Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge (electoral district)

Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge 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 158. It is located in central Saxony, comprising the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district.[1]

158 Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge
electoral district for the Bundestag
Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge in 2013
State	Saxony
Population	247,499 (2015)
Electorate	202,580 (2017)
Major settlements	Freital Pirna Heidenau
Area	1,654.2 km^2
Current electoral district
Created	2002
Party	Independent
Member	Frauke Petry
Elected	2017

Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge was created for the 2002 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Frauke Petry, who was elected as a member of the Alternative for Germany (AfD). She has been an independent politician since September 2017.[2]

Geography

Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge is located in central Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district.[1]

History

Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge was created in 2002, then known as Sächsische Schweiz – Weißeritzkreis. It acquired its current name in the 2009 election. In the 2002 through 2009 elections, it was constituency 159 in the numbering system. Since 2013, it has been number 158.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Sächsische Schweiz and Weißeritzkreis. It acquired its current borders in the 2009 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
2002	159	Sächsische Schweiz – Weißeritzkreis	Sächsische Schweiz district Weißeritzkreis district
2005
2009		Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge	Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district
2013	158
2017
2021

Members

The constituency was first represented by Klaus Brähmig of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 2002 to 2017. Frauke Petry of the AfD was elected in 2017. She left the party prior to the first sitting of the Bundestag, and has since sat as an independent.

Election		Member	Party	%
	2002	Klaus Brähmig	CDU	46.2
	2005			40.9
	2009			45.1
	2013			50.2
	2017	Frauke Petry[lower-alpha 1]	AfD	37.4
			Ind.

Election results

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge[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 or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	AfD	Frauke Petry		57,554	37.4		54,749	35.5	27.6
	CDU	N Klaus Brähmig		44,354	28.8	21.4	39,581	25.6	20.3
	Left	André Hahn		22,614	14.7	4.4	19,708	12.8	4.4
	SPD	Klaus Wolframm		11,100	7.2	3.5	12,040	7.8	3.1
	FDP	Lothar Ferdinand Brandau		9,933	6.5	4.6	12,795	8.3	5.1
	Green	Ines Kummer		4,575	3.0	0.0	4,643	3.0	0.6
	NPD						2,875	1.9	3.2
	FW						2,186	1.4	1.8
	Tierschutzpartei						1,975	1.3
	PARTEI						1,278	0.8
	BGE						533	0.3
	Pirates						483	0.3	1.7
	ÖDP						456	0.3
	BüSo	Doris Kamke		2,319	1.5	0.5	437	0.3	0.1
	Independent	Roland Hoyer		1,450	0.9
	DiB						300	0.2
	V-Partei³						217	0.1
	MLPD						119	0.1	0.0
Informal votes				2,443			1,967
Total Valid votes				153,899			154,375
Turnout				156,342	77.2	6.2
	AfD gain from CDU		Majority	13,200	8.6

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge[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 or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Klaus Brähmig		72,644	50.2	5.1	66,673	46.0	5.7
	Left	André Hahn		27,571	19.0	1.3	24,848	17.1	3.7
	SPD	Klaus Wolframm		15,442	10.7	1.0	15,865	10.9	1.1
	AfD						11,417	7.9
	NPD	Johannes Müller		9,625	6.6	0.9	7,370	5.1	0.5
	FW	Diana Sartor		8,382	5.8		4,705	3.2
	Green	Heidi Meißner		4,244	2.9	1.7	5,158	3.6	1.7
	Pirates	Tilo Schneider		2,779	1.9		2,980	2.1
	FDP	Thomas Richter		2,628	1.8	9.2	4,655	3.2	11.1
	PRO						670	0.5
	BüSo	Brigitta Gründler		1,456	1.0	0.5	522	0.4	0.8
	MLPD						112	0.1	0.1
Informal votes				2,656			2,452
Total Valid votes				144,771			144,975
Turnout				147,427	71.0	5.5
	CDU hold		Majority	45,073	31.2	6.4

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge[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 or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Klaus Brähmig		62,530	45.1	4.1	56,001	40.3	5.2
	Left	Monika Knoche		28,233	20.3	0.8	28,970	20.8	1.1
	SPD	Klaus Wolframm		16,194	11.7	8.2	16,725	12.0	8.1
	FDP	Thomas Richter		15,292	11.0	3.8	19,910	14.3	3.5
	NPD	Olaf Rose		7,983	5.8	2.0	7,717	5.6	1.5
	Green	Heinz Grass		6,378	4.6	1.1	7,346	5.3	1.1
	BüSo	Rico Schulz		2,150	1.5	0.3	1,621	1.2	0.4
	REP						412	0.3	0.1
	MLPD						258	0.2	0.0
Informal votes				2,454			2,254
Total Valid votes				138,760			138,960
Turnout				141,214	65.5	12.1
	CDU hold		Majority	34,297	24.8	3.7

Notes

1. Petry was elected for the AfD, but left the party in September 2017.

References

1. "Constituency Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge". Federal Returning Officer.
2. "Results for Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge". Federal Returning Officer.
3. Results for Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge
4. Results for Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge
5. Results for Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge