# Anhalt – Dessau – Wittenberg

Anhalt – 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, the district of Wittenberg, and part of the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld.
Anhalt – Dessau – Wittenberg was created for the 2009 federal election. From 2017 to 2025, it has been represented by Sepp Müller of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Since 2025 it is been represented by Volker Scheurell.

## Geography

Dessau – Wittenberg is located in eastern Saxony-Anhalt. As of the 2025 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Dessau-Roßlau, the district of Wittenberg, and the municipalities of Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Muldestausee, Raguhn-Jeßnitz, and Zerbst from the Anhalt-Bitterfeld district.

## History

Anhalt – Dessau – Wittenberg, originally just 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. Until 2025, it comprised only the city of Dessau-Roßlau and the district of Wittenberg.
| Election | No. | Name | Borders |
| 2009 | 71 | Dessau – Wittenberg | Dessau-Roßlau city Wittenberg district |
| 2013 | 70 | Dessau – Wittenberg | Dessau-Roßlau city Wittenberg district |
| 2017 | 70 | Dessau – Wittenberg | Dessau-Roßlau city Wittenberg district |
| 2021 | 70 | Dessau – Wittenberg | Dessau-Roßlau city Wittenberg district |
| 2025 | 70 | Anhalt – Dessau – Wittenberg | Dessau-Roßlau city Wittenberg district Anhalt-Bitterfeld district (only Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Muldestausee, Raguhn-Jeßnitz, and Zerbst municipalities) |

## 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 | % |
| 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
### 2025 election

Federal election (2025): Anhalt – 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. |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | AfD | Volker Scheurell | Volker Scheurell | 67,245 | 38.6 | 17.7 | 65,554 | 37.5 | 17.5 |
| | CDU | N Sepp Müller | N Sepp Müller | 51,473 | 29.5 | 1.3 | 37,579 | 21.5 | 1.2 |
| | BSW | | | | | | 18,950 | 10.8 | New |
| | SPD | Diana Bäse | Diana Bäse | 18,253 | 10.5 | 9.9 | 18,381 | 10.5 | 15.4 |
| | Left | Doreen Hainich | Doreen Hainich | 17,744 | 10.2 | 0.9 | 16,654 | 9.5 | 0.8 |
| | Greens | Steffi Lemke | Steffi Lemke | 8,426 | 4.8 | 1.0 | 6,829 | 3.9 | 1.5 |
| | FDP | Henning Fliß | Henning Fliß | 3,715 | 2.1 | 4.8 | 5,112 | 2.9 | 6.2 |
| | FW | Maik Mattheis | Maik Mattheis | 7,458 | 4.3 | 1.0 | 3,270 | 1.9 | 0.4 |
| | PARTEI | | | | | | 1,296 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| | Volt | | | | | | 861 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| | BD | | | | | | 406 | 0.2 | New |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 128 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,020 | | | 1,314 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 174,314 | | | 175,020 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 176,334 | 77.4 | 10.3 | | | |
| | AfD gain from CDU | AfD gain from CDU | Majority | 15,781 | 9.1 | N/A | | | |

### 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. |
| 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 | | | | |
| | The Homeland | | | | | | 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. |
| 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 | |
| | The Homeland | 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. |
| 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 |
| | The Homeland | 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. |
| 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 | |
| | The Homeland | 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 | | | | |