Erzgebirge 2

13: Erzgebirge 2
Electoral district for the Landtag of Saxony
Erzgebirge 2 in 2024
District	Erzgebirgskreis
Electorate	44,807 (2024)
Major settlements	Aue-Bad Schlema, Eibenstock, and Schneeberg
Current electoral district
Party	AfD
Member	Peter Bachmann [1]

Erzgebirge 2 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 13. It is within the district of Erzgebirgskreis. ^[2]

Geography

The constituency comprises the towns of Aue-Bad Schlema, Eibenstock, and Schneeberg, and the districts of Bockau, Schönheide, Stützengrün, and Zschorlau within Erzgebirgskreis.

There were 44,807 eligible voters in 2024. ^[3]

Members

Election		Member	Party	%
	2014	Thomas Colditz	CDU	47.8
	2019	Eric Dietrich		37.6
	2024	Peter Bachmann	AfD	38.0

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Erzgebirge 2 [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	Peter Bachmann		12,415	38.0	6.7	11,300	34.5	5.2
	CDU	N Eric Dietrich		11,901	36.4	1.3	11,281	34.4	3.2
	BSW	Wolfram Christ		3,073	9.4		3,988	12.2
	FW	Danny Weber		2,104	6.4	1.2	1,038	3.2	0.9
	Left	Rico Gebhardt		1,110	3.4	9.4	625	1.9	7.3
	SPD	Sören Wittig		913	2.8	3.8	1,341	4.1	3.3
	Freie Sachsen	Stefan Hartung		741	2.3		1,587	4.8
	Greens	Uwe Stieven Kaettniß		260	0.8	2.1	338	1.0	2.0
	APT						286	0.9
	Values						239	0.7
	Bündnis C						221	0.7
	FDP	Steve Peter		193	0.6	2.9	171	0.5	2.6
	PARTEI						146	0.4	0.5
	BD						82	0.3
	Pirates						50	0.2
	dieBasis						30	0.1
	BüSo						24	0.1
	ÖDP						19	0.1
	V-Partei3						17	0.1
Informal votes				426			353
Total valid votes				32,710			32,783
Turnout				33,136	74.0	9.3
	AfD gain from CDU		Majority	514	1.6

References

1. "Elected Member for Erzgebirge 2". 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/WK013-40.shtml

See also

• Politics of Saxony
• Landtag of Saxony