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Erfurt IV 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 27. It contains southeastern parts of Erfurt, the capital and largest city of Thuringia. [1]

Contents

Erfurt IV was created in 1990 for the first state election. Since 2009, it has been represented by André Blechschmidt of The Left.

Geography

As of the 2019 state election, Erfurt IV is located entirely within the urban district of Erfurt. It covers the central and southwestern part of the city, specifically the city districts (Stadtteile) of Büßleben, Daberstedt, Dittelstedt, Egstedt, Herrenberg, Melchendorf, Niedernissa, Rohda (Haarberg), Urbich, Waltersleben, Wiesenhügel, and Windischholzhausen. [1]

Members

The constituency was held by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from its creation in 1990 until 2004, during which time it was represented by Jörg Schwäblein. It was won by the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) in 2004, and represented by Tamara Thierbach. She was succeeded in 2009 by André Blechschmidt of The Left, successor party of the PDS. He was re-elected in 2014 and 2019.

ElectionMemberParty %
1990 Jörg Schwäblein CDU 35.0
1994 34.3
1999 42.5
2004 Tamara Thierbach PDS 37.6
2009 André Blechschmidt LINKE 32.9
2014 37.1
2019 32.2

Election results

2019 election

State election (2019): Erfurt IV [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 check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
Left Green check.svgY André Blechschmidt7,54832.2Increase2.svg 4.98,71837.1Increase2.svg 1.4
AfD Stefan Möller4,91321.04,56919.4Increase2.svg 10.0
CDU Regina Polster4,03817.2Decrease2.svg 10.43,76916.0Decrease2.svg 8.8
SPD Cornelia Klisch3,63815.5Decrease2.svg 4.32,2159.4Decrease2.svg 4.5
Green Fabian Gabriel1,5676.7Decrease2.svg 0.11,5226.5Decrease2.svg 0.8
FDP Franziska Baum1,1595.0Increase2.svg 2.61,2955.5Increase2.svg 2.9
Free VotersHarald Neubacher4491.9
MLPD Sabine Dimler980.4720.3
List-only parties1,3495.7
Informal votes377277
Total Valid votes23,40923,509
Turnout 23,78666.0Increase2.svg 11.4
Left holdMajority2,63511.2Increase2.svg 1.7

2014 election

State election (2014): Erfurt IV [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 check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
Left Green check.svgY André Blechschmidt7,21437.1Increase2.svg 4.27,00335.7Increase2.svg 3.5
CDU Andreas Horn5,37827.6Increase2.svg 3.64,88324.9Increase2.svg 1.0
SPD Cornelia Klisch3,84919.8Increase2.svg 0.62,73012.9Decrease2.svg 5.5
AfD  1,8549.4
Green Dieter Lauinger1,3326.8Decrease2.svg 0.51,4257.3Decrease2.svg 1.1
NPD Enrico Biczysko7583.9Increase2.svg 0.15202.6Decrease2.svg 1.1
Pirates Manfred Schubert4812.52661.4
FDP Jutta Czifrik4582.4Decrease2.svg 3.65102.6Decrease2.svg 4.2
List-only parties4412.2
Informal votes393231
Total Valid votes19,47019,632
Turnout 19,86354.6Decrease2.svg 4.6
Left holdMajority1,8369.5Increase2.svg 0.6

2009 election

State election (2009): Erfurt IV [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 check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
Left André Blechschmidt7,14632.9Decrease2.svg 4.77,02232.2Decrease2.svg 2.8
CDU Manfred Scherer5,20324.0Decrease2.svg 8.45,19723.9Decrease2.svg 10.3
SPD Frank Schalles4,17719.2Increase2.svg 2.54,21619.4Increase2.svg 5.0
Green Rüdiger Bender1,5906.3Increase2.svg 0.91,8206.7Increase2.svg 1.7
Free VotersHeidrun Marie-Anna Höpfner1,4686.81,0905.0Increase2.svg 4.2
FDP Birgit Schuster1,2986.0Increase2.svg 1.91,4916.8Increase2.svg 3.4
NPD Gabriele Bölke8313.88123.7Increase2.svg 2.7
List-only parties1380.6
Informal votes475402
Total Valid votes21,71321,786
Turnout 22,18859.2Increase2.svg 6.4
Left holdMajority1,9438.9Increase2.svg 3.7

2004 election

State election (2004): Erfurt IV [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 check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
PDS Tamara Thierbach7,17937.6Increase2.svg 7.46,75535.0Increase2.svg 6.2
CDU Red x.svgN Jörg Schwäblein6,18332.4Decrease2.svg 10.16,59834.2Decrease2.svg 12.4
SPD Karin Dietrich3,19616.7Decrease2.svg 4.22,77214.4Decrease2.svg 2.6
Green Matthias Zeng1,2276.4Increase2.svg 3.51,2976.7Increase2.svg 4.1
FDP Annett Pröhl7814.1Increase2.svg 2.96643.4Increase2.svg 2.7
Independent Jürgen Zerull5462.9
List-only parties1,2296.4
Informal votes942739
Total Valid votes19,11219,315
Turnout 20,05452.8Decrease2.svg 10.1
PDS gain from CDU Majority9965.2

1999 election

State election (1999): Erfurt IV [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 check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CDU Green check.svgY Jörg Schwäblein10,45742.5Increase2.svg 8.211,52746.6Increase2.svg 13.3
PDS Tamara Thierbach7,43130.2Increase2.svg 2.87,12328.8Increase2.svg 2.5
SPD Otto Kretschmer5,14320.9Decrease2.svg 8.74,20217.0Decrease2.svg 11.0
Green Jochen Kwast7142.9Decrease2.svg 4.86432.6Decrease2.svg 2.8
REP Günther Steinert3951.6Increase2.svg 0.61200.5Decrease2.svg 0.3
FDP Herbert Rudovsky2931.21680.7Decrease2.svg 1.8
DSU Wolfgang Mayer1520.6810.3Increase2.svg 0.2
List-only parties8803.6
Informal votes367208
Total Valid votes24,58524,744
Turnout 24,95262.9Decrease2.svg 12.4
CDU holdMajority3,02612.3Increase2.svg 7.6

1994 election

State election (1994): Erfurt IV [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 check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CDU Green check.svgY Jörg Schwäblein10,42534.3Decrease2.svg 0.710,19933.3Decrease2.svg 1.0
SPD Werner Griese9,00629.6Increase2.svg 8.68,57228.0Increase2.svg 5.7
PDS Tamara Thierbach8,34027.4Increase2.svg 9.28,04926.3Increase2.svg 6.8
Green Katrin Göring-Eckardt 2,3527.7Decrease2.svg 2.91,6575.4Decrease2.svg 5.7
REP F.-R. Kästner2901.02440.8Increase2.svg 0.4
List-only parties1,9046.2
Informal votes861649
Total Valid votes30,41330,625
Turnout 31,27475.3Increase2.svg 8.4
CDU holdMajority1,4194.7Decrease2.svg 9.3

1990 election

State election (1990): Erfurt IV [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 check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CDU Jörg Schwäblein9,22635.09,10334.3
SPD 5,54121.05,91822.3
PDS 4,79318.25,18219.5
Green 2,78510.62,94111.1
FDP 2,1758.22,2268.4
UFV 1,0053.82841.1
DSU 8433.25041.9
List-only parties3861.5
Informal votes628452
Total Valid votes26,36826,544
Turnout 26,99666.9
CDU win new seatMajority3,68514.0

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