Zwickau (electoral district)

Last updated
164 Zwickau
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Bundestagswahlkreis 164-2025.svg
Zwickau in 2025
State Saxony
Population243,000 (2019)
Electorate197,831 (2021)
Major settlements Zwickau
Glauchau
Werdau
Area755.1 km2
Current electoral district
Created1990
Party AfD
Member Matthias Moosdorf
Elected 2021

Zwickau is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the Bundestag. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 164. It is located in southwestern Saxony, comprising most of the Zwickau district. [1]

Contents

Zwickau was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. Since 2021, it has been represented by Matthias Moosdorf of the Alternative for Germany (AfD). [2]

Geography

Zwickau is located in southwestern Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Zwickau district excluding the municipalities of Callenberg, Gersdorf, Hohenstein-Ernstthal, and Oberlungwitz and the Verwaltungsgemeinschaften of Limbach-Oberfrohna and Rund um den Auersberg. [1]

History

Zwickau was created after German reunification in 1990, then known as Zwickau – Werdau. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was named Zwickauer Land – Zwickau. It acquired its current name in the 2009 election. In the 1990 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 327 in the numbering system. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 167. In the 2009 election, it was number 166. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 165. From the 2025 election, it has been number 164.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Zwickau, the Landkreis Zwickau district, and the Werdau district. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it comprised the independent city of Zwickau and the Zwickauer Land district. It acquired its current borders in the 2009 election.

ElectionNo.NameBorders
1990 327Zwickau – Werdau
  • Zwickau city
  • Landkreis Zwickau district
  • Werdau district
1994
1998
2002 167Zwickauer Land – Zwickau
2005
2009 166Zwickau
2013 165
2017
2021
2025 164

Members

The constituency was first represented by Michael Luther of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1990 to 2013. He was succeeded by Carsten Körber in 2013. Michael Moosdorf won the constituency for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in 2021.

ElectionMemberParty %
1990 Michael Luther CDU 52.2
1994 49.5
1998 34.5
2002 39.4
2005 34.6
2009 38.8
2013 Carsten Körber CDU 44.6
2017 33.7
2021 Matthias Moosdorf AfD 25.6

Election results

2025 election

Federal election (2025): Zwickau [3]
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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
AfD Green check.svgY Matthias Moosdorf 59,72239.9Increase2.svg 14.460,79140.6Increase2.svg 15.4
CDU Carsten Körber 35,42823.7Increase2.svg 2.531,80621.2Increase2.svg 2.7
BSW Heiko Döhler13,5079.0New15,25810.2New
SPD Jens Juraschka14,8379.9Decrease2.svg 6.713,3768.9Decrease2.svg 12.2
Left Patrick Leonhardt11,2127.5Decrease2.svg 8.112,7998.5Decrease2.svg 0.8
Greens Manuel Schramm3,4852.3Decrease2.svg 1.84,9103.3Decrease2.svg 1.6
FDP Nico Tippelt 4,3562.9Decrease2.svg 6.74,5713.0Decrease2.svg 7.6
FW Anselm Meyer4,7123.1Decrease2.svg 1.12,5681.7Decrease2.svg 1.0
Tierschutzpartei  1,7641.2Decrease2.svg 0.9
PARTEI Désirée Engel1,7731.2New8310.6Decrease2.svg 0.5
Volt  4980.3Increase2.svg 0.2
BD Susan Heinrich4580.3New3690.2New
Pirates  1590.1Decrease2.svg 0.2
Humanists  880.1Steady2.svg 0.0
MLPD Dagmar Kolkmann-Lutz1450.1New810.1Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes1,202968
Total valid votes149,635149,869
Turnout 150,83779.6Increase2.svg 5.2
AfD holdMajority24,29416.2Increase2.svg 11.8

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Zwickau [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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
AfD Matthias Moosdorf 37,13525.636,60125.1Decrease2.svg 1.0
CDU Red x.svgN Carsten Körber 30,79821.2Decrease2.svg 12.527,02418.6Decrease2.svg 11.7
SPD Gundula Schubert24,09416.6Increase2.svg 3.930,71821.1Increase2.svg 10.3
Left Sabine Zimmermann 22,58315.5Decrease2.svg 10.213,6299.4Decrease2.svg 7.2
FDP Nico Tippelt 13,9919.6Decrease2.svg 3.715,43110.6Increase2.svg 3.0
FW Christiane Drechsel6,1054.24,0042.8Increase2.svg 1.6
Greens Wolfgang Wetzel5,9884.1Decrease2.svg 0.47,1344.9Increase2.svg 2.0
Tierschutzpartei  3,0932.1Increase2.svg 0.7
dieBasis Christoph Heinritz‑Bechtel3,9752.72,7201.9
PARTEI  1,4831.0Increase2.svg 0.1
Bündnis C  6790.5
Gesundheitsforschung  5790.4
Pirates  4630.3Steady2.svg 0.0
The III. Path  4180.3
The Homeland  4000.3Decrease2.svg 0.6
ÖDP Daniel Micklisch4740.33100.2Steady2.svg 0.0
Team Todenhöfer  2440.2
Volt  1910.1
Independent Thomas Krajak1450.1
Humanists  1330.1
V-Partei3  1040.1Decrease2.svg 0.1
DKP  960.1
MLPD  920.1Decrease2.svg 0.1
Informal votes1,8541,596
Total valid votes145,288145,546
Turnout 147,14274.4Increase2.svg 1.7
AfD gain from CDU Majority6,3374.4

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Zwickau [5]
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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CDU Green check.svgY Carsten Körber 48,34733.7Decrease2.svg 10.845,10630.3Decrease2.svg 14.1
AfD  38,96426.2Increase2.svg 20.1
Left Sabine Zimmermann 36,88125.7Increase2.svg 1.124,66516.6Decrease2.svg 4.7
FDP Jürgen Martens 19,18113.4Increase2.svg 10.611,2537.6Increase2.svg 4.9
SPD Mario Pecher18,21912.7Decrease2.svg 3.116,13110.8Decrease2.svg 4.0
Independent Heiko Richter12,6228.8
Greens Wolfgang Wetzel [a] 6,5134.5Increase2.svg 1.64,3272.9Decrease2.svg 0.3
Tierschutzpartei  2,1621.5
FW  1,6741.1Decrease2.svg 0.7
Independent Helmut Zagermann1,6171.1
PARTEI  1,4080.9
The Homeland  1,3020.9Decrease2.svg 2.3
Pirates  4630.3Decrease2.svg 1.5
BGE  3260.2
ÖDP  2990.2
DiB 2300.2
V-Partei³ 2120.1
MLPD  2020.1Steady2.svg 0.0
BüSo 1050.1Decrease2.svg 0.2
Informal votes7,5702,121
Total valid votes143,380148,829
Turnout 150,95072.7Increase2.svg 4.6
CDU holdMajority11,4668.0Decrease2.svg 12.0

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Zwickau [6]
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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CDU Carsten Körber 64,85744.6Increase2.svg 5.764,87244.4Increase2.svg 8.5
Left Sabine Zimmermann 35,84724.6Decrease2.svg 3.531,06121.3Decrease2.svg 6.4
SPD Andreas Weigel23,03315.8Increase2.svg 1.321,68614.8Steady2.svg 0.0
AfD  8,8786.1
The Homeland Patrick Gentsch5,9184.1Increase2.svg 0.34,6643.2Decrease2.svg 0.5
Greens Lars Dörner4,3343.0Decrease2.svg 0.64,6533.2Decrease2.svg 1.3
FDP Nico Tippelt3,9962.7Decrease2.svg 6.43,9242.7Decrease2.svg 9.4
FW Ingo Göschel3,8232.62,6901.8
Pirates Edgar Tristan Drechsel2,7441.92,5891.8
PRO 4780.3
BüSo Kai-Uwe Ducke1,0300.7Steady2.svg 0.03840.3Decrease2.svg 0.4
MLPD  1750.1Decrease2.svg 0.1
Informal votes2,7232,251
Total valid votes145,582146,054
Turnout 148,30568.1Increase2.svg 4.7
CDU holdMajority29,01020.0Increase2.svg 9.3

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Zwickau [7]
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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CDU Green check.svgY Michael Luther55,60538.8Increase2.svg 4.351,45935.9Increase2.svg 6.6
Left Sabine Zimmermann 40,26528.1Increase2.svg 2.539,65927.7Increase2.svg 2.5
SPD Andreas Weigel20,86414.6Decrease2.svg 11.221,33614.9Decrease2.svg 10.9
FDP André Hubatschek13,0979.1Increase2.svg 3.617,40212.1Increase2.svg 2.9
Greens Martin Böttger6,4914.5Increase2.svg 2.16,4184.5Increase2.svg 1.0
The Homeland Patrick Gentsch5,3943.8Increase2.svg 0.15,2683.7Decrease2.svg 0.1
BüSo Kai-Uwe Ducke9950.7Steady2.svg 0.01,0110.7Increase2.svg 0.2
Independent Klaus-Dieter Kramer5200.4
REP  5170.4Decrease2.svg 0.3
MLPD  3160.2Increase2.svg 0.1
Informal votes2,3832,228
Total valid votes143,231143,386
Turnout 145,61463.4Decrease2.svg 11.5
CDU holdMajority15,34010.7Increase2.svg 2.0

Notes

  1. Wetzel entered the Bundestag on the Greens list after the resignation of Stephan Kühn in October 2020.

References

  1. 1 2 "Constituency Zwickau". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Zwickau". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. Results for Zwickau
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  5. Results for Zwickau
  6. Results for Zwickau
  7. Results for Zwickau

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