Gera 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 41. It covers the northern part of Gera. [1]
Gera I was created in 1990 for the first state election. Originally named Gera-Nord, it was renamed in 1994. Since 2019, it has been represented by Daniel Reinhardt of The Left.
As of the 2019 state election, Gera I covers the northern part of Gera, specifically the city districts (Ortsteile) of Aga, Cretzschwitz, Ernsee, Frankenthal, Hain, Hermsdorf, Milbitz, Roben, Röpsen, Rubitz, Scheubengrobsdorf, Söllmnitz, Thieschitz, Trebnitz, and Windischenbernsdorf. [1]
The constituency was held by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from its creation in 1990 until 2004, during which time it was represented by Eckehard Kölbel. In 2004 it was won by Margit Jung of the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS). She was re-elected as candidate for The Left in 2009 and 2014. Since 2019, it has been represented by Daniel Reinhardt.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1990 | Eckehard Kölbel | CDU | 36.8 | |
1994 | 37.9 | |||
1999 | 40.9 | |||
2004 | Margit Jung | PDS | 38.5 | |
2009 | LINKE | 36.2 | ||
2014 | 34.5 | |||
2019 | Daniel Reinhardt | LINKE | 32.5 |
State election (2019): Gera I [2] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Left | Daniel Reinhardt | 7,639 | 32.5 | 2.0 | 8,359 | 33.4 | 1.0 | ||
AfD | Dieter Laudenbach | 7,639 | 30.7 | 16.3 | 6,945 | 27.8 | 13.9 | ||
CDU | Jochen Trautmann | 4,398 | 17.6 | 15.9 | 3,991 | 16.0 | 13.5 | ||
SPD | Hannelore Hauschild | 1,983 | 8.0 | 0.4 | 2,078 | 8.3 | 1.0 | ||
Green | Thomas Michael Wieden | 1,120 | 4.5 | 0.8 | 1,047 | 4.2 | 1.1 | ||
Free Voters | Norbert Hein | 885 | 3.6 | 2.0 | |||||
FDP | Patrice Philip Klohn | 683 | 2.7 | 1,167 | 4.7 | 2.4 | |||
MLPD | Gudrun Kimmerle | 120 | 0.5 | 80 | 0.3 | ||||
List-only parties | 1,339 | 5.4 | |||||||
Informal votes | 319 | 232 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 24,919 | 25,006 | |||||||
Turnout | 25,238 | 63.4 | 14.9 | ||||||
Left hold | Majority | 451 | 1.8 | 0.8 |
State election (2014): Gera I [3] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Left | Margit Jung | 7,048 | 34.5 | 1.7 | 7,052 | 34.4 | 0.9 | ||
CDU | Birgit Diezel [lower-alpha 1] | 6,853 | 33.5 | 2.0 | 6,050 | 29.5 | 1.6 | ||
AfD | Stephan Brandner | 2,949 | 14.4 | 2,847 | 13.9 | ||||
SPD | Kirsten Breuer | 1,719 | 8.4 | 5.5 | 1,909 | 9.3 | 5.9 | ||
Green | Ulrich Kiethe | 1,078 | 5.3 | 0.5 | 1,082 | 5.3 | 0.8 | ||
NPD | Gordon Richter | 462 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 538 | 2.6 | 1.6 | ||
Free Voters | Jörg Schmidt | 333 | 1.6 | 242 | 1.2 | 0.6 | |||
List-only parties | 798 | 3.9 | |||||||
Informal votes | 374 | 298 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 20,442 | 20,518 | |||||||
Turnout | 20,816 | 48.5 | 5.2 | ||||||
Left hold | Majority | 195 | 1.0 | 3.7 |
State election (2009): Gera I [4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Left | Margit Jung | 8,648 | 36.2 | 2.3 | 8,435 | 35.3 | 1.4 | ||
CDU | Birgit Diezel | 7,524 | 31.5 | 5.1 | 6,673 | 27.9 | 8.9 | ||
SPD | Sigrid Müller | 3,329 | 13.9 | 1.3 | 3,646 | 15.2 | 1.8 | ||
FDP | Dieter Bernd Baumberger | 1,923 | 8.1 | 2.4 | 2,120 | 8.9 | 5.4 | ||
Green | Christel Wagner-Schurwanz | 1,394 | 5.8 | 0.7 | 1,452 | 6.1 | 1.3 | ||
NPD | Gordon Richter | 1,053 | 4.4 | 1,000 | 4.2 | 2.5 | |||
List-only parties | 595 | 2.5 | |||||||
Informal votes | 487 | 437 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 23,871 | 23,921 | |||||||
Turnout | 24,358 | 53.7 | 4.5 | ||||||
Left hold | Majority | 1,124 | 4.7 | 2.8 |
State election (2004): Gera I [5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
PDS | Margit Jung | 8,398 | 38.5 | 3.7 | 7,471 | 33.9 | 1.4 | ||
CDU | Bernd Koob | 7,974 | 36.6 | 4.3 | 8,117 | 36.8 | 5.3 | ||
SPD | René Gäbler | 2,755 | 12.6 | 5.1 | 2,954 | 13.4 | 3.7 | ||
Green | Eugen Weber | 1,414 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 1,047 | 4.8 | 3.1 | ||
FDP | Percy Wesselly | 1,248 | 5.7 | 4.6 | 772 | 3.5 | 2.7 | ||
List-only parties | 1,676 | 7.6 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,057 | 809 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 21,789 | 22,037 | |||||||
Turnout | 22,846 | 49.2 | 7.8 | ||||||
PDS gain from CDU | Majority | 424 | 1.9 |
State election (1999): Gera I [6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Eckehard Kölbel | 10,887 | 40.9 | 3.0 | 11,238 | 42.1 | 5.4 | ||
PDS | 9,279 | 34.8 | 5.5 | 8,658 | 32.5 | 5.5 | |||
SPD | 4,714 | 17.7 | 7.4 | 4,561 | 17.1 | 8.1 | |||
REP | 616 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 170 | 0.6 | 0.5 | |||
Green | 522 | 2.0 | 4.4 | 450 | 1.7 | 3.0 | |||
New Forum | 326 | 1.2 | 143 | 0.5 | 0.3 | ||||
FDP | 290 | 1.1 | 211 | 0.8 | 1.9 | ||||
List-only parties | 1,245 | 4.7 | |||||||
Informal votes | 314 | 272 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 26,634 | 26,676 | |||||||
Turnout | 26,948 | 57.0 | 15.0 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 1,608 | 6.1 | 2.5 |
State election (1994): Gera I [7] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Eckehard Kölbel | 13,042 | 37.9 | 1.1 | 12,704 | 36.7 | 2.0 | ||
PDS | 10,062 | 29.3 | 11.2 | 9,326 | 27.0 | 9.0 | |||
SPD | 8,630 | 25.1 | 4.3 | 8,713 | 25.2 | 1.9 | |||
Green | 2,213 | 6.4 | 1.3 | 1,625 | 4.7 | 2.6 | |||
REP | 430 | 1.3 | 374 | 1.1 | |||||
List-only parties | 1,858 | 5.4 | |||||||
Informal votes | 931 | 708 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 34,377 | 34,600 | |||||||
Turnout | 35,308 | 72.0 | 5.1 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 2,980 | 8.6 | 7.4 |
State election (1990): Gera-Nord [8] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Eckehard Kölbel | 11,996 | 36.8 | 11,335 | 34.7 | ||||
SPD | 6,765 | 20.8 | 7,609 | 23.3 | |||||
PDS | 5,883 | 18.1 | 5,897 | 18.0 | |||||
Green | 2,522 | 7.7 | 2,398 | 7.3 | |||||
FDP | 2,404 | 7.4 | 2,858 | 8.7 | |||||
DSU | 1,858 | 5.7 | 1,550 | 4.7 | |||||
Independent | 493 | 1.5 | |||||||
DFD | 357 | 1.1 | 261 | 0.8 | |||||
UFV | 306 | 0.9 | 220 | 0.7 | |||||
List-only parties | 579 | 1.8 | |||||||
Informal votes | 783 | 660 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 32,584 | 32,707 | |||||||
Turnout | 33,367 | 66.9 | |||||||
CDU win new seat | Majority | 5,231 | 16.0 |
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