Magdeburg (electoral district)

Last updated
69 Magdeburg
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Bundestagswahlkreis 69-2025.svg
Magdeburg in 2025
State Saxony-Anhalt
Population292,400 (2019)
Electorate229,198 (2021)
Major settlements Magdeburg
Schönebeck
Area588.9 km2
Current electoral district
Created1990
Party AfD
Member Claudia Weiss
Elected 2025

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]

Contents

Magdeburg was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. From 2021 to 2025, it has been represented by Martin Kröber of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). [2] Since 2025 it is been represented by Claudia Weiss of the AfD.

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.

ElectionNo.NameBorders
1990 286Magdeburg
  • Magdeburg city (excluding Buckau, Fermersleben, Salbke, Westerhüsen, Leipziger Straße, Hopfengarten, and Reform quarters)
1994
1998
2002 69
2005
2009 70
2013 69
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.

ElectionMemberParty %
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

2025 election

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

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
AfD Claudia Weiss55,45732.2Increase2.svg 17.252,62930.4Increase2.svg 15.3
CDU Tino Sorge 39,72623.1Increase2.svg 1.132,20518.6Increase2.svg 0.1
Left Dennis Jannack25,56014.9Increase2.svg 5.123,22413.4Increase2.svg 2.8
SPD Red x.svgN Martin Kröber 29,61817.2Decrease2.svg 8.021,86512.6Decrease2.svg 13.8
BSW  19,46111.2New
Greens Peter Dittmann10,3056.0Decrease2.svg 3.312,2717.1Decrease2.svg 3.4
FDP Robin Neubauer4,6472.7Decrease2.svg 5.15,2313.0Decrease2.svg 6.4
Volt  1,9011.1Increase2.svg 0.7
FW Marcel Mallée3,9842.3Increase2.svg 0.81,7941.0Decrease2.svg 0.3
PARTEI  1,7691.0Decrease2.svg 0.1
BD Claudius Borgmann1,9091.1New6390.4New
MLPD Daniel Wiegenstein8430.5Increase2.svg 0.32400.1Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes2,4191,239
Total valid votes172,049173,229
Turnout 174,46878.2Increase2.svg 9.8
AfD gain from SPD Majority15,7319.1N/A

2021 election

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

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
SPD Martin Kröber 39,23325.3Increase2.svg 3.541,02226.4Increase2.svg 9.3
CDU Red x.svgN Tino Sorge 34,17722.0Decrease2.svg 5.428,70018.5Decrease2.svg 9.3
AfD Frank Pasemann 23,39815.1Decrease2.svg 0.223,44615.1Decrease2.svg 1.1
Left Chris Scheunchen15,1379.7Decrease2.svg 9.116,44910.6Decrease2.svg 8.1
Greens Urs Liebau14,3819.3Increase2.svg 5.316,35210.5Increase2.svg 5.2
FDP Fabian Horn12,1397.8Increase2.svg 1.114,6739.4Increase2.svg 1.5
Tierschutzallianz Aila Fassl4,3572.8Increase2.svg 0.33,1352.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Independent Franka Kretschmer3,0942.0
FW Eckhard Horst Schröder2,4301.6Increase2.svg 0.52,0601.3Increase2.svg 0.5
dieBasis Reiner Füllmich2,2471.42,0211.3
GartenparteiRoland Zander2,0951.3Decrease2.svg 0.31,8981.2Increase2.svg 0.2
PARTEI Luisa Graviat2,0811.31,7371.1Decrease2.svg 0.4
Tierschutzpartei  1,4640.9
Pirates  6550.4
Volt  5780.4
The Homeland  3390.2Decrease2.svg 0.4
Humanists  2820.2
du.  2090.1
ÖDP Peter von Pokrzywnicki3020.21920.1
MLPD Daniel Alexander Wiegenstein2210.1Decrease2.svg 0.11730.1Decrease2.svg 0.1
Informal votes1,4971,405
Total valid votes155,292155,384
Turnout 156,78968.4Steady2.svg 0.0
SPD gain from CDU Majority5,0563.3

2017 election

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

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CDU Green check.svgY Tino Sorge 44,02127.4Decrease2.svg 8.944,61627.8Decrease2.svg 9.7
SPD Burkhard Lischka 34,87721.7Decrease2.svg 3.427,51317.1Decrease2.svg 3.8
Left Eva von Angern 30,29918.9Decrease2.svg 6.430,05618.7Decrease2.svg 5.3
AfD Frank Pasemann 24,50915.326,05116.2Increase2.svg 12.0
FDP Karl-Heinz Paqué 10,7966.7Increase2.svg 5.312,7137.9Increase2.svg 5.5
Greens Matthias Borowiak6,4174.0Steady2.svg 0.08,5645.3Decrease2.svg 0.3
TierschutzallianzBettina Fassl4,1022.63,2542.0
MGMarcel Guderjahn2,5701.61,6721.0
PARTEI  2,5041.6
FW Karlheinz Körner1,7391.1Decrease2.svg 0.21,2820.8Steady2.svg 0.0
DiB 7930.5
The Homeland Gustav Haenschke7650.5Decrease2.svg 1.49370.6Decrease2.svg 0.9
BGE  5280.3
MLPD Daniel Wiegenstein4610.3Steady2.svg 0.02940.2Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes2,3382,117
Total valid votes160,556160,777
Turnout 162,89468.4Increase2.svg 5.2
CDU holdMajority9,1445.7Decrease2.svg 5.3

2013 election

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

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CDU Tino Sorge 55,04636.3Increase2.svg 5.556,98237.5Increase2.svg 9.6
Left Red x.svgN Rosemarie Hein 38,23125.2Decrease2.svg 6.936,47324.0Decrease2.svg 8.2
SPD Burkhard Lischka 38,15325.2Increase2.svg 3.231,76320.9Increase2.svg 2.1
AfD  6,3554.2
Greens Stephan Bischoff6,0734.0Decrease2.svg 1.88,4905.6Decrease2.svg 1.3
Pirates Jörg Schulenburg4,1532.73,6542.4Decrease2.svg 0.7
The Homeland Gustav Walter Haenschke2,7861.8Increase2.svg 0.12,2721.5Steady2.svg 0.0
Tierschutzpartei  2,7581.8
FDP Sven Fricke2,0901.4Decrease2.svg 5.23,6872.4Decrease2.svg 6.7
FW Christian Heimann1,8751.21,2560.8
PRO 4660.3
MLPD Daniel Wiegenstein4030.3Decrease2.svg 0.12800.2Decrease2.svg 0.1
ÖDP  3480.2
Informal votes2,8362,378
Total valid votes151,568152,026
Turnout 154,40463.2Increase2.svg 3.0
CDU gain from Left Majority16,81511.1

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Magdeburg [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 Rosemarie Hein 48,06932.0Increase2.svg 6.148,33332.1Increase2.svg 5.2
CDU Bernd Heynemann 46,48131.0Increase2.svg 6.742,15028.0Increase2.svg 6.0
SPD Burkhard Lischka 32,84421.9Decrease2.svg 18.028,21718.8Decrease2.svg 17.4
FDP Ulrich Koehler9,8906.6Increase2.svg 2.613,8019.2Increase2.svg 2.6
Greens Dorothea Frederking8,6375.8Increase2.svg 2.510,2816.8Increase2.svg 1.5
Pirates  4,6053.1
The Homeland Matthias Gärtner2,6181.7Decrease2.svg 0.12,2751.5Decrease2.svg 0.2
Independent Eva-Maria Godau8510.6
MLPD Daniel Wiegenstein6260.4Decrease2.svg 0.14100.3Decrease2.svg 0.1
DVU  2940.2
Informal votes2,9322,582
Total valid votes150,016150,366
Turnout 152,94860.1Decrease2.svg 10.5
Left gain from SPD Majority1,5881.0

References

  1. 1 2 "Constituency Magdeburg". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Magdeburg". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. Results to Magdeburg
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  6. Results for Magdeburg
  7. Results for Magdeburg