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
electoral district
for the Bundestag
Meißen in 2013
StateSaxony
Population245,200 (2015)
Electorate201,310 (2017)
Major settlementsRadebeul
Riesa
Meissen
Area1,454.6 km2
Current electoral district
Created2009
PartyCDU
MemberThomas de Maizière
Elected2009, 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 %
2009 Thomas de Maizière CDU 45.2
2013 53.6
2017 36.7

Election results

2017 election
Federal election (2017): Meißen[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 Thomas de Maizière 55,326 36.7 17.0 39,406 26.1 19.0
AfD Carsten Hütter 46,765 31.0 49,615 32.9 25.8
Left Tilo Hellmann 19,122 12.7 5.0 20,111 13.3 5.3
SPD Susann Rüthrich 13,486 8.9 3.7 13,148 8.7 3.9
FDP Maximilian Andreas Schikore-Pätz 7,991 5.3 2.9 13,156 8.7 5.0
Green Volker Herold 5,051 3.3 0.0 5,531 3.7 0.3
NPD Peter Schreiber 1,928 1.3 3.2 2,279 1.5 2.4
Tierschutzpartei   2,119 1.4
FW   1,585 1.1 0.3
PARTEI   1,398 0.9
BGE   601 0.4
Pirates   579 0.4 1.9
ÖDP   389 0.3
DiB 330 0.2
BüSo Ronald Galle 1,263 0.8 0.3 312 0.2 0.1
V-Partei³ 235 0.2
MLPD   119 0.1 0.0
Informal votes 2,056 2,075
Total Valid votes 150,932 150,913
Turnout 152,988 76.0 5.7
CDU hold Majority 8,561 5.7 30.2

2013 election
Federal election (2013): Meißen[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 Y Thomas de Maizière 76,666 53.6 8.4 64,622 45.1 7.6
Left Sebastian Scheel 25,279 17.7 3.7 26,735 18.7 4.0
SPD Susann Rüthrich 18,090 12.7 0.1 18,024 12.6 0.5
AfD   10,195 7.1
NPD Peter Schreiber 6,463 4.5 0.6 5,588 3.9 1.1
Green Johannes Lichdi 4,817 3.4 2.7 5,721 4.0 1.8
Pirates Andreas Bärisch 3,600 2.5 3,252 2.3
FDP Jan Mücke 3,461 2.4 6.6 5,253 3.7 10.9
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 0.5
MLPD   136 0.1 0.1
Informal votes 2,706 2,490
Total Valid votes 142,973 143,189
Turnout 145,679 70.3 5.6
CDU hold Majority 51,387 35.9 12.0

2009 election
Federal election (2009): Meißen[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 % ±%
CDU Thomas de Maizière 62,290 45.2 7.6 51,703 37.5 5.5
Left Hendrik Thalheim 29,423 21.3 0.5 31,286 22.7 0.9
SPD Susann Rüthrich 17,236 12.5 9.6 17,987 13.1 9.0
FDP Wilhelm Minschke 12,403 9.0 2.0 20,052 14.5 3.9
Green Thoralf Koß 8,315 6.0 2.0 7,979 5.8 1.3
NPD Peter Schreiber 7,050 5.1 1.6 6,875 5.0 1.5
BüSo 1,208 0.9 0.1
Independent Andreas Klingner 1,103 0.8
REP   404 0.3 0.0
MLPD   327 0.2 0.1
Informal votes 2,289 2,288
Total Valid votes 137,820 137,821
Turnout 140,109 64.7 12.1
CDU win new seat Majority 32,867 23.9

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

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