Nordsachsen (electoral district)

151 Nordsachsen
151 Nordsachsen
Electoral district; for the Bundestag
	Nordsachsen in 2013
State	Saxony
Population	197,700 (2019)
Electorate	161,279 (2021)
Major settlements	Delitzsch ; Torgau ; Schkeuditz
Area	2,028.6 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1990
Party	AfD
Member	René Bochmann
Elected	2021

Last updated September 08, 2023

Nordsachsen ( English: North Saxony) 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 151. It is located in northern Saxony, comprising the district of Nordsachsen.^[1]

Geography

Nordsachsen is located in northern Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the district of Nordsachsen.^[1]

History

Nordsachsen was created after German reunification in 1990, then known as Delitzsch – Eilenburg – Torgau – Wurzen. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was named Delitzsch – Torgau-Oschatz – Riesa. It acquired its current name in the 2009 election. In the 1990 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 308 in the numbering system. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 152. Since 2013, it has been number 151.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Delitzsch, Eilenburg, Torgau, and Wurzen. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it comprised the districts of Delitzsch and Torgau-Oschatz as well as the municipalities of Hirschstein, Riesa, Stauchitz, Strehla, and Zeithain from the Riesa-Großenhain district. It acquired its current borders in the 2009 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1990	308	Delitzsch – Eilenburg – Torgau – Wurzen	Delitzsch district Eilenburg district Torgau district Wurzen district
1994
1998
2002	152	Delitzsch – Torgau-Oschatz – Riesa	Delitzsch district Torgau-Oschatz district Riesa-Großenhain district (only Hirschstein, Riesa, Stauchitz, Strehla, and Zeithain municipalities)
2005		Delitzsch – Torgau-Oschatz – Riesa
2009		Nordsachsen	Nordsachsen district
2013	151
2017
2021

Members

The constituency was first represented by Angelika Pfeiffer of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1990 to 1998. It was won by Richard Schuhmann of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in 1998 and served until 2002, when it was won Manfred Kolbe of the CDU. Marian Wendt was elected in 2013 and re-elected in 2017. René Bochmann won the constituency for the AfD in 2021.

	Member	Party	%
1990	Angelika Pfeiffer	CDU	48.2
1994	Angelika Pfeiffer	CDU	49.3
1998	Richard Schuhmann	SPD	35.2
2002	Manfred Kolbe	CDU	38.7
2005			36.5
2009			40.9
2013	Marian Wendt	CDU	45.6
2017	Marian Wendt	CDU	32.8
2021	René Bochmann	AfD	27.8

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Nordsachsen^[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	%	±%
	AfD	René Bochmann		32,702	27.8	1.0	32,066	27.2	0.4
	CDU	Christiane Schenderlein		26,883	22.8	10.0	23,000	19.5	9.9
	SPD	Rüdiger Kleinke		22,257	18.9	5.0	24,732	21.0	8.5
	FDP	Martin Richter		10,251	8.7	2.1	12,476	10.6	2.7
	Left	Philipp Rubach		9,446	8.0	9.2	8,868	7.5	7.2
	Greens	Denis Korn		5,883	5.0	2.4	5,462	4.6	2.0
	FW	Chris Daiser		4,707	4.0		3,346	2.8	1.7
	Tierschutzpartei						2,311	2.0	0.5
	PARTEI	Karsten Gutjahr		2,069	1.8		1,333	1.1	0.4
	dieBasis	Doreen Klinger		1,716	1.5		1,363	1.2
	Independent	Sandro Oschkinat		1,112	0.9
	Gesundheitsforschung						598	0.5
	NPD						473	0.4	1.1
	Pirates						404	0.3	0.0
	The III. Path						268	0.2
	ÖDP	Uta Strenger		416	0.4		240	0.2	0.1
	Independent	Sven Asmus		223	0.2
	Team Todenhöfer						196	0.2
	Volt						170	0.1
	Humanists						137	0.1
	DKP						89	0.1
	Bündnis C						88	0.1
	MLPD						76	0.1	0.0
	V-Partei3						61	0.1	0.1
Informal votes				1,541			1,449
Total Valid votes				117,665			117,757
Turnout				119,206	73.9	1.8
	AfD gain from CDU		Majority	5,819	5.0

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Nordsachsen^[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 Marian Wendt		38,207	32.8	12.8	34,321	29.4	15.5
	AfD	Detlev Spangenberg		31,244	26.8		31,301	26.9	20.7
	Left	Susanna Karawanskij		20,028	17.2	4.6	17,173	14.7	5.9
	SPD	Rüdiger Kleinke		16,248	14.0	6.4	14,519	12.5	2.9
	FDP	Christoph Waitz		7,641	6.6	4.5	9,189	7.9	5.2
	Greens	Jörg Bornack		3,070	2.6	0.5	3,021	4.6	0.3
	NPD						1,789	1.5	2.3
	Tierschutzpartei						1,714	1.5
	FW						1,273	1.1	0.0
	PARTEI						891	0.8
	Pirates						397	0.3	1.6
	BGE						340	0.3
	ÖDP						167	0.1
	DiB						155	0.1
	V-Partei³						154	0.1
	MLPD						99	0.1	0.0
	BüSo						60	0.1	0.1
Informal votes				1,732			1,607
Total Valid votes				116,438			116,563
Turnout				118,170	72.1	5.7
	CDU hold		Majority	6,963	6.0	17.8

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Nordsachsen^[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	Marian Wendt		49,906	45.6	4.7	49,473	44.9	9.3
	Left	Susanna Karawanskij		23,843	21.8	4.0	22,696	20.6	5.1
	SPD	Heiko Wittig		22,316	20.4	5.7	16,970	15.4	0.3
	AfD						6,762	6.1
	NPD	Jens Gatter		5,572	5.1	0.4	4,272	3.9	0.8
	Greens	Bernd Brandtner		3,399	3.1	0.9	3,144	2.9	1.6
	FDP	Jutta Kreitz		2,276	2.1	7.8	2,912	2.6	10.1
	Pirates	Henny Kellner		2,149	2.0		2,141	1.9
	FW						1,158	1.1
	PRO						394	0.4
	BüSo						137	0.1	0.4
	MLPD						104	0.1	0.1
Informal votes				2,610			1,908
Total Valid votes				109,461			110,163
Turnout				112,071	66.4	5.0
	CDU hold		Majority	26,063	23.8	8.6

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Nordsachsen^[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	%	±%
	CDU	Y Manfred Kolbe		44,147	40.9	4.0	38,440	35.6	4.6
	Left	Peter Porsch		27,760	25.7	2.8	27,765	25.7	1.5
	SPD	Jens Kabisch		15,860	14.7	11.9	16,927	15.7	9.8
	FDP	Rainer Horbas		10,611	9.8	4.7	13,747	12.7	3.8
	NPD	Mirko Beier		5,108	4.7	0.3	5,069	4.7	0.2
	Greens	Peter Hettlich		4,357	4.0	1.8	4,783	4.4	1.0
	BüSo						583	0.5	0.1
	REP						381	0.4	0.0
	MLPD						261	0.2	0.1
Informal votes				1,785			1,672
Total Valid votes				107,843			107,956
Turnout				109,628	61.4	12.9
	CDU hold		Majority	16,387	15.2	4.9

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References

1 2 "Constituency Nordsachsen". Federal Returning Officer.
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v t e Electoral districts of Saxony in the German Bundestag
Current	Nordsachsen Leipzig I Leipzig II Leipzig-Land Meissen Bautzen I Görlitz Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge Dresden I Dresden II – Bautzen II Mittelsachsen Chemnitz Chemnitzer Umland – Erzgebirgskreis II Erzgebirgskreis I Zwickau Vogtlandkreis
Other states	Baden-Württemberg Bavaria‎ Berlin Brandenburg‎ Bremen Hamburg‎ Hesse Lower Saxony Mecklenburg-Vorpommern North Rhine-Westphalia Rhineland-Palatinate‎ Saarland Saxony-Anhalt‎ Schleswig-Holstein‎ Thuringia‎
See also	List of Bundestag constituencies Elections in Germany

151 Nordsachsen
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Nordsachsen in 2013
State	Saxony
Population	197,700 (2019)
Electorate	161,279 (2021)
Major settlements	Delitzsch Torgau Schkeuditz
Area	2,028.6 km²
Current electoral district
Created	1990
Party	AfD
Member	René Bochmann
Elected	2021