Anhalt was an electoral constituency (
German
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: ''Wahlkreis'') formerly represented in the
Bundestag. It elected one member via
first-past-the-post voting. It was located in central
Saxony-Anhalt, comprising the
Anhalt-Bitterfeld
Anhalt-Bitterfeld is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Its capital is Köthen (Anhalt). Its area is .
History
This district was established by merging the former districts of Bitterfeld, Köthen and a large part of Anhalt-Zerbst as part o ...
district and most of the
Salzlandkreis district.
Anhalt was created for the
2002 federal election. It was abolished ahead of the
2025 federal election, as Saxony-Anhalt lost one of its constituencies.
Geography
Anhalt was located in central
Saxony-Anhalt. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprised the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld as well as the Salzlandkreis district excluding the municipalities of
Aschersleben,
Barby,
Bördeland
Bördeland is a municipality in the district Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated south-west of Schönebeck.
History
The municipality was formed on 29 December 2007 from the former municipalities Biere, Eggersdorf, Eickendor ...
,
Calbe
Calbe (official name: ''Calbe (Saale)'') is a town in the district of Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Geography
It is situated on the river Saale, approx. north of Bernburg, and southeast of Magdeburg. It is known as Calbe an der ...
,
Schönebeck
Schönebeck (), officially Schönebeck (Elbe), is a town in the district of Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the left bank of the Elbe, approx. southeast of Magdeburg.
For much of the twentieth century it was noted ...
,
Seeland.
History
Anhalt was created in 2002 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of ''Dessau – Bitterfeld'', ''Halle-Neustadt – Saalkreis – Köthen'', and ''Wittenberg – Gräfenhainichen – Jessen – Roßlau – Zerbst''. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was constituency 71 in the numbering system. In the 2009 election, it was number 72. From the 2013 election, it was number 71.
Originally, it comprised the independent city of Dessau and the districts of Köthen and Wittenberg. It was reconfigured ahead of the 2009 election, losing most of its former territory from the Wittenberg district and gaining area in the new Salzlandkreis and Anhalt-Bitterfeld districts.
Members
The constituency was first represented by
Engelbert Wistuba Engelbert may refer to:
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*Engelbert, Netherlands, a village in the municipality of Groningen, Netherlands
See also
*Eng ...
of the
Social Democratic Party
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Active parties
For ...
(SPD) from 2002 to 2009. It was won by
Jan Korte
Jan Korte (born 4 November 1956 in Veendam, Groningen) is a Dutch former football player, who played for BV Veendam and Go Ahead Eagles, and later on became a football manager
Management (or managing) is the administration of an organizat ...
of
The Left in 2009. In 2013,
Kees de Vries
Kees de Vries (born 30 August 1955) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Saxony-Anhalt from 2013 until 2021.
Political career
De Vries became a member of the ...
of the
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was elected representative. He was re-elected in 2017. Kay-Uwe Ziegler won the constituency for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in 2021.
Election results
2021 election
2017 election
2013 election
2009 election
References
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Federal electoral districts in Saxony-Anhalt
2002 establishments in Germany
Constituencies established in 2002