title: Dessau – Wittenberg
text: # Dessau – Wittenberg
  
  Dessau – Wittenberg 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 70. It is located in eastern Saxony-Anhalt, comprising the city of Dessau-Roßlau and the district of Wittenberg.
  
  Magdeburg was created for the 2009 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Sepp Müller of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
  
  ## Geography
  
  Dessau – Wittenberg is located in eastern Saxony-Anhalt. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Dessau-Roßlau as well as the district of Wittenberg.
  
  ## History
  
  Dessau – Wittenberg was created in 2009 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Elbe-Havel-Gebiet and Anhalt. In the 2009 election, it was constituency 71 in the numbering system. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 70. Its borders have not changed since its creation.
  
  ## Members
  
  The constituency was first represented by Ulrich Petzold of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 2009 to 2017. Sepp Müller of the CDU was elected in 2017, and re-elected in 2021.
  
  | Election | Member | Party | % |
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  | 2009 | Ulrich Petzold | CDU | 36.0 |
  | 2013 | Ulrich Petzold | CDU | 44.6 |
  | 2017 | Sepp Müller | CDU | 35.2 |
  | 2021 | Sepp Müller | CDU | 34.3 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### 2021 election
  
  Federal election (2021): Dessau – Wittenberg :
  
  | Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
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  | Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
  | | CDU | Y Sepp Müller | Y Sepp Müller | 39,042 | 34.3 | 0.9 | 26,740 | 23.5 | 8.4 |
  | | SPD | Leonard Schneider | Leonard Schneider | 22,178 | 19.5 | 7.3 | 29,843 | 26.2 | 11.9 |
  | | AfD | Andreas Mrosek | Andreas Mrosek | 22,002 | 19.3 | 0.0 | 21,630 | 19.0 | 1.0 |
  | | Left | Johannes Hüthel | Johannes Hüthel | 9,003 | 7.9 | 10.3 | 9,635 | 8.5 | 8.9 |
  | | Greens | Steffi Lemke | Steffi Lemke | 7,632 | 6.7 | 2.1 | 6,531 | 5.7 | 2.2 |
  | | FDP | Alexander Martin Oppelt | Alexander Martin Oppelt | 7,591 | 6.7 | 1.7 | 10,402 | 9.1 | 1.8 |
  | | FW | Steven Slavicek | Steven Slavicek | 3,530 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 2,543 | 2.2 | 0.6 |
  | | dieBasis | Ernst Wolff | Ernst Wolff | 2,074 | 1.8 | | 1,654 | 1.5 | |
  | | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,275 | 1.1 | |
  | | Tierschutzallianz | | | | | | 1,001 | 0.9 | 0.4 |
  | | PARTEI | | | | | | 876 | 0.8 | 0.1 |
  | | Gartenpartei | | | | | | 587 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
  | | Pirates | | | | | | 423 | 0.4 | |
  | | Independent | Günther Wassenaar | Günther Wassenaar | 415 | 0.4 | | | | |
  | | Independent | Mario Rohne | Mario Rohne | 352 | 0.3 | | | | |
  | | NPD | | | | | | 340 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
  | | Volt | | | | | | 149 | 0.1 | |
  | | Humanists | | | | | | 102 | 0.1 | |
  | | du. | | | | | | 100 | 0.1 | |
  | | MLPD | | | | | | 85 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
  | | ÖDP | | | | | | 53 | 0.0 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,385 | | | 1,235 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 113,819 | | | 113,969 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 115,204 | 67.9 | 1.9 | | | |
  | | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 16,864 | 14.8 | 1.0 | | | |
  
  ### 2017 election
  
  Federal election (2017): Dessau – Wittenberg :
  
  | Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
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  | Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
  | | CDU | Sepp Müller | Sepp Müller | 42,781 | 35.2 | 9.3 | 38,751 | 31.8 | 10.7 |
  | | AfD | Andreas Mrosek | Andreas Mrosek | 23,520 | 19.4 | 14.7 | 24,327 | 20.0 | 14.9 |
  | | Left | Jörg Schindler | Jörg Schindler | 22,086 | 18.2 | 3.7 | 21,102 | 17.3 | 5.5 |
  | | SPD | Stefan Maria Stader | Stefan Maria Stader | 14,806 | 12.2 | 5.1 | 17,360 | 14.3 | 2.8 |
  | | FDP | Jörg Schnurre | Jörg Schnurre | 6,051 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 8,940 | 7.3 | 4.9 |
  | | Greens | Steffi Lemke | Steffi Lemke | 5,607 | 4.6 | 0.3 | 4,299 | 3.5 | 0.4 |
  | | FW | Angela Schwarz | Angela Schwarz | 3,717 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 2,006 | 1.6 | 0.2 |
  | | Independent | Tobias Dieter Ulbrich | Tobias Dieter Ulbrich | 1,666 | 1.4 | | | | |
  | | Tierschutzallianz | | | | | | 1,572 | 1.3 | |
  | | NPD | Danilo Wessel | Danilo Wessel | 1,165 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1,205 | 1.0 | 1.4 |
  | | PARTEI | | | | | | 1,094 | 0.9 | |
  | | MG | | | | | | 429 | 0.4 | |
  | | BGE | | | | | | 364 | 0.3 | |
  | | DiB | | | | | | 168 | 0.1 | |
  | | MLPD | | | | | | 127 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,067 | | | 1,722 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 121,399 | | | 121,744 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 123,466 | 69.8 | 4.8 | | | |
  | | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 19,261 | 15.8 | 6.9 | | | |
  
  ### 2013 election
  
  Federal election (2013): Dessau – Wittenberg :
  
  | Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
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  | Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
  | | CDU | Y Ulrich Petzold | Y Ulrich Petzold | 53,048 | 44.6 | 8.6 | 50,633 | 42.5 | 10.9 |
  | | Left | Jörg Schindler | Jörg Schindler | 26,015 | 21.9 | 8.7 | 27,136 | 22.8 | 8.4 |
  | | SPD | Arne Lietz | Arne Lietz | 20,545 | 17.3 | 1.1 | 20,354 | 17.1 | 0.8 |
  | | AfD | Arndt Klapproth | Arndt Klapproth | 5,575 | 4.7 | | 6,050 | 5.1 | |
  | | Greens | Steffi Lemke | Steffi Lemke | 5,196 | 4.4 | 0.2 | 4,703 | 4.0 | 1.1 |
  | | NPD | Thomas Lindemann | Thomas Lindemann | 2,814 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 2,799 | 2.4 | 0.2 |
  | | FW | Michael Marks | Michael Marks | 2,234 | 1.9 | | 1,728 | 1.5 | |
  | | Pirates | Sandra Tiedtke | Sandra Tiedtke | 2,053 | 1.7 | | 2,160 | 1.8 | 0.7 |
  | | FDP | Norbert Hentschke | Norbert Hentschke | 1,489 | 1.3 | 6.1 | 2,892 | 2.4 | 8.0 |
  | | PRO | | | | | | 327 | 0.3 | |
  | | ÖDP | | | | | | 145 | 0.1 | |
  | | MLPD | | | | | | 120 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,836 | | | 1,758 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 118,969 | | | 119,047 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 120,805 | 65.0 | 2.7 | | | |
  | | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 27,033 | 22.7 | 17.2 | | | |
  
  ### 2009 election
  
  Federal election (2009): Dessau – Wittenberg :
  
  | Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
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  | Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
  | | CDU | Ulrich Petzold | Ulrich Petzold | 43,424 | 36.0 | 5.2 | 38,247 | 31.7 | 6.0 |
  | | Left | Jörg Schindler | Jörg Schindler | 36,809 | 30.5 | 7.1 | 37,709 | 31.2 | 6.0 |
  | | SPD | Engelbert Wistuba | Engelbert Wistuba | 22,187 | 18.4 | 15.5 | 19,739 | 16.3 | 15.5 |
  | | FDP | Manfred Bähr | Manfred Bähr | 8,810 | 7.3 | 2.7 | 12,614 | 10.4 | 1.7 |
  | | Greens | Stefan Krabbes | Stefan Krabbes | 5,004 | 4.1 | 1.3 | 6,131 | 5.1 | 0.7 |
  | | Pirates | | | | | | 3,000 | 2.5 | |
  | | NPD | Thomas Lindemann | Thomas Lindemann | 2,928 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 2,627 | 2.2 | 0.1 |
  | | Independent | Peter Fitzek | Peter Fitzek | 878 | 0.7 | | | | |
  | | DVU | | | | | | 428 | 0.4 | |
  | | MLPD | Klaus Fuchs | Klaus Fuchs | 544 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 317 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,348 | | | 2,120 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 120,584 | | | 120,812 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 122,932 | 62.3 | 10.5 | | | |
  | | CDU win new seat | CDU win new seat | Majority | 6,615 | 5.5 | | | | |
  