70 Anhalt – Dessau – Wittenberg | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
![]() Anhalt – Dessau – Wittenberg in 2025 | |
State | Saxony-Anhalt |
Population | 205,100 (2019) |
Electorate | 169,749 (2021) |
Major settlements | Dessau-Roßlau Wittenberg Bitterfeld-Wolfen |
Area | 2,967.41 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 2009 |
Party | CDU |
Member | Sepp Müller |
Elected | 2017, 2021 |
Anhalt – Dessau – Wittenberg 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 70. It is located in eastern Saxony-Anhalt, comprising the city of Dessau-Roßlau, the district of Wittenberg, and part of the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld.[1]
Anhalt – Dessau – Wittenberg was created for the 2009 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Sepp Müller of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]
Geography
[edit]Dessau – Wittenberg is located in eastern Saxony-Anhalt. As of the 2025 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Dessau-Roßlau, the district of Wittenberg, and the municipalities of Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Muldestausee, Raguhn-Jeßnitz, and Zerbst from the Anhalt-Bitterfeld district.[1]
History
[edit]Anhalt – Dessau – Wittenberg, originally just Dessau – Wittenberg was created in 2009 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Elbe-Havel-Gebiet and Anhalt. In the 2009 election, it was constituency 71 in the numbering system. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 70. Until 2025, it comprised only the city of Dessau-Roßlau and the district of Wittenberg.
Election | No. | Name | Borders |
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2009 | 71 | Dessau – Wittenberg |
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2013 | 70 | ||
2017 | |||
2021 | |||
2025 | Anhalt – Dessau – Wittenberg |
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Members
[edit]The constituency was first represented by Ulrich Petzold of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 2009 to 2017. Sepp Müller of the CDU was elected in 2017, and re-elected in 2021.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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2009 | Ulrich Petzold | CDU | 36.0 | |
2013 | 44.6 | |||
2017 | Sepp Müller | CDU | 35.2 | |
2021 | 34.3 |
Election results
[edit]2021 election
[edit]Federal election (2021): Dessau – Wittenberg[3] | |||||||||
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Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
39,042 | 34.3 | ![]() |
26,740 | 23.5 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Leonard Schneider | 22,178 | 19.5 | ![]() |
29,843 | 26.2 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Andreas Mrosek | 22,002 | 19.3 | ![]() |
21,630 | 19.0 | ![]() | ||
Left | Johannes Hüthel | 9,003 | 7.9 | ![]() |
9,635 | 8.5 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Steffi Lemke | 7,632 | 6.7 | ![]() |
6,531 | 5.7 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Alexander Martin Oppelt | 7,591 | 6.7 | ![]() |
10,402 | 9.1 | ![]() | ||
FW | Steven Slavicek | 3,530 | 3.1 | ![]() |
2,543 | 2.2 | ![]() | ||
dieBasis | Ernst Wolff | 2,074 | 1.8 | 1,654 | 1.5 | ||||
Tierschutzpartei | 1,275 | 1.1 | |||||||
Tierschutzallianz | 1,001 | 0.9 | ![]() | ||||||
PARTEI | 876 | 0.8 | ![]() | ||||||
Gartenpartei | 587 | 0.5 | ![]() | ||||||
Pirates | 423 | 0.4 | |||||||
Independent | Günther Wassenaar | 415 | 0.4 | ||||||
Independent | Mario Rohne | 352 | 0.3 | ||||||
NPD | 340 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||||||
Volt | 149 | 0.1 | |||||||
Humanists | 102 | 0.1 | |||||||
du. | 100 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | 85 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
ÖDP | 53 | 0.0 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,385 | 1,235 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 113,819 | 113,969 | |||||||
Turnout | 115,204 | 67.9 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 16,864 | 14.8 | ![]() |
2017 election
[edit]Federal election (2017): Dessau – Wittenberg[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Sepp Müller | 42,781 | 35.2 | ![]() |
38,751 | 31.8 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Andreas Mrosek | 23,520 | 19.4 | ![]() |
24,327 | 20.0 | ![]() | ||
Left | Jörg Schindler | 22,086 | 18.2 | ![]() |
21,102 | 17.3 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Stefan Maria Stader | 14,806 | 12.2 | ![]() |
17,360 | 14.3 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Jörg Schnurre | 6,051 | 5.0 | ![]() |
8,940 | 7.3 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Steffi Lemke | 5,607 | 4.6 | ![]() |
4,299 | 3.5 | ![]() | ||
FW | Angela Schwarz | 3,717 | 3.1 | ![]() |
2,006 | 1.6 | ![]() | ||
Independent | Tobias Dieter Ulbrich | 1,666 | 1.4 | ||||||
Tierschutzallianz | 1,572 | 1.3 | |||||||
NPD | Danilo Wessel | 1,165 | 1.0 | ![]() |
1,205 | 1.0 | ![]() | ||
PARTEI | 1,094 | 0.9 | |||||||
MG | 429 | 0.4 | |||||||
BGE | 364 | 0.3 | |||||||
DiB | 168 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | 127 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,067 | 1,722 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 121,399 | 121,744 | |||||||
Turnout | 123,466 | 69.8 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 19,261 | 15.8 | ![]() |
2013 election
[edit]Federal election (2013): Dessau – Wittenberg[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
53,048 | 44.6 | ![]() |
50,633 | 42.5 | ![]() | ||
Left | Jörg Schindler | 26,015 | 21.9 | ![]() |
27,136 | 22.8 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Arne Lietz | 20,545 | 17.3 | ![]() |
20,354 | 17.1 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Arndt Klapproth | 5,575 | 4.7 | 6,050 | 5.1 | ||||
Greens | Steffi Lemke | 5,196 | 4.4 | ![]() |
4,703 | 4.0 | ![]() | ||
NPD | Thomas Lindemann | 2,814 | 2.4 | ![]() |
2,799 | 2.4 | ![]() | ||
FW | Michael Marks | 2,234 | 1.9 | 1,728 | 1.5 | ||||
Pirates | Sandra Tiedtke | 2,053 | 1.7 | 2,160 | 1.8 | ![]() | |||
FDP | Norbert Hentschke | 1,489 | 1.3 | ![]() |
2,892 | 2.4 | ![]() | ||
PRO | 327 | 0.3 | |||||||
ÖDP | 145 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | 120 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,836 | 1,758 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 118,969 | 119,047 | |||||||
Turnout | 120,805 | 65.0 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 27,033 | 22.7 | ![]() |
2009 election
[edit]Federal election (2009): Dessau – Wittenberg[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Ulrich Petzold | 43,424 | 36.0 | ![]() |
38,247 | 31.7 | ![]() | ||
Left | Jörg Schindler | 36,809 | 30.5 | ![]() |
37,709 | 31.2 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Engelbert Wistuba | 22,187 | 18.4 | ![]() |
19,739 | 16.3 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Manfred Bähr | 8,810 | 7.3 | ![]() |
12,614 | 10.4 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Stefan Krabbes | 5,004 | 4.1 | ![]() |
6,131 | 5.1 | ![]() | ||
Pirates | 3,000 | 2.5 | |||||||
NPD | Thomas Lindemann | 2,928 | 2.4 | ![]() |
2,627 | 2.2 | ![]() | ||
Independent | Peter Fitzek | 878 | 0.7 | ||||||
DVU | 428 | 0.4 | |||||||
MLPD | Klaus Fuchs | 544 | 0.5 | ![]() |
317 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||
Informal votes | 2,348 | 2,120 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 120,584 | 120,812 | |||||||
Turnout | 122,932 | 62.3 | ![]() |
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CDU win new seat | Majority | 6,615 | 5.5 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Constituency Anhalt – Dessau – Wittenberg". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Results for Dessau – Wittenberg". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ Results for Dessau – Wittenberg
- ^ Results for Dessau – Wittenberg
- ^ Results for Dessau – Wittenberg
- ^ Results for Dessau – Wittenberg