Mansfeld (electoral district)

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73 Mansfeld
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Bundestagswahlkreis 73-2025.svg
Mansfeld in 2025
State Saxony-Anhalt
Population238,500 (2019)
Electorate198,676 (2021)
Major settlements Sangerhausen
Köthen
Eisleben
Area2,720.35 km2
Current electoral district
Created1990
Party AfD
Member Kay-Uwe Ziegler
Elected 2021, 2025

Mansfeld 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 73. It is located in southern Saxony-Anhalt, comprising the Mansfeld-Südharz district, most of the Saalekreis district, and the western part of the Anhalt-Bitterfeld district. [1]

Contents

Mansfeld was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. Since 2025, it has been represented by Kay-Uwe Ziegler who was elected under the Alternative for Germany (AfD). [2]

Geography

Mansfeld is located in southern Saxony-Anhalt. As of the 2025 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Mansfeld-Südharz district, the municipalities of Bad Lauchstädt, Mücheln, Querfurt, Salzatal, Teutschenthal, and Wettin-Löbejün and the collective municipality of Weida-Land from the Saalekreis district; as well as the municipalities of Aken (Elbe), Köthen, Osternienburger Land, and Südliches Anhalt from the Anhalt-Bitterfeld district. [1]

History

Mansfeld was created after German reunification in 1990, then known as Eisleben – Hettstedt – Sangerhausen. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was named Mansfelder Land. It acquired its current name in the 2009 election. In the 1990 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 295 in the numbering system. In the 2002 through 2009 elections, it was number 75. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 74. From the 2025 election, it has been number 73.

Originally, it comprised the districts of Eisleben, Hettstedt, and Sangerhausen. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it comprised the districts of Sangerhausen and Mansfelder Land as well as the municipality of Querfurt and the municipal associations of Bad Lauchstädt, Oberes Geiseltal, and Weida-Land from Merseburg-Querfurt district. It was reconfigured in 2009; in 2025, the municipality of Merseburg was transferred out of the constituency in exchange for part of the Anhalt-Bitterfeld district.

ElectionNo.NameBorders
1990 295Eisleben – Hettstedt – Sangerhausen
  • Eisleben district
  • Hettstedt district
  • Sangerhausen district
1994
1998
2002 75Mansfelder Land
2005
2009 Mansfeld
2013 74
2017
2021
2025 73

Members

The constituency was first represented by Heinz Rother of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1990 to 1994, followed by Frederick Schulze from 1994 to 1998. It was won by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in 1998, and Silvia Schmidt served until 2009. Harald Koch of The Left was elected representative in 2009. The CDU's candidate Uda Heller won it in 2013 and served a single term. Torsten Schweiger of the CDU was elected in 2017. Robert Farle won the constituency for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in 2021.

ElectionMemberParty %
1990 Heinz Rother CDU 44.0
1994 Frederick Schulze CDU 43.6
1998 Silvia Schmidt SPD 41.4
2002 39.8
2005 32.8
2009 Harald Koch LINKE 35.2
2013 Uda Heller CDU 41.9
2017 Torsten Schweiger CDU 31.0
2021 Robert Farle AfD 25.1

Election results

2025 election

Federal election (2025): Mansfeld [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 Kay-Uwe Ziegler 70,30743.8Increase2.svg 19.069,61643.1Increase2.svg 19.5
CDU Frank Wyszkowski34,08721.2Decrease2.svg 3.729,81118.4Decrease2.svg 3.4
BSW  18,74611.6New
SPD Aick Pietschmann17,21110.7Decrease2.svg 12.115,4949.6Decrease2.svg 14.7
Left Matthias Schütz19,69712.3Increase2.svg 0.814,4859.0Decrease2.svg 0.6
FDP Jan Czekanowski5,5273.4Decrease2.svg 4.85,2303.2Decrease2.svg 6.3
Greens Marco Beckmann3,1962.0Decrease2.svg 0.83,9742.5Decrease2.svg 1.1
Independent Robert Farle 2,9781.9New
FW Marcel Enders5,6153.5Increase2.svg 0.52,1681.3Decrease2.svg 0.4
Independent Bernd Hartwig2,0501.3New
PARTEI  9880.6Steady2.svg 0.0
Volt  6160.4Increase2.svg 0.3
BD  4200.3New
MLPD  1050.1Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes2,5941,609
Total valid votes160,668161,653
Turnout 163,26277.6Increase2.svg 10.8
AfD holdMajority36,22022.6Increase2.svg 22.4

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Mansfeld [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%±%
AfD Robert Farle 32,93025.1Increase2.svg 1.231,47623.9Steady2.svg 0.0
CDU Red x.svgN Torsten Schweiger 32,73224.9Decrease2.svg 6.128,41121.6Decrease2.svg 7.2
SPD Katrin Budde 30,96923.6Increase2.svg 8.432,10924.4Increase2.svg 10.0
Left Daniel Feuerberg13,10810.0Decrease2.svg 8.111,6808.9Decrease2.svg 8.5
FDP Ingo Bodtke 11,0898.4Increase2.svg 0.412,7929.7Increase2.svg 1.6
FW Sarah Biedermann3,9583.02,1631.6Increase2.svg 0.8
Greens Mika-Sören Erdmann3,8202.9Increase2.svg 0.34,8353.7Increase2.svg 1.3
dieBasis Pierre Kynast2,7312.12,3221.8
Tierschutzpartei  1,6831.3
Tierschutzallianz  1,2531.0Decrease2.svg 0.6
PARTEI  8390.6Decrease2.svg 0.2
Gartenpartei7010.5Increase2.svg 0.2
The Homeland  4100.3Decrease2.svg 0.6
Pirates  3410.3
Volt  1450.1
du.  1330.1
Humanists  1250.1
MLPD  1080.1Steady2.svg 0.0
ÖDP  550.0
Informal votes1,7271,483
Total valid votes131,337131,581
Turnout 133,06467.0Decrease2.svg 0.7
AfD gain from CDU Majority1980.2

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Mansfeld [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 Torsten Schweiger 42,72531.0Decrease2.svg 10.939,75128.8Decrease2.svg 12.4
AfD Uwe Scheidemann32,86423.932,98223.9Increase2.svg 19.8
Left Alexander Sorge24,86318.1Decrease2.svg 9.523,90917.3Decrease2.svg 8.4
SPD Katrin Budde 20,86415.2Decrease2.svg 2.919,83514.4Decrease2.svg 2.8
FDP Andreas Silbersack11,0918.1Increase2.svg 6.211,2368.1Increase2.svg 5.2
Greens Katharina Schultheis3,6472.6Increase2.svg 0.23,2502.4Decrease2.svg 0.4
Tierschutzallianz2,0741.5
The Homeland Henry Kurt Lippold1,2170.9Decrease2.svg 2.41,2970.9Decrease2.svg 1.7
PARTEI  1,1950.9
FW  1,1610.8Decrease2.svg 0.2
MG4460.3
BGE  4140.3
Independent Adrian Mauson3860.3
DiB 2040.1
MLPD  1780.1Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes2,5662,291
Total valid votes137,657127,932
Turnout 140,22367.7Increase2.svg 6.6
CDU holdMajority9,8617.1Decrease2.svg 7.2

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Mansfeld [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 Uda Heller54,70541.9Increase2.svg 9.853,86941.2Increase2.svg 11.7
Left Red x.svgN Harald Koch35,98227.6Decrease2.svg 7.633,61325.7Decrease2.svg 9.2
SPD Andreas Schmidt23,56018.1Increase2.svg 0.822,39917.1Increase2.svg 1.5
AfD  5,3784.1
The Homeland Volkmar Neugebauer4,2773.3Steady2.svg 0.03,4782.7Decrease2.svg 0.1
Greens Norbert Jung3,1932.4Decrease2.svg 1.63,6372.8Decrease2.svg 0.9
Pirates Christian Kunze3,1232.42,2351.7Decrease2.svg 0.2
FDP Harald Oster2,4581.9Decrease2.svg 6.23,8372.9Decrease2.svg 7.9
FW Julia Erika Gudrun Löser2,2321.71,4031.1
Independent Chris Pap8810.7
PRO 4850.4
MLPD  2000.2Decrease2.svg 0.1
ÖDP  1600.1
Informal votes2,5722,289
Total valid votes130,411130,694
Turnout 132,98361.1Increase2.svg 2.1
CDU gain from Left Majority18,72314.3

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Mansfeld [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 Harald Koch47,05135.2Increase2.svg 8.246,80234.9Increase2.svg 6.7
CDU Uda Heller43,01432.2Increase2.svg 3.939,64529.6Increase2.svg 5.0
SPD Red x.svgN Silvia Schmidt23,02817.2Decrease2.svg 15.721,03015.7Decrease2.svg 15.0
FDP Elke Weckner-Lömm10,8188.1Increase2.svg 2.414,57410.9Increase2.svg 1.8
Greens Gesine Haerting5,4654.1Increase2.svg 2.04,9773.7Increase2.svg 0.7
The Homeland Judith Rothe4,3373.2Decrease2.svg 0.13,7132.8Decrease2.svg 0.4
Pirates  2,6232.0
DVU  4070.3
MLPD  3310.2Decrease2.svg 0.1
Informal votes3,1272,738
Total valid votes133,713134,102
Turnout 136,84059.0Decrease2.svg 11.8
Left gain from SPD Majority4,0373.0

References

  1. 1 2 "Constituency Mansfeld". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Mansfeld". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. Results for Mansfeld
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  7. Results for Mansfeld