Gera II

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Gera 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 42. It covers the southern part of Gera. [1]

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Gera II was created in 1990 for the first state election. Originally named Gera-Süd, it was renamed in 1994. Since 2019, it has been represented by Wolfgang Lauerwald of Alternative for Germany (AfD).[ citation needed ]

Geography

As of the 2019 state election, Gera II covers the southern part of Gera, specifically the city districts (Ortsteile) of Alt-Taubenpreskeln, Dürrenebersdorf, Falka, Gera, Kaimberg, Langengrobsdorf, Lietzsch, Naulitz, Poris-Lengefeld, Thränitz, Weißig, Zeulsdorf, and Zschippern. [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 Matthias Ritter (1990–1994) and Birgit Diezel (1994–2004). In 2004, it was won by Dieter Hausold of the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS). He was re-elected as candidate for The Left in 2009 and 2014. The constituency was won by Alternative for Germany in 2019, and is represented by Wolfgang Lauerwald.

ElectionMemberParty %
1990 Matthias Ritter CDU 36.4
1994 Birgit Diezel CDU 35.2
1999 39.7
2004 Dieter Hausold PDS 41.0
2009 LINKE 39.6
2014 41.2
2019 Wolfgang Lauerwald AfD 32.9

Election results

2019 election

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

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
AfD Wolfgang Lauerwald7,17032.96,52429.9Increase2.svg 16.3
Left Andreas Schubert6,31429.0Decrease2.svg 12.27,50434.4Decrease2.svg 2.5
SPD Wolfgang Tiefensee 3,32915.3Increase2.svg 4.21,7247.9Decrease2.svg 2.2
CDU Christian Klein3,23914.9Decrease2.svg 17.33,21214.7Decrease2.svg 13.3
FDP Rüdiger Hannig8543.99244.2Increase2.svg 2.4
Greens Laura Wahl [lower-alpha 1] 7543.5Decrease2.svg 1.37193.3Decrease2.svg 0.7
MLPD Dagmar Kolkmann-Lutz1100.5640.3
List-only parties1,1645.3
Informal votes308243
Total Valid votes21,77021,835
Turnout 22,07860.8Increase2.svg 14.5
AfD gain from Left Majority8563.9

2014 election

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

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
Left Green check.svgY Dieter Hausold7,10641.2Increase2.svg 1.66,45036.9Decrease2.svg 0.3
CDU Christian Klein5,56432.2Increase2.svg 6.64,89028.0Increase2.svg 1.1
AfD  2,37313.6
SPD Claudia Scheerschmidt [lower-alpha 2] 1,90811.1Decrease2.svg 3.41,76610.1Decrease2.svg 6.2
Free VotersGünter Brinkmann1,0255.92661.5Decrease2.svg 0.3
NPD Peter Pichl8294.8Steady2.svg 0.04552.6Decrease2.svg 1.7
Greens Regina Pfeiler8224.8Decrease2.svg 1.66924.0Decrease2.svg 1.0
List-only parties6033.4
Informal votes499258
Total Valid votes17,25417,495
Turnout 17,75346.3Decrease2.svg 5.9
Left holdMajority1,5429.0Decrease2.svg 5.0

2009 election

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

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
Left Green check.svgY Dieter Hausold8,11839.6Decrease2.svg 1.47,66137.2Increase2.svg 1.2
CDU Ralf Bornkessel5,24525.6Decrease2.svg 10.25,52426.9Decrease2.svg 7.7
SPD Wolfgang Lemb2,96814.5Increase2.svg 1.03,35616.3Increase2.svg 2.6
FDP Dieter Falk1,8669.1Increase2.svg 4.11,6077.8Increase2.svg 4.4
Greens Ingo Menke1,3126.4Increase2.svg 1.71,0345.0Increase2.svg 1.2
NPD André Berghold9854.88874.3Increase2.svg 2.7
List-only parties4982.4
Informal votes448375
Total Valid votes20,49420,567
Turnout 20,94252.2Increase2.svg 4.9
Left holdMajority2,87314.0Increase2.svg 8.8

2004 election

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

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
PDS Dieter Hausold7,75741.0Increase2.svg 7.16,89636.0Increase2.svg 3.3
CDU Red x.svgN Birgit Diezel6,76735.8Decrease2.svg 3.96,62834.6Decrease2.svg 6.6
SPD René Jung2,55813.5Decrease2.svg 8.52,63013.7Decrease2.svg 4.3
FDP Cornelia Schmidt9505.0Increase2.svg 3.46513.4Increase2.svg 2.6
Greens Christel Wagner-Schurwanz8834.77293.8Increase2.svg 2.3
List-only parties1,6058.4
Informal votes951727
Total Valid votes18,91519,139
Turnout 19,86647.3Decrease2.svg 7.6
PDS gain from CDU Majority9905.2

1999 election

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

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CDU Green check.svgY Birgit Diezel9,86339.7Increase2.svg 4.510,26441.2Increase2.svg 6.0
PDS 8,43633.9Increase2.svg 6.08,15432.7Increase2.svg 5.7
SPD 5,47922.0Decrease2.svg 6.04,47417.9Decrease2.svg 8.6
REP 6792.7Increase2.svg 1.21730.7Decrease2.svg 0.5
FDP 4041.62020.8Decrease2.svg 1.8
List-only parties1,6586.7
Informal votes350286
Total Valid votes24,86124,925
Turnout 25,21154.9Decrease2.svg 16.7
CDU holdMajority1,4275.8Decrease2.svg 1.4

1994 election

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

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CDU Birgit Diezel11,99935.2Decrease2.svg 1.212,07835.2Increase2.svg 0.5
SPD 9,54228.0Increase2.svg 4.69,08426.5Increase2.svg 2.0
PDS 9,50227.9Increase2.svg 11.69,25927.0Increase2.svg 9.8
Greens 2,2396.6Decrease2.svg 1.31,5844.6Decrease2.svg 2.8
REP 5211.54281.2
DSU 3140.9Decrease2.svg 3.81450.4Decrease2.svg 3.7
List-only parties1,7245.0
Informal votes792607
Total Valid votes34,11734,302
Turnout 34,90971.6Increase2.svg 5.5
CDU holdMajority2,4577.2Decrease2.svg 5.8

1990 election

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

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CDU Matthias Ritter11,54736.411,05334.7
SPD 7,43023.47,78524.5
PDS 5,16716.35,46317.2
FDP 2,7708.72,8829.1
Greens 2,4957.92,3437.4
DSU 1,4924.71,2984.1
DFD 3831.22620.8
UFV 3000.92250.7
DBU 1360.4990.3
List-only parties4001.3
Informal votes899809
Total Valid votes31,72031,810
Turnout 32,61966.1
CDU win new seatMajority4,11713.0

Notes

  1. Wahl entered the Landtag on the Greens list after the resignation of Anja Siegesmund in March 2020.
  2. Scheerschmidt entered the Landtag on the SPD list after the resignation of Christoph Matschie in October 2017.

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