Hamburg-Bergedorf – Harburg

23 Hamburg-Bergedorf – Harburg
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Hamburg-Bergedorf – Harburg in 2025
State	Hamburg
Population	342,700 (2019)
Electorate	221,794 (2021)
Major settlements	Harburg Bergedorf
Area	315.2 km^2
Current electoral district
Created	2002
Party	SPD
Member	Metin Hakverdi
Elected	2013, 2017, 2021

Hamburg-Bergedorf – Harburg 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 23. It is located in southern Hamburg, comprising the boroughs of Bergedorf and Harburg, as well as the quarter of Wilhelmsburg from Hamburg-Mitte.[1]

Hamburg-Bergedorf – Harburg was created for the 2002 federal election. Since 2013, it has been represented by Metin Hakverdi of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]

Geography

Hamburg-Bergedorf – Harburg is located in southern Hamburg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the boroughs of Bergedorf and Harburg, as well as the quarter of Wilhelmsburg from Hamburg-Mitte.[1]

History

Hamburg-Bergedorf – Harburg was created in 2002 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Hamburg-Bergedorf and Hamburg-Harburg. Until the 2009 election, it was constituency 24 in the number system. Its borders have not changed since its creation.

Members

The constituency has been held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) since its creation. Its first representative was Hans-Ulrich Klose, who served until 2013. Metin Hakverdi was elected as his successor, and re-elected in 2017 and 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	2002	Hans-Ulrich Klose	SPD	53.0
	2005			51.0
	2009			39.0
	2013	Metin Hakverdi	SPD	40.4
	2017			34.8
	2021			39.3

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Hamburg-Bergedorf – Harburg[3]
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 Metin Hakverdi		61,590	39.3	4.6	52,523	33.5	7.3
	CDU	Uwe Schneider		26,483	16.9	11.2	25,427	16.2	11.2
	Greens	Manuel Sarrazin		24,231	15.5	7.7	27,931	17.8	7.8
	FDP	Sonja Jacobsen		13,301	8.5	3.3	15,674	10.0	1.3
	AfD	Olga Petersen		12,774	8.2	2.7	12,638	8.0	3.4
	Left	Stephan Jarsch		10,521	6.7	3.9	9,878	6.3	5.0
	dieBasis	Katja Schäfer		2,988	1.9		2,417	1.5
	Tierschutzpartei						2,298	1.5	0.5
	Team Todenhöfer						2,283	1.5
	PARTEI						1,644	1.0	0.6
	FW	Thomas Lindner		2,109	1.3	0.6	1,319	0.8	0.4
	Volt	Jan-Martin Thoden		1,251	0.8		740	0.5
	Pirates						747	0.5
	ÖDP	Manuela Körlin		1,061	0.7	0.2	446	0.3	0.1
	Humanists						233	0.1
	du.						208	0.1
	V-Partei3						195	0.1	0.1
	The Homeland	Manfred Dammann		205	0.1	0.2	161	0.1	0.2
	DKP						87	0.1	0.0
	Bündnis 21						76	0.1
	MLPD	Narziss Nianur		131	0.1	0.1	50	0.0	0.0
	LKR						42	0.0
Informal votes				1,601			1,229
Total valid votes				156,645			157,017
Turnout				158,246	71.3	1.2
	SPD hold		Majority	35,107	22.4	15.7

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Hamburg-Bergedorf – Harburg[3]
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 Metin Hakverdi		53,446	34.8	5.7	40,364	26.2	8.9
	CDU	Herlind Gundelach		43,274	28.1	7.4	42,219	27.4	6.4
	AfD	Peter Lorkowski		16,688	10.9	7.0	17,710	11.5	6.8
	Left	David Stoop		16,382	10.7	3.1	17,344	11.2	2.8
	Greens	Manuel Sarrazin		11,903	7.7	1.3	15,442	10.0	0.8
	FDP	Carl Coste		8,039	5.2	3.6	13,313	8.6	5.1
	PARTEI						1,504	1.6	1.0
	Tierschutzpartei						1,561	1.0
	ÖDP	Volker Behrendt		1,296	0.8	0.4	663	0.4	0.2
	FW	Aslan Özkan		1,091	0.7	0.2	683	0.4	0.1
	BGE						808	0.5
	DiB						576	0.4
	The Homeland	Lennart Schwarzbach		530	0.3	0.7	512	0.3	0.7
	Independent	Frank Giebel		521	0.3
	Independent	Hans-Uwe Scharnweber		345	0.2
	V-Partei³						332	0.2
	MLPD	Jürgen Bader		253	0.2		104	0.1	0.0
	DKP						86	0.0
Informal votes				1,990			1,537
Total valid votes				153,768			154,221
Turnout				155,758	70.2	5.8
	SPD hold		Majority	10,172	6.7	1.9

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Hamburg-Bergedorf – Harburg[4]
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	Metin Hakverdi		56,867	40.4	1.4	49,302	35.0	4.9
	CDU	Herlind Gundelach		50,044	35.6	2.7	47,525	33.8	4.4
	Left	Sabine Boeddinghaus		10,595	7.5	2.7	11,817	8.4	3.2
	Greens	Manuel Sarrazin		9,088	6.5	1.9	12,916	9.2	2.5
	AfD	Thomas Meister		5,448	2.9		6,624	4.7
	Pirates	Nico Ecke		3,198	2.3		3,607	2.6	0.1
	FDP	Kurt Duwe		2,234	1.6	6.0	4,952	3.5	8.3
	The Homeland	Thomas Wulff		1,446	1.0	0.5	1,398	1.0	0.3
	PARTEI						886	0.6
	FW	Christian Walbe		727	0.5		534	0.4
	RENTNER						706	0.5	0.6
	ÖDP						393	0.3	0.0
	MLPD						76	0.1	0.0
Informal votes				2,089			1,988
Total valid votes				140,615			140,716
Turnout				142,704	64.3	1.0
	SPD hold		Majority	6,823	4.8	1.3

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Hamburg-Bergedorf – Harburg[5]
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 Hans-Ulrich Klose		54,965	39.0	12.0	42,554	30.2	11.5
	CDU	Wolfgang Müller-Kallweit		46,303	32.9	1.5	41,423	29.4	1.7
	Left	Mark Roach		14,430	10.3	5.4	16,358	11.6	5.3
	Greens	Manuel Sarrazin		11,728	8.3	3.7	16,484	11.7	1.0
	FDP	Kurt Duwe		10,727	7.6		16,709	11.8
	Pirates						3,453	2.5
	The Homeland	Jan Zimmermann		2,111	1.5	0.0	1,795	1.3	0.2
	RENTNER						1,517	1.1
	BüSo			500	0.4
	ÖDP						402	0.3
	DVU						280	0.2
	MLPD						63	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,355			1,991
Total valid votes				140,764			141,128
Turnout				143,119	65.3	8.5
	SPD hold		Majority	8,662	6.2	10.4

References

1. "Constituency Hamburg-Bergedorf – Harburg". Federal Returning Officer.
2. "Results for Hamburg-Bergedorf – Harburg". Federal Returning Officer.
3. Results for Hamburg-Bergedorf – Harburg
4. Results for Hamburg-Bergedorf – Harburg
5. Results for Hamburg-Bergedorf – Harburg

Bundestag			Vacant Extraparliamentary (1966-1969); party list from NRW (1969-1974) Title last held by Ulm	Constituency represented by the chancellor (as Hamburg-Bergedorf) 1974-1982	Vacant Party list from Rhineland-Palatinate (1982-1990) Title next held by Ludwigshafen