Kyffhäuserkreis I – Eichsfeld III

Kyffhäuserkreis I – Eichsfeld III 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 10. It covers the western part of Kyffhäuserkreis and a small part of Eichsfeld district.[1]

Kyffhäuserkreis I – Eichsfeld III was created for the 1994 state election. Since 2019, it has been represented by Stefan Schard of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

Geography

As of the 2019 state election, Kyffhäuserkreis I – Eichsfeld III covers the western part of Kyffhäuserkreis and a small part of Eichsfeld district, specifically the municipalities of Abtsbessingen, Bellstedt, Clingen, Ebeleben, Freienbessingen, Greußen, Großenehrich, Helbedündorf, Holzsußra, Niederbösa, Oberbösa, Rockstedt, Sondershausen, Thüringenhausen, Topfstedt, Trebra, Wasserthaleben, Westgreußen, and Wolferschwenda (from Kyffhäuserkreis), and Niederorschel (only Deuna, Gerterode und Vollenborn) from Eichsfeld.[1]

Members

The constituency has been held by the Christian Democratic Union since its creation in 1994. Its first representative was Günter Grüner, who served from 1994 to 2009, followed by Gerold Wucherpfennig (2009–2014), Manfred Scherer (2014–2019), and Stefan Schard (2019–present).

Election Member Party %
1994 Günter Grüner CDU 41.1
1999 45.4
2004 39.4
2009 Gerold Wucherpfennig 35.8
2014 Manfred Scherer 35.1
2019 Stefan Schard 34.4
2024 42.0

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Kyffhäuserkreis I – Eichsfeld III[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Stefan Schard 8,453 42.0 Increase 7.6 4,803 23.7 Increase 1.1
AfD Robert Teske 7,364 36.6 Increase 13.5 7,248 35.7 Increase 12.8
BSW   3,511 17.3
Left Donata Vogtschmidt 2,279 11.3 Decrease 11.6 2,449 12.1 Decrease 20.2
SPD Alexandra Wallrodt 1,328 6.6 Decrease 4.2 1,175 5.8 Decrease 3.0
Independent Ralf Köhler 272 1.4
FDP Leon-Rob Diekneite 233 1.2 Decrease 2.6 170 0.8 Decrease 3.4
Greens Jürgen Rauschenbach 198 1.0 Decrease 1.9 216 1.1 Decrease 1.7
APT   188 0.9 Decrease 0.2
FW   180 0.9
Familie   113 0.6
BD   69 0.3
Values   56 0.3
Pirates   53 0.3 Steady
ÖDP   31 0.2 Decrease 0.1
MLPD   16 0.1 Decrease 0.2
Informal votes 343 192
Total valid votes 20,127 20,278
Turnout 20,470 70.3 Increase 10.2
CDU hold Majority 1,089 5.4 Decrease 5.9

2019 election

State election (2019): Kyffhäuserkreis I – Eichsfeld III[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Stefan Schard 6,505 34.4 Decrease 0.7 4,281 22.6 Decrease 6.3
AfD Ralf Köhler 4,369 23.1 4,346 22.9 Increase 13.1
Left Iris Martin-Gehl 4,324 22.9 Decrease 9.0 6,124 32.3 Increase 2.0
SPD Dorothea Marx 2,049 10.8 Decrease 10.0 1,671 8.8 Decrease 7.7
FDP Fred Degenhardt 716 3.8 789 4.2 Increase 1.9
Greens Babett Pfefferlein[a] 547 2.9 Decrease 2.0 535 2.8 Decrease 0.9
Free Voters Daniel Müler 407 2.2
List-only parties 1,194 6.3
Informal votes 345 322
Total valid votes 18,917 18,940
Turnout 19,262 60.1 Increase 8.3
CDU hold Majority 2,136 11.3 Increase 8.1

2014 election

State election (2014): Kyffhäuserkreis I – Eichsfeld III[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Manfred Scherer 5,746 35.1 Decrease 0.7 4,766 28.9 Decrease 1.0
Left Beatrice Ritzke 5,212 31.9 Increase 0.3 5,000 30.3 Steady 0.0
SPD Dorothea Marx 3,404 20.8 Increase 0.2 2,722 16.5 Decrease 4.1
AfD   1,611 9.8
The Homeland Patrick Weber 1,184 7.2 Increase 2.2 896 5.4 Increase 1.0
Greens Babett Pfefferlein[b] 804 4.9 Decrease 2.1 617 3.7 Decrease 1.0
List-only parties 888 5.3
Informal votes 425 275
Total valid votes 16,350 16,500
Turnout 16,775 51.8 Decrease 2.7
CDU hold Majority 534 3.2 Decrease 1.0

2009 election

State election (2009): Kyffhäuserkreis I – Eichsfeld III[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Gerold Wucherpfennig 6,642 35.8 Decrease 3.6 5,595 29.9 Decrease 12.6
Left Beatrice Ritzker 5,871 31.6 Increase 2.6 5,667 30.3 Increase 2.9
SPD Dorothea Marx 3,826 20.6 Increase 2.3 3,860 20.6 Increase 5.4
FDP   1,302 7.0 Increase 3.7
Greens Babett Pfefferlein 1,300 7.0 Increase 3.3 878 4.7 Increase 2.1
The Homeland Patrick Weber 924 5.0 Steady 0.0 833 4.4 Increase 0.4
List-only parties 590 3.2
Informal votes 512 350
Total valid votes 18,563 18,725
Turnout 19,075 54.5 Increase 0.5
CDU hold Majority 771 4.2 Decrease 6.2

2004 election

State election (2004): Kyffhäuserkreis I – Eichsfeld III[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Günter Grüner 7,447 39.4 Decrease 6.0 8,056 42.5 Decrease 5.4
PDS Ralf Petersen 5,472 29.0 Increase 4.5 5,198 27.4 Increase 3.8
SPD Cornelia Kraffzick 3,451 18.3 Decrease 5.8 2,876 15.2 Decrease 6.0
The Homeland Patrick Weber 943 5.0 761 4.0 Increase 3.9
FDP Patrick Kurth 877 4.6 Increase 3.2 634 3.3 Increase 2.5
Greens Jürgen Rauschenbach 690 3.7 497 2.6 Increase 1.7
List-only parties 925 4.9
Informal votes 960 893
Total valid votes 18,880 18,947
Turnout 19,840 54.0 Decrease 4.7
CDU hold Majority 1,975 10.4 Decrease 10.5

1999 election

State election (1999): Kyffhäuserkreis I – Eichsfeld III[7]
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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Günter Grüner 9,781 45.4 Increase 4.3 10,369 47.9 Increase 5.0
PDS 5,292 24.5 Increase 6.8 5,100 23.6 Increase 6.8
SPD 5,193 24.1 Decrease 8.6 4,586 21.2 Decrease 10.6
VIBT 581 2.7 293 1.4
REP 419 1.9 145 0.7 Decrease 0.5
FDP 291 1.3 Decrease 1.4 178 0.8 Decrease 1.7
List-only parties 973 4.5
Informal votes 396 309
Total valid votes 21,557 21,644
Turnout 21,953 58.7 Decrease 15.8
CDU hold Majority 4,489 20.9 Increase 12.5

1994 election

State election (1994): Kyffhäuserkreis I – Eichsfeld III[8]
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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Günter Grüner 11,195 41.1 11,749 42.9
SPD 8,892 32.7 8,687 31.7
PDS 4,815 17.7 4,586 16.8
Greens 1,564 5.7 981 3.6
FDP 750 2.8 687 2.5
List-only parties 688 2.5
Informal votes 932 770
Total valid votes 27,216 27,378
Turnout 28,148 74.6
CDU win new seat Majority 2,303 8.4

Notes

  1. ^ Pfefferlein entered the Landtag on the Greens list after the resignation of Dirk Adams in March 2020.
  2. ^ Pfefferlein entered the Landtag on the Greens list after the resignation of Olaf Möller in January 2015.

References

  1. ^ a b "Landtagswahlen 2019 - Wahlkreise und dazugehörige Gemeinden".
  2. ^ https://wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/WAHL.asp?wahlart=LW&wJahr=2024&zeigeErg=WK&auswertung=1&wknr=010&gemnr=&terrKrs=&gemteil=000&buchstabe=&Langname=&wahlvorschlag=&sort=&druck=&XLS=&anzahlH=0&Nicht_existierende=&x_vollbildDatenteil=&optik=&aktual=&ShowLand=&ShowWK=&ShowPart=
  3. ^ Landtagswahl in Thüringen am. 27 Oktober 2019
  4. ^ Wahlen in Thüringen 2014
  5. ^ Wahlen in Thüringen 2009
  6. ^ Wahlen in Thüringen 2004
  7. ^ Wahlen in Thüringen 1999
  8. ^ Wahlen in Thüringen 1994

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