Saale-Holzland-Kreis I

Saale-Holzland-Kreis 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 35. It covers the southern part of Saale-Holzland-Kreis. ^[1]

Saale-Holzland-Kreis I was created for the 1994 state election. Since 2019, it has been represented by Stephan Tiesler of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

Geography

As of the 2019 state election, Saale-Holzland-Kreis I covers the southern part of Saale-Holzland-Kreis, specifically the municipalities of Altenberga, Bibra, Bremsnitz, Bucha, Eichenberg, Eineborn, Freienorla, Geisenhain, Gneus, Großbockedra, Großeutersdorf, Großpürschütz, Gumperda, Hermsdorf, Hummelshain, Kahla, Karlsdorf, Kleinbockedra, Kleinebersdorf, Kleineutersdorf, Laasdorf, Lindig, Lippersdorf-Erdmannsdorf, Meusebach, Milda, Möckern, Mörsdorf, Oberbodnitz, Orlamünde, Ottendorf, Rattelsdorf, Rausdorf, Reichenbach, Reinstädt, Renthendorf, Rothenstein, Ruttersdorf-Lotschen, Schleifreisen, Schöps, Seitenroda, St.Gangloff, Stadtroda, Sulza, Tautendorf, Tissa, Tröbnitz, Trockenborn-Wolfersdorf, Unterbodnitz, Waltersdorf, Weißbach, and Zöllnitz. ^[1]

Members

The constituency has been held by the Christian Democratic Union since its creation in 1994. Its first representative was Wolfgang Fiedler, who served from 1994 to 2019. Since 2019, it has been represented by Stephan Tiesler.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1994	Wolfgang Fiedler	CDU	43.3
	1999			50.6
	2004			48.7
	2009			41.4
	2014			46.9
	2019	Stephan Tiesler	CDU	26.1
	2024			39.8

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Saale-Holzland-Kreis 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Y Stephan Tiesler		9,890	39.8	13.7	6,357	25.2	2.9
	AfD	Denny Jankowski		9,114	36.7	13.7	8,009	31.8	8.3
	BSW						3,827	15.2
	Left	Markus Gleichmann		3,202	12.9	12.9	3,375	13.4	17.3
	SPD	Hannah Opitz		1,563	6.3	1.5	1,386	5.5	1.4
	FDP	Patrick Fresh		646	2.6	3.0	309	1.2	5.5
	Greens	Rita von Eggeling		433	1.7	3.4	723	2.9	1.4
	Values						282	1.1
	FW						254	1.0
	APT						248	1.0
	Familie						149	0.6
	BD						119	0.5
	Pirates						74	0.3
	ÖDP						44	0.2	0.3
	MLPD						28	0.1	0.1
Informal votes				530			194
Total valid votes				24,848			25,184
Turnout				25,378	78.0	7.3
	CDU hold		Majority	776	3.1	2.8

2019 election

State election (2019): Saale-Holzland-Kreis 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Stephan Tiesler		6,016	26.1	20.8	5,163	22.3	13.6
	Left	Markus Gleichmann		5,945	25.8	4.2	7,101	30.7	2.2
	AfD	Dirk Luge		5,309	23.0		5,442	23.5	11.3
	SPD	Irene Schlotter		1,792	7.8	1.2	1,598	6.9	2.1
	Independent	Tobias Gruber		1,477	6.4
	FDP	Stefan Beyer		1,297	5.6	2.1	1,547	6.7	3.7
	Greens	Olaf Möller		1,178	5.1	1.1	991	4.3	0.7
	MLPD	Therese Gmelch		67	0.3		52	0.2
	List-only parties						1,244	5.4
Informal votes				423			366
Total valid votes				23,081			23,138
Turnout				23,504	70.7	11.5
	CDU hold		Majority	71	0.3	16.6

2014 election

State election (2014): Saale-Holzland-Kreis 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Y Wolfgang Fiedler		9,355	46.9	5.5	7,215	35.9	3.0
	Left	Markus Gleichmann		5,996	30.0	3.4	5,737	28.5	0.7
	AfD						2,448	12.2
	SPD	Michael Gauer		1,800	9.0	4.2	1,821	9.0	8.0
	Greens	Olaf Möller		1,238	6.2	0.7	1,015	5.0	0.4
	NPD	Stefanie Löschner		874	4.4	0.4	604	3.0	0.9
	FDP	Patrick Frisch		700	3.5	4.4	605	3.0	6.1
	List-only parties						680	3.4
Informal votes				417			255
Total valid votes				19,963			20,125
Turnout				20,380	59.2	1.8
	CDU hold		Majority	3,359	16.9	2.1

2009 election

State election (2009): Saale-Holzland-Kreis 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Y Wolfgang Fiedler		8,941	41.4	7.3	7,131	32.9	12.3
	Left	Mike Huster		5,744	26.6	0.1	6,020	27.8	3.5
	SPD	Regine Kanis		2,839	13.2	0.8	3,683	17.0	2.4
	FDP	Gerhard Jahns		1,709	7.9	1.9	1,967	9.1	4.7
	Greens	Jennifer Schubert		1,488	6.9	2.3	1,169	5.4	1.5
	NPD	Wolfgang Zacholl		867	4.0		836	3.9	2.5
	List-only parties						848	3.9
Informal votes				457			391
Total valid votes				21,588			21,654
Turnout				22,045	61.0	0.2
	CDU hold		Majority	3,197	14.8	7.2

2004 election

State election (2004): Saale-Holzland-Kreis 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Y Wolfgang Fiedler		10,381	48.7	1.9	9,714	45.2	5.5
	PDS	Mike Huster		2,677	26.7	9.1	5,220	24.3	5.2
	SPD	Coryn Kopke		2,986	14.0	3.9	3,144	14.6	2.5
	FDP	Norbert Ortloff		1,282	6.0	3.1	957	4.4	2.3
	Greens	Katrin Schmidt		970	4.6	2.5	836	3.9	2.2
	List-only parties						1,635	7.6
Informal votes				1,104			894
Total valid votes				21,296			21,506
Turnout				22,400	60.8	3.1
	CDU hold		Majority	4,704	22.0	10.7

1999 election

State election (1999): Saale-Holzland-Kreis 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Y Wolfgang Fiedler		11,590	50.6	7.3	11,675	50.7	6.5
	SPD	Christina Roemer		4,095	17.9	8.6	3,947	17.1	10.9
	PDS	Mike Huster		4,023	17.6	4.4	4,392	19.1	4.8
	VIBT	Jörg Delinger		1,360	5.9		830	3.6
	REP	Ingo Leichsering		697	3.0	1.0	244	1.1	0.7
	FDP	Uwe Müller		670	2.9	1.4	480	2.1	1.9
	Greens	Angela Baum		486	2.1	5.6	388	1.7	3.3
	List-only parties						1,065	4.6
Informal votes				337			237
Total valid votes				22,921			23,021
Turnout				23,258	63.9	13.4
	CDU hold		Majority	7,495	32.7	15.9

1994 election

State election (1994): Holzlandkreis 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Wolfgang Fiedler		11,364	43.3		11,571	44.2
	SPD			6,947	26.5		7,340	28.0
	PDS			3,459	13.2		3,750	14.3
	Greens			2,009	7.7		1,329	5.1
	FDP			1,129	4.3		1,060	4.0
	New Forum			776	3.0		380	1.5
	REP			532	2.0		478	1.8
	List-only parties						279	1.1
Informal votes				686			715
Total valid votes				26,216			26,187
Turnout				26,902	77.3
	CDU win new seat		Majority	4,417	16.8

References

1. "Landtagswahlen 2019 - Wahlkreise und dazugehörige Gemeinden".
2. "Wahlen in Thüringen". wahlen.thueringen.de. Retrieved 2025-08-08.
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