Gera II

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]

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, represented by Wolfgang Lauerwald, and was held in 2024.

Election		Member	Party	%
	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
	2024			43.6

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	AfD	Y Wolfgang Lauerwald		9,700	43.6	10.7	8,267	36.7	6.8
	CDU	Christian Klein		6,400	28.8	13.9	4,649	20.6	5.9
	BSW						3,902	17.3
	Left	Andreas Schubert		4,462	20.1	8.9	3,193	14.2	20.2
	SPD	Christian Peter Urban		1,336	6.0	9.3	969	4.3	3.6
	Greens	David Doering		347	1.6	1.9	358	1.6	1.7
	APT						263	1.2	0.1
	Values						253	1.1
	FDP						216	1.0	3.2
	FW						116	0.5
	BD						112	0.5
	Familie						97	0.4
	Pirates						61	0.3
	ÖDP						44	0.2	0.1
	MLPD						39	0.2	0.1
Informal votes				487			193
Total valid votes				22,245			22,539
Turnout				22,732	66.9	6.1
	AfD hold		Majority	3,300	14.8	10.9

2019 election

State election (2019): 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	AfD	Wolfgang Lauerwald		7,170	32.9		6,524	29.9	16.3
	Left	Andreas Schubert		6,314	29.0	12.2	7,504	34.4	2.5
	SPD	Wolfgang Tiefensee		3,329	15.3	4.2	1,724	7.9	2.2
	CDU	Christian Klein		3,239	14.9	17.3	3,212	14.7	13.3
	FDP	Rüdiger Hannig		854	3.9		924	4.2	2.4
	Greens	Laura Wahl [a]		754	3.5	1.3	719	3.3	0.7
	MLPD	Dagmar Kolkmann-Lutz		110	0.5		64	0.3
	List-only parties						1,164	5.3
Informal votes				308			243
Total valid votes				21,770			21,835
Turnout				22,078	60.8	14.5
	AfD gain from Left		Majority	856	3.9

2014 election

State election (2014): 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Left	Y Dieter Hausold		7,106	41.2	1.6	6,450	36.9	0.3
	CDU	Christian Klein		5,564	32.2	6.6	4,890	28.0	1.1
	AfD						2,373	13.6
	SPD	Claudia Scheerschmidt [b]		1,908	11.1	3.4	1,766	10.1	6.2
	Free Voters	Günter Brinkmann		1,025	5.9		266	1.5	0.3
	NPD	Peter Pichl		829	4.8	0.0	455	2.6	1.7
	Greens	Regina Pfeiler		822	4.8	1.6	692	4.0	1.0
	List-only parties						603	3.4
Informal votes				499			258
Total valid votes				17,254			17,495
Turnout				17,753	46.3	5.9
	Left hold		Majority	1,542	9.0	5.0

2009 election

State election (2009): 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Left	Y Dieter Hausold		8,118	39.6	1.4	7,661	37.2	1.2
	CDU	Ralf Bornkessel		5,245	25.6	10.2	5,524	26.9	7.7
	SPD	Wolfgang Lemb		2,968	14.5	1.0	3,356	16.3	2.6
	FDP	Dieter Falk		1,866	9.1	4.1	1,607	7.8	4.4
	Greens	Ingo Menke		1,312	6.4	1.7	1,034	5.0	1.2
	NPD	André Berghold		985	4.8		887	4.3	2.7
	List-only parties						498	2.4
Informal votes				448			375
Total valid votes				20,494			20,567
Turnout				20,942	52.2	4.9
	Left hold		Majority	2,873	14.0	8.8

2004 election

State election (2004): 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	PDS	Dieter Hausold		7,757	41.0	7.1	6,896	36.0	3.3
	CDU	N Birgit Diezel		6,767	35.8	3.9	6,628	34.6	6.6
	SPD	René Jung		2,558	13.5	8.5	2,630	13.7	4.3
	FDP	Cornelia Schmidt		950	5.0	3.4	651	3.4	2.6
	Greens	Christel Wagner-Schurwanz		883	4.7		729	3.8	2.3
	List-only parties						1,605	8.4
Informal votes				951			727
Total valid votes				18,915			19,139
Turnout				19,866	47.3	7.6
	PDS gain from CDU		Majority	990	5.2

1999 election

State election (1999): 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Y Birgit Diezel		9,863	39.7	4.5	10,264	41.2	6.0
	PDS			8,436	33.9	6.0	8,154	32.7	5.7
	SPD			5,479	22.0	6.0	4,474	17.9	8.6
	REP			679	2.7	1.2	173	0.7	0.5
	FDP			404	1.6		202	0.8	1.8
	List-only parties						1,658	6.7
Informal votes				350			286
Total valid votes				24,861			24,925
Turnout				25,211	54.9	16.7
	CDU hold		Majority	1,427	5.8	1.4

1994 election

State election (1994): 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Birgit Diezel		11,999	35.2	1.2	12,078	35.2	0.5
	SPD			9,542	28.0	4.6	9,084	26.5	2.0
	PDS			9,502	27.9	11.6	9,259	27.0	9.8
	Greens			2,239	6.6	1.3	1,584	4.6	2.8
	REP			521	1.5		428	1.2
	DSU			314	0.9	3.8	145	0.4	3.7
	List-only parties						1,724	5.0
Informal votes				792			607
Total valid votes				34,117			34,302
Turnout				34,909	71.6	5.5
	CDU hold		Majority	2,457	7.2	5.8

1990 election

State election (1990): Gera II [9]
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	Matthias Ritter		11,547	36.4		11,053	34.7
	SPD			7,430	23.4		7,785	24.5
	PDS			5,167	16.3		5,463	17.2
	FDP			2,770	8.7		2,882	9.1
	Greens			2,495	7.9		2,343	7.4
	DSU			1,492	4.7		1,298	4.1
	DFD			383	1.2		262	0.8
	UFV			300	0.9		225	0.7
	DBU			136	0.4		99	0.3
	List-only parties						400	1.3
Informal votes				899			809
Total valid votes				31,720			31,810
Turnout				32,619	66.1
	CDU win new seat		Majority	4,117	13.0

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.

References

1. "Landtagswahlen 2019 - Wahlkreise und dazugehörige Gemeinden".
2. "Wahlen in Thüringen".
3. Landtagswahl in Thüringen am. 27 Oktober 2019
4. Wahlen in Thüringen 2014
5. Wahlen in Thüringen 2009
6. Wahlen in Thüringen 2004
7. Wahlen in Thüringen 1999
8. Wahlen in Thüringen 1994
9. Wahlen in Thüringen 1990