Halle (electoral district)

Halle 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 72. It is located in southern Saxony-Anhalt, comprising the city of Halle (Saale) and part of the Saalekreis district.[1]

72 Halle
electoral district
for the Bundestag
Halle in 2013
StateSaxony-Anhalt
Population270,400 (2015)
Electorate214,668 (2017)
Major settlementsHalle (Saale)
Area414.1 km2
Current electoral district
Created1990
PartyCDU
MemberChristoph Bernstiel
Elected2017

Halle was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. Since 2017, it has been represented by Christoph Bernstiel of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]

Geography

Halle is located in southern Saxony-Anhalt. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Halle (Saale) and the municipalities of Kabelsketal, Landsberg, and Petersberg from the Saalekreis district.[1]

History

Halle was created after German reunification in 1990, then known as Halle-Altstadt. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the 1990 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 291 in the numbering system. In the 2002 through 2009 elections, it was number 73. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 72.

Originally, it comprised the independent city of Halle (Saale) without Halle-Neustadt. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was coterminous with the city of Halle (Saale). It acquired its current borders in the 2009 election.

Election No. Name Borders
1990 291 Halle-Altstadt
1994
1998
2002 73 Halle
2005
2009
2013 72
2017
2021

Members

The constituency was first represented by Uwe-Bernd Lühr of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) from 1990 to 1994. As of 2017, this remains only occasion since the 1957 federal election in which the FDP has won a federal constituency. Christel Riemann-Hanewinckel of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was elected representative in 1994, and served until 2009. In the 2009 election, Petra Sitte of The Left was elected. Christoph Bergner of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won the constituency in 2013 and served a single term. Christoph Bernstiel was elected in the 2017 election.

Election Member Party %
1990 Uwe-Bernd Lühr FDP 34.5
1994 Christel Riemann-Hanewinckel SPD 33.1
1998 40.7
2002 39.4
2005 36.0
2009 Petra Sitte LINKE 33.7
2013 Christoph Bergner CDU 36.3
2017 Christoph Bernstiel CDU 27.1

Election results

2017 election
Federal election (2017): Halle[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 Christoph Bernstiel 40,690 27.1 9.2 39,833 26.5 11.2
SPD Karamba Diaby 32,053 21.3 2.0 21,196 14.1 3.8
Left Petra Sitte 30,530 20.3 5.2 28,892 19.2 5.2
AfD Evelyn Nitsche 26,018 17.3 13.9 26,727 17.8 13.6
FDP Frank Sitta 10,131 6.7 4.6 13,533 9.0 5.9
Green Grit Michelmann 5,475 3.6 0.1 10,457 7.0 0.3
FW Holger Wenzel 2,607 1.7 0.8 1,449 1.0 0.2
PARTEI Malte Hirschbach 2,186 1.5 2,896 1.9
Tierschutzallianz 2,330 1.6
BGE   780 0.5
NPD   764 0.5 1.0
DiB 683 0.5
MLPD Tassilo Timm 585 0.4 0.1 372 0.2 0.0
MG 382 0.3
Informal votes 2,192 2,173
Total Valid votes 150,275 150,294
Turnout 152,467 71.0 5.8
CDU hold Majority 8,637 5.8 5.0

2013 election
Federal election (2013): Halle[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 Christoph Bergner 51,206 36.3 5.4 53,265 37.7 10.8
Left N Petra Sitte 36,006 25.5 8.2 34,449 24.4 7.3
SPD Karamba Diaby 32,957 23.3 7.1 25,259 17.9 2.1
Green Sebastian Kranich 5,286 3.7 4.3 10,185 7.2 1.5
AfD Dirk Domicke 4,768 3.4 5,879 4.2
FDP Cornelia Pieper 2,958 2.1 6.5 4,418 3.1 8.5
Pirates Stephan Schurig 2,898 2.1 3,599 2.5 0.6
NPD Rolf Dietrich 1,987 1.4 0.4 2,134 1.5 0.1
Independent Martin Bauersfeld 1,325 0.9
FW Dietmar Weichler 1,307 0.9 1,147 0.8
MLPD Frank Oettler 449 0.3 0.4 317 0.2 0.1
PRO 341 0.2
ÖDP   297 0.2
Informal votes 2,185 2,042
Total Valid votes 141,147 141,290
Turnout 143,332 65.2 2.6
CDU gain from Left Majority 15,200 10.8

2009 election
Federal election (2009): Halle[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 Petra Sitte 46,272 33.7 7.2 43,617 31.7 5.3
CDU Christoph Bergner 42,430 30.9 5.2 37,004 26.9 5.7
SPD Johannes Krause 22,341 16.3 19.2 21,684 15.8 17.2
FDP Cornelia Pieper 11,760 8.6 3.2 15,974 11.6 2.2
Green Claudia Dalbert 11,056 8.1 4.7 11,950 8.7 1.9
Pirates   4,306 3.1
NPD Andrea Machleid 2,483 1.8 0.1 2,234 1.6 0.2
MLPD Frank Oettler 981 0.7 0.0 511 0.4 0.2
DVU   320 0.2
Informal votes 2,462 2,185
Total Valid votes 137,323 137,600
Turnout 139,785 62.6 9.1
Left gain from SPD Majority 3,842 2.8

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

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