Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge (electoral district)

Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge is located in central Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district.

Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge was created in 2002, then known as Sächsische Schweiz – Weißeritzkreis. It acquired its current name in the 2009 election. In the 2002 through 2009 elections, it was constituency 159 in the numbering system. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 158. From the 2025 election, it has been number 157.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Sächsische Schweiz and Weißeritzkreis. It acquired its current borders in the 2009 election.

The constituency was first represented by Klaus Brähmig of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 2002 to 2017. Frauke Petry of the AfD was elected in 2017. She left the party prior to the first sitting of the Bundestag, and sat as an independent for the rest of the term. Steffen Janich won the seat for the AfD in 2021.

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|title=Federal election (2025): Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge[https://bundeswahlleiterin.de/en/bundestagswahlen/2025/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-14/wahlkreis-157.html. Results for Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge]

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Steffen Janich

|votes = 77,899

|percentage = 49.1

|change = {{increase}} 16.1

|party votes = 74,174

|party percent = 46.5

|party change = {{increase}} 14.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Peter Darmstadt

|votes = 35,961

|percentage = 22.7

|change = {{increase}} 3.5

|party votes = 30,820

|party percent = 19.3

|party change = {{increase}} 2.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance

|party votes = 14,621

|party percent = 9.2

|party change = New

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Jörg Mumme

|votes = 14,522

|percentage = 9.1

|change = {{decrease}} 0.9

|party votes = 11,716

|party percent = 7.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Fabian Funke

|votes = 12,765

|percentage = 8.0

|change = {{decrease}} 3.5

|party votes = 9,505

|party percent = 6.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 9.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Jens Giebe

|votes = 7,007

|percentage = 4.4

|change = {{decrease}} 1.1

|party votes = 2,853

|party percent = 1.8

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Matthias Gottschalk

|votes = 4,751

|percentage = 3.0

|change = {{decrease}} 1.5

|party votes = 6,318

|party percent = 4.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Nora Hohlfeld

|votes = 4,477

|percentage = 2.8

|change = {{decrease}} 5.7

|party votes = 5,170

|party percent = 3.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 8.5

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection Party

|party votes = 1,774

|party percent = 1.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.8

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Volt Germany

|party votes = 822

|party percent = 0.5

|party change = {{increase}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Bündnis Deutschland

|candidate = Maik Schulze

|votes = 1,354

|percentage = 0.9

|change = New

|party votes = 621

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = New

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die PARTEI

|party votes = 617

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.5

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 229

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Party of Humanists

|party votes = 128

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 49

|party percent = <0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,664

|party votes = 983

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 158,736

|party votes = 159,417

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 160,400

|percentage = 81.9

|change = {{increase}} 4.7

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Alternative for Germany

|loser =

|votes = 41,928

|percent = 26.4

|change = {{increase}} 12.6

}}

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2021): Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2021/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-14/wahlkreis-158.html Results for Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge]

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{{MMP election box candidate win|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Steffen Janich

|votes = 50,203

|percentage = 33.0

|change = {{decrease}} 4.4

|party votes = 48,580

|party percent = 31.9

|party change = {{decrease}} 3.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Corinna Franke‑Wöller

|votes = 29,176

|percentage = 19.2

|change = {{decrease}} 9.6

|party votes = 26,028

|party percent = 17.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 8.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Fabian Funke

|votes = 17,505

|percentage = 11.5

|change = {{increase}} 4.3

|party votes = 23,545

|party percent = 15.5

|party change = {{increase}} 7.7

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = André Hahn

|votes = 15,215

|percentage = 10.0

|change = {{decrease}} 4.7

|party votes = 11,653

|party percent = 7.7

|party change = {{decrease}} 5.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Dirk Jahn

|votes = 12,920

|percentage = 8.5

|change = {{increase}} 2.0

|party votes = 17,814

|party percent = 11.7

|party change = {{increase}} 3.4

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Christoph Fröse

|votes = 8,450

|percentage = 5.6

|change =

|party votes = 5,039

|party percent = 3.3

|party change = {{increase}} 1.9

}}

{{MMP election box independent|

|candidate = Klaus Brähmig

|votes = 7,373

|percentage = 4.8

|change =

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Nino Haustein

|votes = 6,830

|percentage = 4.5

|change = {{increase}} 1.5

|party votes = 8,023

|party percent = 5.3

|party change = {{increase}} 2.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Roberto Mauksch

|votes = 3,161

|percentage = 2.1

|change =

|party votes = 2,945

|party percent = 1.9

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 2,864

|party percent = 1.9

|party change = {{increase}} 0.6

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die PARTEI

|party votes = 1,276

|party percent = 0.8

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Partei für Gesundheitsforschung

|party votes = 929

|party percent = 0.6

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|party votes = 635

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.4

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 618

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{increase}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Volt Germany

|party votes = 450

|party percent = 0.3

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|candidate = Dirk Zimmermann

|votes = 848

|percentage = 0.6

|change =

|party votes = 396

|party percent = 0.3

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Team Todenhöfer

|party votes = 373

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box independent|

|candidate = Helga Queck

|votes = 358

|percentage = 0.2

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = The III. Path

|party votes = 283

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Party of Humanists

|party votes = 247

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Alliance C – Christians for Germany

|party votes = 223

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = German Communist Party

|party votes = 85

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = V-Partei3

|party votes = 82

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 66

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 2,120

|party votes = 2,005

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 152,039

|party votes = 152,154

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 154,159

|percentage = 77.2

|change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Alternative for Germany

|loser =

|votes = 21,027

|percent = 13.8

|change = {{increase}} 5.2

}}

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2017): Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2017/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-14/wahlkreis-158.html Results for Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge]

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{{MMP election box candidate win|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Frauke Petry

|votes = 57,554

|percentage = 37.4

|change =

|party votes = 54,749

|party percent = 35.5

|party change = {{increase}} 27.6

}}

{{MMP election box incumbent lose|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Klaus Brähmig

|votes = 44,354

|percentage = 28.8

|change = {{decrease}} 21.4

|party votes = 39,581

|party percent = 25.6

|party change = {{decrease}} 20.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = André Hahn

|votes = 22,614

|percentage = 14.7

|change = {{decrease}} 4.4

|party votes = 19,708

|party percent = 12.8

|party change = {{decrease}} 4.4

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Klaus Wolframm

|votes = 11,100

|percentage = 7.2

|change = {{decrease}} 3.5

|party votes = 12,040

|party percent = 7.8

|party change = {{decrease}} 3.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Lothar Ferdinand Brandau

|votes = 9,933

|percentage = 6.5

|change = {{increase}} 4.6

|party votes = 12,795

|party percent = 8.3

|party change = {{increase}} 5.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Ines Kummer

|votes = 4,575

|percentage = 3.0

|change = {{steady}} 0.0

|party votes = 4,643

|party percent = 3.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.6

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|party votes = 2,875

|party percent = 1.9

|party change = {{decrease}} 3.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Free Voters

|party votes = 2,186

|party percent = 1.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.8

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 1,975

|party percent = 1.3

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die PARTEI

|party votes = 1,278

|party percent = 0.8

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Basic Income Alliance

|party votes = 533

|party percent = 0.3

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 483

|party percent = 0.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.7

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 456

|party percent = 0.3

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party candidate|

|party = BüSo

|candidate = Doris Kamke

|votes = 2,319

|percentage = 1.5

|change = {{increase}} 0.5

|party votes = 437

|party percent = 0.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box independent|

|candidate = Roland Hoyer

|votes = 1,450

|percentage = 0.9

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = DiB

|color = #263D80

|party votes = 300

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = V-Partei³

|color = #99CC33

|party votes = 217

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 119

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 2,443

|party votes = 1,967

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 153,899

|party votes = 154,375

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 156,342

|percentage = 77.2

|change = {{increase}} 6.2

}}

{{MMP election box majority gain|

|winner = Alternative for Germany

|loser = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|votes = 13,200

|percent = 8.6

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2013): Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2013/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-14/wahlkreis-158.html Results for Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge]

}}

{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Klaus Brähmig

|votes = 72,644

|percentage = 50.2

|change = {{increase}} 5.1

|party votes = 66,673

|party percent = 46.0

|party change = {{increase}} 5.7

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = André Hahn

|votes = 27,571

|percentage = 19.0

|change = {{decrease}} 1.3

|party votes = 24,848

|party percent = 17.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 3.7

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Klaus Wolframm

|votes = 15,442

|percentage = 10.7

|change = {{decrease}} 1.0

|party votes = 15,865

|party percent = 10.9

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|party votes = 11,417

|party percent = 7.9

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Johannes Müller

|votes = 9,625

|percentage = 6.6

|change = {{increase}} 0.9

|party votes = 7,370

|party percent = 5.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Diana Sartor

|votes = 8,382

|percentage = 5.8

|change =

|party votes = 4,705

|party percent = 3.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Heidi Meißner

|votes = 4,244

|percentage = 2.9

|change = {{decrease}} 1.7

|party votes = 5,158

|party percent = 3.6

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.7

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|candidate = Tilo Schneider

|votes = 2,779

|percentage = 1.9

|change =

|party votes = 2,980

|party percent = 2.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Thomas Richter

|votes = 2,628

|percentage = 1.8

|change = {{decrease}} 9.2

|party votes = 4,655

|party percent = 3.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 11.1

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = PRO

|party votes = 670

|party percent = 0.5

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party candidate|

|party = BüSo

|candidate = Brigitta Gründler

|votes = 1,456

|percentage = 1.0

|change = {{decrease}} 0.5

|party votes = 522

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.8

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 112

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 2,656

|party votes = 2,452

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 144,771

|party votes = 144,975

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 147,427

|percentage = 71.0

|change = {{increase}} 5.5

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|votes = 45,073

|percent = 31.2

|change = {{increase}} 6.4

}}

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2009): Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge[https://web.archive.org/web/20110617060731/http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/de/bundestagswahlen/BTW_BUND_09/ergebnisse/wahlkreisergebnisse/l14/wk159/ Results for Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge]

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Klaus Brähmig

|votes = 62,530

|percentage = 45.1

|change = {{increase}} 4.1

|party votes = 56,001

|party percent = 40.3

|party change = {{increase}} 5.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Monika Knoche

|votes = 28,233

|percentage = 20.3

|change = {{increase}} 0.8

|party votes = 28,970

|party percent = 20.8

|party change = {{increase}} 1.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Klaus Wolframm

|votes = 16,194

|percentage = 11.7

|change = {{decrease}} 8.2

|party votes = 16,725

|party percent = 12.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 8.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Thomas Richter

|votes = 15,292

|percentage = 11.0

|change = {{increase}} 3.8

|party votes = 19,910

|party percent = 14.3

|party change = {{increase}} 3.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Olaf Rose

|votes = 7,983

|percentage = 5.8

|change = {{decrease}} 2.0

|party votes = 7,717

|party percent = 5.6

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Heinz Grass

|votes = 6,378

|percentage = 4.6

|change = {{increase}} 1.1

|party votes = 7,346

|party percent = 5.3

|party change = {{increase}} 1.1

}}

{{MMP election box historic party candidate|

|party = BüSo

|candidate = Rico Schulz

|votes = 2,150

|percentage = 1.5

|change = {{increase}} 0.3

|party votes = 1,621

|party percent = 1.2

|party change = {{increase}} 0.4

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = The Republicans (Germany)

|party votes = 412

|party percent = 0.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 258

|party percent = 0.2

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 2,454

|party votes = 2,254

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 138,760

|party votes = 138,960

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 141,214

|percentage = 65.5

|change = {{decrease}} 12.1

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|votes = 34,297

|percent = 24.8

|change = {{increase}} 3.7

}}

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