Erfurt II

Last updated December 11, 2021

Erfurt 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 25. It contains central and western parts of Erfurt, the capital and largest city of Thuringia.^[1]

Geography

As of the 2019 state election, Erfurt II is located entirely within the urban district of Erfurt. It covers the central and western part of the city, specifically the city districts (Stadtteile) of Andreasvorstadt, Berliner Platz, Bindersleben, Brühlervorstadt, Ermstedt, Gottstedt, Ilversgehofen, Johannesplatz, Marbach, and Salomonsborn.^[1]

Members

The constituency was held by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from its creation in 1990 until 2009, during which time it was represented by Norbert Otto (1990–1994), Bernhard Vogel (1994–2004), and Michael Panse (2004–2009). It was won by The Left in 2009, and represented by Susanne Hennig-Wellsow. She was re-elected in 2014 and 2019.

	Member	Party	%
1990	Norbert Otto	CDU	37.4
1994	Bernhard Vogel	CDU	40.5
1999	Bernhard Vogel	CDU	52.1
2004	Michael Panse	CDU	34.2
2009	Susanne Hennig-Wellsow	LINKE	28.8
2014			31.0
2019			32.7

Election results

2019 election

State election (2019): Erfurt II^[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Left	Y Susanne Hennig-Wellsow		10,014	32.7	1.7	11,584	36.3	5.9
	CDU	Niklas Waßmann		7,574	24.7	5.4	5,038	15.8	10.4
	AfD						5,246	16.4	7.2
	Green	Astrid Rothe-Beinlich		4,137	13.5	1.7	3,365	10.5	0.7
	SPD	Frank Warnecke		3,890	12.7	5.2	2,896	9.1	5.0
	FDP	Jan Siegemund		2,533	8.3	5.0	1,876	5.9	3.1
	Free Voters	Lisa Maria Schmidt		2,006	6.6
	MLPD	Tassilo Timm		451	1.5		94	0.3
	List-only parties						1,843	5.8
Informal votes				1,728			391
Total Valid votes				30,605			31,942
Turnout				32,333	68.6	13.8
	Left hold		Majority	2,440	8.0	7.1

2014 election

State election (2014): Erfurt II^[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Left	Y Susanne Hennig-Wellsow		8,204	31.0	2.2	8,139	30.4	2.4
	CDU	Michael Panse		7,978	30.1	4.7	6,998	24.6	1.5
	SPD	Frank Warnecke		4,742	17.9	3.5	3,776	14.1	6.0
	Green	Astrid Rothe-Beinlich		3,136	11.8	1.0	2,973	11.1	0.4
	AfD						2,484	9.3
	FDP	Iris Thorwirth		862	3.3	5.0	761	2.8	5.1
	NPD	Frank Schwerdt		812	3.1	0.2	525	2.0	1.0
	Pirates	Alexandra Bernhardt		748	2.8		432	1.6
	List-only parties						677	2.5
Informal votes				589			306
Total Valid votes				26,482			26,765
Turnout				27,071	54.8	3.0
	Left hold		Majority	226	0.9	2.5

2009 election

State election (2009): Erfurt II^[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Left	Susanne Hennig		7,936	28.8	5.1	7,742	28.0	2.9
	CDU	N Michael Panse		6,986	25.4	8.8	6,794	24.6	11.1
	SPD	Frank Warnecke		5,878	21.4	5.0	5,562	20.1	5.3
	Green	Astrid Rothe-Beinlich		3,523	12.8	1.9	3,179	11.5	2.2
	FDP	Matthias Fertig		2,276	8.3	3.6	2,175	7.9	4.3
	NPD	Jens Zschirpe		912	3.3		819	3.0	2.1
	List-only parties						1,372	5.0
Informal votes				580			448
Total Valid votes				27,511			27,643
Turnout				28,091	57.8	6.0
	Left gain from CDU		Majority	950	3.4

2004 election

State election (2004): Erfurt II^[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Michael Panse		7,803	34.2	17.9	8,225	35.7	12.4
	PDS	André Blechschmidt		7,721	33.9	10.9	7,125	30.9	6.6
	SPD	Andreas Bausewein		3,730	16.4	2.4	3,407	14.8	3.3
	Green	Astrid Rothe		2,474	10.9	7.1	2,150	9.3	5.6
	FDP	Andreas Möller		1,068	4.7	3.8	829	3.6	2.7
	List-only parties						1,286	5.6
Informal votes				1,073			847
Total Valid votes				22,796			23,022
Turnout				23,869	51.8	10.6
	CDU hold		Majority	82	0.3	28.8

1999 election

State election (1999): Erfurt II^[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Y Bernhard Vogel		13,782	52.1	11.6	12,783	48.1	13.2
	PDS	Cornelia Nitzpon		6,082	23.0	2.6	6,447	24.3	2.8
	SPD	Rosemarie Bechthum		4,984	18.8	10.8	4,799	18.1	11.3
	Green	Annemarie Voss		996	3.8	5.7	985	3.7	2.8
	REP	Torsten Krummrich		387	1.5		168	0.6	0.4
	FDP	Andreas Möller		240	0.9		249	0.9	1.8
	List-only parties						1,141	4.3
Informal votes				402			301
Total Valid votes				26,471			26,572
Turnout				26,873	62.4	9.7
	CDU hold		Majority	7,700	29.1	18.2

1994 election

State election (1994): Erfurt II^[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Bernhard Vogel		12,430	40.5	3.1	10,738	34.9	3.2
	SPD			9,066	29.6	7.9	9,029	29.4	5.9
	PDS			6,244	20.4	6.0	6,592	21.5	7.1
	Green			2,918	9.5	5.3	2,009	6.5	4.0
	List-only parties						2,362	7.7
Informal votes				785			713
Total Valid votes				30,658			30,730
Turnout				31,443	72.1	6.8
	CDU hold		Majority	3,364	10.9	5.2

1990 election

State election (1990): Erfurt II^[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Norbert Otto		9,653	37.4		9,940	38.1
	SPD			5,603	21.7		6,136	23.5
	Green			3,821	14.8		2,747	10.5
	PDS			3,725	14.4		3,766	14.4
	FDP			1,933	7.5		2,405	9.2
	DSU			810	3.1		544	2.1
	UFV			273	1.1		180	0.7
	List-only parties						400	1.5
Informal votes				905			605
Total Valid votes				25,818			26,118
Turnout				26,723	65.3
	CDU win new seat		Majority	4,050	15.7

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