# Erzgebirgskreis I

Erzgebirgskreis I 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 163. It is located in southwestern Saxony, comprising most of the Erzgebirgskreis district.
Erzgebirgskreis I was created for the 2009 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Thomas Dietz of the Alternative for Germany (AfD).

## Geography

Erzgebirgskreis I is located in southwestern Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Erzgebirgskreis district excluding the municipalities of Hohndorf, Jahnsdorf, Neukirchen, Oelsnitz, Thalheim, and Zwönitz and the Verwaltungsgemeinschaften of Burkhardtsdorf, Lugau, and Stollberg.

## History

Erzgebirgskreis I was created in 2009 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Bundestagswahlkreis Freiberg – Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis and Annaberg – Aue-Schwarzenberg. In the 2009 election, it was constituency 165 in the numbering system. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 164. From the 2025 election, it has been number 163. Its borders have not changed since its creation.

## Members

The constituency was first represented by Günter Baumann of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 2009 to 2017. He was succeeded by Alexander Krauß in 2017. Thomas Dietz won the constituency for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in 2021.
| Election | Member | Party | % |
| 2009 | Günter Baumann | CDU | 40.3 |
| 2013 | Günter Baumann | CDU | 50.2 |
| 2017 | Alexander Krauß | CDU | 34.7 |
| 2021 | Thomas Dietz | AfD | 31.7 |

## Election results
### 2025 election

Federal election (2025): Erzgebirgskreis I :
| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | AfD | Y Thomas Dietz | Y Thomas Dietz | 75,867 | 46.6 | 14.9 | 75,154 | 46.2 | 15.6 |
| | CDU | Alexander Krauß | Alexander Krauß | 40,717 | 25.0 | 0.4 | 33,585 | 20.6 | 1.0 |
| | BSW | André Müller | André Müller | 10,287 | 6.3 | New | 16,031 | 9.8 | New |
| | Left | Jennifer Wolf | Jennifer Wolf | 11,122 | 6.8 | 1.2 | 11,359 | 7.0 | 0.6 |
| | SPD | Silvio Heider | Silvio Heider | 10,741 | 6.6 | 8.2 | 10,739 | 6.6 | 11.5 |
| | FDP | Ulrike Harzer | Ulrike Harzer | 3,590 | 2.2 | 5.3 | 4,797 | 2.9 | 7.2 |
| | FW | Phillip Kirmse | Phillip Kirmse | 5,545 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 3,780 | 2.3 | 0.9 |
| | Greens | Philipp Riese | Philipp Riese | 2,597 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 3,646 | 2.2 | 1.0 |
| | Independent | Robby Schubert | Robby Schubert | 2,175 | 1.3 | New | | | |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,897 | 1.2 | 0.7 |
| | PARTEI | | | | | | 574 | 0.4 | 0.7 |
| | BD | | | | | | 530 | 0.3 | New |
| | Volt | | | | | | 392 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 177 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| | Humanists | | | | | | 102 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 53 | <0.1 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,683 | | | 1,508 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 162,641 | | | 162,816 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 164,324 | 80.9 | 4.3 | | | |
| | AfD hold | AfD hold | Majority | 35,150 | 21.6 | 15.3 | | | |

### 2021 election

Federal election (2021): Erzgebirgskreis I :
| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | AfD | Thomas Dietz | Thomas Dietz | 50,571 | 31.7 | 1.5 | 48,794 | 30.6 | 1.3 |
| | CDU | N Alexander Krauß | N Alexander Krauß | 40,550 | 25.4 | 9.3 | 31,340 | 19.6 | 11.3 |
| | SPD | Silvio Heider | Silvio Heider | 23,650 | 14.8 | 5.8 | 28,848 | 18.1 | 8.6 |
| | Left | Clara Bünger | Clara Bünger | 12,787 | 8.0 | 7.2 | 12,078 | 7.6 | 6.5 |
| | FDP | Ulrike Harzer | Ulrike Harzer | 11,914 | 7.5 | 0.2 | 16,210 | 10.2 | 2.8 |
| | FW | Andreas Schmiedel | Andreas Schmiedel | 8,210 | 5.1 | | 5,079 | 3.2 | 1.8 |
| | Greens | Sebastian Walter | Sebastian Walter | 4,001 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 5,194 | 3.3 | 1.0 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 2,966 | 1.9 | 0.4 |
| | PARTEI | Carsten Staat | Carsten Staat | 2,422 | 1.5 | | 1,650 | 1.0 | 0.2 |
| | dieBasis | Grit Weiß | Grit Weiß | 2,313 | 1.5 | | 1,958 | 1.2 | |
| | Bündnis C | Simon Haustein | Simon Haustein | 2,069 | 1.3 | | 1,940 | 1.2 | |
| | The Homeland | | | | | | 914 | 0.6 | 1.1 |
| | Gesundheitsforschung | | | | | | 673 | 0.4 | |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 397 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| | Team Todenhöfer | | | | | | 323 | 0.2 | |
| | The III. Path | | | | | | 291 | 0.2 | |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 256 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| | Volt | | | | | | 248 | 0.2 | |
| | V-Partei3 | Jennifer Schilling | Jennifer Schilling | 520 | 0.3 | | 166 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Sandro Reichel | Sandro Reichel | 488 | 0.3 | | | | |
| | Humanists | | | | | | 150 | 0.1 | |
| | DKP | | | | | | 102 | 0.1 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 58 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,261 | | | 2,121 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 159,495 | | | 159,635 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 161,756 | 76.7 | 1.2 | | | |
| | AfD gain from CDU | AfD gain from CDU | Majority | 10,021 | 6.3 | | | | |

### 2017 election

Federal election (2017): Erzgebirgskreis I :
| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Alexander Krauß | Alexander Krauß | 56,716 | 34.7 | 15.5 | 50,759 | 31.0 | 15.1 |
| | AfD | Karsten Teubner | Karsten Teubner | 49,465 | 30.2 | | 47,952 | 29.2 | 21.6 |
| | Left | Klaus Tischendorf | Klaus Tischendorf | 24,808 | 15.2 | 5.4 | 23,090 | 14.1 | 5.3 |
| | SPD | Sören Wittig | Sören Wittig | 14,707 | 9.0 | 3.1 | 15,452 | 9.4 | 3.2 |
| | FDP | Tino Günther | Tino Günther | 11,820 | 7.2 | 0.7 | 12,106 | 7.4 | 3.7 |
| | Greens | Sebastian Walter | Sebastian Walter | 4,334 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 3,661 | 2.2 | 0.3 |
| | The Homeland | | | | | | 2,727 | 1.7 | 2.4 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 2,354 | 1.4 | |
| | FW | | | | | | 2,343 | 1.4 | 0.2 |
| | PARTEI | | | | | | 1,424 | 0.9 | |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 531 | 0.3 | 1.6 |
| | BGE | | | | | | 493 | 0.3 | |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 378 | 0.2 | |
| | DiB | | | | | | 269 | 0.2 | |
| | V-Partei³ | | | | | | 213 | 0.1 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 121 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | BüSo | | | | | | 98 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| | Independent | Jörg Held | Jörg Held | 1,702 | 1.0 | | | | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,149 | | | 2,730 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 163,552 | | | 163,971 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 166,701 | 75.5 | 5.9 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 7,251 | 4.5 | 25.1 | | | |

### 2013 election

Federal election (2013): Erzgebirgskreis I :
| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Y Günter Baumann | Y Günter Baumann | 79,318 | 50.2 | 9.9 | 73,098 | 46.0 | 7.5 |
| | Left | Andrea Schrutek | Andrea Schrutek | 32,472 | 20.6 | 3.1 | 30,741 | 19.4 | 5.9 |
| | SPD | Wolfgang Gunkel | Wolfgang Gunkel | 19,143 | 12.1 | 1.2 | 20,114 | 12.7 | 0.7 |
| | AfD | | | | | | 12,119 | 7.6 | |
| | FDP | Heinz-Peter Haustein | Heinz-Peter Haustein | 10,246 | 6.5 | 8.7 | 5,828 | 3.7 | 10.4 |
| | The Homeland | David Schröer | David Schröer | 8,425 | 5.3 | 0.3 | 6,398 | 4.0 | 1.0 |
| | Greens | Bert Meyer | Bert Meyer | 5,051 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 3,964 | 2.5 | 1.3 |
| | Pirates | Sebastian Hacker | Sebastian Hacker | 3,263 | 2.1 | | 3,008 | 1.9 | |
| | FW | | | | | | 2,551 | 1.6 | |
| | PRO | | | | | | 613 | 0.4 | |
| | BüSo | | | | | | 183 | 0.1 | 0.6 |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 133 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,800 | | | 2,968 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 157,918 | | | 158,750 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 161,718 | 69.6 | 5.1 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 36,846 | 29.6 | 13.0 | | | |

### 2009 election

Federal election (2009): Erzgebirgskreis I :
| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Günter Baumann | Günter Baumann | 63,211 | 40.3 | 1.8 | 60,413 | 38.5 | 5.1 |
| | Left | Andrea Schrutek | Andrea Schrutek | 37,166 | 23.7 | 2.7 | 39,545 | 25.2 | 2.7 |
| | FDP | Heinz-Peter Haustein | Heinz-Peter Haustein | 23,820 | 15.2 | 5.2 | 22,051 | 14.1 | 3.4 |
| | SPD | Sebastian Vogel | Sebastian Vogel | 17,168 | 11.0 | 8.1 | 18,846 | 12.0 | 8.2 |
| | The Homeland | Ulrich Pätzold | Ulrich Pätzold | 7,930 | 5.1 | 1.5 | 7,876 | 5.0 | 1.4 |
| | Greens | Hartmut Kahl | Hartmut Kahl | 5,896 | 3.8 | 1.8 | 5,919 | 3.8 | 1.1 |
| | Independent | Markus Peuschel | Markus Peuschel | 1,580 | 1.0 | | | | |
| | BüSo | | | | | | 1,157 | 0.7 | 0.2 |
| | REP | | | | | | 618 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 373 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,884 | | | 2,857 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 156,771 | | | 156,798 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 159,655 | 64.5 | 12.4 | | | |
| | CDU win new seat | CDU win new seat | Majority | 26,045 | 16.6 | | | | |