Mansfeld 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 73. It is located in southern Saxony-Anhalt, comprising the Mansfeld-Südharz district, most of the Saalekreis district, and the western part of the Anhalt-Bitterfeld district.
Mansfeld was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. Since 2025, it has been represented by Kay-Uwe Ziegler who was elected for Alternative for Germany (AfD).
Geography Mansfeld is located in southern Saxony-Anhalt. As of the 2025 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Mansfeld-Südharz district, the municipalities of Bad Lauchstädt, Mücheln, Querfurt, Salzatal, Teutschenthal, and Wettin-Löbejün and the collective municipality of Weida-Land from the Saalekreis district; as well as the municipalities of Aken (Elbe), Köthen, Osternienburger Land, and Südliches Anhalt from the Anhalt-Bitterfeld district.
History Mansfeld was created after German reunification in 1990, then known as Eisleben – Hettstedt – Sangerhausen. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was named Mansfelder Land. It acquired its current name in the 2009 election. In the 1990 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 295 in the numbering system. In the 2002 through 2009 elections, it was number 75. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 74. From the 2025 election, it has been number 73.
Originally, it comprised the districts of Eisleben, Hettstedt, and Sangerhausen. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it comprised the districts of Sangerhausen and Mansfelder Land as well as the municipality of Querfurt and the municipal associations of Bad Lauchstädt, Oberes Geiseltal, and Weida-Land from Merseburg-Querfurt district. It was reconfigured in 2009; in 2025, the municipality of Merseburg was transferred out of the constituency in exchange for part of the Anhalt-Bitterfeld district.
Election Name Borders 1990 295 Eisleben – Hettstedt – Sangerhausen Eisleben district Hettstedt district Sangerhausen district 1994 1998 2002 75 Mansfelder Land Sangerhausen district Mansfelder Land district Merseburg-Querfurt district (only Querfurt municipality and Bad Lauchstädt, Oberes Geiseltal, and Weida-Land municipal associations) 2005 2009 Mansfeld Mansfeld-Südharz district Saalekreis district (only Bad Lauchstädt, Merseburg, Mücheln, Querfurt, Salzatal, Teutschenthal, and Wettin-Löbejün municipalities and Weida-Land Verbandsgemeinde) 2013 74 2017 2021 2025 73 Mansfeld-Südharz district Saalekreis district (only Bad Lauchstädt, Mücheln, Querfurt, Salzatal, Teutschenthal, and Wettin-Löbejün municipalities and Weida-Land Verbandsgemeinde) Anhalt-Bitterfeld district (only Aken (Elbe), Köthen, Osternienburger Land, and Südliches Anhalt municipalities)
Members The constituency was first represented by Heinz Rother of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1990 to 1994, followed by Frederick Schulze from 1994 to 1998. It was won by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in 1998, and Silvia Schmidt served until 2009. Harald Koch of The Left was elected representative in 2009. The CDU's candidate Uda Heller won it in 2013 and served a single term. Torsten Schweiger of the CDU was elected in 2017. Robert Farle won the constituency for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in 2021.
Election Member Party % 1990 Heinz Rother CDU 44.0 1994 Frederick Schulze CDU 43.6 1998 Silvia Schmidt SPD 41.4 2002 39.8 2005 32.8 2009 Harald Koch LINKE 35.2 2013 Uda Heller CDU 41.9 2017 Torsten Schweiger CDU 31.0 2021 Robert Farle AfD 25.1 2025 Kay-Uwe Ziegler AfD 43.8
Election results
2025 election
2021 election
2017 election
2013 election
2009 election
2005 election
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