# Görlitz (electoral district)

Görlitz 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 156. It is located in eastern Saxony, comprising the Görlitz district.
Görlitz was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. Since 2017, it has been represented by Tino Chrupalla of the Alternative for Germany (AfD).

## Geography

Görlitz is located in eastern Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Görlitz district.

## History

Görlitz was created in 1990, then known as Görlitz – Zittau – Niesky. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was named Löbau-Zittau – Görlitz – Niesky. It acquired its current name in the 2009 election. In the 1990 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 315 in the numbering system. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 157. In the 2009 election, it was number 158. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 157. From the 2025 election, it has been number 156.
Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Görlitz and the districts of Landkreis Görlitz, Zittau, and Niesky. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it comprised the independent city of Görlitz and the district of Löbau-Zittau, as well as the municipalities of Markersdorf, Niesky, Reichenbach, and Rothenburg, and the Verwaltungsverband of Weißer Schöps/Neiße from the district of Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis. It acquired its current borders in the 2009 election.

## Members

The constituency was first represented by Georg Janovsky of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1990 to 2002. He was succeeded by fellow CDU member Michael Kretschmer from 2002 to 2017. Tino Chrupalla of the AfD was elected in 2017 and re-elected in 2021.
| Election | Member | Party | % |
| 1990 | Georg Janovsky | CDU | 53.5 |
| 1994 | Georg Janovsky | CDU | 56.9 |
| 1998 | Georg Janovsky | CDU | 41.8 |
| 2002 | Michael Kretschmer | CDU | 40.6 |
| 2005 | Michael Kretschmer | CDU | 38.5 |
| 2009 | Michael Kretschmer | CDU | 42.4 |
| 2013 | Michael Kretschmer | CDU | 49.6 |
| 2017 | Tino Chrupalla | AfD | 32.4 |
| 2021 | Tino Chrupalla | AfD | 35.8 |

## Election results
### 2025 election

Federal election (2025): Görlitz :
| 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 Tino Chrupalla | Y Tino Chrupalla | 75,145 | 48.9 | 13.1 | 71,854 | 46.7 | 14.1 |
| | CDU | Florian Oest | Florian Oest | 37,197 | 24.2 | 1.9 | 30,406 | 19.8 | 1.5 |
| | BSW | Carsten Berg | Carsten Berg | 9,832 | 6.4 | New | 13,822 | 9.0 | New |
| | Left | Gerhard Fuchs-Kittowski | Gerhard Fuchs-Kittowski | 9,795 | 6.4 | 1.6 | 11,900 | 7.7 | 0.2 |
| | SPD | Harald Prause-Kosubek | Harald Prause-Kosubek | 9,626 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 9,814 | 6.4 | 10.5 |
| | Greens | Monique Hänel | Monique Hänel | 4,659 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 5,159 | 3.4 | 1.5 |
| | FDP | Toralf Einsle | Toralf Einsle | 2,951 | 1.9 | 5.5 | 4,484 | 2.9 | 7.0 |
| | FW | Siegmund Hänchen | Siegmund Hänchen | 3,587 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 2,354 | 1.5 | 0.9 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,960 | 1.3 | 0.9 |
| | PARTEI | | | | | | 678 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| | BD | Klaus Reepen | Klaus Reepen | 980 | 0.6 | New | 613 | 0.4 | New |
| | Volt | | | | | | 440 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 249 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| | Humanists | | | | | | 139 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 62 | <0.1 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,280 | | | 1,118 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 153,772 | | | 153,934 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 155,052 | 79.0 | 4.0 | | | |
| | AfD hold | AfD hold | Majority | 37,948 | 24.7 | 15.0 | | | |

### 2021 election

Federal election (2021): Görlitz :
| 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 Tino Chrupalla | Y Tino Chrupalla | 53,970 | 35.8 | 3.4 | 49,123 | 32.5 | 0.4 |
| | CDU | Florian Oest | Florian Oest | 39,299 | 26.1 | 5.3 | 27,630 | 18.3 | 8.4 |
| | SPD | Harald Prause‑Kosubek | Harald Prause‑Kosubek | 18,928 | 12.5 | 1.6 | 25,441 | 16.8 | 7.6 |
| | Left | Marko Schmidt | Marko Schmidt | 11,835 | 7.8 | 5.7 | 11,327 | 7.5 | 6.5 |
| | FDP | Rudolf Grüner | Rudolf Grüner | 11,222 | 7.4 | 2.5 | 15,039 | 10.0 | 2.9 |
| | Greens | Annett Jagiela | Annett Jagiela | 6,182 | 4.1 | 0.8 | 7,358 | 4.9 | 2.0 |
| | FW | Siegmund Hänchen | Siegmund Hänchen | 4,588 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 3,645 | 2.4 | 0.8 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 3,259 | 2.2 | 0.7 |
| | dieBasis | Stefan Heinke | Stefan Heinke | 4,115 | 2.7 | | 2,583 | 1.7 | |
| | PARTEI | | | | | | 1,428 | 0.9 | 0.0 |
| | Gesundheitsforschung | | | | | | 1,045 | 0.7 | |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 540 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| | The Homeland | | | | | | 488 | 0.3 | 1.2 |
| | Bündnis C | | | | | | 456 | 0.3 | |
| | LKR | Harald Twupack | Harald Twupack | 417 | 0.3 | | | | |
| | Volt | | | | | | 338 | 0.2 | |
| | Team Todenhöfer | | | | | | 331 | 0.2 | |
| | The III. Path | | | | | | 305 | 0.2 | |
| | Independent | Bernhard Blickle | Bernhard Blickle | 267 | 0.2 | | | | |
| | Humanists | | | | | | 185 | 0.1 | |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 177 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 106 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | V-Partei3 | | | | | | 97 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| | DKP | | | | | | 92 | 0.1 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,234 | | | 2,064 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 150,823 | | | 150,993 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 153,057 | 75.0 | 1.7 | | | |
| | AfD hold | AfD hold | Majority | 14,671 | 9.7 | 8.7 | | | |

### 2017 election

Federal election (2017): Görlitz :
| 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 | Tino Chrupalla | Tino Chrupalla | 49,834 | 32.4 | | 50,551 | 32.9 | 24.7 |
| | CDU | N Michael Kretschmer | N Michael Kretschmer | 48,256 | 31.4 | 18.2 | 41,000 | 26.7 | 17.4 |
| | Left | Thorsten Ahrens | Thorsten Ahrens | 20,853 | 13.6 | 6.2 | 21,534 | 14.0 | 5.6 |
| | SPD | Thomas Jurk | Thomas Jurk | 16,801 | 10.9 | 4.3 | 14,249 | 9.3 | 3.3 |
| | FDP | Christine Schlagehan | Christine Schlagehan | 7,661 | 5.0 | 3.4 | 10,810 | 7.0 | 4.2 |
| | Greens | Joachim Schulze | Joachim Schulze | 4,995 | 3.3 | 0.1 | 4,476 | 2.9 | 0.5 |
| | FW | Steffen Grosse | Steffen Grosse | 3,521 | 2.3 | | 2,464 | 1.6 | 0.1 |
| | The Homeland | | | | | | 2,337 | 1.5 | 2.7 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 2,285 | 1.5 | |
| | PARTEI | | | | | | 1,444 | 0.9 | |
| | BGE | | | | | | 658 | 0.4 | |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 516 | 0.3 | 1.8 |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 368 | 0.2 | |
| | BüSo | Ilias Papadopulos | Ilias Papadopulos | 1,722 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 362 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| | DiB | | | | | | 290 | 0.2 | |
| | V-Partei³ | | | | | | 248 | 0.2 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 128 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,446 | | | 2,369 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 153,643 | | | 153,720 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 156,089 | 73.3 | 4.9 | | | |
| | AfD gain from CDU | AfD gain from CDU | Majority | 1,578 | 1.0 | | | | |

### 2013 election

Federal election (2013): Görlitz :
| 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 Michael Kretschmer | Y Michael Kretschmer | 74,204 | 49.6 | 7.2 | 66,106 | 44.1 | 6.7 |
| | Left | Ilja Seifert | Ilja Seifert | 29,550 | 19.7 | 4.6 | 29,380 | 19.6 | 5.0 |
| | SPD | Thomas Jurk | Thomas Jurk | 22,741 | 15.2 | 3.6 | 18,839 | 12.6 | 0.1 |
| | AfD | | | | | | 12,331 | 8.2 | |
| | The Homeland | Per Lennart Aae | Per Lennart Aae | 8,323 | 5.6 | 0.2 | 6,360 | 4.2 | 1.2 |
| | Greens | Joachim Schulze | Joachim Schulze | 5,045 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 5,044 | 3.4 | 1.4 |
| | Pirates | Manfred Stöckert | Manfred Stöckert | 3,878 | 2.6 | | 3,259 | 2.2 | |
| | FDP | Daniel Breutmann | Daniel Breutmann | 2,442 | 1.6 | 7.8 | 4,185 | 2.8 | 10.3 |
| | FW | | | | | | 2,577 | 1.7 | |
| | BüSo | Siegmar John | Siegmar John | 2,069 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 685 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| | BGD | Eleonore Rau | Eleonore Rau | 1,431 | 1.0 | | | | |
| | PRO | | | | | | 1,023 | 0.7 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 172 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,261 | | | 2,983 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 149,683 | | | 149,961 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 152,944 | 68.4 | 5.7 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 44,654 | 29.9 | 11.8 | | | |

### 2009 election

Federal election (2009): Görlitz :
| 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 Michael Kretschmer | Y Michael Kretschmer | 62,338 | 42.4 | 4.9 | 55,015 | 37.4 | 5.4 |
| | Left | Ilja Seifert | Ilja Seifert | 35,786 | 24.3 | 0.4 | 36,231 | 24.6 | 0.1 |
| | SPD | Wolfgang Gunkel | Wolfgang Gunkel | 17,005 | 11.6 | 7.5 | 18,569 | 12.6 | 8.4 |
| | FDP | Toralf Einsle | Toralf Einsle | 13,935 | 9.5 | 2.8 | 19,223 | 13.1 | 3.9 |
| | The Homeland | Per Lennart Aae | Per Lennart Aae | 7,842 | 5.3 | 1.4 | 8,035 | 5.5 | 0.6 |
| | Greens | Joachim Schulze | Joachim Schulze | 7,381 | 5.0 | 1.2 | 7,004 | 4.8 | 1.1 |
| | BüSo | Siegmar John | Siegmar John | 2,700 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 2,117 | 1.4 | 0.6 |
| | REP | | | | | | 540 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 413 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,750 | | | 2,590 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 146,987 | | | 147,147 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 149,737 | 62.7 | 11.6 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 26,552 | 18.1 | 5.3 | | | |