Gera I

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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]

Contents

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.

Geography

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]

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 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.

ElectionMemberParty %
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

Election results

2019 election

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

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
Left Daniel Reinhardt7,63932.5Decrease2.svg 2.08,35933.4Decrease2.svg 1.0
AfD Dieter Laudenbach7,63930.7Increase2.svg 16.36,94527.8Increase2.svg 13.9
CDU Jochen Trautmann4,39817.6Decrease2.svg 15.93,99116.0Decrease2.svg 13.5
SPD Hannelore Hauschild1,9838.0Decrease2.svg 0.42,0788.3Decrease2.svg 1.0
Green Thomas Michael Wieden1,1204.5Decrease2.svg 0.81,0474.2Decrease2.svg 1.1
Free VotersNorbert Hein8853.6Increase2.svg 2.0
FDP Patrice Philip Klohn6832.71,1674.7Increase2.svg 2.4
MLPD Gudrun Kimmerle1200.5800.3
List-only parties1,3395.4
Informal votes319232
Total Valid votes24,91925,006
Turnout 25,23863.4Increase2.svg 14.9
Left holdMajority4511.8Increase2.svg 0.8

2014 election

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

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
Left Green check.svgY Margit Jung7,04834.5Decrease2.svg 1.77,05234.4Decrease2.svg 0.9
CDU Birgit Diezel [lower-alpha 1] 6,85333.5Increase2.svg 2.06,05029.5Increase2.svg 1.6
AfD Stephan Brandner2,94914.42,84713.9
SPD Kirsten Breuer1,7198.4Decrease2.svg 5.51,9099.3Decrease2.svg 5.9
Green Ulrich Kiethe1,0785.3Decrease2.svg 0.51,0825.3Decrease2.svg 0.8
NPD Gordon Richter4622.3Decrease2.svg 2.15382.6Decrease2.svg 1.6
Free VotersJörg Schmidt3331.62421.2Decrease2.svg 0.6
List-only parties7983.9
Informal votes374298
Total Valid votes20,44220,518
Turnout 20,81648.5Decrease2.svg 5.2
Left holdMajority1951.0Decrease2.svg 3.7

2009 election

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

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
Left Green check.svgY Margit Jung8,64836.2Decrease2.svg 2.38,43535.3Increase2.svg 1.4
CDU Birgit Diezel7,52431.5Decrease2.svg 5.16,67327.9Decrease2.svg 8.9
SPD Sigrid Müller3,32913.9Increase2.svg 1.33,64615.2Increase2.svg 1.8
FDP Dieter Bernd Baumberger1,9238.1Increase2.svg 2.42,1208.9Increase2.svg 5.4
Green Christel Wagner-Schurwanz1,3945.8Decrease2.svg 0.71,4526.1Increase2.svg 1.3
NPD Gordon Richter1,0534.41,0004.2Increase2.svg 2.5
List-only parties5952.5
Informal votes487437
Total Valid votes23,87123,921
Turnout 24,35853.7Increase2.svg 4.5
Left holdMajority1,1244.7Increase2.svg 2.8

2004 election

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

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
PDS Margit Jung8,39838.5Increase2.svg 3.77,47133.9Increase2.svg 1.4
CDU Bernd Koob7,97436.6Decrease2.svg 4.38,11736.8Decrease2.svg 5.3
SPD René Gäbler2,75512.6Decrease2.svg 5.12,95413.4Decrease2.svg 3.7
Green Eugen Weber1,4146.5Increase2.svg 4.51,0474.8Increase2.svg 3.1
FDP Percy Wesselly1,2485.7Increase2.svg 4.67723.5Increase2.svg 2.7
List-only parties1,6767.6
Informal votes1,057809
Total Valid votes21,78922,037
Turnout 22,84649.2Decrease2.svg 7.8
PDS gain from CDU Majority4241.9

1999 election

State election (1999): Gera I [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 Eckehard Kölbel10,88740.9Increase2.svg 3.011,23842.1Increase2.svg 5.4
PDS 9,27934.8Increase2.svg 5.58,65832.5Increase2.svg 5.5
SPD 4,71417.7Decrease2.svg 7.44,56117.1Decrease2.svg 8.1
REP 6162.3Increase2.svg 1.01700.6Decrease2.svg 0.5
Green 5222.0Decrease2.svg 4.44501.7Decrease2.svg 3.0
New Forum 3261.21430.5Decrease2.svg 0.3
FDP 2901.12110.8Decrease2.svg 1.9
List-only parties1,2454.7
Informal votes314272
Total Valid votes26,63426,676
Turnout 26,94857.0Decrease2.svg 15.0
CDU holdMajority1,6086.1Decrease2.svg 2.5

1994 election

State election (1994): Gera I [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 Eckehard Kölbel13,04237.9Increase2.svg 1.112,70436.7Increase2.svg 2.0
PDS 10,06229.3Increase2.svg 11.29,32627.0Increase2.svg 9.0
SPD 8,63025.1Increase2.svg 4.38,71325.2Increase2.svg 1.9
Green 2,2136.4Decrease2.svg 1.31,6254.7Decrease2.svg 2.6
REP 4301.33741.1
List-only parties1,8585.4
Informal votes931708
Total Valid votes34,37734,600
Turnout 35,30872.0Increase2.svg 5.1
CDU holdMajority2,9808.6Decrease2.svg 7.4

1990 election

State election (1990): Gera-Nord [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 Eckehard Kölbel11,99636.811,33534.7
SPD 6,76520.87,60923.3
PDS 5,88318.15,89718.0
Green 2,5227.72,3987.3
FDP 2,4047.42,8588.7
DSU 1,8585.71,5504.7
Independent 4931.5
DFD 3571.12610.8
UFV 3060.92200.7
List-only parties5791.8
Informal votes783660
Total Valid votes32,58432,707
Turnout 33,36766.9
CDU win new seatMajority5,23116.0

Notes

  1. Diezel entered the Landtag on the CDU list after the resignation of Marion Walsmann in December 2018.

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