Magdeburg (electoral district)

Magdeburg 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 69. It is located in central Saxony-Anhalt, comprising the city of Magdeburg and northeastern parts of Salzlandkreis district.^[1]

69 Magdeburg
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Magdeburg in 2025
State	Saxony-Anhalt
Population	292,400 (2019)
Electorate	229,198 (2021)
Major settlements	Magdeburg Schönebeck
Area	588.9 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1990
Party	SPD
Member	Martin Kröber
Elected	2021

Magdeburg was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. Since 2021, it has been represented by Martin Kröber of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).^[2]

Geography

Magdeburg is located in central Saxony-Anhalt. As of the 2025 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Magdeburg as well as the municipalities of Barby, Bördeland, Calbe, and Schönebeck from the Salzlandkreis district.^[1]

History

Magdeburg was created after German reunification in 1990. In the 1990 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 286 in the numbering system. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 69. In the 2009 election, it was number 70. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 69.

Originally, the constituency comprised the city of Magdeburg without the quarters of Buckau, Fermersleben, Salbke, Westerhüsen, Leipziger Straße, Hopfengarten, and Reform. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was coterminous with the city of Magdeburg. In the 2009 election, it acquired the area of the former Schönebeck district, now part of Salzlandkreis district. The constituency acquired its current borders in the 2013 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1990	286	Magdeburg	Magdeburg city (excluding Buckau, Fermersleben, Salbke, Westerhüsen, Leipziger Straße, Hopfengarten, and Reform quarters)
1994
1998
2002	69		Magdeburg city
2005
2009	70		Magdeburg city Schönebeck district
2013	69		Magdeburg city Salzlandkreis district (only Barby, Bördeland, Calbe, and Schönebeck municipalities)
2017
2021
2025

Members

The constituency was first represented by Klaus Mildner of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1990 to 1994. Uwe Küster of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was elected in 1994 and served until 2009. In the 2009 election, Rosemarie Hein of The Left was elected representative. Tino Sorge of the CDU was elected in 2013, and re-elected in 2017. Martin Kröber regained it for the SPD in 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1990	Klaus Mildner	CDU	34.5
	1994	Uwe Küster	SPD	36.2
	1998			45.5
	2002			47.7
	2005			40.8
	2009	Rosemarie Hein	LINKE	32.0
	2013	Tino Sorge	CDU	36.3
	2017			27.4
	2021	Martin Kröber	SPD	25.3

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Magdeburg[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	%	±%
	SPD	Martin Kröber		39,233	25.3	3.5	41,022	26.4	9.3
	CDU	N Tino Sorge		34,177	22.0	5.4	28,700	18.5	9.3
	AfD	Frank Pasemann		23,398	15.1	0.2	23,446	15.1	1.1
	Left	Chris Scheunchen		15,137	9.7	9.1	16,449	10.6	8.1
	Greens	Urs Liebau		14,381	9.3	5.3	16,352	10.5	5.2
	FDP	Fabian Horn		12,139	7.8	1.1	14,673	9.4	1.5
	Tierschutzallianz	Aila Fassl		4,357	2.8	0.3	3,135	2.0	0.0
	Independent	Franka Kretschmer		3,094	2.0
	FW	Eckhard Horst Schröder		2,430	1.6	0.5	2,060	1.3	0.5
	dieBasis	Reiner Füllmich		2,247	1.4		2,021	1.3
	Gartenpartei	Roland Zander		2,095	1.3	0.3	1,898	1.2	0.2
	PARTEI	Luisa Graviat		2,081	1.3		1,737	1.1	0.4
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,464	0.9
	Pirates						655	0.4
	Volt						578	0.4
	NPD						339	0.2	0.4
	Humanists						282	0.2
	du.						209	0.1
	ÖDP	Peter von Pokrzywnicki		302	0.2		192	0.1
	MLPD	Daniel Alexander Wiegenstein		221	0.1	0.1	173	0.1	0.1
Informal votes				1,497			1,405
Total valid votes				155,292			155,384
Turnout				156,789	68.4	0.0
	SPD gain from CDU		Majority	5,056	3.3

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Magdeburg[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 Tino Sorge		44,021	27.4	8.9	44,616	27.8	9.7
	SPD	Burkhard Lischka		34,877	21.7	3.4	27,513	17.1	3.8
	Left	Eva von Angern		30,299	18.9	6.4	30,056	18.7	5.3
	AfD	Frank Pasemann		24,509	15.3		26,051	16.2	12.0
	FDP	Karl-Heinz Paqué		10,796	6.7	5.3	12,713	7.9	5.5
	Greens	Matthias Borowiak		6,417	4.0	0.0	8,564	5.3	0.3
	Tierschutzallianz	Bettina Fassl		4,102	2.6		3,254	2.0
	MG	Marcel Guderjahn		2,570	1.6		1,672	1.0
	PARTEI						2,504	1.6
	FW	Karlheinz Körner		1,739	1.1	0.2	1,282	0.8	0.0
	DiB						793	0.5
	NPD	Gustav Haenschke		765	0.5	1.4	937	0.6	0.9
	BGE						528	0.3
	MLPD	Daniel Wiegenstein		461	0.3	0.0	294	0.2	0.0
Informal votes				2,338			2,117
Total valid votes				160,556			160,777
Turnout				162,894	68.4	5.2
	CDU hold		Majority	9,144	5.7	5.3

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Magdeburg[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	Tino Sorge		55,046	36.3	5.5	56,982	37.5	9.6
	Left	N Rosemarie Hein		38,231	25.2	6.9	36,473	24.0	8.2
	SPD	Burkhard Lischka		38,153	25.2	3.2	31,763	20.9	2.1
	AfD						6,355	4.2
	Greens	Stephan Bischoff		6,073	4.0	1.8	8,490	5.6	1.3
	Pirates	Jörg Schulenburg		4,153	2.7		3,654	2.4	0.7
	NPD	Gustav Walter Haenschke		2,786	1.8	0.1	2,272	1.5	0.0
	Human Environment Animal Protection						2,758	1.8
	FDP	Sven Fricke		2,090	1.4	5.2	3,687	2.4	6.7
	FW	Christian Heimann		1,875	1.2		1,256	0.8
	PRO						466	0.3
	MLPD	Daniel Wiegenstein		403	0.3	0.1	280	0.2	0.1
	ÖDP						348	0.2
Informal votes				2,836			2,378
Total valid votes				151,568			152,026
Turnout				154,404	63.2	3.0
	CDU gain from Left		Majority	16,815	11.1

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Magdeburg[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	Rosemarie Hein		48,069	32.0	6.1	48,333	32.1	5.2
	CDU	Bernd Heynemann		46,481	31.0	6.7	42,150	28.0	6.0
	SPD	Burkhard Lischka		32,844	21.9	18.0	28,217	18.8	17.4
	FDP	Ulrich Koehler		9,890	6.6	2.6	13,801	9.2	2.6
	Greens	Dorothea Frederking		8,637	5.8	2.5	10,281	6.8	1.5
	Pirates						4,605	3.1
	NPD	Matthias Gärtner		2,618	1.7	0.1	2,275	1.5	0.2
	Independent	Eva-Maria Godau		851	0.6
	MLPD	Daniel Wiegenstein		626	0.4	0.1	410	0.3	0.1
	DVU						294	0.2
Informal votes				2,932			2,582
Total valid votes				150,016			150,366
Turnout				152,948	60.1	10.5
	Left gain from SPD		Majority	1,588	1.0

References

1. "Constituency Magdeburg". Federal Returning Officer.
2. "Results for Magdeburg". Federal Returning Officer.
3. Results for Magdeburg
4. Results for Magdeburg
5. Results for Magdeburg
6. Results for Magdeburg