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Cottbus II 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 44. It is located in within the city of Cottbus.[2]
| 44: Cottbus II | |
|---|---|
| Electoral district for the Landtag of Brandenburg | |
 Cottbus II in 2024 | |
| District | Cottbus |
| Electorate | 36,720 (2024) |
| Major settlements | Cottbus (partial) |
| Current electoral district | |
| Created | 1994 |
| Party | SPD |
| Member | Lars Katzmarek[1] |
Geography
editThe constituency includes the districts of Gallinchen, Groß Gaglow, Kahren, Kiekebusch, Madlow, Sachsendorf, Spremberger Vorstadt, and Ströbitzwithin the city of Cottbus.
There were 36,720 eligible voters in 2024.[3]
Members
edit| Election | Member | Party | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Frank Szymanski | SPD | 33.8 | |
| 2009 | Jürgen Maresch | Left | 32.2 | |
| 2014 | Kerstin Kircheis | SPD | 33.6 | |
| 2019 | Lars Schieske | AfD | 27.3 | |
| 2024 | Lars Katzmarek | SPD | 38.0 | |
Election results
edit| 2024 Brandenburg state election: Cottbus II[4] | |||||||||
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| Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| SPD | Lars Katzmarek | 9,746 | 38.0 |  13.8
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8,638 | 33.5 | 8.0
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| AfD | Lars Schieske | 9,238 | 36.0 | 8.7
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8,041 | 31.2 | 4.4
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| BSW | 3,742 | 14.5 | 14.5
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| CDU | Adeline Abimnwi Awemo | 3,100 | 12.1 |  7.4
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2,316 | 9.0 | 6.1
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| Greens | Heiner Bachmann | 316 | 1.2 | 6.6
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672 | 2.6 | 5.3
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| Left | Yasmin Kirsten | 1,463 | 5.7 | 4.9
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778 | 3.0 | 7.9
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| FW | Heiko Selka | 1,431 | 5.6 | 0.3
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446 | 1.7 | 2.3
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| FDP | Justus Gutsche | 336 | 1.3 | 3.3
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174 | 0.7 | 4.9
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| Tierschutzpartei | 500 | 1.9 | 0.6
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| Pirates | 234 | 0.9 | 0.4
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| Third Way | 38 | 0.1 | 0.1
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| DKP | 29 | 0.1 | 0.1
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| DLW | 81 | 0.3 | 0.3
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| Values | 105 | 0.4 | 0.4
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| Informal votes | |||||||||
| Total valid votes | 25,954 | ||||||||
| SPD gain from AfD | Majority | ||||||||
