Mittelsachsen (electoral district)
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electoral district for the Bundestag |
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File:Bundestagswahlkreis 161-2013.svg
Mittelsachsen in 2013
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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 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 Carolin Bachmann of the Alternative for Germany (AfD).[2]
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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 | Carolin Bachmann | AfD | 33.4 |
Election results
2021 election
Federal election (2021): Mittelsachsen[3] | |||||||||
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Notes: Green 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 | ![]() |
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CDU | ![]() |
34,638 | 23.8 | ![]() |
25,603 | 17.5 | ![]() |
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SPD | Alexander Geißler | 25,727 | 17.7 | ![]() |
27,000 | 18.5 | ![]() |
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FDP | Philipp Hartewig | 14,420 | 9.9 | ![]() |
16,897 | 11.6 | ![]() |
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Left | Stefan Hartmann | 12,164 | 8.3 | ![]() |
11,687 | 8.0 | ![]() |
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style="background-color: Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[Alliance 90/The Greens|Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/shortname]] | Lea Ursula Fränzl | 5,398 | 3.7 | ![]() |
6,822 | 4.7 | ![]() |
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style="background-color: Template:Free Voters/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | FW | 3,206 | 2.2 | ![]() |
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Tierschutzpartei | 2,860 | 2.0 | ![]() |
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style="background-color: Template:Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany|Template:Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany/meta/shortname]] | Thomas Linke | 3,397 | 2.3 | 2,446 | 1.7 | |||
[[Die PARTEI|Template:Die PARTEI/meta/shortname]] | 1,366 | 0.9 | ![]() |
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style="background-color: Template:Partei für Gesundheitsforschung/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[Partei für Gesundheitsforschung|Template:Partei für Gesundheitsforschung/meta/shortname]] | 774 | 0.5 | ||||||
NPD | 713 | 0.5 | ![]() |
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[[Ecological Democratic Party|Template:Ecological Democratic Party/meta/shortname]] | Marcus Lieder | 1,259 | 0.9 | 549 | 0.4 | ![]() |
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Pirates | 514 | 0.4 | ![]() |
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style="background-color: Template:Volt Germany/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[Volt Germany|Template:Volt Germany/meta/shortname]] | 336 | 0.2 | ||||||
style="background-color: Template:Team Todenhöfer/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[Team Todenhöfer|Template:Team Todenhöfer/meta/shortname]] | 292 | 0.2 | ||||||
style="background-color: Template:Alliance C – Christians for Germany/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[Alliance C – Christians for Germany|Template:Alliance C – Christians for Germany/meta/shortname]] | 281 | 0.2 | ||||||
style="background-color: Template:The III. Path/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[The III. Path|Template:The III. Path/meta/shortname]] | 257 | 0.2 | ||||||
style="background-color: Template:Party of Humanists/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[Party of Humanists|Template:Party of Humanists/meta/shortname]] | 246 | 0.2 | ||||||
style="background-color: Template:V-Partei3/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[V-Partei3|Template:V-Partei3/meta/shortname]] | 120 | 0.1 | ![]() |
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[[German Communist Party|Template:German Communist Party/meta/shortname]] | 116 | 0.1 | |||||||
style="background-color: Template:Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany|Template:Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany/meta/shortname]] | 86 | 0.1 | ![]() |
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Informal votes | 2,005 | 1,741 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 145,728 | 145,992 | |||||||
Turnout | 147,733 | 76.2 | ![]() |
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AfD gain from CDU | Majority | 14,087 | 9.6 |
2017 election
Federal election (2017): Mittelsachsen[4] | |||||||||
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Notes: Green background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party Votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
48,230 | 32.4 | ![]() |
41,189 | 27.7 | ![]() |
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AfD | Heiko Hessenkemper | 46,827 | 31.5 | 46,522 | 31.2 | ![]() |
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Left | Falk Neubert | 20,785 | 14.0 | ![]() |
21,582 | 14.5 | ![]() |
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SPD | Simone Raatz | 17,782 | 12.0 | ![]() |
14,487 | 9.7 | ![]() |
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FDP | Philipp Hartewig | 8,652 | 5.8 | ![]() |
11,767 | 7.9 | ![]() |
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style="background-color: Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[Alliance 90/The Greens|Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/shortname]] | Matthias Wagner | 4,626 | 3.1 | ![]() |
4,112 | 2.8 | ![]() |
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NPD | 1,967 | 1.3 | ![]() |
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Tierschutzpartei | 1,960 | 1.3 | |||||||
style="background-color: Template:Free Voters/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | FW | 1,549 | 1.0 | ![]() |
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[[Die PARTEI|Template:Die PARTEI/meta/shortname]] | 1,442 | 1.0 | |||||||
Pirates | 651 | 0.4 | ![]() |
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[[Ecological Democratic Party|Template:Ecological Democratic Party/meta/shortname]] | 350 | 0.2 | |||||||
[[Basic Income Alliance|Template:Basic Income Alliance/meta/shortname]] | 346 | 0.2 | |||||||
DiB | 253 | 0.2 | |||||||
V-Partei³ | 174 | 0.1 | |||||||
BüSo | Matthias Stoll | 1,772 | 1.2 | 384 | 0.3 | ![]() |
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style="background-color: Template:Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany|Template:Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany/meta/shortname]] | 154 | 0.1 | ![]() |
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Informal votes | 1,974 | 1,759 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 148,674 | 148,889 | |||||||
Turnout | 150,648 | 74.7 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 1,403 | 0.9 | ![]() |
2013 election
Federal election (2013): Mittelsachsen[5] | |||||||||
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Notes: Green background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party Votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
74,209 | 51.9 | ![]() |
64,971 | 45.3 | ![]() |
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Left | Lothar Schmidt | 29,079 | 20.3 | ![]() |
29,525 | 20.6 | ![]() |
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SPD | Simone Raatz | 22,079 | 15.4 | ![]() |
19,070 | 13.3 | ![]() |
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AfD | 8,997 | 6.3 | |||||||
NPD | Heidelore Karsten | 6,702 | 4.7 | ![]() |
5,305 | 3.7 | ![]() |
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style="background-color: Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[Alliance 90/The Greens|Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/shortname]] | Sebastian Tröbs | 4,583 | 3.2 | ![]() |
4,703 | 3.3 | ![]() |
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FDP | Marco Weißbach | 3,203 | 2.2 | ![]() |
4,933 | 3.4 | ![]() |
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Pirates | Stephan Pschera | 3,131 | 2.2 | 3,042 | 2.1 | ||||
style="background-color: Template:Free Voters/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | FW | 1,848 | 1.3 | ||||||
PRO | 634 | 0.4 | |||||||
BüSo | 207 | 0.1 | ![]() |
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style="background-color: Template:Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany|Template:Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany/meta/shortname]] | 139 | 0.1 | ![]() |
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Informal votes | 2,592 | 2,204 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 142,986 | 143,374 | |||||||
Turnout | 145,578 | 69.1 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 45,130 | 31.6 | ![]() |
2009 election
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 | ![]() |
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Left | Lothar Schmidt | 32,744 | 23.2 | ![]() |
34,630 | 24.5 | ![]() |
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SPD | Simone Raatz | 20,800 | 14.7 | ![]() |
18,677 | 13.2 | ![]() |
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FDP | Sandro Dierbeck | 14,032 | 9.9 | ![]() |
19,726 | 13.9 | ![]() |
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NPD | Peter Naumann | 6,320 | 4.5 | ![]() |
6,200 | 4.4 | ![]() |
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style="background-color: Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[Alliance 90/The Greens|Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/shortname]] | Claudia Glanz | 5,921 | 4.2 | ![]() |
6,208 | 4.4 | ![]() |
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BüSo | 803 | 0.6 | ![]() |
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REP | 483 | 0.3 | ![]() |
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style="background-color: Template:Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany|Template:Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany/meta/shortname]] | 315 | 0.2 | ![]() |
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Informal votes | 2,294 | 2,123 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 141,396 | 141,567 | |||||||
Turnout | 143,690 | 64.4 | ![]() |
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CDU win new seat | Majority | 28,835 | 20.4 |
References
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