Görlitz 1/Zhorjelc 1

57: Görlitz 1/Zhorjelc 1
57: Görlitz 1/Zhorjelc 1
Electoral district; for the Landtag of Saxony
	Görlitz 1/Zhorjelc 1 in 2024
District	Görlitz
Electorate	54,088 (2024)
Major settlements	Bad Muskau, Niesky, Rothenburg, and Weißwasser
Current electoral district
Party	AfD
Member	Roberto Kuhnert

Görlitz 1/Zhorjelc 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 57. It is within the district of Görlitz.^[2]

Geography

The constituency comprises the towns of Bad Muskau, Niesky, Rothenburg, and Weißwasser, and the municipalities of Boxberg, Gablenz, Groß Düben, Hähnichen, Hohendubrau, Horka, Kodersdorf, Krauschwitz, Kreba-Neudorf, Mücka, Neißeaue, Quitzdorf am See, Rietschen, Schleife, Schöpstal, Trebendorf, Waldhufen, and Weißkeißel within the district of Görlitz.

There were 54,088 eligible voters in 2024.^[3]

Members

	Member	Party	%
2014	Lothar Bienst	CDU	41.4
2019	Roberto Kuhnert	AfD	36.6
2024	Roberto Kuhnert	AfD	42.6

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Görlitz 1/Zhorjelc 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	Y Roberto Kuhnert		16,856	42.6	5.9	16,344	41.2	5.8
	CDU	T. Gottfried Havenstein		13,057	33.0	1.3	13,135	33.1	3.5
	BSW	Hans-Ullrich Hinner		3,372	8.5		4,568	11.5
	Independent	Sylvio Ingo Arndt		2,152	5.4
	Left	Antonia Mertsching		1,373	3.5	6.1	916	2.3	6.3
	FW	Siegmund Hänchen		1,033	2.6	2.4	559	1.4	1.3
	SPD	Maike Gerhild Kreutziger		975	2.5	5.6	1,494	3.8	2.0
	Freie Sachsen						684	1.7
	Greens	Carolin Astrid Renner		436	1.1	2.0	592	1.5	1.6
	APT						387	1.0
	FDP	Claus Torsten Pötschk		357	0.9	2.5	236	0.6	2.5
	PARTEI						218	0.5	0.4
	Values						128	0.3
	BD						101	0.3
	dieBasis						80	0.2
	Pirates						66	0.2
	Bündnis C						62	0.2
	V-Partei3						35	0.1
	BüSo						31	0.1
	ÖDP						14	0.0
Informal votes				505			466
Total valid votes				39,611			39,650
Turnout				40,116	74.2	3.4
	AfD hold		Majority	3,799	9.6

2014 election

State election (2014): Görlitz 1/Zhorjelc 1^[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	Lothar Bienst		11,342	41.4		11,301	41.1
	Left			6,055	22.1		5,337	19.4
	SPD			3,183	11.6		3,040	11.0
	AfD			2,928	10.7		3,208	11.7
	NPD			1,418	5.2		1,550	5.6
	FW			783	2.9		630	2.3
	Greens			745	2.7		784	2.8
	FDP			715	2.6		958	3.5
	APT						285	1.0
	Pirates			252	0.9		189	0.7
	PARTEI						96	0.3
	Pro Germany Citizens' Movement						58	0.2
	BüSo						43	0.2
	DSU						35	0.1
Informal votes				537			444
Total valid votes				27,421			27,514
Turnout				27,958	53.1	0.3
	CDU win new seat		Majority	5,287	19.3

References

^ "Elected Member for Görlitz 1/Zhorjelc 1". Landtag of Saxony. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
^ "Saxony Electoral Districts". Retrieved 10 January 2026.
^ "Saxony Electoral Districts". Retrieved 10 January 2026.
^ https://www.tagesschau.de/wahl/archiv/2024-09-01-LT-DE-SN/charts/wahlkreis-detail/WK057-25.shtml
^ https://www.statistischebibliothek.de/mir/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/SNHeft_derivate_00005762/B_VII_2_2_5j_14_SN.pdf