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 Matthias Hey of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).

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.

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

Election results

2019 election

State election (2019): 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%±%
SPD Green check.svgY Matthias Hey8,43338.2Decrease2.svg 0.73,63616.4Decrease2.svg 2.4
AfD Stephan Steinbrück5,01622.74,97622.5Increase2.svg 12.1
Left Bernd Fundheller3,84317.4Decrease2.svg 6.36,87531.1Increase2.svg 3.0
CDU Marion Rosin3,21214.6Decrease2.svg 10.33,55716.1Decrease2.svg 11.5
Green 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 [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 Hey7,47438.9Decrease2.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
Green 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 [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 Matthias Hey8,99840.6Increase2.svg 24.25,75025.9Increase2.svg 11.4
CDU Red x.svgN Evelin Groß5,54825.0Decrease2.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
Green  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 [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%±%
CDU Green check.svgY Evelin Groß8,60840.7Decrease2.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
Green 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 [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 Evelin Groß11,10145.6Increase2.svg 9.411,46946.8Increase2.svg 10.0
PDS Heide Wildauer6,26525.8Increase2.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 [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 Johanna Köhler11,35436.2Decrease2.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
Green 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 [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 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
Green 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. ↑ Landtagswahl in Thüringen am. 27 Oktober 2019
  3. ↑ Wahlen in Thüringen 2014
  4. ↑ Wahlen in Thüringen 2009
  5. ↑ Wahlen in Thüringen 2004
  6. ↑ Wahlen in Thüringen 1999
  7. ↑ Wahlen in Thüringen 1994
  8. ↑ Wahlen in Thüringen 1990
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