Erzgebirge 3

14: Erzgebirge 3
14: Erzgebirge 3
Electoral district; for the Landtag of Saxony
	Erzgebirge 3 in 2024
District	Erzgebirgskreis
Electorate	54,504 (2024)
Major settlements	Elterlein, Grünhain-Beierfeld, Johanngeorgenstadt, Lauter-Bernsbach, Lößnitz, Schwarzenberg, and Zwönitz
Current electoral district
Party	AfD
Member	Thomas Thumm

Erzgebirge 3 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 14. It is within the district of Erzgebirgskreis. ^[2]

Geography

The constituency comprises the towns of Elterlein, Grünhain-Beierfeld, Johanngeorgenstadt, Lauter-Bernsbach, Lößnitz, Schwarzenberg, and Zwönitz, and the districts of Breitenbrunn and Raschau-Markersbach within Erzgebirgskreis.

There were 54,504 eligible voters in 2024. ^[3]

Members

	Member	Party	%
2014	Alexander Krauß	CDU	43.1
2019	Thomas Thumm	AfD	37.6
2024	Thomas Thumm	AfD	46.5

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Erzgebirge 3^[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	Y Thomas Thumm		18,422	46.5	12.1	14,604	36.5	3.1
	CDU	Tom Unger		12,984	32.7	0.4	12,602	31.5	2.5
	BSW						5,191	13.0
	Freie Sachsen						2,027	5.1
	SPD	Simone Lang		2,719	6.9	1.8	1,751	4.4	2.4
	FW	Rico Henkner		2,638	6.7	0.9	1,049	2.6	1.2
	Left	Andrea Schrutek		1,512	3.8	6.6	789	2.0	7.5
	FDP	Martin Kandt		540	1.4	2.6	230	0.6	3.1
	Greens	Dunja Schulze		481	1.2	2.5	500	1.2	2.1
	APT						348	0.9
	Values	Tom Hans Wötzel		354	0.9		267	0.7
	PARTEI						200	0.5	0.5
	Bündnis C						182	0.5
	BD						103	0.3
	dieBasis						63	0.2
	Pirates						48	0.1
	ÖDP						38	0.1
	V-Partei3						23	0.1
	BüSo						18	0.0
Informal votes				866			483
Total valid votes				39,650			40,033
Turnout				40,516	74.3	6.1
	AfD hold		Majority	5,438	13.8

2014 election

State election (2014): Erzgebirge 3^[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	Alexander Krauß		12,686	43.1		12,831	43.4
	Left			5,908	20.1		5,715	19.3
	AfD			3,288	11.2		3,347	11.3
	SPD			3,208	10.9		2,902	9.8
	NPD			1,549	5.3		1,761	6.0
	Greens			1,126	3.8		860	2.9
	FDP			925	3.1		984	3.3
	FW			535	1.8		492	1.7
	APT						269	0.9
	Pirates			220	0.7		208	0.7
	PARTEI						96	0.3
	Pro Germany Citizens' Movement						42	0.1
	DSU						34	0.1
	BüSo						23	0.1
Informal votes				552			433
Total valid votes				29,445			29,564
Turnout				29,997	48.8	11.9
	CDU win new seat		Majority	6,694	23.0

References

^ "Elected Member for Erzgebirge 3". 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/WK002-44.shtml
^ https://wahlen.sachsen.de/landtagswahl-2014-wahlergebnisse.php?wahlkreis=15&_ptabs=%7B%22%23tab-stimmenverteilung%22%3A1%7D