Gotha II (constituency)

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Gotha 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 15. It covers the central part of the district of Gotha, around the city of Gotha. [1]

Contents

Gotha II was created in 1990 for the first state election. Since 2009, it has been represented by Stephan Steinbrück of the Alternative for Germany (AfD).

Geography

As of the 2019 state election, Gotha II covers the central part of the district of Gotha, around the city of Gotha. It comprises just two municipalities: Gotha and Hörsel. [1]

Members

The constituency was held by the Christian Democratic Union from its creation in 1990 until 2009, during which time it was represented by Josef Duchac (1990–1994), Johanna Köhler (1994–1999), and Evelin Groß (1999–2009). It was won by the Social Democratic Party in 2009, and was represented by Matthias Hey - he was re-elected in 2014 and 2019. In 2024, Stephan Steinbrück of the AfD won the seat.

ElectionMemberParty %
1990 Josef Duchac CDU 48.8
1994 Johanna Köhler 36.2
1999 Evelin Groß 45.6
2004 40.7
2009 Matthias Hey SPD 40.6
2014 38.9
2019 38.2
2024 Stephan Steinbrück AfD 34.7

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Gotha 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 Stephan Steinbrück 8,32034.7Increase2.svg 12.07,80832.3Increase2.svg 9.8
SPD Red x.svgN Matthias Hey 8,28934.6Decrease2.svg 3.63,03112.6Decrease2.svg 3.8
BSW  3,57214.8
CDU Marion Rosin 4,55719.0Increase2.svg 4.44,83320.0Increase2.svg 3.9
Left Sebastian Vogt2,1789.1Decrease2.svg 8.33,11612.9Decrease2.svg 18.2
Greens  5732.4Decrease2.svg 2.2
Independent Birger Gröning 3101.3
FDP Torsten Klöppel3051.3Decrease2.svg 1.92810.9Decrease2.svg 2.8
APT  2751.1Increase2.svg 0.1
FW  2461.0
Values  1180.5
Familie  1130.5
BD  950.4
Pirates  820.3Decrease2.svg 0.4
ÖDP  340.1Decrease2.svg 0.2
MLPD  280.1Decrease2.svg 0.3
Informal votes398215
Total valid votes23,95924,142
Turnout 24,35766.6Increase2.svg 8.0
AfD gain from SPD Majority310.1

2019 election

State election (2019): Gotha 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%±%
SPD Green check.svgY Matthias Hey 8,43338.2Decrease2.svg 0.73,63616.4Decrease2.svg 2.4
AfD Stephan Steinbrück 5,01622.74,97622.5Increase2.svg 12.1
Left Bernd Fundheller3,84317.4Decrease2.svg 6.36,87531.1Increase2.svg 3.0
CDU Marion Rosin 3,21214.6Decrease2.svg 10.33,55716.1Decrease2.svg 11.5
Greens Felix Kalbe8473.8Decrease2.svg 0.41,0144.6Decrease2.svg 0.1
FDP Martin Steinbrück7143.2Increase2.svg 0.48233.7Increase2.svg 1.7
List-only parties1,2325.6
Informal votes322274
Total valid votes22,06522,113
Turnout 22,38758.6Increase2.svg 10.0
SPD holdMajority3,41715.5Increase2.svg 1.5

2014 election

State election (2014): Gotha 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%±%
SPD Green check.svgY Matthias Hey 7,47438.9Decrease2.svg 1.73,65018.8Decrease2.svg 7.1
CDU Evelin Groß4,78124.9Decrease2.svg 0.15,34727.6Increase2.svg 0.6
Left Bernd Fundheller4,55723.7Increase2.svg 1.05,45128.1Increase2.svg 1.9
AfD  2,01010.4
NPD Angela Winderstein1,0535.5Steady2.svg 0.07714.0Decrease2.svg 1.1
Greens Tyra Falta8164.29164.7Decrease2.svg 1.0
FDP Martin Steinbrück5432.8Decrease2.svg 3.43902.0Decrease2.svg 4.3
List-only parties8384.3
Informal votes400251
Total valid votes19,22419,373
Turnout 19,62448.6Decrease2.svg 5.1
SPD holdMajority2,69314.0Decrease2.svg 1.6

2009 election

State election (2009): Gotha 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%±%
SPD Matthias Hey 8,99840.6Increase2.svg 24.25,75025.9Increase2.svg 11.4
CDU Red x.svgN Evelin Groß 5,54825.0Decrease2.svg 15.76,00527.0Decrease2.svg 12.6
Left Bernd Fundheller5,02422.7Decrease2.svg 9.85,81026.2Decrease2.svg 2.8
FDP Torsten Köhler-Hohlfeld1,3716.2Increase2.svg 1.01,3936.3Increase2.svg 2.7
Greens  1,2695.7Increase2.svg 1.0
NPD Klaus Städler1,2185.51,1435.1Increase2.svg 4.0
List-only parties8363.8
Informal votes405358
Total valid votes22,15922,206
Turnout 22,56453.7Increase2.svg 1.9
SPD gain from CDU Majority3,45015.6

2004 election

State election (2004): Gotha II [6]
Notes:

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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 Evelin Groß 8,60840.7Decrease2.svg 4.98,47239.6Decrease2.svg 7.2
PDS Vera Fitzke6,87032.5Increase2.svg 6.76,20829.0Increase2.svg 6.0
SPD Helmut Rieth3,47416.4Decrease2.svg 8.33,10914.5Decrease2.svg 5.4
Greens Tobias Franke-Polz1,1025.29944.7Increase2.svg 2.7
FDP Mike Wündsch1,0945.2Increase2.svg 3.67623.6Increase2.svg 2.8
List-only parties1,8308.6
Informal votes1,054827
Total valid votes21,14821,375
Turnout 22,20251.8Decrease2.svg 4.6
CDU holdMajority1,7388.2Decrease2.svg 11.6

1999 election

State election (1999): Gotha 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 Evelin Groß 11,10145.6Increase2.svg 9.411,46946.8Increase2.svg 10.0
PDS Heide Wildauer 6,26525.8Increase2.svg 8.15,63923.0Increase2.svg 6.4
SPD Helmut Rieth6,00424.7Decrease2.svg 11.44,87719.9Decrease2.svg 15.4
REP Hartwig Bastian5472.21530.6Decrease2.svg 0.3
FDP Mike Wündsch4011.6Decrease2.svg 1.22060.8Decrease2.svg 1.7
List-only parties2,1378.7
Informal votes428265
Total valid votes24,31824,481
Turnout 24,74656.4Decrease2.svg 15.1
CDU holdMajority4,83619.8Increase2.svg 19.7

1994 election

State election (1994): Gotha 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 Johanna Köhler 11,35436.2Decrease2.svg 12.611,57036.8Decrease2.svg 10.6
SPD 11,33336.1Increase2.svg 11.711,11035.3Increase2.svg 9.5
PDS 5,54917.7Increase2.svg 12.85,21316.6Increase2.svg 11.7
Greens 2,2487.2Increase2.svg 2.91,7965.7Increase2.svg 1.3
FDP 8722.8Decrease2.svg 7.27982.5Decrease2.svg 8.3
List-only parties9553.0
Informal votes809723
Total valid votes31,35631,442
Turnout 32,16571.5Decrease2.svg 5.6
CDU holdMajority210.1Decrease2.svg 22.3

1990 election

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

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CDU Josef Duchac 18,95048.818,40447.4
SPD 9,46724.410,01725.8
FDP 3,89010.04,18710.8
DSU 1,9985.11,4353.7
PDS 1,9004.91,9214.9
Greens 1,6544.31,7104.4
REP 5411.43711.0
UFV 4061.02850.7
List-only parties4881.3
Informal votes1,3551,343
Total valid votes38,80638,818
Turnout 40,16177.1
CDU win new seatMajority9,48324.4

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References

  1. 1 2 "Landtagswahlen 2019 - Wahlkreise und dazugehörige Gemeinden".
  2. ↑ https://wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/WAHL.asp?wahlart=LW&wJahr=2024&zeigeErg=WK&auswertung=1&wknr=015&gemnr=&terrKrs=&gemteil=000&buchstabe=&Langname=&wahlvorschlag=&sort=&druck=&XLS=&anzahlH=0&Nicht_existierende=&x_vollbildDatenteil=&optik=&aktual=&ShowLand=&ShowWK=&ShowPart=
  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
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