Meißen (electoral district)

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 155. It is located in central Saxony, comprising the Meißen district.[1]

155 Meißen
electoral district for the Bundestag
Meißen in 2013
State	Saxony
Population	245,200 (2015)
Electorate	201,310 (2017)
Major settlements	Radebeul Riesa Meissen
Area	1,454.6 km^2
Current electoral district
Created	2009
Party	CDU
Member	Thomas de Maizière
Elected	2009, 2013, 2017

Meißen was created for the 2009 federal election. Since 2009, it has been represented by Thomas de Maizière of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]

Geography

Meißen is located in central Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Meißen district.[1]

History

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. Since 2013, it has been number 155. Its borders have not changed since its creation.

Members

The constituency has been represented by Thomas de Maizière of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation.

Election		Member	Party	%
	2009	Thomas de Maizière	CDU	45.2
	2013			53.6
	2017			36.7

Election results

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Meißen[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 or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Thomas de Maizière		55,326	36.7	17.0	39,406	26.1	19.0
	AfD	Carsten Hütter		46,765	31.0		49,615	32.9	25.8
	Left	Tilo Hellmann		19,122	12.7	5.0	20,111	13.3	5.3
	SPD	Susann Rüthrich		13,486	8.9	3.7	13,148	8.7	3.9
	FDP	Maximilian Andreas Schikore-Pätz		7,991	5.3	2.9	13,156	8.7	5.0
	Green	Volker Herold		5,051	3.3	0.0	5,531	3.7	0.3
	NPD	Peter Schreiber		1,928	1.3	3.2	2,279	1.5	2.4
	Tierschutzpartei						2,119	1.4
	FW						1,585	1.1	0.3
	PARTEI						1,398	0.9
	BGE						601	0.4
	Pirates						579	0.4	1.9
	ÖDP						389	0.3
	DiB						330	0.2
	BüSo	Ronald Galle		1,263	0.8	0.3	312	0.2	0.1
	V-Partei³						235	0.2
	MLPD						119	0.1	0.0
Informal votes				2,056			2,075
Total Valid votes				150,932			150,913
Turnout				152,988	76.0	5.7
	CDU hold		Majority	8,561	5.7	30.2

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Meißen[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 or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Thomas de Maizière		76,666	53.6	8.4	64,622	45.1	7.6
	Left	Sebastian Scheel		25,279	17.7	3.7	26,735	18.7	4.0
	SPD	Susann Rüthrich		18,090	12.7	0.1	18,024	12.6	0.5
	AfD						10,195	7.1
	NPD	Peter Schreiber		6,463	4.5	0.6	5,588	3.9	1.1
	Green	Johannes Lichdi		4,817	3.4	2.7	5,721	4.0	1.8
	Pirates	Andreas Bärisch		3,600	2.5		3,252	2.3
	FDP	Jan Mücke		3,461	2.4	6.6	5,253	3.7	10.9
	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	0.5
	MLPD						136	0.1	0.1
Informal votes				2,706			2,490
Total Valid votes				142,973			143,189
Turnout				145,679	70.3	5.6
	CDU hold		Majority	51,387	35.9	12.0

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Meißen[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 or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Thomas de Maizière		62,290	45.2	7.6	51,703	37.5	5.5
	Left	Hendrik Thalheim		29,423	21.3	0.5	31,286	22.7	0.9
	SPD	Susann Rüthrich		17,236	12.5	9.6	17,987	13.1	9.0
	FDP	Wilhelm Minschke		12,403	9.0	2.0	20,052	14.5	3.9
	Green	Thoralf Koß		8,315	6.0	2.0	7,979	5.8	1.3
	NPD	Peter Schreiber		7,050	5.1	1.6	6,875	5.0	1.5
	BüSo						1,208	0.9	0.1
	Independent	Andreas Klingner		1,103	0.8
	REP						404	0.3	0.0
	MLPD						327	0.2	0.1
Informal votes				2,289			2,288
Total Valid votes				137,820			137,821
Turnout				140,109	64.7	12.1
	CDU win new seat		Majority	32,867	23.9

References

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