Vogtland 3

3: Vogtland 3
3: Vogtland 3
Electoral district; for the Landtag of Saxony
	Vogtland 3 in 2024
District	Vogtland
Electorate	58,471 (2024)
Major settlements	Elsterberg, Lengenfeld, Netzschkau, Oelsnitz, Reichenbach im Vogtland, and Treuen
Current electoral district
Party	AfD
Member	René Standke

Vogtland 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 3. It is within the district of Vogtlandkreis. ^[2]

Geography

The constituency includes the towns of Elsterberg, Lengenfeld, Netzschkau, Oelsnitz, Reichenbach im Vogtland, and Treuen, and the municipalities of Bergen, Bösenbrunn, Eichigt, Heinsdorfergrund, Limbach, Neumark, Neuensalz, Pöhl, Theuma, Tirpersdorf, Triebel, and Werda within Vogtlandkreis.

There were 58,471 eligible voters in 2024^[2]

Members

	Member	Party	%
2014	Sören Voigt	CDU	45.3
2019	Sören Voigt	CDU	43.1
2024	René Standke	AfD	36.2

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Vogtland 3^[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	AfD	René Standke		15,287	36.2	8.1	14,672	34.7	7.3
	CDU	Marcus Fritsch		13,525	32.0	5.7	14,573	34.4	2.2
	BSW	Janina Pfau		5,307	12.6		6,096	14.4
	FW	Stephan Hösl		3,184	7.5	3.2	850	2.0	0.8
	SPD	Saskia Feustel		1,929	4.6	2.7	2,018	4.8	3.5
	Left	Petra Rank		1,286	3.9	9.2	945	2.2	8.5
	FDP	Luisa Strobel		651	1.5	3.0	293	0.7	3.0
	Greens	Danny Przisambor		588	1.4	4.2	694	1.6	3.2
	Freie Sachsen						685	1.6
	APT						470	1.1
	Values	Heiko Petzoldt		455	1.1		301	0.7
	PARTEI						248	0.6	0.6
	Bündnis C						159	0.4
	BD						92	0.2
	dieBasis						78	0.2
	Pirates						55	0.1
	ÖDP						43	0.1
	BüSo						24	0.1
	V-Partei3						22	0.1
Informal votes				455			349
Total valid votes				42,212			42,318
Turnout				42,667	73.0	10.4
	AfD gain from CDU		Majority	1,762	4.2

2019 election

State election (2019): Vogtland 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	%	±%
	CDU	Y Sören Voigt		11,739	43.1	2.2	11,038	40.4	4.6
	AfD			7,255	26.6	16.2	7,321	26.8	16.3
	Left			2,695	9.9	9.2	2,645	9.7	8.7
	SPD			1,852	6.8	6.6	2,097	7.7	4.7
	FW			1,348	5.0		705	2.6	1.8
	Greens			1,189	4.4	0.8	1,128	4.1	1.3
	FDP			1,039	3.8	1.0	944	3.5	0.7
	APT						454	1.7	0.7
	PARTEI						301	1.1	0.8
	NPD						140	0.5	3.9
	Verjüngungsforschung						140	0.5
	DSU			110	0.4
	The Blue Party						102	0.4
	ÖDP						76	0.3
	Awakening of German Patriots - Central Germany						74	0.3
	Pirates						62	0.2	0.4
	Humanists						45	0.2
	BüSo						17	0.1
	PDV						16	0.1
	DKP						14	0.1
Informal votes				362			270
Total valid votes				27,227			27,319
Turnout				27,589	61.7	17.7
	CDU hold		Majority	4,484	16.5	9.7

2014 election

State election (2014): Vogtland 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	Sören Voigt		9,334	45.3		9,319	45.0
	Left			3,925	19.1		3,809	18.4
	SPD			2,750	13.4		2,572	12.4
	AfD			2,150	10.4		2,164	10.5
	NPD			924	4.5		919	4.4
	Greens			741	3.6		580	2.8
	FDP			586	2.8		661	3.2
	APT						203	1.0
	FW						158	0.8
	Pirates			175	0.9		129	0.6
	DSU						81	0.4
	PARTEI						66	0.3
	Pro Germany Citizens' Movement						36	0.2
	BüSo						11	0.1
Informal votes				375			252
Total valid votes				20,585			20,708
Turnout				20,960	44.0	15.4
	CDU win new seat		Majority	5,409	26.2