Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III – Oberspreewald-Lausitz I
# Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III – Oberspreewald-Lausitz I

Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III – Oberspreewald-Lausitz I 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.

Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III – Oberspreewald-Lausitz I was created for the 2002 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Sylvia Lehmann of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).

## Geography

Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III – Oberspreewald-Lausitz I is located in central Brandenburg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Dahme-Spreewald district, the entirety of the Teltow-Fläming district excluding the Jüterbog, Ludwigsfelde, and Niedergörsdorf municipalities, and the municipality of Lübbenau from the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district.

## History

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.

| Election | No. | Name | Borders |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2002 | 62 | Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III – Oberspreewald-Lausitz I | Dahme-Spreewald district Teltow-Fläming district (excluding Blankenfelde-Mahlow, Großbeeren, Jüterbog, Ludwigsfelde, Niedergörsdorf, and Rangsdorf municipalities) Oberspreewald-Lausitz district (only Lübbenau municipality) |
| 2005 | 62 | Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III – Oberspreewald-Lausitz I | Dahme-Spreewald district Teltow-Fläming district (excluding Blankenfelde-Mahlow, Großbeeren, Jüterbog, Ludwigsfelde, Niedergörsdorf, and Rangsdorf municipalities) Oberspreewald-Lausitz district (only Lübbenau municipality) |
| 2009 | 63 | Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III – Oberspreewald-Lausitz I | Dahme-Spreewald district Teltow-Fläming district (excluding Großbeeren, Jüterbog, Ludwigsfelde, and Niedergörsdorf municipalities) Oberspreewald-Lausitz district (only Lübbenau municipality) |
| 2013 | 62 | Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III – Oberspreewald-Lausitz I | Dahme-Spreewald district Teltow-Fläming district (excluding Großbeeren, Jüterbog, Ludwigsfelde, and Niedergörsdorf municipalities) Oberspreewald-Lausitz district (only Lübbenau municipality) |
| 2017 | 62 | Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III – Oberspreewald-Lausitz I | Dahme-Spreewald district Teltow-Fläming district (excluding Jüterbog, Ludwigsfelde, and Niedergörsdorf municipalities) Oberspreewald-Lausitz district (only Lübbenau municipality) |
| 2021 | 62 | Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III – Oberspreewald-Lausitz I | Dahme-Spreewald district Teltow-Fläming district (excluding Jüterbog, Ludwigsfelde, and Niedergörsdorf municipalities) Oberspreewald-Lausitz district (only Lübbenau municipality) |

## 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.

| Election | Member | Party | % |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2002 | Peter Danckert | SPD | 48.3 |
| 2005 | Peter Danckert | SPD | 42.8 |
| 2009 | Peter Danckert | SPD | 32.4 |
| 2013 | Jana Schimke | CDU | 37.0 |
| 2017 | Jana Schimke | CDU | 30.7 |
| 2021 | Sylvia Lehmann | SPD | 26.5 |

## Election results

### 2021 election

Federal election (2021): Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III – Oberspreewald-Lausitz I :

| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
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| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | SPD | Sylvia Lehmann | Sylvia Lehmann | 50,696 | 26.5 | 6.9 | 54,650 | 28.5 | 10.9 |
| | CDU | N Jana Schimke | N Jana Schimke | 38,080 | 19.9 | 10.8 | 31,299 | 16.3 | 10.7 |
| | AfD | Steffen Kotré | Steffen Kotré | 33,719 | 17.6 | 2.7 | 34,411 | 17.9 | 3.1 |
| | Left | Carsten Preuß | Carsten Preuß | 17,417 | 9.1 | 7.3 | 14,955 | 7.8 | 8.0 |
| | FDP | Lars Hartfelder | Lars Hartfelder | 15,073 | 7.9 | 3.0 | 18,893 | 9.9 | 2.4 |
| | Greens | Gerhard Kalinka | Gerhard Kalinka | 13,523 | 7.1 | 2.7 | 16,156 | 8.4 | 3.8 |
| | FW | Uwe Tanneberger | Uwe Tanneberger | 8,065 | 4.2 | 1.5 | 5,883 | 3.1 | 1.6 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | Christiane Müller-Schmolt | Christiane Müller-Schmolt | 6,735 | 3.5 | | 6,073 | 3.2 | 1.3 |
| | dieBasis | Torsten Bartels | Torsten Bartels | 2,916 | 1.5 | | 2,743 | 1.4 | |
| | PARTEI | | | | | | 2,080 | 1.1 | 0.1 |
| | Familie | Andreas Beer | Andreas Beer | 1,817 | 0.9 | | | | |
| | Unabhängige | | | | | | 991 | 0.5 | |
| | Pirates | Guido Körber | Guido Körber | 1,319 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 919 | 0.5 | |
| | Independent | Roald Hitzer | Roald Hitzer | 622 | 0.3 | | | | |
| | Independent | Michael Gabler | Michael Gabler | 617 | 0.3 | | | | |
| | Team Todenhöfer | | | | | | 614 | 0.3 | |
| | NPD | | | | | | 550 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| | Volt | | | | | | 544 | 0.3 | |
| | ÖDP | Ralf Nobel | Ralf Nobel | 442 | 0.2 | | 330 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| | DKP | Susanne Steinhardt | Susanne Steinhardt | 394 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 291 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| | Humanists | | | | | | 248 | 0.1 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 100 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Volker Commentz | Volker Commentz | 78 | 0.0 | | | | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,948 | | | 2,731 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 191,513 | | | 191,730 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 194,461 | 76.9 | 1.5 | | | |
| | SPD gain from CDU | SPD gain from CDU | Majority | 12,616 | 6.6 | | | | |

### 2017 election

Federal election (2017): Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III – Oberspreewald-Lausitz I :

| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
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| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Y Jana Schimke | Y Jana Schimke | 56,607 | 30.7 | 6.6 | 49,982 | 27.0 | 8.0 |
| | AfD | Dietmar Ertel | Dietmar Ertel | 37,358 | 20.3 | | 38,915 | 21.0 | 14.7 |
| | SPD | Sylvia Lehmann | Sylvia Lehmann | 36,148 | 19.6 | 7.5 | 32,565 | 17.6 | 5.1 |
| | Left | Carsten Joachim Preuß | Carsten Joachim Preuß | 30,278 | 16.4 | 5.1 | 29,217 | 15.8 | 5.7 |
| | FDP | Rico Kerstan | Rico Kerstan | 8,910 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 13,718 | 7.4 | 4.6 |
| | Greens | Gerhard Kalinka | Gerhard Kalinka | 8,127 | 4.4 | 0.6 | 8,617 | 4.7 | 0.1 |
| | FW | Ralf Sebastian von der Bank | Ralf Sebastian von der Bank | 5,032 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 2,652 | 1.4 | 0.0 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 3,456 | 1.9 | |
| | PARTEI | | | | | | 2,239 | 1.2 | |
| | NPD | | | | | | 1,468 | 0.8 | 1.9 |
| | Pirates | Guido Körber | Guido Körber | 1,226 | 0.7 | 2.0 | | | |
| | DM | | | | | | 726 | 0.4 | |
| | BGE | | | | | | 610 | 0.3 | |
| | DKP | Manfred Ebel | Manfred Ebel | 692 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 341 | 0.2 | |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 314 | 0.2 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 90 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,229 | | | 2,697 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 184,378 | | | 184,910 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 187,607 | 75.4 | 4.9 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 19,249 | 10.4 | 0.6 | | | |

### 2013 election

Federal election (2013): Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III – Oberspreewald-Lausitz I :

| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
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| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Jana Schimke | Jana Schimke | 61,487 | 37.0 | 12.2 | 57,867 | 34.8 | 11.1 |
| | SPD | Tina Fischer | Tina Fischer | 45,078 | 27.2 | 5.3 | 37,780 | 22.7 | 3.2 |
| | Left | Steffen Kühne | Steffen Kühne | 36,284 | 21.9 | 4.5 | 36,310 | 21.8 | 5.3 |
| | AfD | | | | | | 10,605 | 6.4 | |
| | Greens | Andreas Rieger | Andreas Rieger | 6,324 | 3.8 | 1.7 | 7,425 | 4.5 | 1.5 |
| | NPD | Frank Knuffke | Frank Knuffke | 5,582 | 3.4 | 0.3 | 4,468 | 2.7 | 0.2 |
| | Pirates | Oliver Mücke | Oliver Mücke | 4,331 | 2.6 | | 3,617 | 2.2 | 0.5 |
| | FW | Barbara Wolff | Barbara Wolff | 3,670 | 2.2 | | 2,381 | 1.4 | |
| | FDP | Alice Löning | Alice Löning | 1,989 | 1.2 | 6.1 | 4,526 | 2.7 | 7.0 |
| | REP | Heiko Müller | Heiko Müller | 924 | 0.6 | | 579 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| | PRO | | | | | | 713 | 0.4 | |
| | DKP | | | | | | 333 | 0.2 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 180 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,478 | | | 3,029 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 166,002 | | | 166,451 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 169,480 | 70.4 | 1.4 | | | |
| | CDU gain from SPD | CDU gain from SPD | Majority | 16,409 | 9.8 | | | | |

### 2009 election

Federal election (2009): Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III – Oberspreewald-Lausitz I :

| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
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| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | SPD | Y Peter Danckert | Y Peter Danckert | 53,384 | 32.4 | 10.0 | 42,834 | 25.9 | 10.8 |
| | Left | Steffen Kühne | Steffen Kühne | 43,348 | 26.3 | 3.1 | 44,923 | 27.1 | 2.2 |
| | CDU | Tamara Zieschang | Tamara Zieschang | 40,882 | 24.8 | 1.0 | 39,092 | 23.6 | 2.1 |
| | FDP | Jan Mühlmann-Skupien | Jan Mühlmann-Skupien | 11,959 | 7.3 | 3.1 | 16,102 | 9.7 | 2.6 |
| | Greens | Benjamin Raschke | Benjamin Raschke | 9,041 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 9,912 | 6.0 | 1.0 |
| | NPD | Stella Hähnel | Stella Hähnel | 5,992 | 3.6 | 0.5 | 4,711 | 2.8 | 0.2 |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 4,357 | 2.6 | |
| | FWD | | | | | | 1,352 | 0.8 | |
| | DVU | | | | | | 1,255 | 0.8 | |
| | BüSo | | | | | | 397 | 0.2 | |
| | REP | | | | | | 368 | 0.2 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 162 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 5,598 | | | 4,739 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 164,606 | | | 165,465 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 170,204 | 69.0 | 7.5 | | | |
| | SPD hold | SPD hold | Majority | 10,036 | 6.1 | 12.5 | | | |
