# Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz

Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz 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 65. It is located in southern Brandenburg, comprising the districts of Elbe-Elster and Oberspreewald-Lausitz.
Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz was created for the 2002 federal election. From 2021 to 2025, it has been represented by Hannes Walter of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Since 2025 it is been represented by Birgit Bessin of the AfD.

## Geography

Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz is located in southern Brandenburg. As of the 2025 federal election, it comprises the Elbe-Elster district and the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district.

## History

Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz was created in 2002 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Senftenberg – Calau – Spremberg and Bad Liebenwerda – Finsterwalde – Herzberg – Lübben – Luckau. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was constituency 65 in the numbering system. In the 2009 election, it was number 66. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 65. Until 2025, it excluded the municipality of Lübbenau.
| Election | No. | Name | Borders |
| 2002 | 65 | Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz II | Elbe-Elster district Oberspreewald-Lausitz district (excluding Lübbenau municipality) |
| 2005 | 65 | Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz II | Elbe-Elster district Oberspreewald-Lausitz district (excluding Lübbenau municipality) |
| 2009 | 66 | Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz II | Elbe-Elster district Oberspreewald-Lausitz district (excluding Lübbenau municipality) |
| 2013 | 65 | Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz II | Elbe-Elster district Oberspreewald-Lausitz district (excluding Lübbenau municipality) |
| 2017 | 65 | Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz II | Elbe-Elster district Oberspreewald-Lausitz district (excluding Lübbenau municipality) |
| 2021 | 65 | Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz II | Elbe-Elster district Oberspreewald-Lausitz district (excluding Lübbenau municipality) |
| 2025 | 65 | Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz | Elbe-Elster district Oberspreewald-Lausitz district |

## Members

The constituency was first represented by Stephan Hilsberg of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 2002 to 2009. Michael Stübgen of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was elected in the 2009 election, and re-elected in 2013 and 2017. He resigned in November 2019 after being appointed to the state government of Brandenburg. Hannes Walter regained the constituency for the SPD in 2021.
| Election | Member | Party | % |
| 2002 | Stephan Hilsberg | SPD | 44.5 |
| 2005 | Stephan Hilsberg | SPD | 34.8 |
| 2009 | Michael Stübgen | CDU | 28.9 |
| 2013 | Michael Stübgen | CDU | 40.9 |
| 2017 | Michael Stübgen | CDU | 29.5 |
| 2021 | Hannes Walter | SPD | 25.4 |

## Election results
### 2025 election

Federal election (2025): Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz :
| 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. |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | AfD | Birgit Bessin | Birgit Bessin | 57,194 | 43.0 | 18.3 | 54,660 | 40.9 | 16.1 |
| | CDU | Knut Abraham | Knut Abraham | 24,330 | 18.3 | 1.9 | 22,039 | 16.5 | 1.5 |
| | SPD | N Hannes Walter | N Hannes Walter | 22,087 | 16.6 | 9.3 | 16,688 | 12.5 | 16.1 |
| | BSW | | | | | | 15,592 | 11.7 | New |
| | Left | Klaus-Günter Karich | Klaus-Günter Karich | 15,939 | 12.0 | 3.0 | 11,645 | 8.7 | 1.5 |
| | FDP | Johannes Hänig | Johannes Hänig | 3,821 | 2.9 | 6.0 | 4,112 | 3.1 | 6.2 |
| | Greens | Jenifer Howel | Jenifer Howel | 2,703 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 3,732 | 2.8 | 1.4 |
| | FW | Sandra Raddatz | Sandra Raddatz | 6,999 | 5.3 | 1.2 | 2,754 | 2.1 | 1.0 |
| | PARTEI | | | | | | 1,045 | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| | Volt | | | | | | 738 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| | BD | | | | | | 393 | 0.3 | New |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 85 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,413 | | | 1,003 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 133,073 | | | 133,483 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 134,486 | 79.5 | 5.4 | | | |
| | AfD gain from SPD | AfD gain from SPD | Majority | 32,864 | 24.7 | N/A | | | |

### 2021 election

Federal election (2021): Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz II :
| 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. |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | SPD | Hannes Walter | Hannes Walter | 29,998 | 25.4 | 8.7 | 33,412 | 28.2 | 12.8 |
| | AfD | Silvio Wolf | Silvio Wolf | 29,560 | 25.0 | 0.3 | 29,849 | 25.2 | 0.0 |
| | CDU | Knut Abraham | Knut Abraham | 19,130 | 16.2 | 13.3 | 17,776 | 15.0 | 12.7 |
| | Left | Yvonne Mahlo | Yvonne Mahlo | 10,630 | 9.0 | 7.2 | 8,532 | 7.2 | 8.3 |
| | FDP | Martin Neumann | Martin Neumann | 10,597 | 9.0 | 3.6 | 11,114 | 9.4 | 2.7 |
| | Independent | Marcel Respa | Marcel Respa | 5,066 | 4.3 | | 2,022 | 1.7 | |
| | FW | Roxana Trasper | Roxana Trasper | 4,872 | 4.1 | 0.1 | 3,657 | 3.1 | 1.4 |
| | Greens | Paul-Philipp Neumann | Paul-Philipp Neumann | 4,110 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 4,920 | 4.2 | 1.6 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 2,564 | 2.2 | 0.6 |
| | PARTEI | Bianca Schröder | Bianca Schröder | 2,245 | 1.9 | | 1,383 | 1.2 | 0.2 |
| | dieBasis | Kay-Uwe Blietz | Kay-Uwe Blietz | 1,719 | 1.5 | | 1,449 | 1.2 | |
| | The Homeland | | | | | | 637 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 437 | 0.4 | |
| | Independent | Ilona Janda | Ilona Janda | 356 | 0.3 | | | | |
| | Volt | | | | | | 194 | 0.2 | |
| | Team Todenhöfer | | | | | | 156 | 0.1 | |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 128 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | DKP | | | | | | 92 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | Humanists | | | | | | 87 | 0.1 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 55 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,068 | | | 1,887 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 118,283 | | | 118,464 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 120,351 | 74.1 | 0.9 | | | |
| | SPD gain from CDU | SPD gain from CDU | Majority | 438 | 0.4 | | | | |

### 2017 election

Federal election (2017): Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz II :
| 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. |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Y Michael Stübgen | Y Michael Stübgen | 35,633 | 29.5 | 11.4 | 33,576 | 27.7 | 11.8 |
| | AfD | Peter Holger Drenske | Peter Holger Drenske | 29,830 | 24.7 | | 30,564 | 25.2 | 19.3 |
| | SPD | Hannes Walter | Hannes Walter | 20,142 | 16.7 | 5.9 | 18,700 | 15.4 | 4.4 |
| | Left | Diana Tietze | Diana Tietze | 19,583 | 16.2 | 7.2 | 18,775 | 15.5 | 6.2 |
| | FDP | Martin Neumann | Martin Neumann | 6,492 | 5.4 | 3.6 | 8,128 | 6.7 | 4.2 |
| | FW | Johannes Berger | Johannes Berger | 4,887 | 4.0 | | 2,089 | 1.7 | 0.8 |
| | Greens | Stefan Schön | Stefan Schön | 3,543 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 3,146 | 2.6 | 0.1 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,878 | 1.6 | |
| | The Homeland | | | | | | 1,757 | 1.5 | 2.3 |
| | PARTEI | | | | | | 1,207 | 1.0 | |
| | Independent | Ingo Weidelt | Ingo Weidelt | 738 | 0.6 | | | | |
| | DM | | | | | | 555 | 0.5 | |
| | BGE | | | | | | 421 | 0.3 | |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 150 | 0.1 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 108 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | DKP | | | | | | 100 | 0.1 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,517 | | | 2,211 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 120,848 | | | 121,154 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 123,365 | 73.2 | 6.4 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 5,803 | 4.8 | 12.7 | | | |

### 2013 election

Federal election (2013): Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz II :
| 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. |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Y Michael Stübgen | Y Michael Stübgen | 47,454 | 40.9 | 12.0 | 46,044 | 39.5 | 12.1 |
| | Left | Matthias Mnich | Matthias Mnich | 27,137 | 23.4 | 4.9 | 25,321 | 21.7 | 6.3 |
| | SPD | Kerstin Weide | Kerstin Weide | 26,132 | 22.5 | 4.4 | 23,136 | 19.9 | 3.1 |
| | AfD | | | | | | 6,911 | 5.9 | |
| | The Homeland | Manuela Kokott | Manuela Kokott | 5,608 | 4.8 | 0.3 | 4,421 | 3.8 | 0.7 |
| | Pirates | Lutz Bommel | Lutz Bommel | 3,834 | 3.3 | | 2,626 | 2.3 | 0.2 |
| | Greens | Klaus Ullrich | Klaus Ullrich | 2,899 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 3,104 | 2.7 | 0.8 |
| | FDP | Carmen Schulz | Carmen Schulz | 2,085 | 1.8 | 5.2 | 2,950 | 2.5 | 6.4 |
| | FW | | | | | | 1,122 | 1.0 | |
| | Independent | Kevin Jonik | Kevin Jonik | 540 | 0.5 | | | | |
| | PRO | | | | | | 531 | 0.5 | |
| | DKP | Wilfried Klare | Wilfried Klare | 323 | 0.3 | | | | |
| | REP | | | | | | 196 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 153 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,668 | | | 2,165 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 116,012 | | | 116,515 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 118,680 | 66.8 | 1.3 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 20,317 | 17.5 | 16.9 | | | |

### 2009 election

Federal election (2009): Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz II :
| 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. |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Michael Stübgen | Michael Stübgen | 35,073 | 28.9 | 3.0 | 33,467 | 27.4 | 3.6 |
| | Left | André Brie | André Brie | 34,324 | 28.3 | 2.4 | 34,203 | 28.0 | 0.7 |
| | SPD | Thomas Zenker | Thomas Zenker | 32,688 | 26.9 | 7.9 | 28,022 | 22.9 | 8.7 |
| | FDP | Enrico Buchs | Enrico Buchs | 8,487 | 7.0 | 1.4 | 10,865 | 8.9 | 1.7 |
| | The Homeland | Manuela Kokott | Manuela Kokott | 5,513 | 4.5 | 0.8 | 3,839 | 3.1 | 1.8 |
| | Greens | Christoph Wunnicke | Christoph Wunnicke | 3,861 | 3.2 | 0.7 | 4,238 | 3.5 | 0.2 |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 2,995 | 2.5 | |
| | DVU | | | | | | 2,399 | 2.0 | |
| | FWD | | | | | | 1,435 | 1.2 | |
| | Freie Union | Harald Klingenberg | Harald Klingenberg | 915 | 0.8 | | | | |
| | Independent | Andreas Brückner | Andreas Brückner | 587 | 0.5 | | | | |
| | REP | | | | | | 278 | 0.2 | |
| | BüSo | | | | | | 270 | 0.2 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 137 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 4,692 | | | 3,992 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 121,448 | | | 122,148 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 126,140 | 65.5 | 9.0 | | | |
| | CDU gain from SPD | CDU gain from SPD | Majority | 749 | 0.6 | | | | |