Hamburg Mitte (electoral district)
Hamburg Mitte is one of the 299 single member constituencies used for the German parliament, the Bundestag. Located in central Hamburg, the district was created for the 1965 election. All elections to date have been won by the Social Democratic Party of Germany. The constituency contains most of the borough of Mitte, one of the seven boroughs of Hamburg. The exception is the Wilhelmsburg district. The constituency also includes the districts of Barmbek-Nord, Barmbek-Süd, Dulsberg, Hohenfelde and Uhlenhorst from the Nord borough, the Eilbek district from the Wandsbek borough and a small part of the borough of Altona. The current MP is Johannes Kahrs of the SPD, who has represented the district since the 1998 election.The district's MPs have been:
Year | Name | Party | First vote % |
2009 | Johannes Kahrs | SPD | 34.6% |
2005 | Johannes Kahrs | SPD | 49.5% |
2002 | Johannes Kahrs | SPD | 54.1% |
1998 | Johannes Kahrs | SPD | 50.9% |
1994 | Freimut Duve | SPD | 45.1% |
1990 | Freimut Duve | SPD | 47.3% |
1987 | Freimut Duve | SPD | 47.1% |
1983 | Freimut Duve | SPD | 54.3% |
1980 | Freimut Duve | SPD | 57.5% |
1976 | | SPD | 57.7% |
1972 | Eugen Glombig | SPD | 64.6% |
1969 | Eugen Glombig | SPD | 60.7% |
1965 | Eugen Glombig | SPD | 53.8% |