Mittelsachsen (electoral district)
160 Mittelsachsen | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
Mittelsachsen in 2025 | |
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 | Carolin Bachmann |
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 169. 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 Carolin Bachmann of the Alternative for Germany (AfD).[2]
Geography
[edit]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
[edit]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. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 161. From the 2025 election, it has been number 160. Its borders have not changed since its creation.
Members
[edit]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 | Carolin Bachmann | AfD | 33.4 |
Election results
[edit]2021 election
[edit]Federal election (2021): Mittelsachsen[3] | |||||||||
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Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
AfD | Carolin Bachmann | 48,725 | 33.4 | 43,821 | 30.0 | ||||
CDU | 34,638 | 23.8 | 25,603 | 17.5 | |||||
SPD | Alexander Geißler | 25,727 | 17.7 | 27,000 | 18.5 | ||||
FDP | Philipp Hartewig | 14,420 | 9.9 | 16,897 | 11.6 | ||||
Left | Stefan Hartmann | 12,164 | 8.3 | 11,687 | 8.0 | ||||
Greens | Lea Ursula Fränzl | 5,398 | 3.7 | 6,822 | 4.7 | ||||
FW | 3,206 | 2.2 | |||||||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 2,860 | 2.0 | |||||||
dieBasis | Thomas Linke | 3,397 | 2.3 | 2,446 | 1.7 | ||||
PARTEI | 1,366 | 0.9 | |||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 774 | 0.5 | |||||||
NPD | 713 | 0.5 | |||||||
ÖDP | Marcus Lieder | 1,259 | 0.9 | 549 | 0.4 | ||||
Pirates | 514 | 0.4 | |||||||
Volt | 336 | 0.2 | |||||||
Team Todenhöfer | 292 | 0.2 | |||||||
Bündnis C | 281 | 0.2 | |||||||
The III. Path | 257 | 0.2 | |||||||
Humanists | 246 | 0.2 | |||||||
V-Partei3 | 120 | 0.1 | |||||||
DKP | 116 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | 86 | 0.1 | |||||||
Informal votes | 2,005 | 1,741 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 145,728 | 145,992 | |||||||
Turnout | 147,733 | 76.2 | |||||||
AfD gain from CDU | Majority | 14,087 | 9.6 |
2017 election
[edit]Federal election (2017): Mittelsachsen[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | 48,230 | 32.4 | 41,189 | 27.7 | |||||
AfD | Heiko Hessenkemper | 46,827 | 31.5 | 46,522 | 31.2 | ||||
Left | Falk Neubert | 20,785 | 14.0 | 21,582 | 14.5 | ||||
SPD | Simone Raatz | 17,782 | 12.0 | 14,487 | 9.7 | ||||
FDP | Philipp Hartewig | 8,652 | 5.8 | 11,767 | 7.9 | ||||
Greens | Matthias Wagner | 4,626 | 3.1 | 4,112 | 2.8 | ||||
NPD | 1,967 | 1.3 | |||||||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,960 | 1.3 | |||||||
FW | 1,549 | 1.0 | |||||||
PARTEI | 1,442 | 1.0 | |||||||
Pirates | 651 | 0.4 | |||||||
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 | ||||
MLPD | 154 | 0.1 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,974 | 1,759 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 148,674 | 148,889 | |||||||
Turnout | 150,648 | 74.7 | |||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 1,403 | 0.9 |
2013 election
[edit]Federal election (2013): Mittelsachsen[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | 74,209 | 51.9 | 64,971 | 45.3 | |||||
Left | Lothar Schmidt | 29,079 | 20.3 | 29,525 | 20.6 | ||||
SPD | Simone Raatz | 22,079 | 15.4 | 19,070 | 13.3 | ||||
AfD | 8,997 | 6.3 | |||||||
NPD | Heidelore Karsten | 6,702 | 4.7 | 5,305 | 3.7 | ||||
Greens | Sebastian Tröbs | 4,583 | 3.2 | 4,703 | 3.3 | ||||
FDP | Marco Weißbach | 3,203 | 2.2 | 4,933 | 3.4 | ||||
Pirates | Stephan Pschera | 3,131 | 2.2 | 3,042 | 2.1 | ||||
FW | 1,848 | 1.3 | |||||||
PRO | 634 | 0.4 | |||||||
BüSo | 207 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | 139 | 0.1 | |||||||
Informal votes | 2,592 | 2,204 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 142,986 | 143,374 | |||||||
Turnout | 145,578 | 69.1 | |||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 45,130 | 31.6 |
2009 election
[edit]Federal election (2009): Mittelsachsen[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Veronika Bellmann | 61,579 | 43.6 | 54,525 | 38.5 | ||||
Left | Lothar Schmidt | 32,744 | 23.2 | 34,630 | 24.5 | ||||
SPD | Simone Raatz | 20,800 | 14.7 | 18,677 | 13.2 | ||||
FDP | Sandro Dierbeck | 14,032 | 9.9 | 19,726 | 13.9 | ||||
NPD | Peter Naumann | 6,320 | 4.5 | 6,200 | 4.4 | ||||
Greens | Claudia Glanz | 5,921 | 4.2 | 6,208 | 4.4 | ||||
BüSo | 803 | 0.6 | |||||||
REP | 483 | 0.3 | |||||||
MLPD | 315 | 0.2 | |||||||
Informal votes | 2,294 | 2,123 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 141,396 | 141,567 | |||||||
Turnout | 143,690 | 64.4 | |||||||
CDU win new seat | Majority | 28,835 | 20.4 |
References
[edit]- ^ 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