Dresden II – Bautzen II

159 Dresden II – Bautzen II
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Dresden II – Bautzen II in 2025
State	Saxony
Population	302,000 (2019)
Electorate	234,432 (2021)
Major settlements	Dresden (partial) Radeberg
Area	417.7 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1990
Party	CDU
Member	Lars Rohwer
Elected	2021

Dresden II – Bautzen II 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 159. It is located in central Saxony, comprising the northern and western part of the city of Dresden and a small part of the Bautzen district.

Dresden II – Bautzen II was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. Since 2021, it has been represented by Lars Rohwer of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

Geography

Dresden II – Bautzen II is located in central Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the municipalities of Arnsdorf, Großröhrsdorf, Ottendorf-Okrilla, Radeberg, and Wachau from the Bautzen district as well as the entirety of the independent city of Dresden excluding the Ortsamtsbereiche of Altstadt, Blasewitz, Leuben, Plauen, and Prohlis.

History

Dresden II – Bautzen II was created after German reunification in 1990, then known as Dresden II. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was named Dresden II – Meißen I. It acquired its current name in the 2009 election. In the 1990 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 319 in the numbering system. In the 2002 through 2009 elections, it was number 161. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 160. From the 2025 election, it has been number 159.

Originally, the constituency comprised the Stadtbezirke of Mitte, Nord, and West from the city of Dresden. In the 2002 and 2005 elections it comprised the municipalities of Coswig, Radebeul, Radeburg, Moritzburg, Niederau, and Weinböhla from the Meißen district, as well as the entirety of the city of Dresden excluding the Stadtbezirke of Altstadt, Blasewitz, Leuben, Plauen, and Prohlis. It acquired its current borders in the 2009 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1990	319	Dresden II	Dresden city (only Mitte, Nord, and West Stadtbezirke)
1994
1998
2002	161	Dresden II – Meißen I	Dresden city (except Altstadt, Blasewitz, Leuben, Plauen, and Prohlis Ortsamtsbereiche) Meißen district (only Coswig, Radebeul, Radeburg, Moritzburg, Niederau, and Weinböhla municipalities)
2005
2009		Dresden II – Bautzen II	Dresden city (except Altstadt, Blasewitz, Leuben, Plauen, and Prohlis Ortsamtsbereiche) Bautzen district (only Arnsdorf, Großröhrsdorf, Ottendorf-Okrilla, Radeberg, and Wachau municipalities)
2013	160
2017
2021
2025	159

Members

The constituency was first represented by Johannes Nitsch of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1990 to 1998. Arnold Vaatz was elected in 1998, and re-elected in 2002, 2005, 2009, 2013, and 2017. He was succeeded by Lars Rohwer in 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1990	Johannes Nitsch	CDU	46.5
	1994			46.9
	1998	Arnold Vaatz	CDU	37.1
	2002			37.0
	2005			35.2
	2009			36.4
	2013			41.8
	2017			25.5
	2021	Lars Rohwer	CDU	18.6

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Dresden II – Bautzen II
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	Lars Rohwer		35,014	18.6	6.9	26,037	13.8	9.3
	AfD	Andreas Harlaß		34,979	18.6	3.7	36,003	19.2	4.1
	SPD	Stephan Schumann		28,700	15.3	4.1	30,620	16.3	6.6
	Greens	Merle Spellerberg		25,527	13.6	5.0	31,265	16.6	7.7
	Left	Silvio Lang		22,160	11.8	5.7	20,913	11.1	6.2
	FDP	Silke Müller		20,711	11.0	4.1	22,884	12.2	2.6
	Tierschutzpartei						3,271	1.7	0.4
	PARTEI	Charlotte Brock		4,292	2.3	0.4	3,252	1.7	0.3
	dieBasis	Anke Althoff		3,726	2.0		3,661	1.9
	FW	Korvin Lemke		3,309	1.8	0.3	3,464	1.8	0.8
	Independent	Frank Hannig		3,223	1.7
	Pirates	Anne Herpertz		2,694	1.4	0.0	1,709	0.9	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung	Andreas Kabus		1,366	0.7		1,099	0.6
	Volt						900	0.5
	ÖDP	Florian Busch		1,054	0.6	0.6	641	0.3	0.3
	Team Todenhöfer						607	0.3
	Independent	Jens Düvelshaupt		497	0.3
	Humanists						424	0.2
	NPD						307	0.2	0.6
	Bündnis C						256	0.1
	V-Partei3						226	0.1	0.1
	BüSo	Michael Gründler		210	0.1	0.2
	The III. Path						188	0.1
	MLPD	Günter Slave		298	0.2	0.0	150	0.1	0.1
	DKP						128	0.1
Informal votes				1,649			1,404
Total valid votes				187,760			188,005
Turnout				189,409	80.8	1.5
	CDU hold		Majority	35	0.0	3.2

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Dresden II – Bautzen II
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	Y Arnold Vaatz		47,185	25.5	16.3	42,792	23.1	15.5
	AfD	Anka Willms		41,202	22.3		43,126	23.3	16.3
	Left	Tilo Kießling		32,397	17.5	1.6	32,040	17.3	0.8
	SPD	Richard Kaniewski		20,593	11.1	3.6	17,977	9.7	4.3
	Greens	Stephan Kühn		15,839	8.6	1.2	16,588	9.0	0.6
	FDP	Christoph Blödner		12,843	7.0	4.9	17,684	9.6	6.4
	PARTEI	Steffen Retzlaff		4,997	2.7		3,850	2.1
	Tierschutzpartei						2,530	1.4
	FW	Astrid Beier		2,768	1.5	2.1	1,927	1.0	0.9
	Pirates	Martin Schulte-Wissermann		2,697	1.5	3.1	1,501	0.8	3.6
	ÖDP	Sebastian Andreas Högen		2,141	1.2		1,100	0.6
	NPD	Jens Baur		1,160	0.6	2.8	1,372	0.7	1.9
	BGE						1,041	0.6
	DiB						758	0.4
	V-Partei³						404	0.2
	BüSo	Brigitta Gründler		499	0.3	0.2	219	0.1	0.1
	MLPD	Günter Slave		372	0.2	0.1	255	0.1	0.0
Informal votes				2,125			1,654
Total valid votes				184,693			185,164
Turnout				186,818	79.3	5.7
	CDU hold		Majority	5,983	3.2	19.5

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Dresden II – Bautzen II
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	Y Arnold Vaatz		71,227	41.8	5.4	66,092	38.6	4.8
	Left	Tilo Kießling		32,588	19.1	0.4	31,059	18.1	2.1
	SPD	Thomas Blümel		25,150	14.8	0.1	23,943	14.0	0.1
	Greens	Stephan Kühn		16,650	9.8	2.6	16,304	9.5	3.6
	AfD						11,930	7.0
	Pirates	Anna Katharina Vogelgesang		7,841	4.6		7,508	4.4
	FW	Steffen Große		6,216	3.6		3,250	1.9
	NPD	Jens Baur		5,849	3.4	0.6	4,590	2.7	0.3
	FDP	Matteo Böhme		3,471	2.0	9.9	5,405	3.2	11.1
	PRO						439	0.3
	BüSo	Marco Hebestadt		852	0.5	0.5	400	0.2	0.8
	MLPD	Günter Paul Slave		554	0.3	0.0	273	0.2	0.1
Informal votes				3,091			2,296
Total valid votes				170,398			171,193
Turnout				173,489	73.6	6.7
	CDU hold		Majority	38,639	22.7	5.8

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Dresden II – Bautzen II
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	Y Arnold Vaatz		55,401	36.4	2.2	51,621	33.8	5.0
	Left	Klaus Sühl		29,679	19.5	0.3	30,870	20.2	0.4
	SPD	Ines Vogel		22,268	14.6	10.9	21,518	14.1	10.4
	Greens	Stephan Kühn		18,871	12.4	4.9	19,978	13.1	3.9
	FDP	Jan Mücke		18,204	12.0	4.5	21,783	14.3	3.3
	NPD	Jens Baur		4,389	2.9	1.4	4,501	2.9	1.1
	BüSo	Toni Kästner		1,597	1.0	0.1	1,569	1.0	0.3
	Independent	Lukas Welke		1,436	0.9
	MLPD	Günter Paul Slave		436	0.3	0.0	391	0.3	0.0
	REP						366	0.2	0.0
Informal votes				2,328			2,012
Total valid votes				152,281			152,597
Turnout				154,609	66.9	10.5
	CDU hold		Majority	25,722	16.9	8.2