Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III

62 Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III in 2025
State	Brandenburg
Population	311,400 (2019)
Electorate	252,744 (2021)
Major settlements	Königs Wusterhausen Luckenwalde
Area	3,887.12 km2
Current electoral district
Created	2002
Party	SPD
Member	Sylvia Lehmann
Elected	2021

Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III 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 62. It is located in central Brandenburg, comprising the Dahme-Spreewald district and most of the Teltow-Fläming district.^[1]

Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III was created for the 2002 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Sylvia Lehmann of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).^[2]

Geography[edit]

Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III is located in central Brandenburg. As of the 2025 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Dahme-Spreewald district and the entirety of the Teltow-Fläming district excluding the Jüterbog, Ludwigsfelde, and Niedergörsdorf municipalities.^[1]

History[edit]

Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III, originally Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III – Oberspreewald-Lausitz I, was created in 2002 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Luckenwalde – Zossen – Jüterbog – Königs Wusterhausen, Bad Liebenwerda – Finsterwalde – Herzberg – Lübben – Luckau, Fürstenwalde – Strausberg – Seelow, und Frankfurt (Oder) – Eisenhüttenstadt – Beeskow. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was constituency 62 in the numbering system. In the 2009 election, it was number 63. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 62.

Upon the abolition of the Zossen Amt ahead of the 2005 election, the former municipality of Groß Schulzendorf was transferred out of the constituency. In the 2009 election, it gained the municipalities of Blankenfelde-Mahlow and Rangsdorf. In the 2017 election, it gained the municipality of Großbeeren. Ahead of the 2025 election, it lost the municipality of Lübbenau.

Members[edit]

The constituency was first represented by Peter Danckert of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 2002 to 2013. It was won by Jana Schimke of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in 2017. Sylvia Lehmann regained it for the SPD in 2021.

Election results[edit]

2021 election[edit]

Federal election (2021): Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III – 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	%	±%
	SPD	Sylvia Lehmann		50,696	26.5	6.9	54,650	28.5	10.9
	CDU	N Jana Schimke		38,080	19.9	10.8	31,299	16.3	10.7
	AfD	Steffen Kotré		33,719	17.6	2.7	34,411	17.9	3.1
	Left	Carsten Preuß		17,417	9.1	7.3	14,955	7.8	8.0
	FDP	Lars Hartfelder		15,073	7.9	3.0	18,893	9.9	2.4
	Greens	Gerhard Kalinka		13,523	7.1	2.7	16,156	8.4	3.8
	FW	Uwe Tanneberger		8,065	4.2	1.5	5,883	3.1	1.6
	Tierschutzpartei	Christiane Müller-Schmolt		6,735	3.5		6,073	3.2	1.3
	dieBasis	Torsten Bartels		2,916	1.5		2,743	1.4
	PARTEI						2,080	1.1	0.1
	Familie	Andreas Beer		1,817	0.9
	Unabhängige						991	0.5
	Pirates	Guido Körber		1,319	0.7	0.0	919	0.5
	Independent	Roald Hitzer		622	0.3
	Independent	Michael Gabler		617	0.3
	Team Todenhöfer						614	0.3
	NPD						550	0.3	0.5
	Volt						544	0.3
	ÖDP	Ralf Nobel		442	0.2		330	0.2	0.0
	DKP	Susanne Steinhardt		394	0.2	0.2	291	0.2	0.0
	Humanists						248	0.1
	MLPD						100	0.1	0.0
	Independent	Volker Commentz		78	0.0
Informal votes				2,948			2,731
Total valid votes				191,513			191,730
Turnout				194,461	76.9	1.5
	SPD gain from CDU		Majority	12,616	6.6

2017 election[edit]

Federal election (2017): Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III – Oberspreewald-Lausitz I[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 Jana Schimke		56,607	30.7	6.6	49,982	27.0	8.0
	AfD	Dietmar Ertel		37,358	20.3		38,915	21.0	14.7
	SPD	Sylvia Lehmann[a]		36,148	19.6	7.5	32,565	17.6	5.1
	Left	Carsten Joachim Preuß		30,278	16.4	5.1	29,217	15.8	5.7
	FDP	Rico Kerstan		8,910	4.8	3.6	13,718	7.4	4.6
	Greens	Gerhard Kalinka		8,127	4.4	0.6	8,617	4.7	0.1
	FW	Ralf Sebastian von der Bank		5,032	2.7	0.6	2,652	1.4	0.0
	Tierschutzpartei						3,456	1.9
	PARTEI						2,239	1.2
	NPD						1,468	0.8	1.9
	Pirates	Guido Körber		1,226	0.7	2.0
	DM						726	0.4
	BGE						610	0.3
	DKP	Manfred Ebel		692	0.4	0.2	341	0.2
	ÖDP						314	0.2
	MLPD						90	0.0	0.1
Informal votes				3,229			2,697
Total valid votes				184,378			184,910
Turnout				187,607	75.4	4.9
	CDU hold		Majority	19,249	10.4	0.6

2013 election[edit]

Federal election (2013): Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III – Oberspreewald-Lausitz I[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	Jana Schimke		61,487	37.0	12.2	57,867	34.8	11.1
	SPD	Tina Fischer		45,078	27.2	5.3	37,780	22.7	3.2
	Left	Steffen Kühne		36,284	21.9	4.5	36,310	21.8	5.3
	AfD						10,605	6.4
	Greens	Andreas Rieger		6,324	3.8	1.7	7,425	4.5	1.5
	NPD	Frank Knuffke		5,582	3.4	0.3	4,468	2.7	0.2
	Pirates	Oliver Mücke		4,331	2.6		3,617	2.2	0.5
	FW	Barbara Wolff		3,670	2.2		2,381	1.4
	FDP	Alice Löning		1,989	1.2	6.1	4,526	2.7	7.0
	REP	Heiko Müller		924	0.6		579	0.3	0.1
	PRO						713	0.4
	DKP						333	0.2
	MLPD						180	0.1	0.0
Informal votes				3,478			3,029
Total valid votes				166,002			166,451
Turnout				169,480	70.4	1.4
	CDU gain from SPD		Majority	16,409	9.8

2009 election[edit]

Federal election (2009): Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III – Oberspreewald-Lausitz I[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	%	±%
	SPD	Y Peter Danckert		53,384	32.4	10.0	42,834	25.9	10.8
	Left	Steffen Kühne		43,348	26.3	3.1	44,923	27.1	2.2
	CDU	Tamara Zieschang		40,882	24.8	1.0	39,092	23.6	2.1
	FDP	Jan Mühlmann-Skupien		11,959	7.3	3.1	16,102	9.7	2.6
	Greens	Benjamin Raschke		9,041	5.5	2.5	9,912	6.0	1.0
	NPD	Stella Hähnel		5,992	3.6	0.5	4,711	2.8	0.2
	Pirates						4,357	2.6
	FWD						1,352	0.8
	DVU						1,255	0.8
	BüSo						397	0.2
	REP						368	0.2
	MLPD						162	0.1	0.1
Informal votes				5,598			4,739
Total valid votes				164,606			165,465
Turnout				170,204	69.0	7.5
	SPD hold		Majority	10,036	6.1	12.5

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