Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge (electoral district)
Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge is one of the 299 single member constituencies (German: Wahlkreis) used for the German parliament, the Bundestag. One of sixteen districts covering the state of Saxony, it is coterminous with the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district.[1] The constituency elects one representative under the mixed member proportional representation (MMP) system. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 158.
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The constituency was created for the 2002 election as Sächsische Schweiz – Weißeritzkreis, assuming its current name for the 2009 election, following a local government reform. Most of the constituency had previously been part of the Pirna – Sebnitz – Bischofswerda constituency. All elections to date have been won by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) candidate Klaus Brähmig.[2]
Results
2009 election
Party | Constituency results | List results | ||||||
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Candidate | Votes | % share | +/- | Votes | % share | +/- | ||
Christian Democratic Union | Klaus Brähmig | 62,530 | 45.1 | +4.1 | 56,001 | 40.3 | +5.2 | |
The Left | Monika Knoche | 28,233 | 20.3 | +0.8 | 28,970 | 20.8 | +1.1 | |
Social Democratic Party of Germany | Klaus Wolframm | 16,194 | 11.7 | -8.2 | 16,725 | 12.0 | -8.1 | |
Free Democratic Party | Thomas Richter | 15,292 | 11.0 | +3.8 | 19,910 | 14.3 | +3.5 | |
National Democratic Party of Germany | Olaf Rose | 7,983 | 5.8 | -2.0 | 7,717 | 5.6 | -1.5 | |
Alliance '90/The Greens | Monika Lazar | 6,378 | 4.6 | +1.1 | 7,346 | 5.3 | +1.1 | |
La Rouche Movement | Rico Schulz | 2,150 | 1.5 | +0.3 | 1,621 | 1.2 | +0.4 | |
Republicans | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 412 | 0.3 | -0.1 | |
Marxist–Leninist Party of Germany | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 258 | 0.2 | +0.0 | |
References
- Constituency boundaries, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 1 September 2013
- 2009 constituency results Archived 2014-10-30 at the Wayback Machine, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 1 September 2013