# Magdeburg (electoral district)

Magdeburg 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 69. It is located in central Saxony-Anhalt, comprising the city of Magdeburg and northeastern parts of Salzlandkreis district.
Magdeburg was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. From 2021 to 2025, it has been represented by Martin Kröber of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Since 2025 it is been represented by Claudia Weiss of the AfD.

## Geography

Magdeburg is located in central Saxony-Anhalt. As of the 2025 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Magdeburg as well as the municipalities of Barby, Bördeland, Calbe, and Schönebeck from the Salzlandkreis district.

## History

Magdeburg was created after German reunification in 1990. In the 1990 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 286 in the numbering system. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 69. In the 2009 election, it was number 70. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 69.
Originally, the constituency comprised the city of Magdeburg without the quarters of Buckau, Fermersleben, Salbke, Westerhüsen, Leipziger Straße, Hopfengarten, and Reform. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was coterminous with the city of Magdeburg. In the 2009 election, it acquired the area of the former Schönebeck district, now part of Salzlandkreis district. The constituency acquired its current borders in the 2013 election.
| Election | No. | Name | Borders |
| 1990 | 286 | Magdeburg | Magdeburg city (excluding Buckau, Fermersleben, Salbke, Westerhüsen, Leipziger Straße, Hopfengarten, and Reform quarters) |
| 1994 | 286 | Magdeburg | Magdeburg city (excluding Buckau, Fermersleben, Salbke, Westerhüsen, Leipziger Straße, Hopfengarten, and Reform quarters) |
| 1998 | 286 | Magdeburg | Magdeburg city (excluding Buckau, Fermersleben, Salbke, Westerhüsen, Leipziger Straße, Hopfengarten, and Reform quarters) |
| 2002 | 69 | Magdeburg | Magdeburg city |
| 2005 | 69 | Magdeburg | Magdeburg city |
| 2009 | 70 | Magdeburg | Magdeburg city Schönebeck district |
| 2013 | 69 | Magdeburg | Magdeburg city Salzlandkreis district (only Barby, Bördeland, Calbe, and Schönebeck municipalities) |
| 2017 | 69 | Magdeburg | Magdeburg city Salzlandkreis district (only Barby, Bördeland, Calbe, and Schönebeck municipalities) |
| 2021 | 69 | Magdeburg | Magdeburg city Salzlandkreis district (only Barby, Bördeland, Calbe, and Schönebeck municipalities) |
| 2025 | 69 | Magdeburg | Magdeburg city Salzlandkreis district (only Barby, Bördeland, Calbe, and Schönebeck municipalities) |

## Members

The constituency was first represented by Klaus Mildner of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1990 to 1994. Uwe Küster of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was elected in 1994 and served until 2009. In the 2009 election, Rosemarie Hein of The Left was elected representative. Tino Sorge of the CDU was elected in 2013, and re-elected in 2017. Martin Kröber regained it for the SPD in 2021.
| Election | Member | Party | % |
| 1990 | Klaus Mildner | CDU | 34.5 |
| 1994 | Uwe Küster | SPD | 36.2 |
| 1998 | Uwe Küster | SPD | 45.5 |
| 2002 | Uwe Küster | SPD | 47.7 |
| 2005 | Uwe Küster | SPD | 40.8 |
| 2009 | Rosemarie Hein | LINKE | 32.0 |
| 2013 | Tino Sorge | CDU | 36.3 |
| 2017 | Tino Sorge | CDU | 27.4 |
| 2021 | Martin Kröber | SPD | 25.3 |

## Election results
### 2025 election

Federal election (2025): Magdeburg :
| 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 | Claudia Weiss | Claudia Weiss | 55,457 | 32.2 | 17.2 | 52,629 | 30.4 | 15.3 |
| | CDU | Tino Sorge | Tino Sorge | 39,726 | 23.1 | 1.1 | 32,205 | 18.6 | 0.1 |
| | Left | Dennis Jannack | Dennis Jannack | 25,560 | 14.9 | 5.1 | 23,224 | 13.4 | 2.8 |
| | SPD | N Martin Kröber | N Martin Kröber | 29,618 | 17.2 | 8.0 | 21,865 | 12.6 | 13.8 |
| | BSW | | | | | | 19,461 | 11.2 | New |
| | Greens | Peter Dittmann | Peter Dittmann | 10,305 | 6.0 | 3.3 | 12,271 | 7.1 | 3.4 |
| | FDP | Robin Neubauer | Robin Neubauer | 4,647 | 2.7 | 5.1 | 5,231 | 3.0 | 6.4 |
| | Volt | | | | | | 1,901 | 1.1 | 0.7 |
| | FW | Marcel Mallée | Marcel Mallée | 3,984 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 1,794 | 1.0 | 0.3 |
| | PARTEI | | | | | | 1,769 | 1.0 | 0.1 |
| | BD | Claudius Borgmann | Claudius Borgmann | 1,909 | 1.1 | New | 639 | 0.4 | New |
| | MLPD | Daniel Wiegenstein | Daniel Wiegenstein | 843 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 240 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,419 | | | 1,239 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 172,049 | | | 173,229 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 174,468 | 78.2 | 9.8 | | | |
| | AfD gain from SPD | AfD gain from SPD | Majority | 15,731 | 9.1 | N/A | | | |

### 2021 election

Federal election (2021): Magdeburg :
| 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 | % | ±% |
| | SPD | Martin Kröber | Martin Kröber | 39,233 | 25.3 | 3.5 | 41,022 | 26.4 | 9.3 |
| | CDU | N Tino Sorge | N Tino Sorge | 34,177 | 22.0 | 5.4 | 28,700 | 18.5 | 9.3 |
| | AfD | Frank Pasemann | Frank Pasemann | 23,398 | 15.1 | 0.2 | 23,446 | 15.1 | 1.1 |
| | Left | Chris Scheunchen | Chris Scheunchen | 15,137 | 9.7 | 9.1 | 16,449 | 10.6 | 8.1 |
| | Greens | Urs Liebau | Urs Liebau | 14,381 | 9.3 | 5.3 | 16,352 | 10.5 | 5.2 |
| | FDP | Fabian Horn | Fabian Horn | 12,139 | 7.8 | 1.1 | 14,673 | 9.4 | 1.5 |
| | Tierschutzallianz | Aila Fassl | Aila Fassl | 4,357 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 3,135 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Franka Kretschmer | Franka Kretschmer | 3,094 | 2.0 | | | | |
| | FW | Eckhard Horst Schröder | Eckhard Horst Schröder | 2,430 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 2,060 | 1.3 | 0.5 |
| | dieBasis | Reiner Füllmich | Reiner Füllmich | 2,247 | 1.4 | | 2,021 | 1.3 | |
| | Gartenpartei | Roland Zander | Roland Zander | 2,095 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 1,898 | 1.2 | 0.2 |
| | PARTEI | Luisa Graviat | Luisa Graviat | 2,081 | 1.3 | | 1,737 | 1.1 | 0.4 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,464 | 0.9 | |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 655 | 0.4 | |
| | Volt | | | | | | 578 | 0.4 | |
| | The Homeland | | | | | | 339 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| | Humanists | | | | | | 282 | 0.2 | |
| | du. | | | | | | 209 | 0.1 | |
| | ÖDP | Peter von Pokrzywnicki | Peter von Pokrzywnicki | 302 | 0.2 | | 192 | 0.1 | |
| | MLPD | Daniel Alexander Wiegenstein | Daniel Alexander Wiegenstein | 221 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 173 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,497 | | | 1,405 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 155,292 | | | 155,384 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 156,789 | 68.4 | 0.0 | | | |
| | SPD gain from CDU | SPD gain from CDU | Majority | 5,056 | 3.3 | | | | |

### 2017 election

Federal election (2017): Magdeburg :
| 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 Tino Sorge | Y Tino Sorge | 44,021 | 27.4 | 8.9 | 44,616 | 27.8 | 9.7 |
| | SPD | Burkhard Lischka | Burkhard Lischka | 34,877 | 21.7 | 3.4 | 27,513 | 17.1 | 3.8 |
| | Left | Eva von Angern | Eva von Angern | 30,299 | 18.9 | 6.4 | 30,056 | 18.7 | 5.3 |
| | AfD | Frank Pasemann | Frank Pasemann | 24,509 | 15.3 | | 26,051 | 16.2 | 12.0 |
| | FDP | Karl-Heinz Paqué | Karl-Heinz Paqué | 10,796 | 6.7 | 5.3 | 12,713 | 7.9 | 5.5 |
| | Greens | Matthias Borowiak | Matthias Borowiak | 6,417 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 8,564 | 5.3 | 0.3 |
| | Tierschutzallianz | Bettina Fassl | Bettina Fassl | 4,102 | 2.6 | | 3,254 | 2.0 | |
| | MG | Marcel Guderjahn | Marcel Guderjahn | 2,570 | 1.6 | | 1,672 | 1.0 | |
| | PARTEI | | | | | | 2,504 | 1.6 | |
| | FW | Karlheinz Körner | Karlheinz Körner | 1,739 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 1,282 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| | DiB | | | | | | 793 | 0.5 | |
| | The Homeland | Gustav Haenschke | Gustav Haenschke | 765 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 937 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
| | BGE | | | | | | 528 | 0.3 | |
| | MLPD | Daniel Wiegenstein | Daniel Wiegenstein | 461 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 294 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,338 | | | 2,117 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 160,556 | | | 160,777 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 162,894 | 68.4 | 5.2 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 9,144 | 5.7 | 5.3 | | | |

### 2013 election

Federal election (2013): Magdeburg :
| 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 | Tino Sorge | Tino Sorge | 55,046 | 36.3 | 5.5 | 56,982 | 37.5 | 9.6 |
| | Left | N Rosemarie Hein | N Rosemarie Hein | 38,231 | 25.2 | 6.9 | 36,473 | 24.0 | 8.2 |
| | SPD | Burkhard Lischka | Burkhard Lischka | 38,153 | 25.2 | 3.2 | 31,763 | 20.9 | 2.1 |
| | AfD | | | | | | 6,355 | 4.2 | |
| | Greens | Stephan Bischoff | Stephan Bischoff | 6,073 | 4.0 | 1.8 | 8,490 | 5.6 | 1.3 |
| | Pirates | Jörg Schulenburg | Jörg Schulenburg | 4,153 | 2.7 | | 3,654 | 2.4 | 0.7 |
| | The Homeland | Gustav Walter Haenschke | Gustav Walter Haenschke | 2,786 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 2,272 | 1.5 | 0.0 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 2,758 | 1.8 | |
| | FDP | Sven Fricke | Sven Fricke | 2,090 | 1.4 | 5.2 | 3,687 | 2.4 | 6.7 |
| | FW | Christian Heimann | Christian Heimann | 1,875 | 1.2 | | 1,256 | 0.8 | |
| | PRO | | | | | | 466 | 0.3 | |
| | MLPD | Daniel Wiegenstein | Daniel Wiegenstein | 403 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 280 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 348 | 0.2 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,836 | | | 2,378 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 151,568 | | | 152,026 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 154,404 | 63.2 | 3.0 | | | |
| | CDU gain from Left | CDU gain from Left | Majority | 16,815 | 11.1 | | | | |

### 2009 election

Federal election (2009): Magdeburg :
| 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 | Rosemarie Hein | Rosemarie Hein | 48,069 | 32.0 | 6.1 | 48,333 | 32.1 | 5.2 |
| | CDU | Bernd Heynemann | Bernd Heynemann | 46,481 | 31.0 | 6.7 | 42,150 | 28.0 | 6.0 |
| | SPD | Burkhard Lischka | Burkhard Lischka | 32,844 | 21.9 | 18.0 | 28,217 | 18.8 | 17.4 |
| | FDP | Ulrich Koehler | Ulrich Koehler | 9,890 | 6.6 | 2.6 | 13,801 | 9.2 | 2.6 |
| | Greens | Dorothea Frederking | Dorothea Frederking | 8,637 | 5.8 | 2.5 | 10,281 | 6.8 | 1.5 |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 4,605 | 3.1 | |
| | The Homeland | Matthias Gärtner | Matthias Gärtner | 2,618 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 2,275 | 1.5 | 0.2 |
| | Independent | Eva-Maria Godau | Eva-Maria Godau | 851 | 0.6 | | | | |
| | MLPD | Daniel Wiegenstein | Daniel Wiegenstein | 626 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 410 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| | DVU | | | | | | 294 | 0.2 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,932 | | | 2,582 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 150,016 | | | 150,366 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 152,948 | 60.1 | 10.5 | | | |
| | Left gain from SPD | Left gain from SPD | Majority | 1,588 | 1.0 | | | | |