Hamburg-Mitte 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 18. It is located in central Hamburg, comprising the Hamburg-Mitte borough and southern parts of the Hamburg-Nord borough.
Hamburg-Mitte was created for the 1965 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Falko Droßmann of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).
Geography Hamburg-Mitte is located in central Hamburg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises all of the Hamburg-Mitte borough with the exception of the quarter of Wilhelmsburg, as well as the quarters of Barmbek-Nord, Barmbek-Süd, Dulsberg, Hohenfelde, and Uhlenhorst from the Hamburg-Nord borough. As they are part of the borough of Hamburg-Mitte, the district also includes the largely uninhabited exclave islands of Neuwerk, Scharhörn and Nigehörn in the Hamburg Wadden Sea National Park.
History Hamburg-Mitte was created in 1965 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Hamburg I, Hamburg VI and Hamburg VII. Until 1998, it was constituency 12 in the numbering system. Originally, it comprised the Hamburg-Mitte borough with the exception of the quarters of Horn, Billstedt, and Billbrook; it included the quarters of Altona-Altstadt and Altona-Nord/Süd from the Altona borough.
In the 1976 election, the quarter of Eilbek from the Wandsbek borough was added. From the 1980 election through the 1998 election, the constituency comprised the entirety of Hamburg-Mitte without the quarters of Finkenwerder and Billstedt, plus the quarter of Barmbek-Uhlenhorst from the Hamburg-Nord borough. For the 2002 election, the constituency was reconfigured. It comprised the Hamburg-Mitte borough without Wilhelmsburg, as well as the quarters of Barmbek-Nord, Barmbek-Süd, Dulsberg, Hohenfelde, and Uhlenhorst from the Hamburg-Nord borough, and Eilbek from the Wandsbek borough. In the 2013 election, the new quarter of Sternschanze was transferred from Hamburg-Mitte to the Hamburg-Altona constituency. In the 2017 election, the quarter of Eilbek was transferred from Hamburg-Mitte to the Hamburg-Wandsbek constituency.
Election Name Borders 1965 12 Hamburg-Mitte Hamburg-Mitte borough (excluding Horn, Billstedt, and Billbrook quarters) Altona borough (only Altona-Altstadt and Altona-Nord/Süd quarters) 1969 1972 1976 Hamburg-Mitte borough (excluding Horn, Billstedt, and Billbrook quarters) Altona borough (only Altona-Altstadt and Altona-Nord/Süd quarters) Wandsbek borough (only Eilbek) 1980 Hamburg-Mitte borough (excluding Billstedt and Finkenwerder quarters) Hamburg-Nord borough (only Barmbek-Uhlenhorst quarter) 1983 1987 1990 1994 1998 2002 19 Hamburg-Mitte borough (excluding Wilhelmsburg quarter) Hamburg-Nord borough (only Barmbek-Nord, Barmbek-Süd, Dulsberg, Hohenfelde, and Uhlenhorst quarters) Wandsbek borough (only Eilbek) 2005 2009 2013 18 2017 Hamburg-Mitte borough (excluding Wilhelmsburg quarter) Hamburg-Nord borough (only Barmbek-Nord, Barmbek-Süd, Dulsberg, Hohenfelde, and Uhlenhorst quarters) 2021 2025
Members The constituency has been held continuously by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) since its creation in 1965. Its first representative was Eugen Glombig, who served from 1965 to 1980, followed by Freimut Duve from 1980 to 1998. Johannes Kahrs was representative from 1998 to 2021. Falko Droßmann was elected in 2021.
Election Member Party % 1965 Eugen Glombig SPD 53.8 1969 60.7 1972 64.6 1976 57.7 1980 Freimut Duve SPD 57.5 1983 54.3 1987 47.1 1990 47.3 1994 45.1 1998 Johannes Kahrs SPD 50.9 2002 54.1 2005 49.5 2009 34.6 2013 39.2 2017 30.9 2021 Falko Droßmann SPD 33.2 2025 27.4
Election results
2025 election
2021 election
2017 election
2013 election
2009 election
2005 election
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