155 Meißen
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Meißen in 2013
State	Saxony
Population	241,700 (2019)
Electorate	197,004 (2021)
Major settlements	Radebeul Riesa Meissen
Area	1,454.6 km2
Current electoral district
Created	2009
Party	AfD
Member	Barbara Lenk
Elected	2021

Meißen 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 155. It is located in central Saxony, comprising the Meißen district.^[1]

Meißen was created for the 2009 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Barbara Lenk of the Alternative for Germany (AfD).^[2]

Geography

Meißen is located in central Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Meißen district.^[1]

History

Meißen was created in 2009 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Delitzsch – Torgau-Oschatz – Riesa, Kamenz – Hoyerswerda – Großenhain, Dresden II – Meißen I, and Döbeln – Mittweida – Meißen II. In the 2009 election, it was constituency 156 in the numbering system. Since 2013, it has been number 155. Its borders have not changed since its creation.

Members

The constituency was represented by Thomas de Maizière of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 2009 to 2021. It was won by Barbara Lenk of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in 2021.

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Meißen[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	%	±%
	AfD	Barbara Lenk		45,705	31.0	0.0	43,940	29.8	3.1
	CDU	Sebastian Fischer		32,924	22.3	14.3	25,912	17.6	8.6
	SPD	Stephanie Dzeyk		22,771	15.4	6.5	26,045	17.6	8.9
	FDP	Johannes Ramos		13,727	9.3	4.0	17,212	11.7	2.9
	Left	Markus Pohle		10,344	7.0	5.7	10,725	7.3	6.1
	Greens	Karin Beese		7,590	5.1	1.8	8,872	6.0	2.3
	FW	André Langerfeld		7,271	4.9		4,312	2.9	1.9
	Tierschutzpartei						2,634	1.8	0.4
	PARTEI	Theresa Bergmann		3,149	2.1		1,754	1.2	0.3
	dieBasis	Maik Hoppe		2,769	1.9		2,341	1.6
	Gesundheitsforschung						713	0.5
	Pirates						581	0.4	0.0
	NPD						566	0.4	1.1
	ÖDP	Steffen Frank Förster		943	0.6		405	0.3	0.0
	Volt						340	0.2
	Team Todenhöfer						321	0.2
	The III. Path						296	0.2
	LKR	Uwe Enge		244	0.2
	Bündnis C						188	0.1
	Humanists						187	0.1
	V-Partei3						108	0.1	0.1
	MLPD						77	0.1	0.0
	DKP						65	0.0
Informal votes				1,904			1,747
Total valid votes				147,437			147,594
Turnout				149,341	75.8	0.2
	AfD gain from CDU		Majority	12,781	8.7

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Meißen[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	Y Thomas de Maizière		55,326	36.7	17.0	39,406	26.1	19.0
	AfD	Carsten Hütter		46,765	31.0		49,615	32.9	25.8
	Left	Tilo Hellmann		19,122	12.7	5.0	20,111	13.3	5.3
	SPD	Susann Rüthrich		13,486	8.9	3.7	13,148	8.7	3.9
	FDP	Maximilian Andreas Schikore-Pätz		7,991	5.3	2.9	13,156	8.7	5.0
	Greens	Volker Herold		5,051	3.3	0.0	5,531	3.7	0.3
	NPD	Peter Schreiber		1,928	1.3	3.2	2,279	1.5	2.4
	Tierschutzpartei						2,119	1.4
	FW						1,585	1.1	0.3
	PARTEI						1,398	0.9
	BGE						601	0.4
	Pirates						579	0.4	1.9
	ÖDP						389	0.3
	DiB						330	0.2
	BüSo	Ronald Galle		1,263	0.8	0.3	312	0.2	0.1
	V-Partei³						235	0.2
	MLPD						119	0.1	0.0
Informal votes				2,056			2,075
Total valid votes				150,932			150,913
Turnout				152,988	76.0	5.7
	CDU hold		Majority	8,561	5.7	30.2

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Meißen[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	Y Thomas de Maizière		76,666	53.6	8.4	64,622	45.1	7.6
	Left	Sebastian Scheel		25,279	17.7	3.7	26,735	18.7	4.0
	SPD	Susann Rüthrich		18,090	12.7	0.1	18,024	12.6	0.5
	AfD						10,195	7.1
	NPD	Peter Schreiber		6,463	4.5	0.6	5,588	3.9	1.1
	Greens	Johannes Lichdi		4,817	3.4	2.7	5,721	4.0	1.8
	Pirates	Andreas Bärisch		3,600	2.5		3,252	2.3
	FDP	Jan Mücke		3,461	2.4	6.6	5,253	3.7	10.9
	FW						1,887	1.3
	PRO	Mirko Schmidt		2,979	2.1		1,282	0.9
	BüSo	Thomas Born		1,618	1.1		494	0.3	0.5
	MLPD						136	0.1	0.1
Informal votes				2,706			2,490
Total valid votes				142,973			143,189
Turnout				145,679	70.3	5.6
	CDU hold		Majority	51,387	35.9	12.0

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Meißen[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	%	±%
	CDU	Thomas de Maizière		62,290	45.2	7.6	51,703	37.5	5.5
	Left	Hendrik Thalheim		29,423	21.3	0.5	31,286	22.7	0.9
	SPD	Susann Rüthrich		17,236	12.5	9.6	17,987	13.1	9.0
	FDP	Wilhelm Minschke		12,403	9.0	2.0	20,052	14.5	3.9
	Greens	Thoralf Koß		8,315	6.0	2.0	7,979	5.8	1.3
	NPD	Peter Schreiber		7,050	5.1	1.6	6,875	5.0	1.5
	BüSo						1,208	0.9	0.1
	Independent	Andreas Klingner		1,103	0.8
	REP						404	0.3	0.0
	MLPD						327	0.2	0.1
Informal votes				2,289			2,288
Total valid votes				137,820			137,821
Turnout				140,109	64.7	12.1
	CDU win new seat		Majority	32,867	23.9