Greiz I

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Greiz 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 39. It covers the western part of the district of Greiz. [1]

Contents

Greiz I was created for the 1994 state election. Since 2024, it has been represented by Martina Schweinsburg of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

Geography

As of the 2019 state election, Greiz I covers the western part of the district of Greiz, specifically the municipalities of Auma-Weidatal, Bad Köstritz, Bocka, Caaschwitz, Crimla, Harth-Pöllnitz, Hartmannsdorf, Hohenleuben, Hundhaupten, Kraftsdorf, Kühdorf, Langenwetzendorf, Langenwolschendorf, Lederhose, Lindenkreuz, Münchenbernsdorf, Saara, Schwarzbach, Weida, Weißendorf, Zedlitz, and Zeulenroda-Triebes. [1]

Members

The constituency has been held by the Christian Democratic Union since its creation in 1994. Its first representative was Peter Schütz, who served from 1994 to 1999. From 1999 to 2024, it was represented by Volker Emde. Since 2024, it has been represented by Martina Schweinsburg.

ElectionMemberParty %
1994 Peter Schütz CDU 47.4
1999 Volker Emde 52.8
2004 47.8
2009 36.0
2014 42.7
2019 35.0
2024 Martina Schweinsburg 46.4

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Greiz 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%±%
CDU Martina Schweinsburg14,70146.7Increase2.svg 11.78,33026.4Increase2.svg 3.7
AfD Thomas Trommer11,80937.511,88837.6Increase2.svg 10.2
BSW  4,85815.4
Left Alexander Frieß2,5488.1Decrease2.svg 21.53,35010.6Decrease2.svg 18.0
SPD Eric Böhme1,2534.0Decrease2.svg 4.21,1493.6Decrease2.svg 3.4
FDP Dirk Bergner6232.0Decrease2.svg 13.43431.1Decrease2.svg 6.6
Greens Martin Schulze5251.7Decrease2.svg 2.65201.6Decrease2.svg 1.5
APT  3111.0Decrease2.svg 0.4
FW  2370.8
Familie  1600.5
Values  1570.5
BD  1180.4
Pirates  810.3Increase2.svg 0.1
ÖDP  460.1Decrease2.svg 0.3
MLPD  360.1Decrease2.svg 0.1
Informal votes398273
Total valid votes31,45931,584
Turnout 31,85775.5Increase2.svg 8.4
CDU holdMajority2,8929.2Increase2.svg 3.8

2019 election

State election (2019): Greiz 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%±%
CDU Green check.svgY Volker Emde9,71435.0Decrease2.svg 7.76,62022.7Decrease2.svg 12.6
Left Sven Weber8,20029.6Decrease2.svg 0.38,33528.6Increase2.svg 2.3
AfD  7,99727.4Increase2.svg 13.4
FDP Dirk Bergner4,26615.4Increase2.svg 10.21,6545.7Increase2.svg 2.7
SPD Raphael Heyder2,2668.2Decrease2.svg 3.72,0347.0Decrease2.svg 4.5
Independent Peter Höfer2,0677.5
Greens Jens Kämpfer1,2054.3Decrease2.svg 0.99093.1Decrease2.svg 0.9
List-only parties1,6225.6
Informal votes1,890437
Total valid votes27,71829,171
Turnout 29,60867.1Increase2.svg 12.7
CDU holdMajority1,5145.4Decrease2.svg 7.4

2014 election

State election (2014): Greiz 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%±%
CDU Green check.svgY Volker Emde10,32542.7Increase2.svg 6.58,62135.3Increase2.svg 0.4
Left Diana Skibbe7,23529.9Increase2.svg 2.96,43126.3Decrease2.svg 0.7
AfD  3,41914.0
SPD Marie-Theres Mayer2,88211.9Decrease2.svg 4.32,81511.5Decrease2.svg 4.8
FDP Dirk Bergner1,2645.2Decrease2.svg 5.57263.0Decrease2.svg 6.0
Greens Jennifer Schubert1,2515.2Increase2.svg 0.29864.0Decrease2.svg 0.9
NPD Michael Kuhn1,2225.1Increase2.svg 0.37393.0Decrease2.svg 1.2
List-only parties6792.8
Informal votes539302
Total valid votes24,17924,416
Turnout 24,71854.4Decrease2.svg 3.1
CDU holdMajority3,09012.8Increase2.svg 3.6

2009 election

State election (2009): Greiz 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%±%
CDU Green check.svgY Volker Emde10,36836.0Decrease2.svg 11.810,07434.8Decrease2.svg 14.2
Left Frank Lux7,82327.2Decrease2.svg 1.97,83927.1Increase2.svg 3.3
SPD Mike Stieber4,66216.2Increase2.svg 3.24,71316.3Increase2.svg 3.7
FDP Dirk Bergner3,08910.7Increase2.svg 5.12,6259.1Increase2.svg 5.4
Greens Vincent Müller1,4395.0Increase2.svg 0.51,4224.9Increase2.svg 1.6
NPD Mandy Schneider1,3904.81,2104.2Increase2.svg 2.7
List-only parties1,0493.6
Informal votes740579
Total valid votes28,77128,932
Turnout 29,51157.2Increase2.svg 2.0
CDU holdMajority2,5458.8Decrease2.svg 9.9

2004 election

State election (2004): Greiz 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 Volker Emde13,52947.8Decrease2.svg 5.014,01449.0Decrease2.svg 5.4
PDS Heidrun Sedlacik8,24729.1Increase2.svg 6.66,81223.8Increase2.svg 4.1
SPD Mike Stieber3,66613.0Decrease2.svg 6.53,60412.6Decrease2.svg 4.1
FDP Dirk Bergner1,5895.6Increase2.svg 3.01,0633.7Increase2.svg 2.5
Greens Ines Zipfel1,2624.59533.3Increase2.svg 1.8
List-only parties2,1687.6
Informal votes1,5861,265
Total valid votes28,29328,614
Turnout 29,87955.2Decrease2.svg 5.4
CDU holdMajority5,28218.7Decrease2.svg 11.6

1999 election

State election (1999): Greiz 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 Volker Emde16,89652.8Increase2.svg 5.317,50854.4Increase2.svg 6.6
PDS Heidrun Sedlacik7,20622.5Increase2.svg 8.66,32419.7Increase2.svg 5.8
SPD Ines Zipfel6,23619.5Decrease2.svg 8.95,38116.7Decrease2.svg 10.4
REP Michael Knietsch8212.62510.8Decrease2.svg 0.6
FDP Horst Gerber8162.6Decrease2.svg 2.03921.2Decrease2.svg 2.1
List-only parties2,3127.2
Informal votes732539
Total valid votes31,97532,168
Turnout 32,70760.6Decrease2.svg 15.2
CDU holdMajority9,69030.3Increase2.svg 11.2

1994 election

State election (1994): Greiz I [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 Peter Schütz17,39947.417,67947.8
SPD 10,39528.310,00727.0
PDS 5,14714.05,19314.0
Greens 2,0335.51,6304.4
FDP 1,7104.71,2413.4
List-only parties1,2703.4
Informal votes1,5781,242
Total valid votes36,68437,020
Turnout 38,26275.8
CDU win new seatMajority7,00419.1

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