Cottbus – Spree-Neiße

Location of constituency in Brandenburg

Cottbus – Spree-Neiße is one of the 299 single member constituencies used for the German parliament, the Bundestag. One of ten districts covering the state of Brandenburg, it covers the city of Cottbus and the surrounding Spree-Neiße district. The constituency elects one representative under the mixed member proportional representation (MMP) system. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 64.

Overview

The constituency was created for the 2002 election, when the number of constituencies in Brandenburg was reduced from twelve to ten as part of an overall reduction of constituencies in Germany. It contains the whole of the former Cottbus – Guben – Forst constituency, with the addition of the town of Spremberg from the abolished Senftenberg – Calau – Spremberg constituency.

The first two elections in the new constituency were won by the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), however at the 2009 election, in common with several other constituencies in the former East Germany, it was gained by The Left. The current representative is Wolfgang Nešković.

2009 election

Party		Constituency results				List results
Party		Candidate	Votes	% share	+/-	Votes	% share	+/-
	The Left	Wolfgang Nešković	37,224	30.0	+2.8	36,561	29.3	+1.8
	Social Democratic Party of Germany	Steffen Reiche	34,529	27.9	-9.8	29,999	24.1	-11.8
	Christian Democratic Union	Mario Laurischk	29,829	24.1	+2.1	30,360	24.4	+4.4
	Free Democratic Party	Martin Neumann	10,878	8.8	+3.2	11,230	9.0	+2.1
	Alliance '90/The Greens	Matthias Fobo	5,650	4.6	+1.8	6,093	4.9	+0.6
	National Democratic Party of Germany	Ronny Zasowk	4,806	3.9	+0.4	3,765	3.0	-0.4
	Independent candidate	Raimar Rätzel	1045	0.8	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Pirate Party	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	3,636	2.9	N/A
	German People's Union	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1,169	0.9	N/A
	Free Voters Germany	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1,055	0.8	N/A
	Others	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	781	0.6	N/A

Source:^[1]

References

↑ 2009 constituency results, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 16 August 2013

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