Hamburg Nord (electoral district)


Hamburg Nord is one of the 299 single member constituencies used for the German parliament, the Bundestag. Located in the north of Hamburg, the district was created for the 1980 election, combining parts of the abolished Hamburg Nord I and Hamburg Nord II districts. The first two elections in 1980 and 1983 were won by the Social Democratic Party of Germany, the constituency was then represented by the Christian Democratic Union from 1987 to 1998 when it was regained by the SPD. The constituency was then regained by the CDU at the 2009 election. The current MP is Dirk Fischer, who had previously represented the constituency from 1987 to 1998.

Boundaries

It includes eight of the thirteen districts in the borough of Hamburg-Nord: Alsterdorf, Eppendorf, Fuhlsbüttel, Groß Borstel, Hoheluft-Ost, Langenhorn, Ohlsdorf and Winterhude as well as eight of the eighteen districts in the borough of Wandsbek: Bergstedt, Duvenstedt, Hummelsbüttel, Lemsahl-Mellingstedt, Poppenbüttel, Sasel, Wellingsbüttel and Wohldorf-Ohlstedt. At the 2009 general election 207,017 residents were eligible to vote.

2009 election

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District representatives

The District's MPs have been:
YearNamePartyFirst vote %
2009Dirk FischerCDU38.4%
2005Christian CarstensenSPD43.3%
2002Anke HartnagelSPD48.4%
1998Anke HartnagelSPD47.1%
1994Dirk FischerCDU40.9%
1990Dirk FischerCDU41.6%
1987Dirk FischerCDU42.8%
1983Hans ApelSPD45.7%
1980Hans ApelSPD49.7%