Hamburg Altona (electoral district)


Hamburg Altona is one of the 299 single member constituencies used for the German parliament, the Bundestag. Located in west Hamburg, the district was created for the 1949 election, the first election in West Germany after World War II. The first two elections in the district were won by the Christian Democratic Union, however, the district was gained by the Social Democratic Party of Germany at the 1957 election. The SPD have held the district since then, with the sole exception of the 1987 election, when it was regained by the CDU. The constituency is almost coterminous with the borough of Altona, one of the seven boroughs of Hamburg. The exception is a very small portion of the borough east of Schulterblatt Street. The current MP is Olaf Scholz of the SPD, who has represented the district since the 1998 election.

2009 election

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District representatives

The District's MPs have been:
YearNamePartyFirst vote %
2009Olaf ScholzSPD36.1%
2005Olaf ScholzSPD45.9%
2002Olaf ScholzSPD49.4%
1998Olaf ScholzSPD48.1%
1994Marliese DobberthienSPD40.5%
1990Marliese DobberthienSPD41.8%
1987Jürgen EchternachCDU42.0%
1983Horst GobrechtSPD47.4%
1980Horst GobrechtSPD50.4%
1976Horst GobrechtSPD50.1%
1972Karl-Wilhelm BerkhanSPD57.3%
1969Karl-Wilhelm BerkhanSPD55.3%
1965Karl-Wilhelm BerkhanSPD46.7%
1961Karl-Wilhelm BerkhanSPD43.5%
1957Karl-Wilhelm BerkhanSPD42.9%
1953Hugo ScharnbergCDU55.6%
1949Hugo ScharnbergCDU41.3%