Barnim III (electoral district)

15: Barnim III
15: Barnim III
Electoral district; for the Landtag of Brandenburg
	Barnim III in 2024
District	Barnim
Electorate	59,014 (2024)
Major settlements	Werneuchen
Current electoral district
Created	1994
Party	AfD
Member	Lena Kotré

Barnim III is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the Landtag of Brandenburg. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 15. It is located in the Barnim district^[2]

Geography

The constituency includes the town of Werneuchen, as well as the communities of Ahrensfelde and Wandlitz, and the administrative divisions of Biesenthal-Barnim and Britz-Chorin-Oderberg.

There were 59,014 eligible voters in 2024.^[1]

Members

	Member	Party	%
2004	Ralf Christoffers	PDS	36.0
2009	Michael Luthardt	Left	31.4
2014	Britta Müller	SPD	27.3
2019	Steffen John	AfD	23.9
2024	Lena Kotré	AfD	34.9

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Barnim III^[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	%	±%
	AfD	Lena Kotré		15,540	34.9	11.0	14,015	31.3	6.9
	SPD	Klingsporn		12,194	27.4	3.8	11,859	26.5	2.8
	BSW						7,011	15.7
	CDU	Mauersberger		7,300	16.4	0.7	5,169	11.6	3.2
	BVB/FW	Dr. Buder		5,401	12.1	2.9	2,008	4.5	4.0
	Left	Czok-Alm		2,507	5.6	6.5	1,320	2.9	8.8
	Greens	Gellert		1,172	2.6	6.7	1,624	3.6	6.5
	Tierschutzpartei						776	1.7	0.8
	Plus						345	0.8	0.1
	FDP	Höhr		385	0.9	1.9	296	0.7	2.4
	DLW						184	0.4
	Values						74	0.2
	Third Way						37	0.1
	DKP						30	0.1
Informal votes				565			316
Total valid votes				44,499			44,748
Turnout				45,064	76.4	13.4
	AfD hold		Majority	3,346	7.5

2019 election

State election (2019): Barnim III^[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	%	±%
	AfD	Jan-Steffen John		8,521	23.9	12.8	8,709	24.4	12.3
	SPD	N Britta Müller		8,387	23.6	3.7	8,445	23.7	4.6
	CDU	Carsten Bruch		6,073	17.1	6.9	5,277	14.8	7.4
	Left	Isabelle Czok-Alm		4,312	12.1	1.2.6	4,177	11.7	10.9
	Greens	Dr. Michael Egidius Luthardt		3,330	9.4	4.6	3,599	10.1	4.4
	BVB/FW	Detlef Klix		3,294	9.3	4.2	3,035	8.5	4.9
	FDP	Stephan Fischer		977	2.7	1.3	1,094	3.1	1.7
	Tierschutzpartei						908	2.5
	Die PARTEI	Mirko Schlauß		688	1.9
	Pirates						188	0.5	0.9
	ÖDP						138	0.4
	V-Partei3						84	0.2
Informal votes				676			604
Total valid votes				35,582			35,654
Turnout				36,258	62.9	16.0
	AfD gain from SPD		Majority	134	0.3