157 Görlitz
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Görlitz in 2013
State	Saxony
Population	252,700 (2019)
Electorate	204,105 (2021)
Major settlements	Görlitz Zittau Weißwasser
Area	2,111.4 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1990
Party	AfD
Member	Tino Chrupalla
Elected	2017, 2021

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 157. It is located in eastern Saxony, comprising the Görlitz district.^[1]

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).^[2]

Geography

Görlitz is located in eastern Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Görlitz district.^[1]

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. Since 2013, it has been number 157.

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 results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Görlitz[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	AfD	Y Tino Chrupalla		53,970	35.8	3.4	49,123	32.5	0.4
	CDU	Florian Oest		39,299	26.1	5.3	27,630	18.3	8.4
	SPD	Harald Prause‑Kosubek		18,928	12.5	1.6	25,441	16.8	7.6
	Left	Marko Schmidt		11,835	7.8	5.7	11,327	7.5	6.5
	FDP	Rudolf Grüner		11,222	7.4	2.5	15,039	10.0	2.9
	Greens	Annett Jagiela		6,182	4.1	0.8	7,358	4.9	2.0
	FW	Siegmund Hänchen		4,588	3.0	0.8	3,645	2.4	0.8
	Tierschutzpartei						3,259	2.2	0.7
	dieBasis	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
	NPD						488	0.3	1.2
	Bündnis C						456	0.3
	LKR	Harald Twupack		417	0.3
	Volt						338	0.2
	Team Todenhöfer						331	0.2
	The III. Path						305	0.2
	Independent	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				2,234			2,064
Total Valid votes				150,823			150,993
Turnout				153,057	75.0	1.7
	AfD hold		Majority	14,671	9.7	8.7

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Görlitz[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	Tino Chrupalla		49,834	32.4		50,551	32.9	24.7
	CDU	N Michael Kretschmer		48,256	31.4	18.2	41,000	26.7	17.4
	Left	Thorsten Ahrens		20,853	13.6	6.2	21,534	14.0	5.6
	SPD	Thomas Jurk		16,801	10.9	4.3	14,249	9.3	3.3
	FDP	Christine Schlagehan		7,661	5.0	3.4	10,810	7.0	4.2
	Greens	Joachim Schulze		4,995	3.3	0.1	4,476	2.9	0.5
	FW	Steffen Große		3,521	2.3		2,464	1.6	0.1
	NPD						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		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				2,446			2,369
Total Valid votes				153,643			153,720
Turnout				156,089	73.3	4.9
	AfD gain from CDU		Majority	1,578	1.0

2013 election

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

2009 election

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

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