Harz (electoral district)
# Harz (electoral district)

Harz 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 68. It is located in western Saxony-Anhalt, comprising the district of Harz.

Harz was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. Since 2009, it has been represented by Heike Brehmer of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

## Geography

Harz is located in western Saxony-Anhalt. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Harz district as well as the municipalities of Aschersleben and Seeland from the Salzlandkreis district.

## History

Harz was created after German reunification in 1990, then known as Harz and Vorharzgebiet. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the 1990 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 285 in the numbering system. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 68. In the 2009 election, it was number 69. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 68.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Wernigerode, Oschersleben, and Halberstadt. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it comprised the districts of Halberstadt, Quedlinburg, and Wernigerode. It acquired its current configuration and borders in the 2009 election.

| Election | No. | Name | Borders |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1990 | 285 | Harz and Vorharzgebiet | Halberstadt district Oschersleben district Wernigerode district |
| 1994 | 285 | Harz and Vorharzgebiet | Halberstadt district Oschersleben district Wernigerode district |
| 1998 | 285 | Harz and Vorharzgebiet | Halberstadt district Oschersleben district Wernigerode district |
| 2002 | 68 | Harz | Halberstadt district Quedlinburg district Wernigerode district |
| 2005 | 68 | Harz | Halberstadt district Quedlinburg district Wernigerode district |
| 2009 | 69 | Harz | Harz district Salzlandkreis district (only Aschersleben and Seeland municipalities) |
| 2013 | 68 | Harz | Harz district Salzlandkreis district (only Aschersleben and Seeland municipalities) |
| 2017 | 68 | Harz | Harz district Salzlandkreis district (only Aschersleben and Seeland municipalities) |
| 2021 | 68 | Harz | Harz district Salzlandkreis district (only Aschersleben and Seeland municipalities) |

## Members

The constituency was first represented by Monika Brudlewsky of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1990 to 1998. Tobias Marhold of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was elected in 1998 and served until 2005, followed by Andreas Steppuhn until 2009. Heike Brehmer of the CDU became representative in 2009, and was re-elected in 2013, 2017, and 2021.

| Election | Member | Party | % |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1990 | Monika Brudlewsky | CDU | 43.7 |
| 1994 | Monika Brudlewsky | CDU | 40.9 |
| 1998 | Tobias Marhold | SPD | 44.1 |
| 2002 | Tobias Marhold | SPD | 44.9 |
| 2005 | Andreas Steppuhn | SPD | 33.8 |
| 2009 | Heike Brehmer | CDU | 33.0 |
| 2013 | Heike Brehmer | CDU | 46.0 |
| 2017 | Heike Brehmer | CDU | 36.4 |
| 2021 | Heike Brehmer | CDU | 27.7 |

## Election results

### 2021 election

Federal election (2021): Harz :

| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
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| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Y Heike Brehmer | Y Heike Brehmer | 37,884 | 27.7 | 8.7 | 30,508 | 22.3 | 11.4 |
| | SPD | Maik Berger | Maik Berger | 34,812 | 25.4 | 7.9 | 37,330 | 27.2 | 11.0 |
| | AfD | Sören Stefanowicz | Sören Stefanowicz | 24,947 | 18.2 | 2.1 | 24,790 | 18.1 | 1.2 |
| | Left | Karsten Lippmann | Karsten Lippmann | 14,413 | 10.5 | 8.7 | 12,700 | 9.3 | 8.4 |
| | FDP | Denise Köcke | Denise Köcke | 10,064 | 7.4 | 2.4 | 12,532 | 9.1 | 2.1 |
| | Greens | Wolfgang Strauhs | Wolfgang Strauhs | 6,320 | 4.6 | 1.5 | 7,495 | 5.5 | 2.0 |
| | FW | Carlo Gottschalk | Carlo Gottschalk | 4,972 | 3.6 | 1.3 | 2,840 | 2.1 | 0.9 |
| | dieBasis | Uwe Rohrbeck | Uwe Rohrbeck | 3,160 | 2.3 | | 2,621 | 1.9 | |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,736 | 1.3 | |
| | Tierschutzallianz | | | | | | 1,480 | 1.1 | 0.5 |
| | PARTEI | | | | | | 934 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| | Gartenpartei | | | | | | 758 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 435 | 0.3 | |
| | NPD | | | | | | 296 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| | Independent | Thomas Barth | Thomas Barth | 272 | 0.2 | | | | |
| | Volt | | | | | | 178 | 0.1 | |
| | Humanists | | | | | | 129 | 0.1 | |
| | du. | | | | | | 119 | 0.1 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 91 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 78 | 0.1 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,728 | | | 1,522 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 136,844 | | | 137,050 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 138,572 | 66.6 | 0.1 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 3,072 | 2.3 | 14.9 | | | |

### 2017 election

Federal election (2017): Harz :

| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
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| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Y Heike Brehmer | Y Heike Brehmer | 51,386 | 36.4 | 9.6 | 47,574 | 33.6 | 9.9 |
| | Left | Evelyn Edler | Evelyn Edler | 27,104 | 19.2 | 3.8 | 25,069 | 17.7 | 5.2 |
| | SPD | Eberhard Brecht | Eberhard Brecht | 24,767 | 17.5 | 1.6 | 22,915 | 16.2 | 2.6 |
| | AfD | Frank-Ronald Bischoff | Frank-Ronald Bischoff | 22,792 | 16.1 | | 23,860 | 16.9 | 13.1 |
| | FDP | Denise Köcke | Denise Köcke | 6,923 | 4.9 | 3.5 | 9,902 | 7.0 | 4.7 |
| | Greens | Susan Sziborra-Seidlitz | Susan Sziborra-Seidlitz | 4,462 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 4,968 | 3.5 | 0.1 |
| | FW | Dieter Kühn | Dieter Kühn | 3,253 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 1,648 | 1.2 | 0.5 |
| | Tierschutzallianz | | | | | | 2,176 | 1.5 | |
| | PARTEI | | | | | | 1,344 | 0.9 | |
| | NPD | | | | | | 868 | 0.6 | 1.4 |
| | MG | | | | | | 445 | 0.3 | |
| | BGE | | | | | | 365 | 0.3 | |
| | DiB | | | | | | 213 | 0.2 | |
| | MLPD | Frank Oettler | Frank Oettler | 441 | 0.3 | | 184 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,439 | | | 2,036 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 141,128 | | | 141,531 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 143,567 | 66.6 | 7.7 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 24,282 | 17.2 | 5.8 | | | |

### 2013 election

Federal election (2013): Harz :

| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
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| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Y Heike Brehmer | Y Heike Brehmer | 59,779 | 46.0 | 13.0 | 56,619 | 43.5 | 12.1 |
| | Left | Elke Reinke | Elke Reinke | 29,860 | 23.0 | 8.1 | 29,875 | 22.9 | 9.3 |
| | SPD | Mario Hennig | Mario Hennig | 24,875 | 19.1 | 1.2 | 24,407 | 18.7 | 1.6 |
| | AfD | | | | | | 4,924 | 3.8 | |
| | Greens | Sabine Wetzel | Sabine Wetzel | 4,928 | 3.8 | 1.7 | 4,716 | 3.6 | 1.4 |
| | NPD | Michael Grunzel | Michael Grunzel | 3,304 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 2,651 | 2.0 | 0.3 |
| | Pirates | Henning Lübbers | Henning Lübbers | 2,556 | 2.0 | | 2,255 | 1.7 | 0.3 |
| | FDP | Detlef Ebert | Detlef Ebert | 1,852 | 1.4 | 5.8 | 2,961 | 2.3 | 7.1 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,679 | 1.3 | |
| | FW | Ethel-Maria Muschalle-Höllbach | Ethel-Maria Muschalle-Höllbach | 1,111 | 0.9 | | 929 | 0.7 | |
| | PRO | | | | | | 433 | 0.3 | |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 293 | 0.2 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 136 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,595 | | | 2,340 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 129,944 | | | 130,199 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 132,539 | 58.9 | 2.0 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 29,919 | 23.0 | 21.1 | | | |

### 2009 election

Federal election (2009): Harz :

| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
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| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Heike Brehmer | Heike Brehmer | 46,632 | 33.0 | 6.0 | 44,402 | 31.3 | 6.4 |
| | Left | Elke Reinke | Elke Reinke | 43,952 | 31.1 | 4.8 | 45,676 | 32.2 | 5.9 |
| | SPD | Andreas Steppuhn | Andreas Steppuhn | 28,732 | 20.3 | 14.0 | 24,320 | 17.2 | 16.7 |
| | FDP | Wolfgang Döcke | Wolfgang Döcke | 10,236 | 7.2 | 1.9 | 13,274 | 9.4 | 2.0 |
| | Greens | Undine Kurth | Undine Kurth | 7,791 | 5.5 | 1.7 | 7,141 | 5.0 | 1.2 |
| | NPD | Matthias Heyder | Matthias Heyder | 3,862 | 2.7 | 0.2 | 3,277 | 2.3 | 0.2 |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 2,897 | 2.0 | |
| | DVU | | | | | | 345 | 0.2 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 309 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,135 | | | 2,699 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 141,205 | | | 141,641 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 144,340 | 60.9 | 10.2 | | | |
| | CDU gain from SPD | CDU gain from SPD | Majority | 2,680 | 1.9 | | | | |
