Erzgebirge 5
| 16: Erzgebirge 5 | |
|---|---|
| Electoral district for the Landtag of Saxony | |
 Erzgebirge 5 in 2024 | |
| District | Erzgebirgskreis |
| Electorate | 56,844 (2024) |
| Major settlements | Marienberg, Olbernhau, Pockau-Lengefeld, Wolkenstein, and Zschopau |
| Current electoral district | |
| Party | AfD |
| Member | Arthur Österle[1] |
Erzgebirge 5 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 16. It is within the district of Erzgebirgskreis. [2]
Geography
The constituency comprises the towns of Marienberg, Olbernhau, Pockau-Lengefeld, Wolkenstein, and Zschopau, and the districts of Börnichen, Deutschneudorf, Drebach, Gornau, Großolbersdorf, Großrückerswalde, Grünhainichen, Heidersdorf, and Seiffen within Erzgebirgskreis.
There were 56,844 eligible voters in 2024. [3]
Members
| Election | Member | Party | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Günther Schneider | CDU | 46.8 | |
| 2019 | Jörg Markert | 34.6 | ||
| 2024 | Arthur Österle | AfD | 38.3 | |
Election results
2024 election
| State election (2024): Erzgebirge 5[4] | |||||||||
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| Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| AfD | Arthur Österle | 16,191 | 38.3 |  6.4
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15,132 | 35.7 | 4.3
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| CDU |  Jörg Olaf Markert
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13,177 | 31.2 |  3.4
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14,260 | 33.6 | 2.6
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| BSW | János Füleki | 3,984 | 9.4 | 5,465 | 12.9 | ||||
| FDP | Heinz-Peter Haustein | 2,880 | 6.8 | 0.3
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484 | 1.1 | 3.5
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| FW | G. Karlhermann Schneider | 2,463 | 5.8 | 1.0
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1,160 | 2.7 | 0.5
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| SPD | Andreas Enrico Haustein | 2,164 | 5.1 | 1.5
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1,889 | 4.5 | 2.6
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| Freie Sachsen | 1,407 | 3.3 | |||||||
| Left | Andreas Heilsberg | 928 | 2.2 | 7.9
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771 | 1.8 | 7.0
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| Greens | S. Rudolf Walter | 457 | 1.1 | 4.3
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600 | 1.4 | 2.2
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| APT | 377 | 0.9 | |||||||
| PARTEI | 213 | 0.5 | 0.5
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| Bündnis C | 203 | 0.5 | |||||||
| Values | 130 | 0.3 | |||||||
| BD | 106 | 0.3 | |||||||
| Pirates | 54 | 0.1 | |||||||
| dieBasis | 48 | 0.1 | |||||||
| V-Partei3 | 47 | 0.1 | |||||||
| BüSo | 30 | 0.1 | |||||||
| ÖDP | 22 | 0.1 | |||||||
| Informal votes | 715 | 561 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 42,244 | 42,398 | |||||||
| Turnout | 42,959 | 75.6 | 5.4
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| AfD gain from CDU | Majority | 3,014 | 7.1 | ||||||
References
- ^ "Elected Member for Erzgebirge 5". Landtag of Saxony. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
- ^ "Saxony Electoral Districts". Retrieved 8 January 2026.
- ^ "Saxony Electoral Districts". Retrieved 8 January 2026.
- ^ https://www.tagesschau.de/wahl/archiv/2024-09-01-LT-DE-SN/charts/wahlkreis-detail/WK016-40.shtml