Hamburg-Nord (electoral district)
{{Short description|Federal electoral district of Germany}}
{{Infobox constituency
|name = 21 Hamburg-Nord
|constituency_type = electoral district
|constituency_link = Hamburg-Nord (electoral district)
|parl_name = Bundestag
|image = Bundestagswahlkreis 21-2025.svg
|caption = Hamburg-Nord in 2025
|region_label = State
|region = Hamburg
|population = 289,200 (2019)
|electorate = 219,909 (2021)
|towns =
|area = 115.0 km2
|year = 1980
|party = CDU
|local_council_label = Member
|local_council = Christoph Ploß
|blank1_name = Elected
|blank1_info = 2025
}}
Hamburg-Nord 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 21. It is located in northern Hamburg, comprising most of the Hamburg-Nord borough and the northern part of the Wandsbek borough.{{cite web|url=https://www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/bundestagswahlen/2025/wahlkreiseinteilung/bund-99/land-2/wahlkreis-21.html|title=Constituency Hamburg-Nord|publisher=Federal Returning Officer}}
Hamburg-Nord was created for the 1980 federal election. From 2021 to 2025, it has been represented by Dorothee Martin of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).{{cite web|url=https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2021/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-2/wahlkreis-21.html|title=Results for Hamburg-Nord|publisher=Federal Returning Officer}} Since 2025 it is been represented by Christoph Ploß of the CDU.
Geography
Hamburg-Nord is located in northern Hamburg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Hamburg-Nord borough with the exception of the quarters of Barmbek-Nord, Barmbek-Süd, Dulsberg, Hohenfelde, and Uhlenhorst. It also contains the quarters of Bergstedt, Duvenstedt, Hummelsbüttel, Lemsahl-Mellingstedt, Poppenbüttel, Sasel, Wellingsbüttel and Wohldorf-Ohlstedt from the Wandsbek borough.
History
Hamburg-Nord was created in 1980 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Hamburg-Nord I and Hamburg-Nord II. Through the 1998 election, it was constituency number 15 in the numbering system. From 2002 through 2009, it was constituency 22; since 2013, it has been constituency 21. Its borders have not changed since its creation.
Members
The constituency was held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from its creation in 1980 until 1987, during which time it was represented by Hans Apel. It was won by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in 1987, and represented by Dirk Fischer. In 1998, it was won by the SPD's Anke Hartnagel. She was succeeded by Christian Carstensen in 2005. Former member Fischer won the constituency again in 2009. He was succeeded by Christoph Ploß in the 2017 election. Dorothee Martin regained it for the SPD in 2021.
| class=wikitable
! colspan=2| Election ! Member ! Party ! % |
| rowspan=2 bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}|
| 1980 | rowspan=2| Hans Apel | rowspan=2| SPD | align=right| 49.7 |
| 1983
| align=right| 45.7 |
| rowspan=3 bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|
| 1987 | rowspan=3| Dirk Fischer | rowspan=3| CDU | align=right| 42.8 |
| 1990
| align=right| 41.6 |
| 1994
| align=right| 40.9 |
| rowspan=2 bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}|
| 1998 | rowspan=2| Anke Hartnagel | rowspan=2| SPD | align=right| 47.1 |
| 2002
| align=right| 48.4 |
| bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}|
| 2005 | SPD | align=right| 43.3 |
| rowspan=2 bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|
| 2009 | rowspan=2| Dirk Fischer | rowspan=2| CDU | align=right| 38.4 |
| 2013
| align=right| 39.7 |
| bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|
| 2017 | CDU | align=right| 33.5 |
| bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}|
| 2021 | SPD | align=right| 30.7 |
| bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|
| 2025 | CDU | align=right| 28.1 |
Election results
=2025 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=Federal election (2025): Hamburg-Nord[https://bundeswahlleiterin.de/en/bundestagswahlen/2025/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-2/wahlkreis-21.html. Results for Hamburg-Nord]
}}
{{MMP election box list win|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Christoph Ploß
|votes = 53,094
|percentage = 28.1
|change = {{increase}} 4.3
|party votes = 49,436
|party percent = 26.1
|party change = {{increase}} 7.5
}}
{{MMP election box incumbent lose|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Dorothee Martin
|votes = 50,336
|percentage = 26.6
|change = {{decrease}} 4.1
|party votes = 42,685
|party percent = 22.5
|party change = {{decrease}} 5.4
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Katharina Beck
|votes = 42,876
|percentage = 22.7
|change = {{decrease}} 3.0
|party votes = 39,931
|party percent = 21.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 4.1
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alternative for Germany
|candidate = Eckbert Sachse
|votes = 15,266
|percentage = 8.1
|change = {{increase}} 4.7
|party votes = 15,782
|party percent = 8.3
|party change = {{increase}} 4.6
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Rachid Messaoudi
|votes = 14,915
|percentage = 7.9
|change = {{increase}} 3.0
|party votes = 19,315
|party percent = 10.2
|party change = {{increase}} 5.5
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Robert Bläsing
|votes = 7,028
|percentage = 3.7
|change = {{decrease}} 4.9
|party votes = 11,090
|party percent = 5.9
|party change = {{decrease}} 8.4
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance
|party votes = 5,700
|party percent = 3.0
|party change = New
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Volt Germany
|candidate = Petra Engelking
|votes = 4,175
|percentage = 2.2
|change = New
|party votes = 2,635
|party percent = 1.4
|party change = {{increase}} 0.9
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Human Environment Animal Protection Party
|party votes = 1,492
|party percent = 0.8
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Die PARTEI
|party votes = 624
|party percent = 0.3
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.5
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Voters
|candidate = Dominik Tobaben
|votes = 1,376
|percentage = 0.7
|change = {{decrease}} 0.1
|party votes = 590
|party percent = 0.3
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Bündnis Deutschland
|party votes = 179
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = New
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany
|party votes = 46
|party percent = <0.1
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 1,167
|party votes = 728
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 189,066
|party votes = 189,505
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 190,233
|percentage = 85.6
|change = {{increase}} 1.3
}}
{{MMP election box majority gain|
|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|loser = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|votes = 2,758
|percent = 1.5
|change = N/A
}}
=2021 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=Federal election (2021): Hamburg-Nord[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2021/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-2/wahlkreis-21.html Results for Hamburg-Nord]
}}
{{MMP election box candidate win|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Dorothee Martin
|votes = 56,594
|percentage = 30.7
|change = {{decrease}} 0.1
|party votes = 51,575
|party percent = 27.9
|party change = {{increase}} 6.5
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Katharina Beck
|votes = 47,375
|percentage = 25.7
|change = {{increase}} 12.1
|party votes = 46,531
|party percent = 25.2
|party change = {{increase}} 10.8
}}
{{MMP election box incumbent lose list|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Christoph Ploß
|votes = 43,870
|percentage = 23.8
|change = {{decrease}} 9.7
|party votes = 34,387
|party percent = 18.6
|party change = {{decrease}} 12.7
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Robert Bläsing
|votes = 15,786
|percentage = 8.6
|change = {{increase}} 0.2
|party votes = 26,247
|party percent = 14.2
|party change = {{increase}} 0.4
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Deniz Celik
|votes = 9,095
|percentage = 4.9
|change = {{decrease}} 2.5
|party votes = 8,741
|party percent = 4.7
|party change = {{decrease}} 4.7
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alternative for Germany
|candidate = Benjamin Mennerich
|votes = 6,259
|percentage = 3.4
|change = {{decrease}} 2.1
|party votes = 6,811
|party percent = 3.7
|party change = {{decrease}} 2.5
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Jörn Böttcher
|votes = 3,258
|percentage = 1.8
|change =
|party votes = 2,535
|party percent = 1.4
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Human Environment Animal Protection
|party votes = 1,893
|party percent = 1.0
|party change = {{increase}} 0.3
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Die PARTEI
|party votes = 1,443
|party percent = 0.8
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.4
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Volt Germany
|party votes = 948
|party percent = 0.5
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Voters
|candidate = Almut Becker
|votes = 1,540
|percentage = 0.8
|change = {{increase}} 0.1
|party votes = 939
|party percent = 0.5
|party change = {{increase}} 0.2
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Team Todenhöfer
|party votes = 875
|party percent = 0.5
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Pirate Party Germany
|party votes = 606
|party percent = 0.3
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Ecological Democratic Party
|party votes = 292
|party percent = 0.2
|party change = {{unchanged}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = V-Partei3
|party votes = 220
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Party of Humanists
|party votes = 182
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Die Urbane. Eine HipHop Partei
|party votes = 150
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Liberal Conservative Reformers
|candidate = Steffan Nethe
|votes = 179
|percentage = 0.1
|change =
|party votes = 64
|party percent = 0.0
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany
|candidate = Susanne Bader
|votes = 174
|percentage = 0.1
|change =
|party votes = 48
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{unchanged}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = National Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Ingo Stawitz
|votes = 93
|percentage = 0.0
|change =
|party votes = 79
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = German Communist Party
|party votes = 72
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{unchanged}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = Bündnis 21
|color = #E71F71
|party votes = 53
|party percent = 0.0
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 1,234
|party votes = 766
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 184,223
|party votes = 184,691
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 185,457
|percentage = 84.3
|change = {{increase}} 2.0
}}
{{MMP election box majority gain|
|winner = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|loser = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|votes = 9,219
|percent = 5.0
|change =
}}
=2017 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=Federal election (2017): Hamburg-Nord[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2017/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-2/wahlkreis-21.html Results for Hamburg-Nord]
}}
{{MMP election box candidate win|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Christoph Ploß
|votes = 59,441
|percentage = 33.5
|change = {{decrease}} 6.2
|party votes = 55,737
|party percent = 31.3
|party change = {{decrease}} 5.1
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Dorothee Martin{{efn|Martin entered the Bundestag on the SPD list after the resignation of Johannes Kahrs in May 2020.}}
|votes = 54,695
|percentage = 30.8
|change = {{decrease}} 3.9
|party votes = 38,150
|party percent = 21.4
|party change = {{decrease}} 8.7
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Anja Hajduk
|votes = 24,065
|percentage = 13.6
|change = {{increase}} 1.6
|party votes = 25,584
|party percent = 14.4
|party change = {{increase}} 1.9
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Robert Bläsing
|votes = 14,911
|percentage = 8.4
|change = {{increase}} 6.0
|party votes = 24,652
|party percent = 13.9
|party change = {{increase}} 7.6
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Rainer Behrens
|votes = 13,277
|percentage = 7.5
|change = {{increase}} 2.8
|party votes = 16,720
|party percent = 9.4
|party change = {{increase}} 2.9
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alternative for Germany
|candidate = Delphine Thiermann
|votes = 9,701
|percentage = 5.5
|change = {{increase}} 2.0
|party votes = 10,963
|party percent = 6.2
|party change = {{increase}} 2.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Die PARTEI
|party votes = 2,042
|party percent = 1.1
|party change = {{increase}} 0.7
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Voters
|candidate = Jens Rohde
|votes = 1,273
|percentage = 0.7
|change =
|party votes = 556
|party percent = 0.3
|party change = {{increase}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Human Environment Animal Protection
|party votes = 1,245
|party percent = 0.7
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = DiB
|color = #263D80
|party votes = 630
|party percent = 0.4
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Basic Income Alliance
|party votes = 579
|party percent = 0.3
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = V-Partei³
|color = #99CC33
|party votes = 361
|party percent = 0.2
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Ecological Democratic Party
|party votes = 340
|party percent = 0.2
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = National Democratic Party of Germany
|party votes = 180
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = German Communist Party
|party votes = 72
|party percent = 0.0
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany
|party votes = 63
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 1,397
|party votes = 886
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 177,363
|party votes = 177,874
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 178,760
|percentage = 82.3
|change = {{increase}} 4.9
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|votes = 4,746
|percent = 2.7
|change = {{decrease}} 2.2
}}
=2013 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=Federal election (2013): Hamburg-Nord[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2013/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-2/wahlkreis-21.html Results for Hamburg-Nord]
}}
{{MMP election box incumbent win|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Dirk Fischer
|votes = 64,459
|percentage = 39.7
|change = {{increase}} 1.3
|party votes = 59,244
|party percent = 36.5
|party change = {{increase}} 5.4
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Christian Carstensen
|votes = 56,421
|percentage = 34.7
|change = {{increase}} 1.6
|party votes = 49,039
|party percent = 30.2
|party change = {{increase}} 4.9
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Anja Hajduk
|votes = 19,343
|percentage = 11.9
|change = {{decrease}} 1.3
|party votes = 20,357
|party percent = 12.5
|party change = {{decrease}} 3.7
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Herbert Schulz
|votes = 7,626
|percentage = 4.7
|change = {{decrease}} 2.0
|party votes = 10,615
|party percent = 6.5
|party change = {{decrease}} 1.8
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alternative for Germany
|candidate = Jörn Kruse
|votes = 5,708
|percentage = 3.5
|change =
|party votes = 6,721
|party percent = 4.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Sylvia Canel
|votes = 3,921
|percentage = 2.4
|change = {{decrease}} 5.5
|party votes = 10,242
|party percent = 6.3
|party change = {{decrease}} 9.3
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Pirate Party Germany
|candidate = Sebastian Seeger
|votes = 3,559
|percentage = 2.2
|change =
|party votes = 3,638
|party percent = 2.2
|party change = {{increase}} 0.2
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Die PARTEI
|party votes = 681
|party percent = 0.4
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Voters
|candidate = Kai Connelly
|votes = 637
|percentage = 0.4
|change =
|party votes = 392
|party percent = 0.2
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = National Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Helmut Dörlitz
|votes = 610
|percentage = 0.4
|change = {{decrease}} 0.3
|party votes = 588
|party percent = 0.4
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = RENTNER
|party votes = 585
|party percent = 0.4
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Ecological Democratic Party
|party votes = 297
|party percent = 0.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany
|party votes = 39
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 1,666
|party votes = 1,512
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 162,284
|party votes = 162,438
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 163,950
|percentage = 77.4
|change = {{decrease}} 1.3
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|votes = 8,038
|percent = 4.9
|change = {{decrease}} 0.3
}}
=2009 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=Federal election (2009): Hamburg-Nord[https://web.archive.org/web/20110617080647/http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/de/bundestagswahlen/BTW_BUND_09/ergebnisse/wahlkreisergebnisse/l02/wk022/ Results for Hamburg-Nord]
}}
{{MMP election box candidate win|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Dirk Fischer
|votes = 61,873
|percentage = 34.3
|change = {{decrease}} 1.1
|party votes = 50,174
|party percent = 31.0
|party change = {{decrease}} 1.2
}}
{{MMP election box incumbent lose|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Christian Carstensen
|votes = 53,469
|percentage = 33.2
|change = {{decrease}} 10.1
|party votes = 40,909
|party percent = 25.3
|party change = {{decrease}} 9.8
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Petra Osinski
|votes = 21,268
|percentage = 13.2
|change = {{increase}} 3.5
|party votes = 26,306
|party percent = 16.3
|party change = {{increase}} 0.6
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Robert Bläsing
|votes = 12,766
|percentage = 7.9
|change = {{increase}} 4.3
|party votes = 25,269
|party percent = 15.6
|party change = {{increase}} 4.8
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Vera Niazi-Shahabi
|votes = 10,805
|percentage = 6.7
|change = {{increase}} 3.3
|party votes = 13,429
|party percent = 8.3
|party change = {{increase}} 3.5
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Pirate Party Germany
|party votes = 3,289
|party percent = 2.0
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = National Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Lothar Baseler
|votes = 1,010
|percentage = 0.6
|change = {{steady}} 0.0
|party votes = 794
|party percent = 0.5
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = RENTNER
|color =
|party votes = 876
|party percent = 0.5
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Ecological Democratic Party
|party votes = 411
|party percent = 0.3
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = German People's Union
|party votes = 152
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany
|party votes = 46
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}}0.0
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 1,821
|party votes = 1,357
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 161,191
|party votes = 151,655
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 163,012
|percentage = 78.7
|change = {{decrease}} 4.2
}}
{{MMP election box majority gain|
|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|loser = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|votes = 8,404
|percent = 5.2
|change =
}}
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