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.

District representatives

The district's MPs have been:
YearNamePartyFirst vote %
2009Johannes KahrsSPD34.6%
2005Johannes KahrsSPD49.5%
2002Johannes KahrsSPD54.1%
1998Johannes KahrsSPD50.9%
1994Freimut DuveSPD45.1%
1990Freimut DuveSPD47.3%
1987Freimut DuveSPD47.1%
1983Freimut DuveSPD54.3%
1980Freimut DuveSPD57.5%
1976SPD57.7%
1972Eugen GlombigSPD64.6%
1969Eugen GlombigSPD60.7%
1965Eugen GlombigSPD53.8%