56 Prignitz – Ostprignitz-Ruppin – Havelland I
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Prignitz – Ostprignitz-Ruppin – Havelland I in 2025
State	Brandenburg
Population	208,900 (2019)
Electorate	172,726 (2021)
Major settlements	Neuruppin Nauen Wittenberge
Area	5,673.7 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1990
Party	SPD
Member	Wiebke Papenbrock
Elected	2021

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. ^[1]

Prignitz – Ostprignitz-Ruppin – Havelland I was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. Since 2021, it has been represented by Wiebke Papenbrock of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). ^[2]

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. ^[1]

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.

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 results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Prignitz – Ostprignitz-Ruppin – Havelland I [3]
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	%	±%
	SPD	Wiebke Papenbrock		39,853	33.0	9.3	41,163	34.0	13.0
	AfD	Dominik Kaufner		23,799	19.7	1.7	23,221	19.2	0.5
	CDU	N Sebastian Steineke		23,433	19.4	11.4	19,414	16.0	13.7
	Left	Anja Mayer		10,845	9.0	8.6	9,754	8.1	8.4
	FDP	Thomas Essig		7,355	6.1	2.5	9,070	7.5	2.0
	Greens	Maximilian Kowol		5,623	4.7	1.7	7,677	6.3	2.8
	FW	Michael Güldener		4,549	3.8	2.5	3,060	2.5	1.5
	Tierschutzpartei						2,557	2.1	0.9
	PARTEI	Corvin Drößler		2,180	1.8	0.5	1,373	1.1	0.1
	dieBasis	Stephan Dietzsch		1,771	1.5		1,580	1.3
	Pirates	Axel Heidkamp		636	0.5		479	0.4
	Independent	Willi Eckelmann		498	0.4
	NPD						473	0.4	0.5
	Unabhängige						459	0.4
	Independent	Norbert Glamann		295	0.2
	Volt						194	0.2
	Team Todenhöfer						151	0.1
	Humanists						112	0.1
	ÖDP						111	0.1	0.0
	MLPD						86	0.1	0.1
	DKP						74	0.1	0.0
Informal votes				1,675			1,504
Total valid votes				120,837			121,008
Turnout				122,512	70.9	2.6
	SPD gain from CDU		Majority	16,054	13.3

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Prignitz – Ostprignitz-Ruppin – Havelland 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	%	±%
	CDU	Y Sebastian Steineke		36,481	30.8	2.5	35,215	29.7	6.3
	SPD	Dagmar Ziegler		28,061	23.7	5.9	24,884	21.0	4.2
	AfD	Michael Nehls		21,296	18.0		22,183	18.7	14.0
	Left	Kirsten Tackmann		20,849	17.6	6.5	19,447	16.4	6.1
	FDP	Andreas Hoffmann		4,226	3.6	2.3	6,555	5.5	3.3
	Greens	Martin Vandrey		3,547	3.0	0.2	4,231	3.6	0.1
	PARTEI			1,502	1.3		1,195	1.0
	Tierschutzpartei						1,428	1.2
	FW			1,461	1.2	1.1	1,171	1.0	0.2
	NPD						1,022	0.9	1.6
	Independent	Bochert		618	0.5
	BGE						366	0.3
	DM						273	0.2
	MLPD			374	0.3		209	0.2	0.1
	ÖDP						155	0.1
	DKP						74	0.1
Informal votes				1,813			1,820
Total valid votes				118,415			118,408
Turnout				120,228	68.3	4.7
	CDU hold		Majority	8,420	7.1	3.2

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Prignitz – Ostprignitz-Ruppin – Havelland I [5]
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	%	±%
	CDU	Sebastian Steineke		34,115	33.5	11.7	37,305	36.5	12.8
	SPD	N Dagmar Ziegler		30,079	29.6	2.5	25,638	25.1	3.0
	Left	Kirsten Tackmann		24,519	24.1	6.7	23,048	22.5	6.5
	AfD						4,761	4.7
	NPD	Peter Börs		2,826	2.8	0.4	2,329	2.3	0.1
	Greens	Kathrin Anke Boleslawsky		2,790	2.7	1.5	3,532	3.5	0.9
	Pirates	Michael Polte		2,633	2.6		1,967	1.9	0.2
	Independent	Hans-Georg Rieger		1,625	1.6
	Independent	Mathias Krebs		1,531	1.5
	FDP	Jens-Dieter Engelhardt		1,294	1.3	6.5	2,299	2.2	6.4
	FW						772	0.8
	PRO						369	0.4
	Independent	Jonas Kayser		336	0.3
	REP						120	0.1	0.0
	MLPD						82	0.1	0.0
Informal votes				2,156			1,682
Total valid votes				101,748			102,222
Turnout				103,904	63.9	1.0
	CDU gain from SPD		Majority	4,036	3.9

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Prignitz – Ostprignitz-Ruppin – Havelland I [6]
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	%	±%
	SPD	Dagmar Ziegler		33,532	32.1	6.4	29,446	28.0	8.6
	Left	Kirsten Tackmann		32,198	30.8	5.6	30,550	29.1	2.5
	CDU	Guido Quadfasel		22,851	21.9	1.6	24,913	23.7	1.8
	FDP	Claus Mohrmann		8,162	7.8	3.4	9,068	8.6	2.2
	Greens	Axel Müller		4,483	4.3	1.2	4,587	4.4	0.1
	NPD	Peter Börs		3,314	3.2	0.3	2,494	2.4	0.4
	Pirates						1,829	1.7
	DVU						875	0.8
	FWD						828	0.8
	REP						170	0.2
	BüSo						153	0.1
	MLPD						84	0.1	0.1
Informal votes				3,477			3,020
Total valid votes				104,540			104,997
Turnout				108,017	62.9	8.7
	SPD hold		Majority	1,334	1.3	12.0

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