Hamburg-Altona (electoral district)

Hamburg-Altona is located in western Hamburg. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the borough of Altona.

Hamburg-Altona was created in 1949, then known as Hamburg II. From 1965 to 1980, it was simply named Altona. It acquired its current name in the 1980 election. In the inaugural Bundestag election, it was constituency 7 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 16. From 1965 through 1998, it was number 13. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 20. Since 2013, it has been constituency 19.

Originally, it comprised the entirety of the Altona borough with the exception of the quarters of Altona-Altstadt and the Ortsteil of Altona-Nord/Süd from Altona-Nord. From 1965, it gained the Ortsteil of Altona-Altstadt/Nord, but lost the remainder of Altona-Nord. Since the 1980 election, it has been coterminous with the Altona borough, with a brief exception from 2009–2013 when the newly-created quarter of Sternschanze, administratively part of the Altona borough, remained within the Hamburg Mitte constituency; it was transferred to Hamburg-Altona in the 2013 election.

The constituency has been held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) during all but four Bundestag terms since 1949; it returned a representative from the SPD in every federal election from 1957 to 2021 with the exception of 1987. Its first representative was Hugo Scharnberg of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), who served from 1949 to 1957. The SPD's Karl-Wilhelm Berkhan won the constituency in 1957 and served until 1976, when he was succeeded by Horst Gobrecht. The CDU held it for a single term in 1987 under representative Jürgen Echternach; it returned to the SPD's candidate Marliese Dobberthien in 1990. Future Federal Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz represented the constituency from 1998 to 2001, when he resigned to become Senator for the Interior of Hamburg. He was elected again in 2002 and was re-elected two times before resigned to take office as First Mayor of Hamburg. In the 2013 election, Matthias Bartke was elected as his successor. In 2021, the constituency was won Linda Heltmann by the Greens.

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Linda Heitmann

|votes = 43,349

|percentage = 27.5

|change = {{decrease}} 2.2

|party votes = 37,452

|party percent = 23.7

|party change = {{decrease}} 6.7

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Sören Platten

|votes = 36,910

|percentage = 23.4

|change = {{decrease}} 5.2

|party votes = 32,490

|party percent = 20.6

|party change = {{decrease}} 5.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Kaja Steffens

|votes = 33,392

|percentage = 21.2

|change = {{increase}} 4.4

|party votes = 30,863

|party percent = 19.5

|party change = {{increase}} 4.7

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Norbert Hackbusch

|votes = 25,270

|percentage = 16.0

|change = {{increase}} 6.4

|party votes = 28,455

|party percent = 18.0

|party change = {{increase}} 9.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Bernd Baumann

|votes = 11,902

|percentage = 7.6

|change = {{increase}} 4.1

|party votes = 11,596

|party percent = 7.3

|party change = {{increase}} 4.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Bo Müller

|votes = 5,278

|percentage = 3.4

|change = {{decrease}} 4.8

|party votes = 7,377

|party percent = 4.7

|party change = {{decrease}} 6.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance

|party votes = 5,244

|party percent = 3.3

|party change = New

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Volt Germany

|party votes = 2,263

|party percent = 1.4

|party change = New

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection Party

|party votes = 1,134

|party percent = 0.7

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die PARTEI

|party votes = 603

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.7

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Egge Diercksen

|votes = 1,029

|percentage = 0.7

|change = {{increase}} 0.2

|party votes = 362

|party percent = 0.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Bündnis Deutschland

|party votes = 155

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = New

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|candidate = Christian Kölle

|votes = 408

|percentage = 0.3

|change = {{increase}} 0.1

|party votes = 101

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,234

|party votes = 677

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 157,538

|party votes = 158,095

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 158,772

|percentage = 84.0

|change = {{increase}} 2.7

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Alliance 90/The Greens

|loser =

|votes = 6,439

|percent = 4.1

|change = {{increase}} 3.0

}}

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|title=Federal election (2021): Hamburg-Altona[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2021/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-2/wahlkreis-19.html Results for Hamburg-Altona]

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{{MMP election box candidate win|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Linda Heitmann

|votes = 45,063

|percentage = 29.7

|change = {{increase}} 15.3

|party votes = 46,162

|party percent = 30.4

|party change = {{increase}} 12.4

}}

{{MMP election box incumbent lose|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Matthias Bartke

|votes = 43,427

|percentage = 28.6

|change = {{decrease}} 0.4

|party votes = 38,865

|party percent = 25.6

|party change = {{increase}} 5.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Marcus Weinberg

|votes = 25,441

|percentage = 16.8

|change = {{decrease}} 9.2

|party votes = 22,478

|party percent = 14.8

|party change = {{decrease}} 10.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Cansu Özdemir

|votes = 14,716

|percentage = 9.7

|change = {{decrease}} 3.9

|party votes = 13,667

|party percent = 9.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 6.7

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Fabrice Hernicl

|votes = 12,380

|percentage = 8.2

|change = {{decrease}} 0.5

|party votes = 16,543

|party percent = 10.9

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.4

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Bernd Baumann

|votes = 5,191

|percentage = 3.4

|change = {{decrease}} 1.7

|party votes = 5,036

|party percent = 3.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 2.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Ulrike Zens

|votes = 2,619

|percentage = 1.7

|change =

|party votes = 2,237

|party percent = 1.5

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die PARTEI

|party votes = 1,593

|party percent = 1.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.6

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 1,405

|party percent = 0.9

|party change = {{increase}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Team Todenhöfer

|party votes = 1,054

|party percent = 0.7

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Volt Germany

|party votes = 886

|party percent = 0.6

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|candidate = Frieder Kirsch

|votes = 1,351

|percentage = 0.9

|change =

|party votes = 571

|party percent = 0.4

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Daniel Meincke

|votes = 756

|percentage = 0.5

|change = {{increase}} 0.2

|party votes = 524

|party percent = 0.3

|party change = {{increase}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|candidate = Kalotta Ahrens

|votes = 571

|percentage = 0.4

|change =

|party votes = 246

|party percent = 0.2

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die Urbane. Eine HipHop Partei

|party votes = 228

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = V-Partei3

|party votes = 160

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Party of Humanists

|party votes = 129

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = German Communist Party

|party votes = 92

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|candidate = Christian Kölle

|votes = 209

|percentage = 0.1

|change = {{steady}} 0.0

|party votes = 84

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box independent|

|candidate = Bérangère Bultheel

|votes = 159

|percentage = 0.1

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|party votes = 56

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = Bündnis 21

|color = #E71F71

|party votes = 55

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Liberal Conservative Reformers

|party votes = 24

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 837

|party votes = 625

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 151,883

|party votes = 152,095

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 152,720

|percentage = 81.4

|change = {{increase}} 2.8

}}

{{MMP election box majority gain|

|winner = Alliance 90/The Greens

|loser = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|votes = 1,636

|percent = 1.1

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2017): Hamburg-Altona[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2017/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-2/wahlkreis-19.html Results for Hamburg-Altona]

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Matthias Bartke

|votes = 41,947

|percentage = 28.9

|change = {{decrease}} 6.0

|party votes = 29,680

|party percent = 20.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 9.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Marcus Weinberg

|votes = 37,575

|percentage = 25.9

|change = {{decrease}} 6.5

|party votes = 36,139

|party percent = 24.9

|party change = {{decrease}} 4.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Filiz Demirel

|votes = 20,817

|percentage = 14.4

|change = {{increase}} 0.7

|party votes = 26,036

|party percent = 17.9

|party change = {{increase}} 1.4

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Robert Jarowoy

|votes = 19,704

|percentage = 13.6

|change = {{increase}} 3.4

|party votes = 22,766

|party percent = 15.7

|party change = {{increase}} 4.9

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Katja Suding

|votes = 12,482

|percentage = 8.6

|change = {{increase}} 6.7

|party votes = 16,306

|party percent = 11.2

|party change = {{increase}} 5.8

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Bernd Baumann

|votes = 7,425

|percentage = 5.1

|change = {{increase}} 2.8

|party votes = 8,028

|party percent = 5.5

|party change = {{increase}} 2.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Die PARTEI

|candidate = Alexander Grupe

|votes = 3,471

|percentage = 2.4

|change = {{increase}} 1.4

|party votes = 2,374

|party percent = 1.6

|party change = {{increase}} 0.8

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 1,093

|party percent = 0.8

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Basic Income Alliance

|party votes = 787

|party percent = 0.5

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = DiB

|color = #263D80

|party votes = 722

|party percent = 0.5

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Daniel Meincke

|votes = 490

|percentage = 0.3

|change = {{steady}} 0.0

|party votes = 341

|party percent = 0.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box independent|

|candidate = Bérangère Bultheel

|votes = 320

|percentage = 0.2

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box independent|

|candidate = Frank Hofer

|votes = 286

|percentage = 0.2

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 284

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = V-Partei³

|color = #99CC33

|party votes = 284

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|candidate = Narziss Nianur

|votes = 256

|percentage = 0.2

|change = {{increase}} 0.1

|party votes = 149

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box independent|

|candidate = Brigitte Vollmer

|votes = 156

|percentage = 0.1

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|party votes = 150

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = German Communist Party

|party votes = 87

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,161

|party votes = 864

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 144,929

|party votes = 145,226

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 146,090

|percentage = 78.6

|change = {{increase}} 4.2

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|votes = 4,372

|percent = 3.0

|change = {{increase}} 0.6

}}

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2013): Hamburg-Altona[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2013/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-2/wahlkreis-19.html Results for Hamburg-Altona]

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{{MMP election box candidate win|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Matthias Bartke

|votes = 46,918

|percentage = 34.9

|change = {{decrease}} 0.9

|party votes = 40,009

|party percent = 29.8

|party change = {{increase}} 4.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Marcus Weinberg

|votes = 43,609

|percentage = 32.4

|change = {{increase}} 2.7

|party votes = 39,581

|party percent = 29.4

|party change = {{increase}} 3.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Anjes Tjarks

|votes = 18,380

|percentage = 13.7

|change = {{decrease}} 0.6

|party votes = 22,167

|party percent = 16.5

|party change = {{decrease}} 2.8

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Jan van Aken

|votes = 13,759

|percentage = 10.2

|change = {{increase}} 0.2

|party votes = 14,525

|party percent = 10.8

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Ralf Kettnaker

|votes = 3,094

|percentage = 2.3

|change =

|party votes = 4,321

|party percent = 3.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|candidate = Thembi Gräntzdörffer

|votes = 3,005

|percentage = 2.2

|change =

|party votes = 3.630

|party percent = 2.7

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Lorenz Flemming

|votes = 2,627

|percentage = 2.0

|change = {{decrease}} 6.1

|party votes = 7,353

|party percent = 5.5

|party change = {{decrease}} 7.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Die PARTEI

|candidate = Beatrice Winkler

|votes = 1,359

|percentage = 1.0

|change =

|party votes = 1,089

|party percent = 0.8

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Peter Adler

|votes = 515

|percentage = 0.4

|change = {{decrease}} 0.2

|party votes = 528

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box independent|

|candidate = Joachim Fiedler

|votes = 505

|percentage = 0.4

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Wolf Achim Wiegand

|votes = 497

|percentage = 0.4

|change =

|party votes = 384

|party percent = 0.3

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = RENTNER

|color =

|party votes = 420

|party percent = 0.3

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 334

|party percent = 0.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|candidate = Jürgen Bader

|votes = 135

|percentage = 0.1

|change = {{steady}} 0.0

|party votes = 123

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,454

|party votes = 1,393

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 134,403

|party votes = 134,464

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 135,857

|percentage = 74.3

|change = {{decrease}} 0.6

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|votes = 3,309

|percent = 2.5

|change = {{decrease}} 3.3

}}

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2009): Hamburg-Altona[https://web.archive.org/web/20110617080737/http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/de/bundestagswahlen/BTW_BUND_09/ergebnisse/wahlkreisergebnisse/l02/wk020/ Results for Hamburg-Altona]

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Olaf Scholz

|votes = 46,522

|percentage = 36.0

|change = {{decrease}} 9.9

|party votes = 32,633

|party percent = 25.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 10.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Marcus Weinberg

|votes = 38,969

|percentage = 30.2

|change = {{decrease}} 3.6

|party votes = 33,916

|party percent = 26.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 2.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Katharina Fegebank

|votes = 17,799

|percentage = 13.8

|change = {{increase}} 2.3

|party votes = 24,462

|party percent = 18.9

|party change = {{increase}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Bernhard Müller

|votes = 12,605

|percentage = 9.8

|change = {{increase}} 4.9

|party votes = 15,670

|party percent = 12.1

|party change = {{increase}} 5.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Katja Suding

|votes = 10,517

|percentage = 8.1

|change = {{increase}} 4.8

|party votes = 17,028

|party percent = 13.2

|party change = {{increase}} 4.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 3,344

|party percent = 2.6

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box independent|

|candidate = Ronald Saß

|votes = 954

|percentage = 0.7

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Ursula Winkler

|votes = 771

|percentage = 0.6

|change = {{decrease}} 0.1

|party votes = 795

|party percent = 0.6

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = RENTNER

|color =

|party votes = 755

|party percent = 0.6

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|candidate = Karl-Peter Grube

|votes = 709

|percentage = 0.5

|change =

|party votes = 545

|party percent = 0.4

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|candidate = Jürgen Bader

|votes = 158

|percentage = 0.1

|change =

|party votes = 84

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box local party candidate|

|party = BüSo

|color =

|candidate =

|votes = 150

|percentage = 0.1

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = German People's Union

|party votes = 104

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,475

|party votes = 1,294

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 129,155

|party votes = 129,336

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 130,630

|percentage = 75.1

|change = {{decrease}} 4.7

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|votes = 7,553

|percent = 5.8

|change = {{decrease}} 6.3

}}

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