Dresden I

Dresden 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 159. It is located in central Saxony, comprising the southern part of the city of Dresden.[1]

159 Dresden I
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Dresden I in 2013
StateSaxony
Population302,100 (2019)
Electorate228,643 (2021)
Major settlementsDresden (partial)
Area81.5 km2
Current electoral district
Created1990
PartyCDU
MemberMarkus Reichel
Elected2021

Dresden I was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. Since 2021, it has been represented by Markus Reichel of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]

Geography

Dresden I is located in central Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the Ortsamtsbereiche of Altstadt, Blasewitz, Leuben, Plauen, and Prohlis from the independent city of Dresden.[1]

History

Dresden I was created after German reunification in 1990. In the 1990 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 318 in the numbering system. In the 2002 through 2009 elections, it was number 160. Since 2013, it has been number 159.

Originally, the constituency comprised the Stadtbezirke of Ost and Süd from the city of Dresden. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Election No. Name Borders
1990 318 Dresden I
  • Dresden city (only Ost and Süd Stadtbezirke)
1994
1998
2002 160
  • Dresden city (only Altstadt, Blasewitz, Leuben, Plauen, and Prohlis Ortsamtsbereiche)
2005
2009
2013 159
2017
2021

Members

The constituency was first represented by Hans Geisler of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1990 to 1994, when he was succeeded by Christa Reichard from 1994 to 2005. Andreas Lämmel was elected in 2005, and re-elected in 2009, 2013, and 2017. He was succeeded by Markus Reichel in 2021.

Election Member Party  %
1990 Hans Geisler CDU 48.9
1994 Christa Reichard CDU 47.7
1998 38.2
2002 33.8
2005 Andreas Lämmel CDU 37.0
2009 36.6
2013 42.6
2017 24.6
2021 Markus Reichel CDU 21.1

Election results

2021 election
Federal election (2021): Dresden I[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Markus Reichel 37,811 21.1 Decrease 3.5 27,710 15.4 Decrease 8.9
Left Katja Kipping 33,872 18.9 Decrease 2.1 18,910 10.5 Decrease 6.6
AfD Jens Maier 33,780 18.8 Decrease 3.5 32,122 17.9 Decrease 5.2
SPD Rasha Nasr 26,271 14.6 Increase 1.4 34,125 19.0 Increase 8.4
FDP Torsten Herbst 18,588 10.4 Increase 2.8 21,989 12.2 Increase 2.0
Greens Kassem Taher Saleh 17,137 9.5 Increase 3.0 27,369 15.2 Increase 7.5
Tierschutzpartei   3,014 1.7 Increase 0.5
FW   2,967 1.7 Increase 0.9
PARTEI Robert Küttner 3,684 2.1 Steady 0.0 2,568 1.4 Decrease 0.2
dieBasis Constanze Grottker 2,527 1.4 2,645 1.5
Pirates Stephanie Henkel 2,011 1.1 Increase 0.1 1,313 0.7 Increase 0.1
Volt   928 0.5
Gesundheitsforschung   815 0.5
Team Todenhöfer   769 0.4
ÖDP Markus Peter Taubert 1,164 0.6 Decrease 0.2 760 0.4 Decrease 0.1
Humanists Robert Ritter 763 0.4 495 0.3
Independent Marcus Fuchs 631 0.4
Independent Lothar Häupl 600 0.3
Bündnis C Janko Vieweg 477 0.3 359 0.2
NPD   305 0.2 Decrease 0.5
V-Partei3   177 0.1 Decrease 0.1
The III. Path   150 0.1
MLPD Andrea Ebert 227 0.1 130 0.1 Steady 0.0
DKP   106 0.1
Informal votes 1,577 1,394
Total Valid votes 179,543 179,726
Turnout 181,120 79.2 Increase 0.6
CDU hold Majority 3,939 2.2 Steady 0.0

2017 election
Federal election (2017): Dresden I[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Andreas Lämmel 44,388 24.6 Decrease 18.0 44,104 24.4 Decrease 15.5
AfD Jens Maier 40,380 22.4 41,812 23.1 Increase 16.2
Left Katja Kipping 37,936 21.0 Decrease 4.0 31,004 17.1 Decrease 1.9
SPD Christian Avenarius 23,906 13.2 Decrease 1.6 19,246 10.6 Decrease 4.8
FDP Robert Malorny 13,590 7.5 Increase 5.6 18,610 10.3 Increase 7.2
Greens Thomas Löser 11,765 6.5 Increase 0.4 13,936 7.7 Decrease 0.2
PARTEI Sören Tobias Hinze 3,680 2.0 3,022 1.7
Tierschutzpartei   2,203 1.2
FW   1,371 0.8 Decrease 0.7
Pirates Jörg Smuda 1,861 1.0 Decrease 2.0 1,209 0.7 Decrease 2.9
ÖDP Joachim Guzy 1,481 0.8 1,002 0.6
NPD Dietmar Grahl 991 0.5 Decrease 2.5 1,284 0.7 Decrease 1.6
BGE   811 0.4
DiB 700 0.4
V-Partei³ 329 0.2
BüSo Michael Gründler 669 0.4 Decrease 0.3 320 0.2 Decrease 0.1
MLPD   155 0.1 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 2,202 1,731
Total Valid votes 180,647 181,118
Turnout 182,849 78.6 Increase 4.4
CDU hold Majority 4,008 2.2 Decrease 15.4

2013 election
Federal election (2013): Dresden I[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Andreas Lämmel 72,537 42.6 Increase 6.0 68,192 39.8 Increase 5.6
Left Katja Kipping 42,599 25.0 Increase 1.1 32,505 19.0 Decrease 3.0
SPD Ines Vogel 25,321 14.9 Decrease 1.9 26,440 15.4 Decrease 0.2
AfD   11,814 6.9
Greens Ulrike Bürgel 10,429 6.1 Decrease 2.7 13,517 7.9 Decrease 3.0
Pirates Sebastian Harmel 5,217 3.1 6,086 3.6
NPD Frank Hartmut Krien 5,196 3.0 Increase 0.6 3,888 2.3 Decrease 0.3
FW Joachim Guzy 4,316 2.5 2,413 1.4
FDP Johannes Lohmeyer 3,305 1.9 Decrease 7.6 5,243 3.1 Decrease 10.2
BüSo Michael Gründler 1,180 0.7 Decrease 0.3 457 0.3 Decrease 0.7
PRO 402 0.2
Independent Werner Klawun 265 0.2
MLPD   179 0.1 Decrease 0.1
Informal votes 2,802 2,031
Total Valid votes 170,365 171,136
Turnout 173,167 74.2 Increase 6.0
CDU hold Majority 29,938 17.6 Increase 5.0

2009 election
Federal election (2009): Dresden I[6]
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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Andreas Lämmel 56,749 36.6 Decrease 0.4 53,247 34.3 Increase 9.9
Left Katja Kipping 37,180 24.0 Increase 4.7 34,171 22.0 Increase 2.2
SPD Marlies Volkmer 25,959 16.7 Decrease 15.4 24,373 15.7 Decrease 12.2
FDP Johannes Lohmeyer 14,818 9.5 Increase 4.8 20,574 13.2 Decrease 3.4
Greens Dietrich Herrmann 13,668 8.8 Increase 4.9 16,961 10.9 Increase 3.8
NPD Brigitte Lauterbach 3,851 2.5 Increase 0.1 3,980 2.6 Steady 0.0
BüSo Marcus Kührt 1,575 1.0 Increase 0.4 1,563 1.0 Increase 0.6
Independent Hartmut Richter 801 0.5
Independent Gotthard Häupl 612 0.4
MLPD   297 0.2 Increase 0.1
REP   281 0.2 Decrease 0.1
Informal votes 2,007 1,773
Total Valid votes 155,213 155,447
Turnout 157,220 68.2 Decrease 4.1
CDU hold Majority 19,569 12.6 Increase 7.7

2005 election

Due to the death of NPD candidate Kerstin Lorenz, voting in Dresden I was delayed for two weeks, taking place on 2 October 2005.[7]

Federal election (2005): Dresden I[8]
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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Andreas Lämmel 57,925 37.0 Increase 3.2 38,202 24.4 Decrease 6.1
SPD Marlies Volkmer 50,314 32.1 Increase 0.9 43,726 27.9 Decrease 4.9
Left Katja Kipping 30,113 19.2 Decrease 1.6 30,907 19.7 Increase 2.0
FDP Peggy Bellmann 7,365 4.7 Decrease 0.8 26,034 16.6 Increase 9.6
Greens Stephan Kühn 6,156 3.9 Decrease 1.6 11,108 7.1 Decrease 0.8
NPD Franz Schönhuber 3,776 2.4 4,010 2.6 Increase 1.8
AGFG 895 0.6
BüSo Katarzyna Kruczkowski 938 0.6 693 0.4 Increase 0.1
PBC   435 0.3 Steady 0.0
REP   196 0.1 Decrease 0.6
PSG   196 0.1
MLPD   147 0.1
Informal votes 1,850 1,888
Total Valid votes 156,587 156,549
Turnout 158,437 72.3 Decrease 3.7
CDU hold Majority 7,611 4.9 Increase 2.4

2002 election
Federal election (2002): Dresden I[9]
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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Christa Reichard 54,939 33.8 49,385 30.5
SPD Marlies Volkmer 50,815 31.3 53,336 32.9
PDS Christine Ostrowski 33,915 20.9 28,776 17.7
Greens Antje Hermenau 9,000 5.5 12,776 7.9
FDP Ingo Liermann 8,968 5.5 11,419 7.0
Schill   1,845 1.1
GRAUEN Joachim Wauer 1,791 1.1 1,394 0.9
Independent Horst Oertel 1,759 1.1
NPD   1,267 0.8
REP   1,084 0.7
Independent Gerald Herrmann 772 0.5
BüSo Ronny Leibelt 571 0.4 510 0.3
PBC   407 0.3
Informal votes 2,394 2,725
Total Valid votes 162,530 162,199
Turnout 164,924 75.9
CDU hold Majority 4,124 2.5

References
  1. "Constituency Dresden I". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Dresden I". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. Results for Dresden I
  4. Results for Dresden I
  5. Results for Dresden I
  6. Results for Dresden I
  7. "Late election in Dresden 2005". Wahlrecht.de (in German). 3 October 2005. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  8. Results for Dresden I
  9. Results for Dresden I
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