Gotha II (constituency)
Gotha II is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the Landtag of Thuringia. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 15. It covers the central part of the district of Gotha, around the city of Gotha.[1] Gotha II was created in 1990 for the first state election. Since 2009, it has been represented by Stephan Steinbrück of the Alternative for Germany (AfD).
Geography
As of the 2019 state election, Gotha II covers the central part of the district of Gotha, around the city of Gotha. It comprises just two municipalities: Gotha and Hörsel.[1]
Members
The constituency was held by the Christian Democratic Union from its creation in 1990 until 2009, during which time it was represented by Josef Duchac (1990–1994), Johanna Köhler (1994–1999), and Evelin Groß (1999–2009). It was won by the Social Democratic Party in 2009, and was represented by Matthias Hey - he was re-elected in 2014 and 2019. In 2024, Stephan Steinbrück of the AfD won the seat.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1990 | Josef Duchac | CDU | 48.8 | |
1994 | Johanna Köhler | 36.2 | ||
1999 | Evelin Groß | 45.6 | ||
2004 | 40.7 | |||
2009 | Matthias Hey | SPD | 40.6 | |
2014 | 38.9 | |||
2019 | 38.2 | |||
2024 | Stephan Steinbrück | AfD | 34.7 |
Election results
2024 election
State election (2024): Gotha II[2] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
AfD | Stephan Steinbrück | 8,320 | 34.7 | Increase 12.0 | 7,808 | 32.3 | Increase 9.8 | ||
SPD | Red X Matthias Hey | 8,289 | 34.6 | Decrease 3.6 | 3,031 | 12.6 | Decrease 3.8 | ||
BSW | 3,572 | 14.8 | |||||||
CDU | Marion Rosin | 4,557 | 19.0 | Increase 4.4 | 4,833 | 20.0 | Increase 3.9 | ||
Left | Sebastian Vogt | 2,178 | 9.1 | Decrease 8.3 | 3,116 | 12.9 | Decrease 18.2 | ||
Greens | 573 | 2.4 | Decrease 2.2 | ||||||
Independent | Birger Gröning | 310 | 1.3 | ||||||
FDP | Torsten Klöppel | 305 | 1.3 | Decrease 1.9 | 281 | 0.9 | Decrease 2.8 | ||
APT | 275 | 1.1 | Increase 0.1 | ||||||
FW | 246 | 1.0 | |||||||
Values | 118 | 0.5 | |||||||
Familie | 113 | 0.5 | |||||||
BD | 95 | 0.4 | |||||||
Pirates | 82 | 0.3 | Decrease 0.4 | ||||||
ÖDP | 34 | 0.1 | Decrease 0.2 | ||||||
MLPD | 28 | 0.1 | Decrease 0.3 | ||||||
Informal votes | 398 | 215 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 23,959 | 24,142 | |||||||
Turnout | 24,357 | 66.6 | Increase 8.0 | ||||||
AfD gain from SPD | Majority | 31 | 0.1 |
2019 election
State election (2019): Gotha II[3] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
SPD | Green tick Matthias Hey | 8,433 | 38.2 | Decrease 0.7 | 3,636 | 16.4 | Decrease 2.4 | ||
AfD | Stephan Steinbrück | 5,016 | 22.7 | 4,976 | 22.5 | Increase 12.1 | |||
Left | Bernd Fundheller | 3,843 | 17.4 | Decrease 6.3 | 6,875 | 31.1 | Increase 3.0 | ||
CDU | Marion Rosin | 3,212 | 14.6 | Decrease 10.3 | 3,557 | 16.1 | Decrease 11.5 | ||
Greens | Felix Kalbe | 847 | 3.8 | Decrease 0.4 | 1,014 | 4.6 | Decrease 0.1 | ||
FDP | Martin Steinbrück | 714 | 3.2 | Increase 0.4 | 823 | 3.7 | Increase 1.7 | ||
List-only parties | 1,232 | 5.6 | |||||||
Informal votes | 322 | 274 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 22,065 | 22,113 | |||||||
Turnout | 22,387 | 58.6 | Increase 10.0 | ||||||
SPD hold | Majority | 3,417 | 15.5 | Increase 1.5 |
2014 election
State election (2014): Gotha II[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
SPD | Green tick Matthias Hey | 7,474 | 38.9 | Decrease 1.7 | 3,650 | 18.8 | Decrease 7.1 | ||
CDU | Evelin Groß | 4,781 | 24.9 | Decrease 0.1 | 5,347 | 27.6 | Increase 0.6 | ||
Left | Bernd Fundheller | 4,557 | 23.7 | Increase 1.0 | 5,451 | 28.1 | Increase 1.9 | ||
AfD | 2,010 | 10.4 | |||||||
NPD | Angela Winderstein | 1,053 | 5.5 | Steady 0.0 | 771 | 4.0 | Decrease 1.1 | ||
Greens | Tyra Falta | 816 | 4.2 | 916 | 4.7 | Decrease 1.0 | |||
FDP | Martin Steinbrück | 543 | 2.8 | Decrease 3.4 | 390 | 2.0 | Decrease 4.3 | ||
List-only parties | 838 | 4.3 | |||||||
Informal votes | 400 | 251 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 19,224 | 19,373 | |||||||
Turnout | 19,624 | 48.6 | Decrease 5.1 | ||||||
SPD hold | Majority | 2,693 | 14.0 | Decrease 1.6 |
2009 election
State election (2009): Gotha II[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
SPD | Matthias Hey | 8,998 | 40.6 | Increase 24.2 | 5,750 | 25.9 | Increase 11.4 | ||
CDU | Red X Evelin Groß | 5,548 | 25.0 | Decrease 15.7 | 6,005 | 27.0 | Decrease 12.6 | ||
Left | Bernd Fundheller | 5,024 | 22.7 | Decrease 9.8 | 5,810 | 26.2 | Decrease 2.8 | ||
FDP | Torsten Köhler-Hohlfeld | 1,371 | 6.2 | Increase 1.0 | 1,393 | 6.3 | Increase 2.7 | ||
Greens | 1,269 | 5.7 | Increase 1.0 | ||||||
NPD | Klaus Städler | 1,218 | 5.5 | 1,143 | 5.1 | Increase 4.0 | |||
List-only parties | 836 | 3.8 | |||||||
Informal votes | 405 | 358 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 22,159 | 22,206 | |||||||
Turnout | 22,564 | 53.7 | Increase 1.9 | ||||||
SPD gain from CDU | Majority | 3,450 | 15.6 |
2004 election
State election (2004): Gotha II[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Green tick Evelin Groß | 8,608 | 40.7 | Decrease 4.9 | 8,472 | 39.6 | Decrease 7.2 | ||
PDS | Vera Fitzke | 6,870 | 32.5 | Increase 6.7 | 6,208 | 29.0 | Increase 6.0 | ||
SPD | Helmut Rieth | 3,474 | 16.4 | Decrease 8.3 | 3,109 | 14.5 | Decrease 5.4 | ||
Greens | Tobias Franke-Polz | 1,102 | 5.2 | 994 | 4.7 | Increase 2.7 | |||
FDP | Mike Wündsch | 1,094 | 5.2 | Increase 3.6 | 762 | 3.6 | Increase 2.8 | ||
List-only parties | 1,830 | 8.6 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,054 | 827 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 21,148 | 21,375 | |||||||
Turnout | 22,202 | 51.8 | Decrease 4.6 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 1,738 | 8.2 | Decrease 11.6 |
1999 election
State election (1999): Gotha II[7] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Evelin Groß | 11,101 | 45.6 | Increase 9.4 | 11,469 | 46.8 | Increase 10.0 | ||
PDS | Heide Wildauer | 6,265 | 25.8 | Increase 8.1 | 5,639 | 23.0 | Increase 6.4 | ||
SPD | Helmut Rieth | 6,004 | 24.7 | Decrease 11.4 | 4,877 | 19.9 | Decrease 15.4 | ||
REP | Hartwig Bastian | 547 | 2.2 | 153 | 0.6 | Decrease 0.3 | |||
FDP | Mike Wündsch | 401 | 1.6 | Decrease 1.2 | 206 | 0.8 | Decrease 1.7 | ||
List-only parties | 2,137 | 8.7 | |||||||
Informal votes | 428 | 265 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 24,318 | 24,481 | |||||||
Turnout | 24,746 | 56.4 | Decrease 15.1 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 4,836 | 19.8 | Increase 19.7 |
1994 election
State election (1994): Gotha II[8] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Johanna Köhler | 11,354 | 36.2 | Decrease 12.6 | 11,570 | 36.8 | Decrease 10.6 | ||
SPD | 11,333 | 36.1 | Increase 11.7 | 11,110 | 35.3 | Increase 9.5 | |||
PDS | 5,549 | 17.7 | Increase 12.8 | 5,213 | 16.6 | Increase 11.7 | |||
Greens | 2,248 | 7.2 | Increase 2.9 | 1,796 | 5.7 | Increase 1.3 | |||
FDP | 872 | 2.8 | Decrease 7.2 | 798 | 2.5 | Decrease 8.3 | |||
List-only parties | 955 | 3.0 | |||||||
Informal votes | 809 | 723 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 31,356 | 31,442 | |||||||
Turnout | 32,165 | 71.5 | Decrease 5.6 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 21 | 0.1 | Decrease 22.3 |
1990 election
State election (1990): Gotha II[9] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Josef Duchac | 18,950 | 48.8 | 18,404 | 47.4 | ||||
SPD | 9,467 | 24.4 | 10,017 | 25.8 | |||||
FDP | 3,890 | 10.0 | 4,187 | 10.8 | |||||
DSU | 1,998 | 5.1 | 1,435 | 3.7 | |||||
PDS | 1,900 | 4.9 | 1,921 | 4.9 | |||||
Greens | 1,654 | 4.3 | 1,710 | 4.4 | |||||
REP | 541 | 1.4 | 371 | 1.0 | |||||
UFV | 406 | 1.0 | 285 | 0.7 | |||||
List-only parties | 488 | 1.3 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,355 | 1,343 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 38,806 | 38,818 | |||||||
Turnout | 40,161 | 77.1 | |||||||
CDU win new seat | Majority | 9,483 | 24.4 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Landtagswahlen 2019 - Wahlkreise und dazugehörige Gemeinden".
- ↑ https://wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/WAHL.asp?wahlart=LW&wJahr=2024&zeigeErg=WK&auswertung=1&wknr=015&gemnr=&terrKrs=&gemteil=000&buchstabe=&Langname=&wahlvorschlag=&sort=&druck=&XLS=&anzahlH=0&Nicht_existierende=&x_vollbildDatenteil=&optik=&aktual=&ShowLand=&ShowWK=&ShowPart=
- ↑ Landtagswahl in Thüringen am. 27 Oktober 2019
- ↑ Wahlen in Thüringen 2014
- ↑ Wahlen in Thüringen 2009
- ↑ Wahlen in Thüringen 2004
- ↑ Wahlen in Thüringen 1999
- ↑ Wahlen in Thüringen 1994
- ↑ Wahlen in Thüringen 1990