title: Meissen (electoral district)
text: # Meissen (electoral district)
  
  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.
  
  Meißen was created for the 2009 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Barbara Lenk of the Alternative for Germany (AfD).
  
  ## Geography
  
  Meißen is located in central Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Meißen district.
  
  ## 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 | Member | Party | % |
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  | 2009 | Thomas de Maizière | CDU | 45.2 |
  | 2013 | Thomas de Maizière | CDU | 53.6 |
  | 2017 | Thomas de Maizière | CDU | 36.7 |
  | 2021 | Barbara Lenk | AfD | 31.0 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### 2021 election
  
  Federal election (2021): Meißen :
  
  | 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 | % | ±% |
  | | AfD | Barbara Lenk | Barbara Lenk | 45,705 | 31.0 | 0.0 | 43,940 | 29.8 | 3.1 |
  | | CDU | Sebastian Fischer | Sebastian Fischer | 32,924 | 22.3 | 14.3 | 25,912 | 17.6 | 8.6 |
  | | SPD | Stephanie Dzeyk | Stephanie Dzeyk | 22,771 | 15.4 | 6.5 | 26,045 | 17.6 | 8.9 |
  | | FDP | Johannes Ramos | Johannes Ramos | 13,727 | 9.3 | 4.0 | 17,212 | 11.7 | 2.9 |
  | | Left | Markus Pohle | Markus Pohle | 10,344 | 7.0 | 5.7 | 10,725 | 7.3 | 6.1 |
  | | Greens | Karin Beese | Karin Beese | 7,590 | 5.1 | 1.8 | 8,872 | 6.0 | 2.3 |
  | | FW | André Langerfeld | André Langerfeld | 7,271 | 4.9 | | 4,312 | 2.9 | 1.9 |
  | | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 2,634 | 1.8 | 0.4 |
  | | PARTEI | Theresa Bergmann | Theresa Bergmann | 3,149 | 2.1 | | 1,754 | 1.2 | 0.3 |
  | | dieBasis | Maik Hoppe | 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 | 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 | 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 | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,904 | | | 1,747 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 147,437 | | | 147,594 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 149,341 | 75.8 | 0.2 | | | |
  | | AfD gain from CDU | AfD gain from CDU | Majority | 12,781 | 8.7 | | | | |
  
  ### 2017 election
  
  Federal election (2017): Meißen :
  
  | 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 Thomas de Maizière | Y Thomas de Maizière | 55,326 | 36.7 | 17.0 | 39,406 | 26.1 | 19.0 |
  | | AfD | Carsten Hütter | Carsten Hütter | 46,765 | 31.0 | | 49,615 | 32.9 | 25.8 |
  | | Left | Tilo Hellmann | Tilo Hellmann | 19,122 | 12.7 | 5.0 | 20,111 | 13.3 | 5.3 |
  | | SPD | Susann Rüthrich | Susann Rüthrich | 13,486 | 8.9 | 3.7 | 13,148 | 8.7 | 3.9 |
  | | FDP | Maximilian Andreas Schikore-Pätz | Maximilian Andreas Schikore-Pätz | 7,991 | 5.3 | 2.9 | 13,156 | 8.7 | 5.0 |
  | | Greens | Volker Herold | Volker Herold | 5,051 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 5,531 | 3.7 | 0.3 |
  | | NPD | Peter Schreiber | 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 | 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 | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,056 | | | 2,075 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 150,932 | | | 150,913 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 152,988 | 76.0 | 5.7 | | | |
  | | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 8,561 | 5.7 | 30.2 | | | |
  
  ### 2013 election
  
  Federal election (2013): Meißen :
  
  | 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 Thomas de Maizière | Y Thomas de Maizière | 76,666 | 53.6 | 8.4 | 64,622 | 45.1 | 7.6 |
  | | Left | Sebastian Scheel | Sebastian Scheel | 25,279 | 17.7 | 3.7 | 26,735 | 18.7 | 4.0 |
  | | SPD | Susann Rüthrich | Susann Rüthrich | 18,090 | 12.7 | 0.1 | 18,024 | 12.6 | 0.5 |
  | | AfD | | | | | | 10,195 | 7.1 | |
  | | NPD | Peter Schreiber | Peter Schreiber | 6,463 | 4.5 | 0.6 | 5,588 | 3.9 | 1.1 |
  | | Greens | Johannes Lichdi | Johannes Lichdi | 4,817 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 5,721 | 4.0 | 1.8 |
  | | Pirates | Andreas Bärisch | Andreas Bärisch | 3,600 | 2.5 | | 3,252 | 2.3 | |
  | | FDP | Jan Mücke | Jan Mücke | 3,461 | 2.4 | 6.6 | 5,253 | 3.7 | 10.9 |
  | | FW | | | | | | 1,887 | 1.3 | |
  | | PRO | Mirko Schmidt | Mirko Schmidt | 2,979 | 2.1 | | 1,282 | 0.9 | |
  | | BüSo | Thomas Born | Thomas Born | 1,618 | 1.1 | | 494 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
  | | MLPD | | | | | | 136 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,706 | | | 2,490 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 142,973 | | | 143,189 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 145,679 | 70.3 | 5.6 | | | |
  | | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 51,387 | 35.9 | 12.0 | | | |
  
  ### 2009 election
  
  Federal election (2009): Meißen :
  
  | 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 | Thomas de Maizière | Thomas de Maizière | 62,290 | 45.2 | 7.6 | 51,703 | 37.5 | 5.5 |
  | | Left | Hendrik Thalheim | Hendrik Thalheim | 29,423 | 21.3 | 0.5 | 31,286 | 22.7 | 0.9 |
  | | SPD | Susann Rüthrich | Susann Rüthrich | 17,236 | 12.5 | 9.6 | 17,987 | 13.1 | 9.0 |
  | | FDP | Wilhelm Minschke | Wilhelm Minschke | 12,403 | 9.0 | 2.0 | 20,052 | 14.5 | 3.9 |
  | | Greens | Thoralf Koß | Thoralf Koß | 8,315 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 7,979 | 5.8 | 1.3 |
  | | NPD | Peter Schreiber | Peter Schreiber | 7,050 | 5.1 | 1.6 | 6,875 | 5.0 | 1.5 |
  | | BüSo | | | | | | 1,208 | 0.9 | 0.1 |
  | | Independent | Andreas Klingner | Andreas Klingner | 1,103 | 0.8 | | | | |
  | | REP | | | | | | 404 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
  | | MLPD | | | | | | 327 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,289 | | | 2,288 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 137,820 | | | 137,821 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 140,109 | 64.7 | 12.1 | | | |
  | | CDU win new seat | CDU win new seat | Majority | 32,867 | 23.9 | | | | |
  