Zwickau 5

8: Zwickau 5
8: Zwickau 5
Electoral district; for the Landtag of Saxony
	Zwickau 5 in 2024
District	Zwickau
Electorate	44,303 (2024)
Major settlements	Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Limbach-Oberfrohna, and Oberlungwitz
Current electoral district
Party	AfD
Member	Mike Moncsek

Zwickau 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 8. It is within the district of Zwickau. ^[2]

Geography

The constituency includes the towns of Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Limbach-Oberfrohna, and Oberlungwitz, and the municipalities of Callenberg, Gersdorf, and Niederfrohna within Zwickau.

There were 44,303 eligible voters in 2024^[2]

Members

	Member	Party	%
2014	Jan Hippold	CDU	41.9
2019	Jan Hippold	CDU	39.6
2024	Mike Moncsek	AfD	34.6

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Zwickau 5^[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	Mike Moncsek		11,242	34.6	6.6	10,333	31.8	5.7
	CDU	Ina Klemm		11,057	34.1	5.5	11,488	35.3	1.1
	FW	Kati Vogel		3,614	11.1		1,386	4.3	1.0
	BSW	Sebastian Bernhardt		3,154	9.7		4,044	12.4
	SPD	Melanie Mandy Berthold		1,575	4.9	2.8	1,977	6.1	1.3
	Left	Sven Voitel		756	2.3	11.2	681	2.1	7.8
	Greens	Eva Katharina Kühner		615	1.9	4.2	702	2.2	3.2
	FDP	Anne Sahmel		244	0.8	4.4	223	0.7	3.7
	Freie Sachsen	Frank Neufert		207	0.6		797	2.5
	APT						303	0.9
	PARTEI						195	0.6	0.7
	Bündnis C						83	0.3
	Values						72	0.2
	BD						64	0.2
	Pirates						51	0.2
	dieBasis						35	0.1
	V-Partei3						30	0.1
	ÖDP						27	0.1
	BüSo						20	0.1
Informal votes				340			293
Total valid votes				32,464			32,511
Turnout				32,804	74.0	8.0
	AfD gain from CDU		Majority	185	0.5

2014 election

State election (2014): Zwickau 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	%	±%
	CDU	Jan Hippold		9,245	41.9		9,641	43.6
	Left			4,268	19.4		4,104	18.6
	SPD			2,594	11.8		2,596	11.7
	AfD			1,932	8.8		1,975	8.9
	FW			1,295	5.9		737	3.3
	Greens			967	4.4		868	3.9
	FDP			775	3.5		836	3.8
	NPD			748	3.4		805	3.6
	APT						241	1.1
	Pirates			223	1.0		167	0.8
	PARTEI						82	0.4
	Pro Germany Citizens' Movement						33	0.1
	DSU						18	0.1
	BüSo						16	0.1
Informal votes				342			270
Total valid votes				22,047			22,119
Turnout				22,389	46.5	15.0
	CDU win new seat		Majority	4,977	22.5