Zwickau 1

4: Zwickau 1
4: Zwickau 1
Electoral district; for the Landtag of Saxony
	Zwickau 1 in 2024
District	Zwickau
Electorate	45,919 (2024)
Major settlements	Hartenstein, Kirchberg, Wildenfels, and Wilkau-Haßlau
Current electoral district
Party	CDU
Member	Kerstin Nicolaus

Zwickau 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 4. It is within the district of Zwickau. ^[2]

Geography

The constituency includes the towns of Hartenstein, Kirchberg, Wildenfels, and Wilkau-Haßlau, and the municipalities of Crinitzberg, Hartmannsdorf, Hirschfeld, Langenweißbach, Lichtentanne, Mülsen, Reinsdorf within Zwickau.

There were 45,919 eligible voters in 2024^[2]

Members

	Member	Party	%
2014	Kerstin Nicolaus	CDU	43.4
2019			39.7
2024			37.8

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Zwickau 1^[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	%	±%
	CDU	Y Kerstin Nicolaus		13,281	37.8	1.9	12,634	35.8	3.4
	AfD	Jens Helmar Breitfeld		12,635	35.9	7.0	11,941	33.8	4.9
	BSW	Sascha Wünsch		3,980	11.3		4,670	13.2
	SPD	Steffi Heinzig		1,511	4.3	2.2	1,732	4.9	1.7
	FW	Moritz Schüller		1,405	4.0	1.8	901	2.6	0.9
	Left	Frank Dittrich		748	2.1	7.6	633	1.8	7.0
	Greens	Lars Dörner		501	1.4	3.3	573	1.6	2.6
	FDP	Raphael Roch		423	1.2	3.4	246	0.7	3.2
	Freie Sachsen	Peggy Lohße		236	0.7		754	2.1
	APT						330	0.9
	Bündnis C						264	0.7
	PARTEI						167	0.5	0.5
	Values	S. Schmalfuß		226	0.6		155	0.4
	dieBasis	Michael Goldberger		221	0.6		115	0.3
	BD						71	0.2
	Pirates						42	0.1
	ÖDP						29	0.1
	V-Partei3						25	0.1
	BüSo						12	0.0
Informal votes				403			276
Total valid votes				35,167			35,294
Turnout				35,570	77.5	8.0
	CDU hold		Majority	354	1.9

2019 election

State election (2019): Zwickau 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 Kerstin Nicolaus		12,864	39.7	3.7	12,763	39.2	7.3
	AfD			9,391	29.0		9,424	28.9	19.4
	Left			3,154	9.7	8.7	2,881	8.8	8.5
	SPD			2,120	6.5	5.2	2,162	6.6	3.5
	FW			1,874	5.8	2.5	1,112	3.4	1.0
	Greens			1,534	4.7		1,382	4.2	1.2
	FDP			1,492	4.6	0.6	1,270	3.9	0.9
	APT						543	1.7	0.7
	PARTEI						320	1.0	0.6
	Verjüngungsforschung						155	0.5
	NPD						144	0.4	4.7
	The Blue Party						103	0.3
	ÖDP						94	0.3
	Pirates						74	0.2	0.4
	Awakening of German Patriots - Central Germany						58	0.2
	PDV						37	0.1
	DKP						32	0.1
	Humanists						19	0.1
	BüSo						18	0.1	0.2
Informal votes				498			336
Total valid votes				32,429			32,591
Turnout				32,927	67.7	18.2
	CDU hold		Majority	3,473	10.7	14.3

2014 election

State election (2014): Zwickau 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	Kerstin Nicolaus		10,775	43.4		11,690	46.5
	Left			4,564	18.4		4,352	17.3
	SPD			2,893	11.7		2,539	10.1
	AfD						2,377	9.5
	FW			2,049	8.3		614	2.4
	NPD			1,444	5.8		1,274	5.1
	FDP			1,301	5.2		905	3.6
	Greens			1,155	4.7		757	3.0
	APT						260	1.0
	Pirates			346	1.4		145	0.6
	PARTEI						98	0.4
	BüSo			301	1.2		63	0.3
	DSU						23	0.1
	Pro Germany Citizens' Movement						20	0.1
Informal votes				646			357
Total valid votes				24,828			25,117
Turnout				25,474	49.5	11.8
	CDU win new seat		Majority	6,211	25.0