Märkisch-Oderland – Barnim II

59 Märkisch-Oderland – Barnim II
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Märkisch-Oderland – Barnim II in 2025
State	Brandenburg
Population	279,400 (2019)
Electorate	230,391 (2021)
Major settlements	Bernau bei Berlin Strausberg Panketal
Area	2,463.6 km2
Current electoral district
Created	2002
Party	SPD
Member	Simona Koß
Elected	2021

Märkisch-Oderland – Barnim II 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 59. It is located in eastern Brandenburg, comprising the Märkisch-Oderland district and southern parts of the Barnim district.^[1]

Märkisch-Oderland – Barnim II was created for the 2002 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Simona Koß of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).^[2]

Märkisch-Oderland – Barnim II is located in eastern Brandenburg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Märkisch-Oderland district and the municipalities of Ahrensfelde, Bernau bei Berlin, Panketal, and Werneuchen from the Barnim district.^[1]

Märkisch-Oderland – Barnim II was created in 2002 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Eberswalde – Bernau – Bad Freienwalde and Fürstenwalde – Strausberg – Seelow. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was constituency 59 in the numbering system. In the 2009 election, it was number 60. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 59.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Märkisch-Oderland and the municipalities of Ahrensfelde, Bernau bei Berlin, Wandlitz, and Werneuchen and Ämter of Pakental, Biesenthal-Barnim from the Barnim district. Upon the abolition of the Panketal Amt ahead of the 2005 election, the former municipality of Börnicke was transferred out of the constituency. At the same time, it gained the Marienwerder and the former municipality of Zerpenschleuse. In the 2017 election, the municipality of Wandlitz and the Biesenthal-Barnim Amt were transferred out of the constituency.

The constituency was first represented by Petra Bierwirth of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 2002 to 2009. The Left won the constituency in 2009, and represented by Dagmar Enkelmann. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU)'s candidate Hans-Georg von der Marwitz was elected in 2013, and re-elected in 2017. Simona Koß regained it for the SPD in 2021.

Federal election (2021): Märkisch-Oderland – Barnim II[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	Simona Koß		43,117	24.8	8.9	48,712	27.9	12.5
	CDU	Sabine Buder		40,804	23.4	5.0	26,254	15.0	10.1
	AfD	Lars Günther		31,929	18.3	1.9	31,820	18.2	2.5
	Left	Niels-Olaf Lüders		21,700	12.5	10.0	18,004	10.3	10.3
	FDP	Mirko Dachroth		12,270	7.0	2.8	14,939	8.6	2.0
	Greens	Kim Stattaus		11,742	6.7	1.4	13,954	8.0	3.3
	FW						6,101	3.5	2.0
	Human Environment Animal Protection						5,360	3.1	1.1
	PARTEI	Mario Schlauß		4,425	2.5		2,393	1.4	0.0
	dieBasis	Dirk Herzog		3,750	2.2		2,865	1.6
	Independent	Ralf Lorenz		2,349	1.3
	Unabhängige						1,021	0.6
	Independent	Olaf Schütz		788	0.5
	Pirates						695	0.4
	Volt						500	0.3
	NPD						476	0.3	0.5
	Team Todenhöfer						378	0.2
	ÖDP	Roman Kutschick		737	0.4		345	0.2	0.0
	DKP	Hans-Günther Schleife		598	0.3	0.3	371	0.2	0.1
	Humanists						232	0.1
	MLPD						78	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,856			2,567
Total valid votes				174,209			174,498
Turnout				177,065	76.9	1.8
	SPD gain from CDU		Majority	2,313	1.4

Federal election (2017): Märkisch-Oderland – Barnim II[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	%	±%
	CDU	Y Hans-Georg von der Marwitz		47,594	28.4	5.5	42,113	25.1	7.0
	Left	Kerstin Kühn		37,721	22.5	10.4	34,632	20.7	5.8
	AfD	Andreas Schuffenhauer		33,915	20.2		34,701	20.7	14.3
	SPD	Stephen Ruebsam		26,526	15.8	4.6	25,908	15.4	6.5
	Greens	Jan Sommer		8,972	5.4	2.0	7,800	4.7	0.5
	FDP	Mirko Dachroth		7,111	4.2	3.1	11,007	6.6	4.3
	Human Environment Animal Protection						3,354	2.0
	FW	Winfried Dreger		4,617	2.8	1.3	2,566	1.5	0.3
	PARTEI						2,303	1.4
	NPD						1,243	0.7	1.7
	DKP	Werner Grünwald		1,149	0.7		445	0.3
	BGE						737	0.4
	DM						486	0.3
	ÖDP						296	0.2
	MLPD						105	0.1	0.0
Informal votes				2,434			2,343
Total valid votes				167,605			167,696
Turnout				170,039	75.1	5.8
	CDU hold		Majority	9,873	5.9	4.8

Federal election (2013): Märkisch-Oderland – Barnim II[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	%	±%
	CDU	Hans-Georg von der Marwitz		58,210	34.0	10.4	55,340	32.3	10.7
	Left	N Dagmar Enkelmann		56,391	32.9	4.0	44,996	26.3	7.4
	SPD	Olaf Mangold		34,745	20.3	2.5	37,323	21.8	0.2
	AfD						10,981	6.4
	Greens	Michael Jungclaus		5,876	3.4	1.4	7,213	4.2	1.8
	NPD	Lore Liese		5,804	3.4	0.2	4,246	2.5	0.1
	Pirates	Jonathan Dehn		4,588	2.7		3,968	2.3	0.3
	FW	Andreas Eißrig		2,476	1.4		2,135	1.2
	FDP	Fritz Krause-Uhl		1,887	1.1	5.5	3,816	2.2	6.8
	PRO						861	0.5
	Independent	René Büttner		701	0.4
	Independent	Christel Focken		493	0.3
	REP						278	0.2	0.1
	MLPD						166	0.1	0.0
Informal votes				3,922			3,770
Total valid votes				171,171			171,323
Turnout				175,093	69.6	1.5
	CDU gain from Left		Majority	1,819	1.1

Federal election (2009): Märkisch-Oderland – Barnim II[6]
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	%	±%
	Left	Dagmar Enkelmann		62,523	37.0	3.9	56,938	33.6	3.9
	CDU	Hans-Georg von der Marwitz		39,863	23.6	3.1	36,583	21.6	2.9
	SPD	Ravindra Gujjula		38,441	22.7	12.6	36,544	21.6	13.1
	FDP	Guido Beier		11,115	6.6	2.8	15,311	9.0	2.5
	Greens	Thomas Dyhr		8,181	4.8	2.3	10,211	6.0	1.2
	NPD	Kersten Radzimanowski		6,069	3.6	0.3	4,365	2.6	0.8
	Pirates						4,515	2.7
	Independent	Dirk Weßlau		2,280	1.3
	DVU						2,140	1.3
	FWD						1,730	1.0
	Independent	Bernd Sommerau		566	0.3
	REP						419	0.3
	BüSo						327	0.2
	MLPD						209	0.1	0.1
Informal votes				4,669			4,415
Total valid votes				169,038			169,292
Turnout				173,707	68.1	8.2
	Left gain from SPD		Majority	22,660	13.4