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 164. It is located in southwestern Saxony, comprising most of the Zwickau district.

164 Zwickau
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Zwickau in 2025
State	Saxony
Population	243,000 (2019)
Electorate	197,831 (2021)
Major settlements	Zwickau Glauchau Werdau
Area	755.1 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1990
Party	AfD
Member	Matthias Moosdorf
Elected	2021

Zwickau was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. Since 2021, it has been represented by Matthias Moosdorf of the Alternative for Germany (AfD).

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.

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. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 165. From the 2025 election, it has been number 164.

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
2025	164

Members

The constituency was first represented by Michael Luther of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1990 to 2013. He was succeeded by Carsten Körber in 2013. Michael Moosdorf won the constituency for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in 2021.

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
	2021	Matthias Moosdorf	AfD	25.6

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Zwickau
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	Matthias Moosdorf		37,135	25.6		36,601	25.1	1.0
	CDU	N Carsten Körber		30,798	21.2	12.5	27,024	18.6	11.7
	SPD	Gundula Schubert		24,094	16.6	3.9	30,718	21.1	10.3
	Left	Sabine Zimmermann		22,583	15.5	10.2	13,629	9.4	7.2
	FDP	Nico Tippelt		13,991	9.6	3.7	15,431	10.6	3.0
	FW	Christiane Drechsel		6,105	4.2		4,004	2.8	1.6
	Greens	Wolfgang Wetzel		5,988	4.1	0.4	7,134	4.9	2.0
	Tierschutzpartei						3,093	2.1	0.7
	dieBasis	Christoph Heinritz‑Bechtel		3,975	2.7		2,720	1.9
	PARTEI						1,483	1.0	0.1
	Bündnis C						679	0.5
	Gesundheitsforschung						579	0.4
	Pirates						463	0.3	0.0
	The III. Path						418	0.3
	The Homeland						400	0.3	0.6
	ÖDP	Daniel Micklisch		474	0.3		310	0.2	0.0
	Team Todenhöfer						244	0.2
	Volt						191	0.1
	Independent	Thomas Krajak		145	0.1
	Humanists						133	0.1
	V-Partei3						104	0.1	0.1
	DKP						96	0.1
	MLPD						92	0.1	0.1
Informal votes				1,854			1,596
Total valid votes				145,288			145,546
Turnout				147,142	74.4	1.7
	AfD gain from CDU		Majority	6,337	4.4

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Zwickau
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 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
	Greens	Wolfgang Wetzel		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
	The Homeland						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
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	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
	The Homeland	Patrick Gentsch		5,918	4.1	0.3	4,664	3.2	0.5
	Greens	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
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 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
	Greens	Martin Böttger		6,491	4.5	2.1	6,418	4.5	1.0
	The Homeland	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