Saalfeld-Rudolstadt 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 29 and It covers the eastern part of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt. [1]
Saalfeld-Rudolstadt II was created for the 1994 state election. Originally named Schwarzakreis II, it was renamed after the 1994 election. Since 2009, it has been represented by Maik Kowalleck of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
As of the 2019 state election, Saalfeld-Rudolstadt II covers the eastern part of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt and a small part of Sonneberg district, specifically the municipalities of Altenbeuthen, Drognitz, Gräfenthal, Hohenwarte, Kaulsdorf, Lehesten, Leutenberg, Probstzella, Saalfeld/Saale (excluding Wittgendorf), and Unterwellenborn (from Saalfeld-Rudolstadt), and Neuhaus am Rennweg (only Lichte and Piesau) from Sonneberg. [1]
The constituency has been held by the Christian Democratic Union since its creation in 1994. Its first representative was Harald Stauch, who served from 1994 to 2009. Since 2009, it has been represented by Maik Kowalleck.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1994 | Harald Stauch | CDU | 39.0 | |
1999 | 48.8 | |||
2004 | 41.8 | |||
2009 | Maik Kowalleck | CDU | 29.3 | |
2014 | 41.3 | |||
2019 | 30.6 |
State election (2019): Saalfeld-Rudolstadt II [2] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Maik Kowalleck | 8,603 | 30.6 | 10.7 | 6,139 | 21.8 | 9.9 | ||
AfD | Michael Kaufmann | 8,228 | 29.2 | 7,828 | 27.8 | 15.2 | |||
Left | Katharina König-Preuss | 5,890 | 20.9 | 7.8 | 8,222 | 29.2 | 0.8 | ||
SPD | Robert Geheeb | 2,697 | 9.6 | 4.0 | 2,052 | 7.3 | 5.6 | ||
Green | Olaf Müller | 1,037 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 902 | 3.2 | 1.2 | ||
FDP | Alexander Litvinenko | 995 | 3.5 | 0.2 | 1,471 | 5.2 | 2.7 | ||
Free Voters | Roland Beyer | 548 | 1.9 | ||||||
MLPD | Gerhard Pfisterer | 147 | 0.5 | 107 | 0.4 | ||||
List-only parties | 1,484 | 5.3 | |||||||
Informal votes | 388 | 328 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 28,145 | 28,205 | |||||||
Turnout | 28,533 | 64.8 | 15.4 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 375 | 1.4 | 11.2 |
State election (2014): Saalfeld-Rudolstadt II [3] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Maik Kowalleck | 9,149 | 41.3 | 12.0 | 7,149 | 31.7 | 2.6 | ||
Left | Katharina König | 6,364 | 28.7 | 0.5 | 6,392 | 28.4 | 0.2 | ||
SPD | Julienne Trempert | 3,022 | 13.6 | 8.1 | 2,907 | 12.9 | 6.8 | ||
AfD | 2,829 | 12.6 | |||||||
Green | Sebastian Heuchel | 1,464 | 6.6 | 1.0 | 988 | 4.4 | 0.4 | ||
NPD | Patrick Trautsch | 1,333 | 6.0 | 0.6 | 1,042 | 4.6 | 1.6 | ||
FDP | Eckhard Linke | 813 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 554 | 2.5 | 5.1 | ||
List-only parties | 678 | 3.0 | |||||||
Informal votes | 883 | 489 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 22,145 | 22,539 | |||||||
Turnout | 23,028 | 49.4 | 4.3 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 2,785 | 12.6 | 11.5 |
State election (2009): Saalfeld-Rudolstadt II [4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Maik Kowalleck | 7,721 | 29.3 | 12.5 | 7,692 | 29.1 | 13.6 | ||
Left | Roland Hahnemann | 7,410 | 28.2 | 1.7 | 7,561 | 28.6 | 2.1 | ||
SPD | Christoph Majewski | 5,718 | 21.7 | 0.4 | 5,194 | 19.7 | 3.5 | ||
FDP | Eckhard Linke | 2,265 | 8.6 | 2.4 | 1,996 | 7.6 | 4.1 | ||
NPD | Patrick Trautsch | 1,737 | 6.6 | 1,633 | 6.2 | 3.8 | |||
Green | Sebastian Teuchel | 1,472 | 5.6 | 1,275 | 4.8 | 1.5 | |||
List-only parties | 1,067 | 4.0 | |||||||
Informal votes | 550 | 455 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 26,323 | 26,418 | |||||||
Turnout | 26,873 | 53.7 | 2.7 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 311 | 1.1 | 10.8 |
State election (2004): Saalfeld-Rudolstadt II [5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Harald Stauch | 10,483 | 41.8 | 7.0 | 10,799 | 42.7 | 7.8 | ||
PDS | Roland Hahnemann | 7,499 | 29.9 | 7.7 | 6,705 | 26.5 | 5.1 | ||
SPD | Marko Wolfram | 5,545 | 22.1 | 0.7 | 4,105 | 16.2 | 2.9 | ||
FDP | Eckhard Linke | 1,567 | 6.2 | 4.7 | 889 | 3.5 | 2.5 | ||
List-only parties | 2,814 | 11.1 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,289 | 1,071 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 25,094 | 25,312 | |||||||
Turnout | 26,383 | 51.0 | 8.3 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 2,984 | 11.9 | 14.1 |
State election (1999): Saalfeld-Rudolstadt II [6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Harald Stauch | 15,005 | 48.8 | 9.8 | 15,607 | 50.5 | 9.8 | ||
SPD | Frieder Lippmann | 6,999 | 22.8 | 10.9 | 5,914 | 19.1 | 12.0 | ||
PDS | Roland Hahnemann | 6,823 | 22.2 | 6.5 | 6,601 | 21.4 | 4.8 | ||
REP | Roland Büschel | 856 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 288 | 0.9 | 0.9 | ||
Green | Jens Billig | 621 | 2.0 | 3.7 | 452 | 1.5 | 3.1 | ||
FDP | Kay Rösler | 448 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 308 | 1.0 | 2.4 | ||
List-only parties | 1,723 | 5.6 | |||||||
Informal votes | 499 | 358 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 30,752 | 30,893 | |||||||
Turnout | 31,251 | 59.3 | 13.8 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 8,006 | 26.0 | 20.7 |
State election (1994): Schwarzakreis II [7] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Harald Stauch | 14,832 | 39.0 | 15,534 | 40.7 | ||||
SPD | 12,800 | 33.7 | 11,869 | 31.1 | |||||
PDS | 5,979 | 15.7 | 6,333 | 16.6 | |||||
Green | 2,164 | 5.7 | 1,747 | 4.6 | |||||
FDP | 1,528 | 4.0 | 1,308 | 3.4 | |||||
REP | 695 | 1.8 | 688 | 1.8 | |||||
List-only parties | 725 | 1.9 | |||||||
Informal votes | 907 | 701 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 37,998 | 38,204 | |||||||
Turnout | 38,905 | 73.1 | |||||||
CDU win new seat | Majority | 2,032 | 5.3 |
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