Bautzen 4/Budyšin 4

55: Bautzen 4/Budyšin 4
55: Bautzen 4/Budyšin 4
Electoral district; for the Landtag of Saxony
	Bautzen 4/Budyšin 4 in 2024
District	Bautzen
Electorate	48,673 (2024)
Major settlements	Hoyerswerda and Lauta
Current electoral district
Party	AfD
Member	Doreen Schwietzer

Bautzen 4/Budyšin 4 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 55. It is within the district of Bautzen. ^[2]

Geography

The constituency comprises the towns of Hoyerswerda and Lauta, and the municipalities of Elsterheide, Königswartha, Lohsa, Neschwitz, Puschwitz, Radibor, and Spreetal within the district of Bautzen.

There were 48,673 eligible voters in 2024. ^[3]

Members

	Member	Party	%
2014	Frank Hirche	CDU	41.7
2019	Doreen Schwietzer	AfD	34.7
2024	Doreen Schwietzer	AfD	43.3

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Bautzen 4/Budyšin 4^[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 Doreen Schwietzer		14,554	43.3	8.2	12,842	37.9	3.8
	CDU	Frank Uwe Hirche		11,931	35.5	3.8	10,785	31.8	1.0
	BSW						4,632	13.7
	FW	Dirk Nasdala		2,693	8.0	0.1	770	2.3	1.9
	SPD	Kirstin Kentsch		1,803	5.4	0.2	1,705	5.0	1.6
	Left	Silvio Lang		1,634	4.9	7.5	855	2.5	8.1
	Freie Sachsen						598	1.8
	Greens	Hagen Domaschke		509	1.5	1.8	532	1.6	1.5
	APT						335	1.0
	FDP	Eddie Friedrich		497	1.5	2.4	236	0.7	3.2
	PARTEI						214	0.6	0.3
	BD						112	0.3
	Values						70	0.2
	Pirates						57	0.2
	dieBasis						37	0.1
	Bündnis C						29	0.1
	V-Partei3						29	0.1
	BüSo						25	0.1
	ÖDP						13	0.0
Informal votes				654			399
Total valid votes				33,621			33,876
Turnout				34,275	70.4	5.9
	AfD hold		Majority	2,623	7.8

2014 election

State election (2014): Bautzen 4^[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	Frank Hirche		8,763	41.7		8,940	42.3
	Left			5,366	25.6		4,491	21.2
	FW			1,982	9.4		811	3.8
	SPD			1,806	8.6		2,119	10.0
	AfD						2,013	9.5
	NPD			1,496	7.1		1,179	5.6
	FDP			770	3.7		608	2.9
	Greens			528	2.5		396	1.9
	Pirates			290	1.4		155	0.7
	APT						150	0.7
	PARTEI						105	0.5
	Pro Germany Citizens' Movement						78	0.4
	DSU						72	0.3
	BüSo						36	0.2
Informal votes				501			349
Total valid votes				21,001			21,153
Turnout				21,502	44.8	5.9
	CDU win new seat		Majority	3,397	16.1

References

^ "Elected Member for Bautzen 4/Budyšin 4". Landtag of Saxony. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
^ "Saxony Electoral Districts". Retrieved 10 January 2026.
^ "Saxony Electoral Districts". Retrieved 10 January 2026.
^ https://www.tagesschau.de/wahl/archiv/2024-09-01-LT-DE-SN/charts/wahlkreis-detail/WK055-27.shtml
^ https://www.statistischebibliothek.de/mir/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/SNHeft_derivate_00005762/B_VII_2_2_5j_14_SN.pdf