Mansfeld (electoral district)

74 Mansfeld
electoral district for the Bundestag
Mansfeld in 2013
State	Saxony-Anhalt
Population	238,500 (2019)
Electorate	198,676 (2021)
Major settlements	Merseburg Sangerhausen Eisleben
Area	2,305.6 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1990
Party	AfD
Member
Elected	2021

Mansfeld 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 74. It is located in southern Saxony-Anhalt, comprising the Mansfeld-Südharz district and most of the Saalekreis district.^[1]

Mansfeld was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. Since 2021, it has been represented by of the Alternative for Germany (AfD).^[2]

Geography[]

Mansfeld is located in southern Saxony-Anhalt. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Mansfeld-Südharz district and the Saalekreis district excluding the municipalities of Bad Dürrenberg, Braunsbedra, Kabelsketal, Landsberg, Leuna, Petersberg, and Schkopau.^[1]

History[]

Mansfeld was created after German reunification in 1990, then known as Eisleben – Hettstedt – Sangerhausen. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was named Mansfelder Land. It acquired its current name in the 2009 election. In the 1990 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 295 in the numbering system. In the 2002 through 2009 elections, it was number 75. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 74.

Originally, it comprised the districts of Eisleben, Hettstedt, and Sangerhausen. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it comprised the districts of Sangerhausen and Mansfelder Land as well as the municipality of Querfurt and the municipal associations of Bad Lauchstädt, Oberes Geiseltal, and Weida-Land from Merseburg-Querfurt district. It acquired its current borders in the 2009 election.

Members[]

The constituency was first represented by of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1990 to 1994, followed by from 1994 to 1998. It was won by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in 1998, and served until 2009. Harald Koch of The Left was elected representative in 2009. The CDU's candidate won it in 2013 and served a single term. Torsten Schweiger of the CDU was elected in 2017. Robert Farle won the constituency for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in 2021.

Election results[]

2021 election[]

Federal election (2021): Mansfeld[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	%	±%
	AfD			32,930	25.1	1.2	31,476	23.9	0.0
	CDU	N Torsten Schweiger		32,732	24.9	6.1	28,411	21.6	7.2
	SPD	Katrin Budde		30,969	23.6	8.4	32,109	24.4	10.0
	Left	Daniel Feuerberg		13,108	10.0	8.1	11,680	8.9	8.5
	FDP			11,089	8.4	0.4	12,792	9.7	1.6
	FW	Sarah Biedermann		3,958	3.0		2,163	1.6	0.8
	Green	Mika-Sören Erdmann		3,820	2.9	0.3	4,835	3.7	1.3
	dieBasis	Pierre Kynast		2,731	2.1		2,322	1.8
	Tierschutzpartei						1,683	1.3
	Tierschutzallianz						1,253	1.0	0.6
	PARTEI						839	0.6	0.2
	Gartenpartei						701	0.5	0.2
	NPD						410	0.3	0.6
	Pirates						341	0.3
	Volt						145	0.1
	du.						133	0.1
	Humanists						125	0.1
	MLPD						108	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP						55	0.0
Informal votes				1,727			1,483
Total Valid votes				131,337			131,581
Turnout				133,064	67.0	0.7
	AfD gain from CDU		Majority	198	0.2

2017 election[]

Federal election (2017): Mansfeld[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	Torsten Schweiger		42,725	31.0	10.9	39,751	28.8	12.4
	AfD	Uwe Scheidemann		32,864	23.9		32,982	23.9	19.8
	Left	Alexander Sorge		24,863	18.1	9.5	23,909	17.3	8.4
	SPD	Katrin Budde		20,864	15.2	2.9	19,835	14.4	2.8
	FDP	Andreas Silbersack		11,091	8.1	6.2	11,236	8.1	5.2
	Green	Katharina Schultheis		3,647	2.6	0.2	3,250	2.4	0.4
	Tierschutzallianz						2,074	1.5
	NPD	Henry Kurt Lippold		1,217	0.9	2.4	1,297	0.9	1.7
	PARTEI						1,195	0.9
	FW						1,161	0.8	0.2
	MG						446	0.3
	BGE						414	0.3
	Independent	Adrian Mauson		386	0.3
	DiB						204	0.1
	MLPD						178	0.1	0.0
Informal votes				2,566			2,291
Total Valid votes				137,657			127,932
Turnout				140,223	67.7	6.6
	CDU hold		Majority	9,861	7.1	7.2

2013 election[]

Federal election (2013): Mansfeld[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	Uda Heller		54,705	41.9	9.8	53,869	41.2	11.7
	Left	N Harald Koch		35,982	27.6	7.6	33,613	25.7	9.2
	SPD	Andreas Schmidt		23,560	18.1	0.8	22,399	17.1	1.5
	AfD						5,378	4.1
	NPD	Volkmar Neugebauer		4,277	3.3	0.0	3,478	2.7	0.1
	Green	Norbert Jung		3,193	2.4	1.6	3,637	2.8	0.9
	Pirates	Christian Kunze		3,123	2.4		2,235	1.7	0.2
	FDP	Harald Oster		2,458	1.9	6.2	3,837	2.9	7.9
	FW	Julia Erika Gudrun Löser		2,232	1.7		1,403	1.1
	Independent	Chris Pap		881	0.7
	PRO						485	0.4
	MLPD						200	0.2	0.1
	ÖDP						160	0.1
Informal votes				2,572			2,289
Total Valid votes				130,411			130,694
Turnout				132,983	61.1	2.1
	CDU gain from Left		Majority	18,723	14.3

2009 election[]

Federal election (2009): Mansfeld[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	Harald Koch		47,051	35.2	8.2	46,802	34.9	6.7
	CDU	Uda Heller		43,014	32.2	3.9	39,645	29.6	5.0
	SPD	N Silvia Schmidt		23,028	17.2	15.7	21,030	15.7	15.0
	FDP	Elke Weckner-Lömm		10,818	8.1	2.4	14,574	10.9	1.8
	Green	Gesine Haerting		5,465	4.1	2.0	4,977	3.7	0.7
	NPD	Judith Rothe		4,337	3.2	0.1	3,713	2.8	0.4
	Pirates						2,623	2.0
	DVU						407	0.3
	MLPD						331	0.2	0.1
Informal votes				3,127			2,738
Total Valid votes				133,713			134,102
Turnout				136,840	59.0	11.8
	Left gain from SPD		Majority	4,037	3.0

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