Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III 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 62. It is located in central Brandenburg, comprising the Dahme-Spreewald district and most of the Teltow-Fläming district.
Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III was created for the 2002 federal election. From 2021 to 2025, it was represented by Sylvia Lehmann of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Since 2025 it has been represented by Steffen Kotré of the AfD.
Geography Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III is located in central Brandenburg. As of the 2025 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Dahme-Spreewald district and the entirety of the Teltow-Fläming district excluding the Jüterbog, Ludwigsfelde, and Niedergörsdorf municipalities.
History Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III, originally Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III – Oberspreewald-Lausitz I, was created in 2002 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Luckenwalde – Zossen – Jüterbog – Königs Wusterhausen, Bad Liebenwerda – Finsterwalde – Herzberg – Lübben – Luckau, Fürstenwalde – Strausberg – Seelow, und Frankfurt (Oder) – Eisenhüttenstadt – Beeskow. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was constituency 62 in the numbering system. In the 2009 election, it was number 63. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 62.
Upon the abolition of the Zossen Amt ahead of the 2005 election, the former municipality of Groß Schulzendorf was transferred out of the constituency. In the 2009 election, it gained the municipalities of Blankenfelde-Mahlow and Rangsdorf. In the 2017 election, it gained the municipality of Großbeeren. Ahead of the 2025 election, it lost the municipality of Lübbenau.
Election Name Borders 2002 62 Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III – Oberspreewald-Lausitz I Dahme-Spreewald district Teltow-Fläming district (excluding Blankenfelde-Mahlow, Großbeeren, Jüterbog, Ludwigsfelde, Niedergörsdorf, and Rangsdorf municipalities) Oberspreewald-Lausitz district (only Lübbenau municipality) 2005 2009 63 Dahme-Spreewald district Teltow-Fläming district (excluding Großbeeren, Jüterbog, Ludwigsfelde, and Niedergörsdorf municipalities) Oberspreewald-Lausitz district (only Lübbenau municipality) 2013 62 2017 Dahme-Spreewald district Teltow-Fläming district (excluding Jüterbog, Ludwigsfelde, and Niedergörsdorf municipalities) Oberspreewald-Lausitz district (only Lübbenau municipality) 2021 2025 Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III Dahme-Spreewald district Teltow-Fläming district (excluding Jüterbog, Ludwigsfelde, and Niedergörsdorf municipalities)
Members The constituency was first represented by Peter Danckert of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 2002 to 2013. It was won by Jana Schimke of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in 2017. Sylvia Lehmann regained it for the SPD in 2021.
Election Member Party % 2002 Peter Danckert SPD 48.3 2005 42.8 2009 32.4 2013 Jana Schimke CDU 37.0 2017 30.7 2021 Sylvia Lehmann SPD 26.5 2025 Steffan Kotré AfD 33.6
Election results
2025 election
2021 election
2017 election
2013 election
2009 election
2005 election
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