Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge (electoral district)
Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge 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 158. It is located in central Saxony, comprising the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district.[1]
158 Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge | |
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electoral district for the Bundestag | |
![]() Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge in 2013 | |
State | Saxony |
Population | 247,499 (2015) |
Electorate | 202,580 (2017) |
Major settlements | Freital Pirna Heidenau |
Area | 1,654.2 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 2002 |
Party | Independent |
Member | Frauke Petry |
Elected | 2017 |
Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge was created for the 2002 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Frauke Petry, who was elected as a member of the Alternative for Germany (AfD). She has been an independent politician since September 2017.[2]
Geography
Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge is located in central Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district.[1]
History
Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge was created in 2002, then known as Sächsische Schweiz – Weißeritzkreis. It acquired its current name in the 2009 election. In the 2002 through 2009 elections, it was constituency 159 in the numbering system. Since 2013, it has been number 158.
Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Sächsische Schweiz and Weißeritzkreis. It acquired its current borders in the 2009 election.
Election | No. | Name | Borders |
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2002 | 159 | Sächsische Schweiz – Weißeritzkreis |
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2005 | |||
2009 | Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge |
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2013 | 158 | ||
2017 | |||
2021 |
Members
The constituency was first represented by Klaus Brähmig of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 2002 to 2017. Frauke Petry of the AfD was elected in 2017. She left the party prior to the first sitting of the Bundestag, and has since sat as an independent.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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2002 | Klaus Brähmig | CDU | 46.2 | |
2005 | 40.9 | |||
2009 | 45.1 | |||
2013 | 50.2 | |||
2017 | Frauke Petry[lower-alpha 1] | AfD | 37.4 | |
Ind. |
Election results
2017 election
Federal election (2017): Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge[3] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
AfD | Frauke Petry | 57,554 | 37.4 | 54,749 | 35.5 | ![]() | |||
CDU | ![]() |
44,354 | 28.8 | ![]() |
39,581 | 25.6 | ![]() | ||
Left | André Hahn | 22,614 | 14.7 | ![]() |
19,708 | 12.8 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Klaus Wolframm | 11,100 | 7.2 | ![]() |
12,040 | 7.8 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Lothar Ferdinand Brandau | 9,933 | 6.5 | ![]() |
12,795 | 8.3 | ![]() | ||
Green | Ines Kummer | 4,575 | 3.0 | ![]() |
4,643 | 3.0 | ![]() | ||
NPD | 2,875 | 1.9 | ![]() | ||||||
FW | 2,186 | 1.4 | ![]() | ||||||
Tierschutzpartei | 1,975 | 1.3 | |||||||
PARTEI | 1,278 | 0.8 | |||||||
BGE | 533 | 0.3 | |||||||
Pirates | 483 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||||||
ÖDP | 456 | 0.3 | |||||||
BüSo | Doris Kamke | 2,319 | 1.5 | ![]() |
437 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||
Independent | Roland Hoyer | 1,450 | 0.9 | ||||||
DiB | 300 | 0.2 | |||||||
V-Partei³ | 217 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | 119 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,443 | 1,967 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 153,899 | 154,375 | |||||||
Turnout | 156,342 | 77.2 | ![]() |
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AfD gain from CDU | Majority | 13,200 | 8.6 |
2013 election
Federal election (2013): Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge[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 | ![]() |
72,644 | 50.2 | ![]() |
66,673 | 46.0 | ![]() | ||
Left | André Hahn | 27,571 | 19.0 | ![]() |
24,848 | 17.1 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Klaus Wolframm | 15,442 | 10.7 | ![]() |
15,865 | 10.9 | ![]() | ||
AfD | 11,417 | 7.9 | |||||||
NPD | Johannes Müller | 9,625 | 6.6 | ![]() |
7,370 | 5.1 | ![]() | ||
FW | Diana Sartor | 8,382 | 5.8 | 4,705 | 3.2 | ||||
Green | Heidi Meißner | 4,244 | 2.9 | ![]() |
5,158 | 3.6 | ![]() | ||
Pirates | Tilo Schneider | 2,779 | 1.9 | 2,980 | 2.1 | ||||
FDP | Thomas Richter | 2,628 | 1.8 | ![]() |
4,655 | 3.2 | ![]() | ||
PRO | 670 | 0.5 | |||||||
BüSo | Brigitta Gründler | 1,456 | 1.0 | ![]() |
522 | 0.4 | ![]() | ||
MLPD | 112 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,656 | 2,452 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 144,771 | 144,975 | |||||||
Turnout | 147,427 | 71.0 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 45,073 | 31.2 | ![]() |
2009 election
Federal election (2009): Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge[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 | ![]() |
62,530 | 45.1 | ![]() |
56,001 | 40.3 | ![]() | ||
Left | Monika Knoche | 28,233 | 20.3 | ![]() |
28,970 | 20.8 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Klaus Wolframm | 16,194 | 11.7 | ![]() |
16,725 | 12.0 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Thomas Richter | 15,292 | 11.0 | ![]() |
19,910 | 14.3 | ![]() | ||
NPD | Olaf Rose | 7,983 | 5.8 | ![]() |
7,717 | 5.6 | ![]() | ||
Green | Heinz Grass | 6,378 | 4.6 | ![]() |
7,346 | 5.3 | ![]() | ||
BüSo | Rico Schulz | 2,150 | 1.5 | ![]() |
1,621 | 1.2 | ![]() | ||
REP | 412 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||||||
MLPD | 258 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,454 | 2,254 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 138,760 | 138,960 | |||||||
Turnout | 141,214 | 65.5 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 34,297 | 24.8 | ![]() |
Notes
- Petry was elected for the AfD, but left the party in September 2017.
References
- "Constituency Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge". Federal Returning Officer.
- "Results for Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge". Federal Returning Officer.
- Results for Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge
- Results for Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge
- Results for Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge