377	0.2
	MLPD						181	0.1	0.1
Informal votes				4,907			4,179
Total valid votes				166,607			167,335
Turnout				171,514	68.6	8.1
	SPD hold		Majority	2,533	1.5