Cottbus II

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

The 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

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

2024 Brandenburg state election: Cottbus 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	%	±%
	SPD	Lars Katzmarek		9,746	38.0	13.8	8,638	33.5	8.0
	AfD	Lars Schieske		9,238	36.0	8.7	8,041	31.2	4.4
	BSW						3,742	14.5	14.5
	CDU	Adeline Abimnwi Awemo		3,100	12.1	7.4	2,316	9.0	6.1
	Greens	Heiner Bachmann		316	1.2	6.6	672	2.6	5.3
	Left	Yasmin Kirsten		1,463	5.7	4.9	778	3.0	7.9
	FW	Heiko Selka		1,431	5.6	0.3	446	1.7	2.3
	FDP	Justus Gutsche		336	1.3	3.3	174	0.7	4.9
	Tierschutzpartei						500	1.9	0.6
	Pirates						234	0.9	0.4
	Third Way						38	0.1	0.1
	DKP						29	0.1	0.1
	DLW						81	0.3	0.3
	Values						105	0.4	0.4
Informal votes
Total valid votes				25,954
	SPD gain from AfD		Majority