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 %
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]
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 % ±%
AfD Uwe Krell 11,962 38.5 Increase 14.7 11,428 36.4 Increase 12.2
CDU Red XN 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]
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 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]
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 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
The Homeland 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]
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 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
The Homeland 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]
Notes:

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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 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]
Notes:

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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 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]
Notes:

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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 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. ^ 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=005&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