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161 Chemnitz
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Chemnitz in 2025
StateSaxony
Population246,300 (2019)
Electorate188,691 (2021)
Major settlementsChemnitz
Area221.1 km2
Current electoral district
Created1990
PartyAfD
MemberAlexander Gauland
Elected2025

Chemnitz 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 161. It is located in western Saxony, comprising the city of Chemnitz.[1]

Chemnitz was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. Since 2025, it has been represented by Alexander Gauland of the Alternative for Germany (AfD).[2]

Geography

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Chemnitz is located in western Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the independent city of Chemnitz.[1]

History

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Chemnitz was created after German reunification in 1990, then known as Chemnitz I. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the 1990 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 323 in the numbering system. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 164. In the 2009 election, it was number 163. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 162. From the 2025 election, it has been number 161.

Originally, the constituency comprised the Stadtbezirke of Mitte-Nord, West, and Süd I from the independent city of Chemnitz. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Election No. Name Borders
1990 323 Chemnitz I
  • Chemnitz city (only Mitte-Nord, West, and Süd I Stadtbezirke)
1994
1998
2002 164 Chemnitz
2005
2009 163
2013 162
2017
2021
2025 161

Members

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The constituency was first represented by Rudolf Meinl of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1990 to 1998. It was won by Jelena Hoffmann of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in 1998. She was succeeded by fellow SPD member Detlef Müller in the 2005 election. Frank Heinrich of the CDU was elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2013 and 2017. Former member Müller regained the constituency for the SPD in 2021. Since 2025, the seat has been held by Alexander Gauland of the AfD.

Election Member Party %
1990 Rudolf Meinl CDU 43.1
1994 43.1
1998 Jelena Hoffmann SPD 32.4
2002 35.0
2005 Detlef Müller SPD 28.4
2009 Frank Heinrich CDU 34.1
2013 41.7
2017 26.6
2021 Detlef Müller SPD 25.1
2025 Alexander Gauland AfD 32.2

Election results

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2025 election

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Federal election (2025): Chemnitz[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
AfD Alexander Gauland 46,418 32.2 Increase 10.3 47,095 32.7 11.1
CDU Nora Seitz 30,849 21.4 Increase 2.9 28,020 19.4 Increase 4.6
SPD Red XN Detlef Müller 24,106 16.7 Decrease 8.4 16,006 11.1 Decrease 12.3
Left Marten Richard Henning 14,354 10.0 Decrease 1.0 17,643 12.2 Increase 1.5
BSW Christian Schweiger 13,198 9.2 New 15,503 10.7 New
Greens Christin Furtenbacher 6,562 4.6 Decrease 2.6 9,571 6.6 Decrease 2.4
FDP Norma Grube 3,316 2.3 Decrease 7.7 4,522 3.1 Decrease 8.2
Tierschutzpartei   1,816 1.3 Decrease 0.6
FW Sven Galambos 2,066 1.4 New 1,402 1.0 Decrease 0.5
PARTEI Tommy Nguyen 1,510 1.0 Decrease 1.8 912 0.6 Decrease 1.0
Volt Sebastian Töpper 845 0.6 New 802 0.6 Increase 0.3
BD Thomas Goebel 555 0.4 New 442 0.3 New
Humanists Eric Nils Clausnitzer 365 0.2 New 213 0.1 Decrease 0.1
Pirates   206 0.1 Decrease 0.2
MLPD   73 0.1 Steady
Informal votes 777 695
Total valid votes 144,144 144,226
Turnout 144,921 79.1 Increase 4.5
AfD gain from SPD Majority 15,572 10.8 N/A

2021 election

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Federal election (2021): Chemnitz[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
SPD Detlef Müller 34,958 25.1 Increase 9.7 32,616 23.4 Increase 11.5
AfD Michael Klonovsky 30,502 21.9 Decrease 2.1 30,089 21.6 Decrease 2.7
CDU Red XN Frank Heinrich 25,801 18.5 Decrease 8.0 20,713 14.8 Decrease 10.0
Left Tim Detzner 15,229 10.9 Decrease 8.5 15,008 10.8 Decrease 8.4
FDP Frank Müller-Rosentritt 13,934 10.0 Increase 3.4 15,781 11.3 Increase 3.0
Greens Karola Köpferl 9,934 7.1 Increase 2.9 12,680 9.1 Increase 4.4
Tierschutzpartei   2,620 1.9 Increase 0.5
PARTEI Paul Vogel 3,997 2.9 Increase 0.5 2,280 1.6 Decrease 0.2
dieBasis Normen Lienow 2,492 1.8 2,097 1.5
FW   1,997 1.4 Increase 0.7
Gesundheitsforschung   609 0.4
Pirates   440 0.3 Decrease 0.3
Bündnis C   378 0.3
ÖDP Bert Rohne 679 0.5 359 0.3 Steady 0.0
Volt   346 0.2
V-Partei3 Thomas Lörinczy 622 0.4 320 0.2 Steady 0.0
Independent Daniel Richter 518 0.4
Independent Jörg Weidemann 362 0.3
Team Todenhöfer   311 0.2
Independent Hans Röhder 301 0.2
Humanists   296 0.2
NPD   252 0.2 Decrease 0.6
The III. Path   164 0.1
DKP   133 0.1
MLPD   90 0.1 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 1,371 1,121
Total valid votes 139,329 139,579
Turnout 140,700 74.6 Decrease 0.6
SPD gain from CDU Majority 4,456 3.2

2017 election

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Federal election (2017): Chemnitz[5]
Notes:

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Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Frank Heinrich 38,653 26.6 Decrease 15.1 36,270 24.9 Decrease 14.1
AfD Nico Köhler 34,958 24.0 35,456 24.3 Increase 18.3
Left Michael Leutert 28,213 19.4 Decrease 4.5 28,010 19.2 Decrease 3.9
SPD Detlef Müller 22,413 15.4 Decrease 5.5 17,373 11.9 Decrease 5.6
FDP Frank Müller-Rosentritt 9,535 6.6 Increase 4.5 12,184 8.4 Increase 5.5
Greens Meike Roden 6,157 4.2 Decrease 0.6 6,818 4.7 Decrease 0.7
PARTEI Paul Thomas Vogel 3,432 2.4 Increase 1.2 2,746 1.9
Tierschutzpartei   2,042 1.4
NPD   1,149 0.8 Decrease 1.5
FW   1,068 0.7 Decrease 0.1
Pirates Toni Rotter 1,403 1.0 Decrease 1.1 874 0.6 Decrease 1.9
BGE   478 0.3
DiB 407 0.3
ÖDP   308 0.2
V-Partei³ 277 0.2
BüSo Stephan Hochstein 789 0.5 255 0.2 Steady 0.0
MLPD   156 0.1 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 1,665 1,347
Total valid votes 145,553 145,871
Turnout 147,218 75.1 Increase 7.6
CDU hold Majority 3,695 2.6 Decrease 15.3

2013 election

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Federal election (2013): Chemnitz[6]
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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Frank Heinrich 55,909 41.7 Increase 7.5 52,380 38.9 Increase 8.4
Left Michael Leutert 31,992 23.8 Decrease 4.0 31,014 23.1 Decrease 5.5
SPD Detlef Müller 28,101 20.9 Increase 0.8 23,558 17.5 Increase 0.4
AfD   8,138 6.0
Greens Petra Zais 6,475 4.8 Decrease 1.2 7,168 5.3 Decrease 1.8
NPD Ines Schreiber 4,661 3.5 Increase 0.6 3,135 2.3 Decrease 0.4
Pirates Toni Rotter 2,808 2.1 3,298 2.5
FDP Kristian Reinhold 2,724 2.0 Decrease 7.0 3,865 2.9 Decrease 9.9
PARTEI Tobias Göthert 1,505 1.1
FW   1,081 0.8
PRO 537 0.4
MLPD   184 0.1 Decrease 0.1
BüSo 170 0.1 Decrease 0.5
Informal votes 1,701 1,348
Total valid votes 134,175 134,528
Turnout 135,876 67.5 Increase 1.3
CDU hold Majority 23,917 17.9 Increase 11.7

2009 election

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Federal election (2009): Chemnitz[7]
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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Frank Heinrich 45,876 34.1 Increase 6.1 41,081 30.5 Increase 6.2
Left Michael Leutert 37,433 27.9 Increase 1.3 38,448 28.6 Increase 2.2
SPD Red XN Detlef Müller 27,060 20.1 Decrease 8.3 22,991 17.1 Decrease 9.6
FDP Robin John 12,106 9.0 Increase 2.1 17,147 12.7 Increase 2.9
Greens Petra Zais 8,109 6.0 Increase 2.3 9,524 7.1 Increase 1.6
NPD Jörg Schubert 3,800 2.8 Decrease 0.1 3,651 2.7 Decrease 0.5
BüSo 813 0.6 Decrease 0.1
REP   537 0.4 Decrease 1.3
MLPD   305 0.2 Increase 0.1
Informal votes 1,716 1,603
Total valid votes 134,384 134,497
Turnout 136,100 66.2 Decrease 9.9
CDU gain from SPD Majority 8,443 6.2

2005 election

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Federal election (2005):Chemnitz[8]
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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
SPD Detlef Müller 44,240 28.4 Decrease 6.6 41,587 26.7 Decrease 8.8
CDU Michael Lohse 43,711 28.1 Decrease 1.5 37,904 24.3 Decrease 2.2
Left Klaus Bartl 41,369 26.6 Increase 5.7 41,092 26.4 Increase 6.7
FDP Wolfgang Meyer 10,781 6.9 Increase 0.9 15,284 9.8 Increase 2.8
Greens Annekathrin Giegengack 5,882 3.8 Steady 0.0 8,574 5.5 Increase 0.4
NPD Winifried Petzold 4,582 2.9 5,018 3.2 Increase 2.5
REP Karl Kohlmann 3,093 2.0 Decrease 0.9 2,641 1.7 Decrease 0.4
BüSo Felix Hoffmann 1,998 1.3 1,063 0.7 Increase 0.5
Alliance for Health, Peace and Social Justice   1,361 0.9
PBC   858 0.6 Decrease 0.1
SGP   251 0.2
MLPD   224 0.1
Informal votes 2,439 2,238
Total valid votes 155,656 155,857
Turnout 158,095 76.0 Increase 1.5
SPD hold Majority 529 0.3

References

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  1. ^ a b "Constituency Chemnitz". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. ^ "Results for Chemnitz". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. ^ https://www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/en/bundestagswahlen/2025/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-14/wahlkreis-161.html
  4. ^ Results for Chemnitz
  5. ^ Results for Chemnitz
  6. ^ Results for Chemnitz
  7. ^ Results for Chemnitz
  8. ^ Results for Chemnitz

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