Mansfeld (electoral district)

Location of constituency in Saxony-Anhalt

Mansfeld is one of the 299 single member constituencies used for the German parliament, the Bundestag. One of nine districts covering the state of Saxony-Anhalt, it covers the whole of the Mansfeld-Südharz district and the municipalities of Bad Lauchstädt, Merseburg, Mücheln, Querfurt, Salzatal, Teutschenthal, Wettin-Löbejün and Weida-Land, all located in the Saalekreis district.

In its current form, the constituency was created for the 2009 election, when the number of constituencies in Saxony-Anhalt was reduced by one, expanding the existing Mansfelder Land constituency by adding parts of the abolished Bernburg – Bitterfeld – Saalkreis constituency.

Although the Mansfelder Land constituency had been held by the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) since the 1998 election, the new constituency was won by Harald Koch of The Left party.[1]

Results

2009 election

Party Constituency results List results
Candidate Votes % share +/- Votes % share +/-
The Left Harald Koch 47,051 35.2 +8.2 46,802 34.9 +6.7
Christian Democratic Union Uda Heller 43,014 32.2 +3.9 39,645 29.6 +5.0
Social Democratic Party of Germany Silvia Schmidt 23,028 17.2 -15.7 21,030 15.7 -15.0
Free Democratic Party Elke Weckner-Lömm 10,818 8.1 +2.4 14,754 10.9 +1.8
Alliance '90/The Greens Gesine Haerting 5,465 4.1 +2.0 4,977 3.7 +0.7
National Democratic Party of Germany Judith Rothe 4,337 3.2 -0.1 3,713 2.8 -0.4
Pirate Party N/A N/A N/A N/A 2,623 2.0 N/A
German People's Union N/A N/A N/A N/A 407 0.3 N/A
Marxist–Leninist Party of Germany N/A N/A N/A N/A 331 0.2 -0.1

References

  1. 2009 constituency results, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 15 August 2013

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