Mittelsachsen (electoral district)
161 Mittelsachsen | |
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electoral district for the Bundestag | |
State | Saxony |
Population | 240,300 (2019) |
Electorate | 193,828 (2021) |
Major settlements | Freiberg Döbeln Frankenberg |
Area | 1,675.6 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 2009 |
Party | AfD |
Member | |
Elected | 2021 |
Mittelsachsen 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 161. It is located in central Saxony, comprising most of the Mittelsachsen district.[1]
Mittelsachsen was created for the 2009 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by of the Alternative for Germany (AfD).[2]
Geography[]
Mittelsachsen is located in central Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Mittelsachsen district excluding the municipalities of Claußnitz, Erlau, Geringswalde, Hartmannsdorf, Königshain-Wiederau, Lichtenau, Lunzenau, Penig, and Wechselburg and the Verwaltungsgemeinschaften of Burgstädt and Rochlitz.[1]
History[]
Mittelsachsen was created in 2009 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Döbeln – Mittweida – Meißen II and Freiberg – Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis. In the 2009 election, it was constituency 162 in the numbering system. Since 2013, it has been number 161. Its borders have not changed since its creation.
Members[]
The constituency was first represented by Veronika Bellmann of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 2009 to 2021. It was won by Carolin Bachmann of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in 2021.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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2009 | Veronika Bellmann | CDU | 43.6 | |
2013 | 51.9 | |||
2017 | 32.4 | |||
2021 | AfD | 33.4 |
Election results[]
2021 election[]
Federal election (2021): Mittelsachsen[3] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
AfD | 48,725 | 33.4 | 1.9 | 43,821 | 30.0 | 1.2 | |||
CDU | Veronika Bellmann | 34,638 | 23.8 | 8.7 | 25,603 | 17.5 | 10.1 | ||
SPD | Alexander Geißler | 25,727 | 17.7 | 5.7 | 27,000 | 18.5 | 8.8 | ||
FDP | 14,420 | 9.9 | 4.1 | 16,897 | 11.6 | 3.7 | |||
Left | Stefan Hartmann | 12,164 | 8.3 | 5.6 | 11,687 | 8.0 | 6.5 | ||
Green | Lea Ursula Fränzl | 5,398 | 3.7 | 0.6 | 6,822 | 4.7 | 1.9 | ||
FW | 3,206 | 2.2 | 1.2 | ||||||
Tierschutzpartei | 2,860 | 2.0 | 0.6 | ||||||
dieBasis | Thomas Linke | 3,397 | 2.3 | 2,446 | 1.7 | ||||
PARTEI | 1,366 | 0.9 | 0.0 | ||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 774 | 0.5 | |||||||
NPD | 713 | 0.5 | 0.8 | ||||||
ÖDP | Marcus Lieder | 1,259 | 0.9 | 549 | 0.4 | 0.1 | |||
Pirates | 514 | 0.4 | 0.1 | ||||||
Volt | 336 | 0.2 | |||||||
Team Todenhöfer | 292 | 0.2 | |||||||
Bündnis C | 281 | 0.2 | |||||||
The Third Path | 257 | 0.2 | |||||||
Humanists | 246 | 0.2 | |||||||
V-Partei3 | 120 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
DKP | 116 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | 86 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,005 | 1,741 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 145,728 | 145,992 | |||||||
Turnout | 147,733 | 76.2 | 1.5 | ||||||
AfD gain from CDU | Majority | 14,087 | 9.6 |
2017 election[]
Federal election (2017): Mittelsachsen[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Veronika Bellmann | 48,230 | 32.4 | 19.5 | 41,189 | 27.7 | 17.7 | ||
AfD | Heiko Hessenkemper | 46,827 | 31.5 | 46,522 | 31.2 | 25.0 | |||
Left | Falk Neubert | 20,785 | 14.0 | 6.4 | 21,582 | 14.5 | 6.1 | ||
SPD | Simone Raatz | 17,782 | 12.0 | 3.5 | 14,487 | 9.7 | 3.6 | ||
FDP | Philipp Hartewig | 8,652 | 5.8 | 3.6 | 11,767 | 7.9 | 4.5 | ||
Green | Matthias Wagner | 4,626 | 3.1 | 0.1 | 4,112 | 2.8 | 0.5 | ||
NPD | 1,967 | 1.3 | 2.4 | ||||||
Tierschutzpartei | 1,960 | 1.3 | |||||||
FW | 1,549 | 1.0 | 0.2 | ||||||
PARTEI | 1,442 | 1.0 | |||||||
Pirates | 651 | 0.4 | 1.7 | ||||||
ÖDP | 350 | 0.2 | |||||||
BGE | 346 | 0.2 | |||||||
DiB | 253 | 0.2 | |||||||
V-Partei³ | 174 | 0.1 | |||||||
BüSo | Matthias Stoll | 1,772 | 1.2 | 384 | 0.3 | 0.1 | |||
MLPD | 154 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,974 | 1,759 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 148,674 | 148,889 | |||||||
Turnout | 150,648 | 74.7 | 5.6 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 1,403 | 0.9 | 30.7 |
2013 election[]
Federal election (2013): Mittelsachsen[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Veronika Bellmann | 74,209 | 51.9 | 8.3 | 64,971 | 45.3 | 6.8 | ||
Left | Lothar Schmidt | 29,079 | 20.3 | 2.8 | 29,525 | 20.6 | 3.9 | ||
SPD | Simone Raatz | 22,079 | 15.4 | 0.7 | 19,070 | 13.3 | 0.1 | ||
AfD | 8,997 | 6.3 | |||||||
NPD | Heidelore Karsten | 6,702 | 4.7 | 0.2 | 5,305 | 3.7 | 0.7 | ||
Green | Sebastian Tröbs | 4,583 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 4,703 | 3.3 | 1.1 | ||
FDP | Marco Weißbach | 3,203 | 2.2 | 7.7 | 4,933 | 3.4 | 10.5 | ||
Pirates | Stephan Pschera | 3,131 | 2.2 | 3,042 | 2.1 | ||||
FW | 1,848 | 1.3 | |||||||
PRO | 634 | 0.4 | |||||||
BüSo | 207 | 0.1 | 0.4 | ||||||
MLPD | 139 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,592 | 2,204 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 142,986 | 143,374 | |||||||
Turnout | 145,578 | 69.1 | 4.7 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 45,130 | 31.6 | 11.2 |
2009 election[]
Federal election (2009): Mittelsachsen[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Veronika Bellmann | 61,579 | 43.6 | 4.7 | 54,525 | 38.5 | 5.6 | ||
Left | Lothar Schmidt | 32,744 | 23.2 | 1.5 | 34,630 | 24.5 | 1.5 | ||
SPD | Simone Raatz | 20,800 | 14.7 | 6.6 | 18,677 | 13.2 | 8.4 | ||
FDP | Sandro Dierbeck | 14,032 | 9.9 | 1.6 | 19,726 | 13.9 | 3.1 | ||
NPD | Peter Naumann | 6,320 | 4.5 | 1.4 | 6,200 | 4.4 | 1.3 | ||
Green | Claudia Glanz | 5,921 | 4.2 | 1.9 | 6,208 | 4.4 | 1.1 | ||
BüSo | 803 | 0.6 | 0.0 | ||||||
REP | 483 | 0.3 | 0.1 | ||||||
MLPD | 315 | 0.2 | 0.1 | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,294 | 2,123 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 141,396 | 141,567 | |||||||
Turnout | 143,690 | 64.4 | 12.0 | ||||||
CDU win new seat | Majority | 28,835 | 20.4 |
References[]
- ^ a b "Constituency Mittelsachsen". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Results for Mittelsachsen". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ Results for Mittelsachsen
- ^ Results for Mittelsachsen
- ^ Results for Mittelsachsen
- ^ Results for Mittelsachsen
- Federal electoral districts in Saxony
- 2009 establishments in Germany
- Constituencies established in 2009
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