Mittelsachsen 1

17: Mittelsachsen 1
Electoral district for the Landtag of Saxony
Mittelsachsen 1 in 2024
District	Mittelsachsen
Electorate	59,644 (2024)
Major settlements	Frauenstein, Freiberg, Großschirma, and Sayda
Current electoral district
Party	AfD
Member	Marko Winter [1]

Mittelsachsen 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 17. It is within the district of Mittelsachsen. ^[2]

Geography

The constituency comprises the towns of Frauenstein, Freiberg, Großschirma, and Sayda, and the districts of Bobritzsch-Hilbersdorf, Dorfchemnitz, Halsbrücke, Lichtenberg, Mulda, Neuhausen, Rechenberg-Bienenmühle, and Reinsberg within Mittelsachsen.

There were 59,644 eligible voters in 2024. ^[3]

Members

Election		Member	Party	%
	2014	Gernot Krasselt	CDU	50.0
	2019	Susan Leithoff		35.0
	2024	Marko Winter	AfD	39.6

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Mittelsachsen 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	Marko Winter		17,506	39.6	5.7	16,161	36.5	4.0
	CDU	Klaus-Dieter Barbknecht		14,741	33.4	0.7	13,684	30.9	1.4
	BSW	Ines Schwarze		3,873	8.8		4,976	11.2
	FW	Reiner Hentschel		2,904	6.6	1.4	1,370	3.1	2.1
	SPD	Alexander Max Geißler		2,273	5.1	0.9	2,880	6.5	0.1
	Left	Julia Richter		1,499	3.4	7.9	1,063	2.4	6.0
	Greens	Johannes Brink		801	1.8	2.8	1,464	3.3	2.6
	FDP	Tim Suttner		297	0.7	2.8	346	0.8	3.2
	Freie Sachsen	M. Leuchtmann		258	0.6		1,067	2.4
	APT						373	0.8
	PARTEI						296	0.7	0.7
	Values						121	0.3
	BD						112	0.3
	Pirates						103	0.2
	dieBasis						84	0.2
	Bündnis C						77	0.2
	ÖDP						36	0.1
	V-Partei3						32	0.1
	BüSo						22	0.0
Informal votes				465			350
Total valid votes				44,152			44,267
Turnout				44,617	74.8	2.9
	AfD gain from CDU		Majority	2,765	6.2

References

1. "Elected Member for Mittelsachsen 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/WK017-40.shtml

See also

• Politics of Saxony
• Landtag of Saxony