Anhalt (electoral district)

Anhalt 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 71. It is located in central Saxony-Anhalt, comprising the Anhalt-Bitterfeld district and most of the Salzlandkreis district.[1]

71 Anhalt
electoral district
for the Bundestag
Anhalt in 2013
StateSaxony-Anhalt
Population268,800 (2015)
Electorate224,401 (2017)
Major settlementsBitterfeld-Wolfen
Bernburg
Köthen (Anhalt)
Area2,257.6 km2
Current electoral district
Created2002
PartyCDU
MemberKees de Vries
Elected2013, 2017

Anhalt was created for the 2002 federal election. Since 2013, it has been represented by Kees de Vries of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]

Geography

Anhalt is located in central Saxony-Anhalt. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld as well as the Salzlandkreis district excluding the municipalities of Aschersleben, Barby, Bördeland, Calbe, Schönebeck, Seeland.[1]

History

Anhalt was created in 2002 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Dessau – Bitterfeld, Halle-Neustadt – Saalkreis – Köthen, and Wittenberg – Gräfenhainichen – Jessen – Roßlau – Zerbst. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was constituency 71 in the numbering system. In the 2009 election, it was number 72. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 71.

Originally, it comprised the independent city of Dessau and the districts of Köthen and Wittenberg. It was reconfigured ahead of the 2009 election, losing most of its former territory from the Wittenberg district and gaining area in the new Salzlandkreis and Anhalt-Bitterfeld districts.

Election No. Name Borders
2002 71 Anhalt
  • Dessau city
  • Köthen district
  • Wittenberg district
2005
2009 72
2013 71
2017
2021

Members

The constituency was first represented by Engelbert Wistuba of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 2002 to 2009. It was won by Jan Korte of The Left in 2009. In 2013, Kees de Vries of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was elected representative. He was re-elected in 2017.

Election Member Party %
2002 Engelbert Wistuba SPD 40.3
2005 33.6
2009 Jan Korte LINKE 31.6
2013 Kees de Vries CDU 41.0
2017 31.6

Election results

2017 election
Federal election (2017): Anhalt[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 % ±%
CDU Y Kees de Vries 45,843 31.6 9.4 44,620 30.7 10.9
AfD Kai-Uwe Ziegler 32,281 22.2 17.7 32,349 22.2 17.4
Left Jan Korte 30,757 21.2 7.6 25,887 17.8 7.9
SPD Steffen Globig 18,687 12.9 2.5 20,289 13.9 2.9
FDP Walter Reinhard Elß 9,213 6.3 4.3 10,848 7.5 4.9
FW Steffen Reisbach 3,976 2.7 0.6 2,197 1.5 0.2
Green Ulrike Annemarie von Thadden 2,854 2.0 0.1 3,455 2.4 0.2
Tierschutzallianz 2,186 1.5
PARTEI   1,111 0.8
NPD Holger Großöhmigen 1,029 0.7 1.8 1,204 0.8 1.7
MG 585 0.4
BGE   334 0.2
MLPD Klaus Fuchs 552 0.4 0.1 289 0.2 0.0
DiB 185 0.1
Informal votes 2,754 2,407
Total Valid votes 145,192 145,539
Turnout 147,946 65.9 6.5
CDU hold Majority 13,562 9.4 2.8

2013 election
Federal election (2013): Anhalt[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 Kees de Vries 56,514 41.0 9.5 57,357 41.5 10.9
Left N Jan Korte 39,715 28.8 2.7 35,425 25.6 7.6
SPD Petra Börst-Harder 21,244 15.4 6.3 23,224 16.8 0.2
AfD Daniel Roi 6,314 4.6 6,635 4.8
NPD Andreas Klar 3,450 2.5 0.1 3,516 2.5 0.2
FW Hans-Werner Trummel 2,945 2.1 1,848 1.3
Green Ingo Götze 2,884 2.1 1.4 3,572 2.6 1.1
FDP Veit Wolpert 2,778 2.0 5.8 3,556 2.6 8.0
Pirates Andreas Breitschu 1,720 1.2 2,200 1.6 0.6
PRO 389 0.3
MLPD Ina Korntreff 389 0.3 0.4 283 0.2 0.1
ÖDP   164 0.1
Informal votes 2,714 2,498
Total Valid votes 137,953 138,169
Turnout 140,667 59.4 1.9
CDU gain from Left Majority 16,799 12.2

2009 election
Federal election (2009): Anhalt[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 % ±%
Left Jan Korte 44,087 31.6 7.5 46,628 33.3 6.5
CDU Kees de Vries 43,722 31.3 3.5 42,696 30.5 5.7
SPD Klaas Hübner 30,401 21.8 14.2 23,225 16.6 15.3
FDP Dirk Faust 10,929 7.8 2.7 14,764 10.6 1.8
Green Wolfgang Siewert 4,878 3.5 1.3 5,221 3.7 0.6
NPD Philipp Valenta 3,649 2.6 0.5 3,315 2.4 0.4
Pirates   3,066 2.2
MLPD Ina Korntreff 888 0.6 0.1 483 0.3 0.1
DVU   445 0.3
Informal votes 3,442 3,285
Total Valid votes 139,686 139,843
Turnout 143,128 57.6 11.7
Left win new seat Majority 365 0.3

References
  1. "Constituency Anhalt". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Anhalt". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. Results for Anhalt
  4. Results for Anhalt
  5. Results for Anhalt

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