Zwickau (electoral district)

Zwickau 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 165. It is located in southwestern Saxony, comprising most of the Zwickau district.[1]

165 Zwickau
electoral district for the Bundestag
Zwickau in 2013
State	Saxony
Population	251,100 (2015)
Electorate	207,606 (2017)
Major settlements	Zwickau Glauchau Werdau
Area	755.1 km^2
Current electoral district
Created	1990
Party	CDU
Member	Carsten Körber
Elected	2013, 2017

Zwickau was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. Since 2013, it has been represented by Carsten Körber of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]

Geography

Zwickau is located in southwestern Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Zwickau district excluding the municipalities of Callenberg, Gersdorf, Hohenstein-Ernstthal, and Oberlungwitz and the Verwaltungsgemeinschaften of Limbach-Oberfrohna and Rund um den Auersberg.[1]

History

Zwickau was created after German reunification in 1990, then known as Zwickau – Werdau. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was named Zwickauer Land – Zwickau. It acquired its current name in the 2009 election. In the 1990 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 327 in the numbering system. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 167. In the 2009 election, it was number 166. Since 2013, it has been number 165.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Zwickau, the Landkreis Zwickau district, and the Werdau district. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it comprised the independent city of Zwickau and the Zwickauer Land district. It acquired its current borders in the 2009 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1990	327	Zwickau – Werdau	Zwickau city Landkreis Zwickau district Werdau district
1994
1998
2002	167	Zwickauer Land – Zwickau	Zwickau city Zwickauer Land district
2005
2009	166	Zwickau	Zwickau district (only Callenberg, Gersdorf, Hohenstein-Ernstthal, and Oberlungwitz municipalities and Limbach-Oberfrohna and Rund um den Auersberg Verwaltungsgemeinschaften)
2013	165
2017
2021

Members

The constituency was first represented by Michael Luther of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1990 to 2013. Carsten Körber of the CDU was elected in 2013 and re-elected in 2017.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1990	Michael Luther	CDU	52.2
	1994			49.5
	1998			34.5
	2002			39.4
	2005			34.6
	2009			38.8
	2013	Carsten Körber	CDU	44.6
	2017			33.7

Election results

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Zwickau[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	Carsten Körber		48,347	33.7	10.8	45,106	30.3	14.1
	AfD						38,964	26.2	20.1
	Left	Sabine Zimmermann		36,881	25.7	1.1	24,665	16.6	4.7
	FDP	Jürgen Martens		19,181	13.4	10.6	11,253	7.6	4.9
	SPD	Mario Pecher		18,219	12.7	3.1	16,131	10.8	4.0
	Independent	Heiko Richter		12,622	8.8
	Green	Wolfgang Wetzel[lower-alpha 1]		6,513	4.5	1.6	4,327	2.9	0.3
	Tierschutzpartei						2,162	1.5
	FW						1,674	1.1	0.7
	Independent	Helmut Zagermann		1,617	1.1
	PARTEI						1,408	0.9
	NPD						1,302	0.9	2.3
	Pirates						463	0.3	1.5
	BGE						326	0.2
	ÖDP						299	0.2
	DiB						230	0.2
	V-Partei³						212	0.1
	MLPD						202	0.1	0.0
	BüSo						105	0.1	0.2
Informal votes				7,570			2,121
Total Valid votes				143,380			148,829
Turnout				150,950	72.7	4.6
	CDU hold		Majority	11,466	8.0	12.0

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Zwickau[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	Carsten Körber		64,857	44.6	5.7	64,872	44.4	8.5
	Left	Sabine Zimmermann		35,847	24.6	3.5	31,061	21.3	6.4
	SPD	Andreas Weigel		23,033	15.8	1.3	21,686	14.8	0.0
	AfD						8,878	6.1
	NPD	Patrick Gentsch		5,918	4.1	0.3	4,664	3.2	0.5
	Green	Lars Dörner		4,334	3.0	0.6	4,653	3.2	1.3
	FDP	Nico Tippelt		3,996	2.7	6.4	3,924	2.7	9.4
	FW	Ingo Göschel		3,823	2.6		2,690	1.8
	Pirates	Edgar Tristan Drechsel		2,744	1.9		2,589	1.8
	PRO						478	0.3
	BüSo	Kai-Uwe Ducke		1,030	0.7	0.0	384	0.3	0.4
	MLPD						175	0.1	0.1
Informal votes				2,723			2,251
Total Valid votes				145,582			146,054
Turnout				148,305	68.1	4.7
	CDU hold		Majority	29,010	20.0	9.3

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Zwickau[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	Michael Luther		55,605	38.8	4.3	51,459	35.9	6.6
	Left	Sabine Zimmermann		40,265	28.1	2.5	39,659	27.7	2.5
	SPD	Andreas Weigel		20,864	14.6	11.2	21,336	14.9	10.9
	FDP	André Hubatschek		13,097	9.1	3.6	17,402	12.1	2.9
	Green	Martin Böttger		6,491	4.5	2.1	6,418	4.5	1.0
	NPD	Patrick Gentsch		5,394	3.8	0.1	5,268	3.7	0.1
	BüSo	Kai-Uwe Ducke		995	0.7	0.0	1,011	0.7	0.2
	Independent	Klaus-Dieter Kramer		520	0.4
	REP						517	0.4	0.3
	MLPD						316	0.2	0.1
Informal votes				2,383			2,228
Total Valid votes				143,231			143,386
Turnout				145,614	63.4	11.5
	CDU hold		Majority	15,340	10.7	2.0

Notes

1. Wetzel entered the Bundestag on the Greens list after the resignation of Stephan Kühn in October 2020.

References

1. "Constituency Zwickau". Federal Returning Officer.
2. "Results for Zwickau". Federal Returning Officer.
3. Results for Zwickau
4. Results for Zwickau
5. Results for Zwickau