Anhalt was an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) formerly represented in the Bundestag. It elected one member via first-past-the-post voting. It was located in central Saxony-Anhalt, comprising the Anhalt-Bitterfeld district and most of the Salzlandkreis district.
Anhalt was created for the 2002 federal election. It was abolished ahead of the 2025 federal election, as Saxony-Anhalt lost one of its constituencies.
Geography Anhalt was located in central Saxony-Anhalt. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprised the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld as well as the Salzlandkreis district excluding the municipalities of Aschersleben, Barby, Bördeland, Calbe, Schönebeck, Seeland.
History Anhalt was created in 2002 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Dessau – Bitterfeld, Halle-Neustadt – Saalkreis – Köthen, and Wittenberg – Gräfenhainichen – Jessen – Roßlau – Zerbst. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was constituency 71 in the numbering system. In the 2009 election, it was number 72. From the 2013 election, it was number 71.
Originally, it comprised the independent city of Dessau and the districts of Köthen and Wittenberg. It was reconfigured ahead of the 2009 election, losing most of its former territory from the Wittenberg district and gaining area in the new Salzlandkreis and Anhalt-Bitterfeld districts.
Election Name Borders 2002 71 Anhalt Dessau city Köthen district Wittenberg district 2005 2009 72 Anhalt-Bitterfeld district Salzlandkreis district (excluding Aschersleben and Seeland municipalities and the former Schönebeck district) 2013 71 Anhalt-Bitterfeld district Salzlandkreis district (excluding Aschersleben, Barby, Bördeland, Calbe, Schönebeck, and Seeland municipalities) 2017 2021
Members The constituency was first represented by Engelbert Wistuba of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 2002 to 2009. It was won by Jan Korte of The Left in 2009. In 2013, Kees de Vries of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was elected representative. He was re-elected in 2017. Kay-Uwe Ziegler won the constituency for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in 2021.
Election Member Party % 2002 Engelbert Wistuba SPD 40.3 2005 33.6 2009 Jan Korte LINKE 31.6 2013 Kees de Vries CDU 41.0 2017 31.6 2021 Kay-Uwe Ziegler AfD 24.2
Election results 2021 election
2017 election
2013 election
2009 election
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