Prignitz – Ostprignitz-Ruppin – Havelland I 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 56. It is located in northwestern Brandenburg, comprising the Prignitz district, Ostprignitz-Ruppin district, and most of the Havelland district.
Prignitz – Ostprignitz-Ruppin – Havelland I was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. From 2021 to 2025, it was represented by Wiebke Papenbrock of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Since 2025 it has been represented by Götz Frömming of the AfD.
Geography Prignitz – Ostprignitz-Ruppin – Havelland I is located in northwestern Brandenburg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the districts of Prignitz and Ostprignitz-Ruppin, as well as the municipality of Nauen and the Ämter of Friesack, Nennhausen, and Rhinow from the Havelland district.
History Prignitz – Ostprignitz-Ruppin – Havelland I was created after German reunification in 1990, then known as Neuruppin – Kyritz – Wittstock – Pritzwalk – Perleberg. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the 1990 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 271 in the numbering system. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 56. In the 2009 election, it was number 57. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 56.
Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Neuruppin, Kyritz, Wittstock, Pritzwalk, and Perleberg. It acquired its current configuration in the 2002 election, as Neuruppin, Kyritz, and Wittstock were merged into the Ostprignitz-Ruppin district, and Pritzwalk and Perleberg merged into the Prignitz district. It also acquired the Ämter of Friesack and Rhinow from the Havelland district. In the 2017 election, the municipality of Nauen and the Amt of Nennhausen were transferred into the constituency.
Election Name Borders 1990 271 Neuruppin – Kyritz – Wittstock – Pritzwalk – Perleberg Neuruppin district Kyritz district Wittstock district Pritzwalk district Perleberg district 1994 1998 2002 56 Prignitz – Ostprignitz-Ruppin – Havelland I Prignitz district Ostprignitz-Ruppin district Havelland (only Friesack and Rhinow Ämter) 2005 2009 57 2013 56 2017 Prignitz district Ostprignitz-Ruppin district Havelland (only Nauen municipality and Friesack, Nennhausen, and Rhinow Ämter) 2021 2025
Members The constituency was first represented by Rosemarie Priebus of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1990 to 1994. It was won by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in 1994, and represented by Ernst Bahr until 2009. Dagmar Ziegler of the SPD served a single term from 2009 until 2013, when it was won by CDU candidate Sebastian Steineke. Wiebke Papenbrock regained it for the SPD in 2021.
Election Member Party % 1990 Rosemarie Priebus CDU 41.7 1994 Ernst Bahr SPD 50.1 1998 52.6 2002 48.2 2005 38.5 2009 Dagmar Ziegler SPD 32.1 2013 Sebastian Steineke CDU 33.5 2017 30.8 2021 Wiebke Papenbrock SPD 33.0 2025 Götz Frömming AfD 38.9
Election results
2025 election
2021 election
2017 election
2013 election
2009 election
2005 election
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