Saalfeld-Rudolstadt I

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Saalfeld-Rudolstadt 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 28. It covers the western part of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt. [1]

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Saalfeld-Rudolstadt I was created for the 1994 state election. Originally named Schwarzakreis I, it was renamed after the 1994 election. Since 2024, it has been represented by Thomas Benninghaus of Alternative for Germany (AfD).

Geography

As of the 2019 state election, Saalfeld-Rudolstadt I covers the western part of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, specifically the municipalities of Allendorf, Bad Blankenburg, Bechstedt, Cursdorf, Deesbach, Döschnitz, Katzhütte, Königsee, Meura, Rohrbach, Rudolstadt (excluding Ammelstädt, Breitenherda, Eschdorf, Geitersdorf, Haufeld, Heilsberg, Milbitz, Remda, Sundremda, Teichel, Teichröda, and Treppendorf), Saalfeld/Saale (only Wittgendorf), Schwarzatal, Schwarzburg, Sitzendorf, and Unterweißbach. [1]

Members

The constituency was held by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from its creation in 1994 until 2014, during which time it was represented by Gert Wunderlich (1994–2004), Gerhard Günther (2004–2014), and Herbert Wirkner (2014–2019).

Since 2019, it is held by Alternative for Germany, initially represented by Karlheinz Frosch, and following the 2024 election by Thomas Benninghaus.

ElectionMemberParty %
1994 Gert Wunderlich CDU 42.0
1999 49.3
2004 Gerhard Günther CDU 44.0
2009 36.4
2014 Herbert Wirkner CDU 38.8
2019 Karlheinz Frosch AfD 29.1
2024 Thomas Benninghaus 37.5

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Saalfeld-Rudolstadt 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 Thomas Benninghaus10,30437.5Increase2.svg 8.410,24237.0Increase2.svg 8.5
CDU Martin Friedrich8,46930.9Increase2.svg 8.35,72220.7Increase2.svg 0.8
BSW Rainer Kräuter5,05618.45,17318.7
Left Daniel Starost2,77110.1Decrease2.svg 12.53,20911.6Decrease2.svg 8.3
SPD  1,3094.7Decrease2.svg 2.5
Greens  4551.6Decrease2.svg 1.5
FDP Henry Götze5081.9Decrease2.svg 3.83011.1Decrease2.svg 3.9
Independent Harald Karlheinz Frosch3351.2
Values  3461.2
APT  2961.1Increase2.svg 0.1
FW  2520.9
Familie  1280.5
BD  1180.4
Pirates  800.3Steady2.svg
ÖDP  390.1Decrease2.svg 0.3
MLPD  300.1Decrease2.svg 0.3
Informal votes538281
Total valid votes27,44327,700
Turnout 27,98172.9Increase2.svg 7.8
AfD holdMajority1,8356.6Increase2.svg 0.4

2019 election

State election (2019): Saalfeld-Rudolstadt 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%±%
AfD Karlheinz Frosch7,18329.17,04128.5Increase2.svg 16.2
Left Rainer Kräuter5,65422.9Decrease2.svg 8.37,62830.8Increase2.svg 0.7
CDU Red x.svgN Herbert Wirkner5,57222.6Decrease2.svg 16.24,93419.9Decrease2.svg 11.4
SPD Oliver Weder3,12112.6Decrease2.svg 1.31,7717.2Decrease2.svg 4.4
FDP Henry Götze1,4125.7Increase2.svg 0.81,2295.0Increase2.svg 2.3
Greens Frank Andreas Bock8683.5Decrease2.svg 2.17673.1Decrease2.svg 1.0
Free VotersRalf Thun7603.1
MLPD Reiner Dworschak1160.5870.4
List-only parties1,3755.6
Informal votes361302
Total valid votes24,68624,745
Turnout 25,04765.1Increase2.svg 13.9
AfD gain from CDU Majority1,5296.2

2014 election

State election (2014): Saalfeld-Rudolstadt 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 Herbert Wirkner7,82938.8Increase2.svg 2.46,45231.3Decrease2.svg 0.4
Left Rainer Kräuter6,28831.2Increase2.svg 0.86,18730.1Increase2.svg 0.1
AfD  2,53412.3
SPD Marion Rosin2,80013.9Increase2.svg 0.62,39411.6Decrease2.svg 5.2
NPD Mandy Meinhardt1,1455.7Decrease2.svg 0.79284.5Decrease2.svg 1.4
Greens Rainer Wernicke1,1245.6Decrease2.svg 0.38514.1Decrease2.svg 0.4
FDP Marian Koppe9964.9Decrease2.svg 2.75572.7Decrease2.svg 4.3
List-only parties6793.3
Informal votes859459
Total valid votes20,18220,582
Turnout 21,04151.2Decrease2.svg 5.0
CDU holdMajority1,5417.6Increase2.svg 1.6

2009 election

State election (2009): Saalfeld-Rudolstadt 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 Gerhard Günther8,87136.4Decrease2.svg 7.67,74331.7Decrease2.svg 11.3
Left Andreas Grünschneder7,40130.4Decrease2.svg 2.07,31830.0Increase2.svg 3.3
SPD Daniel Karakaschew3,23013.3Decrease2.svg 3.84,10716.8Increase2.svg 2.6
FDP Marian Koppe1,8477.6Increase2.svg 1.11,7077.0Increase2.svg 3.5
NPD Steffen Richter1,5496.41,4335.9Increase2.svg 3.1
Greens Michael Bergmann1,4455.91,0914.5Increase2.svg 1.3
List-only parties1,0184.2
Informal votes481407
Total valid votes24,34324,417
Turnout 24,82456.2Increase2.svg 0.5
CDU holdMajority1,4706.0Decrease2.svg 5.6

2004 election

State election (2004): Saalfeld-Rudolstadt 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 Gerhard Günther10,65744.0Decrease2.svg 5.010,56643.0Decrease2.svg 7.5
PDS Hubert Krawczyk7,86032.4Increase2.svg 10.86,56426.7Increase2.svg 6.5
SPD Hans-Heinrich Tschoepke4,15417.1Decrease2.svg 6.93,48614.2Decrease2.svg 4.7
FDP Volker Weber1,5776.5Increase2.svg 4.18563.5Increase2.svg 2.3
List-only parties3,08812.6
Informal votes1,5471,235
Total valid votes24,24824,560
Turnout 25,79555.7Decrease2.svg 6.3
CDU holdMajority2,79711.6Decrease2.svg 13.4

1999 election

State election (1999): Saalfeld-Rudolstadt 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 Green check.svgY Gert Wunderlich14,85649.3Increase2.svg 7.215,35650.7Increase2.svg 7.9
SPD Gerhard Botz7,19323.8Decrease2.svg 8.55,71018.8Decrease2.svg 10.9
PDS Hubert Krawczyk6,48721.5Increase2.svg 5.36,09320.1Increase2.svg 3.7
REP Friedhard Beck9203.1Increase2.svg 1.22520.8Decrease2.svg 1.1
FDP Hans-Helmut Lawatsch7042.3Decrease2.svg 0.63541.2Decrease2.svg 2.0
List-only parties2,5438.4
Informal votes609461
Total valid votes30,16030,308
Turnout 30,76961.8Decrease2.svg 12.9
CDU holdMajority7,66325.5Increase2.svg 15.7

1994 election

State election (1994): Schwarzakreis 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 Gert Wunderlich15,26542.015,63142.8
SPD 11,74432.310,87529.8
PDS 5,89316.26,00616.4
Greens 1,6644.61,4393.9
FDP 1,0502.91,1853.2
REP 7051.96901.9
List-only parties7272.0
Informal votes1,093861
Total valid votes36,32136,553
Turnout 37,41474.6
CDU win new seatMajority3,5219.7

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References

  1. 1 2 "Landtagswahlen 2019 - Wahlkreise und dazugehörige Gemeinden".
  2. ↑ https://wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/WAHL.asp?wahlart=LW&wJahr=2024&zeigeErg=WK&auswertung=1&wknr=028&gemnr=&terrKrs=&gemteil=000&buchstabe=&Langname=&wahlvorschlag=&sort=&druck=&XLS=&anzahlH=0&Nicht_existierende=&x_vollbildDatenteil=&optik=&aktual=&ShowLand=&ShowWK=&ShowPart=
  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
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