Erzgebirge 1

12: Erzgebirge 1
Electoral district for the Landtag of Saxony
Erzgebirge 1 in 2024
District	Erzgebirgskreis
Electorate	56,630 (2024)
Major settlements	Lugau, Oelsnitz, Stollberg, and Thalheim
Current electoral district
Party	AfD
Member	Katja Dietz [1]

Erzgebirge 1 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 12. It is within the district of Erzgebirgskreis ^[2] .

Geography

The constituency comprises the towns of Lugau, Oelsnitz, Stollberg, and Thalheim, and the districts of Amtsberg, Auerbach, Burkhardtsdorf, Gornsdorf, Hohndorf, Jahnsdorf, Neukirchen, Niederdorf, and Niederwürschnitz within Erzgebirgskreis.

There were 56,630 eligible voters in 2024 ^[3] .

Members

Election		Member	Party	%
	2014	Rico Anton	CDU	41.6
	2019			37.6
	2022	Robert Clemen
	2024	Katja Dietz	AfD	37.4

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Erzgebirge 1 [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	%	±%
	AfD	Katja Dietz		15,918	37.4	6.4	14,781	34.6	5.1
	CDU	Stephan Weinrich		14,351	33.7	3.1	14,235	33.3	2.9
	BSW	Thomas Thamm		4,499	10.6		5,509	12.9
	FW	Peter Marcel Schmidt		3,342	7.9	2.9	1,158	2.7	1.4
	SPD	Silvio Heider		1,743	4.1	2.3	2,314	5.4	1.6
	Left	Barbara Drechsel		1,397	3.3	8.2	1,042	2.4	7.6
	Greens	Philipp Riese		538	1.3	3.5	698	1.6	2.5
	FDP	Marvin Siedel		396	0.9	2.7	311	0.7	2.8
	Freie Sachsen	W. Max Schmidl		389	0.9		1,333	3.1
	APT						424	1.0
	Bündnis C						234	0.5
	PARTEI						225	0.5	0.6
	Values						122	0.3
	BD						100	0.2
	dieBasis						64	0.1
	Pirates						63	0.1
	V-Partei3						38	0.1
	ÖDP						29	0.1
	BüSo						18	0.0
Informal votes				528			403
Total valid votes				42,573			42,698
Turnout				43,101	76.1	7.7
	AfD gain from CDU		Majority	1,567	3.7

References

1. "Elected Member for Erzgebirge 1". Landtag of Saxony. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
2. "Saxony Electoral Districts" . Retrieved 8 January 2026.
3. "Saxony Electoral Districts" . Retrieved 8 January 2026.
4. https://www.tagesschau.de/wahl/archiv/2024-09-01-LT-DE-SN/charts/wahlkreis-detail/WK012-40.shtml

See also

• Politics of Saxony
• Landtag of Saxony