Saale-Orla-Kreis I

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Saale-Orla-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 33. It covers the southern part of Saale-Orla-Kreis. [1]

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Saale-Orla-Kreis I was created for the 1994 state election. Since 2019, it has been represented by Uwe Thrum of Alternative for Germany (AfD).

Geography

As of the 2019 state election, Saale-Orla-Kreis I covers the southern part of Saale-Orla-Kreis, specifically the municipalities of Bad Lobenstein, Burgk, Dittersdorf, Dreba, Gefell, Görkwitz, Göschitz, Hirschberg, Kirschkau, Knau, Löhma, Moßbach, Neundorf (at Schleiz), Oettersdorf, Plothen, Pörmitz, Remptendorf, Rosenthal am Rennsteig, Saalburg-Ebersdorf, Schleiz (excluding Crispendorf), Tanna, Tegau, Volkmannsdorf, and Wurzbach. [1]

Members

The constituency was held by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from its creation in 1994 until 2019, during which time it was represented by Siegfried Wetzel (1994–2014) and Stefan Gruhner (2014–2019). It was won by Alternative for Germany in 2019, and is represented by Uwe Thrum.

ElectionMemberParty %
1994 Siegfried Wetzel CDU 44.7
1999 48.7
2004 38.0
2009 28.9
2014 Stefan Gruhner CDU 42.1
2019 Uwe Thrum AfD 29.0

Election results

2019 election

State election (2019): Saale-Orla-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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
AfD Uwe Thrum6,64329.06,23527.2Increase2.svg 15.1
CDU Red x.svgN Stefan Gruhner6,45228.2Decrease2.svg 13.95,11622.3Decrease2.svg 15.3
Left Ralf Kalich5,75525.1Decrease2.svg 6.77,32831.9Increase2.svg 3.3
SPD Werner Christel1,5756.9Decrease2.svg 4.81,4736.4Decrease2.svg 4.0
FDP Felix Schaum1,0354.5Decrease2.svg 0.41,1585.0Increase2.svg 2.6
Free VotersChristian Meyer7313.2
Green Sabine Reichmann6592.9Decrease2.svg 2.15422.4Decrease2.svg 1.0
MLPD Johannes Rupprecht370.2520.2
List-only parties1,0524.6
Informal votes286217
Total Valid votes22,88722,956
Turnout 23,17367.9Increase2.svg 11.5
AfD gain from CDU Majority1910.8

2014 election

State election (2014): Saale-Orla-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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CDU Stefan Gruhner8,41042.1Increase2.svg 13.27,60437.6Increase2.svg 4.6
Left Ralf Kalich6,34531.8Increase2.svg 5.25,77828.6Increase2.svg 0.3
AfD  2,44612.1
SPD Kai Vöcking2,33811.7Decrease2.svg 10.22,11010.4Decrease2.svg 8.6
Green Janina Geiler9975.06893.4Decrease2.svg 0.1
FDP Sandra Scherf-Michel9814.9Decrease2.svg 1.94792.4Decrease2.svg 4.8
NPD Danny Ptotenhauer9034.5Increase2.svg 0.65802.9Decrease2.svg 1.2
List-only parties5252.6
Informal votes429192
Total Valid votes19,97420,211
Turnout 20,40356.4Decrease2.svg 1.2
CDU holdMajority2,06510.3Increase2.svg 8.0

2009 election

State election (2009): Saale-Orla-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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CDU Green check.svgY Siegfried Wetzel6,34428.9Decrease2.svg 9.17,26433.0Decrease2.svg 12.9
Left Ralf Kalich5,84326.6Increase2.svg 1.06,23828.3Increase2.svg 2.8
SPD Rüdiger Wohl4,82021.9Increase2.svg 5.54,18219.0Increase2.svg 4.8
Independent Andreas Scheffczyk2,59911.8Decrease2.svg 3.6
FDP Frank Stephan Bergner1,4956.8Increase2.svg 2.21,5787.2Increase2.svg 3.2
NPD Udo Illig8653.99024.1Increase2.svg 2.8
Green  7763.5Increase2.svg 0.7
List-only parties1,0864.9
Informal votes458398
Total Valid votes21,96622,026
Turnout 22,42457.6Increase2.svg 2.6
CDU holdMajority5012.3Decrease2.svg 10.1

2004 election

State election (2004): Saale-Orla-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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CDU Green check.svgY Siegfried Wetzel8,08438.0Decrease2.svg 10.79,78145.9Decrease2.svg 4.6
PDS Klaus Möller5,44925.6Increase2.svg 4.35,43725.5Increase2.svg 4.9
SPD Stefan Fricke3,49716.4Decrease2.svg 3.73,02714.2Decrease2.svg 3.5
Independent Andreas Scheffczyk3,28315.4
FDP Thomas Witt9714.68424.0Increase2.svg 2.8
List-only parties2,22210.4
Informal votes914889
Total Valid votes21,28421,309
Turnout 22,19855.0Decrease2.svg 5.6
CDU holdMajority2,63512.4Decrease2.svg 15.0

1999 election

State election (1999): Saale-Orla-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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CDU Green check.svgY Siegfried Wetzel11,86748.7Increase2.svg 4.012,38450.5Increase2.svg 5.4
PDS Hannelore Fleischmann5,18921.3Increase2.svg 7.15,04820.6Increase2.svg 5.0
SPD Wolfgang Linke4,88920.1Decrease2.svg 6.04,35017.7Decrease2.svg 10.2
VIBT Andreas Scheffczyk1,7617.27273.0
REP Manfred Annemüller6582.7Increase2.svg 0.93071.3Decrease2.svg 0.5
List-only parties1,7207.0
Informal votes404232
Total Valid votes24,36424,536
Turnout 24,76860.6Decrease2.svg 16.0
CDU holdMajority6,67827.4Increase2.svg 8.8

1994 election

State election (1994): Saale-Orla-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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CDU Siegfried Wetzel13,71244.713,92845.1
SPD 7,99826.18,61427.9
PDS 4,36614.24,81915.6
FDP 1,6125.31,0793.5
New Forum 1,3654.53641.2
Green 1,0763.51,1703.8
REP 5391.85471.8
List-only parties3511.1
Informal votes790586
Total Valid votes30,66830,872
Turnout 31,45876.6
CDU win new seatMajority5,71418.6

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  4. Wahlen in Thüringen 2009
  5. Wahlen in Thüringen 2004
  6. Wahlen in Thüringen 1999
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