Bautzen I
155 Bautzen I | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
![]() Bautzen I in 2025 | |
State | Saxony |
Population | 252,500 (2019) |
Electorate | 206,895 (2021) |
Major settlements | Bautzen Hoyerswerda Radeberg |
Area | 2,224.9 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 2009 |
Party | AfD |
Member | Karsten Hilse |
Elected | 2017, 2021 |
Bautzen I 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 155. It is located in eastern Saxony, comprising most of the Bautzen district.[1]
Bautzen I was created for the 2009 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Karsten Hilse of the Alternative for Germany (AfD).[2]
Geography
[edit]Bautzen I is located in eastern Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Bautzen district, excluding five south-western municipalities near Dresden: Arnsdorf, Großröhrsdorf, Ottendorf-Okrilla, Radeberg, and Wachau[1] (these five have been part of Dresden II – Bautzen II since 2009).
The constituency is in the central area of Sorbian settlement and of the Upper Sorbian language, of which many cultural institutions are housed in the town of Bautzen/Budyšin.[3]
History
[edit]Bautzen I was created in 2009 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Kamenz – Hoyerswerda – Großenhain and Bautzen – Weißwasser. In the 2009 election, it was constituency 157 in the numbering system. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 156. From the 2025 election, it has been number 155. Its borders have not changed since its creation.
Members
[edit]The constituency was first represented by Maria Michalk of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 2009 to 2017. Karsten Hilse of the AfD was elected in 2017 and re-elected in 2021.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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2009 | Maria Michalk | CDU | 42.3 | |
2013 | 49.2 | |||
2017 | Karsten Hilse | AfD | 33.2 | |
2021 | 33.4 |
Election results
[edit]2021 election
[edit]Federal election (2021): Bautzen I[4] | |||||||||
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Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
AfD | ![]() |
52,492 | 33.4 | ![]() |
50,050 | 31.9 | ![]() | ||
CDU | Roland Ermer | 40,929 | 26.0 | ![]() |
29,213 | 18.6 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Kathrin Michel | 21,006 | 13.4 | ![]() |
26,674 | 17.0 | ![]() | ||
Left | Caren Lay | 14,134 | 9.0 | ![]() |
12,272 | 7.8 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Matthias Schniebel | 12,634 | 8.0 | ![]() |
17,187 | 10.9 | ![]() | ||
FW | Dirk Nasdala | 5,341 | 3.4 | ![]() |
4,157 | 2.6 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Lukas Mosler | 4,090 | 2.6 | ![]() |
6,247 | 4.0 | ![]() | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 2,951 | 1.9 | ![]() | ||||||
PARTEI | Steffi Thomas | 3,398 | 2.2 | 2,104 | 1.3 | ![]() | |||
dieBasis | Daniela Trittmacher | 2,644 | 1.7 | 2,296 | 1.5 | ||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 957 | 0.6 | |||||||
NPD | 601 | 0.4 | ![]() | ||||||
Pirates | 542 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||||||
LKR | Maik Lehmann | 467 | 0.3 | ||||||
Team Todenhöfer | 330 | 0.2 | |||||||
Volt | 320 | 0.2 | |||||||
The III. Path | 273 | 0.2 | |||||||
Bündnis C | 256 | 0.2 | |||||||
ÖDP | 251 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
Humanists | 171 | 0.1 | |||||||
DKP | 96 | 0.1 | |||||||
V-Partei3 | 71 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
MLPD | 69 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,098 | 2,145 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 157,135 | 157,088 | |||||||
Turnout | 159,233 | 77.0 | ![]() |
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AfD hold | Majority | 11,563 | 7.4 | ![]() |
2017 election
[edit]Federal election (2017): Bautzen I[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
AfD | Karsten Hilse | 52,770 | 33.2 | 52,041 | 32.8 | ![]() | |||
CDU | Roland Ermer | 48,579 | 30.6 | ![]() |
42,995 | 27.1 | ![]() | ||
Left | Caren Lay | 24,221 | 15.2 | ![]() |
22,597 | 14.2 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Uta Strewe | 15,836 | 10.0 | ![]() |
14,378 | 9.1 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Torsten Herbst | 9,247 | 5.8 | ![]() |
12,122 | 7.6 | ![]() | ||
FW | Günter Hutschalik | 3,562 | 2.2 | ![]() |
2,569 | 1.6 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Jens Bitzka | 3,247 | 2.0 | ![]() |
3,768 | 2.4 | ![]() | ||
NPD | 2,371 | 1.5 | ![]() | ||||||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 2,171 | 1.4 | |||||||
PARTEI | 1,356 | 0.9 | |||||||
Independent | Andreas Lutz Richter | 779 | 0.5 | ||||||
Pirates | 602 | 0.4 | ![]() | ||||||
BGE | 559 | 0.4 | |||||||
ÖDP | 435 | 0.3 | |||||||
DiB | 312 | 0.2 | |||||||
BüSo | Christoph Tobias Mzingisi Faku | 635 | 0.4 | 233 | 0.1 | ![]() | |||
V-Partei³ | 195 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | 138 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,443 | 2,477 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 158,876 | 158,842 | |||||||
Turnout | 161,319 | 75.4 | ![]() |
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AfD gain from CDU | Majority | 4,191 | 2.6 |
2013 election
[edit]Federal election (2013): Bautzen I[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
74,794 | 49.2 | ![]() |
69,335 | 45.6 | ![]() | ||
Left | Caren Lay | 32,452 | 21.3 | ![]() |
30,290 | 19.9 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Ilko Keßler | 17,268 | 11.4 | ![]() |
18,502 | 12.2 | ![]() | ||
AfD | 10,811 | 7.1 | |||||||
NPD | Holger Szymanski | 7,270 | 4.8 | ![]() |
6,271 | 4.1 | ![]() | ||
FW | Ralf Zeidler | 4,517 | 3.0 | 3,470 | 2.3 | ||||
FDP | Reiner Deutschmann | 3,948 | 2.6 | ![]() |
4,723 | 3.1 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Sten Jacobson | 3,709 | 2.4 | ![]() |
4,249 | 2.8 | ![]() | ||
Pirates | Marion Nawroth | 3,035 | 2.0 | 3,109 | 2.0 | ||||
Independent | Nitzsche | 2,986 | 2.0 | ||||||
Independent | Merz | 2,024 | 1.3 | ||||||
PRO | 905 | 0.6 | |||||||
BüSo | 202 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
MLPD | 146 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 3,252 | 3,242 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 152,003 | 152,013 | |||||||
Turnout | 155,255 | 69.4 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 42,342 | 27.9 | ![]() |
2009 election
[edit]Federal election (2009): Bautzen I[7] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Maria Michalk | 64,325 | 42.3 | ![]() |
59,103 | 38.8 | ![]() | ||
Left | Caren Lay | 38,241 | 25.1 | ![]() |
37,144 | 24.4 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Reiner Deutschmann | 17,755 | 11.7 | ![]() |
20,969 | 13.8 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Ilko Keßler | 16,870 | 11.1 | ![]() |
18,906 | 12.4 | ![]() | ||
NPD | Mario Ertel | 8,363 | 5.5 | ![]() |
7,597 | 5.0 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Cordula Ratajczak | 6,505 | 4.3 | ![]() |
6,431 | 4.2 | ![]() | ||
BüSo | 1,268 | 0.8 | ![]() | ||||||
REP | 527 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||||||
MLPD | 448 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,907 | 2,573 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 152,059 | 152,393 | |||||||
Turnout | 154,966 | 65.2 | ![]() |
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CDU win new seat | Majority | 26,084 | 17.2 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Constituency Bautzen I". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Results for Bautzen I". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ Sorbian life in Bautzen. "Sorbian life – Bautzen".
- ^ Results for Bautzen I
- ^ Results for Bautzen I
- ^ Results for Bautzen I
- ^ Results for Bautzen I