Oberspreewald-Lausitz I

38: Oberspreewald-Lausitz I
Electoral district for the Landtag of Brandenburg
Oberspreewald-Lausitz I in 2024
District	Oberspreewald-Lausitz
Electorate	33,090 (2024)
Major settlements	Lauchhammer and Schwarzheide
Current electoral district
Created	1994
Party	AfD
Member	Birgit Bessin[1]

Oberspreewald-Lausitz I 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 38. It is located in within the district of Oberspreewald-Lausitz.^[2]

The constituency includes the towns of Lauchhammer and Schwarzheide, as well as the municipality of Schipkau, and the districts of Ortrand and Ruhland.

There were 33,090 eligible voters in 2024.^[1]

State election (2024): Oberspreewald-Lausitz I[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	Birgit Bessin		10,427	44.3	NEW	9,863	41.7	5.9
	SPD	Martin Höntsch		6,092	25.9		5,801	24.5	1.6
	BSW						3,334	14.1
	CDU	Magister		3,729	15.8	10.5	2,579	10.9	7.4
	BVB/FW	Nothing		1,607	6.8	2.0	473	2.0	1.4
	Left	Theiler		1,044	4.4	7.0	464	2.0	6.6
	APT						412	1.7	0.3
	FDP	Dieckmann		273	1.2	4.8	177	0.7	3.6
	Greens	Neumann		254	1.1	2.0	250	1.1	2.4
	Plus						103	0.4	0.6
	DLW						84	0.4
	Values						56	0.2
	Third Way						40	0.2
	DKP	Baur		136	0.6		37	0.2
Informal votes				333			222
Total valid votes				23,562			23,673
Turnout				23,895	72.2	12.2
	AfD gain from CDU		Majority	4,335	18.4

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