Anhalt (electoral district)

Anhalt was an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) formerly represented in the Bundestag. It elected one member via first-past-the-post voting. It was located in central Saxony-Anhalt, comprising the Anhalt-Bitterfeld district and most of the Salzlandkreis district.^[1]

71 Anhalt
Former electoral district for the Bundestag
Anhalt in 2013
State	Saxony-Anhalt
Population	257,900 (2019)
Electorate	214,563 (2021)
Major settlements	Bitterfeld-Wolfen Bernburg Köthen (Anhalt)
Area	2,258.3 km2
Former electoral district
Created	2002
Abolished	2025
Party	AfD
Member	Kay-Uwe Ziegler
Elected	2021

Anhalt was created for the 2002 federal election. It was abolished ahead of the 2025 federal election, as Saxony-Anhalt lost one of its constituencies.^[2]

Geography

Anhalt was located in central Saxony-Anhalt. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprised the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld as well as the Salzlandkreis district excluding the municipalities of Aschersleben, Barby, Bördeland, Calbe, Schönebeck, Seeland.^[1]

History

Anhalt was created in 2002 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Dessau – Bitterfeld, Halle-Neustadt – Saalkreis – Köthen, and Wittenberg – Gräfenhainichen – Jessen – Roßlau – Zerbst. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was constituency 71 in the numbering system. In the 2009 election, it was number 72. From the 2013 election, it was number 71.

Originally, it comprised the independent city of Dessau and the districts of Köthen and Wittenberg. It was reconfigured ahead of the 2009 election, losing most of its former territory from the Wittenberg district and gaining area in the new Salzlandkreis and Anhalt-Bitterfeld districts.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
2002	71	Anhalt	Dessau city Köthen district Wittenberg district
2005
2009	72		Anhalt-Bitterfeld district Salzlandkreis district (excluding Aschersleben and Seeland municipalities and the former Schönebeck district)
2013	71		Anhalt-Bitterfeld district Salzlandkreis district (excluding Aschersleben, Barby, Bördeland, Calbe, Schönebeck, and Seeland municipalities)
2017
2021

Members

The constituency was first represented by Engelbert Wistuba of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 2002 to 2009. It was won by Jan Korte of The Left in 2009. In 2013, Kees de Vries of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was elected representative. He was re-elected in 2017. Kay-Uwe Ziegler won the constituency for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	2002	Engelbert Wistuba	SPD	40.3
	2005			33.6
	2009	Jan Korte	LINKE	31.6
	2013	Kees de Vries	CDU	41.0
	2017			31.6
	2021	Kay-Uwe Ziegler	AfD	24.2

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Anhalt[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	%	±%
	AfD	Kay-Uwe Ziegler		33,225	24.2	2.0	31,003	22.6	0.3
	CDU	Frank Wyszkowski		32,295	23.5	8.0	29,823	21.7	9.0
	SPD	Anne Stamm		28,386	20.7	7.8	33,055	24.0	10.1
	Left	Jan Korte		20,246	14.8	6.4	14,249	10.4	7.4
	FDP	Thorben Fiedler		10,637	7.8	1.4	12,705	9.2	1.8
	FW	Ronny Schneider		4,845	3.5	0.8	2,902	2.1	0.6
	Greens	Hans Schweizer		4,587	3.3	1.4	5,470	4.0	1.6
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,922	1.4
	dieBasis	Alkje Fontes		1,969	1.4		1,793	1.3
	Tierschutzallianz						1,437	1.0	0.5
	Independent	Johanna Zimmermann		1,006	0.7
	PARTEI						905	0.7	0.1
	Gartenpartei						868	0.6	0.2
	NPD						374	0.3	0.6
	Pirates						370	0.3
	Volt						149	0.1
	Humanists						138	0.1
	du.						133	0.1
	MLPD						94	0.1	0.1
	ÖDP						56	0.0
Informal votes				2,093			1,843
Total valid votes				137,196			137,446
Turnout				139,289	64.9	1.0
	AfD gain from CDU		Majority	930	0.7

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Anhalt[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 Kees de Vries		45,843	31.6	9.4	44,620	30.7	10.9
	AfD	Kai-Uwe Ziegler		32,281	22.2	17.7	32,349	22.2	17.4
	Left	Jan Korte		30,757	21.2	7.6	25,887	17.8	7.9
	SPD	Steffen Globig		18,687	12.9	2.5	20,289	13.9	2.9
	FDP	Walter Reinhard Elß		9,213	6.3	4.3	10,848	7.5	4.9
	FW	Steffen Reisbach		3,976	2.7	0.6	2,197	1.5	0.2
	Greens	Ulrike Annemarie von Thadden		2,854	2.0	0.1	3,455	2.4	0.2
	Tierschutzallianz						2,186	1.5
	PARTEI						1,111	0.8
	NPD	Holger Großöhmigen		1,029	0.7	1.8	1,204	0.8	1.7
	MG						585	0.4
	BGE						334	0.2
	MLPD	Klaus Fuchs		552	0.4	0.1	289	0.2	0.0
	DiB						185	0.1
Informal votes				2,754			2,407
Total valid votes				145,192			145,539
Turnout				147,946	65.9	6.5
	CDU hold		Majority	13,562	9.4	2.8

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Anhalt[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	Kees de Vries		56,514	41.0	9.5	57,357	41.5	10.9
	Left	N Jan Korte		39,715	28.8	2.7	35,425	25.6	7.6
	SPD	Petra Börst-Harder		21,244	15.4	6.3	23,224	16.8	0.2
	AfD	Daniel Roi		6,314	4.6		6,635	4.8
	NPD	Andreas Klar		3,450	2.5	0.1	3,516	2.5	0.2
	FW	Hans-Werner Trummel		2,945	2.1		1,848	1.3
	Greens	Ingo Götze		2,884	2.1	1.4	3,572	2.6	1.1
	FDP	Veit Wolpert		2,778	2.0	5.8	3,556	2.6	8.0
	Pirates	Andreas Breitschu		1,720	1.2		2,200	1.6	0.6
	PRO						389	0.3
	MLPD	Ina Korntreff		389	0.3	0.4	283	0.2	0.1
	ÖDP						164	0.1
Informal votes				2,714			2,498
Total valid votes				137,953			138,169
Turnout				140,667	59.4	1.9
	CDU gain from Left		Majority	16,799	12.2

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Anhalt[6]
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	%	±%
	Left	Jan Korte		44,087	31.6	7.5	46,628	33.3	6.5
	CDU	Kees de Vries		43,722	31.3	3.5	42,696	30.5	5.7
	SPD	Klaas Hübner		30,401	21.8	14.2	23,225	16.6	15.3
	FDP	Dirk Faust		10,929	7.8	2.7	14,764	10.6	1.8
	Greens	Wolfgang Siewert		4,878	3.5	1.3	5,221	3.7	0.6
	NPD	Philipp Valenta		3,649	2.6	0.5	3,315	2.4	0.4
	Pirates						3,066	2.2
	MLPD	Ina Korntreff		888	0.6	0.1	483	0.3	0.1
	DVU						445	0.3
Informal votes				3,442			3,285
Total valid votes				139,686			139,843
Turnout				143,128	57.6	11.7
	Left win new seat		Majority	365	0.3

References

1. "Constituency Anhalt". Federal Returning Officer.
2. "Wahlkreise - Die Bundeswahlleiterin". www.bundeswahlleiterin.de. Retrieved 2024-04-25.
3. Results for Anhalt
4. Results for Anhalt
5. Results for Anhalt
6. Results for Anhalt

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