66 Altmark – Jerichower Land
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Altmark – Jerichower Land in 2025
State	Saxony-Anhalt
Population	194,400 (2019)
Electorate	159,998 (2021)
Major settlements	Stendal Salzwedel Burg bei Magdeburg
Area	6,275.6 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1990
Party	SPD
Member	Herbert Wollmann
Elected	2021

Altmark – Jerichower Land 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 66. It is located in northern Saxony-Anhalt, comprising the districts of Altmarkkreis Salzwedel, Jerichower Land, and Stendal.^[1]

Altmark – Jerichower Land was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. Since 2021, it has been represented by Herbert Wollmann of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).^[2]

Altmark – Jerichower Land is located in northern Saxony-Anhalt. As of the 2025 federal election, it comprises the districts of Altmarkkreis Salzwedel, Jerichower Land, and Stendal.^[1]

Altmark – Jerichower Land was created after German reunification in 1990 and known as Altmark. In the 1990 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 283 in the numbering system. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 66. In the 2009 election, it was number 67. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 66.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Salzwedel, Stendal, Osterburg, Gardelegen, and Klötze. In the 2002 election, it was reconfigured to comprise the districts of Altmarkkreis Salzwedel and Stendal. Ahead of the 2025 election, it acquired the district of Jerichower Land.

The constituency was first represented by Rudolf Karl Krause of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), who served from 1990 to 1994. Reinhard Weis of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was elected in 1994 and served until 2005, followed by Marko Mühlstein until 2009. In 2009, Katrin Kunert of The Left won the constituency and served a single term. Jörg Hellmuth of the CDU was elected in 2013, followed by Eckhard Gnodtke in 2017. Herbert Wollmann regained it for the SPD in 2021.

Federal election (2021): Altmark[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	Herbert Wollmann		29,599	27.5	8.4	29,537	27.4	10.4
	CDU	Uwe Harms		23,433	21.8	10.8	22,567	20.9	11.8
	AfD	Arno Bausemer		20,875	19.4	2.9	20,629	19.1	2.4
	Left	Matthias Höhn		11,218	10.4	8.7	10,381	9.6	8.9
	FDP	Marcus Faber		9,116	8.5	1.7	9,396	8.7	1.6
	FW	Nils Krümmel		5,584	5.2	3.8	3,286	3.0	2.2
	Greens	Gregor Laukert		4,674	4.3	0.9	5,834	5.4	2.1
	dieBasis	Martin Schwab		2,132	2.0		1,985	1.8
	Tierschutzpartei						1,100	1.0
	Independent	Heiko Janowski		880	0.8
	Tierschutzallianz						818	0.8	0.3
	PARTEI						725	0.7	0.2
	Gartenpartei						510	0.5	0.0
	Pirates						308	0.3
	NPD						205	0.2	0.4
	Volt						140	0.1
	Humanists						99	0.1
	du.						91	0.1
	MLPD						75	0.1	0.0
	Independent	Danny Bibiella		69	0.1
	ÖDP						58	0.1
Informal votes				1,301			1,137
Total valid votes				107,580			107,744
Turnout				108,881	68.1	0.9
	SPD gain from CDU		Majority	6,166	5.7

Federal election (2017): Altmark[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	Eckhard Gnodtke		35,644	32.6	9.6	36,022	32.8	9.3
	Left	Matthias Höhn		20,973	19.2	11.2	20,346	18.5	6.1
	SPD	Maria Kermer		20,900	19.1	1.5	18,721	17.0	2.0
	AfD	Matthias Büttner		18,031	16.5		18,419	16.8	13.2
	FDP	Marcus Faber		7,388	6.7	5.3	7,838	7.1	5.0
	Greens	Mirko Wolff		3,738	3.4	0.6	3,648	3.3	0.0
	FW	Elke du Bois		1,567	1.4	0.6	888	0.8	0.1
	Tierschutzallianz						1,218	1.1
	PARTEI						970	0.9
	NPD						662	0.6	1.5
	Independent	Renne		654	0.6
	Independent	Schmidt		560	0.5
	MG						467	0.4
	BGE						304	0.3
	DiB						242	0.2
	MLPD						118	0.1	0.0
Informal votes				1,738			1,330
Total valid votes				109,455			109,863
Turnout				111,193	67.1	4.5
	CDU hold		Majority	14,671	13.4	1.6

Federal election (2013): Altmark[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	Jörg Hellmuth		44,686	42.1	10.9	44,655	42.0	11.8
	Left	N Katrin Kunert		32,164	30.3	3.1	26,180	24.6	8.9
	SPD	Marina Kermer		18,616	17.6	2.4	20,196	19.0	1.3
	AfD						3,826	3.6
	Greens	Christian Franke		2,998	2.8	0.5	3,542	3.3	1.4
	NPD	Heiko Krause		2,613	2.5	0.2	2,227	2.1	0.0
	Pirates	René Schernikau		2,541	2.4		1,997	1.9	0.3
	FDP	Marcus Faber		1,489	1.4	4.5	2,278	2.1	6.7
	FW	Elke du Bois		931	0.9		722	0.7
	PRO						306	0.3
	ÖDP						147	0.1
	MLPD						141	0.1	0.1
Informal votes				1,857			1,678
Total valid votes				106,038			106,217
Turnout				107,895	62.6	0.7
	CDU gain from Left		Majority	12,522	11.8

Federal election (2009): Altmark[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	%	±%
	Left	Katrin Kunert		36,910	33.4	6.1	37,034	33.6	6.1
	CDU	Hans-Heinrich Jordan		34,501	31.2	0.1	33,330	30.2	3.8
	SPD	Marko Mühlstein		22,070	20.0	13.3	19,516	17.7	15.3
	FDP	Gabriele Hauptstein		6,558	5.9	2.5	9,725	8.8	2.5
	Greens	Eduard Stapel		3,725	3.4	1.1	5,212	4.7	1.3
	Independent	Andreas Siegmund		3,672	3.3
	NPD	Andy Knape		2,461	2.2	0.0	2,318	2.1	0.1
	Pirates						2,422	2.2
	DVU						449	0.4
	Independent	Wiltrud Dettmer		274	0.2
	Independent	Harald Bresch		257	0.2
	MLPD						232	0.2	0.1
Informal votes				2,552			2,742
Total valid votes				110,428			110,238
Turnout				112,980	61.8	9.8
	Left gain from SPD		Majority	2,409	2.2

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