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 | |
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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 km2 |
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 |
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1990 | 327 | Zwickau – Werdau |
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1994 | |||
1998 | |||
2002 | 167 | Zwickauer Land – Zwickau |
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2005 | |||
2009 | 166 | Zwickau |
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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 | % | |
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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] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
48,347 | 33.7 | ![]() |
45,106 | 30.3 | ![]() | ||
AfD | 38,964 | 26.2 | ![]() | ||||||
Left | Sabine Zimmermann | 36,881 | 25.7 | ![]() |
24,665 | 16.6 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Jürgen Martens | 19,181 | 13.4 | ![]() |
11,253 | 7.6 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Mario Pecher | 18,219 | 12.7 | ![]() |
16,131 | 10.8 | ![]() | ||
Independent | Heiko Richter | 12,622 | 8.8 | ||||||
Green | Wolfgang Wetzel[lower-alpha 1] | 6,513 | 4.5 | ![]() |
4,327 | 2.9 | ![]() | ||
Tierschutzpartei | 2,162 | 1.5 | |||||||
FW | 1,674 | 1.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Independent | Helmut Zagermann | 1,617 | 1.1 | ||||||
PARTEI | 1,408 | 0.9 | |||||||
NPD | 1,302 | 0.9 | ![]() | ||||||
Pirates | 463 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||||||
BGE | 326 | 0.2 | |||||||
ÖDP | 299 | 0.2 | |||||||
DiB | 230 | 0.2 | |||||||
V-Partei³ | 212 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | 202 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
BüSo | 105 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 7,570 | 2,121 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 143,380 | 148,829 | |||||||
Turnout | 150,950 | 72.7 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 11,466 | 8.0 | ![]() |
2013 election
Federal election (2013): Zwickau[4] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Carsten Körber | 64,857 | 44.6 | ![]() |
64,872 | 44.4 | ![]() | ||
Left | Sabine Zimmermann | 35,847 | 24.6 | ![]() |
31,061 | 21.3 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Andreas Weigel | 23,033 | 15.8 | ![]() |
21,686 | 14.8 | ![]() | ||
AfD | 8,878 | 6.1 | |||||||
NPD | Patrick Gentsch | 5,918 | 4.1 | ![]() |
4,664 | 3.2 | ![]() | ||
Green | Lars Dörner | 4,334 | 3.0 | ![]() |
4,653 | 3.2 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Nico Tippelt | 3,996 | 2.7 | ![]() |
3,924 | 2.7 | ![]() | ||
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 | ![]() |
384 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||
MLPD | 175 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,723 | 2,251 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 145,582 | 146,054 | |||||||
Turnout | 148,305 | 68.1 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 29,010 | 20.0 | ![]() |
2009 election
Federal election (2009): Zwickau[5] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
55,605 | 38.8 | ![]() |
51,459 | 35.9 | ![]() | ||
Left | Sabine Zimmermann | 40,265 | 28.1 | ![]() |
39,659 | 27.7 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Andreas Weigel | 20,864 | 14.6 | ![]() |
21,336 | 14.9 | ![]() | ||
FDP | André Hubatschek | 13,097 | 9.1 | ![]() |
17,402 | 12.1 | ![]() | ||
Green | Martin Böttger | 6,491 | 4.5 | ![]() |
6,418 | 4.5 | ![]() | ||
NPD | Patrick Gentsch | 5,394 | 3.8 | ![]() |
5,268 | 3.7 | ![]() | ||
BüSo | Kai-Uwe Ducke | 995 | 0.7 | ![]() |
1,011 | 0.7 | ![]() | ||
Independent | Klaus-Dieter Kramer | 520 | 0.4 | ||||||
REP | 517 | 0.4 | ![]() | ||||||
MLPD | 316 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,383 | 2,228 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 143,231 | 143,386 | |||||||
Turnout | 145,614 | 63.4 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 15,340 | 10.7 | ![]() |
Notes
- Wetzel entered the Bundestag on the Greens list after the resignation of Stephan Kühn in October 2020.
References
- "Constituency Zwickau". Federal Returning Officer.
- "Results for Zwickau". Federal Returning Officer.
- Results for Zwickau
- Results for Zwickau
- Results for Zwickau