Overview
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.
Hamburg-Nord was created for the 1980 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Dorothee Martin of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).
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.
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