Dresden I

158 Dresden I
158 Dresden I
Electoral district; for the Bundestag
	Dresden I in 2025
State	Saxony
Population	302,100 (2019)
Electorate	228,643 (2021)
Major settlements	Dresden (partial)
Area	81.5 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1990
Party	AfD
Member	Thomas Ladzinski
Elected	2025

StateSaxony

Population302,100 (2019)

Electorate228,643 (2021)

Major settlementsDresden (partial)

Dresden I 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 158. It is located in central Saxony, comprising the southern part of the city of Dresden.^[1]

Dresden I was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. From 2021 to 2025, it has been represented by Markus Reichel of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).^[2] Since 2025 it is been represented by Thomas Ladzinski of the AfD.

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Election	No.	Name	Borders
1990	318	Dresden I	Dresden city (only Ost and Süd Stadtbezirke)
1994
1998
2002	160		Dresden city (only Altstadt, Blasewitz, Leuben, Plauen, and Prohlis Ortsamtsbereiche)
2005
2009
2013	159
2017
2021
2025	158

	Member	Party	%
1990	Hans Geisler	CDU	48.9
1994	Christa Reichard	CDU	47.7
1998			38.2
2002			33.8
2005	Andreas Lämmel	CDU	37.0
2009			36.6
2013			42.6
2017			24.6
2021	Markus Reichel	CDU	21.1
2025	Thomas Ladzinski	AfD	29.4

Federal election (2025): Dresden I^[3]
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	Thomas Ladzinski		53,853	29.4	10.6	50,387	27.4	9.5
	CDU	N Markus Reichel		50,040	27.3	6.3	36,585	19.9	4.5
	Left	Funda Römer		26,086	14.2	4.6	25,444	13.8	3.3
	SPD	Rasha Nasr		21,456	11.7	2.9	18,241	9.9	9.1
	Greens	Kassem Taher Saleh		19,898	10.9	1.3	22,544	12.2	3.0
	BSW						15,470	8.4	New
	FDP	Torsten Herbst		6,230	3.4	6.9	7,082	3.8	8.4
	Volt	Terence Koch		3,482	1.9	New	2,269	1.2	0.7
	Tierschutzpartei						1,960	1.1	0.6
	FW						1,507	0.8	0.8
	PARTEI						1,130	0.6	0.8
	BD	Frank Anton		2,020	1.1	New	679	0.4	New
	Pirates						451	0.2	0.5
	Humanists						234	0.1	0.1
	MLPD						87	<0.1	0.0
Informal votes				1,857			852
Total valid votes				183,065			184,070
Turnout				184,922	82.1	2.9
	AfD gain from CDU		Majority	3,813	2.1	N/A

Federal election (2021): Dresden I^[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	%	±%
	CDU	Markus Reichel		37,811	21.1	3.5	27,710	15.4	8.9
	Left	Katja Kipping		33,872	18.9	2.1	18,910	10.5	6.6
	AfD	Jens Maier		33,780	18.8	3.5	32,122	17.9	5.2
	SPD	Rasha Nasr		26,271	14.6	1.4	34,125	19.0	8.4
	FDP	Torsten Herbst		18,588	10.4	2.8	21,989	12.2	2.0
	Greens	Kassem Taher Saleh		17,137	9.5	3.0	27,369	15.2	7.5
	Tierschutzpartei						3,014	1.7	0.5
	FW						2,967	1.7	0.9
	PARTEI	Robert Küttner		3,684	2.1	0.0	2,568	1.4	0.2
	dieBasis	Constanze Grottker		2,527	1.4		2,645	1.5
	Pirates	Stephanie Henkel		2,011	1.1	0.1	1,313	0.7	0.1
	Volt						928	0.5
	Gesundheitsforschung						815	0.5
	Team Todenhöfer						769	0.4
	ÖDP	Markus Peter Taubert		1,164	0.6	0.2	760	0.4	0.1
	Humanists	Robert Ritter		763	0.4		495	0.3
	Independent	Marcus Fuchs		631	0.4
	Independent	Lothar Häupl		600	0.3
	Bündnis C	Janko Vieweg		477	0.3		359	0.2
	NPD						305	0.2	0.5
	V-Partei3						177	0.1	0.1
	The III. Path						150	0.1
	MLPD	Andrea Ebert		227	0.1		130	0.1	0.0
	DKP						106	0.1
Informal votes				1,577			1,394
Total valid votes				179,543			179,726
Turnout				181,120	79.2	0.6
	CDU hold		Majority	3,939	2.2	0.0

Federal election (2017): Dresden I^[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	Y Andreas Lämmel		44,388	24.6	18.0	44,104	24.4	15.5
	AfD	Jens Maier		40,380	22.4		41,812	23.1	16.2
	Left	Katja Kipping		37,936	21.0	4.0	31,004	17.1	1.9
	SPD	Christian Avenarius		23,906	13.2	1.6	19,246	10.6	4.8
	FDP	Robert Malorny		13,590	7.5	5.6	18,610	10.3	7.2
	Greens	Thomas Löser		11,765	6.5	0.4	13,936	7.7	0.2
	PARTEI	Sören Tobias Hinze		3,680	2.0		3,022	1.7
	Tierschutzpartei						2,203	1.2
	FW						1,371	0.8	0.7
	Pirates	Jörg Smuda		1,861	1.0	2.0	1,209	0.7	2.9
	ÖDP	Joachim Guzy		1,481	0.8		1,002	0.6
	NPD	Dietmar Grahl		991	0.5	2.5	1,284	0.7	1.6
	BGE						811	0.4
	DiB						700	0.4
	V-Partei³						329	0.2
	BüSo	Michael Gründler		669	0.4	0.3	320	0.2	0.1
	MLPD						155	0.1	0.0
Informal votes				2,202			1,731
Total valid votes				180,647			181,118
Turnout				182,849	78.6	4.4
	CDU hold		Majority	4,008	2.2	15.4

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158 Dresden I
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Dresden I in 2025
State	Saxony
Population	302,100 (2019)
Electorate	228,643 (2021)
Major settlements	Dresden (partial)
Area	81.5 km²
Current electoral district
Created	1990
Party	AfD
Member	Thomas Ladzinski
Elected	2025

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