Meißen (electoral district)
Meißen 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 155. It is located in central Saxony, comprising the Meißen district.[1]
155 Meißen | |
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electoral district for the Bundestag | |
![]() Meißen in 2013 | |
State | Saxony |
Population | 245,200 (2015) |
Electorate | 201,310 (2017) |
Major settlements | Radebeul Riesa Meissen |
Area | 1,454.6 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 2009 |
Party | CDU |
Member | Thomas de Maizière |
Elected | 2009, 2013, 2017 |
Meißen was created for the 2009 federal election. Since 2009, it has been represented by Thomas de Maizière of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]
Geography
Meißen is located in central Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Meißen district.[1]
History
Meißen was created in 2009 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Delitzsch – Torgau-Oschatz – Riesa, Kamenz – Hoyerswerda – Großenhain, Dresden II – Meißen I, and Döbeln – Mittweida – Meißen II. In the 2009 election, it was constituency 156 in the numbering system. Since 2013, it has been number 155. Its borders have not changed since its creation.
Members
The constituency has been represented by Thomas de Maizière of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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2009 | Thomas de Maizière | CDU | 45.2 | |
2013 | 53.6 | |||
2017 | 36.7 |
Election results
2017 election
Federal election (2017): Meißen[3] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
55,326 | 36.7 | ![]() |
39,406 | 26.1 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Carsten Hütter | 46,765 | 31.0 | 49,615 | 32.9 | ![]() | |||
Left | Tilo Hellmann | 19,122 | 12.7 | ![]() |
20,111 | 13.3 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Susann Rüthrich | 13,486 | 8.9 | ![]() |
13,148 | 8.7 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Maximilian Andreas Schikore-Pätz | 7,991 | 5.3 | ![]() |
13,156 | 8.7 | ![]() | ||
Green | Volker Herold | 5,051 | 3.3 | ![]() |
5,531 | 3.7 | ![]() | ||
NPD | Peter Schreiber | 1,928 | 1.3 | ![]() |
2,279 | 1.5 | ![]() | ||
Tierschutzpartei | 2,119 | 1.4 | |||||||
FW | 1,585 | 1.1 | ![]() | ||||||
PARTEI | 1,398 | 0.9 | |||||||
BGE | 601 | 0.4 | |||||||
Pirates | 579 | 0.4 | ![]() | ||||||
ÖDP | 389 | 0.3 | |||||||
DiB | 330 | 0.2 | |||||||
BüSo | Ronald Galle | 1,263 | 0.8 | ![]() |
312 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||
V-Partei³ | 235 | 0.2 | |||||||
MLPD | 119 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,056 | 2,075 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 150,932 | 150,913 | |||||||
Turnout | 152,988 | 76.0 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 8,561 | 5.7 | ![]() |
2013 election
Federal election (2013): Meißen[4] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
76,666 | 53.6 | ![]() |
64,622 | 45.1 | ![]() | ||
Left | Sebastian Scheel | 25,279 | 17.7 | ![]() |
26,735 | 18.7 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Susann Rüthrich | 18,090 | 12.7 | ![]() |
18,024 | 12.6 | ![]() | ||
AfD | 10,195 | 7.1 | |||||||
NPD | Peter Schreiber | 6,463 | 4.5 | ![]() |
5,588 | 3.9 | ![]() | ||
Green | Johannes Lichdi | 4,817 | 3.4 | ![]() |
5,721 | 4.0 | ![]() | ||
Pirates | Andreas Bärisch | 3,600 | 2.5 | 3,252 | 2.3 | ||||
FDP | Jan Mücke | 3,461 | 2.4 | ![]() |
5,253 | 3.7 | ![]() | ||
FW | 1,887 | 1.3 | |||||||
PRO | Mirko Schmidt | 2,979 | 2.1 | 1,282 | 0.9 | ||||
BüSo | Thomas Born | 1,618 | 1.1 | 494 | 0.3 | ![]() | |||
MLPD | 136 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,706 | 2,490 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 142,973 | 143,189 | |||||||
Turnout | 145,679 | 70.3 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 51,387 | 35.9 | ![]() |
2009 election
Federal election (2009): Meißen[5] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Thomas de Maizière | 62,290 | 45.2 | ![]() |
51,703 | 37.5 | ![]() | ||
Left | Hendrik Thalheim | 29,423 | 21.3 | ![]() |
31,286 | 22.7 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Susann Rüthrich | 17,236 | 12.5 | ![]() |
17,987 | 13.1 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Wilhelm Minschke | 12,403 | 9.0 | ![]() |
20,052 | 14.5 | ![]() | ||
Green | Thoralf Koß | 8,315 | 6.0 | ![]() |
7,979 | 5.8 | ![]() | ||
NPD | Peter Schreiber | 7,050 | 5.1 | ![]() |
6,875 | 5.0 | ![]() | ||
BüSo | 1,208 | 0.9 | ![]() | ||||||
Independent | Andreas Klingner | 1,103 | 0.8 | ||||||
REP | 404 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||||||
MLPD | 327 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,289 | 2,288 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 137,820 | 137,821 | |||||||
Turnout | 140,109 | 64.7 | ![]() |
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CDU win new seat | Majority | 32,867 | 23.9 |
References
- "Constituency Meißen". Federal Returning Officer.
- "Results for Meißen". Federal Returning Officer.
- Results for Meißen
- Results for Meißen
- Results for Meißen