Meissen (electoral district)
154 Meißen | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
![]() Meißen in 2025 | |
State | Saxony |
Population | 241,700 (2019) |
Electorate | 197,004 (2021) |
Major settlements | Radebeul Riesa Meissen |
Area | 1,454.6 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 2009 |
Party | AfD |
Member | Barbara Lenk |
Elected | 2021 |
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 154. It is located in central Saxony, comprising the Meißen district.[1]
Meißen was created for the 2009 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Barbara Lenk of the Alternative for Germany (AfD).[2]
Geography
[edit]Meißen is located in central Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Meißen district.[1]
History
[edit]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. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 155. From the 2025 election, it has been number 154. Its borders have not changed since its creation.
Members
[edit]The constituency was represented by Thomas de Maizière of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 2009 to 2021. It was won by Barbara Lenk of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in 2021.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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2009 | Thomas de Maizière | CDU | 45.2 | |
2013 | 53.6 | |||
2017 | 36.7 | |||
2021 | Barbara Lenk | AfD | 31.0 |
Election results
[edit]2021 election
[edit]Federal election (2021): 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 | % | ±% | ||
AfD | Barbara Lenk | 45,705 | 31.0 | ![]() |
43,940 | 29.8 | ![]() | ||
CDU | Sebastian Fischer | 32,924 | 22.3 | ![]() |
25,912 | 17.6 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Stephanie Dzeyk | 22,771 | 15.4 | ![]() |
26,045 | 17.6 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Johannes Ramos | 13,727 | 9.3 | ![]() |
17,212 | 11.7 | ![]() | ||
Left | Markus Pohle | 10,344 | 7.0 | ![]() |
10,725 | 7.3 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Karin Beese | 7,590 | 5.1 | ![]() |
8,872 | 6.0 | ![]() | ||
FW | André Langerfeld | 7,271 | 4.9 | 4,312 | 2.9 | ![]() | |||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 2,634 | 1.8 | ![]() | ||||||
PARTEI | Theresa Bergmann | 3,149 | 2.1 | 1,754 | 1.2 | ![]() | |||
dieBasis | Maik Hoppe | 2,769 | 1.9 | 2,341 | 1.6 | ||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 713 | 0.5 | |||||||
Pirates | 581 | 0.4 | ![]() | ||||||
NPD | 566 | 0.4 | ![]() | ||||||
ÖDP | Steffen Frank Förster | 943 | 0.6 | 405 | 0.3 | ![]() | |||
Volt | 340 | 0.2 | |||||||
Team Todenhöfer | 321 | 0.2 | |||||||
The III. Path | 296 | 0.2 | |||||||
LKR | Uwe Enge | 244 | 0.2 | ||||||
Bündnis C | 188 | 0.1 | |||||||
Humanists | 187 | 0.1 | |||||||
V-Partei3 | 108 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
MLPD | 77 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
DKP | 65 | 0.0 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,904 | 1,747 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 147,437 | 147,594 | |||||||
Turnout | 149,341 | 75.8 | ![]() |
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AfD gain from CDU | Majority | 12,781 | 8.7 |
2017 election
[edit]Federal election (2017): Meißen[4] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
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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 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Volker Herold | 5,051 | 3.3 | ![]() |
5,531 | 3.7 | ![]() | ||
NPD | Peter Schreiber | 1,928 | 1.3 | ![]() |
2,279 | 1.5 | ![]() | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 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
[edit]Federal election (2013): Meißen[5] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
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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 | ![]() | ||
Greens | 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
[edit]Federal election (2009): Meißen[6] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
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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 | ![]() | ||
Greens | 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
[edit]- ^ a b "Constituency Meißen". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Results for Meißen". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ Results for Meißen
- ^ Results for Meißen
- ^ Results for Meißen
- ^ Results for Meißen