72 Halle
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Halle in 2013
State	Saxony-Anhalt
Population	272,100 (2019)
Electorate	209,765 (2021)
Major settlements	Halle (Saale)
Area	414.1 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1990
Party	SPD
Member	Karamba Diaby
Elected	2021

Halle 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 72. It is located in southern Saxony-Anhalt, comprising the city of Halle (Saale) and part of the Saalekreis district.^[1]

Halle was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. Since 2021, it has been represented by Karamba Diaby of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).^[2]

Geography

Halle is located in southern Saxony-Anhalt. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Halle (Saale) and the municipalities of Kabelsketal, Landsberg, and Petersberg from the Saalekreis district.^[1]

History

Halle was created after German reunification in 1990, then known as Halle-Altstadt. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the 1990 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 291 in the numbering system. In the 2002 through 2009 elections, it was number 73. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 72.

Originally, it comprised the independent city of Halle (Saale) without Halle-Neustadt. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was coterminous with the city of Halle (Saale). It acquired its current borders in the 2009 election.

Members

The constituency was first represented by Uwe-Bernd Lühr of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) from 1990 to 1994. As of 2021, this remains only occasion since the 1957 federal election in which the FDP has won a federal constituency. Christel Riemann-Hanewinckel of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was elected representative in 1994, and served until 2009. In the 2009 election, Petra Sitte of The Left was elected. Christoph Bergner of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won the constituency in 2013 and served a single term. Christoph Bernstiel was elected in the 2017 election. Karamba Diaby regained it for the SPD in 2021.

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Halle[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	SPD	Karamba Diaby		42,335	28.8	7.5	34,686	23.6	9.5
	CDU	N Christoph Bernstiel		30,499	20.7	6.3	26,282	17.9	8.7
	AfD	Alexander Raue		22,517	15.3	2.0	21,914	14.9	2.9
	Left	Petra Sitte		19,247	13.1	7.2	17,180	11.7	7.6
	Greens	Inés Brock		12,521	8.5	4.9	19,915	13.5	6.6
	FDP	Yana Mark		11,867	8.1	1.3	15,150	10.3	1.3
	FW	Andrea Menke		3,129	2.1	0.4	2,349	1.6	0.6
	Tierschutzpartei						1,830	1.2
	PARTEI	Jakob Brand		2,335	1.6	0.1	1,611	1.1	0.8
	dieBasis	Stephan Kohn		2,222	1.5		1,988	1.4
	Tierschutzallianz						1,455	1.0	0.6
	Gartenpartei						697	0.5	0.2
	Pirates						678	0.5
	Volt						371	0.3
	Humanists						283	0.2
	NPD						254	0.2	0.3
	MLPD	Adrian Manuel Mauson		399	0.3	0.1	199	0.1	0.1
	ÖDP						197	0.1
	du.						185	0.1
Informal votes				1,505			1,352
Total valid votes				147,071			147,224
Turnout				148,576	70.8	0.2
	SPD gain from CDU		Majority	11,836	8.1

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Halle[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Christoph Bernstiel		40,690	27.1	9.2	39,833	26.5	11.2
	SPD	Karamba Diaby		32,053	21.3	2.0	21,196	14.1	3.8
	Left	Petra Sitte		30,530	20.3	5.2	28,892	19.2	5.2
	AfD	Evelyn Nitsche		26,018	17.3	13.9	26,727	17.8	13.6
	FDP	Frank Sitta		10,131	6.7	4.6	13,533	9.0	5.9
	Greens	Grit Michelmann		5,475	3.6	0.1	10,457	7.0	0.3
	FW	Holger Wenzel		2,607	1.7	0.8	1,449	1.0	0.2
	PARTEI	Malte Hirschbach		2,186	1.5		2,896	1.9
	Tierschutzallianz						2,330	1.6
	BGE						780	0.5
	NPD						764	0.5	1.0
	DiB						683	0.5
	MLPD	Tassilo Timm		585	0.4	0.1	372	0.2	0.0
	MG						382	0.3
Informal votes				2,192			2,173
Total valid votes				150,275			150,294
Turnout				152,467	71.0	5.8
	CDU hold		Majority	8,637	5.8	5.0

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Halle[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Christoph Bergner		51,206	36.3	5.4	53,265	37.7	10.8
	Left	N Petra Sitte		36,006	25.5	8.2	34,449	24.4	7.3
	SPD	Karamba Diaby		32,957	23.3	7.1	25,259	17.9	2.1
	Greens	Sebastian Kranich		5,286	3.7	4.3	10,185	7.2	1.5
	AfD	Dirk Domicke		4,768	3.4		5,879	4.2
	FDP	Cornelia Pieper		2,958	2.1	6.5	4,418	3.1	8.5
	Pirates	Stephan Schurig		2,898	2.1		3,599	2.5	0.6
	NPD	Rolf Dietrich		1,987	1.4	0.4	2,134	1.5	0.1
	Independent	Martin Bauersfeld		1,325	0.9
	FW	Dietmar Weichler		1,307	0.9		1,147	0.8
	MLPD	Frank Oettler		449	0.3	0.4	317	0.2	0.1
	PRO						341	0.2
	ÖDP						297	0.2
Informal votes				2,185			2,042
Total valid votes				141,147			141,290
Turnout				143,332	65.2	2.6
	CDU gain from Left		Majority	15,200	10.8

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Halle[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Left	Petra Sitte		46,272	33.7	7.2	43,617	31.7	5.3
	CDU	Christoph Bergner		42,430	30.9	5.2	37,004	26.9	5.7
	SPD	Johannes Krause		22,341	16.3	19.2	21,684	15.8	17.2
	FDP	Cornelia Pieper		11,760	8.6	3.2	15,974	11.6	2.2
	Greens	Claudia Dalbert		11,056	8.1	4.7	11,950	8.7	1.9
	Pirates						4,306	3.1
	NPD	Andrea Machleid		2,483	1.8	0.1	2,234	1.6	0.2
	MLPD	Frank Oettler		981	0.7	0.0	511	0.4	0.2
	DVU						320	0.2
Informal votes				2,462			2,185
Total valid votes				137,323			137,600
Turnout				139,785	62.6	9.1
	Left gain from SPD		Majority	3,842	2.8