Erzgebirge 2

13: 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

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

	Member	Party	%
2014	Thomas Colditz	CDU	47.8
2019	Eric Dietrich	CDU	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

2019 election

State election (2019): Erzgebirge 2^[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Eric Dietrich		11,229	37.6	10.2	11,276	37.6	6.1
	AfD			9,334	31.3	22.1	8,775	29.3	18.7
	Left			3,828	12.8	5.5	2,765	9.2	9.8
	SPD			1,967	6.6	4.0	2,211	7.4	2.8
	FW			1,569	5.3	2.2	1,206	4.0	1.9
	FDP			1,050	3.5	1.0	938	3.1
	Greens			860	2.9	0.7	921	3.1	0.7
	NPD						621	2.1	4.8
	APT						433	1.4	0.5
	PARTEI						276	0.9	0.6
	Verjüngungsforschung						157	0.5
	The Blue Party						122	0.4
	ÖDP						67	0.2
	Pirates						55	0.2	0.3
	Awakening of German Patriots - Central Germany						53	0.2
	Humanists						40	0.1
	PDV						28	0.1
	BüSo						15	0.1
	DKP						13	0.0
Informal votes				480			345
Total valid votes				29,837			29,972
Turnout				30,317	63.7	15.6
	CDU hold		Majority	1,895	6.3	23.2

2014 election

State election (2014): Erzgebirge 2^[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Thomas Colditz		11,512	47.8		10,528	43.7
	Left			4,396	18.3		4,568	19.0
	SPD			2,545	10.6		2,457	10.2
	AfD			2,215	9.2		2,552	10.6
	NPD			1,407	5.8		1,672	6.9
	FW			740	3.1		512	2.1
	FDP			590	2.5		749	3.1
	Greens			530	2.2		571	2.4
	APT						206	0.9
	Pirates			142	0.6		129	0.5
	PARTEI						66	0.3
	Pro Germany Citizens' Movement						40	0.2
	BüSo						26	0.1
	DSU						15	0.1
Informal votes				351			337
Total valid votes				24,077			24,091
Turnout				24,428	48.1	11.0
	CDU win new seat		Majority	7,116	29.5

References

^ "Elected Member for Erzgebirge 2". Landtag of Saxony. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
^ "Saxony Electoral Districts". Retrieved 8 January 2026.
^ "Saxony Electoral Districts". Retrieved 8 January 2026.
^ https://www.tagesschau.de/wahl/archiv/2024-09-01-LT-DE-SN/charts/wahlkreis-detail/WK013-40.shtml
^ https://www.wahlen.sachsen.de/landtagswahl-2019-wahlergebnisse.php?_ptabs=%7B%22%23tab-stimmenverteilung%22%3A1%7D&wahlkreis=14
^ https://wahlen.sachsen.de/landtagswahl-2014-wahlergebnisse.php?wahlkreis=14&_ptabs=%7B%22%23tab-stimmenverteilung%22%3A1%7D