# Anhalt (electoral district)

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 | No. | Name | Borders |
| 2002 | 71 | Anhalt | Dessau city Köthen district Wittenberg district |
| 2005 | 71 | Anhalt | Dessau city Köthen district Wittenberg district |
| 2009 | 72 | Anhalt | Anhalt-Bitterfeld district Salzlandkreis district (excluding Aschersleben and Seeland municipalities and the former Schönebeck district) |
| 2013 | 71 | Anhalt | Anhalt-Bitterfeld district Salzlandkreis district (excluding Aschersleben, Barby, Bördeland, Calbe, Schönebeck, and Seeland municipalities) |
| 2017 | 71 | Anhalt | Anhalt-Bitterfeld district Salzlandkreis district (excluding Aschersleben, Barby, Bördeland, Calbe, Schönebeck, and Seeland municipalities) |
| 2021 | 71 | Anhalt | Anhalt-Bitterfeld district Salzlandkreis district (excluding Aschersleben, Barby, Bördeland, Calbe, Schönebeck, and Seeland municipalities) |

## 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 | Engelbert Wistuba | SPD | 33.6 |
| 2009 | Jan Korte | LINKE | 31.6 |
| 2013 | Kees de Vries | CDU | 41.0 |
| 2017 | Kees de Vries | CDU | 31.6 |
| 2021 | Kay-Uwe Ziegler | AfD | 24.2 |

## Election results
### 2021 election

Federal election (2021): Anhalt :
| 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. |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | AfD | Kay-Uwe Ziegler | Kay-Uwe Ziegler | 33,225 | 24.2 | 2.0 | 31,003 | 22.6 | 0.3 |
| | CDU | Frank Wyszkowski | Frank Wyszkowski | 32,295 | 23.5 | 8.0 | 29,823 | 21.7 | 9.0 |
| | SPD | Anne Stamm | Anne Stamm | 28,386 | 20.7 | 7.8 | 33,055 | 24.0 | 10.1 |
| | Left | Jan Korte | Jan Korte | 20,246 | 14.8 | 6.4 | 14,249 | 10.4 | 7.4 |
| | FDP | Thorben Fiedler | Thorben Fiedler | 10,637 | 7.8 | 1.4 | 12,705 | 9.2 | 1.8 |
| | FW | Ronny Schneider | Ronny Schneider | 4,845 | 3.5 | 0.8 | 2,902 | 2.1 | 0.6 |
| | Greens | Hans Schweizer | Hans Schweizer | 4,587 | 3.3 | 1.4 | 5,470 | 4.0 | 1.6 |
| | Human Environment Animal Protection | | | | | | 1,922 | 1.4 | |
| | dieBasis | Alkje Fontes | Alkje Fontes | 1,969 | 1.4 | | 1,793 | 1.3 | |
| | Tierschutzallianz | | | | | | 1,437 | 1.0 | 0.5 |
| | Independent | Johanna Zimmermann | Johanna Zimmermann | 1,006 | 0.7 | | | | |
| | PARTEI | | | | | | 905 | 0.7 | 0.1 |
| | Gartenpartei | | | | | | 868 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| | NPD | | | | | | 374 | 0.3 | 0.6 |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 370 | 0.3 | |
| | Volt | | | | | | 149 | 0.1 | |
| | Humanists | | | | | | 138 | 0.1 | |
| | du. | | | | | | 133 | 0.1 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 94 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 56 | 0.0 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,093 | | | 1,843 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 137,196 | | | 137,446 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 139,289 | 64.9 | 1.0 | | | |
| | AfD gain from CDU | AfD gain from CDU | Majority | 930 | 0.7 | | | | |

### 2017 election

Federal election (2017): Anhalt :
| 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. |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Y Kees de Vries | Y Kees de Vries | 45,843 | 31.6 | 9.4 | 44,620 | 30.7 | 10.9 |
| | AfD | Kai-Uwe Ziegler | Kai-Uwe Ziegler | 32,281 | 22.2 | 17.7 | 32,349 | 22.2 | 17.4 |
| | Left | Jan Korte | Jan Korte | 30,757 | 21.2 | 7.6 | 25,887 | 17.8 | 7.9 |
| | SPD | Steffen Globig | Steffen Globig | 18,687 | 12.9 | 2.5 | 20,289 | 13.9 | 2.9 |
| | FDP | Walter Reinhard Elß | Walter Reinhard Elß | 9,213 | 6.3 | 4.3 | 10,848 | 7.5 | 4.9 |
| | FW | Steffen Reisbach | Steffen Reisbach | 3,976 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 2,197 | 1.5 | 0.2 |
| | Greens | Ulrike Annemarie von Thadden | Ulrike Annemarie von Thadden | 2,854 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 3,455 | 2.4 | 0.2 |
| | Tierschutzallianz | | | | | | 2,186 | 1.5 | |
| | PARTEI | | | | | | 1,111 | 0.8 | |
| | NPD | Holger Großöhmigen | Holger Großöhmigen | 1,029 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 1,204 | 0.8 | 1.7 |
| | MG | | | | | | 585 | 0.4 | |
| | BGE | | | | | | 334 | 0.2 | |
| | MLPD | Klaus Fuchs | Klaus Fuchs | 552 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 289 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| | DiB | | | | | | 185 | 0.1 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,754 | | | 2,407 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 145,192 | | | 145,539 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 147,946 | 65.9 | 6.5 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 13,562 | 9.4 | 2.8 | | | |

### 2013 election

Federal election (2013): Anhalt :
| 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. |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Kees de Vries | Kees de Vries | 56,514 | 41.0 | 9.5 | 57,357 | 41.5 | 10.9 |
| | Left | N Jan Korte | N Jan Korte | 39,715 | 28.8 | 2.7 | 35,425 | 25.6 | 7.6 |
| | SPD | Petra Börst-Harder | Petra Börst-Harder | 21,244 | 15.4 | 6.3 | 23,224 | 16.8 | 0.2 |
| | AfD | Daniel Roi | Daniel Roi | 6,314 | 4.6 | | 6,635 | 4.8 | |
| | NPD | Andreas Klar | Andreas Klar | 3,450 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 3,516 | 2.5 | 0.2 |
| | FW | Hans-Werner Trummel | Hans-Werner Trummel | 2,945 | 2.1 | | 1,848 | 1.3 | |
| | Greens | Ingo Götze | Ingo Götze | 2,884 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 3,572 | 2.6 | 1.1 |
| | FDP | Veit Wolpert | Veit Wolpert | 2,778 | 2.0 | 5.8 | 3,556 | 2.6 | 8.0 |
| | Pirates | Andreas Breitschu | Andreas Breitschu | 1,720 | 1.2 | | 2,200 | 1.6 | 0.6 |
| | PRO | | | | | | 389 | 0.3 | |
| | MLPD | Ina Korntreff | Ina Korntreff | 389 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 283 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 164 | 0.1 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,714 | | | 2,498 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 137,953 | | | 138,169 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 140,667 | 59.4 | 1.9 | | | |
| | CDU gain from Left | CDU gain from Left | Majority | 16,799 | 12.2 | | | | |

### 2009 election

Federal election (2009): Anhalt :
| 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. |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | Left | Jan Korte | Jan Korte | 44,087 | 31.6 | 7.5 | 46,628 | 33.3 | 6.5 |
| | CDU | Kees de Vries | Kees de Vries | 43,722 | 31.3 | 3.5 | 42,696 | 30.5 | 5.7 |
| | SPD | Klaas Hübner | Klaas Hübner | 30,401 | 21.8 | 14.2 | 23,225 | 16.6 | 15.3 |
| | FDP | Dirk Faust | Dirk Faust | 10,929 | 7.8 | 2.7 | 14,764 | 10.6 | 1.8 |
| | Greens | Wolfgang Siewert | Wolfgang Siewert | 4,878 | 3.5 | 1.3 | 5,221 | 3.7 | 0.6 |
| | NPD | Philipp Valenta | Philipp Valenta | 3,649 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 3,315 | 2.4 | 0.4 |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 3,066 | 2.2 | |
| | MLPD | Ina Korntreff | Ina Korntreff | 888 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 483 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| | DVU | | | | | | 445 | 0.3 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,442 | | | 3,285 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 139,686 | | | 139,843 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 143,128 | 57.6 | 11.7 | | | |
| | Left win new seat | Left win new seat | Majority | 365 | 0.3 | | | | |