Mansfeld (electoral district)

Not to be confused with Mansfield (UK Parliament constituency).

73 Mansfeld
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Mansfeld in 2025
State	Saxony-Anhalt
Population	238,500 (2019)
Electorate	198,676 (2021)
Major settlements	Sangerhausen Köthen Eisleben
Area	2,720.35 km^2
Current electoral district
Created	1990
Party	AfD
Member	Robert Farle
Elected	2021

Mansfeld 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 73. It is located in southern Saxony-Anhalt, comprising the Mansfeld-Südharz district, most of the Saalekreis district, and the western part of the Anhalt-Bitterfeld district.[1]

Mansfeld was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. Since 2021, it has been represented by Robert Farle of the Alternative for Germany (AfD).[2]

Geography

Mansfeld is located in southern Saxony-Anhalt. As of the 2025 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Mansfeld-Südharz district, the municipalities of Bad Lauchstädt, Mücheln, Querfurt, Salzatal, Teutschenthal, and Wettin-Löbejün and the collective municipality of Weida-Land from the Saalekreis district; as well as the municipalities of Aken (Elbe), Köthen, Osternienburger Land, and Südliches Anhalt from the Anhalt-Bitterfeld district.[1]

History

Mansfeld was created after German reunification in 1990, then known as Eisleben – Hettstedt – Sangerhausen. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was named Mansfelder Land. It acquired its current name in the 2009 election. In the 1990 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 295 in the numbering system. In the 2002 through 2009 elections, it was number 75. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 74. From the 2025 election, it has been number 73.

Originally, it comprised the districts of Eisleben, Hettstedt, and Sangerhausen. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it comprised the districts of Sangerhausen and Mansfelder Land as well as the municipality of Querfurt and the municipal associations of Bad Lauchstädt, Oberes Geiseltal, and Weida-Land from Merseburg-Querfurt district. It was reconfigured in 2009; in 2025, the municipality of Merseburg was transferred out of the constituency in exchange for part of the Anhalt-Bitterfeld district.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1990	295	Eisleben – Hettstedt – Sangerhausen	Eisleben district Hettstedt district Sangerhausen district
1994
1998
2002	75	Mansfelder Land	Sangerhausen district Mansfelder Land district Merseburg-Querfurt district (only Querfurt municipality and Bad Lauchstädt, Oberes Geiseltal, and Weida-Land municipal associations)
2005
2009		Mansfeld	Mansfeld-Südharz district Saalekreis district (only Bad Lauchstädt, Merseburg, Mücheln, Querfurt, Salzatal, Teutschenthal, and Wettin-Löbejün municipalities and Weida-Land Verbandsgemeinde)
2013	74
2017
2021
2025	73		Mansfeld-Südharz district Saalekreis district (only Bad Lauchstädt, Mücheln, Querfurt, Salzatal, Teutschenthal, and Wettin-Löbejün municipalities and Weida-Land Verbandsgemeinde) Anhalt-Bitterfeld district (only Aken (Elbe), Köthen, Osternienburger Land, and Südliches Anhalt municipalities)

Members

The constituency was first represented by Heinz Rother of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1990 to 1994, followed by Frederick Schulze from 1994 to 1998. It was won by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in 1998, and Silvia Schmidt served until 2009. Harald Koch of The Left was elected representative in 2009. The CDU's candidate Uda Heller won it in 2013 and served a single term. Torsten Schweiger of the CDU was elected in 2017. Robert Farle won the constituency for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1990	Heinz Rother	CDU	44.0
	1994	Frederick Schulze	CDU	43.6
	1998	Silvia Schmidt	SPD	41.4
	2002			39.8
	2005			32.8
	2009	Harald Koch	LINKE	35.2
	2013	Uda Heller	CDU	41.9
	2017	Torsten Schweiger	CDU	31.0
	2021	Robert Farle	AfD	25.1

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Mansfeld[3]
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.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	AfD	Robert Farle		32,930	25.1	1.2	31,476	23.9	0.0
	CDU	N Torsten Schweiger		32,732	24.9	6.1	28,411	21.6	7.2
	SPD	Katrin Budde		30,969	23.6	8.4	32,109	24.4	10.0
	Left	Daniel Feuerberg		13,108	10.0	8.1	11,680	8.9	8.5
	FDP	Ingo Bodtke		11,089	8.4	0.4	12,792	9.7	1.6
	FW	Sarah Biedermann		3,958	3.0		2,163	1.6	0.8
	Greens	Mika-Sören Erdmann		3,820	2.9	0.3	4,835	3.7	1.3
	dieBasis	Pierre Kynast		2,731	2.1		2,322	1.8
	Tierschutzpartei						1,683	1.3
	Tierschutzallianz						1,253	1.0	0.6
	PARTEI						839	0.6	0.2
	Gartenpartei						701	0.5	0.2
	The Homeland						410	0.3	0.6
	Pirates						341	0.3
	Volt						145	0.1
	du.						133	0.1
	Humanists						125	0.1
	MLPD						108	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP						55	0.0
Informal votes				1,727			1,483
Total valid votes				131,337			131,581
Turnout				133,064	67.0	0.7
	AfD gain from CDU		Majority	198	0.2

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Mansfeld[4]
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.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Torsten Schweiger		42,725	31.0	10.9	39,751	28.8	12.4
	AfD	Uwe Scheidemann		32,864	23.9		32,982	23.9	19.8
	Left	Alexander Sorge		24,863	18.1	9.5	23,909	17.3	8.4
	SPD	Katrin Budde		20,864	15.2	2.9	19,835	14.4	2.8
	FDP	Andreas Silbersack		11,091	8.1	6.2	11,236	8.1	5.2
	Greens	Katharina Schultheis		3,647	2.6	0.2	3,250	2.4	0.4
	Tierschutzallianz						2,074	1.5
	The Homeland	Henry Kurt Lippold		1,217	0.9	2.4	1,297	0.9	1.7
	PARTEI						1,195	0.9
	FW						1,161	0.8	0.2
	MG						446	0.3
	BGE						414	0.3
	Independent	Adrian Mauson		386	0.3
	DiB						204	0.1
	MLPD						178	0.1	0.0
Informal votes				2,566			2,291
Total valid votes				137,657			127,932
Turnout				140,223	67.7	6.6
	CDU hold		Majority	9,861	7.1	7.2

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Mansfeld[5]
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.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Uda Heller		54,705	41.9	9.8	53,869	41.2	11.7
	Left	N Harald Koch		35,982	27.6	7.6	33,613	25.7	9.2
	SPD	Andreas Schmidt		23,560	18.1	0.8	22,399	17.1	1.5
	AfD						5,378	4.1
	The Homeland	Volkmar Neugebauer		4,277	3.3	0.0	3,478	2.7	0.1
	Greens	Norbert Jung		3,193	2.4	1.6	3,637	2.8	0.9
	Pirates	Christian Kunze		3,123	2.4		2,235	1.7	0.2
	FDP	Harald Oster		2,458	1.9	6.2	3,837	2.9	7.9
	FW	Julia Erika Gudrun Löser		2,232	1.7		1,403	1.1
	Independent	Chris Pap		881	0.7
	PRO						485	0.4
	MLPD						200	0.2	0.1
	ÖDP						160	0.1
Informal votes				2,572			2,289
Total valid votes				130,411			130,694
Turnout				132,983	61.1	2.1
	CDU gain from Left		Majority	18,723	14.3

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Mansfeld[6]
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.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Left	Harald Koch		47,051	35.2	8.2	46,802	34.9	6.7
	CDU	Uda Heller		43,014	32.2	3.9	39,645	29.6	5.0
	SPD	N Silvia Schmidt		23,028	17.2	15.7	21,030	15.7	15.0
	FDP	Elke Weckner-Lömm		10,818	8.1	2.4	14,574	10.9	1.8
	Greens	Gesine Haerting		5,465	4.1	2.0	4,977	3.7	0.7
	The Homeland	Judith Rothe		4,337	3.2	0.1	3,713	2.8	0.4
	Pirates						2,623	2.0
	DVU						407	0.3
	MLPD						331	0.2	0.1
Informal votes				3,127			2,738
Total valid votes				133,713			134,102
Turnout				136,840	59.0	11.8
	Left gain from SPD		Majority	4,037	3.0

References

1. "Constituency Mansfeld". Federal Returning Officer.
2. "Results for Mansfeld". Federal Returning Officer.
3. Results for Mansfeld
4. Results for Mansfeld
5. Results for Mansfeld
6. Results for Mansfeld