Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge (electoral district)

Location of constituency in Saxony

Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge is one of the 299 single member constituencies (German: Wahlkreis) used for the German parliament, the Bundestag. One of sixteen districts covering the state of Saxony, it is coterminous with the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district.^[1] The constituency elects one representative under the mixed member proportional representation (MMP) system. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 158.

The constituency was created for the 2002 election as Sächsische Schweiz – Weißeritzkreis, assuming its current name for the 2009 election, following a local government reform. Most of the constituency had previously been part of the Pirna – Sebnitz – Bischofswerda constituency. All elections to date have been won by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) candidate Klaus Brähmig.^[2]

Results

2009 election

Party		Constituency results				List results
		Candidate	Votes	% share	+/-	Votes	% share	+/-
	Christian Democratic Union	Klaus Brähmig	62,530	45.1	+4.1	56,001	40.3	+5.2
	The Left	Monika Knoche	28,233	20.3	+0.8	28,970	20.8	+1.1
	Social Democratic Party of Germany	Klaus Wolframm	16,194	11.7	-8.2	16,725	12.0	-8.1
	Free Democratic Party	Thomas Richter	15,292	11.0	+3.8	19,910	14.3	+3.5
	National Democratic Party of Germany	Olaf Rose	7,983	5.8	-2.0	7,717	5.6	-1.5
	Alliance '90/The Greens	Monika Lazar	6,378	4.6	+1.1	7,346	5.3	+1.1
	La Rouche Movement	Rico Schulz	2,150	1.5	+0.3	1,621	1.2	+0.4
	Republicans	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	412	0.3	-0.1
	Marxist–Leninist Party of Germany	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	258	0.2	+0.0

References

1. Constituency boundaries, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 1 September 2013
2. 2009 constituency results, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 1 September 2013