Chemnitzer Umland – Erzgebirgskreis II

Chemnitzer Umland – Erzgebirgskreis II is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the Bundestag. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 163. It is located in western Saxony, comprising parts of the Erzgebirgskreis, Mittelsachsen, and Zwickau districts.[1]

163 Chemnitzer Umland – Erzgebirgskreis II
electoral district for the Bundestag
Chemnitzer Umland – Erzgebirgskreis II in 2013
State	Saxony
Population	219,200 (2015)
Electorate	183,483 (2017)
Major settlements	Limbach-Oberfrohna Hohenstein-Ernstthal Zwönitz
Area	902.9 km^2
Current electoral district
Created	2009
Party	CDU
Member	Marco Wanderwitz
Elected	2009, 2013, 2017

Chemnitzer Umland – Erzgebirgskreis II was created for the 2009 federal election. Since 2009, it has been represented by Marco Wanderwitz of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]

Geography

Chemnitzer Umland – Erzgebirgskreis II is located in western Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the municipalities of Hohndorf, Jahnsdorf, Neukirchen, Oelsnitz, Thalheim, and Zwönitz and the Verwaltungsgemeinschaften of Burkhardtsdorf, Lugau, and Stollberg from Erzgebirgskreis district; the municipalities of Claußnitz, Erlau, Geringswalde, Hartmannsdorf, Königshain-Wiederau, Lichtenau, Lunzenau, Penig, and Wechselburg and the Verwaltungsgemeinschaften of Burgstädt and Rochlitz from Mittelsachsen district; and the municipalities of Callenberg, Gersdorf, Hohenstein-Ernstthal, and Oberlungwitz and the Verwaltungsgemeinschaften of Limbach-Oberfrohna and Rund um den Auersberg from Zwickau district.[1]

History

Chemnitzer Umland – Erzgebirgskreis II was created in 2009 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Chemnitzer Land – Stollberg and Döbeln – Mittweida – Meißen II. In the 2009 election, it was constituency 164 in the numbering system. Since 2013, it has been number 163. Its borders have not changed since its creation.

Members

The constituency has been represented by Marco Wanderwitz of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation.

Election		Member	Party	%
	2009	Marco Wanderwitz	CDU	41.2
	2013			49.6
	2017			35.1

Election results

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Chemnitzer Umland – Erzgebirgskreis II[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 or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Marco Wanderwitz		48,012	35.1	14.4	41,947	30.6	14.7
	AfD	Ulrich Oehme		36,388	26.6		36,746	26.8	19.5
	Left	Jörn Wunderlich		23,174	17.0	4.9	20,972	15.3	4.7
	SPD	Ronny Kienert		14,142	10.3	5.3	14,524	10.6	3.9
	FDP	Kristian Reinhold		10,345	7.6	5.3	10,542	7.7	5.0
	Green	André Oehler		4,609	3.4	0.3	3,850	2.8	0.4
	FW						1,838	1.3	0.0
	Tierschutzpartei						1,830	1.3
	NPD						1,686	1.2	2.0
	PARTEI						1,471	1.1
	Pirates						513	0.4	1.5
	BGE						349	0.3
	ÖDP						289	0.2
	DiB						265	0.2
	V-Partei³						172	0.1
	MLPD						103	0.1	0.0
	BüSo						86	0.1	0.1
Informal votes				2,221			1,708
Total Valid votes				136,670			137,183
Turnout				138,891	75.7	5.4
	CDU hold		Majority	11,624	8.5	19.2

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Chemnitzer Umland – Erzgebirgskreis II[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 or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Marco Wanderwitz		65,157	49.6	8.3	59,939	45.3	7.7
	Left	Jörn Wunderlich		28,783	21.9	3.4	26,434	20.0	5.5
	SPD	Simone Violka		20,517	15.6	0.9	19,178	14.5	0.1
	AfD						9,636	7.3
	NPD	Gitta Schüßler		6,205	4.7	0.7	4,307	3.3	0.5
	Green	Dan Fehlberg		4,874	3.7	0.4	4,282	3.2	1.3
	FDP	Manfred Stefan Frünke		3,006	2.3	8.5	3,594	2.7	10.2
	Pirates	Christian Peters		2,903	2.2		2,522	1.9
	FW						1,760	1.3
	PRO						504	0.4
	BüSo						158	0.1	0.5
	MLPD						121	0.1	0.1
Informal votes				3,115			2,125
Total Valid votes				131,445			132,435
Turnout				134,560	70.2	4.5
	CDU hold		Majority	36,374	27.7	11.8

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Chemnitzer Umland – Erzgebirgskreis II[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 or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Marco Wanderwitz		54,065	41.2	2.2	49,258	37.5	5.3
	Left	Jörn Wunderlich		33,133	25.3	3.1	33,488	25.5	2.8
	SPD	Simone Violka		19,247	14.7	9.3	19,114	14.6	9.1
	FDP	Konrad Felber		14,092	10.7	4.7	16,968	12.9	3.1
	Green	Stefan Boxler		5,360	4.1	1.8	5,946	4.5	1.1
	NPD	Frank Rohleder		5,229	4.0	1.2	4,975	3.8	1.1
	BüSo						829	0.6	0.3
	REP						463	0.4	0.6
	MLPD						281	0.2	0.1
Informal votes				2,151			1,955
Total Valid votes				131,126			131,322
Turnout				133,277	65.7	11.4
	CDU win new seat		Majority	30,932	15.9

References

1. "Constituency Chemnitzer Umland – Erzgebirgskreis II". Federal Returning Officer.
2. "Results for Chemnitzer Umland – Erzgebirgskreis II". Federal Returning Officer.
3. Results for Chemnitzer Umland – Erzgebirgskreis II
4. Results for Chemnitzer Umland – Erzgebirgskreis II
5. Results for Chemnitzer Umland – Erzgebirgskreis II