Greiz II

Last updated December 11, 2021

Greiz 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 40. It covers the eastern part of the district of Greiz.^[1]

Geography

As of the 2019 state election, Greiz II covers the eastern part of the district of Greiz, specifically the municipalities of Berga/Elster, Bethenhausen, Brahmenau, Braunichswalde, Endschütz, Gauern, Greiz, Großenstein, Hilbersdorf, Hirschfeld, Kauern, Korbußen, Linda b. Weida, Mohlsdorf-Teichwolframsdorf, Neumühle/Elster, Paitzdorf, Pölzig, Reichstädt, Ronneburg, Rückersdorf, Schwaara, Seelingstädt, Teichwitz, and Wünschendorf/Elster.^[1]

Members

The constituency has been held by the Christian Democratic Union since its creation in 1994. Its first representative was Horst Krauße, who served from 1994 to 2014. Since 1999, it has been represented by Christian Tischner.

	Member	Party	%
1994	Horst Krauße	CDU	42.6
1999			48.1
2004			43.1
2009			29.9
2014	Christian Tischner	CDU	34.7
2019	Christian Tischner	CDU	30.4

Election results

2019 election

State election (2019): Greiz 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	%	±%
	CDU	Y Christian Tischner		7,558	30.4	4.3	6,097	24.5	10.3
	AfD	Sigvald Hahn		6,306	25.3	13.0	6,468	26.0	13.3
	Left	Frank Tempel		4,869	19.6	2.6	6,982	28.0	3.1
	SPD	Heike Taubert		3,401	13.7	7.9	2,050	8.2	7.0
	FDP	Jens Meyer		1,358	5.5	2.8	1,262	5.1	2.7
	Green	Katja Grunert		793	3.2	0.6	752	3.0	0.5
	Independent	Detlef Zietan		566	2.3
	MLPD	Adrian Manuel Mauson		41	0.2		63	0.3
	List-only parties						1,233	5.0
Informal votes				327			312
Total Valid votes				24,892			24,907
Turnout				25,219	65.8	10.0
	CDU hold		Majority	1,252	5.1	7.4

2014 election

State election (2014): Greiz 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	%	±%
	CDU	Christian Tischner		8,016	34.7	4.6	8,050	34.8	0.6
	Left	Holger Steiniger		5,135	22.2	1.0	5,769	24.9	0.1
	SPD	Heike Taubert		4,988	21.6	3.8	3,516	15.2	4.0
	AfD	Bärbel Kowsky		2,851	12.3		2,932	12.7
	NPD	David Köckert		892	3.9	0.8	1,011	4.4	0.2
	FDP	Jens Meyer		619	2.7	10.0	552	2.4	6.5
	Green	Martin Kleinsteuber		602	2.6	1.2	799	3.5	0.9
	List-only parties						523	2.3
Informal votes				418			369
Total Valid votes				23,103			23,152
Turnout				23,521	55.8	0.8
	CDU hold		Majority	2,891	12.5	7.8

2009 election

State election (2009): Greiz 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	%	±%
	CDU	Y Horst Krauße		7,233	29.9	13.2	8,643	35.6	10.4
	SPD	Heike Taubert		6,274	26.0	4.2	4,698	19.4	3.4
	Left	Diana Skibbe		5,520	22.9	3.2	5,958	24.6	1.6
	FDP	Wilhelm Wüstner		3,081	12.8	7.1	2,136	8.8	5.2
	NPD	Norman Wilkens		1,140	4.7		1,019	4.2	2.6
	Green	Johannes Möstl		909	3.8	0.6	1,064	4.4	1.2
	List-only parties						746	3.1
Informal votes				599			492
Total Valid votes				24,157			24,264
Turnout				24,756	56.9	3.4
	CDU hold		Majority	959	3.9	13.1

2004 election

State election (2004): Greiz 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	%	±%
	CDU	Y Horst Krauße		9,986	43.1	5.0	10,779	46.0	6.0
	PDS	Diana Skibbe		6,038	26.1	5.3	5,402	23.0	3.8
	SPD	Heike Taubert		5,048	21.8	4.3	3,752	16.0	4.2
	FDP	Horst Gerber		1,323	5.7	3.7	839	3.6	2.7
	Green	Till Hafner		752	3.2		739	3.2	2.0
	List-only parties						1,946	8.3
Informal votes				1,404			1,094
Total Valid votes				23,147			23,457
Turnout				24,551	53.5	4.9
	CDU hold		Majority	3,948	17.0	5.0

1999 election

State election (1999): Greiz 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	%	±%
	CDU	Y Horst Krauße		13,158	48.1	5.5	14,303	52.0	7.4
	SPD	Harald Seidel		7,144	26.1	9.5	5,544	20.2	11.3
	PDS	Bernd Grimm		5,690	20.8	7.8	5,268	19.2	5.8
	REP	Harald Seeger		820	3.0		363	1.3	0.2
	FDP	Hanno Sengewald		548	2.0	1.3	252	0.9	2.0
	List-only parties						1,479	5.4
Informal votes				628			479
Total Valid votes				27,360			27,509
Turnout				27,988	58.4	16.1
	CDU hold		Majority	6,014	22.0	15.0

1994 election

State election (1994): Greiz 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	Horst Krauße		15,191	42.6		16,092	44.8
	SPD			12,712	35.6		11,334	31.5
	PDS			4,586	12.9		4,773	13.3
	Green			2,009	5.6		1,456	4.1
	FDP			1,182	3.3		1,028	2.9
	List-only parties						1,263	3.5
Informal votes				1,235			969
Total Valid votes				35,680			35,946
Turnout				36,915	74.5
	CDU win new seat		Majority	2,479	7.0

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[Area-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

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