Wartburgkreis I
Wartburgkreis I 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 5. It covers the southern part of Wartburgkreis and a small area of Schmalkalden-Meiningen.[1] Wartburgkreis I was created for the 1994 state election. Since 2024, it has been represented by Uwe Krell of Alternative for Germany (AfD).
Geography
As of the 2019 state election, Wartburgkreis I covers the southern part of Wartburgkreis and a small area of Schmalkalden-Meiningen, specifically the municipalities of Bad Salzungen (excluding Ettenhausen an der Suhl), Buttlar, Dermbach, Empfertshausen, Geisa, Gerstengrund, Krayenberggemeinde, Leimbach, Oechsen, Schleid, Unterbreizbach, Vacha, Weilar, and Wiesenthal (from Wartburgkreis), and Kaltennordheim (excluding Aschenhausen, Kaltensundheim, Kaltenwestheim, Melpers, Mittelsdorf, Oberkatz und Unterweid) from Schmalkalden-Meiningen.[1]
Members
The constituency was held by the CDU from its creation in 1994 until 2024. Its first representative was Hans-Peter Häfner, who served from 1994 to 1999, followed by Manfred Grob (1999–2019) and Martin Henkel (2019–2024). The AfD gained the seat in 2024.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1994 | Hans-Peter Häfner | CDU | 42.9 | |
1999 | Manfred Grob | CDU | 49.7 | |
2004 | 39.9 | |||
2009 | 35.2 | |||
2014 | 42.3 | |||
2019 | Martin Henkel | CDU | 34.4 | |
2024 | Uwe Krell | AfD | 38.5 |
Election results
2024 election
State election (2024): Wartburgkreis I[2] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
AfD | Uwe Krell | 11,962 | 38.5 | Increase 14.7 | 11,428 | 36.4 | Increase 12.2 | ||
CDU | Red X Martin Henkel | 11,501 | 37.0 | Increase 2.6 | 8,793 | 28.0 | Decrease 0.4 | ||
BSW | 4,483 | 14.3 | |||||||
Left | Anja Müller | 3,756 | 12.1 | Decrease 11.2 | 3,130 | 10.0 | Decrease 17.6 | ||
FW | Uwe Mannel | 1,605 | 5.2 | Increase 2.7 | 600 | 1.9 | |||
SPD | Martin Geissler | 1,473 | 4.7 | Decrease 2.2 | 1,327 | 4.2 | Decrease 3.2 | ||
Greens | 409 | 1.3 | Decrease 2.1 | ||||||
Values | Alfred Schmidt | 405 | 1.3 | 275 | 0.9 | ||||
FDP | Leo Bender | 270 | 0.9 | Decrease 3.3 | 278 | 0.9 | Decrease 3.1 | ||
APT | 278 | 0.9 | Steady | ||||||
MLPD | Stefan Klaus Engel | 136 | 0.4 | Steady | 27 | 0.1 | Decrease 0.3 | ||
BD | 127 | 0.4 | |||||||
Familie | 127 | 0.4 | |||||||
Pirates | 62 | 0.2 | Decrease 0.1 | ||||||
ÖDP | 52 | 0.2 | Decrease 0.1 | ||||||
Informal votes | 530 | 262 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 31,108 | 31,376 | |||||||
Turnout | 31,638 | 72.6 | Increase 9.5 | ||||||
AfD gain from CDU | Majority | 461 | 1.5 |
2019 election
State election (2019): Wartburgkreis I[3] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Martin Henkel | 9,714 | 34.4 | Decrease 7.9 | 8,047 | 28.4 | Decrease 13.8 | ||
AfD | Stefan Mäurer | 6,719 | 23.8 | 6,842 | 24.2 | Increase 16.3 | |||
Left | Anja Müller | 6,585 | 23.3 | Decrease 3.0 | 7,810 | 27.6 | Increase 3.0 | ||
SPD | Martin Geißler | 1,945 | 6.9 | Decrease 10.1 | 2,086 | 7.4 | Decrease 4.9 | ||
Greens | Andreas Hundertmark | 1,275 | 4.5 | Decrease 1.0 | 965 | 3.4 | Decrease 0.3 | ||
FDP | Matthias Fallenstein | 1,176 | 4.2 | Increase 1.1 | 1,121 | 4.0 | Increase 2.3 | ||
Free Voters | Ines Senf | 708 | 2.5 | ||||||
MLPD | Stefan Engel | 115 | 0.4 | 104 | 0.4 | ||||
List-only parties | 1,328 | 4.7 | |||||||
Informal votes | 404 | 338 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 28,237 | 28,303 | |||||||
Turnout | 28,641 | 63.1 | Increase 13.7 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 2,995 | 10.6 | Decrease 5.4 |
2014 election
State election (2014): Wartburgkreis I[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Green tick Manfred Grob | 9,890 | 42.3 | Increase 7.1 | 9,929 | 42.2 | Increase 4.8 | ||
Left | Anja Müller | 6,141 | 26.3 | Increase 2.4 | 5,798 | 24.6 | Decrease 0.9 | ||
SPD | Jürgen Holland-Nell | 3,979 | 17.0 | Increase 2.5 | 2,901 | 12.3 | Decrease 2.6 | ||
AfD | 1,860 | 7.9 | |||||||
NPD | Tobias Kammler | 1,355 | 5.8 | Decrease 0.7 | 1,104 | 4.7 | Decrease 1.3 | ||
Greens | Andreas Hundertmark | 1,290 | 5.5 | Increase 1.5 | 873 | 3.7 | Steady 0.0 | ||
FDP | Helmut Hempel | 717 | 3.1 | Decrease 3.9 | 390 | 1.7 | Decrease 3.9 | ||
List-only parties | 674 | 2.9 | |||||||
Informal votes | 410 | 253 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 23,372 | 23,529 | |||||||
Turnout | 23,782 | 49.4 | Decrease 4.7 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 3,749 | 16.0 | Increase 4.7 |
2009 election
State election (2009): Wartburgkreis I[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Green tick Manfred Grob | 9,535 | 35.2 | Decrease 4.7 | 10,144 | 37.4 | Increase 0.4 | ||
Left | Frank Kuschel | 6,458 | 23.9 | Decrease 5.8 | 6,915 | 25.5 | Increase 3.6 | ||
SPD | Thomas Fischer | 3,935 | 14.5 | Decrease 2.7 | 4,053 | 14.9 | Increase 2.8 | ||
Free Voters | Werner Hellmann | 2,424 | 9.0 | 1,708 | 6.3 | Decrease 11.7 | |||
FDP | Jürgen Bohn | 1,887 | 7.0 | Decrease 0.3 | 1,508 | 5.6 | Increase 2.9 | ||
NPD | Tobias Kammler | 1,759 | 6.5 | 1,636 | 6.0 | Increase 4.7 | |||
Greens | Mario Amling | 1,074 | 4.0 | Decrease 1.9 | 1,000 | 3.7 | Increase 0.7 | ||
List-only parties | 168 | 0.6 | |||||||
Informal votes | 524 | 464 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 27,072 | 27,132 | |||||||
Turnout | 27,596 | 54.1 | Decrease 4.8 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 3,077 | 11.3 | Increase 1.1 |
2004 election
State election (2004): Wartburgkreis I[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Green tick Manfred Grob | 11,398 | 39.9 | Decrease 9.8 | 10,874 | 37.0 | Decrease 16.3 | ||
PDS | Christina Michael | 8,478 | 29.7 | Increase 9.9 | 6,435 | 21.9 | Increase 2.7 | ||
Free Voters | 5,274 | 18.0 | |||||||
SPD | Frank Pach | 4,920 | 17.2 | Decrease 6.9 | 3,549 | 12.1 | Decrease 6.4 | ||
FDP | Jürgen Bohn | 2,088 | 7.3 | Increase 5.0 | 807 | 2.7 | Increase 1.5 | ||
Greens | Helge Fibich | 1,682 | 5.9 | 888 | 3.0 | Increase 1.6 | |||
List-only parties | 1,538 | 5.2 | |||||||
Informal votes | 2,080 | 1,281 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 28,566 | 29,365 | |||||||
Turnout | 30,646 | 58.9 | Increase 0.7 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 2,920 | 10.2 | Decrease 15.4 |
1999 election
State election (1999): Wartburgkreis I[7] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Manfred Grob | 14,760 | 49.7 | Increase 6.8 | 15,937 | 53.3 | Increase 8.2 | ||
SPD | Günter Pohl | 7,153 | 24.1 | Decrease 11.1 | 5,525 | 18.5 | Decrease 11.9 | ||
PDS | Christina Michael | 5,881 | 19.8 | Increase 6.5 | 5,746 | 19.2 | Increase 5.0 | ||
REP | Silvio Dettmar | 777 | 2.6 | 260 | 0.9 | Decrease 0.5 | |||
FDP | Gerhard Petter | 685 | 2.3 | Decrease 1.0 | 345 | 1.2 | Decrease 2.2 | ||
Independent | Gustav Josef Eib | 442 | 1.5 | ||||||
List-only parties | 2,072 | 6.9 | |||||||
Informal votes | 643 | 456 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 29,698 | 29,885 | |||||||
Turnout | 30,341 | 58.2 | Decrease 17.5 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 7,607 | 25.6 | Increase 17.9 |
1994 election
State election (1994): Wartburgkreis I[8] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Hans-Peter Häfner | 16,330 | 42.9 | 17,272 | 45.1 | ||||
SPD | Günter Pohl | 13,411 | 35.2 | 11,627 | 30.4 | ||||
PDS | Eva-Maria Förtsch | 5,054 | 13.3 | 5,427 | 14.2 | ||||
Greens | Gerhard Wien | 2,045 | 5.4 | 1,675 | 4.4 | ||||
FDP | Gerhard Petter | 1,251 | 3.3 | 1,292 | 3.4 | ||||
List-only parties | 994 | 2.6 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,474 | 1,278 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 38,091 | 38,287 | |||||||
Turnout | 39,565 | 75.7 | |||||||
CDU win new seat | Majority | 2,919 | 7.7 |
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=005&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