Görlitz 2

58: Görlitz 2
Electoral district for the Landtag of Saxony
Görlitz 2 in 2024
District	Görlitz
Electorate	49,869 (2024)
Major settlements	Görlitz and Reichenbach
Current electoral district
Party	CDU
Member	Michael Kreschmer

Görlitz 2 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 58. It is within the district of Görlitz.

Geography

The constituency comprises the towns of Görlitz and Reichenbach, and the municipalities of Königshain, Markersdorf, and Vierkirchen within the district of Görlitz.

There were 49,869 eligible voters in 2024.

Members

Election		Member	Party	%
	2014	Octavian Ursu	CDU	37.1
	Jul 2019	Cora Lesch
	2019	Michael Kretschmer		45.8
	2024			47.2

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Görlitz 2
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		16,689	47.2	1.3	12,086	34.2	1.0
	AfD	Sebastian Wippel		13,954	39.4	1.5	13,183	37.3	0.6
	BSW	Franz Nestler		1,743	4.9		3,675	10.4
	Greens	Franziska Schubert		1,190	3.4	3.9	1,348	3.8	4.1
	Left	Johanna-Marie Stiller		960	2.7	1.3	1,014	2.9	3.4
	SPD	H. Egbert Baumann-Haßke		653	1.8	0.3	1,707	4.8	0.1
	Freie Sachsen						635	1.8
	APT						449	1.3
	PARTEI						261	0.7	0.7
	FDP	Moritz Weber		197	0.6	0.6	220	0.6	1.9
	Values						100	0.3
	BD						96	0.3
	Pirates						84	0.2
	dieBasis						76	0.2
	Bündnis C						60	0.2
	V-Partei3						42	0.1
	ÖDP						19	0.1
	BüSo						18	0.1
Informal votes				285			283
Total valid votes				35,386			35,388
Turnout				35,671	71.5	1.9
	CDU hold		Majority	2,735	7.8

2019 election

State election (2019): Görlitz 2
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	Michael Kretschmer		15,940	45.9	8.8	12,202	35.2	3.2
	AfD	Sebastian Wippel		13,173	37.9	22.7	13,148	37.9	24.1
	Greens	Franziska Schubert		2,520	7.2	0.5	2,759	7.9	2.9
	Left	Mirko Schultze		1,402	4.0	15.3	2,182	6.3	11.6
	SPD	Mike Thomas		520	1.5	6.6	1,594	4.6	6.2
	FDP	Stefan Waurich		407	1.2	4.8	864	2.5	1.5
	PARTEI	Michael Krause		419	1.2		491	1.4	0.7
	FW	Frank Hannig		337	1.0		486	1.4	0.1
	APT						395	1.1	0.2
	Verjüngungsforschung						99	0.3
	NPD						90	0.3	4.8
	The Blue Party						77	0.2
	Pirates						76	0.2	0.9
	Awakening of German Patriots - Central Germany						59	0.2
	ÖDP						53	0.2
	Humanists						49	0.1
	BüSo	Dietmar Jakowitz		44	0.1		34	0.1	0.1
	DKP						25	0.1
	PDV						22	0.1
Informal votes				253			310
Total valid votes				34,762			34,705
Turnout				35,015	67.0	23.8
	CDU hold		Majority	2,767	8.0	9.8

2014 election

State election (2014): Gorlitz 2
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	Octavian Ursu		8,492	37.1		8,852	38.4
	Left			4,425	19.3		4,120	17.9
	AfD			3,469	15.2		3,173	13.8
	SPD			1,853	8.1		2,482	10.8
	Greens			1,763	7.7		1,141	5.0
	FDP			1,385	6.0		916	4.0
	NPD			1,112	4.9		1,171	5.1
	APT						308	1.3
	FW						302	1.3
	Pirates			398	1.7		263	1.1
	PARTEI						151	0.7
	BüSo						57	0.2
	Pro Germany Citizens' Movement						57	0.2
	DSU						30	0.1
Informal votes				507			381
Total valid votes				22,897			23,023
Turnout				23,404	43.2	5.4
	CDU win new seat		Majority	4,067	17.8

See also

• Politics of Saxony
• Landtag of Saxony