Bautzen 1/Budyšin 1

52: Bautzen 1/Budyšin 1
Electoral district
for the Landtag of Saxony
Bautzen 1/Budyšin 1 in 2024
DistrictBautzen
Electorate50,167 (2024)
Major settlementsBischofswerda, Schirgiswalde-Kirschau, and Wilthen
Current electoral district
PartyAfD
MemberFrank Peschel[1]

Bautzen 1/Budyšin 1 is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the Landtag of Saxony. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 52. It is within the district of Bautzen. [2]

Geography

The constituency comprises the towns of Bischofswerda, Schirgiswalde-Kirschau, and Wilthen, and the municipalities of Burkau, Cunewalde, Demitz-Thumitz, Frankenthal, Göda, Großharthau, Großpostwitz, Neukirch, Obergurig, Rammenau, Schmölln-Putzkau, Sohland, and Steinigtwolmsdorf within the district of Bautzen.

There were 50,167 eligible voters in 2024. [3]

Members

Election Member Party %
2014 Patricia Wissel CDU 46.4
2019 Frank Peschel AfD 38.2
2024 49.1

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Bautzen 1/Budyšin 1[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 % ±%
AfD Y Frank Peschel 18,640 49.1 10.9 15,991 41.9 5.0
CDU Bernd Gerhard Grüber 13,407 35.3 2.8 12,034 31.5 3.1
BSW   4,079 10.7
FW Andreas Ehrentraut 1,785 4.7 1.1 690 1.8 1.1
SPD Laura Lisa Stellbrink 1,450 3.8 1.7 1,655 4.3 1.4
Freie Sachsen   998 2.6
Left Jana Lübeck 1,242 3.3 4.5 684 1.8 5.0
FDP Matthias Eckstädt 662 1.7 2.0 298 0.8 3.7
Greens Susann Kolba 439 1.2 2.0 557 1.5 1.9
APT   384 1.0
PARTEI   229 0.6 0.4
Values H. Jörg Schneider 336 0.9 205 0.5
BD   110 0.3
dieBasis   74 0.2
Bündnis C   73 0.2
Pirates   70 0.2
V-Partei3   26 0.1
BüSo   23 0.1
ÖDP   19 0.0
Informal votes 604 366
Total valid votes 37,961 38,199
Turnout 38,565 76.9 6.1
AfD hold Majority 5,233 13.8

2014 election

State election (2014): Butzen 1[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 Patricia Wissel 13,663 46.4 12,536 42.3
Left 4,980 16.9 4,230 14.3
AfD   3,895 13.2
SPD 3,501 11.9 3,035 10.2
NPD 3,146 10.7 2,500 8.4
FW 1,643 5.6 690 2.3
FDP 1,230 4.2 1,087 3.7
Greens 812 2.8 765 2.6
APT   343 1.2
Pirates 464 1.6 220 0.7
PARTEI   131 0.4
Pro Germany Citizens' Movement   78 0.3
BüSo   59 0.2
DSU   49 0.2
Informal votes 664 485
Total valid votes 29,439 29,618
Turnout 30,103 54.9 1.4
CDU win new seat Majority 8,683 29.5

References

  1. ^ "Elected Member for Bautzen 1/Budyšin 1". Landtag of Saxony. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
  2. ^ "Saxony Electoral Districts". Retrieved 10 January 2026.
  3. ^ "Saxony Electoral Districts". Retrieved 10 January 2026.
  4. ^ https://www.tagesschau.de/wahl/archiv/2024-09-01-LT-DE-SN/charts/wahlkreis-detail/WK052-44.shtml
  5. ^ https://www.statistischebibliothek.de/mir/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/SNHeft_derivate_00005762/B_VII_2_2_5j_14_SN.pdf

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