Erzgebirge 5

16: 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

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

	Member	Party	%
2014	Günther Schneider	CDU	46.8
2019	Jörg Markert	CDU	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

2019 election

State election (2019): Erzgebirge 5^[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	Jörg Markert		13,852	34.6	12.2	14,534	36.2	8.9
	AfD	Torsten Gahler		12,798	32.0	22.4	12,598	31.4	20.9
	Left	Kathleen Noack		4,046	10.1	7.7	3,527	8.8	8.4
	SPD	Richard Ringeis		2,664	6.7	2.7	2,836	7.1	3.1
	FDP	Tino Günther		2,598	6.5	0.6	1,859	4.6	0.7
	Greens	Kay Meister		2,151	5.4	1.9	1,464	3.6	0.7
	FW	Marc Schawn		1,945	4.9	3.4	1,284	3.2	2.0
	APT						575	1.4	0.4
	PARTEI						421	1.0	0.7
	NPD						309	0.8	4.4
	Verjüngungsforschung						244	0.6
	The Blue Party						128	0.3
	ÖDP						84	0.2
	Pirates						71	0.2	0.4
	Awakening of German Patriots - Central Germany						68	0.2
	PDV						52	0.1
	DKP						41	0.1
	Humanists						35	0.1
	BüSo						30	0.1
Informal votes				722			616
Total valid votes				40,054			40,160
Turnout				40,776	67.8	15.7
	CDU hold		Majority	1,054	2.6	26.4

2014 election

State election (2014): Erzgebirge 5^[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	Günther Schneider		15,180	46.8		14,686	45.1
	Left			5,770	17.8		5,589	17.2
	AfD			3,125	9.6		3,404	10.5
	SPD			3,044	9.4		3,320	10.2
	FDP			1,908	5.9		1,733	5.3
	NPD			1,483	4.6		1,678	5.2
	Greens			1,151	3.5		955	2.9
	FW			502	1.5		396	1.2
	APT						319	1.0
	Pirates			265	0.8		211	0.6
	PARTEI						105	0.3
	DSU						54	0.2
	Pro Germany Citizens' Movement						51	0.2
	BüSo						27	0.1
Informal votes				673			573
Total valid votes				32,428			32,528
Turnout				33,101	52.1	12.5
	CDU win new seat		Majority	9,450	29.0

References

^ "Elected Member for Erzgebirge 5". 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/WK016-40.shtml
^ https://www.wahlen.sachsen.de/landtagswahl-2019-wahlergebnisse.php?_ptabs=%7B%22%23tab-stimmenverteilung%22%3A1%7D&wahlkreis=17
^ https://wahlen.sachsen.de/landtagswahl-2014-wahlergebnisse.php?_ptabs=%7B%22%23tab-stimmenverteilung%22%3A1%7D&wahlkreis=17