Wartburgkreis II – Eisenach
Wartburgkreis II – Eisenach 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 6. It covers the city of Eisenach and central-western parts of Wartburgkreis.[1]
Wartburgkreis II – Eisenach was created for the 1994 state election. Since 2014, it has been represented by of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
Geography[]
As of the 2019 state election, Wartburgkreis II – Eisenach contains the urban district of Eisenach and central-western parts of Wartburgkreis, specifically the municipalities of Bad Salzungen (excluding Ettenhausen an der Suhl), Gerstungen, and Werra-Suhl-Tal.[1]
Members[]
The constituency was held by the Christian Democratic Union from its creation in 1994 until 2009, during which time it was represented by . It was won by The Left in 2009, and represented by Katja Wolf. The seat was regained by the CDU in 2014, and represented by Raymond Walk. He was re-elected in 2019.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1994 | CDU | 40.5 | ||
1999 | 49.3 | |||
2004 | 40.1 | |||
2009 | Katja Wolf | LINKE | 28.4 | |
2014 | CDU | 37.4 | ||
2019 | 26.9 |
Election results[]
2019 election[]
State election (2019): Wartburgkreis II – Eisenach[2] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
7,625 | 26.9 | ![]() |
5,849 | 20.6 | ![]() | ||
Left | Kati Engel | 7,450 | 26.3 | ![]() |
8,946 | 31.5 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Susi Schreiber | 6,943 | 24.5 | 6,371 | 22.4 | ![]() | |||
SPD | Babette Winter | 2,683 | 9.5 | ![]() |
2,373 | 8.3 | ![]() | ||
Green | Robert Kirchner | 1,732 | 6.1 | ![]() |
1,424 | 5.0 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Kord-Henning Uber | 1,219 | 4.3 | ![]() |
1,386 | 4.9 | ![]() | ||
Free Voters | Maik Helbig | 527 | 1.9 | ||||||
MLPD | Friedrich Hofmann | 175 | 0.6 | 105 | 0.4 | ||||
List-only parties | 1,975 | 6.9 | |||||||
Informal votes | 423 | 348 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 28,354 | 28,429 | |||||||
Turnout | 28,777 | 62.6 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 175 | 0.6 | ![]() |
2014 election[]
State election (2014): Wartburgkreis II – Eisenach[3] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Raymond Walk | 9,234 | 37.4 | ![]() |
7,764 | 31.2 | ![]() | ||
Left | Christiane Leischner | 8,284 | 33.6 | ![]() |
7,414 | 27.5 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Heidrun Sachse | 3,110 | 12.6 | ![]() |
3,123 | 12.6 | ![]() | ||
AfD | 1,983 | 8.0 | |||||||
Green | Rüdiger Bender | 1,739 | 7.1 | ![]() |
1,592 | 6.4 | ![]() | ||
NPD | Patrick Wieschke | 1,697 | 6.9 | ![]() |
1,484 | 6.0 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Sebastian Bethge | 597 | 2.4 | ![]() |
530 | 2.1 | ![]() | ||
List-only parties | 960 | 3.9 | |||||||
Informal votes | 545 | 356 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 24,661 | 24,850 | |||||||
Turnout | 25,206 | 52.5 | ![]() |
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CDU gain from Left | Majority | 950 | 3.8 |
2009 election[]
State election (2009): Wartburgkreis II – Eisenach[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Left | Katja Wolf | 7,762 | 28.4 | ![]() |
7,564 | 27.5 | ![]() | ||
CDU | Regina Müller | 7,342 | 26.9 | ![]() |
7,725 | 28.1 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Heiko Gentzel | 4,832 | 17.7 | ![]() |
5,301 | 19.3 | ![]() | ||
Free Voters | Thomas Herrmann | 2,138 | 7.8 | 1,285 | 4.7 | ![]() | |||
FDP | Heidemarie Bischoff | 1,917 | 7.0 | ![]() |
1,901 | 6.9 | ![]() | ||
Green | Stefan Schweßinger | 1,905 | 7.0 | ![]() |
2,085 | 7.6 | ![]() | ||
NPD | Patrick Wieschke | 1,428 | 5.2 | 1,368 | 5.0 | ![]() | |||
List-only parties | 241 | 0.9 | |||||||
Informal votes | 640 | 494 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 27,324 | 27,470 | |||||||
Turnout | 27,964 | 55.6 | ![]() |
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Left gain from CDU | Majority | 420 | 1.5 |
2004 election[]
State election (2004): Wartburgkreis II – Eisenach[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
10,278 | 40.1 | ![]() |
10,287 | 39.8 | ![]() | ||
PDS | Katja Wolf | 7,677 | 29.9 | ![]() |
7,135 | 27.6 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Heiko Gentzel | 4,418 | 17.2 | ![]() |
4,201 | 16.3 | ![]() | ||
Green | Gisela Rexrodt | 2,248 | 8.8 | ![]() |
1,615 | 6.3 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Heike Bahn-Schultz | 1,040 | 4.1 | ![]() |
847 | 3.3 | ![]() | ||
List-only parties | 1,732 | 6.7 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,124 | 968 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 25,661 | 25,817 | |||||||
Turnout | 26,785 | 52.0 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 2,601 | 10.2 | ![]() |
1999 election[]
State election (1999): Wartburgkreis II – Eisenach[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
14,661 | 49.3 | ![]() |
14,987 | 50.2 | ![]() | ||
PDS | Karin May | 6,343 | 21.3 | ![]() |
6,205 | 20.8 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Heiko Gentzel | 6,184 | 20.8 | ![]() |
6,179 | 20.7 | ![]() | ||
Green | Gisela Rexroth | 1,372 | 4.6 | ![]() |
731 | 2.5 | ![]() | ||
REP | Jenny Stüwe | 590 | 2.0 | ![]() |
198 | 0.7 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Heidemarie Bischoff | 565 | 1.9 | ![]() |
350 | 1.2 | ![]() | ||
List-only parties | 1,179 | 4.0 | |||||||
Informal votes | 528 | 414 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 29,715 | 29,829 | |||||||
Turnout | 30,243 | 59.3 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 8,318 | 28.0 | ![]() |
1994 election[]
State election (1994): Wartburgkreis II[7] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Christian Köckert | 15,106 | 40.5 | 14,909 | 39.7 | ||||
SPD | Heiko Gentzel | 11,941 | 32.0 | 12,135 | 32.3 | ||||
PDS | Roland Wanitschka | 6,022 | 16.1 | 6,222 | 16.6 | ||||
Green | Christine Grabe | 2,630 | 7.0 | 2,066 | 5.5 | ||||
FDP | Gerhard Lorenz | 1,069 | 2.9 | 913 | 2.4 | ||||
REP | Lutz Diener | 554 | 1.5 | 509 | 1.4 | ||||
List-only parties | 798 | 2.2 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,121 | 891 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 37,322 | 37,552 | |||||||
Turnout | 38,443 | 74.2 | |||||||
CDU win new seat | Majority | 3,165 | 8.5 |
References[]
- Electoral districts in Thuringia
- 1994 establishments in Germany
- Wartburgkreis
- Eisenach
- Constituencies established in 1994