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]
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	Arthur Österle		16,191	38.3	6.4	15,132	35.7	4.3
	CDU	N Jörg Olaf Markert		13,177	31.2	3.4	14,260	33.6	2.6
	BSW	János Füleki		3,984	9.4		5,465	12.9
	FDP	Heinz-Peter Haustein		2,880	6.8	0.3	484	1.1	3.5
	FW	G. Karlhermann Schneider		2,463	5.8	1.0	1,160	2.7	0.5
	SPD	Andreas Enrico Haustein		2,164	5.1	1.5	1,889	4.5	2.6
	Freie Sachsen						1,407	3.3
	Left	Andreas Heilsberg		928	2.2	7.9	771	1.8	7.0
	Greens	S. Rudolf Walter		457	1.1	4.3	600	1.4	2.2
	APT						377	0.9
	PARTEI						213	0.5	0.5
	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
	AfD gain from CDU		Majority	3,014	7.1

References

1. "Elected Member for Erzgebirge 5". 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/WK016-40.shtml

See also

• Politics of Saxony
• Landtag of Saxony