Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III explained

62 Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III
Constituency Type:electoral district
Constituency Link:Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III
Parl Name:Bundestag
Region Label:State
Region:Brandenburg
Population:311,400 (2019)
Electorate:252,744 (2021)
Towns:Königs Wusterhausen
Luckenwalde
Area:3,887.12 km2
Year:2002
Party:SPD
Local Council Label:Member
Local Council:Sylvia Lehmann
Blank1 Name:Elected
Blank1 Info: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

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

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.

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200262Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III – Oberspreewald-Lausitz I
2005
200963
201362
2017
2021
2025Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III

Members

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.

ElectionMemberParty%
2002Peter DanckertSPD48.3
200542.8
200932.4
2013Jana SchimkeCDU37.0
201730.7
bgcolor=2021Sylvia LehmannSPD26.5

Election results

2009 election

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Constituency Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III. Federal Returning Officer.
  2. Web site: Results for Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III – Oberspreewald-Lausitz I. Federal Returning Officer.