Zwickau (electoral district)

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.

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.

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.

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Matthias Moosdorf

|votes = 59,722

|percentage = 39.9

|change = {{increase}} 14.4

|party votes = 60,791

|party percent = 40.6

|party change = {{increase}} 15.4

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{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Carsten Körber

|votes = 35,428

|percentage = 23.7

|change = {{increase}} 2.5

|party votes = 31,806

|party percent = 21.2

|party change = {{increase}} 2.7

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Jens Juraschka

|votes = 14,837

|percentage = 9.9

|change = {{decrease}} 6.7

|party votes = 13,376

|party percent = 8.9

|party change = {{decrease}} 12.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance

|candidate = Heiko Döhler

|votes = 13,507

|percentage = 9.0

|change = New

|party votes = 15,258

|party percent = 10.2

|party change = New

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Patrick Leonhardt

|votes = 11,212

|percentage = 7.5

|change = {{decrease}} 8.1

|party votes = 12,799

|party percent = 8.5

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.8

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Anselm Meyer

|votes = 4,712

|percentage = 3.1

|change = {{decrease}} 1.1

|party votes = 2,568

|party percent = 1.7

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Nico Tippelt

|votes = 4,356

|percentage = 2.9

|change = {{decrease}} 6.7

|party votes = 4,571

|party percent = 3.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 7.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Manuel Schramm

|votes = 3,485

|percentage = 2.3

|change = {{decrease}} 1.8

|party votes = 4,910

|party percent = 3.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.6

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection Party

|party votes = 1,764

|party percent = 1.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.9

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Die PARTEI

|candidate = Désirée Engel

|votes = 1,773

|percentage = 1.2

|change = New

|party votes = 831

|party percent = 0.6

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.5

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Volt Germany

|party votes = 498

|party percent = 0.3

|party change = {{increase}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Bündnis Deutschland

|candidate = Susan Heinrich

|votes = 458

|percentage = 0.3

|change = New

|party votes = 369

|party percent = 0.2

|party change = New

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 159

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Party of Humanists

|party votes = 88

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|candidate = Dagmar Kolkmann-Lutz

|votes = 145

|percentage = 0.1

|change = New

|party votes = 81

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,202

|party votes = 968

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 149,635

|party votes = 149,869

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 150,837

|percentage = 79.6

|change = {{increase}} 5.2

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Alternative for Germany

|loser =

|votes = 24,294

|percent = 16.2

|change = {{increase}} 11.8

}}

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2021): Zwickau[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2021/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-14/wahlkreis-165.html Results for Zwickau]

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{{MMP election box candidate win|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Matthias Moosdorf

|votes = 37,135

|percentage = 25.6

|change =

|party votes = 36,601

|party percent = 25.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.0

}}

{{MMP election box incumbent lose list|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Carsten Körber

|votes = 30,798

|percentage = 21.2

|change = {{decrease}} 12.5

|party votes = 27,024

|party percent = 18.6

|party change = {{decrease}} 11.7

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Gundula Schubert

|votes = 24,094

|percentage = 16.6

|change = {{increase}} 3.9

|party votes = 30,718

|party percent = 21.1

|party change = {{increase}} 10.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Sabine Zimmermann

|votes = 22,583

|percentage = 15.5

|change = {{decrease}} 10.2

|party votes = 13,629

|party percent = 9.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 7.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Nico Tippelt

|votes = 13,991

|percentage = 9.6

|change = {{decrease}} 3.7

|party votes = 15,431

|party percent = 10.6

|party change = {{increase}} 3.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Christiane Drechsel

|votes = 6,105

|percentage = 4.2

|change =

|party votes = 4,004

|party percent = 2.8

|party change = {{increase}} 1.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Wolfgang Wetzel

|votes = 5,988

|percentage = 4.1

|change = {{decrease}} 0.4

|party votes = 7,134

|party percent = 4.9

|party change = {{increase}} 2.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 3,093

|party percent = 2.1

|party change = {{increase}} 0.7

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Christoph Heinritz‑Bechtel

|votes = 3,975

|percentage = 2.7

|change =

|party votes = 2,720

|party percent = 1.9

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die PARTEI

|party votes = 1,483

|party percent = 1.0

|party change = {{increase}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Alliance C – Christians for Germany

|party votes = 679

|party percent = 0.5

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Partei für Gesundheitsforschung

|party votes = 579

|party percent = 0.4

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 463

|party percent = 0.3

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = The III. Path

|party votes = 418

|party percent = 0.3

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|party votes = 400

|party percent = 0.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|candidate = Daniel Micklisch

|votes = 474

|percentage = 0.3

|change =

|party votes = 310

|party percent = 0.2

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Team Todenhöfer

|party votes = 244

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Volt Germany

|party votes = 191

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box independent|

|candidate = Thomas Krajak

|votes = 145

|percentage = 0.1

|change =

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Party of Humanists

|party votes = 133

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = V-Partei3

|party votes = 104

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = German Communist Party

|party votes = 96

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 92

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,854

|party votes = 1,596

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 145,288

|party votes = 145,546

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 147,142

|percentage = 74.4

|change = {{increase}} 1.7

}}

{{MMP election box majority gain|

|winner = Alternative for Germany

|loser = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|votes = 6,337

|percent = 4.4

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2017): Zwickau[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2017/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-14/wahlkreis-165.html Results for Zwickau]

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Carsten Körber

|votes = 48,347

|percentage = 33.7

|change = {{decrease}} 10.8

|party votes = 45,106

|party percent = 30.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 14.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|party votes = 38,964

|party percent = 26.2

|party change = {{increase}} 20.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Sabine Zimmermann

|votes = 36,881

|percentage = 25.7

|change = {{increase}} 1.1

|party votes = 24,665

|party percent = 16.6

|party change = {{decrease}} 4.7

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Jürgen Martens

|votes = 19,181

|percentage = 13.4

|change = {{increase}} 10.6

|party votes = 11,253

|party percent = 7.6

|party change = {{increase}} 4.9

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Mario Pecher

|votes = 18,219

|percentage = 12.7

|change = {{decrease}} 3.1

|party votes = 16,131

|party percent = 10.8

|party change = {{decrease}} 4.0

}}

{{MMP election box independent|

|candidate = Heiko Richter

|votes = 12,622

|percentage = 8.8

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Wolfgang Wetzel{{efn|Wetzel entered the Bundestag on the Greens list after the resignation of Stephan Kühn in October 2020.}}

|votes = 6,513

|percentage = 4.5

|change = {{increase}} 1.6

|party votes = 4,327

|party percent = 2.9

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 2,162

|party percent = 1.5

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Free Voters

|party votes = 1,674

|party percent = 1.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.7

}}

{{MMP election box independent|

|candidate = Helmut Zagermann

|votes = 1,617

|percentage = 1.1

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die PARTEI

|party votes = 1,408

|party percent = 0.9

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|party votes = 1,302

|party percent = 0.9

|party change = {{decrease}} 2.3

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 463

|party percent = 0.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.5

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Basic Income Alliance

|party votes = 326

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 299

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = DiB

|color = #263D80

|party votes = 230

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = V-Partei³

|color = #99CC33

|party votes = 212

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 202

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = BüSo

|party votes = 105

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 7,570

|party votes = 2,121

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 143,380

|party votes = 148,829

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 150,950

|percentage = 72.7

|change = {{increase}} 4.6

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|votes = 11,466

|percent = 8.0

|change = {{decrease}} 12.0

}}

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2013): Zwickau[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2013/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-14/wahlkreis-165.html Results for Zwickau]

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{{MMP election box candidate win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Carsten Körber

|votes = 64,857

|percentage = 44.6

|change = {{increase}} 5.7

|party votes = 64,872

|party percent = 44.4

|party change = {{increase}} 8.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Sabine Zimmermann

|votes = 35,847

|percentage = 24.6

|change = {{decrease}} 3.5

|party votes = 31,061

|party percent = 21.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 6.4

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Andreas Weigel

|votes = 23,033

|percentage = 15.8

|change = {{increase}} 1.3

|party votes = 21,686

|party percent = 14.8

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|party votes = 8,878

|party percent = 6.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Patrick Gentsch

|votes = 5,918

|percentage = 4.1

|change = {{increase}} 0.3

|party votes = 4,664

|party percent = 3.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Lars Dörner

|votes = 4,334

|percentage = 3.0

|change = {{decrease}} 0.6

|party votes = 4,653

|party percent = 3.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Nico Tippelt

|votes = 3,996

|percentage = 2.7

|change = {{decrease}} 6.4

|party votes = 3,924

|party percent = 2.7

|party change = {{decrease}} 9.4

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Ingo Göschel

|votes = 3,823

|percentage = 2.6

|change =

|party votes = 2,690

|party percent = 1.8

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|candidate = Edgar Tristan Drechsel

|votes = 2,744

|percentage = 1.9

|change =

|party votes = 2,589

|party percent = 1.8

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = PRO

|party votes = 478

|party percent = 0.3

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party candidate|

|party = BüSo

|candidate = Kai-Uwe Ducke

|votes = 1,030

|percentage = 0.7

|change = {{steady}} 0.0

|party votes = 384

|party percent = 0.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.4

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 175

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 2,723

|party votes = 2,251

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 145,582

|party votes = 146,054

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 148,305

|percentage = 68.1

|change = {{increase}} 4.7

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|votes = 29,010

|percent = 20.0

|change = {{increase}} 9.3

}}

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2009): Zwickau[https://web.archive.org/web/20110617061040/http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/de/bundestagswahlen/BTW_BUND_09/ergebnisse/wahlkreisergebnisse/l14/wk166/ Results for Zwickau]

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Michael Luther

|votes = 55,605

|percentage = 38.8

|change = {{increase}} 4.3

|party votes = 51,459

|party percent = 35.9

|party change = {{increase}} 6.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Sabine Zimmermann

|votes = 40,265

|percentage = 28.1

|change = {{increase}} 2.5

|party votes = 39,659

|party percent = 27.7

|party change = {{increase}} 2.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Andreas Weigel

|votes = 20,864

|percentage = 14.6

|change = {{decrease}} 11.2

|party votes = 21,336

|party percent = 14.9

|party change = {{decrease}} 10.9

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = André Hubatschek

|votes = 13,097

|percentage = 9.1

|change = {{increase}} 3.6

|party votes = 17,402

|party percent = 12.1

|party change = {{increase}} 2.9

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Martin Böttger

|votes = 6,491

|percentage = 4.5

|change = {{increase}} 2.1

|party votes = 6,418

|party percent = 4.5

|party change = {{increase}} 1.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Patrick Gentsch

|votes = 5,394

|percentage = 3.8

|change = {{increase}} 0.1

|party votes = 5,268

|party percent = 3.7

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box historic party candidate|

|party = BüSo

|candidate = Kai-Uwe Ducke

|votes = 995

|percentage = 0.7

|change = {{steady}} 0.0

|party votes = 1,011

|party percent = 0.7

|party change = {{increase}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box independent|

|candidate = Klaus-Dieter Kramer

|votes = 520

|percentage = 0.4

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = The Republicans (Germany)

|party votes = 517

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 316

|party percent = 0.2

|party change = {{increase}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 2,383

|party votes = 2,228

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 143,231

|party votes = 143,386

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 145,614

|percentage = 63.4

|change = {{decrease}} 11.5

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|votes = 15,340

|percent = 10.7

|change = {{increase}} 2.0

}}

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