Elbe-Elster I

36: Elbe-Elster I
Electoral district for the Landtag of Brandenburg
Elbe-Elster I in 2024
District	Elbe-Elster
Electorate	43,996 (2024)
Major settlements	Falkenberg/Elster, Finsterwalde, Herzberg, Schönewalde, Sonnewalde, and Uebigau-Wahrenbrück
Current electoral district
Created	1994
Party	AfD
Member	Peter Drenske[1]

Elbe-Elster I is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the Landtag of Brandenburg. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 36. It is located in within the district of Elbe-Elster.^[2]

The constituency includes the towns of Falkenberg/Elster, Finsterwalde, Herzberg, Schönewalde, Sonnewalde, and Uebigau-Wahrenbrück, as well as the districts of Kleine Elster and Schlieben.

There were 43,996 eligible voters in 2024.^[3]

State election (2024): Elbe-Elster I[4]
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.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	AfD	Y Peter Drenske		11,474	36.4	10.9	10,383	32.7	6.2
	SPD	Dominic Hake		8,755	27.7	4.3	9,205	29.0	2.9
	BSW						4,697	14.8
	CDU	Rainer Genilke		7,007	22.2	2.1	4,069	12.8	6.7
	BVB/FW	Zierenberg		3,406	10.8	2.2	1,007	3.2	2.7
	Left						694	2.2	6.7
	APT						562	1.8	0.7
	Greens	Große Holtrup		554	1.8	3.4	470	1.5	3.7
	DLW						191	0.6
	FDP	Hänig		364	1.2	2.9	188	0.6	3.5
	Plus						168	0.5	0.6
	Values						61	0.2
	Third Way						45	0.1
	DKP						26	0.1
Informal votes				515			309
Total valid votes				31,560			31,766
Turnout				32,075	72.9	11.3
	AfD hold		Majority	2,719	8.7

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