Erzgebirge 4

15: Erzgebirge 4
15: Erzgebirge 4
Electoral district; for the Landtag of Saxony
	Erzgebirge 4 in 2024
District	Erzgebirgskreis
Electorate	54,630 (2024)
Major settlements	Annaberg-Buchholz, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Geyer, Jöhstadt, Oberwiesenthal, Scheibenberg, Schlettau, and Thum
Current electoral district
Party	AfD
Member	Thomas Prantl

Erzgebirge 4 is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the Landtag of Saxony. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 15. It is within the district of Erzgebirgskreis. ^[2]

Geography

The constituency comprises the towns of Annaberg-Buchholz, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Geyer, Jöhstadt, Oberwiesenthal, Scheibenberg, Schlettau, and Thum, and the districts of Bärenstein, Crottendorf, Gelenau, Königswalde, Mildenau, Sehmatal, Tannenberg, and Thermalbad Wiesenbad within Erzgebirgskreis.

There were 54,630 eligible voters in 2024. ^[3]

Members

	Member	Party	%
2014	Ronny Wähner	CDU	46.9
2019	Ronny Wähner	CDU	35.6
2024	Thomas Prantl	AfD	42.6

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Erzgebirge 4^[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	AfD	Thomas Prantl		17,347	42.6	9.5	15,536	38.0	6.2
	CDU	N Ronny Wähner		14,150	34.7	0.8	13,555	33.2	2.6
	BSW	Willy Frost		3,913	9.6		4,799	11.7
	FW	Madelaine Vogt		2,256	5.5	4.9	1,433	3.5	2.4
	SPD	Gregor Neumann		1,352	3.3	1.4	1,632	4.0	2.0
	Freie Sachsen						1,102	2.7
	Left	Frederic Beck		972	2.4	6.6	830	2.0	6.2
	Greens	Nathalie Senf		509	1.2	1.9	591	1.4	1.8
	APT						347	0.8
	PARTEI						236	0.6	0.4
	Bündnis C						224	0.5
	FDP	Jens Schmitt		264	0.6	3.6	197	0.5	2.9
	Values						126	0.3
	BD						85	0.2
	Pirates						51	0.1
	dieBasis						42	0.1
	V-Partei3						38	0.1
	ÖDP						17	0.0
	BüSo						12	0.0
Informal votes				552			462
Total valid votes				40,763			40,853
Turnout				41,315	75.6	5.4
	AfD gain from CDU		Majority	3,197	7.9

2019 election

State election (2019): Erzgebirge 4^[5]
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.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Y Ronny Wähner		13,705	35.6	11.3	13,813	35.7	10.1
	AfD	Thomas Prantl		12,741	33.1		12,322	31.9	20.7
	FW	Beate Großmann		4,015	10.4	3.4	2,302	6.0	3.2
	Left	Antje Feiks		3,451	9.0	11.5	3,188	8.2	8.6
	SPD	Sören Wittig		1,806	4.7	4.6	2,317	6.0	3.3
	FDP	Enrico Wohlgemuth		1,624	4.2	0.1	1,309	3.4
	Greens	Nino Haustein		1,199	3.1	0.5	1,268	3.3	0.5
	APT						576	1.5	0.6
	NPD						432	1.1	4.7
	PARTEI						385	1.0	0.7
	Verjüngungsforschung						214	0.6
	The Blue Party						131	0.3
	Pirates						102	0.3	0.3
	ÖDP						87	0.2
	Awakening of German Patriots - Central Germany						75	0.2
	PDV						56	0.1
	Humanists						42	0.1
	BüSo						21	0.1
	DKP						15	0.0
Informal votes				675			561
Total valid votes				38,541			38,655
Turnout				39,216	68.1	15.7
	CDU hold		Majority	964	2.5	23.9

2014 election

State election (2014): Erzgebirge 4^[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Ronny Wähner		14,595	46.9		14,332	45.8
	Left			6,370	20.5		5,258	16.8
	AfD						3,516	11.2
	SPD			2,885	9.3		2,901	9.3
	NPD			2,241	7.2		1,811	5.8
	FW			2,168	7.0		862	2.8
	FDP			1,271	4.1		1,054	3.4
	Greens			1,111	3.6		862	2.8
	APT						275	0.9
	Pirates			463	1.5		183	0.6
	PARTEI						107	0.3
	Pro Germany Citizens' Movement						83	0.3
	DSU						36	0.1
	BüSo						26	0.1
Informal votes				755			553
Total valid votes				31,104			31,306
Turnout				31,859	52.4	9.7
	CDU win new seat		Majority	8,225	26.4

References

^ "Elected Member for Erzgebirge 4". Landtag of Saxony. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
^ "Saxony Electoral Districts". Retrieved 8 January 2026.
^ "Saxony Electoral Districts". Retrieved 8 January 2026.
^ https://www.tagesschau.de/wahl/archiv/2024-09-01-LT-DE-SN/charts/wahlkreis-detail/WK015-40.shtml
^ https://www.wahlen.sachsen.de/landtagswahl-2019-wahlergebnisse.php?_ptabs=%7B%22%23tab-stimmenverteilung%22%3A1%7D&wahlkreis=16
^ https://wahlen.sachsen.de/landtagswahl-2014-wahlergebnisse.php?wahlkreis=16&_ptabs=%7B%22%23tab-stimmenverteilung%22%3A1%7D