Halle (electoral district)

Last updated
71 Halle
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Bundestagswahlkreis 71-2025.svg
Halle in 2025
State Saxony-Anhalt
Population272,100 (2019)
Electorate209,765 (2021)
Major settlements Halle (Saale)
Landsberg
Area608.4 km2
Current electoral district
Created1990
Party AfD
Member Alexander Raue, vacant
Elected 2025

Halle 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 71. It is located in southern Saxony-Anhalt, comprising the city of Halle (Saale) and parts of the Saalekreis and Anhalt-Bitterfeld districts. [1]

Contents

Halle was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. From 2021 to 2025, it has been represented by Karamba Diaby of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). [2] Since 2025 it is been represented by Alexander Raue of the AfD.

Geography

Halle is located in southern Saxony-Anhalt. As of the 2025 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Halle (Saale), the municipalities of Kabelsketal, Landsberg, and Petersberg from the Saalekreis district, as well as the municipalities of Sandersdorf-Brehna and Zörbig from the Anhalt-Bitterfeld district. [1]

History

Halle was created after German reunification in 1990, then known as Halle-Altstadt. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the 1990 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 291 in the numbering system. In the 2002 through 2009 elections, it was number 73. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 72. From the 2025 election, it has been number 71.

Originally, it comprised the independent city of Halle (Saale) without Halle-Neustadt. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was coterminous with the city of Halle (Saale). It was expanded to include surrounding municipalities from Saalekreis in the 2009 election, and further expanded into Anhalt-Bitterfeld ahead of the 2025 election.

ElectionNo.NameBorders
1990 291Halle-Altstadt
1994
1998
2002 73Halle
2005
2009
2013 72
2017
2021
2025 71

Members

The constituency was first represented by Uwe-Bernd Lühr of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) from 1990 to 1994. As of 2021, this remains only occasion since the 1957 federal election in which the FDP has won a federal constituency. Christel Riemann-Hanewinckel of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was elected representative in 1994, and served until 2009. In the 2009 election, Petra Sitte of The Left was elected. Christoph Bergner of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won the constituency in 2013 and served a single term. Christoph Bernstiel was elected in the 2017 election. Karamba Diaby regained it for the SPD in 2021.

ElectionMemberParty %
1990 Uwe-Bernd Lühr FDP 34.5
1994 Christel Riemann-Hanewinckel SPD 33.1
1998 40.7
2002 39.4
2005 36.0
2009 Petra Sitte LINKE 33.7
2013 Christoph Bergner CDU 36.3
2017 Christoph Bernstiel CDU 27.1
2021 Karamba Diaby SPD 28.8

Election results

2025 election

Federal election (2025): Halle [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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
AfD Alexander Raue52,54130.6Increase2.svg 14.549,34228.6Increase2.svg 13.1
CDU Christoph Bernstiel 38,17422.3Increase2.svg 1.231,13218.1Decrease2.svg 0.3
Left Janina Böttger27,80216.2Increase2.svg 3.426,43715.3Increase2.svg 4.0
SPD Eric Eigendorf30,79618.0Decrease2.svg 10.120,79412.1Decrease2.svg 11.4
BSW  17,54510.2New
Greens Jan Salis9,3645.5Decrease2.svg 2.615,1798.8Decrease2.svg 3.9
FDP Yana Mark5,0452.9Decrease2.svg 5.16,0593.5Decrease2.svg 6.7
PARTEI Christopher Pekel2,8061.6Increase2.svg 0.21,7531.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Volt  1,6601.0Increase2.svg 0.7
FW Falko Kadzimirsz2,8661.7Decrease2.svg 0.81,6160.9Decrease2.svg 0.8
BD Martin Schröder1,5890.9New5570.3New
MLPD Adrian Mauson4960.3Steady2.svg 0.01920.1Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes2,1081,321
Total valid votes171,479172,266
Turnout 173,58777.3Increase2.svg 6.4
AfD gain from SPD Majority14,3678.3N/A

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Halle [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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
SPD Karamba Diaby 42,33528.8Increase2.svg 7.534,68623.6Increase2.svg 9.5
CDU Red x.svgN Christoph Bernstiel 30,49920.7Decrease2.svg 6.326,28217.9Decrease2.svg 8.7
AfD Alexander Raue22,51715.3Decrease2.svg 2.021,91414.9Decrease2.svg 2.9
Left Petra Sitte 19,24713.1Decrease2.svg 7.217,18011.7Decrease2.svg 7.6
Greens Inés Brock12,5218.5Increase2.svg 4.919,91513.5Increase2.svg 6.6
FDP Yana Mark11,8678.1Increase2.svg 1.315,15010.3Increase2.svg 1.3
FW Andrea Menke3,1292.1Increase2.svg 0.42,3491.6Increase2.svg 0.6
Tierschutzpartei  1,8301.2
PARTEI Jakob Brand2,3351.6Increase2.svg 0.11,6111.1Decrease2.svg 0.8
dieBasis Stephan Kohn2,2221.51,9881.4
Tierschutzallianz  1,4551.0Decrease2.svg 0.6
Gartenpartei6970.5Increase2.svg 0.2
Pirates  6780.5
Volt  3710.3
Humanists  2830.2
The Homeland  2540.2Decrease2.svg 0.3
MLPD Adrian Manuel Mauson3990.3Decrease2.svg 0.11990.1Decrease2.svg 0.1
ÖDP  1970.1
du.  1850.1
Informal votes1,5051,352
Total valid votes147,071147,224
Turnout 148,57670.8Decrease2.svg 0.2
SPD gain from CDU Majority11,8368.1

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Halle [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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CDU Christoph Bernstiel 40,69027.1Decrease2.svg 9.239,83326.5Decrease2.svg 11.2
SPD Karamba Diaby 32,05321.3Decrease2.svg 2.021,19614.1Decrease2.svg 3.8
Left Petra Sitte 30,53020.3Decrease2.svg 5.228,89219.2Decrease2.svg 5.2
AfD Evelyn Nitsche26,01817.3Increase2.svg 13.926,72717.8Increase2.svg 13.6
FDP Frank Sitta 10,1316.7Increase2.svg 4.613,5339.0Increase2.svg 5.9
Greens Grit Michelmann5,4753.6Decrease2.svg 0.110,4577.0Decrease2.svg 0.3
FW Holger Wenzel2,6071.7Increase2.svg 0.81,4491.0Increase2.svg 0.2
PARTEI Malte Hirschbach2,1861.52,8961.9
Tierschutzallianz2,3301.6
BGE  7800.5
The Homeland  7640.5Decrease2.svg 1.0
DiB 6830.5
MLPD Tassilo Timm5850.4Increase2.svg 0.13720.2Steady2.svg 0.0
MG3820.3
Informal votes2,1922,173
Total valid votes150,275150,294
Turnout 152,46771.0Increase2.svg 5.8
CDU holdMajority8,6375.8Decrease2.svg 5.0

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Halle [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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CDU Christoph Bergner 51,20636.3Increase2.svg 5.453,26537.7Increase2.svg 10.8
Left Red x.svgN Petra Sitte 36,00625.5Decrease2.svg 8.234,44924.4Decrease2.svg 7.3
SPD Karamba Diaby 32,95723.3Increase2.svg 7.125,25917.9Increase2.svg 2.1
Greens Sebastian Kranich5,2863.7Decrease2.svg 4.310,1857.2Decrease2.svg 1.5
AfD Dirk Domicke4,7683.45,8794.2
FDP Cornelia Pieper2,9582.1Decrease2.svg 6.54,4183.1Decrease2.svg 8.5
Pirates Stephan Schurig2,8982.13,5992.5Decrease2.svg 0.6
The Homeland Rolf Dietrich1,9871.4Decrease2.svg 0.42,1341.5Decrease2.svg 0.1
Independent Martin Bauersfeld1,3250.9
FW Dietmar Weichler1,3070.91,1470.8
MLPD Frank Oettler4490.3Decrease2.svg 0.43170.2Decrease2.svg 0.1
PRO 3410.2
ÖDP  2970.2
Informal votes2,1852,042
Total valid votes141,147141,290
Turnout 143,33265.2Increase2.svg 2.6
CDU gain from Left Majority15,20010.8

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Halle [7]
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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
Left Petra Sitte 46,27233.7Increase2.svg 7.243,61731.7Increase2.svg 5.3
CDU Christoph Bergner 42,43030.9Increase2.svg 5.237,00426.9Increase2.svg 5.7
SPD Johannes Krause22,34116.3Decrease2.svg 19.221,68415.8Decrease2.svg 17.2
FDP Cornelia Pieper 11,7608.6Increase2.svg 3.215,97411.6Increase2.svg 2.2
Greens Claudia Dalbert11,0568.1Increase2.svg 4.711,9508.7Increase2.svg 1.9
Pirates  4,3063.1
The Homeland Andrea Machleid2,4831.8Decrease2.svg 0.12,2341.6Decrease2.svg 0.2
MLPD Frank Oettler9810.7Steady2.svg 0.05110.4Decrease2.svg 0.2
DVU  3200.2
Informal votes2,4622,185
Total valid votes137,323137,600
Turnout 139,78562.6Decrease2.svg 9.1
Left gain from SPD Majority3,8422.8

References

  1. 1 2 "Constituency Halle". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Halle". Federal Returning Officer.
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